Blogging Pictures!!!! (:

Gotta love what Virgina did to my hair lolz
Me in timesss square

Random man statue thingy :)

I look like I'm 10!!!!!!!!!!

These are from 8th grade so about 3 years ago this month. Crazy! My dad and I went to D.C, New York, Virginia, and a bunch of other random places ;) enjoy the weirdness

please pray

I will be having testing soon for celiacs so I have had to start eating gluten again. My body is flipping out and I am in a lot of pain. Please pray for me!!
THANK YOU!!

Holy Fire, how can I still doubt you? You leave me amazed and blessed beyond measure! I love you!

G-Free for three months & a yummy recipe :)

I haven't really had a chance to touch on this but yes I am officially g-free. Prior to becoming g-free I used to think that people had to do it were some of the craziest people. Nothing against Julee but I just figured man that takes a lot of will power and strength. And I was right. It does take a lot of both of those things but God supplies that strength. And yes 95% of the time it is hard. Even when I cook my own meals I have to be careful what seasoning I use due to it containing food starch. Why do they put that crud in everything?? It's funny but I have become so much more of a healthy eater now. I mean it is a little forced seeing I can't eat anything processed (unless it's g-free). But now I look at the package and I am like ewh I don't want that crud going into my system anyways. My suspicion and reason for going on the diet is that I have celiacs disease as my older sister does. While this may not be exactly true we are positive I have a form of gluten intolerance. Just about 3 weeks ago I thought to myself hmmm why don't I put gluten back into my body just once after all this time of not eating it. Well actually that isn't how it happened at all =p. I was hanging out at my cousins birthday party and totally thought Doritos Nacho Cheese were gluten free (i had a late night the night before). So i ate them. After about 10 or so chips I had this AHHHH moment and jumped up to read the label. To my huge disappointment there was indeed wheat flour in them. I was a mess all day...... not pretty. I have had moments where I forget things and have something with a small trace of gluten (though I am proud to say those times are more sparse now). But never ever has it been as bad as it was that day because it was wheat flour. Such a whole ingredient of wheat versus a trace..... Anyways. I am very thankful that God has directed me with this. It is great to have some relief and guidance from friends and family. I wanted to include a simple recipe for one of my favorite dinners.
Lemon Zest Dinner:
2 pieces of Tilapia or you can use frozen chicken tenderloins
1 whole lemon
Pampered Chef Parmesan-Garlic Rub (g-free/can be substituted with anything g-free and garlic)
Pampered Chef Crushed Peppercorn and Garlic Rub (g-free/can be substituted as well we are just going for the garlic/butter/lemon taste :)
Butter
2 Baked Potatoes or 1 potato and fresh steamed vegetables (can be any of your favorite vegetable)
Trader Joe's Lemon Pepper
Directions:
Melt enough butter to cover the entire pan and to help cook the meat. Once the meat is in the pan, squeeze fresh lemon on it (use the whole lemon). Then season it with the two pampered chef rubs. The meat will only take a total of 20 min tops to cook (even when frozen). Bake and or steam the potato(s) and vegetables. Put butter and the trader Joe's seasoning on the vegetables and potato(s).
Way Yummy!! :)

Her heart still beats (a fictional story)

It is one busy day in the doctors office. Friday afternoon and the entire office is filled. Screaming babies, crawling toddlers, kids playing, and the occasional grumpy teenager. I think to myself "man I am grumpy too, this has been one long school week". I sit there quietly but I have been waiting at least an hour and no telling how many more hours. I retreat to texting on my phone because I am just totally frustrated with the long wait. I start to think about the to do list I have waiting for me at home and I begin to get fidgety. I look up from my phone to see not much has changed in the waiting room. But one thing catches my eye and I can't seem to divert my eyes anywhere else. It's bugging me that I find myself staring at this young girl but I really can't help it. She appears to have been crying hard, her eyes are puffy and her face extremely red. Her body is shaking violently and I can't tell if somethings wrong or if she is just scared. She has a vacant look in her eyes and is gripping her blanket. I can't help but notice she looks a little worn out and about the same age as me. I can't figure out what is wrong with her. Not wanting to be rude I stop staring but steal a glance every once and awhile to see if anything changes. And with each passing moment something in my heart is breaking for her. I don't know why or even how, I have never seen her in my life. The nurse calls her name and she disappears. I slowly forget all about it as my name is called. I go in for my routine check up and I am out in less then ten minutes. As I walk out I notice an ambulance blocking my car. I can't go anywhere and suddenly I feel my heart drop to my feet. As I notice the same young girl I saw earlier in the office being taken out on a gurney. This time there is a man accompanying her mom into the ambulance. I notice a look of fear and grief on their faces. I slowly climb into my car, as I keep my eyes pasted on the scene unfolding before me. My heart is breaking even more then before and I am freaked out for this girl. Something in me told me to pray and as I begin with a simple "Dear Father", I realize this is the first time I have prayed today. I ask the Lords forgiveness as my heart realizes how selfish it truly is. As I begin to pray I cry and then more and more until it becomes sobs. I soon realize what a freak I must look like as I am sobbing for no apparent reason. Or maybe there is a perfectly fine explanation to this sobbing. As I control myself I realize I just felt Gods heart for all mankind. I realize I know nothing about this girl yet my heart is still breaking for her problems. I realize that her heart still beats regardless of what her past is. I saw someone different that day. I saw her through God's eyes and for the first time in my life I felt a compassionate love for someone I never even met.
By Ariana