AU Rhythm

This past Friday, Auburn had the first pep-rally for the season and AU Rhythm got to perform. I absolutely loved it. It was so great to be dancing again. My sweet friends came to watch me dance, which was so sweet of them to come!

Experiencing the Real Outdoors

In honor of Labor day weekend we decided to take a spontaneous (well sort of spontaneous) trip to our land in Harpersville and go camping. We packed up Sunday afternoon and set up camp and hung out the rest of the night! We cooked hotdogs and smores and just enjoyed fellowship! It was quite an experience. In the middle of the night (3 am) this conversation happened:
Wild Animal: AHHH AHHH AHHH AHHH
Cassie: I think that is an aragatang
Me: WHAT?
Cassie: Yeah I hear they eat humans
[I think she was still asleep at this point, but I was still talking to her]

Cooking Dinner...no big deal

Lauren doing her flip in the hammock trip
we created bunkbeds in hammocks

hammocks

around the campfire

such outdoorsmen

Setting up camp

Junior Year

So....here are some pictures from Junior Year so far. Sorry I have been so bad at blogging [I'll work on it]

Move In Day....RFL (Roomies for Life)

getting ready for our big debute

Meet Dick and Ed (This is our rush skit...Lauren and I were the host to Alpha Gamstand)

Dick and Ed + MOMS

Dick and Ed + BESTIES

Mallory is finally an Alpha GAM!!!!

Precious Baby Squirrels

Double Sisters

RACHEL!!!!
VESTAVIA's newest Alpha Gams:) [Hannah Wilson, Allison Thomas, Lucy Mashburn, Callie Eitzen, and Mallory Wyatt]



Mr. and Mrs. Cowart:)Dave and Phil

Adam dad mom phil


adam dad phildad and the ladies

happy birthday mom!!!

Lillian and DuDaddy on the Tractor

Precious LILLIAN
Oh these are just my best friends at PsycadellicBetsy


EmilyLauren
Spencer



Marjorie, Lucy, Lydia, Mallory, Lauren, Lila, and Lauren

LaurenNatalie and Anna (on the field)

My game datesFriends

Look who i foundAnna on the Field
A-N-N-A....we were her biggest fans

SWEET FRIENDS

Patton Davis Thornton

so...Hannah had another precious little boy on July 30th! Which was two days after I got back so I thankfully got to go to Dothan to meet him. His name is Patton Davis Thornton:)

Adios Honduras

I cannot believe that I will be leaving in the morning! This month has flown by and I've loved every minute of it. I made friends here in Honduras that I will remember forever. I had completely new experiences, learned more than I thought I could, was put out of my comfort zone, learned to be okay out of my comfort zone, laughed A LOT, loved A LOT, and learned A LOT! Today was the day that I have been looking forward to since the beginning/dreading since the beginning. It is bittersweet, because I am soooo excited about seeing my family and friends, but I am so sad to be leaving the kids here at Emmanuel.

Olivia and I had originally planned to spend the night with the special needs girls, but instead we watched a movie with them after we showered them. It was fun being able to hang out with them. We decided to self timer a picture, which was hillarious and after everytime they would go wild and start cheering. They are precious and I will miss them so much!

But anyways, the other day I was able to take a "sibling group" out. This was so fun, because I know how much my family means to me and I can't imagine how much more they mean to each other here. Not having parents, but only having each other. It is very difficult for siblings here at Emmanuel, because they are all relatively close, but don't really get to see each other much. I got to take Wilmar and his 2 brothers and sister to the Tienda (the store) and we got to hang out for the afternoon! It was fun seeing them get so excited to see each other! Truly warmed my heart.

Today with the Special Needs kids we are talking about God creating the animals this week so we decided to paint their faces like animals. We did over 20 kids, and it was a sight! It was really fun and they enjoyed it. The special needs yard looked like a jungle with all the kids running around.

Tonight, we thought was going to be our last time to shower the special needs girls, but they asked us to come again in the morning. Tonight after everyone was showered we were all sitting on the couches talking. One of the girls started crying about us leaving and then it spread and with 10 minutes, every girl in the house was in tears [including myself]. At that moment, I felt like that was the best thank you present ever (weird I know, tears=present?). But after giving over 400 showers in one month to see every girl in tears over the fact that we were leaving meant so much. I really felt like I had been able to make a difference in these girl's lives despite the fact that I can't speak Spanish. Maybe that is why God had me shower the girls, so I could build relationships with the girls considering my talking to them was limited. God is good! I can't even think about how much I am going to miss the special needs girls. I am used to being with them all day every day, they are so full of joy and can truly lift anyone's spirits. They will be missed dearly.

For dinner tonight, all the volunteers put their food together and had one last meal together. One of the other volunteers, Rachel, taught me to make crepes. I was so excited, because I am actually becoming domestic. Dad, I plan on making you crepes before we leave for Dothan...get excited! But we all sat around and told stories and laughed a lot. It was great hanging out one last time.

I'm going to sleep now! Adios and America...I'll see you tomorrow:)
Nohemy

This is my favorite person at Emmanuel...Her name is Estefany, I plan to bring her to America one day!

Martin

One group for facepainting

Special Needs House

Precious Wilmar

Sweet Family

David

Playing dress up with the special needs kids