This past weekend!

So, this past weekend my mom, Lexi, Matthew, and I venture into the cold weather and hopped aboard a plane to good old New York City! The thursday morning started out without missing a beat, our flight was non stop from Portland to JFK, 4 and a half hours, we couldn't have been more happy. We went straight from the airport to our hotel on Long Island and hung out for the evening resting up for the big day ahead of us. (I forgot to mention, the car was a sort of small limo almost reminding one of a batmobile, it was a fun way to start our weekend). You see, Matthew had never been to NY before and we wanted him to see the city especially since it is all decorated for Christmas.

Friday morning we woke bright and early. We were up showered, clothed, hair and makeup done, we rushed down stairs and found our new found friends waiting for us in the restaurant, you see we had gone the night before and eaten dinner, now we were in a rush to get our breakfast, which turned out to be way more money that we could have possibly eaten. Together, Lexi and I, may have eaten $5 worth of food, but our bill told us differently. After we hurried through our meal we ran out to meet our taxi and climbed in headed for Farmington Station just a few miles away. Our cab driver directed us on what tickets to buy and before we knew it we were out in the biting wind and cold waiting for a train to NYC. After about 20 minutes in the cold we could hear the rumbling of the oncoming train, I, being the "mother" that I am, grabbed Matthew and told him to stand far away from the edge as I did not want to see him killed. He gave me a look of, seriously, and I ignored it and said just do it for me. So we were aboard our train into the city. Upon arriving to Penn Station we were excited to start our day. First we went to H&M (we do not have one in Portland) and then wandered along with everyone else in Manhattan through Macy's... That was well, interesting. We finally decided to give up on that store and find a Starbucks, what can we say the NW runs through our blood. Upon warming ourselves and deciding to get make our way towards Inglot our new favorite make up store... We spent a bit of time in there and went around a few other stores near Times Square...

Then our story gets a little interesting... We decided to grab the subway, which is no big deal to the normal group of people and we had done it before. We went down and looked at the map trying to decipher what these foreign symbols were trying to tell us. A nice man decided to show us what rails to take, what luck we were thinking, as the hectic travelers pushed through buying their tickets and passed along the entrance. We tried to figure out what we needed to buy and of course our "helpful friend" was right there to guide us... All of the sudden he was offering to give us tickets if we paid him in cash... It was all happening so quickly, I was looking for a name tag to see if he worked there, mom was following him through the emergency exit, and pretty soon $6 dollars later as the little scammer was scanning for cops we had three tickets in our hands and he was out of sight. After the exchange we all started thinking about how shady it all seemed. So, mom being the upright citizen that she is went right up to a cop and asked if we had done something totally illegal. He automatically said do not buy anything from anyone and took our tickets to see if we had been scammed... He came back to tell us that there is nothing on the cards. We had been played by a new york subway player... and of course all the while mom is saying she is going to go over there and give him a piece of her mind... Ummmmm, we looked at her with mouths open and eyes bulging... "NO YOU ARE NOT", "DO YOU WANT TO GET SHOT" "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?" These were all comments rushing out of our mouths sounding astonished... After the cop came and told us he was gone he directed us where to go and before we knew it we were watching the Rockettes in the Christmas Spectacular, followed by seeing the tree at Rockafeller Center, seeing the windows on 5th avenue and eating dinner before returning to the train station and settling for the night at the hotel.

Saturday was a day of excitement... It was the day of our friends' wedding. We got all dressed up and ready to go and met everyone down in the lobby. It was an amazing night filled with food and dancing and love and Jesus. It was out of a storybook somewhere I am sure. That night the snow came down and kept coming down and by the morning our flight was cancelled.


Not knowing what our best option was we gathered our things ate breakfast and headed to the airport, just to find the rest of the world was waiting there as well... After a couple of hours we found out that we would not be able to get out of JFK until Christmas Day at the earliest and Saturday for sure. I researched and found one flight going out of Washington DC the next evening at 9 pm that would take us to San Francisco. We decided to buy the flight and head over the Penn Station. We could not get out that night because of delays, but we were able to get tickets for 4:40 am the next morning. At this point Lexi was not feeling well and so we hurried and found a motel across the street which looked nice from the lobby, well my friends... Looks can be SO DECEIVING... It was the Bates Motel... Old, smelly, creaky! The flights flashed on a pale green which made the eerie old bathroom buzz in the night. Mom reassured Lex that she would feel much better after a shower and so she turned the shower and as the water began to run the smell of cat pee filled the room... It got a little better after a while, but we were all very disturbed... The beds hard as rocks held us for the next couple hours as cold air blew in from somewhere that was not sealed by the window. We were all ready to get up as all four alarms went off at 4 am... We rushed up and walked out into the cold through the snow and the slush to find that our train was delayed... Not only was our train delayed, but Lexi was very sick and miserable. After about an hour and a half we boarded our train and rode to DC... Once in DC we caught up taxi the Dulles International Airport and wating until 9 pm to board our flight to San Fran. Our Virgin America flight was glorious... First class of the best kind although I could not sleep... We arrived in San Fran at midnight and rushed down to get our bags and found our way back to Delta to recheck only to find out that we had to wait until 3:45 am to do so. We put some blankets on the floor and camped out until that dreadful hour. We then stood in line and were told we needed to be at Alaska Airlines and walked over in that direction... After waiting for what seemed forever a lady came and said we do not open until 5 am... we will be back at 5:05 to help you if you want to wait over there and keep your bags in line. By the time we got our bags checked we were now waiting in a long security line... We rushed through and sat at our gate and boarded our plane which was an iceburg of sorts. After our flight home we rushed off the airplane at 9 am with a "Praise Jesus" dance!! We are now at home and clean and happy, but still have not slept since yesterday at 1 am... Tonight we will all sleep well!!! :) Love you all!!

Tonight...

So, today was a wonderful day... It started with my nieces and nephews coming over and it ended with an amazing night of praise and worship. Lex and I went to Katie's church and they had a worship service. They had music, invited people to paint or write on large pieces of paper and they showed a video that was great. The video showed how things can block our sight from Jesus and knowing that He is in control and He can handle all of my problems. As I was sitting there thinking about all of these things that take my eyes off of Jesus and knowing that He can handle any problems, three things came to mind... Pride, fear, and body image. The first is a hard pill to swallow at times and that is what makes it pride, pride comes at times to cover fear or because I feel I need to "do" more with my life. I am learning that what I do does not make me more valuable or more worthy, but I am just learning that God has me where I am at this point and it is right where I am supposed to be. As far as body image goes, it has been something that I have dealt with since I was a Junior in high school. It was never something that caused me to stop eating, I was just never happy with what my body looks like. It has driven my thoughts and actions for way too long. It is something that I have tried to get healing for over and over, but tonight I feel like I have given it truly to the feet of Jesus. I am sick of dealing with this day in and day out. It is an addiction of sorts and I am going to accept it as normal. I told my cousins' small group that those three things are what I wanted to lay at the feet of Jesus, so tonight I am walking with less baggage and my load is light because I have finally let Pride, Fear, and Body Image rest at the foot of Jesus. It is so freeing to know that He can handle all of my burdens and make my load light. I am so thankful for nights like this. God is so good! I love you all and hope you have a great night!!

Test Results...

This is a photo I took from the Tram of Downtown Portland... it was beautiful!!

So, today I went up to OHSU and I got to ride the tram for the first time... It was actually very exciting to me! I enjoyed myself! :) I had a meeting first with my doctor and everything was going great... no symptoms or anything... all great news. So we realized that it has been over a year since I had my last echocardiogram and that I needed another one to check on my valve function. This was the reason that I got to ride on the tram. I got my little pass and went out into the dreadful cold and waited to ride the tram. I made a friend on the tram who works in the opthamology department and gave me a card saying, if I ever needed their services to let him know. I told him thanks, but I try to keep it down to one department at a time, can't have too many problems. I found my way over to the Sam Jackson's Hall and up to the 2nd floor where I was walking around like a lost little puppy. A lady came around the corner and goes, are you lost and are you Amy. I said yes to both and she took me back to the echo room. I had the same guy from last year so I was excited because he is super nice and not creepy at all. We talked about his kids, the holidays, and the big cardiactric convention coming up in San Diego in June. After I got my heart looked at for a while I was sent back down the tram to the 3rd story of the building I came from to get my blood drawn. I think the lady was in a hurry or something, it being the end of the day and all, and she jammed that little needle right into my arm and it was painful... She made a nice little bruise, which I amnot super thankful about... Oh well... at least she got the blood, and hopefully I don't get her again. There is this guy who normally takes my blood who is amazing and nice and cute... Why I didn't get him... I will never know.


Tonight I got my results back from my blood and my echo. My echo is unchanged from last time, which is good news and my hormone levels were low, thus showing that I do not have to go in for another 6 months. When I go in, in 6 months we are hoping my levels are still low because I will be able to come off of my medication at that point and next year I will get another MRI to see that my tumor is gone... hopefully!! I am so happy about this and so thankful for all of the prayers and support. I truly love you all!!! Have a great night!!

From one perfect fit to another,
Ames~

Just so ya know...

Hey, I wanted to let you all know that I go to the doctor on Friday so I will have more info after that. I won't have the test results, but I should have some kind of brain information for you all! Thanks again for the continuous prayers and support! I love you all!!!! Muahhh!!!

Such an exciting night!!

So, last night I went to Memphis to hang with my brother, exchange cars, and go to the Blazer game... We met up with some friends, Jim and Suzanne Walker and Tom and Melissa Penn and met some great new friends. I was talking to my new friends Pam and Lisa, and we were talking about many different things. Lisa's husband took over Larry Franks' practice and so we were talking about my tumor because her husband does that surgery. Pam has worked for the Blazers for 15 years and she invited me to fly on the Blazer's private jet with them today back to Portland, I had to decline because I was not coming back to Portland quite yet, I was pretty sad about it!! Maybe some other time. As we were talking we starting on the topic of Marketing and I said how I took an abilities potential tests and they said I would make a good Marketing Director. We were talking back and forth and they said that I would be great in Marketing for the Blazers which I would love to do! Sports and Marketing! So fun and exciting! Who knows if anything will come of it, but if nothing else I have made some new friends. I am going to be praying that God will work it all out for me.

God is so great! He keeps surprising me and keeping me on my toes. He is making things come together that I would never envision, but would love to do... I will let you all know what he keeps doing in my life! It is incredible! I love you all and thanks for the prayers!! Muahhh!!!

So excited...

So, I thought since my health problems are at a standstill at this time (Praise Jesus), I thought I would talk about what God has been teaching me and talking to me about. I think the biggest one right now is learning and understanding boundaries. I am listening to "Boundaries in Dating" on audiobook in my car and I am going to follow this one up with the main book, "Boundaries". I can't believe how long I have gone in my life without truly understanding boundaries. I have always have boundaries in my life, but I have let others push them a bit, and I am finally learning how to take them back as my own and keep them in place. Without understanding the importance of boundaries at a deep level, it is hard to keep these boundaries exactly where I wanted them to be. I wouldn't ask questions to clarify how I was feeling, I would just try a discrete way to get out of that situation.

After listening to this book, I have found a new strength to hold onto what I know is right and know that the people that get offended by my boundaries are the ones that I need the boundaries for and the ones with good boundaries of their own will be right on board with me taking my boundaries seriously. Also, I have truly understood why it is so important to fully be myself in every situation. I knew it before, but it is sticking with me this time. If you are trying to be someone else, someone may fall in love or in friendship with this persona and one day your true self will come out and then there will be issues to deal with. If you just start out as yourself you do not have the pressure to remember who you were in your last situations. What freedom comes with being yourself!! This is how God intended it, and I believe that my generation has really been playing with these boundaries and I am going to separate myself from the norm and stand for what I believe to be true, and right, and pure. I want others around me to know that I have boundaries so they can trust me and not worry what I am feeling beneath the surface.

Just in the last couple of days I have addressed a couple situations where in the past I would have prayed and hoped that I had the strength to show the other person what I believe and if I am uncomfortable with the situation, I was hoping they would pick up on the "vibe". This time around I have asked the questions and given my opinion in order to feel comfortable with the situation at hand. It is so much easier to be up front on how everyone is feeling about each and every situation. I am not letting others push me into a situation without my full consent. (In saying this I am not blaming the other people from the past, I am just saying that I am becoming strong enough as a person to not go along with these situations) I love this freedom and I know without the little secrets being kept of feeling awkward in a situation because I will keep my mouth shut will help my relationship with the Lord as well as many others! I would encourage everyone to read/listen to these boundaries books! They explain why it is so important to have these boundaries for your safety and the safety of others in your relationships. I love you all and I can't wait to listen to the full boundaries books. God is so good and He is moving, I am just going to make sure I have His hand in mine instead of holding my own hand through the tough seasons and even the easiest of seasons! :) Have a great day and talk to you all soon!!!

From one perfect fit to another,
Amy~

Lately...

So, I am sorry that it has been so long since I have written last, and I would love to come up with a great reason/excuse why I have been away, but alas, I have no good excuse to come by. From a medical standpoint it is great because I am on half of my dose of Cabergoline so I have a half tablet on Wednesdays. I go back in on December 4th just for some blood draws to make sure that my tumor is not secreting any hormones that are abnormal. So far so good. I am just believing that this little guy is going to disappear on its own. That would be the most ideal situation. Everything looks great for now, nothing abnormal. The tumor is still the same size, but it has not grown at all. So, overall it is doing very well.

Besides my health I have been working for my dad still and I just returned to Nashville from a trip to Atlanta and then a girls' trip to New York with my mom and sister and my mom's friend Linda. It was so much fun to be with just girls. I came back last night and will be in Nashville until November 18th when I will drive home with Lexi. Hopefully there are not any early problems on the roads or else we may be driving south before coming back north. I must say though that I miss everyone back at home and the babies, but I know I will miss everyone here as well! That is what has been going on lately, I know short and sweet... Love you all!! Thanks again for the prayers, they are much appreciated! Talk to you soon, I hope! :)

Doc app today! :)

This is an email that Lex sent out earlier... I wanted to post something to keep you updated but am so tired... Love you all!

So Amy endured a six hour doctor visit today! She is still waiting for blood work results to hear if her tumor is secreting a growth hormone. If the tumor is secreting the growth hormone, surgery is the only option. If it is not she would have to take medication that is pretty harsh on your heart probably for her whole life. If put on the medication she will have to go back to the doctor to get an Eco-cardiogram and another MRI to make sure her heart is still okay in a year. They usually don't see any problems with such a low dose of the medication that she is on, but when she got her Eco-cardiogram she had a little bit of tricuspid valve regurgitation, which means some of her blood pumped back the opposite direction when her heart would beat so they want to keep an eye on it! The doctor did tell her that her pituitary gland is abnormally small, and may be part of the cause of her hormonal imbalance. With her pituitary gland being small they are not sure if it will be able to or is currently functioning properly.

Our new prayer is that her pituitary gland will grow to normal size and that her tumor would not be secreting a growth hormone!

Thank you everyone for praying! As we hear back from the doctors I will keep you all informed! We love you guys and are so blessed to have you to pray for Amy!

Lexi <3

Nashville...

This was me and LeeLee at her couples shower!

Me and Kathy after the shower, ready to go home!

So, I haven't written in quite some time, sorry about that! I have been in Nashville for about a month now, I am living with my friends Katie, Jenna, and Molly. It has been great and we have a very cute little house. It has been interesting to see what God is teaching me by being out here. He has showed me so much love through so many people! He has also shown me what I have at home with family and friends and is teaching me more and more about putting effort into my relationships and pursuing my friendships. Another thing that He has shown me is that there are some really great guys out there in the world. It is so nice to be surrounded by such amazing solid people. (not that I do not have amazing solid people at home) We played a rousing game of capture the flag last night and I was running trying to defend my team and I slid on some roots and rolled my ankle... I was out for the rest of the game, but my team, the Mighty Ducks/ Emelio Estaves (however you spell that) still won! :) I had 4 nurses, a physical trainer, a football player, and various others who were caring for me... They were all so sweet! The girls ran and got me a bag of ice from McDonalds and Brad took me home and Jeremy wrapped my foot up with a bag of mixed veggies and held together with tights. We ended the night with Caroline, Katie, Matt, and I singing worship songs in our kitchen. It was amazing!

We had our game faces on!

Now onto my health... I have a double appointment on Friday, one more an MRI and one for a bunch of fun blood tests... It will probably take between 4 and 5 hours. They are checking to see what is going on with my tumor. My last appointment my insulin growth factor was high and so what that means is that my tumor could be secreting a growth hormone and if it is then we have to have surgery asap. So we will see what goes on... Hopefully my chemo is doing its job and my tumor is getting smaller! :) I have had headaches more often and I had one day of hardcore headaches where it put me out for a day, but for the most part it is all good!

God is good all the time, all the time God is good! "Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth" Psalm 46: 10

Love you all and thanks for the continued prayer!!

As of late...

Hello everyone!! I know it has been a long time so I will try to catch everyone up on what has been going on! I have been feeling much better for the most part, but unfortunately my immune system has been low and so I catch pretty much everything.  I am getting over a sinus infection.  I am on a medication that I think may be working against my cabergoline, so I am thinking that I may need to call the doc and figure it all out! :)  I am excited because I went out with two of my cousins this weekend and it was so much fun!  We went downtown to this restaurant called "Departure" and it was really chic and fun, then we went to voodoo donuts, and then took photos downtown! 

In a few weeks we are going to Sunriver and then Irvine and then Gabby and I leave on July 31st for our road trip to Nashville!  That will be very fun and exciting!  I think God has big plans for Nashville...  I am just excited to go along for the ride!! I love you all!!  Muahhh!!!  Thanks for the continued prayer!! :)  For now I just would ask that I would continue to get better and get healthy and have my energy back! :) 

Sorry it has been Forever!!!

Let's see... I guess we could look at it this way, since I haven't written in a while things have been going better.  I have been off of my medication for a few months now, which has been extremely nice, but alas, my headaches and a few other symptoms have come back starting this past Monday.  I have emailed the doctors and they have not gotten back to me, which is highly unusual because the doctors at OHSU are usually right on top of things.  

Let's catch up shall we??!!  Well, it is obviously Spring because just about everyone I know (ok like 5 people that I know) are getting married soon... They are just recently engaged.  So fun because I love weddings... My friend and I were talking today and we figured that it is some kind of a virus and we accidentally got the vaccine... :)  I am very excited about that.  This past weekend, my mom drove me up to Seattle, because I can't drive that far on my own because of my recent headaches and my mom is such a doll!  I drove from Gig Harbor to Seattle at night and found this to be a pretty awful decision... because of my head problems, I had a bit of a rough time trying to stay on the road in between my lines... Not exactly the best thing when you are driving!!!  I made it safely and had a blast with my friends for the weekend!  It was so amazing!!   They are a group of girls from Nashville, as well as my friend Natalie from here, who love Jesus, love each other and want to live that out in community which I am so about.  I am going to go out to Nashville for a few months at the end of the summer and I am so excited to see what God will bring out of that.  I am also helping Lisa Closner with the play Annie by choreographing!  It is very fun and stressful and scary as we are nearing opening in a little over two weeks....

Back to my head, I am trying to work as much as possible, but some days I just give up, today was great though.  I have a doctor appointment on the 21st so they will run more tests do some blood work and see if I will go back on meds or have to have surgery, which could be great if it goes as planned! :)  Thank you all for your prayers and support!  I love you tons... but for now I am off to bed... I am getting up at 6:45 am to go walking with my mom!! Muahhh!!! 

An update... or should I say a long coming update...

Hey everyone... So, I have actually been feeling amazing lately!! I have not had headaches or anything! Praise Jesus!! You are all so awesome for not giving up and praying faithfully! Thank you so so much! I went into the doctor for my 6 week appointment after starting my medication and they took blood, which I must say was amazing because potion doctor "Da" took it with no problem whatsoever!! I was very happy about this!! I got my results back only after waiting 2 days and when they thought they may have to double my dose, we actually got to cut my dose in half... They don't normally see a change until you have been on the meds for 6 MONTHS! Can anyone say Jesus? I heard you.... :) So I am not having any problems or side effects from the medication and I am so happy!! It is so great! I am back to working after taking a nice vacation with my cousin Katie which was the most fun and fake trip that I have ever been on. (If you do not want to hear about my trip go ahead and stop now, but if you would like to hear about my trip do go and read on... for the rest of you... thanks for praying and goodnight... or good day!! :)

I left last Friday night... Well, technically two Fridays ago... :) It was great because our flight was nearly empty and so we had all the room in the world to stretch out and talk and have a good time.... We get in and Patrice rolls up in her Mercedes, which is like the Honda of Cali... that is how common these babies are, and she is playing clubbin music and it was so much fun! We rushed home and got all dolled up and went to this place called 3thiry3 and it was fun! We ate great food and watched some very interesting people... From there we went to Landmark to go dancing. It was very fun and from there we went home and danced some more with the three of us girls!!

Saturday morning we got up and went on a hike in the hills of Laguna! It was gorgeous!! Oh my goodness... It looked like another country! It was brilliant!! After we hiked we had lunch at this cute little restaurant on the waterfront. So fun! We went home and got put together and met some of Patrices' amazing friends! I am telling you, they are so loving and accepting and I feel like I have known them for a long time because we all went deep fast and I love that! Nicho came over and he got to hang out with us all and we were so glad he could make it!! We hung out around Patrices' house and after everyone went home, Lauren, Patrice, Katie, Nicho, and I all went to bed! :)

The next morning we went to Rock Harbor which is an amazing church that reminds me a lot of Solid Rock (the church associated with "The Way"). It was fun and we met Tyler and we went to the beach for a picnic. It was so beautiful... It was in the high 70s and low to mid 80s the whole time we were there!! God is so good! He blessed us so much!! We were walking around the tidepools and Tyler thought it was a good idea to peel off a sea creature which we all thought sounded good and when he did this old lady goes "put down the mussel, you are not allowed to touch the animals" and Tyler says the only thing that came to his mind... "Well, is it alive?" "Yes" "Oh, sorry" (he sets it down on its side) "Is that where you found it?" "Yes maam"... haha!! Tyler got told by a granny!! It was so funny!! That night we had dinner at a man's house named Casper, like the ghost, and he welcomed us in even though we weren't all expected to be there!! :) His family does this thing called your "High and Low" I am going to do this with my family one day... One person starts and says "hey______(insert name) what is your high/low for the day?" and that person must now give his high/low and then they pass it along to the next victim... I mean person... This really opens it up to see what is going on in everyone's lives... I loved it!! After dinner, Katie, Patrice, Tyler and I went to go see the movie with Kate Winslet and Leo Decaprio... Revolutionary Road or something and Katie and I did not like it one bit... It was brilliantly acted don't get me wrong, but so so so depressing and sex scenes that were not needed. After we went home and I fell asleep watching Big Fish.

Monday morning we woke up to my mom and dad and Robbie in the house.... Many faces soon followed!! I had a meeting with a man named Bret Saxon who owns Insomnia Media and Katie went with me. So we got to the office on the Universal Lot and we walked to meet Bret and Jeff. We had a great lunch with great conversation. After lunch Bret had Steve show us around the back lot and that meant we got to explore... We got to walk around the set of Jurassic Park 3, The Grinch, War of the Worlds, and much more... We were like kids in a candy shop... It was amazing! We got to see the set of the Phantom of the Opera, this was the real deal... the original! So much fun!! After we got to go on this crazy fun tour we were on our way to see Tyler and we got lost... We were on the wrong side of the freeway! What should have taken us 5 to 10 minutes took us about 45 minutes... we did see that red headed comedian that is a woman and very crude... and we totally saw Channing Tatum... that is right ladies... :) He looked darling!! :) We finally found his place which is incredible! It looks over Hollywood and is so cute! We met his roomies and just hung out for a while!! We then hung out with Abi and Justin and saw Bedtime Stories which was so cute and I want to kiss the kids in the movie! We had so much fun going around and taking fun pictures! I loved it all!

Tuesday, we got our toes and nails done and then we were off to the beach with Abi and Justin, but Abs got sick and it was no good, but we walked down the 1,000 step beach and it was tiring!! I am telling you!! :) That night we just walked around the mall and had a low key night with everyone...

Wednesday, Katie and I went to DISNEYLAND!!!! It was so much fun! Katie and I were like little kids in a candy shop. I even got told to calm down... yeah me at Disneyland and the little kids didn't even get in trouble... I loved that!! It was so much fun! That night we had Bible Study at Patrices' house and it was so amazing! Everyone just shared their hearts and ideas and talked about what God is doing in their lives... It was great. Katie and I opened up and shared our hearts and so that was really fun... It created an instant bond between everyone there! We talked with couple named Sherry and Jim (I believe) and they were such an encouragement... Love them tons!!

Thursday, we went down and had lunch with Nicho. It was great food and great company. On our way down I got a phone call letting me know I have the part in the movie that I was hoping I would get. It was so incredible... I still can't believe it... We are supposed to shoot in March in either Mississippi or Vancouver, BC. So so so so so so so much fun!! Again, I have always wanted to act and once I surrendered it to God and put my faith in Him he blessed me with this whole experience!! So, we were going to go down to the Santa Monica Pier and we got ended up going the wrong way and were confused so we needed a place to take a shower so we went to Tyler's place and he wasn't even there and took a shower in Shawn's shower which is beautiful... It was so nice of the guys to let us do that!!! After we got ready we went to USC with Lauren and went dancing around that area... So much fun! I love her to death! She is great!!

Friday, well... the only real thing I can remember from Friday is no good so here we go... We were going to go out dancing that night again and we were not sure where we were going or how I would get in, but it had worked out before... So this night people decide I should use this girl's license who is 33 and looks nothing like me... Yeah red flag... do not pass go... reach for help!! But no I put those aside and try it... They bouncer looks and says this does not look like you asks the girl and asks how old I am... Well, anyone who knows me knows I can't lie so I said 20, grabbed the ID, and walked out right back to the dumpsters... Talk about a walk of shame... So the moral is... kids don't use other people's id's it doesn't work.... and I just don't think God approves of it...

Saturday, we went out to Javier's and that was really fun... It is a place to be seen!! The decor was amazing and the food was great... They even had a woman working in the bathroom that gave you soap and a linen towel to dry your hand with... ummmm... yeah... fake!! So that was fun and the Patrice was sick and so Katie and I went out with Matt who is Mr. Potion... We went dancing to this place called Port... It was fun Katie and I danced the whole time!! So fun...

Sunday, we were going to go to church, but everything was full so we had our own church then went to TJ Maxx and a Belgian chocolate place and it was amazing!! So great... We took it easy and left that night... Such a fun trip...

Please everyone pray that Patrice gets better because she has to teach a class on Wednesday, and also, please pray that I am not getting sick... I have a cough and I can feel it in my chest as well as throat hurting a bit and sinuses.... Please pray.... Thanks for all your support the whole way... I love you all! Have a great day!!

Also, one thing I learned was that there are still guys out there who are willing to pursue a girl if they are interested. Some times it seems like there are no longer guys out there who will do that. So guys, I urge you to not over analyze things and if you like a girl go after her and try it out! :) The worse that can happen is she isn't someone you want to marry and you learn a few things!! :) Sounds good to me! Love you all!!