A Penny for My Thoughts

Eric,Hannah and JoJo

2009-09-21T08:20:00.000-07:00

So as many of you know, Hannah, Erica and JoJo are leaving to go to Honduras. They are in Pa right now and will be flying out on Thurs for Honduras, so if you think about them please pray from them. So since they were leaving OH, we decided to have a lil get together for them before they left since most of the family wouldn't be seeing them for another 2 1/2 years..so here's just a few pics of our get together at our house. I hope you enjoy..now i have to run to class!!! more updates to come.....until then...PEACE!!

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I want to wish my sister,Sarah, a Happy Belated Birthday!! Her bday was actually on the 10th, so on thurs, after I got off work I went over to moms to see her and wish her a happy birthday. Mom and will had cake for her..and well....as you can tell..I wanted her to have a little bit of a memorable birthday..hence the cake on the face:) It was fun and was glad I got to spend a little bit of time with her on her birthday. Now We won't say how old she is..she's kinda sensitive about it..so for the time being we'll let her be happy and let her believe she is eternally 25!! In all seriousness though, I just want to take a min and let my sister know how much I love her and appreciate her. I think so many times, I've let the opportunity go to let her know how much she means to me! So Im not doing it this time..Sarah, I want you to know how much I love you and how blessed I feel that God let us be sisters. I couldn't ask for better sisters in the whole world!!! I hope you had a good birthday and have sooo many more!!! I love you!!

My Birthday Weekend

2009-09-12T14:03:00.000-07:00

Hello All....
yes I am among the living!!! it's true!! Okay so it has been so very long since I have blogged..but life has been so extremely busy..with working, moving, going to school and trying to keep up with homework..I barely have time to breathe. Now..saying all this, I did, however take a little time to go on a lil vacation with my friend to Myrtle Beach! and what better weekend to go than my Birthday weekend?!?! Yes..it was ama.za.zing!! I had had such a blast and it made it better cause it worked out that our friend Brent is stationed about two hours from MB soooo..he came to see us! It was so much fun to just relax and spend sometime with good friends...sooo here's just a few pics of my weekend...enjoy

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Me and JoJo

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IMmmm Back...for a min :)

2009-04-01T05:44:00.000-07:00

Helllooooo all! Just wanted to drop a few lines and let ya know that I haven't completely abandoned my "post"...just haven't been in the mood for blogging...anyhow not much has been going on just a lot of work work work!! Story of my life...what can I say?!? Ohhh i did do something for the very first time in my life yesterday...ever since i was little and would watch stephie Grapf on Tv in Jordan, playing Tennis..ive always wanted to play..so I have a friend from work who has been playing Tennis. So a few days ago I went to Target and I bought a Tennis racket..oh not just any tennis racket it was a PINK tennis racket with pink tennis balls!!!! I know! I was excited about it too!! So yesterday even though it was very windy I went to the tennis court and I PLAYED TENNIS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME!! It was so much fun! (even though..i must admit im pretty bad at it) but So fun non the less) :) No i didn't take any pictures but I will try next time I go :) Sooo...not much else is going on...anyways, I just wanted to 'drop' in while I had a few mins :) I hope you all are enjoying the sometimes nice weather :) Love and Peace to all!! Lizzie

~FriEnDs~

2009-01-31T18:17:00.000-08:00

A couple weekends ago a group of us (not all pictured here) went down to Newport on the Levee..SO much fun!

Nancy and I

I heart my tara:)

Because we're cool like that:)

Tara taking Nate's jacket...

and giving Nate her vest.

Would you go out in public with them?

CHHEEEZE:)

Tara making a yummy breakfast..

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Carly and I eating the yummy breakfast:)

I love my friends and hangin out with them! We have a blast when we are together! I don't always get a chance to just go and hang out with my friends cus of work and watnot, so when I do get together with friends it makes it that much more special!

So if there's a friend you haven't hung out with or been able to talk to in a while I urge you to make some time and do a little 'catch up' time with you friends..im tellin you, you won't regret it!! So to all my friends..whether you live near by or thousands of miles away i want you to know..I love you ALL!!

Peace out!

Happy Birthday to an Incredible Person in my Life!

2009-01-28T16:27:00.000-08:00

Will and Hannah

We look up to you!

I couldnt ask for a better friendship!

I heart them!

So if you've been to several blogs you already know that it's my big sisters Bday!! So allow me to take this opportunity to wish my sister a Happy Birthday and possibly get a little mushy on you..listen gimmie a break it's not every day I get the chance to tell her how much she means to me! I can't even begin to tell her how much I love and appreciate her! If i were to try and describe Hannah I would have to tell you that she has one of the biggest hearts Ive ever met in a person. She's so kind and loving! You can always count on her..no matter what ,I know she has my back! I rem a period of time where her and I lived together..I don't know if she realizes how much I appreciated her sacrificing so much to let me live with her. I probably was a trial for her most of the time but she endured and just took care of me, she even slept on the couch so I could have my own room, not once did she ever say what an incovenience I was on her. Even when things got rough at times she would make sure I was taken care of. She'll never know how much she means to me. I can try to tell her but words wouldn't be enough. She's not just my sister but she is truly one of my best friends! If I one day can be as kind, loving, strong, independent as Hannah is I know I will turn out ok! So pretty much what Im trying to say is We've laughed, we've fought (alot), we've cried, we've shared secrets and and just have become closer through it all! I love you Hannah! I hope you had an awesome day and have many,many, many, many, many, many "Stop it" many more:) Happy bday big Sis!!!

Thank you Lord for your Blessings on me!

2009-01-14T18:07:00.000-08:00

So I know this is coming a little late but I just wanted to do a little blog Remembering 2008!
2008 was a really good year..the Lord really blessed me in many ways, more ways than I can count or put on this blog.. but here are just a few highlights of 08...

1. Moved back to Cinci!! Gotta love the City:)
2. Family moved back to Cinci and into our new house...Woohoo:)
3.Got a job at Medlab as a traveling Phlebotomist.
4. Got tired of traveling and getting up at 3:30 in the morning and transferred Departments
to Client Solutions/Medical Assistant.
5. Got rid of my Tiburon (BJ)
6. Got me my Beautiful Mazda Rx8 whom we called Rocky (cuz he knocks out the compition) :)
7. My Absoultely adorable little Nephew Ethan Scott was born!!! (Im so blessed to have the little
nephews that I have, I love them SO much)
8. Got to go to Fl. for almost two weeks and got to spend it with Eric,Hannah and JZ.
(Amazing time..I want to move to Fl and live by the beach!!!)
9.Attended my 5 yr. Highschool reunion! (Found out that no matter how far or long life takes
you away..the friends that you make in HS are the some of the best friends you'll ever
have.)
10. Turned 23:)
11. Went on a Family Vacation to TN. ( Good times, Good times).
12. Celebrated my moms 50th! (She's the best)
13. And last but not least..Since Oct. of 07 I have lost about 110 Ibs..
(Can I get a WOOT WOOT?! yeah pretty exciting)

So those are some highlights of 08! all in all it was a good year! Hopefully 09 is gonna be even better...already I have tried something new..SUSHI and I find it DISGUSTING!! Something new none the less:)

So yeah Hopefuly 09 is gona be a year of trying new things and accomplishing things...more on that later:) Anyhow i know i don't have pics on here this time but im going to try and post some pics up soon..deal? Deal! alright im outta here...go and make a list of highlights of 08 and then go and make a list of things you want to accomplish in 09! Cuz folks.... 09 is Gonna be FINE!! :) Peace out! Lizzie

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I love you MOREEEEEEE!!

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JZ takin a lil snooze

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I heart Family Time

2008-12-04T10:03:00.000-08:00

Okay So here are some posts and some pics of the past few months..I just never uploaded and posted them...so here they are:)

Nate + Liz= FuN TiMeS
We heart being silly:)

SO STINKIN CUTE!

I WUV MY PUPPY!

Yum! Non-Alcoholic Daquri..or is it?

Hahah..no worries it is.

Best Mom in the whole wide world!

I Love you,MOM!

I love my Sister and LOVE spending time with her!

When did you grow up so fast?

Nate can't sleep without a teddy bear..so i guess Coco will have to do:)

Haha JK Nate:)

Thank you, Lord, for my

Wonderful

Family!

2008-12-04T09:50:00.000-08:00

So here a few pics of when my mom fixed "Warrag DaWali" aka Grape Leaves..it is one of our very favorite Dishes but we don't get it that offen because it is so time consuming..rolling the rice and meat in the grape leaves..and taking out the stuffing from the zeucchini and filling it up with the rice..i know it doesn't sound very time consumin but it is! My wonderful mom spent HOURS fixing this for us and we enjoyed it very much...Grandparents and Scott and Sarah and of course my Pumpkin Ethan joined us...so fun..and not to mention YUMMY!

"Aunt Lulu, Please share with me" :)

This is a face only a mother could love..and I don't think she's too sure about it herself..ahah JK
Nate! I love you!

Ethan Like Warrag Dawali too:)

YUMMY!! Someone pass the Lemon please!

Papaw and Ethan!

Spending time with my Kimmie:)

2008-12-04T09:34:00.000-08:00

After Youth Challege Kim came and spent the night and the next day with me! It was so much fun and so good to hang out with her again! We had so much fun just spending time together! On Fri night after youth Challege we drove to my house and I went to bed about 3 or so ( I had been up almost 24 hours so I was a little tired) and then on Sat I got up and went to the store and bought some groceries so my mom could fix Kims favorite Arabic dish. My Grandparents came over and enjoyed the meal with us. Then we hung out at the house for a little bit, stopped and got coffee. went shopping. Picked up Sarah and Ethan. Shopped at Garden Ridge (against my wishes). went Home and said goodbye to my Kimmie! It was so much fun to get to hang out with her again for a lil while...Thanks, James for letting her come and stay with me:) Anyhow, we had a lot of fun and hope to do it again soon..and next time maybe get a few more pics?!?! here are a few that I took..enjoy:)

I think Coco enjoyed having Kim come too:)

OOOPS:)

2008-12-04T09:17:00.000-08:00

Okay so I just checked my moms blog and we pretty much have the same pics up:D Oh well I hope you guys enjoy em anways:) More pics later of something different..I Promise:) Love ya all! Peace Out!!

Our Trip to FL

2008-12-04T08:05:00.000-08:00

WHew!!! I have been Kidnapped for the past month and have not been able to post!! Don't worry Im okay they caught the bad guys and I am back! Okay so that's not very true but I just haven't felt like blogging much..but no worries Im back:) Okay so as you've probably already have seen on my moms and Eric's blog we were so privileged to be able to go down the Hobe Sound,Fl for about two weeks and spend time with Eric, Hannah and my ADORABLE little Jz! It was an awesome trip!! It was so good to be able to spend time with all of us together again! It had been like two years since I had seen them and didn't really know how Jz would act towards me but when we went to pick them up from the airport and I went to hug Jz he looked at me and Said "MAMMOO" now I know that is not my name but it showed me that he recognized me and remembered me from the webcam..so it started to make me cry and then when I went to hug Hannah I think the emotion of missing her for the past two years came out and I cried! I was so glad to see them and just spend time with them! I tried to soak in every min. I could and video as much as I could, which is why we don't have THAT many pics is because I video taped most of the time. Anyhow, here are some pics of the trip!! Oh by the way, these pics are not in order but enjoy anyhow.....:)

The Wolfe's had us over a couple of times and we enjoyed ourselves very much!
Hmmmm...I wonder what Jz is getting into while his mommy is busy talking? :)

Cleaning up water after Joseph:)

Sherri fixed a beautiful meal for us!

Will is not too busy to cuddle and hold Ethan!

Are you scared?!

Hannah, What did you do this time?!?!

"Dad, Cousin Ethan is cheating..."

"No..here let me show you..."

Ethan: "King me"

JZ: "OH good move"

I wonder who won?

I LOOOOVE my Sister!

BEST FRIENDS!

(note the flip flops, I couldn't wear high heels any longer)

Joseph let Eric win:)

Our Family Thanksgiving dinner

Aunt Lulu + JZ= Best Buds!

So Adorable!

The Cutest nephews in the world!!!

Aunt Lulu LOVES her widdle boys!

I miss them! :(

Calling ALL Christians!

2008-11-02T12:45:00.000-08:00

Okay so Im coming to you with this pretty late and without much notice..I have wanted to get on here days ago and ask you to do something ..BUT being the procrastinator that I am..here I am:) Okay so as everyone knows the elections are on tues. and it scares me to death to think what would happen if Obama gets in office..I know I don't talk about politics much here on my blog..frankly I am sick and tired of politics..I wish we could just keep the President we have now and not worry about it..but its not the case. I know People may say "What's the big deal? its just an election! But its so much bigger than that and I think as Christians we NEED to rally together and fast and pray these next couple of days..which is exactly why Im on here. Starting tonight (Sunday) at midnight...monday 12:00AM we are starting a fast that is won't be ending till Tues. at 5:00PM...Please if you will join us in this..it is more important than I can express! It kind of reminds me of the story in the Bible when where Abraham begged God not to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and God told him that if he found only ten people faithful that he would not destroy the land for their sake. Yes Gomorrah was destroyed but not b/c God wasn't willing to give them a chance it was b/c there werent even ten people found faithful. I know you are probably saying "what in the world does Sodom and Gomorrah have to do with this election?" and my answer is EVERYTHING! if Obama gets in office I believe it will be the desruction of us all! Its no secret he is muslim and no doubt WILL be coming after us Christians!! So this tues is not only a political battle..IT IS a Spiritual battle and we need EVERY Chritian to rally and pray with us!! Will God find enough people faithful enough to fast and pray and give America another chance?! You decide!

Woof Woof!

2008-10-19T15:10:00.000-07:00

Last weekend the Church Youth Group had a camp out and at last min I decided to go b/c sarah called me and wanted me to come so I told her I probably wouldnt stay the night and so I went over there and what do you know??!? I ended up staying the night..Scott and sarah had an extra tent set up...yeah now I pride myself on LOVING to camp but when I say camp I mean at least on an air mattress..nope not this time I had a sleeping bag, no socks because smart me decided to wear sandals..yeah I couldnt wait for morning to come!! Haha Coco and I were like the first up and if you know me at all Im not usually like that...I like my sleep. All in all it was fun and I was glad I went:) Haha so in the morning my widdle punkin wakes up and this is how hes dressed..haha we ended up having two puppies at the campsite that morning...He's so adorable!

Draw station Update :)

2008-10-19T14:39:00.000-07:00

Hey Gang Im back!! So since I last updated you about having to go back to work the other day I decided I would blog and tell you all how it went...soooo I ended up taking like a 20 min nap (which was soooo refreshing by the way) got up, got ready, got into my beautiful car, put in the address into my GPS system,stopped got gas and headed downtown..so I finally arrive at the Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Building and go up to the Clinic part of the building, now when I arrive I find out this is where like the Psychologist and such work it wasn't like a regular family Doc's office, so anyho I go to the desk and the girl asked me if this was my first time and I let her know it was and so she came and took me to this room (it was a Doc's office, I guess the Doc wasn't in that day and she gives me her badge so I can get into the medical records room so I can get the patients requistions and call the patients and take them back to the Docs office and draw their blood...SOOO I get my first patient right aways and I take her back and as I am taking her back to the room I ask her name and she tells me then she says b/c Im a star!!! :) so I take her back draw her blood and she tells me she has been in the special olympics and has gotten medals which was cool..she was very nice. Anyhow, soooooo during my whole time there at the clinic I have to keep walking back and forth to the medical records room and checking to see if I have any patients to draw on so the whole time I was there I get three patients..I did some waiting some picture taking a little listening to the room next to me..shhhh:) so anyhow, it's time for me to go home and I start packing up my stuff getting things ready to leave and here comes this guy with a paper to draw blood on my fourth patient..are you kidding me?!? this whole time Im waiting on a patient and now you bring him to me?!?! hahah no it wasnt that bad so he comes back and I draw his blood and so I finally get done what Im supposed to get done wiht the paperwork and I go around to the girl who gave me her badge and I ask her where Im supposed to drop off my blood and she points behind me and I turn around and this guy like waves at me and I turn back to the girl and Im like what?! and Im like am I supposed to draw blood on him and I think she tells me Im supposed to give the blood samples to him....DUMBEEE me!!! DUH I know this guy he works at my lab!!!! Oh well..SOOOO after all that complaing the last time on my blog Im back to report that it wasn't that bad it was actually kinda fun!!! So anyhow I know this is kinda long but I wanted to post and let you know how it went...enjoy some pics....:)

Here's the view from the Doc's office

Im waiting.....

....and waiting....

and waiting a little more..ok so it wasn't THAT bad:)

Why did I have to answer my work phone?!?

2008-10-14T07:28:00.000-07:00

So here I am again..sorryyy no pics today I only have a few min to blog! So I got off work today at about ten after nine and I get home for a little bit, get on the computer..and I hear this beeping sound..beep beep beep..and I know what it is..it's my work phone..ugh..so I go downstairs and its my team lead.. she asks me if I want to do a draw station..Ive never done a draw station but its where you go to a building and they bring patients to you and you draw on them..hence the name draw station..anyhow, so she gives me the name of the Place Im supposed to go and I call dispatch to get the address and guess what??! It's downtown!! Now I've pretty much lived in Cinci my whole life but I hate going downtown by myself..i know Im a chicken but something about it I just don't like..SOOOO Im gonna post this ,take a lil nap then get up and go back to work...oh well I guess we can look on the bright side and say its more money in my pocket...but staying home and relaxing is so much more enticing..okay so i need to snap of it and just do it!! ALRIGHT gang im off for a quick nap and back to work

He makes me smile:)

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so cute...need I say more?!?! :)

These are a few of my favorite things...:)

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Spending time with my widdle punkin
Seeing him smile or laugh
and of course my widdle puppy..love her! :)
Love being and Aunt!!

New Blog

2008-08-26T16:16:00.001-07:00

Okay...so i'm giving this another try!! This blog thing has been giving me problems and I'm about to hang it up!! it's getting on my last nerve!! Okay....deeep breath...whew..Okay so you know my last blog was giving me problems so I decided I would start a new one..well...now this one is giving me problems..yeah maybe it's a sign!! Not really I wouldn't stop blogging even if we had dial up...okay so that was not truthful...i would totally give up blogging if we had dial up!! haha jk. So anyways, i hope this blog works...Enjoy!! LOVE TO ALL! Lizzie