Fire alert...

My Dad just called me on his way home from work because there is a fire near our home in Northern California. Please pray! This is a heavily wooded area and this is the home I grew up in. My Dad, Stepmom, and Stepsister live there.


**UPDATE: I believe the fire is contained as of 4pm this afternoon and my family is safe

Expected...

Oh my sweet, loving, little, conniving, 19-year old sister...
She means well.... but all this hype from her about something "unexpected"... well...

My Dad and StepMom came, we had a nice dinner, we walked on the Goleta Pier (where I took this awful picture of the 3 of us!)

... and my Dad gives me 3 things from Nichole:

A Starbuck's card, a Journal, and a box of something called "Monkey Bread"... that's it... that was my sister's big surprise?
She wanted to bless me, which she did, but she could have made it a little less dramatic and stressful to me!

I had a rad and blessed time with my parents. My Dad told me he was proud of me, which was super sweet. And they are going to throw down a little money so Dawn and Tyler don't kick me out of the house for being delinquent with my rent ;-)