Thankful

Awwww....what a fitting title as Thanksgiving rapidly approaches. But seriously, I am feeling so thankful lately. I'm going to try to pack as much new life info into this post as succinctly as possible. Here goes:

1. My family is moving houses

This move has been brewing for a few years now. The combination of a huge mortgage, crash in the housing market, and my dad's decreased salary has forced us to short sale our house. It was really hard at first knowing we would have to give up our beautiful house which we poured so much time, energy, and money into. But through this whole ordeal God has taught me so much.

a. Material things truly don't matter-we can't bring our houses to heaven.

b. Home is where your family is

c. God ALWAYS has a plan for you. When we learned our house had sold we began praying that God would bring us a house to rent. My mom asked for a 4 bedroom house that was single story, safe for our grandma and dogs, close to the high school, and had a big kitchen. Literally within a week we found out the buyers of our house offered to rent us their recently remodeled home which fit our prayer list perfectly and even has fruit trees and gardening beds in the back! To sweeten the deal we won't have to move until Christmas and we actually kind of know the family. The house is right across from Sinsheimer Elementary school, just a few blocks from our existing house and very close to some friends of ours. God is so good!

2. I'm applying to only UC Davis as an Art Studio Major

Oh my gosh. Crazy how things end up right? Apart from being nervous I'm really excited. I'm so burnt out on academics that the idea of painting and drawing during college sounds amazing. I may minor or double major in something else, we'll see. I'm still plugging away at prerequisites in case I want to do something medical related after college too. Today I had to talk to some difficulties I was having with the application which I think we'll get straightened out. But on my way home from school today I started worrying about how long it might take me to graduate when I realized all of a sudden that I'm a year ahead and that I could even graduate early if I want to! All these years of being different and going the unconventional route are finally going to pay off. Thank gosh I can at last realize that! I'm so thankful for having parents that weren't afraid to go against the grain and who have helped me down a very smart educational path. I love you Mom and Dad :)

3. I went to the Father/Daughter Conference at Hume Lake

My uncle Larry and cousin Olivia invited my dad and I to go up to Hume this last weekend. We've been to the conference before but missed last year and this was the first time going with family. It was such an amazing weekend of getting to spend time with one another, hear a great speaker, good worship and have some really good conversations. Not to mention the glorious nature up at Hume! I hadn't seen Olivia in almost a year and I have really missed her. I think we're going to be able to visit each other more often now. She is one of the most treasured people in my life. Love you Livi!

So even though life is still a little stressful at the moment I'm so thankful for my family, my old and new friends, and the direction God is taking me in life.

xoxox Evie