Birthday Shenanigans!

So Wednesday was my birthday and what a special week it has been. Between my family and dear friends, I have felt so stinkin loved this past week. It was my 21st which is crazy! I can't believe I'm 21, and graduating soon. Tuesday night I went downtown, which is kind of a joke in Blacksburg but there are some bars and such. I got my first legal drink (you are allowed to at 10pm the night before your 21st) and brought in my birthday with some of my fav people: Katie, Jennie, and Kristen. Wednesday I woke up to the sweetest arrangement of things: Starbucks coffee and a McDonalds egg and cheese biscuit from Katie (with a super sweet note of course), a super tender card from Sara, and a Rootbeer, Milky way, balloon, and beautiful card from my roommate from last year Katy Huggins. The day went on with many more great things in store: bible study (Jamie brought cookies for my bday and gave me a SWEET gift- a to go mug that legit keeps your coffee warm ALL day!), then hangin with the roomies and friends as we enjoyed cookie cake which Charlotte ordered for me! Oh and the roomies made me Reese brownies for when I got home from small group. SO YUMMY!!!!!!! Oh and Jennie got me a Starbucks giftcard- yea buddy. Oh and Tuesday night one of my dancers brought me a cupcake and card. And I got a lot of really sweet cards from family and friends and some epic bday voicemails. AND I GOT A DSLR CAMERA FROM MY GRANDMA!! I've wanted one for years, so she offered to go halfsies with me so I could buy one! These next pics are some of the first pics I took with my bangin new Nikon camera. Jamie, Becca, Katie, and I took an adventure yesterday to the Duck Pond and then went to my roomie from last year, Bekah's, FASA culture show to watch her perform a traditional dance called Tinikling. 

A beautiful tree at the Duck Pond

Becca (a sophomore in Jamie and I's bible study, as well as, a member of the Frisbee team with us), Me, and Katie B (wonderful roommate and my official dance partner- we go cray). 

Becca and Jamie:) Such beautiful, intelligent, hilarious, wonderful girls

Bekah Cherry (roomie from last year) at her Filipino American Student Association culture show!

Random Updates of Random Things I've Been up to

Baking vegan chocolate chip cookies with my friends Haylee and Kristen! SUCCESS indeed:)

First farmer's market I've been to this Spring! Got some yummy apples

Jay, Freddie, Me, and Char. We had dinner at Mexican, it was a blast. My second family:)

Love this sweet red head. My oldest friend:) No doubt in my mind we will be friends FOREVER!

My ballerinas! I am gonna miss these girls so much next year. Just trying to enjoy my time with them now.

Second Day of Spring

Spring is in the air, kind of. It is finally not arctic although apparently Tuesday it is supposed to be low 30s and snow. SOOOO I'm enjoying this weather while I can. Yesterday we had frisbee practice outside and it felt amazing. I'm ready to get some color, I feel so pale. I planted my rosemary yesterday and I am going to try and plant my lettuce today! I also got super pumped about finally painting the planter that Evan made me. Today I am baking some vegan chocolate chip cookies with my good friends Haylee and Kristen, then Gillies for dinner, and finishing the night off with IV Large Group. Tomorrow I'm going to the farmers market with Katy Bug-A-hug, then going with her to the optometrist to help her pick out new eye glasses.

Family Time

     In my last post, I posted pictures of paintball. My first weekend home was a blast! Friday night when I got in, sweet Granga-lang took Nate, Meg, and I out to dinner. We went to Atlas diner and I legit have not been in years. Throwback dinner, so fun. Saturday we had a super relaxing morning. I went all out, slept in till 7:15 haha. It was kind of nice though cause I got to skype my good friend Rachel, who is in Seville, Spain! So great to catch up with her. In the afternoon, we went paint balling which was hilarious. Meg and Kate (one of her best friends) show up in running tights, bright pink tennis shoes, and eyeliner as "war paint." Nate and I looked semi-legit but not even. We end up playing with like 12 18 year old boys who clearly do this every weekend. They thought we were ridiculous, but they were so nice. It was a great time! Later we headed to the gym, then showered, and went to Mexican for dinner. We crushed some chips and salsa. We ended the night with ice cream and a movie: Dallas Buyers Club.
     Sunday we went to Trinity for church. Randy preached on the Kingdom of God. The sermon was great- I payed attention the whole time, which is really hard for me. I just really enjoyed the church service. It was nice getting to see old friends and teachers too. Sunday afternoon all four kids and dad played frisbee and football, it was such a good time. Then dad, meg, and I went to the dock and just sat near the water and talked for a while. Then we hung out and chilled for the rest of the night- we were wiped.

Mexican with Kate and Meg. Margs for the of age gals! Which will be me in less than a month!

Had to take a break from frisbee for a sibling pic:)

Paintball YEEEEEAAA

Kate, Megan, Me, and Nate

A weekend in the Burg- finally!!!!

So I LOVE being on the frisbee team, but it does mean that we spend many weekends traveling and playing at tournaments and therefore not many chill weekends at home. This past weekend I had a bunch of homework to do so I decided to not go to the frisbee clinic in Maryland and stay in the burg. It was wonderful and really good for my mental and physical health haha. I was actually a bit sick, so I need that time to rest lots and power out on homework I was behind in. Saturday, Jamie (my small group co-leader and dear friend) and I had a date with the library. She was doing her pratice MCAT- a five hour exam... casual... pre-med students... whatcha gonna do. So we got to the library at 9am on Saturday- true nerd status. I powered out on my paper though which was great! Left at 1pm and ran home (and booked my flight to Italy on the phone! It's official! Eek!). Then at 2:30 I went to the Tech vs. UNC basketball game to see James play! I got to see him after the game and chat for a quick second. It was so great! So proud of him and definitely miss that kid.

Then Saturday night I got to hang out with Charlotte and make dinner and dessert:) Sunday was church, brunch at Gillies- sooo nom!!!!!!!! And homework all afternoon. Overall, a very good weekend!

Snow Day and Valentine's Day

The final count for Blacksburg was 20 inches! 

I do not mess around about playing in the snow...

Me, roommate Jennie, and Emory

The roommates headed to Valentine's dinner at India Garden:)