random graphics...

random graphics i've made lately...

votm--april

"You're sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand. So let's not sleepwalk through life like those others." --1 Thessalonians 5:5-6 (msg)
thought i'd post it a little early...

votm--march

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." --1 Timothy 4:12
whopsie...forgot 'bout posting this at the beginning of this month... :/

happy birthday reuben!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR REUBEN!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!
i hope you had an awesome day! love ya! :)

check it out!

hey everyone! go check out some pictures from philly from our vacation to pennsylvania!! (click on the picture!)

:P

back to school again...and back to homework...whop-dee-doo...i'm so tired right now because we had an all-nighter at youth group on friday...and i only slept for around 2 1/2 hours. :P and i just got this weird craving for chocolate pie..mmmmm...that's sooo good! :) ahhhh!! so, the overnighter was fun!! ashlee and naomi invited hannah, so it was cool to have her there, too! :) we played polish pingpong, which was a lot of fun! random people sang and danced to random songs (which was soooo funny!!), we watched the princess bride and i fell asleep for the middle of it, which is surprising, because that was the first time i've ever (that i can remember) have fallen asleep during a movie. we hung out a lot, and i'm very proud of myself, because i only had a couple cookies instead of stuffing my face! :) i fell asleep from 5:30-7:30 sat. morning with bekah, ashlee, hannah and christa, which was pretty good, because i had wanted to sleep...everyone was sooo tired, though....i ran 11 laps around the auditorium with jessuly at 4:30 saturday morning...good times...and then i went home, took a shower, listen to my ipod for an hour, then fell asleep from 1-4 (during reuben's birthday party) (i know you all totally wanted to know that!). we went to ashlee and naomi's indoor soccer game at 4:30 (i love soccer!), and they lost 5-0, but for some reason it's being counted as a win. they had 4 tired persons on the field (ashlee, naomi, hannah and katelyn), and ashlee and katelyn looked like they were going to fall asleep. yea, so now i'm back in school...and really tired...only around 10 weeks left 'til the end of school!! :)

...i still want chocolate cream pie...

pennsylvania and interim

soooo, as most of you know, i had school vacation for the past 2 weeks, and my family and i went to pennsylvania to visit a family we haven't seen for a while. we were there for all of last week, and i had an awesome time! :) we went into philly 2 days, stayed overnight at gettysburg (with our pillows!), went to lancaster, a.k.a. amish country, got to see a family from our church who moved down there and got to meet their new daughter!, and had a lot of fun with our friends! it was so much fun, and i miss my friends so much, but i have a lot of awesome memories and a whole bunch (a.k.a. 100's!) of pictures to remember the trip!!
so, after the past 2 weeks of vacation (which were awesome!), we're back to school again. at my school, we're having a week of "interim" where we have a morning and afternoon class all this week that are different from regular classes (like this week we have fencing, medical specialties, ballroom dancing, hip hop, computer programing, scrapbooking, and a lot more!), and even though this is my very first one, it's been a lot of fun so far! :) i'm taking an all-day class called digital imaging, which is just awesome! i get to take pictures and play with photoshop all day, what could be more fun?! so far this week, we've photographed at my school, 2 town's centers, a church and library in boston, and we've been to a photography museum (which had a really cool exibit with photographs from ellis island by stephen wilkes). it has been so much fun!! it was kinda funny, because we went into boston today, and when we were walking back to the t, we passed a big group of people all with the big "pro" cameras, and we were like, woah, they're doing the same thing we are!! it was pretty cool! :) so, i've taken a couple 100 pictures...maybe i'll post a couple on my photoblog...idk...
anyways, just thought i'd give y'all a brief overview of the past couple of weeks for me! :)

these are hilarious!!

tucker showed us these and they're so funny!

this one is really funny, too!!

pennsylvania

sooo, we're having an awesome time down here in PA. the family we're staying with are just so awesome and so much fun i don't want to leave, but i miss all of y'all back home!! we've been to philly, gettysburg and lancaster, and we'll be home soon. here are a couple pictures...
independance hall...








the liberty bell...








starbucks... :)








the hotel in gettysburg...








little round top...












it was really windy...








kitchen kettle shop...








horse @ kitchen kettle...








the outhouse...












so there's just a couple pictures from our week here...more to come later with stories!! :) have a great rest of the week, and happy Easter, everyone! :)

gum & vacation...

did you know that gum with dirt in it is kinda strange to chew??
sooo...last week and this week is my school vacation!! woop woop! so, this week (we're leaving like, now!), my family and i are going to pennsylvania! if you all could pray for safety and lots of fun, that would be awesome! :) so, if there happens to be a lack of posts in the next week, you'll know why! :) sooo, look forward to stories, pictures, pictures, pictures, and more pictures!! :) love y'all!

hmmm...should i really tell you all...

well, i supposed i should...i'm getting married!! :D sorry i didn't let you all know before, but, oh well, it was kinda...sudden. i bet you all couldn't guess to whom!! :)


o.k., o.k., you all know that i'm obviously not getting married...but i did get my hair cut! :) it's really short, so prepare yourself for the next time you see me!! :)

how deep the Father's love for us

i love this song. it's so pretty and just gets the idea of God amazingly huge love for us across so nicely!! :)

how deep the Father's love for us
written by stuart townend

how deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure
that He should give His only Son, to make a wretch His treasure
how great the pain of searing loss, the Father turns His face away
as wounds which mar the Chosen One, bring many sons to glory

behold the Man upon the cross, my sin upon His shoulders
ashamed i hear my mocking voice, call out among the scoffers
it was my sin that held Him there, until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life, I know that it is finnished

i will not boast in anything, no gifts, no power, no wisdom
but i will boast in Jesus Christ, His death and resurrection
why should i gain from His reward? i cannot give an answer
but this i know with all my heart, His wounds have paid my ransom
© 1995 Kingsway's Thankyou Music

sambas <3

you better believe it...they rock harder than converse... :)

smilie :)

wow, today is a beautiful day!! :) the sky is so blue!! it's an amazing day (great job, God!)!! i think i'm going to be outside a lot today...hopefully i'll be able to
1) go for a run
2) do a "photoshoot" w/ashlee (and possibly naomi and reuben) in a pretty park i found
3) write in my journal (gotta catch up to jaina...yea right...)
4) post some pictures from the aquarium we went to yesterday
5) possibly get changed out of my pj's! (gotta love spring break!)
6) have fun! :)
so, hope the weathers as beautiful where you are as it is here!! have a great day! :)

photoblog header

i made a new header for my photoblog, what do y'all think of it??

more random graphics...

:)

random graphic...hero...

love this song by superchick...

new colors...

what do y'all think of my new blog colors...i like the dark purple with the light green (i wanted to put a lighter version of the dark, deep purple, but the next step down was a florescent purple :P), but i'm not totally sure how "me" it is...what do y'all think? i thought the bright happiness of the colors was kinda cool...sort of a welcome to spring... :)
random...one day 'till my spring break! :D

poll...

go check out the poll on the side (and vote for sambas because they rock the clock!!) and vote!!

random...i was going to post about something else, but now i forget, so i'll post about this...2 more school days 'til my 2 week school vacation!! woop woop!! :D

and another random....please go comment on my photoblog (i'm kinda sick of just seeing comments from ashlee and naomi...not that those are bad or anything...)...i posted all those famine pictures for y'all and you havn't commented about them. :( that makes me sad...and i posted pictures of noah and lucas, sooo go check them out and comment!! (please and thank you)

happy march 1st!!

happy march 1st everyone! :) hope y'all had an awesome february (with the extra day!), and have a great march!
at the moment, it's snowing here, so it doesn't feel too much like march, and yesterday the temperature was something 7 degrees F, anyways, it was cold, but we still hold onto the hope that warm weather will come in the next 2 months (hopefully...you never know with our insane NE weather!).
i also want to ask for prayer for ashlee today. she's taking the headmaster exam, just like i did, and she's probably really nervous (i know i was!). so if you could just pray that she's not nervous, has clear thinking and that God would guide her and my parents as they're looking for options for school next year (*tear*she's growing up:(*tear*), and that they'll know for certain exactly where God wants her to be! thanks so much! :)