The weekend....finally!

WOO HOO!! IT'S THE WEEKEND!!!!!!

This week has seemed to go by SO SLOW!!! It was a good slow week though...

I LOVE MY JOB THIS YEAR!!! I teach the study skills class at Oakwood Intermediate, and boy does it keep me busy!! Speaking of work, funny story....
I have spent two weeks with my classes on organizing their binders. I went out and bought 60 yellow folders and spent two days on explaining what they are, how you use them, how not to use them, etc..
One of my little friends in my classes forgot his the next day after I handed them out. Then the next....and the next...and the next....and finally a week and a half had gone by and still no take home folder. I approached my little friend about this...

me: "Friend, where is your folder?"

friend: "my binder's in my locker."

me: "Take the hall pass, go get it, and make sure you bring the folder with you."

friend: "I have a problem."

me: "what's that?"

friend: "you see what happened was... that hurricane came and my momma said that we needed to evacuate...(p.s. my friend lives in college station.)...so momma took us around the block to my grandma's house because we had to evacuate to be safe from the hurricane."

me: (Trying SO HARD not to laugh.) "And...."

friend: "Ms. Myrick, that Hurricane Ike swept up all my homework."

me: silent. That was the best excuse I have heard in a while. :)

My prayer for you...

Dear Lord,
I come to you tonight with complete peace in my heart.
I pray that you will bring peace to everyone I love. Show them your kindess and mercy Lord. Let them feel your unfailing love and trust, and guide them in your footsteps. Please continue to surround your children with all of your courage and your strength.
I want to thank you Lord. You have brought so much joy into my life, and I pray that others around me will see that and turn to you in time of trouble. I am SO THANKFUL Lord!!! Everything that you do amazes me. I want to jump up and down right now because I am just SO IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!!
Please help us all Lord to stay focused on you for the rest of this week. Let us feel your loving arms around us, and bring us peace.
I LOVE YOU LORD!!!

God is GREAT!!

Today was an awesome day! I sang at my church tonight for our new worship service. The Lord touched my heart so much tonight! I realized tonight how much I truly missed singing and being in church period.
I can't wait to start going every week!!!!

I went and visited with my grandparents yesterday. They live in Bryan and I just wanted to see them.
My grandmother has been battling cancer for years. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer, and then it spread to bone cancer. She is one of the strongest people that I know. She is a soft spoken woman, and very, very rarely talks about her cancer. My grandfather takes care of her, and is quite the opposite of "soft spoken." :)
I went into the bedroom when I got there because Mawmaw was laying down. Her, Pawpaw, and I started talking about me going to school, Mawmaw and I talked about the books we have read this summer, and how I want to go study abroad next summer in Rome. I asked her how she had been feeling this week, and as always she told me she was doing great. Then my Pawpaw said something that I didn't expect. He said, "You know, I wonder sometimes if God has anything left for me to do. I always wanted to raise a family, support my family, and get married. I've done all this and am now taking care of your grandmother. I don't know what else there is for me to do."
I was a little taken back by this only because i've never heard my Pawpaw say anything like this. I told him that God has a purpose for everyone, and that he might not even have gotten his yet. I said that maybe his "wonderful journey" and plan that the Lord has for him, has not even begun. This is when my Grandmother said something that I will NEVER forget, and will carry with me for the rest of my life.
Mawmaw sat up slowly in the bed and said, "The Lord gives everyone a different dance to dance to."
I don't know why these simple words touched my heart so very much, but they did. Here is a woman who has been battling cancer for years, and still wakes up every morning ready to face her next challenge. What she said made me really think about my life.
What dance am I dancing? Is the "beat of my life" fulfilling and upbeat? Once again, God showed me just how amazing that he is. I have no clue what the Lord has in store for me, but I'll tell you one thing, I will ALWAYS keep on dancing....

Ashtin is 5!!

Ashtin turned 5 years old on June 22nd!
She has reminded her dad of this every single day since her birthday. :) She had a ton of presents and more than one party from all of her family. I can't beleive she will be in kindergarten!!
I am so blessed to have such an amazing best-friend. :)

Yesterday was Father's Day, and Asthin had many surprises for Evin!
We went to the store the day before, and I told her she could pick anything out that she wanted to get for Evin's Father's Day present. She bought a spiderman lunchbox, a toolbox that she covered in stickers, and a baseball that she wrote "DAD" on. Evin of course teared up as soon as he opened his gift. Later that day when Evin was at work she realized that Evin didn't bring his new lunchbox with him!
She said, "Katy!! We have GOT to bring Daddy's lunch to him or he will be starving!!"
So we packed a lunch for Evin and brought him his new spiderman lunchbox to Dillards. She was SO PROUD!! :)

All grown up.

Last night, Kels moved into her new dorm. I had a paper to write and didn't finish in time to help her move in. I was bummed out, because believe it or not I really wanted to be there to help. When I called Momma to check how things were, we only talked briefly because Kelsey was calling on the other line. I hung up the phone and went back to my table in the coffee shop where I was studying.
Then it hit me. My little sister is all grown up.
I guess I have been so excited for her, and we've all been talking about her going to A&M for so long now, I just didn't realize it actually all happened. Just a couple of weeks ago she graduated from highschool, and tonight she is in a dorm at Texas A&M University.
I immediatley called Momma back. I couldn't even focus on talking to Momma though, because I wanted to know how to get to Kels's dorm right then. I packed up all my stuff, paper still not written, and drove to Kels's new dorm. Momma had told me that her new roomate has not moved in yet, and that she was there alone. I hated that! I just wanted to make sure she was ok...
I drove into the parking lot and saw Kels waiting for me. My little sister. My very best friend. Standing infront of her new college dorm. It was so awesome.
We hung out out for a couple of hours, and just sat and talked like we always do. (Also because her tv and internet are not hooked up yet. :) )
Any part of me that was worried about her was now gone. My little sister is such a strong young woman. I look up to her so much. I don't think any big sister could of been as proud of their little sister as I was last night.

Momma has told both of us our whole lives that she always loved every minute of us growing up. She told us to enjoy every part of our lives that God gives us, and to never look back. I remember this every day, and pray that Kelsey will as well. I am so excited for her!!! :)
I am so blessed that God gave me my best friend as my little sister.