Friends Are Awesome...You're ALL AWESOME.

I'm homeee! Back from California and it felt so good to sleep in my own bed. :)

For the last two days I have been cleaning and reorganizing my room. Now as lame as it may sound, I actually LOVE doing that kind of stuff. So its not that I am being anti-social. Just having some "me-time"!

But last night was great because two of my friends came over and we ended up literally talking all night long, which is always so much fun. We just stayed up and talked about anything that came to mind. Things like religon, politics, school, and of course BOYS. haha but it just reminded me of how much I missed my friends and how grateful I am for the diverse group of them that I have. Oh, we also stopped by gene and judes around midnight for my first time! It was AWESOME! And I got to see Sean Egan working..haha priceless! LOVE YOU SEAN! :)

Apples to Apples.

Besides my birthday, Christmas is my favorite holiday of the entire year!

1. ITS JESUS' BIRTHDAY!
2. There's family all around
3. Presents aren't too shabby...
4. There's always lots of laughter.

But I do really love Christmas. I could completely feel the spirit of Jesus working in my grandma's house today as we all sat around the kitchen table and played apples to apples while laughing until tears rolled down our cheeks. It reminded me of those classic movies where in the end everyone is smiling and there is a perfect fairytale ending, as the camera slowly zooms out and you see the family laughing together through the front room window.

I think what I enjoyed most about today was how close I felt to my sisters. I think about them constantly, even if it may not seem like it sometimes, and to be together on the holidays means so much to me. It felt like we had never been apart for all this time, like nothing had changed, when change is the only constant thing in this world we live in.

2 Samuel 22:3 

    "my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
   He is my shield, the power that saves me,
      and my place of safety.
   He is my refuge, my savior,
      the one who saves me from violence."

ForeverLove,
          SamanthaLynn

First Entry.

Hello to anyone who is reading this! :)

I have never had a blog before and I'm getting accustomed to how this all works but my friend had one and I loved reading it, it was like spending time with her without leaving my computer. So I hope that's how anyone who reads this feels. I want to be as personal as I can here so just let me know if I'm coming across any differently. 


Well today has been a great day, being back home in California. I feel just at peace in a sense. Of course being here in the holidays there is always family drama that happens, at least in my family there is, but through all of that I truly am thankful for the life that I live and the people that God has placed in my life because it has shaped me into the person I am and the person I am striving to be.


I spent today shopping with my sister and my new baby niece Aaliyah, (I think I spelled that right) haha, and then went out to lunch with my grandpa. He's just the cutest little thing ever, best quote of the day... "DAMN! THAT'S FRESH!" And then I went to see my grandma, please to anyone who is reading this keep her in your prayers. I have praying and thinking about her constantly. She has emphysema and is struggling right now. I love her dearly and selfishly am not ready for her to go. But now I'm spending some quality time with my daddy. We watched alvin and the chipmunks tonight with a side of fried rice and orange chicken. Overall, gooooodd day :) 


Forever Love,
          Samantha Lynn