Summer!!

This past week was finals week at school. I ended up catching a cold at the beginning of the week but that did not stop me from studying and finishing up the week strong. This morning I also woke up with a crick in my neck. My weekend just got better. This summer is going to be filled with work, VBS, and reading.


My list of books at least 28 books; all of which I have never read before. Yes, this is a shock that I am not reading the same old list of books that I have read for years.


Vacation Bible School is Island themed this year. For once this year I am sticking with what has worked: I am doing the opening and closing again.


For work this summer I am working in the same place I worked last summer. I have held this position all through the school year, but I am picking up more hours this summer just to make a little more money for next year. I will be working five more hours than I was last summer, maybe more.


I am going to make a challenge to blog as much as I can this summer. I want to keep all of you up-to-date with what is going on. If there is anything you want to know about, just comment on this, or any of the post to follow this one.

A Bucket Full of Info

Sorry I haven't been posting in awhile. Things have just been a little on the crazy side.

Since the last time I posted, a few things have happened. To say the least.

Megan just had her 9th Birthday this past Monday. We went to Incredible Pizza with three of her little friends.

We have had our piano recital. It was the last time for Kara. *sniff*

Federation has come and gone. With fairly good results. The new music has been fun to work on. Something new and refreshing! I think I am falling in love with one of our new choir songs.

The last week or so, us four older girls have been battling with a head cold thingy.

Us three older girls are almost done with a speech class that we started back before the holidays.

American Idol has been awesome to watch!! I think that Lil is going tonight. She just hasn't been showing the extent of all she can do with her voice. My favorites have to be Danny, Adam, and Allison.

Have any of you been watching the Mentalist? Oh my!!! I LOVE this show!!! Although the show that was on last night, it was not as good as the one that was on two weeks ago. But I am still a BIG fan of the show!!!

Last month, My mom, great-aunt, greatgrandma, grandma, frenid, and some of my sisters, went up to KC, and saw the Phantom of the Opera play. OH MY GOODNESS!!!! The guy who played the phantom is by far my favorite phantom!!!!! The girl who was Christine was ok, she is better than shara brightman though. The guy who played Raul was not my favorite. I think that Patrick Willion did a better job at it. I really would love to go see it again!!! But I think I know the answer to that. *sigh*

I guess that about wraps up what has been going on around here. Thanks for keeping up with reading!!

A Day Of Fun

I didn't go to orchestra yesterday. I was still coughing, it felt like at times I was going to cough my insides out. Not that when I had all of the congestion I wasn't blowing my brains out. So with what was left of my brains and insides I stayed home, with my two youngest siblings.

It was an OK day. Most of it was spent in front of the TV, but oh well. That's how you keep kids from making you go crazy. Stick a movie in, give them candy/popcorn, sit back, and enjoy. So when the (or your) parents get home, they can deal with the sugar crazy kids.

When we weren't in front of the TV, we were ether: dressing up as a movie character, eating lunch, dancing to music, or playing computer.

Luke was SO funny when we were dressing up. I told him to go dress up as Indiana Jones. He was so exited about that. After about two minutes, he came to me and said: "I don't have any white shirts to wear! Cause Indiana has a white shirt." So I told him that he didn't have to look exactly like Jones. All I got from that was a angry sigh and a angry walk back to his room. He then came out with a brown shirt on, saying: "I'm wearing this because Indiana has a brown coat, so this is the coat. Now I have to go get my hat." Saying the later as he was running down the hallway excitedly.

Then Megan came up to me with a complaint. I told her to be ether Princess Leah or Queen Amidala. She said: " I can't find any white shirts! Because I'm going to be Amidala in the clone wars when she is fighting the thing and gets scratched on the back." So I just told her that she doesn't have to have a plain white shirt, she could wear one that is white with something on it, but inside out. She really didn't like that idea, but in the end she ended up doing just that.

Still Here

I am feeling better now. I still have a little congestion, a cough, and headaches every now and again. But other than that I am as close to being myself as I can be. Now whether I am well enough to go to Orchestra on Friday or not is to be seen.

About 30 min. to an hour ago, I was thinking that we might have been rid of "our dog". Just at that moment I just so happen to look outside and see Gabe trying to shoo the same dog away with two sticks. So apparently he is still around.

She is Back!!!!!

Kara is back home again!! Now I don't have to be the oldest anymore!!!! *YEAH* She slept in really late this morning. But we will have to give her a few days to recuperate, get back into the swing of things.

I'm not the only one who has a cold in the house. My mom, and Kara at least have a cold. My mom had it before I did. That may be how I caught it. Sorry mom, I'm not blaming you.

I finished the Lord of the Rings. I finished the Two Towers Saturday afternoon, and Return of the King yesterday. I got to stay home from church. That's how I was able to watch all 4 hours. Kara thinks that I am weird. I told her that Yesterday I got to relax and watch a movie while everyone else was at church. When I told her which movie I was watching, she sighed, rolled her eyes, and said: "Relaxing watching Lord of the Rings!" But, she would rather watch a Jane Austin or some other chick-flick movie that involves crying. I can do that, but I felt like Lord of the Rings. Don't know how to categorize it, but you all can help me out with that.

I really don't fell like doing ANY school today. But, it has to be done. Might as well do it now instead of having to do several days worth of it later.

This has to be the longest post that I have put out there in a good while. Hopefully I will have something interesting to post about soon.

Colds Are Not Fun

I have a cold. :( It is not fun, anyone knows that. I got it Thursday, but it didn't spike until last night after I got home from Orchestra. Thank goodness.

While I'm on the subject of Orchestra, something happened. It wasn't weird or anything, just to let you know. In concert choir one of our songs is O Holy Night. It has an African feel to it, which is really cool. Well, we were all having trouble with it. Everyone was either sick or just not paying attention. So Mrs. S. said this: "I'm going to do something that will put some of you out of your comfort zones." Then she points to two basses, tenors, altos, and sopranos. I was one of the sopranos. I would not have gone up of my own free will if she had just asked for two volunteers from each part. But I think I did an OK job of it. All except the high G at the end, I cracked at that note. But I had the starting of a cold, so it was forgivable, I think. The reason that she did that was to have everyone hear what the whole thing would sound like. I still don't know why she chose me as one of the sopranos. Other than that the day went by without anything else weird happening.

Catching you all up

This week has not been a good one for me. I have been sick with a head cold. It's not as bad today as it was yesterday. I actually feel better that I have the entire time I have been sick. So that means that I am doing better. But I was not well enough to be able to go to orchestra. I still have a stuffed-up-nose and a cough but I am better. I am staying home because I would rather play it safe than sorry. Hopefully Beka is there to teach theory.:P I am staying at home with My youngest brother Luke and the sister that I am closest to in age Madalyn. She woke up this morning with what I have had all week so she, of course, had to stay home.


Sunday night, I was babysitting at my church. Near the end of it I was lying down on the floor. I had my hair out all over the floor so as not to lay on it. And one of the two little girls that I had that night came over and started to just roll around in it. Laughing as though it was the funniest thing ever. So I moved over to lay on my side and she came over and lay down right in front of me with her hand under her chin. I wish I had a picture of her doing that, it was SO cute. And we just lay there for about two minutes. Then I pinched her nose in a playful sort of way and she instantly sat up on her heels, threw her head back and laughed as though it was the funniest thing in the whole world. Then she went back down to the same position I was still in, I pinched her nose, she sat up, threw her head back, and laughed again! Judy(the other lady I work with, I've known her a looooong time, she used to babysit me.) and I were just laughing and laughing until we were almost to the point of crying. Then we got up and went on playing as though nothing had ever happened. But it was sooooooooooooooooo funny. I wish I had pictures of that night, it was so fun.