These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

I have compiled a list of my 8 favorite things for you! Including explinations of why they are my favorite. Oh, and they are in no particular order. Enjoy! Also, I've tried adding pictures and it's not working! I'm very angry at it so I'm going to try on a different, newer, computer later and see if it'll actually work. 1) Pinterest Oh my gosh! If you don't know what Pinterest is your are missing out. It's the best waste of time! Pinterest is a pinboard-style photo-sharing website that allows you to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, and hobbies. So basically it's an enectronic pin board. There are many different categories like movie, humor, tattoos, weddings, clothes and SO many more. A pin starts with an image or video you add to Pinterest. You can add a pin from a website or upload an image right from your computer. Any pin on Pinterest can be repinned, and all pins link back to their source. A board is where you organize your pins by topic. You could pin ideas for remodeling your bathroom to your House Projects board, for example. Boards can be secret or public, and you can invite other people to pin with you on any of your boards. Below you can see all 33 of my boards. There is always something new to look at and that's one of the main reasons I love it. 2) Quest Community Church I LOVE MY CHURCH. It's the place were I know, without a doubt, that I matter. I've been attending for almost 9 years now and I couldn't be more in love with it. Jesus is made SO clear there. The community I get to be a part of is amazing. They love me whether I'm awesome or whether I'm sucking at the moment. From the earliest days, Quest has been a church dedicated to “transforming unconvinced people into wholehearted followers of Jesus.” As a church, we have an unrestrained passion to see people from all walks of life see Jesus for who he really is and begin a relationship with Him. Thousands of people in our history have done just that. Lives have literally been changed forever. And you're so welcome and wanted! Don't feel like you have to dress up and put on a mask of "everything ia alright". We're people, we know hard things happen. That's why we have people on stage every week telling their stories of redmeption. Every thing from rape, addiction, divorce to pride, anger, and unforgiveness. I would love to go on and on about it but if you're interested check it out for yourself! www.questcommunity.com 3) Movies I LOVE to watch movies! Going to Midnight premiers is one of my favorite things to do. I love basically all kinds of movies EXCEPT horror! I cannot watch those movies...they terrify me! Some of my favorite movies are... Pretty Woman She's the Man Harry Potter (althogh the books are better) Hunger Games (again, the books are better) Pitch Perfect Crazy Stupid Love Horrible Bosses The Avengers (and any of their seperate movies. Oh and Thor 2 comes out tomorrow!) Jumper (which I always am given a hard time about liking this movie) The Notebook The Princess Bride and basically anything Disney. and the list would continue if I didn't want to bore you... 4) Tattoos When I went to go get my first tattoo and my friends told me they were addicting, I didn't believe them at first but it's absolutely true! I have one and have already planned out my next 3. I think they can be works of art that tell about things that matter to you. My one tattoo says "trust God like you trust Gravity" which asks the question, when you get out of bed in the morning do you question whether or not your feet are going to hit the ground? No? That's the kind of way I want to trust Jesus. I eventually want a Little Mermaid tattoo too because my middle name is Ayrielle and I just love her! Oh, and just in case you were wondering; YES they hurt! But I'm a little bit of a whimp anyways... 5) Fireworks Fireworks are beautiful! It's one of the main reasons why the 4th of July is my favorite holiday. I love the bright lights and the big boom sounds they make when they explode! 6) Disney Disney is AWESOME! The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie (since my middle name is Ayrielle I basically am her anyways). I love all their classic movies and the new movies have continued to be great also. They also make some fantactis movies teamed up with pixar. Some of my favorites are... Monsters INC. Peter Pan Toy Story Finding Nemo The Incredibles The Lion King and of course all of the princess movies! 7) Spiders Stick with me on this one...spiders are BEAUTIFUL! I love the way they look. Now I will NOT pick them up and play with them but I am not scared of them. I just love them. 8) Rain The rain is FANTASTIC! I love the way it sounds. I love the way it smells. I love the way it feels on a warm summer day. I get the best sleep when it's thunderstorming during the night.

"A Father's Love"

I am LITERALLY crying right now because of how beautiful the story I just read is. I came across this story on buzzfeed (one of my favorite websites to waste time on)and I just had to share it with you as my next blog post. The story is called A Father's Love.

I don't know about you but being a girl I am looking forward to my wedding day along with the moment where my father gets to walk me down the isle. My dad is very important to me. He's so much stronger than he believes he is and he is alwyas there for me. Even at 21 I still go sit on his lap. (It's also a good tatic to ask him for something becuase when I sit on his lap he hardly ever says "no" to me!) I am in the process of trying to convince him to go wedding dress shopping with me when the time comes. Something that I've been in the process of for about a year now, even though I'm no where near getting married.

Anyways, back to the main reason I'm writing...this blog post: http://www.fotolanthropy.com/the-evans-family/ Like I said, I am LITERALLY crying right now because of what I just read. It's a story about Fred Evans and the surprise he gifted his two daughters and wife with. I'd try to explain it in my own words but I think Katie, the owner of the blog, does it much better than I could.

"After learning he had just months to live, Fred wanted to surprise two of his daughters and wife with a special gift. An inspiring story of a Father’s love to his family...Fred Evan’s was recovering from a double lung transplant when doctors discovered metastatic melanoma. Because of the medications he was taking to keep his body from rejecting his new lugs, Fred is unable to endure much chemotherapy to treat the cancer. Upon this discovery, Fred was given just months to live...Fred has four children, three daughters, Martha, Gracie and Kate and one son named Daniel. Two of the daughters, Gracie and Kate are not married. As a daddy, Fred wants to make sure he got the opportunity to walk his other two daughters down the aisle and give them away...After Fred walked Gracie and Kate down the aisle, Fred announced he had one more bride. Karla was so confused at first but she was totally surprised when Fred told her he wanted to renew their vows that day...Roland, Karla’s brother officiated the simple ceremony, as they each promised to continue to love each other for the rest of their lives...Fred Evans received his wings on July, 25 2013."

Please go read this whole story on the Fotolanthropy blog! It's worth the time. There are also pictures of the whole thing which pulled on my heart strings...hence the crying. There are also many other stories of amazing love, hope and faith on this blog. It's a beautiful way to celebrate life.