the cutest statue EVER!!!!! 
me and grandma :)
my part of the bedroom--i cleaned it and thought everyone should see... :)
grandpa and me!! :)
i bought new sunglasses!!!! yay me! :) (taylor, if you're reading this, this pic is for you! :)today was a wonderful day! i got to spend it with my grandparents who drove over to see me all the way from yuma, arizona! YAY!!! so we went to seaport village and ate at anthony's...this cute seafood resaurant by the water, overlooking the harbor...it was gorgeous!!! then we walked around for a little bit, i bought some sunglasses, and then we went to paradise yogurt--praise the Lord! :) after that, we got lost for a while, literally :), and then found target. after i did some shopping, they brought me back home...it was such a fun time seeing family again! it made me really miss the familiarity that you can only have with your family members--it is just this complete feeling of "aahhh...i'm home." i really am starting to miss that...and i can't wait til christmas break!!! :) but until then, i am enjoying my time here, and i loved having a day off!!! i just finished writing my homework essay for this week--yay!--and now i have tomorrow off, too!!! my roomies and i are all going to go get pedicures (we have man-feet from walking barefoot all the time) and then we are just going to hang out and relax!!! i LOVE days off!!!! :)
so, i just wanted to really fast write out what i put in my essay that i just wrote. my verses this week are all on the topic of "love" and after reading 1 corinthians 13:3-7, 13 these were my thoughts...
"if i give all i possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames but have not love, i gain nothing. love is patient. love is kind. it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. and now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. but the greatest of these is love."
in addition to those verses, i really like the beginning of verse eight because it says "love never fails." i always think of a walk to remember when i read these verses, and it encourages me. life may get really hard, but love remains. i may be super lonely, but God's love never fails. my future may seem unsure, but love perseveres and can carry me through; Christ's love gives me hope. Christ is love, and so he, himself, is my hope. His love is always with me...thank God i am never alone. :)"but i trust in your unfailing love, my heart rejoices in your salvation. i will sing to the Lord, for he has been good to me." --Psalm 13:5-6
