Fellow Readers,
This past weekend-and also Monday and today-was totally awesome. It was
packed all the way through. I got back home with my sis Thursday night
and went to my grandma's house with my brother and sisters to just hang
out. Yeah, that's right, we like to go hang out at our grandma's house
for fun. I can't think of a thing I would rather like to do instead of
that. So, that was my Thursday night; Friday night, was spent with my
sis, Brittnee. We went gallivanting about Hendersonville-the Streets
were closed so what I mean "about Hendersonville," I mean Glennbrook and
Walmart. Of course we had to make a Target run, what better place to
just go and mess around at? We then delighted in an oh-so-nutritious
dinner from Sonic. Afterward, we made our way to Wally World to grab
some dessert. We ended up getting little dollar-somethin containers of
ice cream and a bag of movie theater popcorn to eat while watching a
Redbox. We rented Arthur and were off back home to watch it. We
enjoyed the movie and our delicious popcorn and ice creams,
respectively, and it turns out that Arthur is actually a really good
movie. Saturday, my brother and sisters and I-and two other
friends-went to the Strides Against Breast Cancer five mile walk. It
was a lot of fun and there were a TON of people there! It was good to
see so much support out there. After the walk, we made our ways to San
Antonio Taco Company(SATCO) downtown. We devoured a pretty solid lunch
and then my bro and I headed over to my cousins house to just chill with
a few stogies. While we were smoking, we decided to start a fire in
the little fire pit we were sitting around. Well, every time the wind
would blow, it would blow right in Brian's face. No matter where he
moved, the smoke would just follow him, it was so funny. We got to kick
it there for a while and really have some solid bonding time-it was
great. Sunday, my sister and I went to a Civil War reenactment of the
Battle of Franklin. Before the "battle" started, Ashlee and I perused
around the whole place and I tried on some clothes and hats and then we
made our way to where we were going to sit. The battle started really
slow, and boring. For 45 minutes of constant, close-range shooting,
maybe one guy died. Everyone around us, and ourselves included, all
were sayin the same thing: 1500 shots and only one dead?? Then, it
finally picked up and people started dying all over the place. Everyone
started to enjoy it by then. After it ended, we made it back to my
car. The journey begins... It took us an hour and a half to get out of
the parking lot! And that was with people conducting it! It was so
frustrating and annoying and it made us late to our party. That was our
next activity, the family's murder mystery party as a going away party
for our cousin Adam, who left for the Air Force today-please keep him in
your prayers. The party was put on by our cousin Alysia(sister of
Adam) and her husband Lee. It was a "Murder Among the Mateys"
pirate-themed murder mystery party. They had there house decorated so
well and everyone's costumes were amazing-we all made our own. It was
SO much fun and just a really awesome time to spend with family. You're
wondering who the murderer was? Well, it happened to be this guy right
here. I played it off pretty well though, because only 2 people picked
that it was me out of 16. After that we all said our "goodbyes" to our
cousin and wished him well. Later that night, I went bowling and to
steak and shake with a couple of friends-always a good time at the new
Strike and Spare in Hendersonville. Monday was spent lounging around
the house. Not a really packed day, but it did take up most of the
day. Finally, today was spent lounging for a while and then watching
the Deathly Hallows Part 1 with my bro and sis. That took a big chunk
out of the day in its own, and was-and will always be-totally worth it.
Can't wait to share that whole series with my kids someday. Then, we
made our way back to school, only to come back for the weekend again.
So that was my weekend/fall break summed up in a few words and lots of
advertising for many companies.
Message:
Today's message is not necessarily one from the Word, but just one I want to share. Coming from a semi-large family of six, family is very
important to me, as it should be to all. I could not do anything for
the rest of my life, but spend time with my family and be perfectly
happy. My brother and sis, Brittnee, both go to Tech with me, and
Ashlee will be joining us next fall. So naturally, we spend a lot of
time together on campus and have mostly the same friends. Well, when we
are hanging out with them or tell them we were hanging out with each
other, I always get, "Ya'll are so close. I wish my brother/sister and I
were as close as you guys." My response to that is simply, puzzled. I
don't know how not to be close with them. They are my brother
and sister, I've only lived with them my whole life. And it hits me,
that a lot of people really aren't as close with their siblings and
families as we are with ours. This is not good people! There should be
no reason why you shouldn't spend a ton of time with your family if you
still live in the same state as them, let alone the same house as
them. I am truly blessed to have a family I absolutely love to hang out
with and have fun spending time with them. Anyways, I just feel like
if you are not close with your siblings, try to spend a little more
time with them. I am so thankful for my family and am so proud of my
cousin and wish him the best. Thanks for reading.
Signing off.
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