Random Facts

Happy Sunday Everyone!

As I said I'm going to start blogging again... Here is a post about me! :-)

1. My full name is Katherine Marie Stevenson

2. I am about to turn 23 and I am in my 5th year at the University of Tulsa.

3. Because I am a professional student I changed my major again to Psychology with a minor in Education.

4. I have the most amazing parents in the world. I love them more then anything.

5. I am a Nanny for Lucy Olivia and Penny Lane... Cutest kids ever!

 

6. I am 22 years old and I still sleep every night with a blankie and stuffed animal on my bed. :-)

7. I love Half-Squat so much. My aunt Barbra and I have a relationship that no one can understand. Her and I have been through happy times, sad times and goofy times. I don't know what I would do with out her! Half-Squat, Papa Love you!

8. I spent 11 days in Greece this summer and it was the best trip I have ever been on. I met the most incredible people on this trip.

 9. I am EXTREMELY terrified of clowns. Not even joking if I see one, I will start crying... :-/

10. I love making people laugh. I like to think of myself as the goofy one of the family. Not a lot embarrasses me so I enjoy being myself.

11. Im obsessed with Pretty Little Liars, Once upon a time and Army Wives.

12. I love spending time with my family. My big Greek family might be goofy and at times weird but I wouldn't be who I am if it weren't for them. I love them so much!

13. I have the best roommate ever.

14. My best friend and I have been friends for 22 years and I absolutely love her!

15.  I wouldn't have this blog if it weren't for my awesome cousin/boss Jessica! She designed my blog for me! Thanks Jessica you're the best! 

Spiritual Odyssey

I know I promised a long time ago but I've been so busy I haven't been able to get around to blogging at all. So here you go. A little story about my perfect summer.

Christmas of 2010 I was sitting around opening presents with my family when my mom handed me a big yet very skinny present. I opened it to see this... 

It took me a while to realize what it was but once I figured it out I was the happiest girl out there. My parents told me that I would be going to Greece for the first time that summer. :-) That night I went over to my best friends house to celebrate Christmas with her family. I told her parents that I was FINALLY going to Greece and I wanted Jenny to come with me.  Growing up we had always talked about going to Greece together and here was our chance. A few months later we packed our bags and set off on a trip together we had always dreamed about. We flew into NYC the night before we were supposed to be leaving for Greece. The next morning we headed to the airport to meet up with the rest of the group. 

I had been told by many that the people I would meet on this trip would be in my life forever. Honestly I laughed. I would only be in Greece for 11 days, How was I going to get close to these people that fast. Well guess what, they were right. I talk to most of the people I went with almost every day. A few have even become some of my best friends. We were only there 11 days, but in those days we became a family.

I look back on those days and smile because that trip changed my life in so many ways. It might have been the dinners we had when Konstantine would order too much food, the dancing in the streets in Thessaloniki or all the Closed churches Father took us too one night. Could have been all the amazing churches we visited and the wonderful people we met. It could have been the fact that I was able to go to the same church my mother and uncle went to knowing that in 1979 something happened to my uncle that would change his life forever.  I really cant put into words how that trip changed my life but it did. I will never forget this summer or the people that I went with. The only thing I wish, is that I could see the people I went with more often. When we are together its like were back in Greece. We can sit around for hours and tell stories and laugh. 

There is so much more I could tell you about the amazing trip I went on, but that might take a while. So below im going to post a few pictures from my trip.

Here are only a few photos. I'll do my best to post some more. But now you know that I really did go on an amazing trip! 

Worst Blogger EVER!

Hello Everyone! Long time no blog!

 I have realized that I am one of the worst bloggers ever. I know once school starts up again I'll be back to my old blogging self! To be honest with you I haven't been home that much this summer to actually be able to blog or to even remember to blog. At the beginning of the summer I spent 11 amazing days in Greece. I promise once things settle down and I go through all my pictures I will share them with you. I will most likely have to break it up in a few posts but trust me it will be worth it! After I got back, I was only home for a week before I left town again. I went to New Mexico for a week to work at my Diocese youth camp. That was such an amazing week! Ill blog about that trip as well! :-) then I was home for a few weeks! In those few weeks I was home I spent my days with those little munchkins! While I was gone I missed them so much. I probably got annoying cause I talked about them constantly! ha

A couple of weekends ago, I went to Chicago. I went up there for the Greek food festival in Niles. It was a great weekend cause not only was I in Chicago, but I got to spend the weekend with some people from my trip to Greece. Its funny, we haven't known each other for that long but it seems like we have know each other for a while. :-)

In a few weeks I start school again but before that happens I'll be getting away on yet another little adventure. Ill be in New York the weekend before school starts with again more people I went to Greece with! These mini reunions are a great way for us to stay in touch! :-)

Well that's all I have for you guys right now but keep a look out for my blog posts about Greece and Camp. I PROMISE I will have them up soon! 

So Behind!

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been slacking! I am here to tell you that in the next few days I will be blogging ALOT! I just got back from Greece yesterday so Im going to blog and post pictures so everyone can see them. This trip was absolutely amazing! I miss my Ionian Village family so much!!

Keep a look out in the next few days for my post on my trip through Greece!

Happy Mothers Day!

Happy Mothers Day to all you Mothers out there!

Today is Mothers Day, so of course I spent the day with my mom. This morning I got up and took my mom some flowers and a card and then my dad and I took her out to lunch and shopping. After lunch we went for a long drive around Tulsa. It was such a lazy, but fun day! This evening My family got together at my aunt and uncles house for dinner. There was a lot of laughing as usual. We all hung around and talked, we watched Lucy walk around the pond for a good 10 minutes and we watched Penny Lane try to get into the pond. I love when my family gets together for gatherings. There is always food, laughing and some sort of goofy moment from me. 

Today we didn't do anything real special but turned out to be the best and perfect mothers day. I have the worlds greatest mother and I couldn't imagine life without her! I Love You Muggles!

Super Nanny!

Well this week started off a little rough but got better pretty quickly! Monday at work I burned my arm on the oven. :-( 2nd degree burn! Its kinda nasty looking but Its getting better. Had to go to the doctor yesterday to get it looked at. Monday was really only the bad day I had this week...

I can now officially call myself super nanny. I watch the girls 3 days a week for a few hours each day. However this week I did something new! I went and picked up the girls at 3:30 on Tuesday afternoon, but instead  of having them for a few hours I had them till early Thursday morning. Jessica and Kyle went to OKC for a couple days and I watched the Munchkins. I really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. We had a lot of fun together. Only bad thing was both nights I was abused in my sleep by a sleeping child. The first night Lucy managed to completely turn herself around in the bed, to where her feet were up by my head... Which meant I get kicked a few times! It was hard Wednesday morning for her waking up and mom and dad weren't there but after about 10 minutes she was over it! We played a lot, went on walks, had picnics and watched Tangled about 20 times. Wednesday night I had to go to class so my aunt and uncle (the grandparents) watched the girls. When I went to pick them up I found out that Lucy had gone for a little swim with the fish. I guess she was feeding the fish and she fell in. Poor little one!! Lucy had been such a good girl, that I decided we should make a cake together. We got home, I put penny lane to bed because she fell asleep in the car and Lucy and I began to make the cake. After beginning Lucy disappeared... I found her asleep on the couch. I had to finish making the cake by myself! :-( oh well it turned out pretty good. Thursday we got up and I had to get her ready for swim lessons! Kyle and Jessica came home and I went to class!

Today I went back to work and surprisingly the girls were happy to see me. I thought they would have been sick of seeing me after this week! We has fun today. It was too cold and windy to go outside so we ran around the house... that's always fun!

Tomorrow I'm going out with my friends to celebrate my birthday! My 22nd birthday is Monday, but since my birthday falls during Holy Week I can't go out that night. My friends and I are going to go to P.F. Changs for dinner and then were going to go out on the town! I can't wait! Ill take lots of pictures and I will defiantly blog about it!

Till then... Everyone have a good weekend!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Hello Everyone!
 This post is not going to be very long, but I wanted to give you an update on the life of Nanny Kate! I have exactly 27 days left of school and I am about to have a panic attack! Where did this semester run off too?? I have so much to do its ridiculous!! I can defiantly see some all nighter's in my near future! :-( Which is something I hate because I love SLEEP! I  could sleep all day and all night if I had the time! When I'm not procrastinating on school work, I'm at work playing with the little ones. They keep me sane! Lucy is potty training right now and I am so proud of her! Yesterday she ran up to me and and said "potty time"... I was like go for it Lucy!  When I walked in there to see if she was okay guess what I found... BOTH GIRLS ON POTTIES! Penny lane was sitting backwards on the potty next to Lucy! She wants to do what her sister does!
I cant believe they are growing up so fast! Kyle and Jessica are doing school tours to look at preschools for Lucy next year. Makes me a little sad that I wont be with her all the time! But hey no worries I have Penny Lane! I love her so much and she loves Nanny. She runs up to me and wants in my arms every time I walk in the door! I know I mention it in a lot of my posts and its probably annoying but I'm so lucky to have a great cousin like Jessica to let me spend time with her girls! They keep me on my toes!

Well I should probably stop procrastinating and get back to this project that is due by midnight! Once things settle down I will blog again!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far!