Leading up to Thanksgiving Break

     I don't even know where to start- so much has happened! Since Operation Blessing, we have been wrapping things up in time for Thanksgiving Break (which officially starts in 3.5 hours... I'm pulling an all nighter to pack, clean the apartment, and blog of course!). It has been very busy, but good too. I have been taking some time to reflect, and I've realized that God has done so much in the past 9 weeks, and I'm truly not the same girl that first walked in. I cannot wait to see what he does in the rest of the year- but for now I really need the break! I am going to Florida with Lyn, Chrissy, and Marissa, and I am so looking forward to sleeping in, and doing whatever I please with my girls!

     One big highlight of the week was roommate night. We went to the cutest little coffee shop, "Caribou Coffee" and we officially named it our new headquarters for a good time. We got there, sat around the fire, and shared our testimonies with each other.. it so good to hear about each others lives and just grow together! Then we came home, where Lyn and Kasey had candles lit, and we sat around our coffee table. We were then told us to go find two things; one that represented our dreams, and one that represented what we wanted to get rid of for the year. So we all went and collected our things.. and once we all met again, we shared with each other what our things were and what they meant to us. Lyn brought out a decorated box and we put our things inside, then we went and dug a big hole in the backyard and buried it! Well, we had to call a guy to help us... we hit rock! But we will still take the credit for it. We will dig it back up graduation night, but the nights like those are truly what makes this place so memorable, and what makes me so glad to have the roommates I do- I love them!

     Today was our last day before break, and so we had family time all afternoon.. my Poppas car was in an accident, so he was driving another guy's car, which ran out of gas on the freeway! I was riding with my Dad, so we had to go back and find them, and park on the shoulder of the freeway to save them. Not very safe, but we had to help them right? We eventually made it to his apartment where we watched the Grinch and made Turkey dinner as a family. Then we got all dressed up, and met at the church for seven. When we got there, the church was decorated as if a wedding was going to happen. We had a beautiful little service, where Jeanne talked about how when you get married, you make a covanent with your spouse, and drew the parallel to making a covanent with God. We all wrote out what exactly we wanted our covanent to be, and then recieved a silver ring to mark our covanent with God. I can't describe how amazing it was, and an even more perfect way to end off before break. I will not forget this night!

     Here are some pictures of our last night: