30 Day Photo Challenge- Day 8

Day 8- A Photo That Makes You Laugh

This picture is very random but makes me laugh every time I look at it. I was in Chicago with a Dana and Beth to visit our good friend Amanda (who is in the photo with me.) We flew in early that night but still ended up going out on the town to see the sights and have some fun. A few hours later we started walking home. Beth and Dana were a few steps ahead of me deciding if they were going to stop and get some food and Furry (Amanda) was talking to her new friend from Ireland. My feet were killing me after wearing high heels all night. I ended up tripping on a crack in the sidewalk and when I say trip I mean I completely wiped out! My shoe even came off! Dana, Beth and Furry were totally cracking up. I was laughing pretty hard myself- partially because the fall caught me completely off guard and there were tons of people around and partially because I could not get up. My friends were too busy laughing but this nice man came to my rescue! Every time I see this picture I smile because the whole thing was pretty funny and the whole trip was a lot of fun!

30 Day Photo Challenge- Day 7

Day 7- A Photo of Your Most Treasured Item

Chloe is my most treasured "item" and my world would be incomplete without her in it! I love this picture of her because she is showing her tooth trying to show how though she is even though she has a bow in her hair. She is tough but sweet, energetic, loving and I treasure her and the joy she brings to my life, VERY much.

Love ya, Chloe!

30 Day Photo Challenge- Day 6

Day 6- A Photo of Someone You'd Love to Trade Places with for a Day

I would LOVE to trade places with Celine Dion for a day! She is a very talented singer who is very personable and friendly in concert and put on the BEST concert, hands down! She also loves her family and she has an awesome life and she gets to make the world a better place by sharing her talent and singing songs of love and hope to millions of people around the world. LOVE HER!

30 Day Photo Challenge- Day 5

Day 5- A Photo of A Favorite Memory

I am lucky to have many favorite memories with my family members and friends, so I had a hard time picking one photo for this day. I picked this picture because it was from one of my favorite summers (2008) and one of my favorite nights in Indy. My summer in Indy with my fellow ELCs was VERY memorable for many reasons but the two biggest reasons are...

1. We. had. so. much. fun. SERIOUSLY! We made so many memories and we even made a book of some of the ridiculously funny one liners that came out of our mouths.

2. I changed, for the better, in many ways during my time in Indy. I had just got out of a long and serious relationship two weeks before coming to training. I didn't totally know who I was on my own and I had to leave all of my friends and family behind and try and figure it out. The ladies in this picture helped me to do just that. They quickly became my family away from home, my best friends, my sisters, my advice givers and some of the best co-workers I've ever had. I will always cherish the time we spent together and the memories we made. ~ TFJ

30 Day Photo Challenge- Day 4

Day 4- A Photo of Your Night

Last night I was the Director on Duty and it was kind of an eventful night at work, so I was there until about 8:20 PM. I knew Dustin was coming over to hang out with Chloe until I got home and to hang out with me for the night. He told me he would have a surprise for me when I got home. When I walked in the door he had a card for me, which I thought was the surprise because I love cards and he is always writing me notes but he's never given me a card before, so I went to the living room to sit down and read it. As I walked into the living room he kind of freaked out and was like,"no stay in here and help me get dinner ready." He was heating up Chinese food so I was like, "no you've got it, I am going to read this."

The note he wrote me in the card was about how he loves me and he "loves my love the most" (Eric Church) and that how even though he loves me he can't forgo the other stuff he loves, like fishing, so he wanted to give me a fishing pole so I can do something he loves with him! The next thing I know he is standing there with my very own fishing pole, I should say, pink fishing pole! The fishing pole had been sitting in the living room while I was reading the card!I was so excited!! He then reminded me that catching a fish is on my "to do list," and now I could try doing that!

Many of you probably do not know this, but when I was 6 years old I went through a fishing stage. That's right, this girly-girl went through a fishing stage. I wanted my own fishing pole for my birthday, which I got, and I even received a fishing Santa ornament for Christmas that year. The phase did not last too long, but there's always been a little part of me drawn to fishing, and now that I have my very own pole, I can go fishing! And to top it off, I can go fishing with the boy I love!!

30 Day Photo Challenge- Day 3

Day 3- A Photo of the Cast of Your Favorite Show

It is a tie between Glee and Grey's- LOVE both shows. Modern Family is working it's way up there and soon I am sure there will be a 3 way tie!

30 Day Photo Challenge- Day 2

Day 2- A Picture of You and the Person You've Been Closest With the Longest

Someone once said that the best thing about having a sister is that we always have a friend. I met my sister, Stefanie, when I was 18 months old. In many ways we are a lot a like and in many ways we are totally different. We fight together, we laugh together, we cry together. We have heart to hearts about anything and everything. I try to protect her, I've bossed her around, I've been too motherly, but she's my baby sister, what can I say! We've gone through the agony of cleaning our room together at least 100 times, we've spent countless nights keeping each other safe when we were afraid of the dark and countless hours playing house, school and anything else our immaginations came up with. There is a home video from the day I went to the hosptial when Stef was born. In the video, I was sitting on Grandpa's lap and holding Stefanie with him. I just kept running my hand over her head and kissing her. I kept saying she was "my baby," because she was my baby sister. Since that day Stef has become the person I've been the closest with the longest, one of my best friends who will always understand me and love me for me, and I will always be the same for her.

Love you sis!