Being Thankful for My Health...

I'm never one to really consciously be thankful for being healthy. I know I know I should be, and believe me from now on I will make more of an effort. This past week is the sickest I think I have ever been (not even being dramatic...I know that's hard to believe coming from me :) )... So I am thankful that I am feeling better I wouldn't say I'm feeling healthy yet, but I am at least feeling a little better, and I'm thankful that no one around me has gotten sick (yet!)...

God, Thank you for using this week to demonstrate to me how important health is and what a gift it is that you give to us. Thank you for giving me examples of health this week in protecting those around me from getting sick. Lord thank you for who you are in my life and in the lives of those around me...

And the crowd goes wild...

Since Chris won't give his reinterpretation of this story on Emily's blog I'm gonna step in and give my "Apul" version. I was sitting down in the stands during half time of the BRD (blue ridge district) Tournament Championship basketball game between Byrd and LB when all of a sudden a hush falls over the gym. "What could be going on?", I ask myself. Then I turn my attention down to the court and there is little Sam Dowdy with his little basketball "shootin hoops". Then all at once he runs down towards the other end where the student sections are, and the ENTIRE crowd chants "coast to coast, coast to coast, coast to coast". He looks at the LB students they go crazy, he looks at the Byrd students they go nuts...He throws the ball up approx. 3 feet in the air and I'm not kidding when I say this people, the crowd goes freakin WILD!!! And when I mean crowd I mean EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE GYM!!! The next chant from the students section was "he's a freshman, he's a freshman, he's a freshman" hahaha I was lovin it. But, I do have to say the best part of the whole scene was at the end when Chris got boo'ed because he picked Sam up when the teams were running back onto the court. Love it!

Okay, Okay 25 things...

I've been tagged by approx. a million people to write down 25 random things about myself on the ever popular facebook, but because I think writing notes on facebook is kind of weird, I'll do this on here and for some reason that will make it less weird. Also, don't feel obligated to waste your time reading this...I wouldn't.

1. The most embarrassing thing to ever happen to me occurred last spring on the way to the DMB concert when I literally backed my car out of the garage with the door still down ...that wasn't an expensive mistake...

2. My favorite time of the whole day is when I get to cuddle up beside Brad in bed. Not only do I love this time because it makes me warm in our 64 degree house, but because it makes being married feel real to me.

3. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.

4. I want nothing more than to answer God's call for my life when I graduate, but I'm having a really hard time figuring out what that is.

5. I drive around with the gas light on in my car probably 60% of the time. It doesn't bother me, for some odd reason I'm confident I'll never run out of gas.

6. I'm scared of death, I mean really really scared of it...I know its dumb because I know without a doubt where I'm going when I die, but I'm scared. Probably because of the unknown...I'm scared of clowns too...

7. I have a huge family and I love it.

8. I LOVE bubble baths

9. HGTV is my favorite channel I love to watch it and say "Hey Brad, look one day when we have money I'll make our house look like that!"

10. I want my own boat.

11. Smith Mountain Lake is my favorite place in the entire world.

12. My little brother is one of my best friends.

13. If I could live in any state I would pick Georgia...or maybe South Carolina...Charleston sounds nice...

14. I'm a list maker, and everything must be crossed off before it goes in the trash...well actually the recycling, not the trash :)

15. I actually like the 45 minute drive from Roanoke to Blacksburg 3 days a week.

16. I love coming home to someone who is excited to see me, and by someone I mean Lucy :)

17. I love reading.

18. I can't wait to be a Virginia Tech Alumni, I just like the sound of it. And on a side note i LOVE Virginia Tech, like seriously love affair people!!

19. I know middle schoolers are supposed to be annoying, but I love the time I spend "student teaching" at the middle school.

20. I terribly miss playing soccer and volleyball, and think I might want to coach someday, maybe.

21. I can run longer, farther, and harder when I am listening to worship music...AND I've just recently developed this love for running, I used to hate it...run for fun, who does that anyway?

22. I want to complete a half marathon one day, and maybe eventually even a marathon...we will see, we will see...

23. When we first got the news about Haley and Riley being added to our family I hoped for boys so I could still be the only girl, but now I love having two little girls around that want to be just like me, and I don't mind sharing the limelight anymore...most of the time...

24. I'm having a hard time thinking of 25 random things about me, I don't like these kinds of things, I could easily come up with 25 random things about Brad though...

25. I love my new life as Mrs. Collins...still sounds weird to me when someone calls me that, isn't that my mother in law's name??