here is an actual conversation between eric and i today ( Read more... )

Mother Teresa hits it right on the head in her book of meditations, "The Best Gift Is Love".  (of course she does...she's Mother Teresa!!!)

"a joyful heart is like a sunshine of God's love,
the hope of eternal happiness,
a burning flame of God.
So if we allow Him to live His life in us,
we will experience that joy.
And if we pray,
we will become that ( Read more... )

so, now that all my family officially knows, it's okay to post it here!  :-D

PAT AND NIKKI ARE ENGAGED AND GONNA GET MARRIED!  YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :-D

ps: when my mother called my uncle Paul and Aunt Lisa to tell them, their 4-year-old daughter (my cousin), Gracie goes, "No, I wanted to marry Patrick!"  ( Read more... )

it is so good to finally get good news in this family that is really uplifting & encouraging and hippity-happity-hoppity-HAPPY!

YAAAAAAAAAAY.  i'll tell what's up later!  :) :) :) :) :) :) :-D

i just wanted the whole world to see this AWESOME picture!  it's from fall frenzy when i should have been helping out with service projects... but instead, a lovely MDCCY adult stuffed me IN the service projects and took pictures...haha!  :)


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What!?  Eric gets a French exchange student for the next ten days!  I am crazy jealous!

saturday i served at the soup kitchen with Amie, Melissa, Kristin, Erin and Eric (and a bunch of people from St. Anne's parish)  wow.  talk about stopping and making you think.....wow.  I saw the face of Christ.  75 of Him, sitting cold, tired and wet, waiting to be fed.  Oh my goodness.  It was amazing and just made me think so so much.  Why am I ( Read more... )

!! yesterday was sooo wonderful! the boys came over at 10.30 to get ready. that was exciting. then we left at like 1.00 to go to the church. i served mass. :) it was an absolutely gorgeous ceremony. it was soo beautiful, so wonderful. then we headed off to the Portland Club for the reception! i played piano for the fisrt hour of the ( Read more... )

holy moly, so where has the time gone!? tomorrow is the first of october. tomorrow dan and shelby get married!!! holy guacamole! my big brother! craziness is what that is! like, seriosuly! just BOOM, the wedding day is almost here! and, along with the wedding comes the reception. which i am playinng piano at. for an hour. and i have like ( Read more... )

winter gal 57: happy birthday to you ( Read more... )