Amanya Kennedy!

Matthew and I decided the summer before my senior year that we wanted to sign up with the program called Compassion International where we would sponsor a child and communicate through letters and send 32$ a month! We split the costs and its definitely well worth it! We have been able to watch Amanya grow, he lives in Uganda and is 6 years old about to turn 7! The money we send goes to a community program for the children in the area that provides education, health care, food, and so much more! There is money given to the families as well to support them and help them out.

I just recieved a letter and it just makes my day when I do because they are obviously translated but, that makes them even more cute! I have a binder with all of the letters that he has written us and truly recommends joining in this program. Its life changing for these children and their families and there are thousands just waiting to be sponsored!

http://www.compassion.com/default.htm

Check it out!

I am going to try and scan the pictures and add them on here!

Engagement!

Callie's charm bracelet that read "Will you marry me" and the date on the back!

My peeps that were there!

Bridal magazines! (opening a couple gifts)

SURPRISE!!!

the cake!

NOT ME! haha!

Yesterday my lovely older sister was proposed to by her boyfriend Jeremiah! And now they are getting married! It was very fun and exciting but as most events are...stressful! We had been planning with Jeremiah for a while of when he would ask because he wanted to throw a surprise party for her that would be waiting after he popped the question! So long story short, he took her to what will be their future house and proposed to her there...we were all waiting friends and family at my brothers house where Callie currently lives and she was definitely surprised and needless to say freaking out! I will give you some pics of the surprise and the ring! now on to the adventure of wedding planning! Woohoo! We are all very happy for her though and what an exciting time!

Bored

I never thought I would be saying this...but I am ready to start working. I am bored sitting at home and feeling like i do nothing all day! I am in the midst of two classes but you know thats not very exciting..not to mention i am in dire need of a paycheck!

I cannot believe its already been a year since I was in high school, it has just gone by really fast and I feel like I am getting old...=(

I guess i never did an update last week but most the shows on tv have had their season finale and American Idol ended with a bang. The finale show was great and my favorite Kris Allen won!!! wooo hooo! Good ole Arkansas boy from the town where all of my family lives and Callie went to school! But i have respect for both the guys! Shawn Johnson won Dancing With The Stars! woohooo! i loved her as well!

Great week!

employment!

I finally found a job for the summer. I have been home for a week and weeks before that i spent so much time searching for jobs online and in the newspaper...filling out applications and just constantly feeling rejected!!! it was so depressing but yesterday I went to Big Kahunas water park in destin and......Im employed!!!!! wooohoooooo!!!

Last weekend was great, my dad made me get up at 8 am and go on a walk at the beach....it was soooooooo hard we went 20 minutes out and then went back and it literally kicked my butt. he made me walk on the soft sand and i was crawling back to his house i was so beat and yeah he beat me!! I am still sore from that...maybe i should take it as a hint and i dont know..work out more?

But then I went on the boat with my mom and mike to see my brother and some of his friends out on one of the islands and it was alot of fun! Matthews family was having a little get together to watch slumdog millionaire (amazing) and i was asked to bring desserts. Well i have been on a huge cooking/baking/food network kick ( i reallllly want a standing mixer!) so i found this recipe for carrot cake cupcakes and a frozen lemonade pie that i would make. Well i was scurrying around the kitchen making all of this - my cream cheese icing was lame and i have since found a new receipe that i will use- and i was just stressing and i thought i needed to be there at 6 so i realize its like 5:15 and im like OMG i gotta hurry the cupcakes need to be iced and this pie mixed....well at about 5:30 i realize my phone has a ton of missed called and texts and they are all from matthew (doesnt he understand that I am doing all of this for his family and i cannot possibly talk....) so i call him and hes like "Where are you?" im like "babe im hurrying trying to get this done to make it by 6 and hes like well your late and im like nooo im trying not to be but then hes like...Lynnlee it started at 5...everyone is here.... i drop the phone and just start crying!!!!! Not to mention after that i realize that pie was supposed to freeze for 24 hrs...

im pretty sure everyone ate and complemented the cupcakes and soupy pie because they felt bad for me....but we put the pie back in the freezer and had it sunday night as well. it was great frozen as it was supposed to be!

I have the visions of how i want my cooking to look and it was just below par....=( but i guess it turned out all okay..i still blame the fact that i need a standing mixer.. =)

oops!

Did I mention that I got straight A's this semester and I have not done that since like 7th grade so i was ecstatic!! woooohoooooo

Finished!!

I came back to fort walton on Saturday afternoon for the summer! Woohoo! Finished with my first year of college, crazy how fast it went and it was definitely nostalgic moving out of my cubicle that they call "dorms" as it was my home for the past 9 months. I will miss the rooms.. (Lexie) even though im sure she will be hanging with me and elizabeth next year since we can have real food there! But on the up side...I get to be here in the lovely fort walton for like 3 months.. minus the summer school and job it will be great! =) Also, that means that in just 3 short months Elizabeth and I will be rooooommmmmiiieeeess!! We have the cutest apartment called "The Ives" and I absolutely cannot wait to be in it!

We celebrated Mothers Day this weekend and Mom had a great day! Today I began summer school and it was not tooo bad...=/

ps- if anyone watches Private Practice, Greys Anatomy or Brothers and Sisters...the season finales have just been cliff hangers to to ulimate! I cannot wait for the next seasons. if you cannot tell i am a TV junkie and so excited for american idol this week. Kris Allen = AMAZING!

LoLo is getting Married!! =)

Cousins after the engagement!
B-E-A-utiful ring!!

The Happy ENGAGED couple!

The "Will You Marry Me" Plate the dessert was on!

SHE SAID YES!! =)

"What are yall doing here!!!!!"wooohoo!!!

This past weekend matthew and I traveled to Conway, Arkansas to spend the weekend with my mom's side of the family! We were there to suprise my cousin Lauren (Lolo) because she was getting proposed to and her fiance setup a some friends and family to be awaiting them after he popped the question!

It was an eventful trip to say the least...as every arkansas trip always is... Friday we had quite the family emergency. In a very very long story short my grandmother was hit (bumped) by a car in her driveway sending her face forward into the groud (she is 81) incredibly scary. I will leave out all the details but a 911 call, emergency room visit, stitches, and probably encounter with the swine flu later we were back home with my grandmother. Bless her heart, she was bruised and swollen but only managed to break a part of her nose. She is such a strong woman and handled it so well. Matthew was there and Jeremiah (callie's boyfriend)...What a great way to meet the whole family huh..

Well the show must go on.. Saturday night we went to Little Rock and met up with Laurens friends, parents, John's parents and awaited their arrival back at his house. She had no idea we would all be there...while we were waiting to she called each one of us to tell us the BIG news! She got there and we had a great time, then it was back to tuscaloosa early sunday to prepare for finals week!

Congratulations to Lauren and John...I am so happy for yall and so glad I was able to be a part of it all!