Oh What A Year!

It has been a year of ups and downs in my life, but I must say that I am thankful for every hill and every valley. I think this year has made me a much stronger, happier person. I am looking forward to next year, it will most certainly be a big one. I am looking forward to the blessings that the Lord has in store and for what He is going to do in my life through the World Race. I can only imagine what I will be writing about next December. I can't wait. For now I am going to think back on each month of the last year.

January as always held Behold. My most favorite time of the year. I got swine flu, but it was totally worth it to spend a weekend with 1,000 kids that want to grow in the Lord. I am amazed every year of what the Lord does that weekend. And as always the beauty of Sumatanga.

February... Let's see what happened this month? Oh yes! The snow! What a fun day that was with all of my friends. Just spending a day playing like little kids outside in the city that we all love so much. I miss the days when we were all together like that. Sadly now we all have to be adults and live apart with jobs. This was also when I get got my job at Tiger Suites. The job that really made me love the hospitality industry despite the weird hours and no time off.

March brought with it spring break. A week of bliss at the beach with my friends. I must say one of my favorite moments was riding to Panama City to eat at the Pirate Ship and Lee almost killing several people riding on motorcycles. It was a cold spring break, but I did a lot of reading and relaxing.

April was my last, and most fun, AOII formal. Andy went with me and we danced ALL night! We watched the 4D movie several times and mostly just laughed a lot. We ran around the World of Coke like little kids. It was so much fun! I will always remember that night with all of my friends together celebrating making it through 4 years of college. I really do have the best friends.

May brought with it graduation for Mallory, Jessica and Kristi. As sad as I was that they all had to grow up a little faster than I did I was so proud that the had met such a huge goal in their lives. Also several of my very best HRMT friends graduated. I have the best major ever. I don't think anyone else makes friends in their major like we do. May also brought Taylor and Lindsay's engagement. What an exciting time that was for the family.

June had several events. Meegan got married. One of the best weddings I have ever been to. It was so much fun! I don't think I ever even told her how honored I was to be invited to share that day with her and Daniel. Also I turned 23. Depressing. I had so much fun celebrating with my friends and ushering in a new year in my life. This was also when I spent a good amount of time in Birmingham with Sarah. I met her wonderful friends and they have all taken me in as their own.

July- the first thing that comes to mind is 4th of July and a WHOLE week at camp. July was absolutely amazing. I got to spend a weekend with my family in one of my three favorite places. We are freakishly close and any time that I get to spend with them is a treasure. I was also honored to be a counselor at senior high II in July. A week with kids, young adults, and adults that love the Lord. I got to unload a lot of burdens this week and the Lord opened my heart to the opportunities He had in store. My trip to camp made me think of Laura since it is one of the many things that we have in common. Maybe one day I can work there and she can come visit a lot.

August was the start of my last semester at Auburn and a large chunk of some of my very best major friends graduating. Bittersweet is the only way to describe it. This was when I really started grasping the fact that I was going to be an adult soon and that most of my friends were already there. This did present me with an opportunity to become better friends with several people in my major and I wouldn't of traded that for anything. This was also the month that I got accepted to go on World Race!

September was the start of the best season of Auburn football to date. WDFJ got in full swing and we had a special team and a special family. The main game that I remember is Clemson. It was hot, humid, and we won at the very last second. It was amazing. Football also meant that Melissa got to spend a lot of quality time at the condo. Sarah passed on staying with me.

October was a month SLAMMED with football! The game that sticks out the most in this month is LSU. We had the most epic tailgate ever! And we won the game, and Cam had Heisman play of the year. It was a great great month. This was also the month that Glittered game day signs were in full swing with Laurie. We bonded over hours of glue and glitter in her garage. I wouldn't of made it through the fall with out Laura. She was a constant companion in the craziness that was life. We had a weekly Glee and Teen Mom date. I am sad that she is moving to Atlanta. I might go stir crazy without her here.

November was Taylor and Lindsay's wedding month. The whole Nash family headed to Denton Texas for a weekend of family togetherness. We also got watch LSU woop up on Alabama. We had so much fun dancing around in our hotel room in PJ's and having get low contests. I am sure that everyone thought we were crazy but we are a little so that is ok. Also, Auburn won the Iron Bowl 28 to 27. Don't worry Bama, we will spot you 24! Laura, I am counting on you to send me play by play emails when I am gone next year.

December was the month I became an Auburn Alum. My whole family came down to celebrate with me. It was so special. We were also the first class to graduate in the new arena. Melissa and Sarah both got to come to graduation which was lucky since they both have such big important jobs. Luckily because of my wonderful cousin I get to stay in Auburn so I still feel like I am in college. I also got the chance to see Melissa be in charge of giving children Christmas presents. I can not wait until she has kids they will be very well behaved.

That is basically everything about my year. It was a great one!

Now I am going to bring in the new year with Laura, Mal, Dev, Bobby, Lacy and a few other in Atlanta. Our last outing before everyone moves off.