Buenos Dias!

Long time, no post! 

We're finishing a short weekend at home after being gone since January 18.  So far, the tour has been amazing (to say the least).  Anyway, here are some pictures to show for it!

^"Bet you were expecting THIS!!!"  lol  While in Ocala, we hung out at Lance's and played beach volleyball...what a blast!

^Lance and Dustin goin' for it.

^Here's our team as we left Ocala.  That was a WONderful place.

^Our next event was in Naples.  And here we are at the beach there!  'Gorgeous.

^Ahhh...Trent...  Suddenly Samarai...

^Here's Lance.  This picture turned out sweet.  lol  And you can see Noah and me in his glasses.

^Here's the Jaminator.

^lol  There's so much going on here.  Brandon's upset.  Lance's friend Michael is movin'.  Lance's friend Lee is chit-chattin' away on his phone.  This is when we stopped back in Ocala on our way out of Florida. 

Well, we leave tonight for the second half of our Southern Tour.  We'll be home April 11th...  So, until we meet again, may the force be with you!

WASSSSSSUP???

Hi!

I'm so excited to report that THIS will be a picture update!!!  Wooo hooo!!! 

See...I haven't had the ability to get pictures off my camera since we left.  But all that changed today, because Pastor David -- this super-cool youth pastor in Kansas -- let me use his computer and his printer has CARD READERS on it!  LOL  That may not sound exciting to you...but trust me: it IS.

Anyway...here goes...

^LOL  This is in San Antonio.  The best part about it is that this was MISS BECKY's idea!!! 

^Also in San Antonio.  We went to Ripley's Believe it or Not museum -- hilarious.  This is an actual shark jaw...

^LOL  Sorry you have to see this!  This is Noah's nasty model pose.  LOL  These next few are from the Hard Rock Cafe on the San Antonio Riverwalk.

^Lance being Trisha!!!  LOL  Don't ask.

^Scaaaaaaaaaaary. 

^We happened upon a street vent while walking back to the bus...  You get the picture.

^When we were in Yukon, Oklahoma, our host family brought Joanie and me to a place called the Crystal Bridge Botanical Garden.  This is one of the flowers.  It was so beautiful in there...

^I wish I could flip this!  Oh well.  Ummm...freak accident: my hair grew really fast and it turned blonde...must be the water.

^Ha!!!  Everyone in the freeeeeezing cold, this is for YOU!  Me and Rachey layed out in San Antonio.  It was 80 degrees and sunny... what a way to remember the Alamo.

^This is Rachey, our new friend Nikki, and me.  We met Nikki in El Reno -- you've got to hear this story: our first night there, she was walking her dog around the block.  She happens to live like 200 feet away from the church we were at.  (Her family had just moved in 3 days before we came!)  She heard the service, and came in!  She ended up coming to all the rest of our services, and she got to hang out with us right up until she left!  She's an awesome girl!  I believe it was totally God that connected us!

^Here's us after our last service in El Reno -- which, by the way, is in Oklahoma.

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Well, there you have it!  I'm having a great time...  Life is good.  lol  We're off to Bartlesville, Oklahoma...we'll leave tonight. 

WHOA!!! 

Has it been a while or WHAT???

Well, the answer is YES.  It HAS been a while.

No matter, though, because now, I write.

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I'm currently in Liberty Hill, Texas.  We just had a service last night, and then three services in the two days before that.  It's been a wild ride already, but I must say I'm enjoying every minute of it.  One high point of today (so far) has been that I slept in until 11:00!  Wooooooo!  It was much needed. 

I wish I had my camera's card reader so I could upload some photos.  But, perhaps I'll try doing that later.  We'll be here until Tuesday at like 11:00 p.m. 

Most importantly, God has been moving in the services.  It's truly been glorious.  If you think of me and our team, just pray for more of that.  All we want is His glory in our services...that's all we need. 

Okay, I musts be off. 

.love.

> happy Christmas <

I hope you're having a wonderful day.

Here's a small picture update with a few shots from my family's Christmas Eve gathering.  I should have grabbed some more pictures, but I need to get going.

Anyway... 

^ Here's me and my cousin Ashley.

^My cousin Deej (who happens to be Ashley's brother) and my niece Sadie.  Check out DJ's band This World Fair -- they're great.  And, as a fabulous Christmas present, they just got signed!  Woo!

^Me and my dad...  it's quite rare to catch him on THIS side of the camera!  Nice faces here.  lol

Well, I just looked for pictures from Christmas this morning, but I don't know if my dad uploaded them yet.  So, there may be more later. 

Anyway, have a very Merry Christmas.

FINALLY!!!

Rachey and Jones, I got one.

Gone are the days of thievery and sneaking. 

Wellllllllllll...maybe not, because now that I have one, you guys may want to steal Lance's. 

(Or at least get your own for the Southern Tour.)  LOL

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That was a very special post for those two: you see, Lance has this amazingly warm and wonderfully fuzzy zip-up from Hollister.  It's so wonderful that Rachey, Jones and I always tried to steal it from Lance and see how long we could keep it at our house.  So, I finally broke down and got my own. 

And mine is WAY good.  "Why?" you ask. 

Because MINE has a hood.