Dear Sweet Boy,

To my love, my best friend, my sweetheart, my dear, the one I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with.

I love you. Today is our third Valentines day together. How beautiful! I love everything about our relationship! The strength, the love, the devotion, the purity, the simplicity. Evan, I believe when God made you He already had me in mind. He knew one day our paths would cross on a missions trip and that we would fall hard for each other. He knew you would wait six months to ask me out. He knew the hardships we would face as a couple. He knew the victories we would celebrate. He knew the days we would mourn and the days we would rejoice. He knew it wouldn't always be easy for us but that our love for each other and love for Him would keep us glued together. I couldn't be thankful enough for you Evan. I am privileged and blessed to be your girlfriend. Thanks for letting me into your life and heart. I love knowing you for who you are and being able to love you for it. 

Happy Valentines Day Dear,

Love Nani :)

"The harder you strive to collect more things and perfect your image, the more insecure you will be about who you are and why you are here"

i love.

Wow. These past few months have been insane. I haven't been on in forever. It's okay I am still alive. Just dealing with a fair amount of things right now. I needed some time away. Well God has been teaching me a lot. Have you ever noticed we tend to choose the hard way of learning things? We don't see it when God first tries to tell us so it takes Him doing something drastic for us to understand? It's true we are stubborn people. I don't see why we make it sooo difficult. I'm positive it breaks the heart of God. I believe prior to the accident that God was trying to show me some stuff but I was being blind to what He had to say. One thing the Lord really showed me in the healing process after the accident was that I needed to love. I am not sure I will be able to adequately express exactly what I learned. But in case you didn't know I am the type of person that doesn't really trust people or love freely. I don't think that is the heart of God. Jesus has always loved freely so why shouldn't I? In a moments time I could have everything precious to me. I need to not hold back with the people God has placed in my life. But it is soo hard to always remember that and to always give of myself.

top 11 of 2011 :)

I can't believe 2011 is almost over. I have been so busy and I am still super crazy. Anyways. I wanted to post a visual reflection of this year. I did it last year and absolutely loved it! Here it goes....

Ps: these are in noooo order at all :)

1: Going to prom with this boy

2: Becoming a Jr High leader and having the privilege to love the girls :)

3: Celebrating 2 years with my boy and being on a missions trip to SF all in one day!!

4: My last high school retreats

5:Having the privilege to become friends with these people :)

6: Finding out I'm gonna be an auntie again

7: Graduating high school plus getting to go to grad night

8: Performing in millie and gaining amazing friends through it

9: Growing closer with these studly people

10: moments like this with my favorite person on this planet

11: Performing set me free

"And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the in." Luke 2:7

"Little baby, I am a poor boy too. I have no gift to bring that's fit to give a King."