A Year to Remember

I can hardly believe another year has gone by. Seems like not to long ago I was compiling my 2012 video. Due to a crazy unexpected schedule, I was unable to create some fun end of the year video/ post, so this quick one will have to suffice. Allow me to recap this year.

Made 300 cupcakes in one evening with the best friend. Valentines dinner with the Class of 2013 (I have been in so many classes now, I have to clarify by their graduating year :). Rome. Florence. Assisi. Piza. Bologna. Venice. Placed 4th in state for business ethics. Turned 17. Watched my life long friend graduate High School. Disneyland. Placed in the top 15 in the nation for business ethics. Crew. Crew. Crew. Loved it so much. Family Camp memories. Quit my job!!! Became a nanny/ mom's helper. Senior Year. Gained 4 of the best girlfriends ever. Senior volleyball season. Watched my brother be awarded his Master's Degree. Had my last day of High School ever. 

And now I look to the future. A little unsure of what it holds or why everything in the past has happened, but this I know: God is good. A friend posted this on facebook today & it was too good not to share.

"This year has taught me so much about friendships, how some are meant for a season or a life time. Either way God put them in my life for a reason. He has a purpose for all he does."

No matter if it was for a season or lifetime, God did it for a purpose. I love how that does not just apply to friendships, but practically anything we go through in life. 

2013: you were an unexpected but good year. I had no idea what this year would hold, but it was good. I made so many new memories. Can't wait to make more in 2014.

2014 feels so right. Happy New Year!

Don't Lose Hope.

This song has been my song lately. I know that He is with me to the very end. No matter what.

You know me and I know You

You’re the God who calms all my storms 

You’re the voice inside my head 

Don’t give up

Don’t let go

Don’t lose trust

Don’t lose hope

You can have all my fears, God

You can have all my sins

You can have all my weakness

I know you’re with me to the very end

Live. Love. Laugh.

Ya, its been a while since I have posted. One day I will get to posting about all this crazy, but today is not that day. How about a few pictures of my last day in High School. Today was supposed to be my last day, but snow had its way and school was cancelled. Talk about a heartbreak. Out of all of this I didn't even get a last day to say my final goodbyes. It was hard  to just see it all end so quickly. 

Just after I found out there would be no school today, my dad came in with a dozen roses. Then my brothers and I took a stroll through the snow. While walking my sister drove by to deliver a coffee, chocolate, and a card. What an amazing  family I have. They sure know how to make a girl feel special on a hard day.

Yesterday was a day full of tears and laughter. It will forever be in my memory.

Dr. Simon got some PEZ for Christmas. Ha!

We got behavior reports for pranking the teachers classrooms. Such naughty girls. :)

Just kidding. They loved our pranks :) 

These girls have been some of the best friends a girl could ask for.

It wouldn't be a proper last day of school without walking to Fred Meyer.

And to end it all, we went out to dinner and a show. We saw Oliver! at 5th Ave. So fun.

It has not really hit me yet, but once Christmas is over and I am not at school it will feel so weird. In the meantime, I am trying to enjoy the Christmas season the most I can. My grandma comes into town on Monday. Yay!

Merry Christmas!