Friends make the world go around

Last week was such a fabulous week back to school. It started by a horrible drive in the snow; however, I got to Stillwater safely and it was great the rest of the week. Here is my house as I was driving away to tackle the snow filled roads. I have driven in bad weather going to or from school twice in the last four years and I think that about does it for me. I need a massage by the time I get back because of how tense I am the entire time while driving. Not safe. 

Wednesday was my frand's birthday. It was so fun celebrating her day with friends who have become so dear to my heart. We had yummy desserts and just spent time chatting. Kali got this cute scarf from Kristen. All are obsessed with anything orange here in good ol' Stillwater, America. 

Birthday Girl~ Sweet friend, Kali

Student teaching began and it was fabulous. I love my kids and Mrs. Pratz. She will be a fantastic mentor to learn from. One of the 1st grade teachers turned 50, so all of the kids and teacher wore black to "celebrate" her birth. So fun!! I am looking forward to being with these kids for a whole semester.

Lindsay, look, first row, last on right, "Caleb"

Looking forward to another fabulous week! It is already off to a great start, no school Monday!!!

Help me Help others

Read about my dear friends here!

Caroline (left) Cousin Gracie (Center) Allie (Right)

My goal is to raise $100 in honor of Allie & Caroline.

If you feel moved to do so I would greatly appreciate any donations you can give.

Even a $1 would make me that much closer to reaching my goal!

Click here to donate!

I really appreciate you taking the time to read about a true testament of faith in our Lord. 

Miracles happen everyday. 

Thank you ahead of time for your generosity & support.

Friday Favorites

Last night, Anna, our last pledge sister, finally turned 21! We celebrated at an italian restaurant in Stillwater & waited until midnight at our other pledge sisters house! As Pi Phi's, we live in the Pi Phi house our sophomore & junior year. This year we all moved into cute, little houses! Everyone's house is so cute & it is so fun to go hang out together! I love my pledge class so much!! 

Here are a few pics from the night~

1/4 of the table

Lace - one of my roommates

Kyle~

The Birthday Girl

Teacher friends~ we spend almost every waken moment together!

My soul sister~ Adley

Kiki - love this girl to death~

Can I just let a little bit of my excitement out! Tomorrow is GAME DAY! This is so exciting! Come January I am always pretty ready for football to be over, but come September I am more than ready for it to start. We are playing Washington State tomorrow night. My house is havin' a little get together before we head out to go tailgate. We are grilling brats, many dips, some tots & desserts! We are super excited to have friends over & have a full house! We will probably start tailgating around 2 or 3! It will be a great weekend in Stillwater! 

What are you doing for this Labor Day Weekend?
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Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World

Have you read this book? I am beyond excited to be reading it. It is a book I have always heard wonderful things about but have never read it for myself. I am doing a Monday morning study with a small group of girls and this is the book we decided on. We are all so excited!!! Here are my sweet friends who I will be taking this book journey with. (I always like to put a face to a name & since I will be referring to them a lot, here you go! ;)

Kali & her husband, Pat

Kristen (right) with her new bling ;)

Kelsey & her fiance, Brett

Okay, so those are the girls! As you can probably see the little trend, they are all either a) married or b) engaged. Awesome. Moving on. I am excited to be able to share with these girls and talk about what the Lord is doing in our hearts. I know I will learn from them & hopefully by being transparent with each other we will discover our heart's desires vs. God's desires. 

I have already read the first couple of pages & it has already made me think. My favorite few sentences so far is this: "While the world applauds achievements, God desires companionship. The world clamors, "Do more, Be all that you can be!" But God whispers, "Be still and know that I am God!"

How powerful and moving is that???

There are so many times that I fall into the world's trap and the world's desires. For instance, always feeling like I have to go above and beyond in school or planning my life in such an advance I don't even have control of tomorrow. The Lord tells us, actually commands us to BE STILL and know that He is God. He is the Almighty, giver of life, He will do anything according to His will and His good purpose. I am so guilty of this on so many accounts it's not even funny. 

So, have your read the book? What are your thoughts?

Wherever you are, be there with your whole heart...

Seniors

My 2 Week in Review

I am soo happy to be back in the blogging world! It is amazing how much recruitment consumes your life and you really don't have time for things such as blogging! ha! I am going to try to catch you up with pictures from my past two weeks! We had a wonderful recruitment & got another great batch of Pi Phi babies! I am so proud to be an Oklahoma Beta. Our chapter achieved so many wonderful accomplishments on campus as well as being recognized as one of the top ten Pi Phi chapters in the Nation. Obviously we have a lot to be proud of so I am excited for these new freshman to keep the legacy alive. 

Our Gamma Chi's (or recruitment counselors) have been disaffiliated from our chapter since last March. 

Before recruitment starts all the Gamma Chi's walk around to each chapter and we give them their gifts and a last little hoo-rah! Pi Phi's always do a cookie shine ~ very special to everyone!

The seniors - minus our 8 Gamma Chi's - that were at recruitment

Pi Phi puts on Grease on Skit Day each year. I have been in the skit before but this year I was Rizzo! I had the time of my life. This is me, Adley, and Courtney on the open house day for family and friends to watch. We had a blast but extremely sad it was our last time to be in Grease!

My sweet little family. My G, little & me! All ready for the first day of recruitment!

My great friend, Kim, on open round day!

Philanthropy & House Tour day! I wish you could see my shoes! They had a big bow on them just like my dress! :0)

Skit Day~ Friends dressed up! We decorate like crazy~ It takes hours to set up!

Shelley, me & Meg ~ Our bumping line! We rotated and talked to the same girls each day!

My little who I love so much!!

Kylie - my dear friend!

Pref Day~ A very emotional day, especially for seniors! I gave a senior speech in one of the parties! It was very emotional! I am going to blog about it another day, I want to share with you guys what Pi Phi truly means to me!

BID DAY!!!! We were so excited to pick up our new freshman & our pledge sisters who were Gamma Chi's!

Running from the student union all the way to the Pi Phi house! Such a special moment. 

It is really cool - the police block the streets while family and friends line the streets and cheer for their girls!

Lindsay and I sat up a booth at Pi Phi on Bid Day. We sold our crosses! Everyone loved them! 

So that is the short version! It was a wonderful 2 weeks. I am home for the week until Saturday. I start my senior year on Monday! Crazy! I have started to pray that I will have a content heart and take one day at a time, not getting anxious about anything! I pray that I stay in the moment and not worry what the future holds. Hope you enjoyed the pictures! I am happy to be back on a normal blog schedule!

I'm so excited...

I just can't hide it!!!

After a full summer of being a part PC 07' is back in action!

Tonight my pledge class is going to be together again!

(Note: this is not my entire pledge class - just to clarify!)

We are about to start our fourth recruitment!!

It will be a full two weeks of business! 

Look for pics later this weekend of tonight's fun with the girls!