alyssa ...* <3

a change is coming

2011-11-29T13:14:00.007-05:00

How far would you go?

How much would you give up to see God move?

And are you ready? Because this is the time !!

There is a movement taking place in our generation, and even more to come !! My question is are you willing to give all you have to God, and hop on the boat ? Because the world offers you what seems like great and fun things, but friends, what is to come is going to be more than what your wildest dreams could ever imagine !!!! But you have a choice to make.

This weekend a man who had some things the world offered, and could even do some things he thought were great and powerful through other sources than God made one small decision...but first needed to ask himself ,were those things worth giving up what God had? He carried a voodoo doll, and a scientology symbol around with him wherever he went...these were his "good luck" charms. The struggle to throw them away and never carry them with him again was a battle that took a lot longer than I thought it would. I mean think about it....this world has so many things that we look at, and can be SO entising. They make you feel good for a time, but always land you in a darker place than before. But for some reason we always want to hang onto these things, to cling to them. But what if I told you there's more? What if I told you that if you trust, that you could see and be a part of amazing things!! But first, you need to lay aside those things that pull and hold on you.

After a bit of a tug of war within himself, this man chose light! He chose to throw away , even tried to burn, these things he held onto for so long, so that He could experience light in his life. Now i'm not sure where this man went after we spent an hour talking to him, showing Gods love to him, and praying with him. But i know this ... I am never discouraged when I pray for or share with people Gods love. This is because regardless of if I see anything happening, seeds are planted, and even a glimpse of Gods love can change a heart !! I know this, because a glimpse is all it took for me ! I hope you all know i'm not just saying he needed to let go of these two just physical random objects !! It was more than that, it's what they represented, and the emotional, spiritual, and mental grips that were on his life, that these two small things helped to represent !

Lately my hearts cry have been these two things :

1. I want to see others as Jesus sees them. It's so easy to judge people, or to gossip or to treat others disrespectfully, but those things hurt, they damage people, and are not things I want to be known for. So daily my prayer has been, God just let me see them how You do, because then I can just love on a totally different level !! I just want to love people like God does, because His love is the most powerful thing we have, we should do everything with His love.

2. I just want people to see God in me. When I speak, when I do things I don't want people saying " oh man look at what she said, or what she's doing" I want them to think " wow, look at what God is doing" ...

I'm seeing it already, a movement of our generation who is tired of religious things, tired of the God box so many put Him in, and tired of the mundane. We are a generation who wants more, who NEEDS more.

LOVE can move mountains

LOVE can change hearts

LOVE can bring freedom

LOVE can change our generation

...ONLY GODS LOVE

the beauty of grace

2011-11-23T00:21:00.004-05:00

ok so here i am writing again..wow, can't believe this ! haha

What I am blogging about today is something near and dear to my heart ! It is something I struggle with...

today I'm blogging about shame ! This is a sensitive issue for me because it is one of the things I have battled my whole life, and in a different way since really living for God. I have struggled with believing truths God has spoken over me whether it be from truths in His word (aka the bible !) or truths that He has had other people speak to me in the last few months! My brain would go under this crazy attack anytime someone spoke something positive over my life, and I would think "ok this is too good to be true..." , or " ya right im going to do any of that...if you only knew the real me", or "why would God ever use me?" , and the list goes ON AND ON ! But He has been moving me into a place lately of realizing it has nothing to do with who I am, and everything to do with who HE is ! I mean really, look at the bible ! I actually love going through the bible and seeing how God uses some of the least likely people to live out some of the biggest callings!! I think God even loves to use the people that will shock others because it shows how big He is ! I am learning to KNOW that I was born "for such a time as this" ! That He really has a purpose for my life, and something bigger than I can imagine ! I just need to trust Him !

Now this past week was a rough one for me ! I am currently going through two books that have been bringing ALOT of things up ! These things are hurts from my past, and the shame of things I have done. I need to bring up these things, in order to give them over to God , let Him heal me, and move forward into victory and to what He is going to do in my life !! But this week it took a toll on me, and I did some things I'm not so proud of. Right away the shame started to rush in again, and I started thinking OH MAN , I have ruined it all ! There we go, I proved everyone who thought i'd fail RIGHT . I will never be able to do what God has called me to do anymore, and I'm pretty sure God is so mad at me right now, that it's going to take a lot to get back to where I was at !

Then it dawned on me my friends.... I did not surprise God by what happened! He knew this would all go down the day He stepped into my life...He knew I was going to make those decisions the days He spoke things to me, and the days He had other people speak things over me. He was not shocked by this ! So I decided instead of thinking God was incredibly angry at me, I was going toask Him myself how He felt... and let me tell you, He was not angry, or hateful ! He was compassionate and forgiving ! Of course I am not trying to down play sinning ! God hates sin, but He loves us !! Once we ask for forgiveness it's forgotten, and gone ! This mistake didn't change what He had planned for me, and didn't change His love for me ! Lets just say grace sure hit hard for me in that moment of brokeness at His feet !

A few days later I read an incredible quote by Max Lucado, that says " there is more love in God's heart , than there is sin in yours. ALWAYS" . MAAAANNN....what amazing words!

So friends, just remember than everyday is a new day ! every moment is a new moment ! God is a forgiving and gracious God ! He won't let more temptation than you can handle come your way, but if you fall, know He isn't up there thinking OH man, now what am I going to do ? He/She sinned !! He's up there with His arms wide open saying come to me ! let me forgive you, and hold you, and lets get back out there ! PLEASE don't think I am trying to say " yaaaa, keep on sinning and just think it's ok , God will forgive me anyways, and purposly go about it ! But know that if it does happen where you make a mistake..it is NOT the end of the road. God already knew it was going to happen, so ask for forgiveness, move forward, and keep pressing into Him !

Peace , Love & Blessings !
Alyssa

let the one without sin cast the first stone..

2011-11-10T13:12:00.007-05:00

I can't believe i'm posting again... haha

seriously, when I started this blog I thought i'd blog like once every few months (because as i've said before, i've never been good with putting my thoughts into words !! especially adding grammar and stuff into it...)

but I read a tweet the other day that I haven't been able to get out of my head ! It is by Annie Lobert, founder of hookers for Jesus (http://www.hookersforjesus.net) The tweet said "Some of you stone the girl in the street, then you leave after you've been called out-is it because you're part of the problem? "

This hit home for me, because for any of you who read my blog often, know I relate to the girl in the street...the girl who was lost, and not making the best choices because of things that happened to me. When I really sat down to read the bible for the first time, the stories I related to most were ones like the woman at the well,and rehab, and the woman who everyone wanted to stone for her sins. I related to the stories of the women who felt so unworthy of the love and grace that was shown to them by Jesus.

Ok so my question for people out there, YES everyone, even Christians, is why, if Jesus himself said not to judge people, even said "let the one of you without sin , cast the first stone (John 8:7) " are we SO quick to judge and attack others on any sins or flaws we see? Do we not all have sin ? So why is it that we can be so quick to condemn one another.

For me, it's been about 4 1/2 months since I really met God, and started living for Him ! but for 20 long years I had a lot of messiness in my life. For a long time I was searching...searching for something to heal the ache I felt for so long, to heal the memories I had , to give me value and worth, but I looked to so many wrong things for that. Sure the booze, the boys, the drugs, and the popular party life made me feel temporary healing, but after a few hours the "high" it all gave me would wear off, and i'd be left broken, hurting, and alone once again. I tried the whole "religious" thing for a while, but was condemned and turned away by a lot of people, and churches because of the things I did. I'm not saying everyone was evil and mean, but I had a lot of messages over facebook saying "you look like a slut" or "you're going to cause our friends to stumble" . These were all from so called "christians". So after trying to fit in with them, and never suceeding I gave up ! I took a world religions class to see if any other religion fit me, but once again I never found anything to fit. I knew there was a God, but I didn't think He could ever love me. It wasn't till I was shown Gods love that anything changed. He is not a religious God...He is a relationship type of God, who wants to know you, to hold you, to be your best friend, your comforter, your healer!

So why is it so easy for people to call others out on their sins, but never offer an ear to listen to someones story? Many do not think beyond their judgement into wondering how someone got to this place. It goes back to the old saying our mothers use to tell us "never judge a book by its cover" . WOW ..who knew we should have really listened and taken that to heart, that it SO applies to our everyday lives.

My challenge to you today is to seek out the broken, the hurting, the lost. Next time your mind wants to jump and judge someone , stop - and ask God to help you see this person as He does! This has been a constant prayer for me, to have my heart look like His, to help me feel for people, and see them as Jesus does ! So lets go out,show Jesus' LOVE & change the world !!!

Sorry this is a long one guys ! just something that's been on my heart :)!
Peace, Love & Blessings,
Alyssa

a whole new meaning to let go and let God..

2011-10-30T17:24:00.004-04:00

So God has been rocking my world in so many ways lately !! haha I feel like even saying that would be an understatement of what has been going on in my life. Last weekend I experienced some freedom and broke through a lot of walls! I won’t get into detail on exactly how things all happened, but basically I am learning to hear Gods voice more clearly than ever. As the weekend started I had my expectations and ideas on what God was going to do it, and how He would do it…and boy was I SO very wrong !! haha One of the most important lessons I think I learnt was to be still…be quiet…and listen to what God is trying to tell me. I feel like on some points I sort of “ missed the ball “ on what God wanted to do, because I was so caught up in how I thought things should go, because sometimes I think I know best…once again, SO wrong !! God had some creative ways of getting my attention, but once I would stop trying to control things, He would step in and give exactly what my heart needed, which was way better than what I had originally wanted!! See growing up my life was often out of control… I didn’t have much of a say in who did what to me, or what I would come home to everyday, etc. So for a long time anything I could control I would try to, and it would be to an extreme !! So within the first few months of my relationship with God, I’ve tried to do that whole controlling things one too many times. What I did learn however was although it’s scary, and doesn’t feel safe for me to not have control in situations , God is a good God , and He isn’t going to do anything that I’m not ready for…He knows my heart! Once I was willing to loosen my grasp on what I wanted to happen that weekend, God took over, and moved in ways I never imagined possible. I’m talking like whole new levels of freedom, and of healing !!

Another big thing that happened for me that weekend was new levels of worship. Ok so by the end of the weekend I started becoming free in ways I had always wanted to be able to worship, but was afraid to, or felt weird about. So before church Sunday morning satan was flooding my mind from the moment I got up, to the point that I almost didn’t want to go to church because I didn’t feel like I’d be able to even worship. After singing the first song and really not feeling anything I started to get mad….like full our feisty Alyssa mad !!! I was mad at satan…like who does he think he is trying to get into my head, and make me feel the way I was, and why was I letting him. So I started to repeat over and over again “ I don’t care what my flesh feels right now, my soul is still gonna worship”. As I continued to do that I was also thinking hey, satan has NO authority over my thoughts, so he has no right to be feeding me these lies…I’m the child of the most high King. So pretty much the first half of worship for me was like worship warfare!! I was sick and tired of letting satan the king of lies by the way…get into my head. Also, I’m not going to let how I feel hinder me worshiping God either !! It’s not about how my flesh feels, my soul still can be in worship. SO anyways, after that God just started taking me to awesome places with Him…and provided such a crazy experience. I honestly have never felt His embrace so strongly in my life!! He is SO good to us!!

So basically my challenge for all of you is this : think about the things you try to control in your life, then start to ask God to take those things from you, and show you what He wants to do in those areas. And second, even when your flesh is tired, stressed, anxious, hurt, etc ,refuse to let your feelings control you, and let your soul cry out and worship God !!

Peace, Love & Blessings
Alyssa

Don't be afraid of your "scars" !!

2011-09-28T00:09:00.007-04:00

Well , I feel like I have been blogging way more than I ever thought I would be (and I haven't even been blogging that much...haha) I think that sometimes I get nervous because I've never been good with writing out my ideas! Now talking, I could do for days !! But writing is not exactly my strongest suit ! haha. But God is teaching me that if He gives me something to write, it doesn't matter how good I think it sounds,or what my punctuation is like , or the several spelling errors i'm sure you can find while reading my blog!! But that if He has put something on my heart to write about, it is for a reason, so I need to stop second guessing it !

Today my blog has been inspired by a twitter quote that I read by Louie Gigglio. In this quote he says :
Don't try to hide your scars. Jesus still has His. #byHiswoundswearehealed

This tweet just got me thinking about how for years before I ever really encountered God, I had tried going to churches, and "Christian" groups in my city. While in these groups I often felt alone and as though I was this horrible and messy girl in a room full of what seemed to be "perfect" people. I am in no way trying to bash anyone, please don't think that, because many of these people are great !! but they too had been raised to as Louie states "Hide their scars". And because they were in such desperate need to hide theirs, they often pointed out mine. This left me feeling as though God couldn't love me, or use me because I had been down such messy roads. But this is not the case my friends !! I am learning daily that God is absolutley INCREDIBLE, WONDERFUL, ETC ETC ETC !And one thing that makes Him so amazing is He can take those "scars" we have acquired in our lifetime from things we may have done, or things that may have been done to us, and use it to show His glory through us! These "scars" can become the very things God uses for our callings in life, and to reach others who may have had similar experiences, and could have felt as though there was no hope for them.

Something else, besides Louie's twitter quote that had been on my heart recently also helped inspired this blog.For those of you who may not know, I started really living for God about four months ago, but before that my life consisted of a lot of not so wonderful experiences some choices I made, but some things which were also done to me that created my downward spiral!! So basically satan was trying to bring me down, and bring in those shameful thoughts by having people in my life who tried to constantly remind me of the old me, and all the not so wonderful things I had done. THEN to top it off, I had been involved in a movie filmed last December where I played a club-goer on drugs and was a featured extra for the scenes I was in, aka you get to see me on camera close up doing some inappropriate dance moves, and wearing some not so modest dresses!! I started battling with the thoughts that began to rush in after seeing a trailer for this movie, and being able to point myself out in the background. I started to worry about what my new Christian friends might think about this, and about all the men who would be going to theatres and seeing me in those not so modest outfits, and the fact that it could cause minds to wander, etc etc etc ! But some very good friends of mine helped to snap me out of that mind set, and instead see how this can just add even more to my testimony of where I have been , to where God has taken me!!

So all this said and done, I am learning that it is ok to let some of our guards down, as well as to be real about where God has taken us from, and what He has healed us from!! Now I'm not saying you need to share every single intimate detail about your life with everyone you meet!! But I am saying be open to what God wants to do through you. We all have our stories, and the great thing about God is He can use you regardless of your past...So lets not be afraid of those "scars" of our lives, but lets be excited about how God can use these things, and don't let the shame satan tries to use from these experiences hinder the great things God can do through you !

Peace, Love & Blessings

Alyssa

That "Dad shaped hole" in our hearts

2011-09-21T14:05:00.013-04:00

So as I sit here to write this, I really have an ache in my heart, and I feel God is calling me to share this ache with whomever may read this. I recently heard the song " For The Love Of A Daughter " by Demi Lovato. If you have never heard this song, i'll post a few lines from the song on here (they are random lines, and in a random order haha) :

"Four years old with my back to the door All I could hear was the family war"

"Oh, father,Please, father,I'd love to leave you alone But I can't let you go
Oh, father Please, father Put the bottle down For the love of a daughter"

"I can be manipulated only so many times Before even "I love you" Starts to sound like a lie"

"Don't you remember I'm your baby girl?How could you push me out of your world? Lied to your flesh and your blood Put your hands on the ones that you swore you love Don't you remember I'm your baby girl? How could you throw me right out of your world?So young when the pain had begun Now forever afraid of being alone"

The words in this song made my heart ache, because like Demi , I am someone who knows the ache and brokeness that can be felt from our earthly fathers. I can relate to the Dad shaped hole she has carried in her heart, and through her life. I know I'm not the only one out there who has felt the pain from this place in our hearts. When we look in the media today, we can often see the consequences of that dad shaped hole in many peoples lives. I am not saying that it gives everyone an excuse to go out and do whatever they want to, but what I am saying is that for many who don't know God the Father's love, it can lead them into dark places.

I won't go into detail about my experiences with my earthly dad, but I can say it had a major role in how I was living my life, in how I viewed myself, and how I viewed the world. The need to be loved ached in my heart everyday, but the fear of being loved after what I had experienced pounded in my head. I don't know exactly how it effects boys, because well as we all know, i'm not a boy !! But I do have an older brother, and have seen the consequences of my dad's actions impact his life. My family is very closed off about talking about...well pretty much anything! But on occasion there have been conversations about how things made us feel, most times this was while one or the other was under the influence of something! But I do know for a daughter what it can be like to experience that empty place in my life. We look to our daddies to show us how men should treat girls often times, and it can impact how we let men treat us!! We also often look to them for love and guidance, but when that is not given and we don't know Gods love, it can be detrimental to us when they do not provide good examples. Everyones situation is different, everyones dad is as well, but one thing is the same...we all need our Heavenly Father. Whether your dad is an amazing dad or has caused that earthly dad shaped hole in your heart, we all have the Heavenly Father ache inside of us. Many spend years searching for ways to fill it, which is what I was doing until God got at my heart.

I am in a place of being absolutely in love with God, and living for Him !! But at the end of the day, I still at times feel like I am guarding Him from entering into that dad shaped hole of mine ! I know that I have fully accepted Him as my Lord, my Best Friend, My Saviour, my Comforter, my Healer, but I think part of me still holds back on letting Him in as my Daddy. This is an area that gets tricky for me, as there is so much ache and hurt that was once there, that He definitley has healed TONS of, and brought me through, but I know there's still part of me that gets scared when He gets too close to that Daddy spot. The last few days have been hard because there has been lots happening between my own earthly father, and I, so spending time pressing into God and trusting Him, and knowing He loves me has been so crucial for me, but in a way He has used these situations to remind me that I still hold back with Him when it comes to letting Him be my Daddy. This is something I am looking forward to conquering with God, because I know He will guide me through it, He is faithful in the works He has done in me and I know He isn't through with me yet !!!

Here are some verses He has been speaking into my heart lately on this topic ! ENJOY :)

Romans 9:25-26 25 I'll call nobodies and make them somebodies; I'll call the unloved and make them beloved. In the place where they yelled out, "You're nobody!" they're calling you "God's living children."

Psalm 27:10 - 10 Though my father and mother forsake me,the LORD will receive me.

Deuteronomy 31:6 - ...your God, is striding ahead of you. He's right there with you. He won't let you down; he won't leave you."

Romans 8:15-17 This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?" God's Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children. And we know we are going to get what's coming to us—an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we're certainly going to go through the good times with him!

Psalm 10:14 But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted;you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you;you are the helper of the fatherless.

Peace, Love & Blessings,
Alyssa

Some pics of little me...I feel like alot of what I wrote was from the heart of the little girl in me

the "real" me !

2011-09-13T18:01:00.012-04:00

okk, so this blog is going to be short and sweet !

Like i said before, i'm not so great with my words !! haha So blogging wont become a regular thing for me, which I am totally fine with ! But when i do feel God moving me to write one, who am I to say no, so this is what that will be for. Today I am posting because for 9 long years I have lived in bondage to something...and that something to me is makeup !! I know it may sound ridiculous to some, but VERY FEW people in my life have seen me without makeup since the age of 12 ! I have always felt as though I was worthless, hideous, and nothing without my makeup. Honestly, ask any of my friends, and I was the girl who brought ten pounds of makeup when we went out camping, because even out there I felt like I didn't know who I was if i didnt have my makeup on ! Call it..my security blanket ! Lately God has been speaking into my life about idols and bondage He wants to release me from. So here I am, writing this blog , and about to do something i NEVER thought I ever could !!! Now ladies, im not saying makeup is bad, and that I will never wear it again, because i most certainly will be wearing it !! What I am saying however is don't let it become and idol, or be what defines you, because that is God's job !! So although this is scary for me, I am going to post some photos of the "real me" aka the girl behind the makeup ! Like it or not, this is who i am, just how God made me :) ! and im finally learning to accept it !

Peace & Love

-Alyssa

New Creation*

2011-08-30T14:41:00.003-04:00

Ok, so I am attempting an ACTUAL blog...and if you have read my ones below from back in 8th grade, maybe 9th ? You will realize i am not much of a blogger haha ! I don't have good punctuation, or the best writing abilities, but i feel like I didn't just stumble upon this old blog for no reason ! I will do my best to make this somewhat readable , and understandable haha. And please note I am sarcastic..do not take most of what I joke about seriously :) !

...SO ...here it goes !

For those of you who may have known me through the years, this blog may cause you to be in shock...mouth open, so you should probably get something to hold your jaw from hitting the floor ! In the last few months, some of you who have been around me have noticed a change. Some are not too impressed with this, but i understand it must seem weird, or hard to get when someone such as myself changes so drastically in such a short amount of time ( side note : I promise I have not joined an occult or anything like that as some have questioned)! Although I have always known about God, and could even shoot out a few Sunday school answers from my childhood to you, I had never in my life encountered God...or known Him ! I lived my life based off the labels everyone had given to me, and made decisions because of this ! I won't get too into detail about it, but basically my life revolved around my thoughts ! And in my thoughts I heard I was unloveable, fat, ugly, worthless, disposable, full of shame, to far gone, and the list goes on and on... SURE i had some good friends, was involved in both high school and college with student council, senate for Sault College, had made honors every year, and was considered a "good kid" by many. But if you looked deep within me, I was falling apart in every way. The parties were not just parties for me, it was a chance to drink until i didn't feel the pain anymore. I allowed myself to be used and abused by many guys, because I never thought that I could be worthy of love! I am in no way saying " oh it was all their faults, for using drunk and vulnerable me" .. HECK NO ! I used them for a love fix, as much as they used me to give them a physical fix !

This year on my birthday, God provided me with a divine encounter ! When i think back to this day, it still puts me in awe that the God of the universe,provided me with an experience as He did. I never thought God would really want me after all I had done, and truthfully didn't think He would ever even want to talk to me! But when I chose to step out, open my heart, and really and truly ask Him what He thought of me, and the tough questions I had been wondering, He was right there ready to answer :) ! This was just the beginning of a whole new chapter for me! SURE, i definitley have made mistakes since..I am only human people ! But thankfully I have a God who sent His one and only Son to give His life for me, so that I can have this relationship with my Creator! I am amazed at daily what He is working in and through me, and all the freedom I have experienced, I really am a new creation !! Lately I've been going through a season in my life of change, and of faith !! God is really using this time to teach me to walk by faith!! (Seriously feels like i have a blind fold on for most of the time these days) But as hard as somedays have been, I have such a peace and joy in knowing that my God is a good God !! That this time, although sometimes hard, has been such a blessing, and has been teaching me SO much already!! I'm loving it !! The story of Moses is one that honestly, God has been putting into my day each and every day through teachings i've listened to, or verses He has given me, or words given for me !! I'm not too sure what exactly is being told to me through all this yet, although I have some ideas, but that'll be another blog, for another day ! (if i don't forget about this thing again...haha) What i love about Moses though is he really didn't think he could do anything great either ! But the point isn't about who WE ARE...it's who HE is :) with God in me, He can give me the strength, courage, boldness, and ability to live out my calling!!

Sooooooooooo basically, just wanted to update you peeps on my life these days ! I have no idea what I am going to be doing in this next little while, but I know God is leading the way, so I'm just waiting for His guidance !

Peace & Love :)
Alyssa

sooooon !

2006-12-18T15:07:00.001-05:00

SO CLOSE TO CHRISTMASSS !!
i just want school to be done ! haha . i dont think its very fair we dont get off till the 22nd because that only leaves us 3 days till christmas ! well nothing is really new and exiting in the life and times of me . haha. This weekend we had elissas going away party , and encountered some interesting events that night ! haha . than saturday i got to babysitt nate which was funn :) me and brittany played santas helpers and brought the overworked Vanessa and slacker Melissa (haha jk melissa !) ice cream ! and hung out with katrina who was there too , ate some pizza , and i found out about a new fruit . im not sure how to spell it , pomello or something ! haha . but i didnt get initiated into the pomello eating club , by having to wear the hat .haha but i must admit it was gooooooood fruit ! hehe . we watched survivor as well , and what was ment to be a 5 min stop in & break for Vanessa turned out to be a 3 hour long visit , hehe , oh well who can put a time on hanging out with friendss right ! all i have to say is i love thiss family :) theyre the bestt ! im pretty sure i fit in more with them than my own family ! haha

sOooOoOOoo . Christmas breakie is comming up ! and im here in sudz till the 26th , than im heading up to the sault to visit my friendss there till Jan 6th . im guna miss everyone here but i will be back , i promise ! haha . so on the 26th i go to massey to spend time with Elissa and her family till the 29th when Shawna comes to get us , and we head up for our roadie to the sault . im pretty sure i have 5 or 6 houses so far im sapose to be staying at haha ! im guna be bounced around alot , but im lucky to have a greatttt bestfrienddd sarah who is guna travel house to house with me wherever i stay ! yeep , were inseperable sometimess hehe . anywhoo , i hope you all have an amazzinnngg christmas .

Alyssa

newww addition to the family !

2006-09-30T15:52:00.001-04:00

heyyy !

well things have been kinda crazy latly with home and school and such. But there is a new addition to the familyy. my new 5 day old niece !! Her name is Aliyah . I am so incredibly blessed to have not just one, but 2 beautiful nieces. Melina is almost a year old now !! so my brothers poor fiancee was in labour for like 25 hours !! till the doctors decided to give her a c-section. But she just keeps saying that it was all worth it. and i have to say it is , because now i have a new adorablee niece. Well we took Melina up to the hospital the day after Aliyah was born. and she adored her !! . Aliyah was crying and Melina gave her a kiss then she stoped crying, definatly one of the cutest things ive ever seen ! haha i added some pictures , one of Melina, one of me my cousin karen and Aliyah and another of just Aliyah .well i have to go and finish packing , because im having a sleepover with 3 crazyy Jakola's toniteee :) hahaha . ( aka Vanessa,Melissa && Katrina )
Hope all is well ,

Alyssa

Soakedd...

2006-07-15T14:24:00.001-04:00

heyyyy again ,

well i thought i would blog since i am heading out for camp for a week to waitress . and im leaving tomorrow ! well this week has been pretty good , cept chrissy left on fridayy to cat lake :( so its kinda sadd . but i hung out with britt and nate last night , ok so mabey i slept the whole time...haha . but i did hang out with britt when she was here ! .and today i went to the dragon boat festival with katrina,lil nate(soo cuute ) Dorthy&Kari Jakola, and thier niece kathleen. well me and katrina got to be VIP's which was pretty fun ahah , got a free meal ;) . and we also played a bit at the play ground..seems as if i dont fit as well into those tunnel things anymore....lol. then we headed down to the water. along the way i ran into Shelby(one of my friendss) :) . and i also saw shannon and shayna(2 of my friends from mma). then got to the water . got in about knee deep . THEN katrina thought it would be fun to start a little water fight..and who won..yeep....she won . i am currently SOAKED lol. she threw me in and i got a nice big gulp of water ;) . lol but dont worry, i will get her back..someday ! lol

well im glad to be heading out to camp, but its guna be late nights and earlyy mornings . and lots of work ! lol . but it will be funn . im so excited to see my friends again . but i will definatly miss everyone here in sudbury !
anywayss . i better head out and start packingg !! yay :) . hope all of your summers have been going awsomee !
Alyssa