crazy time of the semester!

well, again I have not dropped off the radar just been extremely busy with school and getting my life back on track. =) I know I am getting ready to write a lot so bear with me. I am back to being me and my headaches seem to be improving some as well because I just successfully went through my first week without having my 2 day migraines that have been coming once a week for the past 2-5 months!!! So thank God, no migraine this week and hopefully the next weeks to come for a long time. With my rewarding week came a new friend from my English class, one whom I think I was looking for out at LCC. A funny person to be able to laugh with and just overall brighten my day, just what I was praying for in fact. So the week had 2 days devoted to fall break where students were able to study for midterms if they pleased or just take a break from it all.

Even though I did do some hw in the even of my super long weekend as I though of it, I took the time to chill and enjoy the time I had off. I also am getting into what I have wanted to for a long time, a reading schedule and am loving it. So far I have read 2 books in a matter of one week one of which I have read before. Now I am moving on to higher books such as John Grisham or Tom Clancey whom I have never read. I read most of a John Grisham novel a couple of years ago and enjoyed it so I thought I'd get back into them. As for the others I'd figure we had them here at home so I'd read them first then move to Grisham after.

School is still going well and I am having a reality check this weekend and reminding myself that every things going to be fine and that I will get done in due time and to just enjoy it while I can. Plus not to say I don't think I am enjoying it anymore etc but to feel joy in learning. So, I have 2 midterms on Monday which I have only 2 classes anyways so piece of cake, then only 1 more after that and it is a take home which will be nice.

Church life is still blooming at the seams. I am now the head of the nursery part of Mission Friends on Wednesday nights, I am doing Team Kid on Sunday nights every so many months for a month, and am active in nursery on Sunday mornings. We have also started doing Chimes which Tori and I along with several others have been involved with and our first performance in church is this Sunday! Or tomorrow which ever. All in all it is great, choir and everything else is still going great.

I will write more later in the upcoming week if I can this is just updates on everything. I am busy having fun staying with my hw which can be a challenge at times with my headaches but like I said, I am confident that they are getting better. I also thought it'd be nice if I shared a daily or weekly bible verse with you all that God has impressed me to share. It seems to be easier to make it weekly but we'll see.

I love you all and hope this finds you in good health! =)
Hillary

School, stress, and life OH MY!!!

hey friends, well things are getting back to normal around here as much as possible after the wedding and a great summer. School started 2 weeks ago from today. Since it is Labor Day we have it off today. I am still active in my church and am getting back into the photographer seat in trying to get pics taken that are LONG overdue. Other same and new things going on are: choir, SS, great services, and now I am teaching Nursery on Wednesday nights, doing Sunday morning nursery almost once a month, and teaching teamkid on Sunday nights about every 3 months or so, and helping teach childrens church. As you can see a lot. We are also starting a kids choir and chimes group which Tori and I are in. We started that all on Thursdays and will continue practices on those nights. School is going well and challenging again so far but I am enjoying it. So far some things done are working on my new business card, wide format poster, paper, learning how to do a newsletter, preping images and much more! Well friends more to come later.

Life's getting back to normal again!

Hey friends, well, we made it safely to Illinois and back and thank the Lord for that and all the prayers that were made during that week and before! We didn't have any problems with the UHaul except one sway or two and Will did and awesome job driving it with his co-captain in the front seat giving directions as we went. Ryan Rosewell, a good friend and graduate buddy of Will's went along to help with the move and to see his brother who lives in the Chicago area. We had a wonderful time seeing the sites of the big city and of Wheaton where Will and Meghan will be living for the next several years. Wheaton College is beautiful and a nice town too. They are getting settled in and we helped get the kitchen settled on Saturday before flying back to Kinston Sunday morning. We took the same route home that we drove more than 14 hours there in. God was amazing to us as we journeyed on our way and I can not say that enough, it couldn't have gone better. Now we are getting back to our daily activities and are enjoying the rest of our summer before school starts back on August 18th for me at LCC. I am still pursuing a major in Graphic Arts there and am looking forward to continuing on until I have succussfully finished all my requirements! Well friends, I believe that is well enough for now. A lot has happend since I last spoke to you all. Take care, God bless you all!

Updates!

Well friends, things are going great at the Haynes' homested. Will and Meghan have been here for about a week now and will be here for another week and couple of days I think. Will is heading back up to Lynchburg around a week from now to start packing up the trailer. Meghan, mom, tori, and I are heading up the next day or so and then we along with a good friend of theirs, are all driving up to Wheaton, IL! We will be gone for around 5 days and will be back on Sunday July, 27th. We had a wonderful reception here at the house for them on Sunday and it went really well. Saw a ton of old friends as well as new ones. Meghan loved meeting everyone and Will enjoyed seeing people that he hasn't seen in years. They are heading to the OBX this weekend for alittle get a way and I know they are going to have a wonderful time! Concert time for me and Catherine this weekend as we head to Greensboro to see some good ol'e Southern Gospel music and then staying at my aunts house that night, fun, fun, fun! Well friends, thats enough for now, more to come later in the life of the new Mr. and Mrs. Will Haynes!!!

"Introducing, Mr. and Mrs. Will Haynes!!!!!!"

well they did it! Meghan and Will tied the knot at around 2:45pm on Sunday, June 29, 2008! The wedding rehearsal, dinner, ceremony, and reception was ALL simply beautiful, as were the bride and groom! Everything turned out so much more amazing than I ever imagined it to be! They are both very happy with tears to go around. Will even made ME cry even though I already was. Now they are on their honeymoon on the beautiful island of Jamaica and I'm sure having a blast after a very busy week and weekend last week! It was great meeting the Hayes family and they were ALL very nice and I personally can't wait to see them all again. Here are a few pics as for seen I have been loading and am loading wedding pics taken with my camera onto every possible site I can think of that I use, minus one or two. Enjoy and commsent tons!

Summer Fun and Wedding Bells ring!

Hey it's me, and no I have NOT fallen off the planet, just a lot happening and byt the next sentence you will know why.Well, my summer has been great except for one thing, I don't have my computer! Mom sent it off after I went TO Alaska and let's just put it this way, with a lot of pain and frustration, I still don't have it back. But, great summer nontheless! A week from this Sunday is Will and Meghan's wedding and I am SO happy! June 29th is going to be such an awesome day this summer, along with August 12th which is MY 20th Birthday!!! I have some awesome plans but I hope they all work out! Then right after school starts dad is taking me to a NASCAR race in Bristol and we will be staying in Boone, yay! Will and Meghan and spending two weeks with us in July after the honeymoon in Jamacia and that will be so AWESOME plus the reception we are having for them here on the 13th! Mom, Tori and I are all driving up to Illinois with them and then flying back a few days later to help with the move. Then birthday time before school starts about a week later! A lot happening and I am doing a lot with church like Mission Friends for example on Wednesday nights. Well friends, gtg out to dad's office, more to come soon, and wedding pics in a few weeks from the BIG DAY!!!! Ttys!

Congrats to the new couple in our family!!!

Well, it's official, as of last night I saw the ring on her finger, my brother Josh is finally engaged too! Now I have 2 brothers who are engaged and couldn't be happier. We love Kim to death and now I have 2 future sisters-in-laws that I LOVE to death! Congrats Josh and Kim!!!

The Little Things That Seem Like BIG Things to US!

I am realizing a lot, like something my brother's fiancee said the other day to, "good luck on finishing your 1st year of college." WOW, today it suddenly hit me, I am doing it! I am finishing up my 1st year of college which has gone by WAY to fast for me but I LOVE IT! Plus, Will and Meghan are getting married June 29th, WOW, amazing, my bro is getting married and we are ALL growing up. Before I know it Josh will be getting married too! Then, it will be MY turn to graduate from college, what a day that will be! I feel like God has me right where HE wants ME! I feel confident in Him everyday in what I should do and where I should go. I feel like He has me in the right church which I am activly involved in, and in every aspect of MY life, He has covered so long as I keep MY eyes on HIM for everyday answers, which is exactly the kind of attitude I intend to have from now until He comes back or calls me home one! Well folks, that is all for now, as of Wednesday May 7th, 2008, I will officially be done and finished with my 1st year of college.

After SB!

Well friends, SB is over and I have just had my first full week back at school, and it went great! Yesterday was long and hard because we had the 50th anniversary at LCC and our Spring Jouste and I was exhausted after that for the rest of the day.

SB part II

Well friends, Spring Break is going great so far. We had an awesome time at the Shimers on Sunday night watching the UNC game and I must say, wasn't it just AWESOME??? GO HEELS! My head hasn't been coroperating but it is better now, and I have a busy day planned for tomorrow to catch up on stuff and pick up a friend of tori's and mine, get my car washed for our trip to Boone, go to church, then come home after the busy day and relax before Thursdays trip to Greensboro. I am very excited because on Friday, Kevin Bryan and I are meeting for the firs time! I wish I was already with him for his 21st b-day, but I am so glad that we are even going up this weekend at all! God has been amazing at how He has brought us together. I feel that all will go as it should for this weekend. This has been a great week to catch my breath from school and think too, and relieve some of the stress I have been feeling lately. Well friends, the shower is calling my name, ttyas, miss you all and love you all tons!

Hill

here is my favorite pic from the UNC party/Bible study. I hope you all enjoy it, we had a lot of team spirit as we learned from our dad and uncle's.