Tuesday, July 30, 2013

tuesday topics: ten things i live for.

There are few blogs out there that I follow that do Tuesday Topics, so this week I thought I would give it a try. This weeks topic is Ten Things I live for.

One; God. Without him I'm nothing. He is my everything and who I live for.



Two; Michael. He has been the most amazing blessing in my life. There are still moments where I can't believe he is mine, but I'm so glad he is.



Three; My Family. I don't know where I would be without them.



Four; My Friends. I'm so blessed to have each one of my friends in my life whether it's my friends from school or the ones I have made while working at the church.


Five; A Good Book. I love sitting down and getting lost in a good book. I wish I had more time to read. Currently reading A Storm of Swords in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Six; Jack. I love this dog.



Seven; Creating. I love designing. It's what I went to school for. I love sitting behind a computer and creating something out of nothing.

Eight; Being a Nerd.


Nine; Going on Adventures. I have traveled all my life and I'm always ready to go somewhere new or try something new.



Ten; Dr. Pepper. Enough said.

Life.Love.Lauren

Sunday, July 21, 2013

the month of june.

Let me tell you about June, because a lot happen last month.

New Job. This past month I took on a new job at the church along with the job I already do. I am now the Director of Connections. Which means I am in charge of connecting people to different things we have going on in the church, like house groups and other events that might be going on. I was really nervous about it and I guess I'm still a little nervous about all of it. When the pastor first brought it he said he had talked to several people about me doing the job and they thought I could do it and he thought I would be good at the job. All I remember thinking is 'if you think I can do it well I guess I will give it a try'. I am still a little nervous about it and I have been doing the job for more than a month now, but I'm slowly starting to figure it all out.

[ my new shared office ]

Annual Conference. I was asked to be a young adult representative from our district at the Missouri Annual Conference for the United Methodist Church. Let me just say I was one of seven young adult at the whole conference and there was a lot of people there.  The first day we where there, there was a lot of business that had to be taken care of and I remember thinking 'If this is how it is going to be the whole conference it's going to be a long one.' Luckily though after the first day everything seem to get much better. I really took a lot from the conference and was really excited to be taking on my new job as Director of Connections at the church. I really felt God saying 'You can do this. Don't worry'.


The Kids. After coming back from Annual Conference the next big thing was James and Alyssa coming to stay with us for the Summer. I was a little nervous about them coming to stay. I had only met both of the briefly a few before months and I have never really had to deal with kids that are seven and eight years old before. So this all was very new to be to say the least, but I have had a blast with the both of them and love them both dearly. I'm glad that I got to spend my summer with them and I have definitely learned a lot this summer about myself and about being around kids.



The City Museum. First of all, if you are ever in St. Louis with or with out kids check this place out. It's like a big place on steroids there is even a school bus on the top of the building. Michael and I decided to try and keep up with the kids after we came down the 10 store slide and we did, but my knees hated every moment of it and for someone who is a little bit claustrophobic there were some places I wish I hadn't crawled in. I had a blast and so did everyone else. James and Alyssa are at the prefect age were I think the really got the most out of the City Museum.


[ this one is my favorite ]



The Green Dragon Ball. I don't feel like there is a whole lot to say about the Green Dragon Ball, but maybe I should explain what it is for those of you who don't know. Michael is apart of the Chemical Corps in the Army and the Green Dragon Ball is thrown every year on the Chemical Corps Regiment's birthday. I was glad Michael asked me to go with him. It always means a lot to me when he ask me to go to things like this with him. This was also the first time I got to see Michael in his dress blues and if I do say so myself he looks pretty snazzy in them.


Tuesday, May 21, 2013

favorite tumblr post from 2011

So, I thought I would do a post from my old blog on Tumblr. Here are some of my favorite posts from my Tumblr blog in 2010.


December 9, 2011


“If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are. Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.” - Rosemarie Urquico


November 14, 2011


[ from here ]


October 29, 2011




i love these girls.
{ pictures from my trip to maryville a couple weeks ago } 


October 17, 2011


just hanging out in the newsroom with some of my favorite people.


September 16, 2011


jack’s before and after.


September 16, 2011


[ from here ]


September 15, 2011


the whole wedding party for my dad’s wedding.


July 21, 2011


jack. isn’t he cute.


July 18, 2011


i feel like this explains my life right now. drawing by me.


July 16, 2011

If you don’t like Sweet Baby Ray’s (BBQ sauce) then there is a problem with you." - Kayla, age 7 (my cousin)

May 12, 2011


I GET TO SEE WHAT OF THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD TOMORROW!!!!!!!!! it will make the 8 hour drive SO worth it. now i need to make an awesome playlist to entertain me on the drive.

April 18, 2011


guess what we go today. this year’s yearbook!


April 16, 2011

[ from here


April 13, 2011

ready. 
i have one week of classes left.
and then one week of finals.
then graduating and done. i’ve come to realize something over the past few weeks as i’ve been applying for jobs all over the place. i’m ready.  i’m ready for a real job.
i’m ready to have a place of my own. which i don’t think i was ready this time last year, so it’s probably a good thing i decided to stay just a little bit longer. graduation couldn’t come any sooner.

April 1, 2011

i'm done. almost.
i’m done. that is what it feels like. i have zero motivation anymore. for example i had a art history paper due wednesday and i have known about it all semesters, but of course i didn’t start really until the night before it was due.  i wasn’t panicing like i normally due when it gets to down to the wire to finishing a paper and i was okay with whatever the paper looked like in the end. for starts it probably didn’t help that i don’t actually need this class for credit, i was taking it because i need to be enrolled in 12 hours to be on yearbook staff. i’ve also been mentally not here anymore since before spring break, but since i’ve been back from break it has been far worse.  i’m so done, almost. btw. i graduate in a month. wow.

March 8, 2011

half way there.
the semester is more then half way over. i’m almost done. it’s a little crazy to think that i’ve come this far.  it’s seemed like this impossible thing that i would never be able to do, but i also looked at driving that way. but i made it through college, this thing that seemed like it was going to be so hard when really it wasn’t as bad as people sometimes made it seem. now the impossible thing seems like finding a job. i’ve applied to two different magazines and both would be awesome to work at, but i do realize the likelihood of me getting these jobs so i’m not trying to get my hopes to high. it scares me that i won’t be able to find a job. that i won’t be able to use this degree that i have. and i’m not sure if i’m ready for the big ole real world.

February 23, 2011


i sometimes i don’t enjoy yearbook, but i love the people i work with.


February 2, 2011

joy.
I don’t normally read the devotionals in my bible, but today as I was reading in hosea I did. this is what it said. “real joy is knowing the depth of your sin and the extent of your idolatry. until you believe with your whole being that, given the right set of circumstances, you are capable of committing any sin, and until you know that apart from Christ there is nothing that’s naturally good in you, then you will never know real joy. real joy is knowing how bad I am and then comparing it to how much I have been forgiven.”

January 26, 2011

sparkly new kicks.

so, last semester erin and i submitted this photo to free crappy portraits.


with this as the caption  This is Erin in the yellow & scarf and she is trying to show off her new sparkly kicks. Sasha is helping her by pointing. We were at work in the Northwest Missouri State Tower Yearbook room on a Friday night. This is how we entertain ourselves. and this is what they sent us back.

with this as the caption Depicted here, is Black Belt Erin leaping over fire breathing dragons in her sparkly kicks to save this year’s edition of the yearbook from the evil Black Belt Sasha who sought out to destroy the memories of 2011. But never fear….it all ends well! The Chinese symbol for “friends” mysteriously looms above your heads, ensuring that this battle will end with only minor scrapes & bruises and a cup of tea. coolest thing ever.


January 14, 2011

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” -Jane Austen


January 10, 2011

last semester.
woke up what seemed liked every hour.
i don’t feel well and my nose will not stop running.
and there is a crap ton of snow outside.
what a great way to start the first day of classes. 


January 09, 2011




weekly meeting team.

love these guys. 

best team ever. 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

25 and in branson.

So, I was going to write this big blog post about my birthday weekend in Branson and because I am not getting this post done in a timely manner I thought I would just post the pictures from the weekend.

Here are a few of my favorites.




My dad surprised me with a weekend in Branson for my birthday, so Michael and I drove down there (in the snow) and had a blast. We saw some Chinese acrobats and we fed some tigers and a lion.


Thursday, April 11, 2013

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