AHH!

ahh! i'm so sorry guys! i haven't been on in forever! so much has happened these last few weeks. a lot having to do with school ending on FRIDAY! whoo-hoo! the weather has been absolutely gorgeous, and .... hot. :O i have three finals and a research paper this week, and simply can not wait until they are over and i can enjoy my summer!

i will fill you all in later..... have a gorgeous week!!!!

GOD BLESS <3

a day in the park

we needed to take a break from the craziness of the weeks prior finals. thus, amanda&i decided to "kidnap" our two friends, and take a walk to a nearby park. :)

cheesecake factory

a few girls friends and i went out to the cheesecake factory for dessert wednesday night. it was my first time, and it was really fun! :)

easter

ok guys, here are some pictures that i've been meaning to put up. this was my family's easter dinner (saturday instead of sunday because we needed to head back to school sunday night). enjoy!

amanda and jess (jeff's girl friend)

jeff & i

the girls

sound of music in train station

Sound of Music Train Station @ Yahoo! Video

"easter"

may you ALL have a blessed and God filled RESURRECTION DAY!!!!!

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strength in you

lord, give me the strength and peace i need to continue on these last few weeks!

yesterday i had a wonderful time at the new tribe bible study at RPI. we read john 12. at one point we were really able to do more sharing than analyzing and picking apart of the word. i really enjoyed that. it was good to hear and be encouraged by my peers on what they have gone through and what they are learning in their relationship with God.

many more projects left to go before summer! i am slowly but surely checking them off my list, but not nearly fast enough. :o/ i took my stats test today and i had a rough time. the material made sense to me but i knew that i had to go in and take my time. in addition to that, i had all the information i was studying jumble up in my brain the minute i put my notes away. it was very nerve-racking! i started to freak out a bit, so i took some deep breathes, moved onto another problem, and tried to focus. i almost got to the point where i felt like i couldn't breathe and was on the verge of hyperventilating. i've never been in a position like that before! it was scary. but i believe my prayer before i took my test and while i was studying allowed me to in the end do the most i could do. there is always more room for studying, and i should've payed attention to my time the night before a little better, but i do believe God helped me not bomb it! thank you Jesus!

i'm off to a lacrosse game where i'm working at RPI, and right now it is flurrying!! AHH! at least it is better than pouring rain for 2+ hours like on monday.

please keep me in prayer, and all other students, for the end of the semester is always stressful. it is definitely something that should not distract us from God!!!

"i can do all things in you Lord!!" <3

muuuuusic

i found this as an advertisement on my facebook. it is really good..



Another great artist i was introduced to by a friend from my church is nina landis. i wasn't able to find this song on youtube but you can go to this site and look for the "greatest weapon" song to the right of the page. it is short but so powerful and awesome. i can play it over and over all night. it is so calming and true ----- { http://www.myspace.com/ninalandismusic}. feel free to look at the other songs too!

here is one

rpi at night

my friend billy and i wanted to go out shooting for a few weeks now and last night we were able to get together. we went up to his school {RPI}, and walked all over campus getting some cool shots. unfortunately, my camera is not that great with taking night pictures, but here are some of the better ones {i still need to figure out how to work the iso and the other functions---i rely too much on the automatic workings of the camera}. some are blurry from the camera and/or myself, and one or two are because i intentionally added the soft focus feature with picasa.

foot print

billy

here i used the soft focus feature

there is some soft focus here too

i had to climb up on the window to take this

stairs

in a garage on campus

on the roof

billy again

the bridge on campus