So this is me..

Less than a week ago, my lovely sister, Natalie, started a blog. She then encouraged me to do the same. I figured it sounded like a good idea considering I love to write and it would be rather fun. So where do I begin? First, by explaining the name of this blog. :) It all started with me shuffling through the songs on my ipod trying desperately to come up with a name worthy of this site. The only name I came up with, however, that was not already taken was "I survived a tornado" and since I have never actually been in a tornado (and it sounded incredibly cheesy) I decided to abandon that strategy. I then thought about today. Valentines Day. This made me think of three things: Flowers, love, and Chocolate (Dark chocolate, of course). Therefore the name of this blog was created. Although I did not receive any flowers this lovely Valentine's Day, I did receive chocolate and I am always very loved, so it seemed like the perfect name.

A little about me: First let me begin by explaining I am a follower of a gracious God. He is everything to me and I worship him every day for blessing me so much with such wonderful family and friends. They mean everything to me.

I dont know what I would do without my wonderful family. They are always there for me whenever I need them and they have taught me everything I know.

The best friends: Ericka and Whitney. All I can say is that without them, my life would be dull. They read me all too well and we all enjoy eating cookies way too much. You dont even know! We do everything together and are all looking forward to moving to Denton next year for college. :)

Then there is my wonderful sister. Natalie knows me better than anyone else and she reads me like a book. I cannot wait to live with here in Denton next year! She is the best sister I could ever have :) I also had a brother named James, who was died when I was 10 years old. Every moment with him while he was alive was a blessing. He blessed more people in the 14 years he was here on earth than I could hope to bless in a lifetime.

Well thats a little about me, so how about I end with a little about my weekend. Friday I headed up to Denton to hang out with my lovely sis. We went over to the clubhouse where we had a pancake party (very fun), where I was reunited with one of my favorite foods: nutella. I got to meet many more of Natalie's Denton friends and we had lots of fun cooking. Saturday, me and Nat baked some adorable sugar cookies for valentines day so nat could give them to her neighbors. We made quite a mess, but they came out quite lovely. Then, after a wonderful stir-fry lunch with the parents, we headed back home to Granbury, leaving Natalie to deliver her valentine gifts alone. That night, we watched "Sense and Sensibility." My reason for this: We had been watching it in class and with the snow day had not had the opportunity to finish.

And now for today: This morning I woke up to the find it to be quite freezing outside. After bundling up as much as I could, I readied myself for church and we began on our way. I always love Sundays. Church is so refreshing. Today we had a baseball star whom our pastor interviewed. It really touched our hearts as he explained his story. God works in ways that we cant even begin to imagine. After church let out, we headed over to my grandmas house for a lovely lunch, which leads me to now. :)

Let me end with this: "⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." - 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7

Seems appropriate to end with such a verse, it being Valentine's day and all.