One man's trash is another man's treasure

In this case, the treasure is Clothes! Here in St.Augustine we have discovered an unbelievable consignment boutique called The Closet.





I got all these clothes for a total of 5 dollars!!!! In the store they have this dresser called "the dollar drawer" and I was lucky enough to find all these items in it! They also sell clothes that local girls have made, along with jewelry and many other things. They also have a vintage section full of vintage clothes and shoes. So if you ever find your self here in town be sure to stop by and check it out!

Squirtle the Turtle

We got another turtle! Her name is Squirtle and she is 13 years old!!! and A LOT bigger then Bonnie and Clyde. She was given to us and we love her :-) She is a little scardy cat and the pictures are sort of blurry because it was hard to catch her being still!

Sweet Summer Time

Hey guys!

Well i haven't had a lot to blog about lately, so i thought i'd give you a look at what I did this summer.

If you asked me what i was doing for the summer last march you probably wouldn't have gotten a very concrete answer from me because frankly i had no idea what i was doing last summer. Everything sorta came up at last minute for me and by the end of the summer i have to say that it was defiantly a summer that i will never forget.
To start the summer off, I spent a month at a Young Life camp in Ocala Florida called Southwind Ranch. I wasn't planning on going on this adventure until two weeks before because our area director, Strider Stokes, was desperate for more help. So Annie,Mallory,Caitlin and myself all went down to serve middle school kids for 5 weeks. During that month, our lives were changed. It was amazing how God had perfectly placed every person on summer staff there for a reason and how well we all got along. There were about 12 girls and 8 boys on the Summer Staff and we all became best friends. We laughed and cried together and most of all we all grew in God together, which is an experience that words cannot explain. Overall, it was the best month of my life, and i will never forget it and the people i spent it with.









After Summer staff at Southwind, I went to Campmeeting with my family :-)







After Campmeeting, my brother, dad and i went to Haiti on a 7 day mission trip with Coaches Honor. It was an amazing experience and it was really great to see the country first hand but it was also a very sad and eye opening trip to how much the country is in need of help. We went to an orphanage that nearly brought me to tears. There was about 60 kids and only 30 cots for them to sleep on and almost every single child was sick and some didn't even have pants or underwear to put on. Our leader told us that some of the people who run the orphanages will purposely make the children sick so that people will give them more money. Every child i picked up i just wanted to take home with me, but sadly we cant do that but what we can do it pray for each and every one of them and pray that God will provide for them and eventually send them to a good home weather it be in Haiti or in the States.

Belle in St.Augustine :-)

The Estey girls got the pleasure of babysitting Belle this week while my parent's were out of town with the Child's family. It took a couple days for her to get used to the place, but I think its safe to say that she loves it here now :-) Annie and Colleen have enjoyed having her here just as much as i have, if you don't include the occasional "accident" in their rooms. ;-) But other then that, she has been a joy and we are going to miss her so much come monday!

Can you guess which one is mine?

I guess we will never have to worry about taking each others food. :-) Me and Annie, my roommate, obviously have very different tastes in food. When she is in the Organic isle of the grocery store, I tend to stay in the snack and "Junk food" area. Maybe that's one reason we get along so well.Opposites attract. :-)

On my walk to class...

This is the beautiful site i get to see everyday as i walk to class, just another reason I am loving going to Flagler :-)

Introducing:Bonnie and Clyde

This is Bonnie and Clyde, our wonderful turtles! For those of you who didn't know I had turtles, here is how Bonnie and Clyde ventured into my life.
It had been a couple of months that I had been looking for a turtle. I researched online to see where the sold baby turtles, but to my sadness, no one in Florida sold them! So a couple weeks later a couple of us were walking down St.George street and I saw a couple walking with two baby turtles! I told Annie to run and see where they had gotten them, and they pointed us in the right direction. We found the store and walked in and to my surprise there was a full tank of baby turtles! I was so excited and had to get one, but of course they had a special deal to get the second one for a cheaper price so i ended up getting two :-) I'm not exactly sure if they are male or female but you can tell a difference between the two so i decided that one was male and one was female and I named them Bonnie and Clyde. They are so cute and i love watching them swim around in their tank. They are crazy turtles and like swimming as fast as they can around the tank. They have become part of the family here at The Old Jail House :-)

Home Sweet Home

Hello again! Here is the rest of our apartment! we are still dercorating it, little by little but its really coming along. We are still looking for a couple more pieces of furniture for the living room and kitchen and my sister was nice enough to let us have some of her paintings to hang on the walls :-) She is very talented. We also appreciate everything people have given us for our place. It means alot :-)

hello blogging world!

Hello blogging world! This is my first post of my new blog and i can't wait to get started! I thought i'd start off my blog with pictures of my new room (and eventually i'll upload some pictures of the whole house! I'm really excited about sharing my new experiences this year with you all. I hope you enjoy :-)