February 14th

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." ~1Corinthians 13:4-8

Some Thursdays Big Ten #2

THIS WEEK I LEARNED......

1. Snow makes the ground super wet and muddy...and your car will get stuck in the mud if you go just the slightest bit off your drive way.

2. Sledding is fun...Until you go flying off and ever so gracefully do a face plant into the snow.

3. Hot Cocoa is quite delicious.

4. Tomorrow night is my basketball teams last season game, and then tournaments start. Which are like, the most amazingest part of the season.

5. I love love love love love loveeee every single girl on the eagles, and wouldn't change our team one bit.

6. Cold showers are evil.

7. 40 days till CT, MA and NYC trip! :)

8. I am superly duperly overly crazily extremely excited for Prom this year :)

9. Girl Scout Cookies shall be the death of me.

10. When working with Pastels, the powder gets all over your hands...and then you rub your face, preceding to get pastel powder all over your face. Pastel powder doesn't like to come off.

Snowman Fail.

One minute snows your friend...the next minute, not so much.
We got the snow the weather man was talking about. 5 inches of it. Now to anyone who's from the north, you might think it's that much. But let me tell you, here in my good ol' town in NC, it might as well have been 2 feet. Schools were still closed 5 days after the snow fall, roads were a wreck, and it was just plain freeeezing out side. I loved the snow the first two days, and after that I was so ready for it to go away and summer to come. I didn't leave the house for 6 days, it was like a mini vacation with school and chores. Everything was cancelled, and dad didn't go to work. It was nice, but now I'm ready for no more snow.
Jason and I made our first snow man ever! It was fun. well most of it was fun. We had the bright idea of rolling the bottom of it down the hill to pick up more snow..and then...well I'll let the video do the talking. haha...

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Some Thursdays Big Ten..the first!

1. I totally copied this from someone else, but since I haven't written in a while, I figured this was a good place to start. But instead of calling this "Thursdays Big Ten"..due to my busy life, and mere forgetfulness on my part, we shall call this "Some Thursdays Big Ten" :)

2. We joined the YMCA at the beginning of the year. I think I'm loving it. On my way into the gym, I'm excited and love it. In the gym, I ask my self How I could of ever loved this and what's my problem. Then on the way out of the gym, I love it again. It's a love hate relationship as you can tell.

3. After many complaints from muah about not liking art class. I really like it now. Oh, but don't get me wrong. The feeling could totalllyyy change after next weeks class.

4. We haven't gotten any snow this winter...The weather man says to expect either a really big snow storm or an Ice storm this weekend. If the weather man is telling the truth (very rare for around here)it means cancelled weekend plans, possible power outages, the house will be freezingg... The thought of snow was much more appealing when I was little.

5. I like my basketball team a LOT... their the coolest thing since sliced cheese, if I do say so my self.

6. I think I'm addicted to Cucumbers. There delicousssss.

7.I got a gift card for a pair of TOMS shoes for Christmas. The gift card is still in my wallet, because I can't decided which ones I want. A present of indecisiveness for me.

8.I sprained my ankle a little more then two weeks ago. I never let it fully heal before playing on it again (cough*2days*cough) Lets just say pain killers are a good friend of mine.

9.No matter how often I do laundry, I seem to always have a pile of dirty clothes in my room. I'm thinking there's a dirty clothes monster in my closet...one of these days I'll be brave enough to check.

10. Alex is on his way back to the USA! His year tour in Iraq is over. Thank you Jesus for keeping my Big Brother safe!

paint...police..miklshakes...forks!

Aren't spontaneous things the best? I sure think so :)
...It all started when Sarah and I went over to Ericas house to watch movies...we forgot some painting supplies her mom asked for us to bring over...we ran inside and kidnapped erica, wet hair and all, to go back to our house to get the supplies...we decided to get milkshakes while we were out, and make the kidnapping a little more fun....we then realized that the Chik-Fil-A was only like 2 miles away from Ellie's house..... so why not kidnapp her?....we called her house to ask permission of her parents...they couldn't come to the phone, and was going to call us back...we then decide to call ellie and just see what's she's doing..she's skyping, and has to call us right back..by this time we're already in her driveway...we look to our left and two houses down there are a bunch of police cars, and police men taking pictures of the house and such (later to find out it was a drug bust)..We then decided instead of sitting there suspicious looking in the driveway, to drive around town until ellie calls us...we leave...Sarah starts freaking out that the police are going to come pull us over, to ask what we were doing...Erica and I laugh at her....we go and sit in the towns Library parking lot and wait...and wait..and wait..she said she would call back in 5 min. it's been 30....we just decide to go back to her house and kidnapp her...we knock on the door...in pajamas and scarves on our heads mind you...they have company over...we all laugh...ellie thinks we came to christmas carol...WRONG...I go into the other room with Mrs. Elieen to get permission to steel ellie..permission granted...we give ellie 5 in to get ready...by then we've decided that this will be a sleep over...once back in the car, we go back to my house to get the paint supplies to bring back to the Ericas..my mom is having a meeting with a bunch of homeschool moms in our living room...the faces were priceless...we go back to ericas, she drops off the paint and we give her 5min to pack a bag...she took 10...what's next?.. kidnap Morgan?.. I think yes...Oh, no, but what is this?...no one is answering their phone at the Craigs house!.....we then take a detour to sheetz to get gas...but wait!..who lives a mile past the gas station!?...that's right Emily does!..I call her mom..get permission..it's already like 10:30pm just to let you know..we run to the back of emily's house and bang on the back door...her face?...SUPER pricless...she runs up stairs to pack...we sit in her living room with her parents watching Star Wars while we wait.....We're all back in the car...but now what?...hungry?..ding ding, we have a winner!..Back to sheetz to find some not so healthy but yummy food....french fries, chips, milkshakes, soda? Check.....oh no! the night can't be over just yet!..Sarah comes up with a brilliant plan...we go to the grocery store..they have a buy one get one free deal on plastic forks..SCORE!...we leave the store with forks..and donuts...those were on sale too :)...it's 11pm..we stop at home to get directions...and then we're off..to Wilson...an hour away..to morgans house...time to do some forking! :)...we get to morgans house ...all the lights are off..just as planned of course...we split up the forks...and the stabbing begins...stabbing the ground that is...350 forks to be precise...her yard looked wonderfull when we were done!...we try to be quiet...we slightly fail with that one...but no one hears us...we take a picture..and go! go! go! ..jump in the car and race off into the night...we get home ..it's now 1pm.. we all crash on my couches...to dream of plastic utensils...

Thank you to all the parents of my bestest friends for letting me kidnap themm..and thank you to Sarah for driving us every where.....I love my friends :)

2009..I liked you :)

Highlights of 2009

(not in timely order :)

- My basketball team became East Regional and then State Champions!-

- While Shakespeare Slept-

-Alex left of Iraq...not exactly a highlight-

-Many thrangsta sleep overs-

-Liberty Tournament -

-Sweet 16!-

-Beaufort Birthday weekend!-

- Kidnapped to the Biltmore-

-3 weeks @ New Life Camp-

-Family camping trip to Natural Bridge, VA-

- Visiting family in Massachusetts-

-Started Junior Year!-

-Awesome volleyball season..2nd in state babyy-

-Kidnapped to Myrtle Beach-

-Powder Puff Bowl-

-Alex came home for two weeks!! :) -

-First Prom-

- NC State Fair-
-Driver License!!-
Oh goodness and so much more, but these are the ones coming to my brain right now :)

Looking Forward to 2010!

*Senior Year!...yikesss*
*Liberty Tourny*

*The best prom everr*

*Alex comes home!*
*New York Cityyy*
*gotta get a job...whoop whoop*
*UGANDA..lord willing*
*last volleyball season :(*
*last basketball season :( :(*
*after 9 license!*
*SAT...blahh*
It's a year of firsts and lasts...happy and sad. But Oh boy, I'm excited to see what God's going to do this year! :)

HAPPY NEW DECADE :)

taking pictures is one of my favorites :)

Some of my favorite pictures I took from the summer months....

Count your blessings..

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays! right behind Christmas...nothing can beat christmas :)

I am so grateful for the Blessings in my life. God has blessed me with a roof over my head, a warm bed to sleep in, Delicious food to eat, Awesome parents who love and provide for me, goofy siblings, Amazing friends, and his unconditional love which we don't deserve.

I hope all of you take the time to really meditate on how God has blessed you. People take so much for granted in our world today and don't realize how blessed they really are. Concentrating on what they don't have, complaining about how they don't have the latest fashion of clothing or the designer shoes and hand bags, or the newest version in electronics, or a new car, or maybe the toy they saw on a tv commercial;even though they already have plenty of toys, even little things like complaining about a long line in the grocery store. There are people all over the world that all they have are the clothes on their backs and they have to WALK miles and miles to get to clean drinking water. And here we are worrying about having the most popular items at the time, where these peoples only worry is how they are going to feed their family. So next time you complain about a long line in the store, stop and think about it, God has blessed you with with a place like the grocery store to be able to get food and supplies, he has also blessed you with money for these things. Now don't get me wrong. I am completely guilty for all these things. It just goes to show our sinful nature.How we can be so selfish and in want, when all God does is love and provide for us.
Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings. But I hope it doesn't stop there. We should count our blessings and and be thankful for what God has given us everyday of our lives. And be looking to see how we can help the ones around us other then what we can do for our selves...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING :)