puppies

Last night, we watched the movie "Eight Below", that doesn't really have anything to do with this post, but I'll put another post about it...anyways, the dogs on the movie are really pretty!! soooo....I'm just writing this post to tell you all that my parents won't let me get a horse, so the next thing that I would want to get would be a puppy!! I want to get eather a Golden Retriever puppy or a Huskey puppy!! Here are pictures of "my" dogs [even though I can't really get a puppy, I can dream, right??!!]

James 4:8a, 10

Come near to God and He will come near to you. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up. ~James 4:8a, 10

Start of the Fall '06 Soccer Season

Hello everyone!! I just wanted to let everyone know that we've started a new soccer season!! YEA!! Well, actually it started last Thursday, but oh well! I am now on the GU-14 team! I am no longer on the Clash. :( I am on a "real" travel team! We are string 3 [or whatever you want to call it! we are the third best team]. At our practice yesterday, some more girls that are on my team showed up, and they all are really nice!! We played this really fun game called "21". I'm not quite sure how to explain it, but I'll try!! You have three people punting [a.k.a. drop kicking] balls out to everyone else [they are in the field and the punters are in the goalie box]. If you head a ball without it touching the ground, you get 7 points, if the ball bounces and then you head it, you get 5 points, if you trapped the ball right after a bounce and it doesn't move, you get 3 points, if you trap the ball before it stops moving, you get 1 point. That's basically how you play, I'm sorry if I didn't explain it clearly, it's a little difficult to explain unless you're playing it. Anyways, at the end of practice, we scrimmaged the boys U-14 travel team. We lost badly, 5-0, but it was our first time playing as a team, and it was a couple of people's first times playing 11 on 11. [Also, I think that they had been playing together for a lot longer than we had!] Well, all in all I think it was a good practice! [Personally, I think that we should scrimmage them again in the middle or near the end of the season, and see if we can beat them!] Well, I guess that's all I have to say, I'll keep you all posted throughout the season!!
Oh yea, Dad's my coach again, and Ashlee's on my team again, too.

Another Torres Baby 3.0 Update

Hey!! I don't think that they've decided on a name yet! :( But Elias put photos on his website!! Click here to see the post with link, click here to go right to the picture.

Torres Baby Update

Here's the link to the article that Elias wrote on his website about the new baby! Click here.

Congratulations Torres Family!!

The Torres family has a new member in their family!! Congratulations!! Yea!! All that I know is that they called my Mom at 5:30 this morning so that she could go over to watch their two other kids when they went to the birthing center! So, now we have Briana and Noah until they come back this afternoon! All that I know about the baby is that it's a boy!! I thought it would be a girl, but oh well!! Oh yea, Briana said that I could go with her to her house to see her new brother!! Yea, I'm really excited about seeing him!! Also, when Elias called my Mom, he said that they hadn't decided on the name yet. I'll keep you all posted!! Signing off...

The Greatest Game Ever Played

WOW!! This is a great movie!! I watched it with my family last night! I didn't expect it to be good, you know, being about golf and all, but it is actually one of the best movies I have ever seen!! The way that Disney put it together is amazing, especially how they make some moments really tense!! I think it killed my Dad's foot, because every time they made the ball roll in slow motion, or had a tense scene, I squeezed my Dad's foot, but, I don't think I hurt him, he's amazing! Anyways, it's a great movie and I would definately recommend it to anyone!! Oh, yea, just for an F.Y.I. it's rated P.G., and there are no really bad parts, they just use some strong language at times. So, yea, it it a GREAT movie!!

1 YEAR!!

I have had my blog for one year!! YEA!! I just wanted to tell everyone! So, yea! Thanks for reading this post! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MY BLOG!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!








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Best Blends

Here are some of the best blends that I have made so far......tell me what you think!

Cool Soccer Movies

Cry Out To Jesus

Cry Out To Jesus
Written by Mac Powell

To everyone who's lost someone they love
Long before it was there time
You feel like the days you had were not enough
When you said goodbye

And to all of the people with burdens and pain
Keeping you back from your life
You believe that there's nothing and there is no one
Who can make it right

There is hope for the helpless
Rest for the weary
Love for the broken heart
There is grace and forgiveness
Mercy and healing
He'll meet you wherever you are
Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus

For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on
They lost all of their faith in love
They've done all they can to make it right again
Still it's not enough

When you are lonely
And it feels like the whole world is on you
You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus
Cry out to Jesus

To the widow who struggles with being alone
Wiping the tears from her eyes
For the children around the world without a home
Say a prayer tonight

(c) 2005 Consuming Fire Music / ASCAP.
Performed by Third Day

Cry Out To Jesus Movie

Mirror

Mirror
Written by Barlow Girl

Mirror, mirror on the wall; Have I got it?
'Cause mirror you've always told me who I am
I'm finding It's not easy to be perfect
So sorry, you won't define me

Who are you to tell me
That I'm less than what I should be?
Who are you? Who are you?
I don't need to listen
To the list of things I should do
I won't try, I won't try
You don't define me; You don't define me

Mirror I am seeing a new reflection
I'm looking into the eyes of He who made me
To Him I have beauty beyond compare
I know He defines me

Who are you to tell me
That I'm less than what I should be?
Who are you? Who are you?
I don't need to listen
To the list of things I should do
I won't try, I won't try
You don't define me; You don't define me

(c) MMIV Fervent Records
Performed by Barlow Girl

I love this song. It talks about how we shouldn't live our lives according to what other people think about how we look. I think it's a great encouragement to Christain girls [and boys, but mostly girls], and shows us how we don't need other people's thoughts to govern the way we live. That's my interpritation, does anyone else have a diferent thought?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my Dad who is awesome!! So........HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! I love you!! I hope that he has an awesome birthday!! This post is short because I can't really say Happy Birthday effectively in words on a blog!! Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!
P.S. I made the blend above just for him!

Something from SoulFest

Here is something that was on the SoulFest website. It is very cool!

SoulFest 2006, August 2 - 6 is history

More than 12,000 souls gathered together

To rededicate, to recommit, to surrender all

To lift up and worship God, to encourage one another

to participatein supporting several charities

To confront the cross and surrender all

To hear soul-connected artists share their music

To pledge to Live the Revolution Jesus started

We're so glad you made the journey to SoulFest

We pray you continued courage on your sacred adventure

SoulFest 2007 in on sale now, Aug 1 - 4

We look forward to seeing you then.

Keep Living the Revolution Jesus started!!

SoulFest '06

Last weekend (August 5 & 6), my family and I went to the SoulFest in NH. It was awesome!! The SoulFest is basically a huge concert. We got to see Bethany Dillion, Chris Tomlin, Jessie Daniels, Third Day, Natalie Grant, Casting Crowns, John Reuben and Kutless. It was really awesome!! I wasn't quite sure if my ear drums would survive Kutless, but they did, thank God!! Chris Tomlin was my favorite!! He was just so great, and the songs were superb! And, quess what?!, he's coming out with a new CD in September!! YEA!! Bethany Dillion was really funny! Did you know that she is home schooled?? Jessie Daniels was really cool!! I had never heard of her before SoulFest, but I got her CD there! It is a great CD, and I would definately tell everyone about it!! My favorite song is "Stand Out". Anyways, Third Day was the last one to perform on Saturday night, and they were awesome!! The stage set up was so cool!! They had these blocks that they stacked, and some of the musicians were on them! They blocks light up, too!! It was awesome!! Natalie Grant was great, she has such an awesome voice!! Casting Crowns was awesome, and Mark Hall did a great job, as did the rest of the members of Casting Crowns. John Reuben, well, I can't really say very much about him [because I didn't really like it], but my brother Reuben loves it!! All in all it was a great weekend!! All of us had fun! I got to meet Bethany Dillion, Jessie Daniels and Natalie Grant! I also got all of their autographs!! Here are the pictures my Mom took.~
It was a really fun weekend! Alos, my JC, Caitlin was there, so that made it even more fun!! Here is a really funny story that is sort of a SoulFest story. After SoulFest, we stopped at Chili's for dinner. Before we left, Ashlee, Naomi and I went to the bath room. When we were going out of the bath room, I passed this lady who look like Megan Garret from Casting Crowns, I thought to myself, "That lady looks like the singer from Casting Crowns, that would be really weird if Casting Crowns were here at Chili's!". When we got to the front, there was alot of people at the door, and some of them were wearing a uniform with a sticker that said something like SoulFest '06 Casting Crowns, and they had the Casting Crowns crown logo on it!! Then I saw Mark Hall!! I was thinking something like "This is really, really strange!!". It was really strange and cool!! My parents got to shake Mark Hall's hand!! It was so cool!! It is one of weird things in life!! Anyways, it was a very cool weekend! The mountians were really beautiful!! Well, I have more pictures, and if anyone wants to see them, leave a comment! Thanks for reading this!! Signing off...Tori:)

Camp Berea Girls Camp '06

Last week (July 22-29) my sister, Ashlee, and I went to Camp Berea for a week, during the Girls Camp session. It was ALOT of fun. The speaker was Jodi Greenstreet. She is a great speaker and I learned a lot about God and the Bible from her. The JCs(Junior counselor) and LDCs (Leadership Development Camper) did the music. They did a great job. It was totally awesome! Jodi challenged us to recognize God, and the JCs and LDCs were one of the ways that I saw God last week. You could tell how committed to God they were by the way they sang and played their instruments. It was amazing. My counselors name was Victoria (lol!) and my JC was Caitlin. They was awesome!! Caitlin played the guitar for the music. She gave me the chords to some of the songs that we sang. One of the songs, "Ain't No Rock", she said was really easy to play. My Dad tried to teach me how to play the guitar last night, and man, it is HARD!! I don't know how people can play that instrument so well!! It is crazy!! I'm going to try my hardest to learn, though. I had a great time at camp, though. And guess what?! I got my red band!! It the swimming test that you have to take to be able to go out in the kayaks and canoes. You have to swim 400 yards I think, and then you have to paddle a canoe and kayak (at different times) around a buoy, flip them over and then empty them. It is difficult. But I got it done!! YEA!! Here is a picture of my whole cabin on the last day.~