thankful thursday.

i needed to get a picture at my mom's house yesterday. i wanted to share it with you. it's another oldie but a goodie. this one is about seven-ish years ago. my first year of college. and i'm getting my haircut today. like it is in the picture. yeppers. a whole lot cut off for me. but i've cut all my hair off lots of times, i get sick of the same thing and then go drastic for a bit.
truthfully though, every time i am at my mom and dad's shaun makes a comment after we leave how he likes my haircut in this picture. and then one of my friends saw it the other day and said, you should get your hair cut like that. so that's the verdict. plus i really like my hair short.

that fantastic looking lady in the middle is my grandma. ain't she the cutest thing ever?!? i never realized til now how much her and my sister and i look alike. my sister moreso i think. but everyone says amy looks just like my mom anyways. my grandma was in the nursing home at this point. i came home from college every weekend to visit her, well and shaun i'll be honest! :0) but i am SO grateful i saw her so much. after she passed away i was so thankful i had all those special memories. she may have not remembered my name or exatcally who i was, but i could see it in her eyes that she knew she 'knew' me. for that i was thankful. the sparkle in her eyes never left even though her memory did. dementia is such a scary and not fun thing. but through all of it god is so good. plus i was able to share with her and know that she accepted jesus. so i rest in the fact that i'll see her again in heaven. whoo hoo. after meeting my savior face to face she is on my top five people to re-unite with or meet. i'm also looking forward to meeting shaun's dad and brother for the first time. how exciting to spend eternity with them!?!?

so okay. i'm totally slacking. my cousins and sister are coming over tomorrow night to play wii. which means 'mii' really has to get her tookie in gear to make my house look presentable. yikes. so i'll be absent from my computer and not commenting much today. and i need you to hold me accountable to that. if i comment any time this afternoon you all better ask if my house is picked up first??! i know you got my back!! so i'm off. and later, if my house is picked up, i'll try to share a picture of the new haircut!! :0) peace out my friends.