MY ANNIVERSARY!!!!

Well I would like to announce that today, October 1, is my wedding anniversary! Karnell and I have been married for 3 years today! I must say that this 3rd year around, came by rather slowly. Not saying that is a bad thing, it just seems like this particular year went by slow. In this fast paced world, nothing goes slowly, so it's a shock!

Karnell and I have seen a lot together in our 3 years of marriage. More than I would have seen all by myself. Not only have we seen a lot, we have gone through a lot. We've had to be there for each other more that I thought we would have to be.

Also in our 3 years of marriage, we have lost several friends and family. The more I think about it, the sadder I get. When you actually take the time to reflect, you realize that time really has flown by, and moves on.

I love Karnell very much. He is by far my very best friend. Karnell and I just yesterday was reflecting on our anniversaries in the past. Neither one of us can remember what we did last year for our anniversary! Which we find to be very hilarious... sad, but hilarious!

I don't regret the decision that I made to marry Karnell. He is definitely my "one in a million"! I love you babe. Happy Anniversary!

Friends...

This post is a contribution to a very dear and close friend of mine. Her name is Sarah. I went to school with Sarah way back in 3rd grade. Ever since then, we have been really good friends. We have been through a lot and have seen a lot together.

The reason that I am blogging about her is because I want to let everyone know that staying connected as friends is a two way street. Everyone has that "friend" that doesn't ever call them, or email... for all you know, they might not even live in the same city anymore. I would just like to say that Sarah and I have remained good friends for over 20 years!

Now with that being said, I just would like to add a side note. Sarah and I don't talk to each other every single day, and for that matter, we don't talk to each other every week. We are both very busy... she is a wife and has four children and lives in Blue Springs ( KC area), I am also a wife, and I have a very demanding full time job. I live in Springfield, MO.

Even though Sarah and I may not talk to each other for awhile, I know that at any moment, I can call her up, and she will make time to listen. The same applies to me. We also find ways of communicating other than phones... myspace, facebook, emails, blogs, etc. It is in moments like these that I can tell that we are meant to be friends. Nothing gets in our way of staying friends, and when we do talk to each other it's nothing but a good time.

Sarah, I would just like to say thank you for being there for me for over 20 years. You are such an amazing person and a great inspiration to me. Nobody makes me want to have children and be a great wife more than you do. I know that if you can do it, so can I... some day with the kid part at least! Even though we don't talk every single day, I feel very connected to you and your family. My prayer is that we have 20 more years of a truly great friendship. You aren't just a friend to me, you are like a sister. I want you to know that if you need anything, I want you to let me know. I love you and my prayer is that the Lord truly blesses you and your family for being such a dear, sweet friend to me. I love you, Sarah!

My new toy!

Ok, so if you know me at all, you would probably confirm that I am nothing but one big kid! I have my whole life to be "grown up". Well, let me rephrase that... I'm "grown up" when I have to be... Anyway, since I am a 6th Grade Abstinence Education Coordinator, I feel it very important to be able to reach and relate to them. I love entertainment systems... I've had one since the dawn of time. I fell in love with my Game Boy advance, then I upgraded to the Nintendo DS (which I had for over a year). I thought I would never sell it, oh, but I did... Guess what I got in its place... that's right, a PSP!!!! I absolutely love it! I can use it to store pictures, music, video's and games. It can go online, be used as a phone, transfer games from a PS3 to my PSP... it is WAY better than an ipod. I should know, I own one. I would go as far to say it's better than the itouch! Reason being, you can download apple software to my PSP and have the same functionality of an itouch on my PSP... for a fraction of the cost! You should totally get you one! If you do, get the bundle pack: it comes with the PSP, 1gig memory card, charger, battery, a game, and a video all for about 250 bucks brand new! I'm telling you, you won't regret it! So, everyone go get a PSP... you will love it, even if you don't play games, if you have an ipod or a mp3 player of some sort, you will love this! Now that's news you can use!

Brian's Birthday...

So this past weekend I went to KC for Brian's birthday... He's 23. While I was there, I went to Worlds of Fun with my cousin Monty. I had a blast. So first I will show you pictures of Brian's birthday...we went to Houston's on the Plaza on Sunday. On that Saturday we went to Worlds of fun... Enjoy!


My mom, me and Brian


Brian standing beside his dream car


My cousin Corey...Taye's youngest son


Brian, Kenny and Kenny's brother


My mom, cousin Monty, and my cousin Taye


Everyone after eating...



So here are the pictures that we took of us at Worlds of Fun. Just a little side note, it was very hot that day. We also got to ride everything at least twice, and the Patriot and Spinning Dragons we got to ride 3 times! The Patriot and Spinning Dragons, are two new rides!


Monty and I waiting in line for Spinning Dragons!


We just got finished riding the Mamba


That looks really cool at night


Me and Monty actually on the Octopus!


Monty and I standing in line for Spinning Dragons...for a second time...don't forget, we rode this ride 3 times!

Rock that hair...

Ok, just as I promised, I will now unveil my new hair style! But before I do, I have to do a little explaining. When I first came to Springfield for college, I lived in the dorms. Well it only took a couple of weeks before I noticed that Springfield had hard water. It only took a few weeks after that before it started to break off. I had hair past my shoulders. I knew that if I was going to have any hair, I was going to have to get it cut off and pretty much start over. So over Christmas break I went home and got it all cut off. Once Christmas break was over I was trying to get into my dorm room and I heard my floormates ask me, "Is there something I can help you with, LaTisha isn't in her room"? Turned to them and said, "hello, I am LaTisha"! They didn't even recognize me! I loved having really short hair. One mistake I made, I cut it in the dead of winter, your head really feels the difference of having no hair!

So now I've been back in Springfield for over a year now, and I am back to the same conclusion... I have to cut my hair because it was breaking off (badly). So, I started looking at short haircuts, and found a really cute one. I also wised up a little bit, I cut it during the summer, so that my head doesn't have to adjust to the cold, and by winter, I will have learned how to style it.

I love short hair, it takes me literally 2 minutes to do my hair. I wash it while taking a shower, put a little bit of conditioner in it and go. I curls up all on its own! Ok, well I will show you a before and after picture... enjoy!


I know, you're saying it was already short...


Not a very good picture, but it's ear length (bottom of the ear)


So...what do you think?

Love

Is there truly such a thing as falling out of love? I mean seriously. I hear that phrase all the time..."oh, we just fell out of love". What does that mean? I know that people say that they fell in love, but to be honest I don't know what that means either. Is falling in love the realization that you care for a person more than words can describe? If so, then why don't people just say that.

In marriage, does it only take love? Is there more to it than that? Some would say yes, others would say no. For that matter, is love worth fighting for, or your spouse...whom you love? Love can get sticky in rough times; especially if it's not consistant.

Lets take "God is love", for example. Mathmatically you are saying God=love, just like 2+2=4. You aren't saying that if I add 2 and 2 I might get 4, it IS 4, every single time, you can switch the number around, and 4 will ALWAYS be the result. So if you relate that to God, no matter how you move Him, He will always equal love. So then I can't help but ask the question...what is the true definition of love.

Encarta dictionary defines love first as a verb: feeling tender affection for somebody; then as a noun: passionate attraction and desire. In both of these definitons, love sounds like a choice. You pick and choose who you will love. So if you can pick and choose who you will love, then that must mean that you can pick and choose who you won't love. The only kicker is that if we claim that we are Christians, then we are like Christ. Christ is apart of the trinity, and therefore He is love as well.

So the question still remains, can you fall out of love... The reason the question is still a question? Because God gave us free will, and with that came the freedom of choice. So, for all those reading, what do you think. Can you fall out of love, and if so, how?

Over a month!!!

I can't believe it's been over a month since I've blogged... I'm letting down all my readers! I'm sure that you know that if it's been over a month... I'm kinda busy! No excuse, I know, but that's just the truth. If it makes it any better, I read blogs all the time; I would even go as far as saying every other day, but I just didn't have the time to write one. Well, here you are. So to recap, I went to KC for Father's Day, went to St. Louis for a family reunion (not mine, Karnell's)and then went back to KC for the Fourth of July. That makes 3 weekends in a row that I had something going on.

I also did something drastic... I cut all my hair off. I mean there is only about 1 inch of hair left. I haven't taken any pictures since then, so you will have to wait on that part, but here are pictures of other wonderful items...enjoy!


My cousin Monty's first time grilling!


My mom and my aunt Brenda


My brother Brian


My cousins Tyalor, Craig and Corey...pretending to swim!


While we were at the family reunion in St. Louis, we went downtown. Down by the arch we heard there was some flooding... so this is what we saw!

That sign says 12ft. 2in. (there is about a foot in between)


A street sign that is almost under water!


Flooding at the arch...look at the flag poles!


Karnell showing off his cooking skills at the family reunion


Karnell with his stepmom and sisters