A Couple of My Favorite Little Girls...

I always have a blast hanging out with these cuties! They're soooo much fun to be around and they ALWAYS make me laugh!
Grace makes her Auntie Alecia feel so loved and Sophie just cracks me up with her personality. My friends have some adorable little girls! They melt my heart frequently.

One of My FAVORITE Places to Be!!!

Amy and I took a little trip to Norman to walk around Campus Corner. It had been a while since I'd been to Norman and there's always great shopping and fond memories! We spent a LOT of time here in our college years...a couple of great memories I have are: going to LOTS of games, camping out for OU/TX tickets, at the spur of the moment, deciding with Amy, Kenny & Kestle to go get tickets from a scalper for the Rolling Stones concert, ESPN Game Day in Norman the day we beat Nebraska and the goal posts came down, welcoming the National Championship team home from the Orange Bowl after an undefeated season, and many, MANY more memories. Good Times...good times!

Playing a little game of Catch Up....

So, I've been sooo bad at blogging lately. In the move I misplaced my camera cord as well as battery charger. That's no excuse for the 3 months I missed in blogging before I moved :-) So, this afternoon I found my camera cord and used what juice was left in my camera to download some pics...now it's time to get caught up! :-)I'm bidding on a battery charger on ebay so hopefully I'll be able to charge my battery and start taking some more pictures!

I'll start with my visit to Edmond for Grace & Sophie's 1st & 4th Mickey & Minie B-day party. The kids all wore their PJ's and watched a Mickey movie on the lawn. There were Mickey ears, popcorn and cotton candy for the kiddos.

25 Random Things About Me!!!

1. I love to watch Sooner Sports...especially Football
2. I have a fetish for linens...towels, sheets, decorative cltoh, etc.
3. I have a ridiculously adorable niece
4. I have 3 younger brothers
5. I HATE MOVING WITH A PASSION and I've moved twice in the last 2 months!!!
6. I found a church I LOVE and had to leave b/c of my new job.
7. I can watch a movie that I love over and over again.
8. I cry at Hallmark commercials, movies and anytime someone else cries...I'm a cryer
9. I LOVE to decorate
10. I was born in Alaska
11. The best summer of my life was when I lived in North Myrtle Beach for Summer Project in '97 and met a GREAT group of people that ALL have a special place in my heart.
12. I love to travel.
13. The 3 Farthest places I've been are China, India & Ethiopia
14. I've never been to Mexico
15. I love that I can be on Facebook or Skype and talk to my friends around the world.
16. My favorite icecream is Braum's Peanut Butter Cup...DE-LISH!!!
17. I twirl my hair when I watch T.V....and only when I watch TV
18. I collect Crosses
19. I LOVE Tulips
20. I don't listen to the radio anymore...just my CD's
21. I love movie night with my friends.
22. I HATE saying goodbye
23. I Love being surprised and doing the surprising
24. I watched Titanic a ridiculous amount of times in college.(And cried every time)
25. I love being Auntie Alecia to my friends children...it makes me :)

I'm Employed!!!

It's official....I'm moving to OKC to work with Arvest Bank as an Assistant Branch Manager. I'm excited about this for many reasons...going down a completely different career path, great opportunities to grow, I really like my Manager that I'll be working with, I'll be living 4 miles from my dear friend Amy and just 10 or 15 from my childhood friend Erika!!! I can't WAIT!
That's the latest update for now...I'll take pics of my new apartment when I get moved and settled in :-)
Thanks for all your prayers during this challening transition and for all the help you all exteneded me during "the Hunt".

Ethiopia Blog

I've been working on my Ethiopia Blog and it's still a work in progress but you can check out what I have so far...just know...there will be more updates in the near future:-)
Enjoy!

Unemployeed Girl Seeks Employment With Stable Company....

That's right, for those of you who don't know just yet...I lost my job almost 5 weeks ago.
I had the opportunity to work for an AMAZING non-profit...that was the down side...they had NO-PROFIT!!! Unfortuantely, due to the economic crunch, funding had dropped significantly and they had to let 3 of us go :-(
So, here I am...taking a break from Job hunting to fill you all in.
I trust the Lord has a great plan for me and I'm really looking forward to this new chapter in my life that He's writing...just wish I could get an advanced copy of His book on Alecia :-)
Well, keep me in your prayers and I'll keep hitting the pavement, running toward that new place God has for me.

From Ashes to Africa

Thanks to a friend of a friend, I was able to see this amazing website, From Ashes to Africa. For those that are interested in adoption, this could be very encouraging to you and those who never thought of adoption, this could be a new perspective for you.

Ephesians 1:3-6
3-6How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.

Catrina Sings "Kinkle, Kinkle Little Star"

This is my adorable little niece singing one of her favorite songs...Kinkle, Kinkle Little Star!
Love HER!!!

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