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As my computer is slowly but surely backing up onto my much neglected hard drive, I figured I might as well post again.  Dude, posting three times in two days!  It's a new record fo sho.

Recently I've been reflecting on how much I love my family.  I'm so incredibly blessed with a family that loves and supports me unconditionally.  They pray for me and I pray for them while I'm at school.  They supported me when I decided to go out of state, taking on an enormous amount of debt, because we all believe that UT is where the Lord wanted me to be.  Going to school so far away has especially made me appreciate them.  I miss my family when I'm away, but I know that I will be welcomed home.   My dad took the day off of work today just to be able to have one last whole day with the six of us home before I head back to UT for spring semester.  I am looking forward to going back, because I know that I will always have my family.  Now as I am feeling called to serve the Lord in a different capacity, my family is behind me one hundred percent.  I have a never ending support system and I am so thankful for them.

Also, yesterday a friend of mine asked me to share my testimony for a project he's working on.  Feel free to check it out. :)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my family to yours!

YOU are Beautifully and Wonderfully Made,

Love,

Ky

Christmas Travels

One of my favorite parts of Christmas is going to visit family in Nashville and Kentucky.  It really doesn't feel like Christmas without the enormous Roberts get together or spending time with my two cousins in Bowling Green.  There is something very special about both.  I wouldn't trade my family for anything.  Enjoy some shots from our travels!

YOU are Beautifully and Wonderfully Made.

Love,

Ky

Ramblings

If there's one thing I'm sure of is that people change.  It's a part of life that I've been especially experiencing recently.  I'm in the weirdest transition period of my life now.  I'm in limbo between high school and college.  I love my family and love being home because of them, but there aren't many friends that I'm super close to in my town.  I don't really fit in with the crowd of people around my age and it's hard.  I often feel left out, even though it's just a natural separation.  It's neither party's fault.  It's just life.  I t's nothing that I've experienced before.  I don't exactly have a group of best friends at UT right now, but that's not expected either because I've only been there for a semester.  I have good foundations for friendships though, which is great and I'm really looking forward to building up those relationships this semester.  Part of me is looking forward to going back to school, but most of me is not quite ready to go back yet.  It's so comfortable at home with my family.  I don't like being so far away.  I know that they will always be here.  If they just weren't so great it wouldn't be so hard to leave.  I know as soon as I get back on campus and back into the swing of things, everything will be fine.  I really do enjoy being there, it's just hard leaving as soon as I'm comfortable at home again.  I'm especially worried because I have no idea what my life will look like after this semester.  I would so much rather face this new stage at home with my parents than at school all by myself.  I'm learning to truly let the Lord have control and it's quite the challenge, as I'm a control freak and planner.  It's becoming pretty clear that the Lord has a different plan for me than what I had originally intended.

Winter on my aunt's Kentucky farm.

10K!

So, this morning, my mom and I (and 70 other runners) dragged ourselves out of bed at 6:30 to run in the Spring Fling 10K organized by my XC coach!  It was so much fun.  I was skeptical if I could make it the whole 6 miles anymore, but I did, and I beat my mom, haha.  You'll fully appreciate the significance of me running this race if you read this post.  My dad nominated himself to be the official race photographer, so here are a few of the shots he got.  Enjoy!

Hope you all enjoy this beautiful Saturday!

You are Beautifully and Wonderfully Made :)

Love,

Ky

Christmas in Nashville!!

I LOVE spending Christmas with my extended family.  This year, as always, we left Christmas Day after opening presents to go to my aunt Kellie's house in Nashville.  It took an easy 9 hours; we're pro travelers.  The next evening, we had our annual family dinner and gift exchange with EVERYONE.  This year, we added a Chinese gift exchange!  It was so much fun.  Here are some pictures from our time together.

This was my present for the Chinese Gift Exchange.  My grandaddy stole it.  It's now sitting on a dresser, awesome. Haha.

My brother's so special.

Most of the cousins :)

Isn't my grandaddy cute?

Katrina, Coutrney, Marilyn (Grandaddy's new girlfriend), and me. :)

Trina and me!

Cute little Jordie girl opening her present from Grace.

What a cutie pie :)

Maddie and her new puzzle book!