Chow Cousins at Christmas

Throughout the year my cousins on my mom's side all gather at my family's home. This is because our grandma lives with my family. When we're all together it's just awesome. We go shopping, see movies, and we used to go to Dave and Busters all the time (nowadays they don't have anything good to waste tickets on). One time my older cousins were actually blockaded by the "bouncers" cause they weren't 21 at the time. They were just trying to get in to find my dad, their uncle. It was kinda funny at the time. So this is December 2011, before the new year.

Once an Editor

When I was in high school, I was on the yearbook staff. I steadily made my way up in ranks; going from a staff member to Layout Editor for my senior year. It was difficult at times and of course stressful. There were three other top editors with me. Stephanie, Editor in Chief; Brian, Copy Editor; and Alec, Photo Editor. We each had our own jobs, but we also helped out each other from time to time. We may all be different from each other, but we were able to coincide with one another. Together the three of us were able to pull together an awesome yearbook for our senior year. At least once a year when we're home from college, we try to get together to just talk and catch up.

Lizzie

This is my best friend, Lizzie. We met back in high school during a church camp. The camp was a weekend thing called Celebration, or North Texas Celebration, or NTC. It occurs two times a year and a whole bunch of churches in the area send their high schoolers to attend. The staff are also high schoolers. You attend once as a participant then you can go back as a staff counselor. So back when it was just NTC#2, I was attending as a participant and Lizzie was a counselor. We went to different churches, but I got close to people from her church and started going to their bible studies and youth group. Lizzie and I got close through a bible study. She is a wonderful person with a beautiful soul and wonderful personality. I can always turn to her about stuff. I know we'll be friends for a very long time. We even plan on being in each other's weddings, when that happens. God has blessed me with this wonderful friend.