Hope For Haiti Now

I just want to dedicate this post to all those in Haiti.
The broken, the weak, the lost, the wounded.




It's been ten days since the earthquake devastated the country of Haiti. And although it's difficult to show our love and support without physically being there to care for and cure those with wounded hearts, we can all help by spreading the word or donating as much as we can.

I pre-ordered my Hope For Haiti Now album from http://www.itunes.com/haiti. All proceeds go directly to Haiti relief.

My heart melts for those who are affected by this terrible devastation.
God bless all those who have helped in some way, shape or form.


--Laura

Spring Semester!

I cannot believe it's been almost two full months since I've updated my blog. Life has been hectic lately and I totally regret not posting over the holidays. I was back in Muskegon for almost an entire MONTH for holiday break from school. Holiday parties were great and I was super happy to be surrounded by family. I worked just about every day, which was pretty bittersweet. I made a good amount of money, but I hardly got to spend any of my time with friends that I've been wanting to see for quite some time now.

So my last semester of college started yesterday.
I'm taking:
Social Psychology
Pop. Art & Architecture in America
Drugs & Society
The International Film Industry
and History & Cinema

Pretty random cluster of classes, but shouldn't be too bad. I just have to keep my head in the game and focus on what's important... ie; MAY 1st.

Here's a brief summary of what else I've been up to over the past month or so...


Burdick's downtown w/ my best friend Stacey when she came to visit me in Kzoo.

We had such a good time together, and it felt like it had been so long since we've had a night like that together. We went out for dinner and drinks and came back to my apartment and had a total girl's night. We've been doing that since we were children. We grew up together and I wouldn't change our friendship for the world.

Then onto Christmas with the family:

On Christmas Eve, Josh stayed over at our house, along with my sister (Miranda) and my brother-in-law (Ray) since they were home for the week. We went to my Aunt's house on Christmas day and had a good time playing games and being crazy.

New Year's Eve I had to work a double (yippie!) so I wasn't really planning on anything huge and exciting for that night. We ended up just hanging out at my aunt's that night, the same place we went on Christmas day. Josh and I had a good time and celebrated our 4TH New Year together. <3


Then, on January 3rd, we finally got to go pick up the puppy that I got for Josh for Christmas!



He is the sweetest, most adorable puppy ever! He has been so easy to train so far, and absolutely LOVES all people and animals! He loves playing with Gemini (our lovely dog that we've had for 10 years) but she is still hesitant on whether or not she wants to play with him.
Josh and I just ADORE him.



Now I'm headed off to my last class of the day. Hope everyone is well and have an amazing semester if you're still in school!

Love,
Laura