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Keep my sweet friend Sarah in your prayers. She was supposed to be my roommate but she got married instead. Tomorrow she has a court date to finalize her divorce and determine final custody of her sweet baby girl Izzy. The Lord knows what is best for both of them (and so does everyone else with a brain) so just keep Sarah and Izzy in your prayers.

snowman

I finally uploaded my pictures so here is our Auburn snowman! war eagle! He has paintballs for a mouth, tennis balls covered with headphone pads for eyes, and brother's acne medicine for a nose. Ha! Can you tell we were unprepared for snowman building?

The puppies loved the snow.

The cats...not so much.

I hope everyone had a very merry and WHITE Christmas!

back

I came back to Auburn last night after spending 2 weeks at home. Being back here is bittersweet for me. I already miss my family so much. I do not like having to work the couple of weeks I am out of school. Oh well. It is life.

Christmas break (at home) was awesome. I got to see everyone I wanted to see (maybe not as much as I wanted to see them) and noone that I didn't. There are a few people I would rather not bump in to around Trussville. Wednesday my grandparents came to our house and we had tacos and opened presents. Very traditional. Christmas eve I went to Josh's house and did Christmas with his family. His mom got me this super cute bracelet that I am obsessed with. Then we went to his sister's house to see baby Caleb and give them their gifts. Josh's family is wonderful. That night we went to my grandmother's house for some Christmas eve games. A room full of 30 people playing Christmas games is a little crazy but so much fun. I got to use my new mixer to make desserts for the party :) Christmas day we woke up and opened presents. Then we went to Waffle House (welcome to Alabama). On the drive there it was snowing a little but immediately melting. On the way back, however, it was STICKING! We got probably 2 inches of snow! We made a snowman that was over 5 feet tall! It was crazy...snow on Christmas in Alabama. We spent the rest of the day watching Christmas movies and playing with our presents. Yesterday we went back to Granny's and gave gifts. I was supposed to work last night at 6 so I was going to have to leave early. I got  a text about an hour before I needed to leave town saying someone could work for me! GOD IS TOO GOOD! He knew I was stressed about leaving my family early. He knew I was dreading leaving in the middle of family Christmas. I still came back last night but I got to leave at 9 instead of 2! Merry Christmas!

Now I am back. Me and Josh both have to work this week so at least someone is in town with me. On a good note...my crazy roommate has officially MOVED OUT! Hooray! No more crazy...hopefully.

1 present

Tonight me and Josh went to Konomi (he has lived here a long time but never been) and then went to his house to exchange our Christmas presents. I thought I had done a good job of picking out presents I knew he wanted but wouldn't buy himself. He opened his and I was satisfied with my gifts. Then it was my turn. I only got one present. I had no clue what it was. I started unwrapping and HOLY CRAP! I unwrapped one of these babies!


Yep. The boy got me a KitchenAid.
I should have got him more presents! Haha. He is seriously THE BEST! I cannot wait to make all kinds of goodies. Since I burned out the motor on my hand mixer this beauty will be a nice replacement! THANK YOU JOSHUA! I love you and my mixer.

Meet Caleb

Caleb Dennis Griffin was finally born today! He weighed 9lbs 13 oz and he was 22 in long! holy cow he is a big boy and man is he cute!



His little cheeks are so chubby! My goodness. Joshua was instantly in love with the little man. And Tesney is obsessed with him. She wanted to hold him or kiss him or touch him every second. We even went home and colored some pictures for baby brother Caleb. He is beautiful. Congratulations Annilee!

copy cat

Tonight I went with Josh and his family to the Alabama Theatre. It was so much fun. Josh's uncle Doug and his friend came. His niece Tesney came too. The girl loves me. She is so stinking cute! I would venture to say she likes me more than she even likes her Uncle Josh. Tonight when she showed up she had a stick on rhinestone stuck right on her little nose. I have my nose pierced and so she wanted to have one too. It was seriously too cute. Then she made Josh ask me if I was wearing brown boots because she was. I wore black ones because I don't have brown ones but she still thought it was so cool that we were both wearing boots. She of course wanted to sit by me. I love that sweet girl. It just reminds me all the time that people are watching...even when you don't know it. Always reflect Christ. I absolutely cannot wait until Monday when we finally get to meet her brother Caleb!

falling

I LOVE this song! It is so true of our relationship with Christ. It has to be more than just something we are told to do. It is a relationship with a living God who can respond to us and become incredibly real in our lives. When it becomes that way we cannot help but fall in love.
More like falling in love: Jason Gray

Give me rules, I will break them
Show me lines, I will cross them
I need more than a truth to believe
I need a truth that lives, moves, and breathes
To sweep me off my feet

It's gotta be, more like falling in love
Than something to believe in
More like losing my heart
Than giving my allegiance
Caught up, called out
Come take a look at me now
It's like I'm falling, Ohhhh, It's like I'm falling in love

Give me words, I'll misuse them
Obligations, I'll missplace them
Cuz all religion ever made of me
Was just a sinner with a stone tied to my feet
It never set me free

It's gotta be, more like falling in love
Than something to believe in
More like losing my heart
Than giving my allegiance
Caught up, called out
Come take a look at me now
It's like I'm falling, It's like I'm falling in love

Love, Love, deeper and deeper
It was love that made me a believer
In more than a name, a faith, a creed
Falling in love with Jesus brought the change in me

RECAP: I am finally home for a couple of weeks. Lindsey and Allen's wedding was so precious. The food was divine, and the dancing was super fun. She looked amazing of course. It has been so so cold here! It snowed all day Sunday. We went to see my whole famaily in NorthPark's Christmas concert. It was so good. They dedicated it to Jake Richey. Please keep him and his family in your prayers. God is so big. He can work miracles. Yesterday I braved the cold and checked my brothers out of school and took them to lunch at Frontera and now Brian has the flu. Hopefully he didn't double dip in the salsa. I cleaned the house a little bit because I am a good daughter then hung out with Josh last night. I picked the boys up again today and my car had icicles hanging from it. It was freezing. Tonight I am going to dinner and shopping with Mom and Granny. Should be so much fun if we can manage to not freeze to death. It has been so good seeing my friends and family. We got our grades back and I got all As and Bs! Praise the Lord! He is truly amazing.