long time, no blog

Hello blogging world. Oh how I have missed you. Wow, what all has happened since we left one another? Spring break, what an adventure. I had a blast with Austin, Cameron, and Slayt in Lake Tahoe, phoenix, Las Vegas, and everywhere in between. We really did have a blast. Hopefully I can put some pictures up later. My spring break ended with Laura's birthday. the Big 22. We had a great time in Dallas with Whitley and Ryan (our partners in crime) and got to bring in Laura's 22nd year. Happy birthday boo.

Also over spring break, it was my dad and little brothers (Cole) birthday. I want to give a shout out to my dad. What a stud. I absolutely love him and think he is the best dad in the whole world. He has really done his very best to give us anything we could want in life and he encourages me daily to be a better man. Happy Birthday, Dad!

On a somber note. The Aggies lost over spring break. What a way to end the week. I was so devastated that words are not sufficient in description. The aggies would have gone on to meet Duke in the sweet 16, in Houston, an hour and a half from me, and I would have been in total basketball heaven/anxiety hell all week. I love the Aggies, but i really love the Dukies. What would I have done?!?! But on a brighter note, I am going to see DUKE PLAY TOMORROW IN HOUSTON!!!!!!!!! This will be only my second time to see my team, Duke, play in person, and I might have a nervous breakdown. I am going with my Dad and look forward to a great night in Houston!!

All that being said, I feel like this was just to catch you all up on my life. I hope you are all having a great week and I will be blogging more soon, promise.

Until next time.

If you are reading this, I love you

Meet the Garcias

I know, two blogs in one day! I better slow down!

After that last post I realized that I didn't introduce you to a couple that I truly believe was sent from Jesus to save my life. Meet Gerald and Donna Garcia.

Oh man, just seeing that picture makes me happy. Those two people are the definition of a servants heart. I had the blessing of the Garcia's opening up their home to me when I was going through that rough time. I say blessed because I don't know of a better word, but if there was a better word, I would use that. I lived on a pull out couch, but I felt like I had my own room, my own space and Donna did whatever she felt like I needed in order to make me feel at home.

My time there was defiantly full of discipleship from Gerald, but I literally felt Christ ooze out of that house. My relationships that I had with every Garcia family member (they have two great kids, Rebecca and Drew) were just another way that God used the family to show me his love. They loved me uncontrollably. It was unreal. Gerald was stern when necessary, but only out of total love, and he proved how much he loved me everyday so I respected and trusted every word that came out of his mouth. He knows the scriptures so well that they just are continually a part of his everyday life. Donna, wow, what a servant. I came home everyday to a clean house (new vacuum marks and all, I'm not kidding), and a meal if I ever needed one. She asked about my day everyday, like I was her own child. She really cared about my well being all the time. Both Gerald and Donna were usually gone from around 1045-2. Not because they took a long lunch break for the two of them, or because they spent time together at parks, hanging out. Nope, they both had lunch dates with people. Everyday, sometimes three times a day. There is no telling how many times a week Donna ate at Jason's Deli :). They were consistently pouring into people and still had times to fill themselves up daily.


I am sure you can already tell but I believe with all that is in me that Jesus sent the Garcia's for me. I am sure that there are MANY MANY other people out there who feel the same way about themselves. But I know they were there for me during that time. Even though I don't see the Garcia's as much as I used to, I still love them all so much. And as much as Gerald hates weddings, he will marry me one day.


And a special shout out to their daughter, Becca. She had to put up with me for the same amount of time and when she would call me 'brother Bret' it made me so happy. It still makes me smile when I think about her calling me that today! She is unreal as well! She is so satisfied in who she is as a daughter of the king. Her parents have taught her a real love for Jesus and she has accepted that love of Christ into her life and it makes it her daily goal to love and know Jesus more. I love Becca. And here is a picture of her beautiful face.





Okay, that's plenty of blogging for today.

Until next time.

If you are reading this (especially you, Garcia's), I love you.

Happy Sunday

Hello all. Its been a while since I have sat down to blog for a little bit. I am sure that you all missed my blogs so much, so sorry for the delays. This has been a great weekend! Friday night I went out to the ranch with Laura, my parents, my parents best friends. It was a great night with a lot of funny conversations. We had a blast. And last night (Saturday) we went to Whitley's for a dinner party to celebrate Ryan's return to College Station and celebrate his new job. It was a ton of fun.

This morning I went to church at Grace. It was really great! The message was on forgiveness. In all honesty, I feel like I am really good as forgiving people and moving on. I don't think that I have a real issue with that, but I have spent the afternoon thinking about why it is that I am so okay with just forgiving and moving on, because that is not the case for a lot of people.

If you are reading this you probably know me well enough to know that I had a really tough battle (and at times still battle) with anxiety. Jesus let the devil take over that part of my life for a long time, around eight or nine months. It was one of those times when I felt like God was taking my life and turning it completely inside out for his glory, which caused a side effect of some major anxiety issues, and needless to say, It was a really tough time in my life, and I continue to be very grateful for the people in my life that helped me through it. I think because of that time, I have been really able to open my heart to forgiveness towards other people. I think that I just see life in a much less serious way and can let things go much easier than some other people. This is just one of the many blessings that I continue to see from that time in my life.

All that being said, I could not be more grateful for that difficult time in my life. It has really given me a better look on the everyday troubles of life.

This morning in church we sung about how we serve a God that is 'mighty to save'. I always think about myself when we sing that song. It seems to always really hit deep. How mighty he was to save me two years ago! It is only through him that I can face tomorrow. All the glory and honor go to him.

Anyways, hope all that rambling makes some sense!

Until next time

If you are reading this, I love you.

life on a budget

Okay, okay, I get it. EVERYBODY should always on a budget...maybe I should have named this "life on a college budget". Anyway, this month will be an expensive month in my life. I have been UNBELIEVABLY blessed by my parents in them giving me the gift of leaving college debt free. Those two (my parents) pay for everything that I do, every place I go, ect. However, they give me a set amount of $$ then if its out, its out (kinda, like I said, they love me). But since this month includes spring break, Chilifest, and the all important day of Laura's birth, my monthly amount will not be enough, therefore, I sent a VERY professional (if I do say so myself) budget to my parents and I found out today from my dad that all of my requests have been GRANTED! Man, how excited I was! Thanks Mom & Dad! I am trying to still save money as much as possible so I can have extra money...we will see how that goes!

Sometimes I don't know why I write the things I do.....This, would be one of those times.

Until next time.

If you are reading this, I love you.