Sierra, the Super Model

My dog Sierra put on a little photo shoot for me.....

The Arabian Princess

Little Grandmother Heidi

Posh Dog

Wicked Witch Dog

Ahoy Mates

Hawaiian Diva

Bug Eyes

"I'm so hot"


I love my dog so much!

I am ready for Chrismas!!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I spent Thanksgiving day with my friend Cara and her family. They live in Salisbury, NC so I traveled out there for one night. I was so worried that I wouldn't have anyone to spend Thanksgiving with and I was very sad I had to miss out on going to Kentucky! So Thank you Graham family for opening up your home to me! Thank you also to Jessica and Heather, who very kindly invited me to join them for Thanksgiving!

I have gotten a lot of work done on my project! I have a HUGE paper that I need to complete along with lots of other work. I am gotten most of my paper done and completed another assignment for my class. I have also done some volunteering so I am almost done with my hours!!! yay!

And yes, Sierra very graciously posed for the picture. She asked me to put the mini wreath on her head and she very willingly cuddled with the Santa. Just kidding! That took me about half an hour to get that picture. I know, that could have been half an hour I could have been typing away about Blood Diamonds and present day slavery but I just thought that picture would be so cute! And it is!!! I did take a break from writing last night and started to put up decorations around my apartment. Sierra and I had a fun time together. We cuddled all night long too! That is one reason why I love having her sleepover here - she can sleep with me in my bed.

Anyway, I guess that is all. This week coming up is filled with group meetings, 1 test, 1 quiz, my project deadline for my Context of Culture class and my service learning deadline for my social work class. But hey, only 21 more days until I graduate! :-)

old videos!!

and here are some old videos of camden:

Shout out to Camden

This blog entry is dedicated to Camden Lane Brown. He turns 3 years old on Thursday! I cannot believe it has been 3 years old since the day he was born. Time sure does fly by! I love Camden so much and he really is just like a nephew to me. I am so luck to have him, his mommy and his daddy in my life! So happy birthday Camden!!!!

Here are some of my favorite memories with Camden:

-when i stayed over at their apartment when camden was still a newborn. i took care of him when he got up during the night so ashley and david could sleep. It was one of the feedings in the middle of the night and he fell asleep on my stomach! so i let him stay there. it was so sweet and definitely a bonding moment! :-)

-when he started to call me "yaya" (he tried say Cara and it came out YaYa - it means grandmother but I still think it is cute! Now that name has stuck and all the little kiddies in my life call me that! thanks to camden!)

-when he was scared of a pink poodle stuffed animal in borders (it made him shake and cry)

-any time i get to babysit him

-teaching him the "hi sign" from the little rascals

-i taught him that my "other" name was also camden lane brown so when I say "what is my other name?" he says "camden lane brown." He has been doing that for a while so he has a great memory.

and many more.....


Here are some of the quotes I have of Camden from my quote book:

"Hear noise?" - sorry that is just for Ashley. I can't go into further detail. tee hee.

Cara: When I was in Africa, I ate a zebra.
Camden: I ate a wild butterfly.
Ashley: you did?
Camden: No. I ate a wild giraffe.
Ashley: You did? where?
Camden: Downtown.

Cara: Camden, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Camden: ummmmm, a horse.

"Did you have fun at married?" - he said this after we got back from Laura's wedding

"Cara is going to be a chicken doctor."

I should have more but I don't. He says to many funny things!!!


And here is a slide show of pictures of Camden. Believe it or not, this is not even half of the pictures that I have of this kid! And sadly, I didn't have a digital camera when he was born, so I don't have any pictures of him on the computer from the time he was newborn to 6 months old! But enjoy!


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old friends are the best of friends

Tonight several friends came over. We had a fun time just hanging out, talking and playing with the kiddies! I have been friends with these girls for over 7 years now (9 years with catherine!). David and Arnaud were there too but they played video games most of the time! haha.

This is Ashley and Catherine playing with baby Eva! She was smiling so much tonight.

Chelsea, Eva and I! I got my hair cut this week and dyed it "golden brown." It doesn't look that short in this picture but I did get 7 inches cut off! My hair had gotten really long but I am glad that it is all gone now.

Ashley and Camden. So cute!

Catherine and Eva!


Thanks everyone for coming over and for all the yummy food!

Hello! I am sorry I have not been updating at usual! This past week was SO busy for me...... I had 2 tests and I had to work in the morning and afternoon. I also stayed late a few nights at work so I was a little sleep deprived. I hope everyone is doing well. Currently, I am considering staying here for Thanksgiving because I have SOOOOOOOOOOO much work to do. It would definitely be more than beneficial for me to stay here. I would miss having Thanksgiving with all of my family for the first time in my life, but I must graduate in December and staying here would definitely move things along. I still have 22 hours of volunteer service to complete and a HUGE project due after Thanksgiving so being here would help. Im not sure yet what I would do on Thanksgiving day! I might have to spend it alone and doing homework, because most of my close friends that will be here already have plans! Anyway, this next week I have 2 projects and 1 paper due. Less stressful than 2 tests but still a big week as i am also working everyday! sorry no pictures this time. nothing new! love to you all!!

Happy Halloween!

So this year I was fairly disappointed with halloween. Here are some pictures. I did not include one of me because I ended up hating my costume. I was a witch but my hat would not stay pointed up and all the pictures of me are horrible! Me, Cara, Heather and Chuck went to the Haunted Hillsborough St. and it was not that happening. For reference, don't go there for Halloween!

I think this is such a cute picture of Cara being a little army person! haha.

I don't know who this is but I LOVED this bunny! It made me laugh every time I saw him so I finally took his picture.

Chuck was a Trojan warrior! By far one of the better costumes of the night!