Holidays.

Never in my life have I been so very excited for the Holidays. For Christmas, presents, and just the meaning of the season, and it being spent with my family. I am so excited this year. I can not wait. I am just oh so very excited. Today has been spent watching Hallmark Christmas movies all day. (never got out of my pajamas) Lazy day, yes I think so. I never have time for this, so I will take advantage of this while I have the chance. I miss my BCF family already, but im sure this break will fly by. Speaking of flying. This girl got a ticket to fly down south to see her best friend aka roommate leaving January 8th! I am so beyond excited. It has been so long since I have blogged. That the newest exciting news issssss..... (drum roll) I GOT A JOB WITH CENTRI KID OVER THE SUMMER!!! I am so beyond excited. The Lord sure is blessing me thats for sure. Also being content with life, has become wayyyy easier here lately. I have had so much bravery to stand up for what I believe, not let anyone run over me, and to not care what other people think of me. God made me just the way I am. There is no reason to be jealous of anyone, or to care what anyone thinks of me. This is a little quote from something I came across the other day, "While a woman is waiting to find the man of her dreams, she should not fall into a slump of misery. Her heart should be enlivened and she should grow deeper in her relationship with God. If she happens to fall in love with a man, oh how lucky that man will be to find a woman who is so devoted to living her life for the Lord. If she does not, that's fine too, because her relationship with God is enough for her and provides the eternal fulfillment that no human relationship can." Touched me in so many ways. I worry to much about the future. I need to live in the present, be thankful, and realize the time will come when I will be so lost in my love for the Lord that a man will seek Him to find me. 

Both of these videos are so true. & touched my life in many ways. So as I sit here with family, enjoying my time off in the midst of the holidays I truly realize how blessed I am.


& oh did I happen to mention that I FINISHED MY FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE!! 1 DOWN 7 TO GO!! 18 NEXT SEMESTER!!

Holidays. Life.

Whew. 2011 already over? The year I waited for, for so long. The year I graduated high school. Everyone said I would miss high school, yeah right. Just miss living under my parents roof! With Thanksgiving already coming and gone. Now Christmas approaching rather quickly, where does the time go? Oh wait I know, slips right out from under our feet. I am so Thankful & blessed beyond measure. Its hard to even explain how much the Lord has blessed me with this year. & with the Thankful season still in the air let me list a few:

1. BCF; being given a wonderful Christian Education

2. Not one but TWO wonderful jobs!

3. My family. A wonderful family who supports my decisions.

4. A wonderful friend/mentor Lauren Crews.

5. A car that gets me from point A to point B (even though it is tore up most of the time)'

6. Mexican food; my 2nd love

7. My father the Lord Jesus Christ. Dont even know where to begin on that topic.

Thats just a few of the MANY things! The list could go on & on & on. I am thankful for so very much in my life. I am one blessed girl, thats for sure! :)

 It was a wonderful Saturday for a photo shoot in Gracevegas ;)

Weekend. Getting Sick. :/

This week was crazy. Between class, getting ready for my new job, spending time with my friends & some amazing people. I am just now slowing down. I am soooooooo homesick right about now. I cant wait to go home the 9-11th of Sep, to help with my home churches d-now! Soooooo excited missing home and my youth group terribely. I can hardly wait. The good Lord is continuly working in my life. 

"Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God present yourselves a living sacrifice to God, holy and acceptable, which is your spiritual act of worship. And do not be conformed any longer to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Romans 12:1-2. These verses touch me so much. Im trying to stay in God's will with everything that I am doing in life. How can you do it without staying in the word, & praying? Impossible. So doing everything, enjoying life, overdoing it, is getting me sick :( Between my sinuses, allergies, and everything combined im feeling pretty crummy. So yes prayers would be great right about now.

Me and Heather. This girl makes my stay at BCF much better :)

God's test. Busy life.

Not even a week into college, im exhausted, & just want everything to slow down. Im home sick. Even though I am only an hour away! I dont have the gas and junk to be going home :( I will admit, at first I did have second thoughts about my college choice. But God has put me here for a reason. & I may not be 100% sure what that reason is right now, but im going to stick it out. Im sure things will get easier as time goes by, or atleast I can only hope they do. My body is worn slap out! But thank God tomorrow I dont have class until 11:30 so this girl is sleeping till 10. :) God has been revealing so much to me lately. I tend to find it hard when having a busy day, like everyday here lately, to actually sit down and have my quiet time with God. I wish that I could be so disciplined to do it. But im forcing myself everyday. And its not something that should have to be forced! So needless to say my new challenge is to wake up every morning, not mad cause im tired, but yet happy that the good Lord woke me up another day and is giving me another chance at life. So I will do my quiet time!! Off to class. :(

My sweet baby sister, that I miss terribly!

New job. Friends. Family.

Whew. What a hectic, glorious, & blessed day this has been. Errands ran with my Sheebs, cute little gifts made for my friend Lauren, mexican, a telephone call that I had a job interview. Rush home. Get ready. Go to Dothan for interview. I GOT A NEW JOB! Thank the Lord for answered prayers. Btw this was supposed to be my last rest day before school started. (didnt happen). But everything happens for a reason as im learning here lately. When I sit back & let God do the work, all this stuff just falls into place by itsself! How amazing is our God? Ahh cant even be explained. Tomorrow I move to BCF for good. Oh, how im going to miss my youth group, friends, & family. Good thing I wont be so far away! (: & im coming back home for this weekend. Found out today that the two of the most important men of my life are coming down to pay me a visit. Eeeekkk! My brother & father! Oh what a joyous weekend it will be! So when its all said & done, maybe I had a hectic non-stop day, maybe im just so exhausted, but the good Lord knew what he was doing!

Mexican= my all time love!

Especially with good friends!

My life

Hi. Im Kayla. New to this blogging thing. Well, new to many things going on in life right now. Im full swing with life, family, school, & job searching! I start BCF (the baptist college of florida) full time next monday. Majoring in Elementary Education with a minor in missions! First semester in college, im excited, nervous, ready for it all to be over with, & most of all ready to be able to sit back and relax! My family is my life. I have 10 siblings (not all same mom same dad). I have the best friends/mentors a girl could ask for Jesus Christ, & Lauren Crews. Without them both I would be....... (lost). The theme of my blog is LIFE IN THE BACKGROUND! My favorite Lecrae song. Im learning to sit back & let God take the steering wheel of my life. Its not about what Kayla wants, its about what God has in store for my future, & all his timing!

Two of the most important men in my life, on one of the most important days of my life!

I am my mothers daughter!