Around campus...

So here are a few pictures around campus. I don't have very many right now, but will try and take some more sometime soon. The campus is so beautiful, although they are doing a lot of construction around here at the moment. The picture on the left is of the Timko Barton (T.B.) building. This is the music building where most of my classes take place. The picture below on the right is of the Prayer Tower, which is in the background, and the T.B. again. And the picture below on the left is of T.B. while walking from my dorm.

Anyways. Life is great. I went Blues Dancing last night!!..It was so much fun!. I love to dance, and have a new passion for it...I want to dance all the time now... In fact we are going again tonight, and probably tomorrow night as well!!.. =)

It's a lot of fun when you get a guy who actually knows how to dance..They make you feel like you know what you are doing...and they make you look good!...

In other news..(this is a little late)...we have a new president-elect...Barak Obama..hmm. Im not exactly thrilled with the outcome..(I voted for Senator McCain)...but I know that God is in control..He will take care of his people...although I don't like the fact Mr. Obama won, the Bible says pray for your leaders...so that's what I continue to do....And I am alive to see history made...an African American president...that's pretty exciting... One of the teacher's found a quote that describes the situation well... "Rosa sat so Martin could walk. Martin walked so Barak could run."..it refers to Rosa parks not giving up her seat on the bus...so Martin Luther KingJr. could walk for peace/equality....so Barak Obama could run for president.

Anyways..the first basketball games are today...So I better get going..they start pretty soon..then Blues Dancing!....

P.S. GO EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

Playing Catch-Up!!

Well!! Hey There!!..It's been a while hasen't it??!!!...
So much to talk about, so I better get started!!...

Hmm. What's been happening lately?..O yes...I am in full fledge swing of College Mode!!..Im attending ORal Roberts University and I absolutly LOVE it!!!....It's so much fun...I've made so many new friends...everyone here is so nice...It's absolutly amazing to be in a Christian environment 99% of the time!!...Most everyone is here because they WANT to be...not because they have to be...Anyways...right now I'm majoring in Worship Arts, or learning to be a praise and worship leader....but i've been thinking heavily recently about changing my major to Psychology, and minoring in Worship Arts...I don't know how to explain it, but lately I've had psychology on my heart...now I'm still praying about it, and

I have to talk to my dad...but IDK...it could be...

The past 6 months have been crazy...as you may recall back in May, a month before my BDAY exactly, my grandmother passed away...It was so heartbreaking, and I still miss her terribly..some days, to be honest, I really don't know what to do.... But I continue to lean on God...He is helping me make progress, and a hope that keeps me going is that I will get to see her again Someday!!..Which makes me so excited...It is so much different living without her...whenever I think about anything, somehow it always drifts back to my memories with her...They were so good. And I love to think about her. She was so sweet, Loved everyone, and was so precious....

..And then.. In July, I found out my mother moved out of the house, (She moved out while I was @ camp.)...This was devastating as well. Growing up in a home with both your parents in the same home all your life, and then all of a sudden them getting a divorce....WOW...but I knew it was coming...My relationship with my mother is not well at all. In fact this past summer..right after I graduated....Our relationships status was so bad, that If my grandmother would've been alive, I would've moved in with her in a heartbeat and stopped talking to my mother....and my father would've been ok with it...Boy would she be disappointed with my parents if she was here today!!...anyways..Im working through this...MY HOUSE...I still consider to be where my dad live..because it is MY HOME...and my mothers house is just my mother's house. It's still so hard to deal with the divorce factor right now, that I can not consider my mother's house, my home as well....but gradually God is dealing with me...and my heart...
So we will not dwell on these things right now...


As for some crazy awesome new skills I've learned while @ college....
..well. My youth pastor and friends say that they can see a difference in my piano skills, and how they've improved... yay!!! =)
..AND!!..I've learned how to dance!!..SWING DANCE!!!...it's so awesome!!..I've learned 2 versions of swing...Lindy Hop and East Coast Style Swing...I've also learned a Blues/Tango fusion, and to Blues Dance....which I'm doing tonight!!! =)

As for my school work..overall, it's pretty easy...
Oral Communications is my least fav. class, and I am working hard to bring up my grade!!..In fact I have a test in an hour, that I've been studying for all week!!...

well, Ill put some pictures of the campus and stuff on here soon!!..ttyl!! =)
Keep the Faith and God Bless!

So Much!!!!

So much has happened in the last couple of months. Where do I begin...well I guess I'll start with my grandmother.

As I'd written before, she'd been ill..she had fallen last August, and it just went downhill from there. Although there were several times we thought she was gone, she hung in there...But on May 12, just 5 days before her 97th birthday, she passed away. She was a fabulous woman, and I love and miss her very much...people say that time heals everything, but i really dont know if it will. I had spent just about every day of everysummer with her, and use to spend almost everyday out of the year with her. She was Amazing. She loved everyone, even people she had just met. It's so hard. Everytime I do something, I always think of her. Everything reminds me of her, and i guess thats not bad, because i can rememeber all the good times we had....But since she has died, it feels like i've lost my best friend. Im absolutly heartbroken. I really dont know how long it will take before i can really talk about her, or think about her without crying. But i do know, since she has passed on, my life hasnt been the same without her. I think these days im more quiet than i was before...yes i still have my teenage moments where im very goofy and silly, but i catch myself being quiet more than i use to be.

On an oppostie note, only 28 days before I move into my dorm room!!..Im so excited!!!..I will be attending Oral Roberts University....I only know 1 of my friends that goes there, but i've met many people on facebook that are going there in the fall. So it will be fun. Im really excited..Although Im still working on the scholarships. Ive received a few, but Im suppose to audition in the music department for a big one. The Cherokee Nation will also pay for my housing, so there's a few thousand less that I'll have to worry about. But I'm really excited!!..I have 2 sets of aunts and uncles that I will be about 5-10 minutes away from..And then my dad's business partner and his family lives only about 2 minutes away!!...Plus i have a cousin who lives in Broken Arrow, and my old pastor that retired last fall, him and his wife are moving to B.A. also!!...I still have to get all of my stuff tho. I found this comforter and sheets to match @ Wal Mart that I really like, and ill get towels and some organizer things...and some food..lol!!..They supply us with fridges and microwaves...yay!...
well so Im ready to go to college, but im not ready to leave my dad.. I will miss getting to run around with him very much..although i wont be that far from the house...but still!!

Some more exciting news!!....I get to go on a mission trip to L.A.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. Im so excited!...we will be working 3 days @ the dreamcenter, and then for 2-3 days we will be sightseeing!!..So places like the walk of fame, hard rock cafe-hollywood...HOLLYWOOD!!!....THE BEACH!!...here's some wishful thinking for ya..we might get a picture with a star!!..lol... who knows...anyways..ill have to miss 2 days of school, but i think it will definitly be worth it....
well..ive gotta go!...I have p&w practice tonight....and then i might go run a mile or so...well ill ttyl!..

Maybe its all a bad dream...

Well, my great grandmother died Monday. Im so upset. She was my favorite person in the whole wide world!!...She was the best ever!!...She was 96 and would've been 97 on Saturday...I loved her so much...I have so many memories with her...most of them make me laugh and cry at the same time..
One time (I was about 4 or 5) and I was standing on the couch looking out the window at the cows. I looked at her and I said, "Those are my cows." She said, "O really, and just where did you get them?" Without missing a beat, I replied "WalMart." I got them from WalMart because back then I thought everything came from WalMart. =) This was her favorite story. And she told it to everyone who visited. She also would tell it over and over again to me. Its also one of my favorite memories...
One of the other things I remember doing quite often is whenever I would see my parents drive up I would run and hide behind the LAZboy chair and Id tell Grandma, "Dont tell them where Im at!!"I wanted to stay with my grandma for forever....Of course it was the same chair Id hide behind everyday... but she never told them. =)
I loved her so much...I loved everything about her. Her eyes, her smile, her personality, and her little body. I loved it all..
I loved the movie night that we would have..(me, Jana, Trent, Aunt Kathy, and Grandma.) We would all go to grandma's house and spend the night. We would stay up and watch movies (usually disney channel!) and we'd all eat a bunch of popcorn.
I loved getting to spend the night with Grandma.
One thing I remember doing the most @ Gma's is baking cakes. Whenever I would go over to her house, we would bake a cake together. And the next one was always better than the last one!...Grandma fed everyone who ever entered the door @ her house. When me and my dad would go over to her house she would ask, "Aren't you guys hungry? Can't I feed you?" If you said yes, she would hop up and fix you something to eat. If you said no, she would ask you over and over until you said yes. Well one time my dad and I said yes were hungry so she feed us. Well after cleaning up the dishes we sat down to talk with her again. And she turned to my dad( who is a little plump) and said, "Honey, Are you watching your weight? Im worried about you." ....this makes me laugh everytime I hear it...Dad wanted to say, well Grandma its because you are always feedin me...but he didnt....he probably would've got slapped if he did say it...Grandma might've weighed 86lbs, but she could still woop him if she wanted...She was as stubborn as a Missiouri mule, and as tough as an old boot......She was the best.
Well today is her funeral...I really dont want this day to happen. I wish it was all a bad dream that I could wake up from...I wish I could go over to her house right now and she would open the door and look up @ me and smile that pretty smile..and say I love you so much....But thats not how its going to happen...The family lunch is @ 12 and then the funeral is @ 2...Me and my friend Brice are playing the first song @ the funeral...we decided to play HOMESICK by MERCYME....and hopefully I can get through it without crying...
it just feels like everything is coming apart....I mean what am I going to do without my little grandma...My aunt Lea said that she was talking to grandma one time after grandpa died. Grandma said that it never got easier after grandpa died, even tho everyone said it would....well how do I know its gonna get easier...
I know she's in a better place..and she's with Grandpa...I know Ill get to see her again one day...But I miss her so much...its unreal...and its only been 4 days.....
Well i better go get ready...

Oh and Grandma. I love you the mostest!!!!!
=) All my love!!
XOXOXO
~Aubrey

College Visit!!

Ok...so I have some new information. Instead of attending the University of Oklahoma, and being an official Sooner Girl, I have decided to go to Oral Roberts University.
I think that I will like it much better at ORU than I would @ OU.

So I went down this past Tuesday and took a campus tour. I got to meet with my admissions counselor, and he was extremely nice..(not to mention kinda cute!!.) but that's another story now isnt it!..lol. Anyways..everyone I met was extremely nice, and i enjoyed it very much.

My tour guide was a sophomore student, and her name was Kate. She was super sweet, and I enjoyed her company very much!..She was showing us (me and my dad) around the campus, and she told us that every building on the ORU campus is symbolic in some way. For example, @ one of the buildings, their was a fountain. @ the top of the fountain it was triangular. This had one big spout and poured down to a layer below. The layer below had 12 little spouts that poured out into yet another layer. The layer @ the top represented Jesus. He poured out all his knoweledge and teaching into the twelve disciples (represented by the 12 spouts). The disciples then poured out what they learned to the rest of the world (the layer @ the bottom). I thought this was really neat. Next time I visit the campus I will have to remember to take my camera and get a picture of it!....But every building had symbolisim like that.
So I am officially an ORU Golden Eagle. I also got to see the chapel while I was visiting. It was absolutly beautiful. It was so big!!!!!!!!!!..I loved it!

Anyways. On to other news. Only 14 days until I graduate(weekends included)and its 10 days without the weekends!!...yay!!..I am excited, but at the same time I am extremely nervous....Some days I wish I could stay in high school for forever. And other days I cant wait to get out of that place!!..

Prom is tomorrow... =/ I have mixed feelings about that...I really cant wait to get it over with!!...But I hope it is fun...I went and got my nails done today..i really like them, although it is tough to adjust to fake nails....it also makes it a little difficult to play the piano!..But I have to work with it..They look very pretty though. I had the french tips put on..and then the girl painted a red stripe across them and then put a flower on each of my ring fingers...They are very cute, and I will have to take a picture of them before I pull them off... My hair appointment is at 9 or 930 in the morning, and I am very excited about it!!..I have a tiara to put in my hair!....I know im a princess all the time, but now everyone will know!!!!!!!... =P I think the dressing up part will be fun, and I pray that the prom part will be fun!...i dont have a date, but im hoping that it will be ok....I will get to dance with all my girls!!..lol..

I have been patiently waiting for a new car...and hopefully its almost here!!..Im trying to talk dad into letting me get a mustang!!...I really want one!!..I think we might go look @ cars next Saturday night!!..We passed a dealership the other day, and we got to stop @ it, and he let me sit in a convertible!!...I loved it!!...I sat in it for 20 minutes and then he had to literally DRAG me out of it!!!!!!!...Although when I get one, it probably wont be a convertible. My Grandpa would think my dad's gone crazy and probably have him committed it i did get 1!!

Well thats about it for a while...only 33 days till my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!..yay!!!!!!

XOXOXO
~Aubrey

College doubts....

Ok...so as I said earlier I am an Official Sooner Girl!!..and I love it!!..although I have had my doubts...I don't really know where to start, so I'll just jump in.

I've had many doubts about attending OU in the fall. I mean, first of all, Im Daddy's Little Girl...what am I going to do without him..Im use to getting to see him everyday, and to go from that to seeing him once maybe twice a month is a big change.

Second of all Im afraid of loosing my best friend.. His name is Brice. This is a picture of us together...He's only a freshman, but he really is my best friend. He is always there for me, and we do everything together. Im afraid that when I go off to college he'll find a new best friend...Im afraid that Ill be replaced. And I cant handle that. I shouldn't worry..We made a promise that we would call each other at least twice a week to talk to each other...but still. But We have the kind of friendship we can tell each other anything.

It was very funny the other day. We just got a new youth pastor 2 months ago, so he is still learning about all of us @ church...Well..Brice and I both play in the band @ church. He plays guitar, I the piano..So anyways, I had to run Brice back to his house because he 4got his picks for the guitar...Well I had just put lotion on from Bath and Body Works that was suppose to smell like chocolate and orchids...well Brice thought it smelled like Carmex...so he started calling me chapstick...well I was arguing with him that it didnt as we were walking out the door...we had been going on for about 10 minutes...we were almost out the door, and Pastor James(P.J.) said are you sure you two aren't married...lol..we both looked @ each other and started laughing...well we went to his house and got the picks, and when we got back to the youth building, we were picking @ each other again..and P.J. looked @ us and said, "Are you two still @ it?" it was so funny...

That's the kind of relationship we have. We go together like PB and J..I promise this is what God did..He looked down and saw me...said Wow she's kinda boring..he added Brice to my life, looked down again, and said..That's AMAZING!!!!...

I know with a relationship like that I shouldn't be worried..but I can't help it...I guess it's human nature.

I even talked to him about me going to ORU, and he thinks that I should go ahead and go to OU...I shouldn't pass up the chance..and I think he's right...It's just gonna be hard to say goodbye the last night I get to spend with him. I cry everytime I think about it...Like Now..lol...

I told him that, and he told me not to cry cause it was gonna make him cry..and I still have like 6 months left before I go..

But even though Im worried, I know God will take care of everything...He wont let me loose my best friend just when I need him most.....

Other than that, Im really excited about OU...I've already started making a list of things I need..Including my new car...Im praying for a powder blue new body style mustang...Dad said it could possibly be my graduation/18th birthday present..Im also trying to become a football trainer for them next year. I pray to God that works out..I know I would have so much fun...I won't know my roommate tho..Everyone that Im friends with from my school that's going to OU already has a roommate...So I guess it's gonna be a suprise...

Im praying that God gives me a good one....someone that's a Christian and easy to get along with. I don't know if I can handle having a bad roommate and being away from my bestest friend all at the same time..

Im staying positive though...this is how my Aunt met one of her best friends she has now..they were roommates in college together...so it will be good...

Speaking of Graduation...only 11 weeks left!!!...I am excied about that!!..Although there is one thing...my graduation is the same night as my cousin's...I know it stinks...Im so bummed..It means our family will be separated...My Mama( my dad's mom) will probably go to her graduation..and my Papa and Sylvia(dad's dad and stepmom) are planning on coming to mine...But my Aunt Lea and her family will probably go to Jana's too..I was talking to my dad about this and he simply said, "well, you were born to a son, and not a daughter.." I guess it's true...Aunt Lea and Aunt Kathy have a special relationship...so o well...

But Im having a big graduation party @ my house after graduation..a lot of my mom's side of the family are coming...and quite a few from my dad's side...

Sooner Born and Sooner Bred..

.........Sooner Raised and Sooner Dead..Boomer Sooner.

These are some of the words to the famous OU fight song...a song that I will be hearing a lot of VERY soon!!!
That's right!!...What Im trying to say, is that I have been accepted to OU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As you can tell, Im kinda excited!!...ok.Im really excited!!!!!!!!!!!.

Ive always wanted to go to OU, and now Im finally gonna have my chance...
Well, Ill elaborate later.
XOXO~Aubrey