Beginning of Summer!

School's out for summer! Woohoo! 

It feels like it has been summer for a long time for me because I have been done with school since the end of April. I have the best major in the world, Education, where we have lots of end of the semester projects instead of finals, so I was done wayyy before everyone else! It was great.

Since my semester ended, I feel like I have been engulfed in a whirlwind of activities. I am going to use this blog post to update you on what I have been up to lately!

After finals ended, I said goodbye to friends who are going all over the world this summer, and goodbye to Trey as he traveled to Hawaii for a family vacation for 10 days. 

I took my own vacation with my mom all the way to.....DALLAS! No, it may not be as exciting as Hawaii, but I might have been as excited to go there. My aunt, two first cousins and their husbands, and two 2nd cousins (ages 14 months and 5 months) all live in Dallas and ever since the second cousins were born, my mom and I have made several trips to go visit them. They are the cutest kids ever and I love them so much. 

Since both of their moms work, they go to daycare, and my mom and I love to go up there, take them out of daycare for a few days, spoil them to death, keep them up late, and play with them constantly. (Sorry to their daycare teachers and parents!) 

Davis and Luke

My mom and I make a great team. She gets all the bottles ready, cleans up, does the laundry, etc. While I play with them, change diapers, put them down for naps, etc. We love every single second we have with those boys and are hearts always ache every time we have to leave. 

 Luke, the oldest of the two, is at the age where he is just starting to develop a personality, and throws little fits, but then is very easily distracted. Davis, the younger, is just content to sit and stare all day, but we love to act like fools to make him smile and coo. 

We stayed there for 4 days and just had a blast. We were sad to leave, but we were both worn out by the end! After leaving Dallas, we returned to Houston, where I stayed for a little over a week. I did a lot of lounging on the couch, catching up on my favorite shows, went to various appointments, and enjoyed spending time with my family. 

While in Houston, one of my appointments was a hair appointment, as the hair dresser I have been going to literally since 1st grade, works in Houston. I made the decision to cut my hair and donate it to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths program where they make wigs for people who may have lost hair from cancer or other medical conditions. Hair is something that is so easy to give and something we all take for granted so much! I have always been told I have great hair, so why not share it with others!? I really hope my donation helps to make someone else's life a little better. Here is my before and after picture:

I didn't tell Trey I was donating my hair while he was in Hawaii, and boy was he surprised when he got back! He loves it though and is so proud of what I did!

By the end of my time in Houston, I was very excited to welcome Trey home from Hawaii! I missed him so much and was very happy to have him back! We enjoyed a couple of days of relaxation, then hit the road again, which will lead me to my next post! 

So that's what my summer has looked like so far! It has been very enjoyable.

 I am excited to see and share all the adventures summer 2013 holds.

Ring Day Weekend

Well, sorry I have taken so long to write this. I know it is long overdue, but somehow life has gotten in the way of my blog! 

As many of you may know, I am a student a Texas A&M university, which makes me a very proud Aggie. It is tradition, that when a student completes 90 credit hours, they may receive their class ring. The Aggie ring is a symbol of hard work, dedication, many long nights of studying, but also enjoying your college years, and the honor it is to be part of the Aggie family. 

After waiting almost three years, my day had finally come to order that fine piece of gold I have worked so hard for. It was worth the wait, because that day was wonderful! 

I am so blessed that my entire family was able to make it to my ring day, and make it all the more special to me! I was honored to have my older brother, who graduated from A&M in 2012, present me with my ring. It was an unforgettable memory I will never forget.  Ring day was such a joyful time being able to reflect on all the memories I have made over the past three years here, and realize there is still so much I want to do before I graduate, which I am realizing is approaching much more quickly than I really want it to! 

I was also blessed to be able to share this day with one of my very best friends, Brittany, who was such a trooper taking all my pictures for me, and just being a good sport about all the craziness that is Ring Day. I love you so much Brittany, and thanks again so much for coming to support and celebrate with me! 

After receiving the ring, a few AFC friends and I had a Ring Dunk party. This is also a crazy A&M tradition, that is when you receive your ring you are to dunk it in a glass pitcher filled with your beverage of choice. (I chose lemonade!) The pitchers are about 60 oz, which is way more than it sounds when you are the one dunking. Needless to say, I wore a poncho and may or may not have spilled some (most) of it. It was fun to laugh about and I'm glad I can say I did it. Would I do it again? Definitely not. 

Ring Day was everything I had hoped it would be and more. It was so much fun being able to celebrate with friends and family, and just enjoy ourselves before the end of semester hecticness set it. 

I am so blessed to be an Aggie. I thank God everyday that He has allowed me to be apart of this incredible university and meet so many wonderful people who have changed my life completely.

Receiving my Aggie ring is one of my most favorite memories at Texas A&M. Thanks to everyone who has helped me to achieve this goal. 

Next step, GRADUATION!