Last Friday I was really dreading going to my photography class because at 7:30 in the morning I would rather be sleeping in my cozy bed. But I dragged myself out to class and when I got there I was told we were getting our second project back. I felt I did a pretty good job on it so I wasn't too worried about my grade. But I soon realized that my photograph was not in the stack of projects. And after getting a little concerned that something wrong happened with my project, I realized that my teacher chose my project to go in the display case in the Fine Arts building. I was so excited! Only eight out of maybe fifty people get their art in display cases in photography so it is a pretty awesome thing if you get your work displayed! That definitely made it all worth getting out of bed. I also got an "A" on it!

(Mine is the second one from the left, on top.)

My artwork

These are my projects from last semester:
These were done in my 2D design class







These were done in my Drawing 1 class:




These are my projects from this semester so far
Drawing 2:




3D Design:(I hated this project)


These are from Photography 1:

Things that I have done

First of all, James surprised me a couple weeks ago with a new digital camera (my old one broke and he knew I was saving for one). He said that since I have helped him so much with the church, I deserved to get some sort of reward since I am not getting paid. What a guy! It was a very sweet surprise! And by the end of this blog you will notice how much I like my new camera!

So I cleaned my room...this is the before shots:


And now it looks like this:


About a week ago I called James to tell him I was making dinner (got his voicemail) and left him a message not to eat on campus. I made a nice dinner and of course he didn't get the message and ate on campus anyways, so I ate my great dinner by myself! Here was my lovely set up:



Oh well!

This was the beautiful sky the other night:


And these were from the engagement party!

Alright, I finally have free time to write!

My summer was wonderful! Full of fun trips, happy times, and amazing memories!
This summer was all about going places! I went to North Carolina, Florida (twice), Indiana, California, and New York! Every place I went was beautiful and wonderful in so many ways! North Carolina was great because James and I were in the gorgeous mountains and got to visit his sweet grandmother. Florida was wonderful because the beach is the best place to be! Indiana is my home and my heart and gives me the best feeling in the world. And California and New York were places that I have wanted to go visit and I was blessed to go see both within weeks of each other and had a blast!

I also got engaged to my best friend and the love of my life! Everything was perfect about that night and I will never forget it! I look at my ring everyday and get excited!

My two best friends Jeremy and Kody got married this summer and I am so happy for them. It was a beautiful wedding and they are so happy together!

I turned 21 this summer which means nothing really...I celebrated with my mom, dad, James,and my grandmother at Olive Garden, so yummy!

James got a job with a church and is now the youth minister in Moultrie Georgia (You pronounce that with a twangy southern accent...they are so country!) Anyways, he is doing a great job...the kids are not very respectful at the moment probably because they are in middle school and are just hormonally imbalanced. Tolerance is mandatory! We took the youth to Universal Studios a couple of weeks ago and that was an experience! The youth didn’t want to wait in hour long lines for the rides so they decided they would rather just sit and look at the little ponds with fish in them. Needless to say we went to Universal Studios, but rode and did almost nothing. I am so glad I didn’t have to pay for that trip! Hopefully the youth will snap out of the whole attitude stage quick! With James’ job we have to be out of the house every Sunday morning by 7:30 AM to get to Moultire by around 8:20 AM. We then go to the early service at 9. Then James leads the youth Sunday school at 10. And at 11 we go to the 11 o’clock service where we then leave with the children’s church to help with that until noon. Then we go back to James’ office where we usually eat a sandwich or spaghettio’s for lunch. I usually work on school stuff/take naps/watch a movie and entertain myself while James works on homework and work for the church. We leave his office around5 PM, where we then go to the youth room and set up for the Sunday night youth service that starts at 6 PM. We usually get on the road to Valdosta around 8:30 and get home around 9:30 PM and that is our day!

So far school is going well. I rarely see my roommate(not complaining...she is a little different). Life is good. I am happy and all is well! I am now going to bed because my momma, daddy, and grandmother are coming in tomorrow and I have cleaned all day and I am pooped! Good night!