so i s'pose it's about time to update.  hate to move those amazing pictures down, but i guess it has to happen sooner or later!

life is absolutely insane right now.  there's so much to do!  but this time next week i will be school-stress-free!!  and i am SO excited!

there is SNOW here.  lots of it.  on thursday it just started snowing like CRAZY!  it's great!  cold... but i love it!  yesterday, while doing my loads of homework... i sat on the third floor of the library - right by the window - trying to write my unit plan, but mostly watching everyone in the snow.  it's really something y'all miss out on at home.  i love tennessee, but that is its one fault.  it's SOO pretty!  i just kept thinking of God's awesome power - the Creator - who does these amazing things.  Little things.  I mean, who needs snow?  It's wet and cold and dangerous.  but GORGEOUS.  and to think that he is responsible for every tiny, sparkling flake.  thursday night, i just curled up on the couch with some of my mom's great hot chocolate and watched Serendipity with Darin (ain't he a great guy!)... with all the snow outside... it was just this amazingly perfect warm feeling of the holidays... i know it sounds silly, but i just can't help but compare it to God's warmth and love.  it's this completely safe, cared for feeling that i love.  God's embrace.  perfect.