Spring is in the Air

The weather is warming up, leaves are budding, and flowers are blooming! I LOVE this time of year. Winter is over, and summer is coming. School is almost over for the semester! I have already met with my advisor regarding classes for next semester; it's crazy how quickly time is going by. Before I know it I will be graduating (probably Dec 2011)!

Our Vacation

The Monday after Christmas my family and I left for a two night, three day vacation. First we went to Luray, VA to see the Luray Caverns. The caverns were gorgeous and so was the scenery up in the mountains. There was even snow on the ground! We stayed in a place called the Mimslyn Inn which was very nice. On the way home we stopped by Natural Bridge and saw that. Sadly my camera is now broken so I was unable to take many pictures; all I have are a few from the drive up and I have to figure out how to get them off of the memory card. I might post some of the pictures that my parents or sisters took, but for now you can click on the links in the post above to see the places we visited!

Beach

Sunday night was Access Commnity Groups. All the groups met together, and we went to the beach! It was a lot of fun. I went in the water a little bit and it was surprisingly warm. We played ultimate frisbee, ate Dairy Queen, and spent some time worshiping, and then had a time for people to share about what God was doing in their lives (especially through Next). I ended up getting home really late that night (by the time we dropped some people off back at the church, and then drove another girl back to her house), but it was a wonderful time!

Zoo Pics

Summer...

...is almost here! Today is my last day of class and then I have a final on Friday. Next week I have a final on Monday and one on Thursday and then I am done with the semester! I am taking two summer classes this year, but those do not start until June so I have a little bit of a break which I am looking forward to very much.

Summer weather is also here! I have so enjoyed the hot temperatures. Saturday I went to the beach for several hours. I didn't go all the way into the water, but even though it was freezing it was still nice to get my legs wet and enjoy the hot outside temperatures and the beach itself. Yesterday was the church picnic and it was great (although hot) weather for it. I had a lot of fun there, and came home worn out. :)

Anyway, that's all for now. I will hopefully post some pictures soon.

Gorgeous

As I write this the weather is absolutely gorgeous outside! I wish that I could be going out there instead of heading to History class in a few minutes. I am hoping the weather is great tomorrow. A few days ago was my brother Simeon's 6th birthday and as his gift I am taking him to the zoo tomorrow!

School is winding down. It is so nice to see my mental list of projects and homework assignments get smaller and smaller; slowly but surely. My last day of finals is on May 10th; it's not that far away! Just a little over 4 weeks and I will be d-o-n-e with the semester!

Some Pictures I Took Just For Fun

This sign made me laugh; I mean do they really need to specify what size the button is?

First Day of Fall

Today is the first official day of fall, and the weather is acting like it! It has been soooo nice to have cooler weather and I hope we have seen the last of hot days until next summer.

Other fun things having to do with where we are in 2008

As I am starting the 5th week of school, I am almost 1/3rd of the way through the semester.
Only a little more than 2 months until Thanksgiving!
A little more than 3 months until Christmas! (i need to start shopping :) )

Our Nautical Adventure

To celebrate her 19th birthday, my friend, Laura, invited Kaitlin and I to go on a two hour cruise with her on the American Rover in Norfolk. Despite its being a little chilly we had a blast!

After the cruise we went to Laura's house for a dinner that included salmon, hush puppies, and Brunswick stew. We then watched a Horatio Hornblower movie (nautical movie if you haven't heard of it), spent a long time talking, and then slept (for a few hours anyway :))

Happy Birthday Laura!

Williamsburg!

Last Monday, my friends Kaitlin, Laura, Liz, and I all went to Williamsburg for the day! We packed so much stuff into one day, and it was so much fun.

We're off!

First we went to an antique mall (I don't have any pictures of that). That place was so huge and so full of stuff we could have spent hours in there! Next we went to the Prime Outlets where I bought a necklace from American Eagle.

After the outlets we went to lunch. The Old Chickahominy House is a really neat place. It is only open for breakfast and lunch, and t has a neat multi level shop in it as well. I ordered ham on biscuits and a salad. The ham and biscuits were delicious!

Laura and Kaitlin
Liz and I

After lunch we went to the Colonial Williamsburg area. We walked around, looked in lots of neat shops, and saw many colonial style buildings.

Then we drove to Yorktown to go to an outdoor concert thing on this beach by a river that Kaitlin had heard about.

On the Colonial Parkway

It turned out that the concert was really more for a restaurant. We were able to hear some music though and it was lots of fun to picnic on the beach and walk around. We saw this ship out in the water giving cruises.

While walking around, we came across this...

It was kind of spooky inside as you couldn't see much inside because it was dark in there!

The inside lit up by my camera flash
The ship came up close and stopped at the dock



Williamsburg was so much fun. Thanks Kaitlin for thinking up this idea, doing all the planning, and for driving!