Happiness, anyone?

Hip hip hooray! I'M LICENSED TO DRIVE. My ecstasy is ecstatic. Awwww boy.

I can driiiiiiiiiive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(oh, and my awesomest brother got a new banjo!!! IT IS AMAZING. He's the best banjo player ever. Dude.)

highlights!

Hello my dears!

We're back! Oooh we're back. And our trips was stupendous.

Take a peek, if you like, into some of my memories from the past few days...

I did not know how much I adored dogwood trees until we went to a campus that was bursting with them. Ooooooh my. They are brilliantly beautiful.

Ahhh! I want whoever made this poster to be MY teacher! :)

In the Journalism Lab! It was great. We got to participate in the assignment! EEEEK! :)

Cute coffee house!! On college campus!!
I'm sold ;)

Flamed-roasted apples = one scrumptious salad
(by the way, this was not at a cafeteria. just clearin' that up.)

Look at this amazing view.
Go ahead. Don't be shy.

I think I could stand looking at that every day for four years :)

We got to do lots of early driving, which meant lots of early hotel breakfasts and alarm clocks. (Why do hotels even BOTHER putting out scrambled eggs? It may be yellow, but that stuff is NOT egg.) But the good side was that we saw many beautiful sunrises.

My little stack of necessary items. Oh, and my cup of "tea". It was really, really terrible.
*BAD HOTEL TEA MAKER*

Dad workin' on his March Madness bracket in the hotel.

So so beautiful. (That's Lake Bob, by the way. Pretty amazing if you ask me!)

Can I express how wonderful the worship was? To have so many people packed into a fairly small space with the sole intent of glorifying God with their voices and testimonies is incredible.


Crocuses! Growing randomly in the grass beside the sidewalk! Whoever thought of that was s-m-a-r-t.

So guys. I had a glorious trip. Really, it was great. No decisions made (but hey, I'm only a Junior!), but I feel so much more knowledgeable about college and what's most important to me for my higher education. Plus, I got to meet a ton of great people, and spend a lot of quality time with my Daddy-o. And I got fat on good food!! And passed a lot of semi's. And drove at night, on the highway, in the rain. Freaaaky.

I'm excited, guys!!

So, three things are makin' me bust outta my bubble.

First of all, CANONREBELXSOHTHEBLISSANDJOYANDHAPPINESS!!!

Ehem. Sorry.

Our family ordered a new camera. That camera being a Canon Rebel XS. It's pretty snazzy.



See?!

Oh, joy!!

Exciting thing number duo:

See all the girly necklaces? And see that medal? (Proof that a nerdy girly girl can play basketball TOO! WE SHALL BREAK THESE CLIQUES SOMEDAY.)

We won 1st place at a tournament we went to last week. Pretty much very exciting, especially since we lost most of our games this season!! The guys, oddly enough, did really well in the season, but not so great in the tournament. And they played so hard!

(And I will interupt here to say that I'm really glad my dad encouraged me to play basketball! Not being a naturally sporty person, it's really nice to actually know how to play one sport pretty well. Not saying I'm that good, but at least I can play it! I don't think people should be forced to play sports if they don't want to, but it really is a life skill that is very valuable, especially if you're the type of person that doesn't want to be the party pooper who doesn't play any sporty games but also doesn't want to make a utter fool of themselves. End of sermon.)

And the third thing?

Well, on Sunday afternoon, my dad and I will be embarking on an epic spring break adventure. Namely, visiting-five-colleges-in-one-week-without-dying-of-exhaustion. Oh, and also getting-all-my-driving-hours-in.

Please keep us in your prayers! Not ONLY will I be driving a lot, but we're gonna be going non-stop, a college a day, and it's gonna be tiring. But great. We've been thinking of questions, planning outfits, booking hotels, getting books on tape, and all that good stuff. Hoooopefully we'll be ready by Sunday :)

Getting in bed tonight should be interesting...