Be the CHANGE!!

Tonight I went to a showing of the new video that invisible children has put together. And I have been moved once again. I absolutely love non profit organizations and I love to see how they are changing the world,and I love being a part of them in anyway that I can. So tonight my girlfriends and signed up to do the tri which is where we are donating 3 dollars a week, which is less then a frappuccino .
And I encourage all of you to be a part of something, no matter what it is.
Here is the address for this organization :
www.invisiblechildren.com
Another non-profit that is very close to my heart is Not 4sale.
Here is their website:
www.notforsalecampaign.org
And one more before I go, that I love is called:
www.fallingwhistles.com
All very moving and amazing life changing organizations.
Alright, well I hope this encourages you to go out there and make a change!!!

Xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Sunday Inspiration (part 2)

Hello again beauties,

I just felt like these quotes illustrate how I am feeling lately about my life, and my faith,

and I just found them to be very encouraging, and I

hope that they spark something in you as well.

One of my favorite men of all time!

Enjoy where you are, wherever that is.

Surround yourself with the people that help you grow into the person
you want to be.

xoxo,

josslynn nicole

Sunday inspiration

Hello lovelies,

well it has been quite a week of ups and downs, and in betweens, anyways...
we didnt get to go bungee jumping like we were hoping, but that was ok, because the girls and I filled our day with retail therapy, and a good movie. I ended up getting the long boots, and the british flag tank top. I cant wait to wear them, I'll be sure to take a picture when I do put them on. And we saw Love Happens, and it was very cute, much deeper then I thought it was, and also not such a cliche chick flick, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
In other news, I gave Reality church a second chance, and I really enjoyed it, I got alot out of the message, and it was really nice, and it stirred something inside me that I am excited about checking into, once my idea is in full swing I will be sure to fill you in on my new inspiration.
The pastor talked about filling yourself with the Holy Spirit, and letting that shine through you, and how your relationships are like triangles, and God should be at the top, and as you move closer to God within your relationships, the closer you are to the people in those relationships, and I was just reflecting on that with one of my girlfriends, and it is soo true.. The strongest friendships I have, and even family reltionships are those that are Christ centered, and I just think that is so profound, and invigorating. I am amazed at how God is continually working in my life. Alright, well those are my thoughts for the moment, nothing too exciting happening right now, however I did meet a boy (well kinda) we havent actually met in person, but we are friends of friends, and we started talking on Facebook, of all places, he seems really nice, and I am really excited to see what this new friendship has in store, I think that it is an opportunity for both of us to relate to each other for two very different perspectives, and I am excited at the possibility. As well, on the topic of the internet, I just find it more and more amazing everyday, I have been talking to my friends all over the world in Iraq, and London, and Germany, and it is just so fantastic. It reminds me of Brad Paisley's song "Welcome to the Future"

Have a wonderful Sunday afternoon!

xoxo
josslynn nicole

Weekends are for.... reading...

Hello my loves,

Well, this weekend has been quite an enjoyable one. I was able to do everything that I have wanted to get done since I moved in. Officially I am ready for this new year. Lots has already happened and we are only two weeks in. Orientation was amazing experience, I am sooo glad I was a part of it.. The people were great, and I loved hanging out with all of them. I even became better friends with people that were once acquaintances, and it was perfectly lovely. We had a line dancing night,and open mic night,and a huge bbq at the beach where I played hours of beach volleyball, I loved it!!!

The girls and I dressed in our best plaid

I actually went home the first weekend because my brother had a 5day weekend so he came home as well, it was very nice, we hung out wtih the family, and discussed at length his roommate situation.

As well this past week, I started my internship at the fantastic company TOAST. Here is a link to the website www.toastsantabarbara.com As well i am on that blog too! I am so excited about everything that is going on this year. I feel like I have finally come into myself as a college student, and it is quite an amazing feeling!

At long last you are all officially up to date on the current happenings of my life.. The above picture is how I spent my saturday, with a coke, a cupcake and a captivating novel.. Oh it was quite a lovely afternoon. Today I am enjoying a dreary santa barbara day, this morning I went to church, and this evening I am going to cook for my girlfriends, yes you read right, I am going to COOK, I know it is a little hard to fathom since the extent of my cooking skills is whatever can go in the microwave, mac n cheese, and cereal, which doesnt really count. But since they have been cooking amazing meals for me, it is now my turn to repay them. So I am attempting shrimp bruschetta, and soup, and salad, which shouldn't be too hard, I hope, I will let you know the outcome. Until then Ciao!

xoxo,

josslynn nicole

Summer summed up..

Well hello beauties,
I hope you all are having an amazing weekend, mine is a bit dreary with the beautiful santa barbara covered up by ominous skies, but that is ok, bc that is actually how I like it, now if only a rainstorm would hit! Anyways, I am hoping that with this last post I will be all caught up, and you will be completely filled in on my summer, that way I can fill you in on what is taking place in my life presently.

These are some fabulous people that I have known since I was in kindergarten,
L-R Alyssa (my best friend in the world), Matt, kariann, and myself
Matts older sister got married (pictured below with her husband) and so we all got together to celebrate, his mom was also our girl scout troop leader, good times!



Here is Anthony's little one, who is now 3 mos old, Kieran,
he finally came over to visit me, and as we were talking Kieran
fell asleep right on his daddy's lap, such a sweet baby,I cant believe how big he is.

Here is my best friend Ryan, and his fiance, so excited for them both, they are getting married
in November! and this was right after he got back from his first tour. He is an amazing friend, as well as marine.

Also, this summer, my little bro left for college, this is us "sleeping" on the roadtrip... of course this is a posed picture, we were definitely sprawled out across the seats, trying to get comfortable, and failing miserably... anyways, it was a fun trip.

Me and the little bro saying goodbye to one another, I love him so much, I can not believe he is in college.

The boys, all walking to the car to say goodbye to brenn, sad day!

One part of the family on the roof of brenn's new apartment,
He's officially on his own!

just Talli and I kickin' it with mickey, the only boy that will never disappoint.

Me and Talli assuming our roles as princesses, this was actually one of the most fun times I
have had at disneyland, we wore our crowns all day, and were referred to as your highness, and Princess, it was fantastic, I always knew I was a princess,

These two girls are amazing, they were my roommates freshmen year of college and I love them dearly, Marina(the one on the left) left for Europe for the semester so this was our goodbye/birthday dinner for her. I love them both soooooo much, and I miss her tons!!! but its ok because we skype,and Im all the time, its great! I love technology.

And of course, to end on a happy note I had to put this up, because I haven't posted about my obsession with this movie in a while, and I just thought it was too cute!
Alright beautiful people, that is all for now, and next time, I will be able to tell you about school, and all that it has in store for me.
xoxo,
josslynn nicole

Finally the Fourth

Hello beauties,

Well it has been quite a looooonnng time since my last post. While I was at home for some reasono the wireless internet I had been using decided to no longer work, so I never had a steady connection. I apologize for that. So now I am going to attempt to sum up my entire summer for you in about a paragraph. We'll see how this goes.

I believe I left off with 4th of July which was quite an experience, the drive there alone was intense, we were practically to the Oregon/California border, which is a long ways from LA, but it was fun. About 2 hours out of town there was a Target, so we stopped and did some shopping, which is a bad habit my mom and I love, shopping while on vacation. I guess I should back up a little. We stopped in San Francisco first, which was great. We had dinner with my brother and his wife, and got to see their new house. Then the next day we went to the most splendid tea shop called "Crown and Crumpet" it was absolutely adorable, and then I had a conference call where I was talking to two women in two other states, that was quite fun, I felt very important.

Then we headed to Alturas.. that was an adventure. It was so cute, we were on the outskirts of town, and I saw this row of houses with American flags waving in the front yard.

So I have to tell you that it was ALL about the firmen in this little town. If I moved there, I would probably marry one, haha, At the bbq after the town parade down mainstreet the fire men went against volunteer firement in a race to send the giant tin canister from one end of the suspended rope to the other with their hoses it was pretty cool.

There was also a helicopter where the firemen were stationed at all day, needless to say Katie and I took all 15 kids from our group to go see that helicopter, and we even took a turn ourselves.

here are some of the munchkins, dont they look soooo cute! Definitely all american girls.

Well, that is it for my fourth of July adventure, I have much more to tell you, so I will be posting the rest next! So please stay tuned,

xoxo

josslynn nicole

Fourth of July weekend = ROAD TRIP

Well hello darlings,

My family has decided to get out of our comfort zone and go on an adventure. For the fourth of July we have decied to roadtrip up to the middle of no where, USA. Well first we are stopping in San Francisco and staying with my brother and his wife. That should be a lot of fun. Then we are heading up to a city called Alturas, which none of us have been to but my mom's best friend invited us and so we are spending it with her family. There is supposed to be a big parade, lots of fire works, and then a town dance at the local high school. I'm so excited, it totally reminds me of living in a small town, (which is my ultimate dream) I can't wait to have a great weekend, even though when I googled Alturas;things to do the list came back with "0 things to do in Alturas" I will report back to all of you as soon as I have internet access again.

On a side note, let me catch you up on what has happened since I last posted. I went and saw Transformers, and it was fan*tastic, I loved it. I loved the cars, and the motorcycles. It was great. And events like these make me realize how small the town is that I live in because at events like these you are bound to run into your friend's parents, your neighbors and probably everyon you've ever been to school with. Haha, I think its great. On the way home I just wanted my car to turn into bumble bee, and I wanted to put the pedal to the medal.

This weekend was full of ups and downs, Friday we went to Newport Beach for Sheraan's birthday to have a bonfire. That was quite an adventure, we couldn't find Sheraan, and then we didnt have a fire pit, but then my brother, being the pro-active kid he is, he found us one, and we were all having a good time, making s'mores, listening to the boys sing, and play guitar, and then some one threw a silly string can in the fire..... KABOOM, there was a huge explosion, and we were showered in embers, and it was not pretty. There were a couple of us who immediately went into parent mode, we mader sure all the kids were ok, and then we moved all the stuff, and got the fire off of all the blankets, which was an effort. Needless to say that ended the bonfire.

On saturday we didnt do much, we went shopping for brenn, and then we got to take the Dart out to dinner, and that was cool and exciting. Then sunday we went to the beach and stayed out brenn's friend, Daniel's beach house. That was cool, we played football, and hung out at the beach. Then yesterday I took the day care ice skating. I think thats soo cool that its the middle of summer, with 90 degree we-ather,and I can go to a place where it is literally freezing. It was great, we had a blast. Then we came home and went swimming in the pool.

Ok, well I have some news that I have, that my girlfriends seem excited about are I met a barista at starbucks, and we'll have to see where it leads, but there have been a couple cute encounters, and we've come up with a plan (we = me and my best friend) that seems pretty foolproof. I'll keep you up dated. Ok, well I'm off on my adventure, I will update you as soon as I can about being in the car for 12hours, going to a city in the middle of no where, and experiencing 4th of July in quite a different way.

xoxo,

josslynn nicole