A new blog for a new phase of life

Hello Everyone! Yet again it has been months since I posted anything. I really want to get better at consistent blogging and I hope my plan to change blogs will help. I have grown weary of blogspot and how it sometimes doesn't allow me to post pictures or insert hyperlinks. SO I am committing mutiny and switching over to tumblr. For the last 3 hours I've been struggling with technology. What's new? I went back and forth between wordpress and tumblr and finally decided on tumblr because it seems the most straightforward and user friendly. And boy do I need that! I feel like I'm compromising a little on style but I think you all know me well enough to imagine a better background :)

I am finally here at UC Davis and have lots to tell you...come visit my new blog at

www.forgingfaith.tumblr.com

Etsy At Last!

It took me 5 stinking months but I've finally done it! My etsy shop is officially up and running. I haven't sold anything yet but that's why I'm posting it on here! To get traffic :) Spread the word! The link is the last one under "Blogs I'm following on the right or you can copy and paste this link into the bar:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/EvyLou?ref=seller_info

Summer Lovin part 2

Jumping off the San Simeon pier with Peter!

Rug Show in Cambria with Yvonne :)

These past two weeks have held so many great memories with so many friends. Last weekend my good guy friend Conner took the train up for what was supposed to be our camping trip. I'm pretty much cursed when it comes weather. It rained all weekend so instead of camping we just hung out at Sarah's house. We had a fun game night and all kinds of other crazy adventures. It was sad having to say goodbye to Conner on Monday but I'm so glad he came to visit. On Wednesday my friend Yvonne and I went up to the Cambria Pines Lodge with my mom for the annual rug hooking show. It was great getting to introduce Yvonne to the wonderful world of rug hooking :) And to top off the week Hannah came for a spur of the moment visit on Friday and Saturday. We spent lots of time at the beach and I got to see Kelsey too while she was back for the weekend. We've officially had what feels like our 15th bonfire of the year at port san luis and it was fun to reconnect with people who are back for the summer. All in all this summer has been fantastic so far. Now I just need to get my etsy site up and running. Why am I so lazy?????

Summer Lovin part 1

I've been so blessed to have already had so many awesome adventures with great friends in just one month of summer!

Going to the Rodeo in Santa Maria

Eating Watermelon at Avila

Baking spontaneous cupcakes with Melissa and Ky

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 Premier!

Celebrating the last day of school at Guiseppe's :)

Crazy for Pysanky

I have been making traditional Pysanky eggs for years now. Even though I'm not the slightest bit Ukrainian I absolutely love this art form. The process is long, and slow paced but so rewarding. I find it fun and quite relaxing! This year we've been going all out. My mom ordered all new dyes and some goose eggs to experiment on. I'm so happy with how my goose eggs turned out. Hope you like them :)

Also my mom's good friend and my old teacher Kim wrote an article about Pysanky eggs and interviewed me for it. Here's the article that got published in an online magazine. Go here and click on magazine. It's the third or 4th "dot"

http://heartofthematteronline.com/

Good Times!

Guilty Blogger

All you poor followers. I'm sorry for having neglected my blog for so long. It seems like so many of my friends are giving up on their blogs and I don't want to fall into that category! I have some exciting news to report...I am OFFICIALLY going to UC Davis in September. Ok well it's not OFFICIAL until I sign my intent to register dealio next week but I'm planning on signing it! I finally got the letter of acceptance along with a very nice chunk of financial aid. God definitely came through in answering my prayers regarding money. I can actually afford to go there now :) Yipeee. I have been edging around the subject of college in my mind a lot lately. I am going to miss my family and friends so much it scares me. For now I'm just going to try to focus on all the positive aspects of college and not how depressed I might become once I have to leave.
This is going to be one heck of an amazing summer though. I get out of school on May 17th and I won't have to start school again until September 20th. Craziness! I've willingly given up the phlebotomy job hunt even though I had an interview at the United Blood Services. I decided it just isn't feasible to get a phlebotomy job before I leave for college. No one would want to hire me if they knew I was leaving in September and I didn't want to deceive anyone. So now I'm back on the restaurant job hunt which has proven frustrating and very competitive. So if God wants me to have a job I'll get one and if not I'll just be super spoiled this summer hahah.
Speaking of the summer...Wes, Gretchen, and I have all decided to go on the Grace Church Mission trip to the Czech Republic! Sarah is going again this summer and I'm so excited to see how God will work in my life through this trip and in the lives of the high school kids we will be meeting in Czech. We are going to be leading an English camp for high schoolers and building some awesome relationships!
Lately I've just been so thankful for all my amazing friendships. God has blessed me so richly with friends away at college, friends at home, and new friends through bible study and campus crusade. I look forward to meeting even more friends next year at Davis :)
Right now I'm in Dammeron Valley, Utah visiting my grandma Nana for Easter. I don't have any photos with me because my laptop is at home having a new DVD reader installed soo....I will post some pictures from the last few weeks when I get back. I hope you all are doing well!
xoxoxo Evie