A long time coming....

Howdy folks!
It has truly been a long time coming. I have not been online FOREVER. A whole lot has been going on in my life... mostly good! We just returned from PEAK and let me tell you it was AWESOME! God moved in that youth conference like never before. My uncle Kenny, Aunt Kim, Korena, LeighLee, Lexi, Austin and I drove in the suburban to Tulsa Ok. to attend P.E.A.K. and Quizzing Nationals. It was a pretty quick ride there without many stops...but very entertaining. Everyone who talked to us was like..."OMW! You drove here...How boring." Well, apparently they do not know the people I was with. Boring is probably the furthest word I can think of to describe our trip. Our main event on the way was Cross Ministry's. You can visit there web site at http://www.crossministries.net . It WAS amazing. It is complete statues of the death, burial, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. They also had the beatitudes, 10 commandments, fountain of divine mercy and a memorial to the innocent victims of abortion. It was very touching to see all these things put in to life. We also saw the guy who was walking across the country with the cross....only his was on wheels.:) So, then the services at P.E.A.K. were nothing short of wonderful. Bro. Marks allowed God to move through him in a mighty mighty way. It of course was great fellowship...Great to see old friends and meet new ones! A wonderful...and sad thing happened while in Tulsa....Leigh and Dell got engaged!! It was so neat to meet Uncle Pops (Korena and I's nickname for him) and be apart of the beginning of the Counts! The Drive home was as exciting as the drive there. We all really wanted to go the Grand Canyon on the way home...so guess were we went?! YES! You're right! It was so beautiful. Truly a wonder of our world...and our God! However, the greatness of this little side trip was short lived when I tripped and dropped Korena's phone down the Grand Canyon. Yes..I am telling the truth. We have pictures to prove it. It dropped where we could still see it. So, to say the least....I gave Korena the right to use my phone the whole trip home. Still...after all that fun, I was ready to be home. Since arriving home I have done nothing but work and attend church...Until today. Today was my first day of classes at both Sac City and CRC. I think after attending classes today that I am going to enjoy this semester. This weekend is Labor day weekend. All of my family except the 2 little ones are going camping at Ice House....I am staying in the nice clean house..that has comfortable beds and hot showers until Sunday morning. Then I will join them with the 2 little ones for one night before coming home. I am not exactly your avid camper...I much prefer like...maybe a hotel!? LoL. No, another reason that I will be staying home is Jhenai's wedding is this weekend. Oh and another big announcement is that I will be a Aunt to a little boy by the name of Vincent Patrick starting next month. My oldest sister will be delivering him around Sept. 4th. I will have to make a trip to LA to visit this little rascal and newest member of our family. We are very excited about this little guy. I cannot walk through the baby stuff without thinking he might need just about everything that I am seeing. HaHaHa...let all the other aunts say Amen! Well, I need to go watch a speech for homework~! I will be putting pictures up as soon as Korena emails them to me. Ciao for now!

Jhenai is getting married!

This is Estee, Jhenai, Darling and SarahAnne. These were all kids living in my neighborhood that were some of my best friends. We have all moved away...some far and some not so far. We do not get to see each other very often but we are all still very close. When we see one another its like we spoke everyday since we saw each other last. These are what I call life time friends. And now, My bestest friend Jhenai is getting married. I cannot believe that we are all old enough to get married! This is my second best friend to get married! AHH! But I am very happy for Jhenai and Isaiah! and I want to wish them the very best for the journey they have departed on! I told Isaiah that he has caught one of the best girls around and he better treat her like a queen...and Izzy if you read this..I meant it! I love you both very much!

Pictures!!

This is some pictures from a couple years ago..I found them on the computer and wanted to share them with you! Karissa and I walking.. I love this Picture!
Lilly and I after service at the pizza place...

My Dear friends Nina, Karissa and Victoria took me to a play for my Birthday!
Our first freedom week. Karissa, Steven, Shay, SarahAnne, Jenna, Adam, and Ashley!
Karen and I at the Memorial day picnic. I miss my Karen!
Karissa and I. Having fun playing in old Elk Grove! Freedom week. Lexi, SarahAnne and Korena waiting for the outside church service to start!

Ahh!!

Well, folks...I have been extremely busy and have not been online for a week~! Life gets to be too much sometimes! The Lord is great through it all! So, It is the 4th of July and I am going to the Rodeo! I cannot wait. It's gonna be AWESOME~! I have promised you pictures but unfortunately, My dear friend Korena has not shared them with me yet! HaHA. So, I will be posting some very old and random pictures that I found on my computer! I thought they would be fun to look at! Love you all!

Oh...and Welcome!

I want to welcome my little sister Brandy to the Blog world. It is a cute little blog...she doesn't have alot of stuff on it yet. She will work on it though. And welcome to Victoria!

A new post! Finally!

Wow! I have been so busy and of course my blog is what gets forgotten. :( I have been super busy! I have been working.:( I went thrift storing with Anna, Rachel and Lexi! We had alot of fun. Anna and I focused on books and the other two focused on clothes. We ended our day with Chipotle! A wonderful ending as far as we were concerned. I also took a trip with my family for Fathers day. It was great. We surprised my dad with a camping trip. We could not go far with the kids but we had a great weekend at the Placerville KOA camp. My mom and the older kids left Friday at noon and went to the campgrounds to set up. Myself and the little kids waited at home for Dad to come home and take a shower. My Dad, the little ones and I drove up to meet the rest of the crew. My dad had no idea what was going on. We pulled of into the Koa and he was like are we having dinner here? I was like yes, and we aren't leaving until Sunday. He later told my mom that he could not have had a better fathers day. It was great. Trista and her kids drove up on Saturday and spent the day with us. We all caught fish! There was a playground, fishing pond, swimming pool and a couple animals to play with. Then it was back to the grind. I have been working all this week. Yesterday, I worked 15 hours. I got off and went straight to bed and didn't wake up once. I have not went to bed at 9 pm for probably a year! This weekend Korena, Lexi, Aunt Kim and I are going for a girls weekend! It is going to be lots of fun. When I get back I will post pictures of both weekends. :) I will try to be more diligent with my blog. Please, make sure you noticed the TRY! HeeHee!

Lots of pictures!

Sis. Angela Doan and I after eating with the school at Shakeys. There was octopus Pizza.
The Church School and I a couple days after I spoke at chapel.
Love Coke!? They are huge in Japan.
SarahAnne, Tedia-San and Tamiko-San...These two are two of the sweetest ladies you could ever meet and boy, can they touch the throne of God.