operation ks successful!!

last monday, kaeleigh, ashlee, naomi and i went and we kidnapped sophie. yes, i know, gasp! lol! so, yes, we were the culprits. it was a lot of fun!! i had been talking to soph's mom beforehand, so she was in on it with us. we dressed in black and covered our faces and everything! so, sophie was at the computer, so kaeleigh and i snuck up behind her and covered her eyes and tied her hands up with a bandanna, and ashlee and naomi stuck a pillow case over her head. then we carried (sort of) her out to the car. we sorta dropped her at one point, but you didn't need to know that!! she was kind of annoying to kidnap, because she wouldn't stop talking and laughing!! she even offered to walk!! i mean seriously, how many kidnap victims offer to walk?! lol!! so, anyways, we got her to the car and buckled her in, and then we took off her blindfold and said happy birthday!! isn't that nice of us?! we took her to the mall and we all had a lot of fun!! we went to mr. tux and the lady there seriously looked like she wanted to kick us out!! lol! we went to the apple store (that place is so cool!!), payless shoes, the pet store (it's so sad...), deb's and a couple other places!! it was a lot of fun!! we wanted to go on the merry-go-round, but it closed right when we got there. :( we got something like a quart of ice cream which was sophie's birthday "cake," and ashlee, soph and i ate the whole entire thing!! we all had a a lot of fun (i hope), i know i did!! love ya soph, hope you had a good time!! :) (oh yea, and if you want to hear sophie's version, here it is!)

the culprits
the ugliest shoes in payless...
kaeleigh's crazy shoes
sophie
kaeleigh and her way awesome outfit!!
kaeleigh
sophie and i
all of us
sophie blowing out her "cake"
me soph and ashlee with her "cake"

*ks-kidnap sophie*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIKA!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ERIKA!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!


i hope you had an awesome birthday erika!! i love you very muchly!! :)

aaaaahhhh!! i'm soooo excited!!!! :D

aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i'm sososososososososososososososo excited!!! tomorrow we're going to a barlow girl, toby mac and thousand foot krutch concert!! i've wanted to see barlow girl for a long time, but they never come around here!! sooo, now i finally get to see them, and i am so excited!! you have no idea how excited i am!! so, hopefully we'll get there safely, and have an awesome time (and meeting them too would actually be pretty awesome!)!! so, hopefully soon i'll have tons of pictures and an update!! yeay!! :D

fyi

just to let y'all know, my mom totally rocks!! she's da bomb!! and i love her very muchly!

elle es tres bien!! (for all you french speakers out there!! that's some of my limited knowledge of french!! :D) (and for all you non-french-speakers out there, i think that's "she's very good!") (or at least i hope that's what it is! :/ anyways, that's what it's supposed to say!)

:D

oh no!!

what happened to sophie?? will she ever be rescued?? check out this post from ashlee's blog if you have not idea what i'm talking about--


sophie (by Diane the csi person)

posted at 10:53 am. tuesday, october 9, 2007


"OK. if you read on Sophie's blog, she was waiting for something to happen. well, at 3:30 she was kidnapped and sent far far away! can you help us find her kidnappers? we have a picture. hang on i got to get it.


these are the criminals. we also have a picture of them taking Sophie out of the house. one moment please.



a crime scene investigator was on the scene so he saw it and was able to take these pictures, but alas, couldn't help. he radioed for help, but by the time they get there, the kidnappers were gone. if you see anything that looks suspicious, please call, (111)123-4567 thank you sooo much. Sophie's friends are very worried.
(more details coming soon)"


O_O gasp!! please let me know if you have any valuable information!! :)

get real!

why does everyone have to make fun of president bush all the time?? his ears are too big (according to almost all cartoonists), and he's absolutely clueless about almost everything. i mean, seriously, can we get real please?! everyone has something that's not perfect about them, and we all make mistakes. i really don't think that all the people who bash the president would do a better job in office then he is doing!! they would probably do a horrible job!! i don't even want to think about what would be going on right now if john kerry had been voted into office. let's just be thankful for the president God blessed us with; he's doing what he believes is right! God bless president bush!!


...that's my rant for the moment...

pancakes and apples

my family (everyone except for me and my dad. :( ) went apple picking a couple weeks ago, and they got a lot of apples, and since we had a 3 day weekend, we made apple stuffs on saturday afternoon!! it was sooo awesome! i love apples! :) they smell sooooo good, and they taste good, too, which is always a plus! lol! anyways, we all had a lot of fun making apple pie and apple sauce, and it all tastes really yummy, and you're all probably getting really bored, because i can't write!! anyways, kaeleigh slept over last night, and we're having a very fun time with her!! last night, we watched the first episode of lost, and it's awesome (and scary and gory!). it's perty good, though! this morning, kaeleigh and ashlee made pancakes and they were really yummy! they put 4 cups of milk in the pancakes, so they made quadruple the recipe! so, now we have a lot of left over pancakes, so if anyone wants pancakes, just let us know!! lol! yup, that's what's going on in my life at the moment! this friday, our youth group is going to a toby mac, barlow girl and thousand foot krutch concert!! i am so pumped!! :D yeay! :) i can't wait!

dream deferred

dream deferred
langston hughs

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--
And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

*deferred means put off

that was the poem we discussed in literature class today. i though it was pretty good. we have been learning not to just read something, but to read it and dig deep into it to find a hidden meaning to the words. the part i really liked in the poem was how the author sort of described the different things that could happen to a dream that has been delayed or put off. i liked at the end where he says "or does it explode?" to me, that's like if you delay a dream, while you're waiting for the opportunity to carry out the dream, determination and excitement to carry out the dream to your fullest ability grows inside of you. i just thought it was a pretty cool poem!

ashlee's blog!!

ashlee finally (according to her) got a blog. my parents said that she had to get a 90% on a math test to get one (this happened last school year), and she finally got one wednesday, i believe!! yeay! good job, ash! :) well, anyways, without further ado, here's ashlee's blog!!!! *insert trumpets* for some strange reason, you can't post a comment, i'll have to talk to her about that after she gets home from practice...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOPHIE!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR SOPHIE!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!

hope you have a absolutely wonderfully awesome day soph!! love ya!

(i'll get a picture soon!)

no time at all...

i know, i should be posting more to tell you all about my adventures in "real" school, but with "real" school also comes "real" homework and also "really" no time! so, as some of you know, i leave between 6:50 and 7:05 in the morning and get back around 6, then i have to eat, do homework and sometimes shower (if i have time) before bed, so i think i have somewhat of an excuse formulating at the moment for not blogging for long periods of time!! i really would like to post so much more, but i have no time!! today was just kind of one of those blahhhh days...i really needed a hug, and not just any hug, but a hug from bekah, and i didn't see her 'till after school, so today wasn't exactly the best day of my life. but, whatever, everyone has those days...now i have to go to soccer practice...that has been going pretty well. i'm on jv, but i'm what's called a "swinger" (i'm on varsity, too, and do things with varsity when jv doesn't have anything. i'm also one of the captains of the jv team, which is pretty cool!! jv's had 2 games, we were supposed to have 3, but the other team didn't show up for the first one. we won the 1st one, 2-1 and lost the 2nd, 6-1. :( our next game is wednesday, and if anyone wants to come watch us, let me know, and i'll give you our schedule!! alrighty...now i really have to go get ready for soccer...talk to you all later!! (i miss all you hsers sooooo much!)

just be still

"Be still, and know that I am God" --Psalm 46:10

what an awesome phrase. God tells us just be still, calm down, and know that He is God. in the middle of a crazy day, where nothing seems to be going right, just be still and know that God is still there and is in control, and knows what's going on.

i really am alive!

just letting you all know again that i really am alive!! school's going really well, it's now been a week, and i'm not terribly stressed out or tired (yet!)!! soccer is awesome!! i'm on jv, but they want me to play and practice with the varsity whenever the jv doesn't have something, too. tomorrow varsity has a game and jv has a game friday, so i'm looking forward to those!! all the teachers are really nice and great! the kids are, too! so, just wanted to let you all know that i haven't fallen off the face of the earth (all though that might be kinda funny, in a scary sorta way...). i guess i'll talk to you all later, and please don't stop praying! i've gotta go finnish my homework!! :)


we will never forget...it's been 6 years since the terrorist attack on the trade centers. remember to pray for the familys of those who were killed, and never forget that God knows what's going on, and He's got it all under control, even when we're lost and confused!!