7 days until my 25th birthday!!

Hello all you great people

Just an FYI

********* 7 days until my 25th birthday*******

So I expect lots of presents and cards and love notes.

Send em my way!

Love you all

big butts

Yesterday at the fair I was handing out free stuff to the kids and for the suckers I made each kid that wanted one sing me a song or do a dance. Believe me it was fun and entertaining. Kids were saying "seriously you are going to make me sing a song"...and I said with a very straigh face..yes!

So this one girl kept on coming back for more and more suckers because she wanted to keep on singing songs.

So she sang the song... I like big butts. I mean this little 8 year old girl know ALL the words to this song.

I was trying to keep a straight face but I could hardly do it.

Then on the way home I heard the song on the radio.

So here is to sir mix a lot...you still got it!!!

county fair

this week I am out at the county fair for my job. My purpose is to talk to people for the sheriff's office and such. Well I do have to tell you that this fair has been the most interesting for many reasons. One is the people that come out to this fair (which is really in the middle of nowhere) and try and sell crap. And not just cheap crap but this stuff is expensive. There is a booth there for dancing puppets and people buy each dancing puppet for like 27 dollars. I just could not believe it, but here is the best story of my day yesterday.

A man that looked like this. Well not identical because you get the idea. This man not only had a mullet but also a rat tail. How can one such individual have a rat tail and a mullet well simple he just must have started the
rat tail when he was little ( I don't know).

So he comes by my booth quite a few times back and forth and just smiles at me with his as many teeth that he had in his mouth. Then he must have gotten courageous because as I was walking around he found me and said (you ready for this line? )

"Baby, can I have your number because I lost mine?"

WHAT!!!! First of all I am not your baby and second of all did you really just use the line on me?? I was dumbfounded and a little bit discusted as I was closer to him and looking at this mouth that didn't have all his teeth. I said (very politetly) "No sir, I don't think that is going to happen," He responded "But, you are so beautiful and I want to take you out for a nice dinner." (which in his book I am sure was taking me out to the local mcdonalds and then for a stroll around kmart to finish up the evening)

I said no.

So that is my story I got hit on by a man that not only had a mullet but also a rat tail. Lesson I have learned for the week. When you are working the county fair make sure and dress down and bring my fake teeth which make me look nasty.

lightning

Tonight I felt like just hanging out by myself. So I grabbed some paninos and headed off on a drive.

It was amazing as I headed into the mountains I saw a thunderstorm starting to roll in. I continued driving and just over looking the city enjoying my food and I heard this huge clap of thunder roll above my head.

This was fascinating to me because last year in this same area; I was hiking and felt the static electricity tingle on my skin and actually heard lightning strike the ground some I don't know how many yards away. Now I don't know how many of you have actually heard lightning strike near you but it quickly shows you how small you are compared to God and his power. I have been reading this book called demon and it is fictional but seems to be very real of this demon called Lucian who is telling this publisher his memoirs about the creation story and the fall of Satan and all of mankind. But this book puts into perspective of just how amazing and powerful our Creator is. God gave me a first hand look at His power tonight. I was in awe.

Usually I am kinda a worry wart. When I was a little girl and my family would go on canoe trips I would worry so much I would make myself sick. So my grandma got me this worry rock (which i still have today...yes I know I am a nerd :) and she told me to rub the rock whenever I would get scared..so I rubbed that rock until there was almost nothing left of it.

I tell you this because tonight as I was riding around in my car (which is a awesome car but not an SUV) and on a road whose natural course was determined by the rain meaning there were a lot of ditches and crannies. But I just went a long and simply enjoyed my time with God.

Because it was so freeing, I did not have to worry. I knew God would take care of me whatever the circumstance. I listening to the thunder and watched the lightning and heard the calming sounds of running water.

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There is a certain situation in my life that completely overtakes my thoughts. It is not fair the amount of thought sucked up by this avenue in my life, but I cannot help it. God is trying to teach me so many lessons through this one situation.

Patience

Trust

Faith

Love

Contentment

Seeking Truth

All of these lessons are wonderful to learn but they are hard. Tonight as I was talking with God and I sat there in the mountains the silence was deafening. The kind the it is so quiet it almost seems to be screaming. God made sure I was good and quiet and then He spoke.....

lean not on your own understanding

trust in me

they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength...and mount up with wings as eagles


Pray without ceasing be still....katie.....be still



rest in me



I am the Lord your God is there anything too hard for me????


I called out and the Lord spoke to my weary soul. Tonight the Lord romanced me and took me on a drive with Him. It reminded me of the song by shane and shane called acres of hope. You should listen to it.

Wherever you are while you are reading my humble thoughts...I pray that you can know the peace which only comes from God.

softball game

Tonight my game is at nine at Memorial Park softball fields....

I expect to see all your smiling faces there in stands cheering me on :)

this is me on top of a mountain. I thought you all would enjoy seeing my pretty face on top of this mountain. I really don't have much to say today. But I thought I would just say hi. :)

Although I guess I do have something to say . The Lord has been trying to teach me patience in not just one area of my life but a lot. The problem with this is I am not a patient person and this simple task is really stretching me. The Lord is saying trust in me and I will provide for your and give you all your hearts' desires but my flesh is saying but i don't think that you can provide for me. I don't think the Lord will give you what you want. You don't have to wait, you deserve what you want right now.

I have been in the habit lately of filling this void in my life with superficial and quick fixes. But that is just the problem they fill you for a second but the instant you are quiet and alone your emptiness screams at you again. This weekend I was in a conversation with a couple of people whom I love dearly and at the end of the night I was overcome with dread and disappointment of their anger towards one another and just how discontent they are, but they are holding onto their relationship even though they aren't right for each other. They are holding on because it is easier then letting go.

How many times do I do this in my own life? How onto something because it is easier then letting go of it. I feel like this is what I do to God a lot..say you can have this or you can't have this because I cannot imagine going through the pain of losing it even though I know I should not being holding onto it.

So I am learning to truly trust in God. I am not anywhere near where I could or ought to be, but hey guess what I am human and I doubt it is part of the whole human nature thing. So I am trying to be patient and not take things back after I have just placed them in God's hands. It is hard I am telling ya...real hard.

this picture is of some of my precious friends. i love them. they are pretty sweet!

So rachel and I went to Rocky Mountain National Forest with weekend and I thought I would just give you a couple peeks at what I got to see. It was amazing!! I mean absolutely incredible. God's creation simply took my breath away I was speechless and we all know that is hard to do. We went mountain biking, hiking, drove around, saw a sweet elk (which I thought was going to eat me), and enjoyed God's creation.

I am telling you people you gotta come visit me cause this is the stuff that is in my state. So there you have it. What do you think of the pictures??

love you all.