Day with Irina!

Today we had Irina over and went down to Kelley park to take pictures... we took like 300! It was soooo much fun, we did a bunch of poses and ran around. The weather was awesome :)

Love you girl!

OMG!

KELLEY HAD HER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

her name is Kiera Margaret and she is 2 pounds, she was born at 7:38. Kel had a c-section and everyone's doin fine. pray for her though! AHHH! we're so excited!

It's so Wonderful...

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
--George Eliot

Yesterday was so crazy! I went shopping in the morning looking for some new jeans (ahh!) and then came home, hung out for a little while, talked to a friend on the phone, then went to a basketball game, THEN went over the Clevelands to watch the new Pride and Prejudice with Jenna, Hayley and Ellie. Those girls are so much fun! :)
It was pretty fun... I enjoy being busy. Nothing much else is happening really, just catching up on some subjects in school, getting ready for Christmas (another ahhhh!!!) So yeah, gotta go clean my room. Much fun is to be had.

Basketball Game

Even though you guys lost you did an excellent job! :)

Pictures still not working...

Saw Eragon... in a word, disappointing. In a sentence, it was one of the corniest movies ever and it didn't follow the book really at all. I was so upset, the book was good and they ruined it! Well, they did that with Harry Potter too... The music was good but that's about all that was good.

I went to a Christmas party last night at Sophia's, it was pretty fun! We made cookies, played a few games (at which I was horrible!), and went caroling. I've never been caroling before so it was a fun experience and we had good weather for it!

So weird... my eyes change color depending on what I wear, usually they just switch back and forth from blue to green but today they're greyish-turquoise. It's really cool looking! Just a weird little fact... haha... boredom! I should probably go do homework.

Lame?

I must apologize to Taylor who thinks I'm LAME for changing the name of my blog every once in a while, or ok a lot, sorry! I guess I can be ADD sometimes...

But you know what's really lame? My computer will not let me put any pictures on my blog... I have so many! AHH!

Christmas Picture

This isn't our official family picture but I thought the expression on Jonathan's face was priceless...

 

Graduation Song

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we're gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won't be coming back
No more hanging out cause we're on a different track
Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking of that night in June
It came too soon
And there was me and you
And then we got real blue
Stay at home talking on the telephone
We'd get so excited, we'd get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair
And this is how it feels

As we go on
We remember
All the times we
Had together
And as our lives change
Come whatever
We will still be
Friends forever

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there? Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town
I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

--vitamin c (haha, weird name!)

So it's kinda corny but whatever... it's a fun song I guess. :)

Hey could ya'll pray for me? I'm not feeling very good, my throat is burning and it hurts to talk and eat. I've been feeling sick the past few days but today its the worst. I always seem to get sick at the most inconvenient times... oh well, i'm sure God has a reason!

Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! It is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved

-William Shakespeare

Definitely the best one ever...

Parties!

Math Christmas party today! Fun times... our class went to Pizza Hut! Tomorrow is our Lit class party, each of us girls has to perform a monologue from Shakespeare (ahh!), it should be pretty fun though. Nothing much else is going on, today I've been really out of it but I have to get back into it because I have to finish a paper tonight and babysit... Bring on the caffeine!

here's yet another picture from way back when... these are the kids from our old caregroup. There's the Osers, the Scotts, the Tvardziks, the Whittemores, and us! Such cute kids...

I love rainy days
oh yeah... for those of you who haven't seen it, I dyed my hair brown.

The 3 Amigos?

I watched a movie with these girls, they are so sweet! We watched Over the Hedge and it was the first time I've seen it all the way through. Had fun with you girls, love you!

Though the treasures of

This life may fade

Your love endures forever

They will pass away

Things that man has made

But your love endures forever

Now I can't explain, or even understand

Why you gave your life, to save sinful man

But I know it's true, I've seen it myself

Your love endures forever

Mercies Anew

Every morning that breaks

There are mercies anew

Every breath that I take

Is your faithfulness proved

And at the end of each day

When my labors are through

I will sing of Your mercies anew

Pictures

Ok guys, found this today! It makes me laugh so hard. This is back from 2000 when Renee, Clara, and I were in a recital thing at church. We were so little! Seems like ages ago...
From the left: Renee, me, Ellie, Clara, and Nick

Alpha Take Down

Every Wednesday night we go to church after Alpha to clean up and take down everything, well at least my dad and sisters do. I go sometimes but I'm usually bogged down with math homework! Anyways, I went the other night:

We go to the big freezer/fridge thing first and get soda! Thats the only thing that keeps me awake while we're doing this....

We haven't figured out what this little guy is but I think my sister named him Marvin. Somebody drew on their desk!

This post is dedicated Nick Palmer who, sadly, had to leave us and move to Hagerstown. He was the one who made Alpha Take Down fun! I think my favorite time was when we rode bikes up and down the hallways... I made Nick ride the purple bike. :)

Today I Wandered...

It was cold today but I went down to Kelley Park by myself to take pictures. It was really relaxing....
The song doesn't really have anything to do with the pictures but I really like it.

You got to leave me now, you got to go alone
You got to chase a dream, one that's all your own
Before it slips away
When you're flyin' high, take my heart along
I'll be the harmony to every lonely song
That you learn to play

When you're soarin' through the air
I'll be your solid ground
Take every chance you dare
I'll still be there
When you come back down
When you come back down

I'll keep lookin' up, awaitin' your return
My greatest fear will be that you will crash and burn
And I won't feel your fire
I'll be the other hand that always holds the line
Connectin' in between your sweet heart and mine
I'm strung out on that wire

And I'll be on the other end,
To hear you when you call
Angel, you were born to fly,
If you get too high
I'll catch you when you fall
I'll catch you when you fall

-nickel creek

Awaiting Faith

A wonderful mystery awaits me
Divine words from eternity
No longer a distant end
His presence constantly reassures

Truth hasn’t sunk in deeply
Tense with fear of sensation
The glow of wings spread far
Ready to leave the nest of youth

The boundaries expand
Awaken secret dreams developed
Long hidden thoughts
From a distant, departed life

Suddenly clarity feels close
My grasp feels its boundary
My hope breaks and rebuilds
Strength renewed deepens

Faith leads my every step
Faltering when cover’s blown
There is depth to scars
I’m walking fearless into mystery

--kate price

OOPS!

Oh my gosh you guys... huge mistake! I'm actually not going to be a singing usher in the Godspell play, I'm doing photography! Mrs. Mays sent me the e-mail by mistake and it was meant for my sister. Oh well, I thought it was kinda weird because I never actually audtitioned. I'm happy with photography though... glad we got that cleared up! Hope all you singing ushers have fun! HA!

Christmas Lights

Yesterday was so much fun, well for the most part...
I had Irina over after church to hang out, we ran to Starbucks and talked about a bunch of stuff. Fun times! Love you girl!
Then we had the Overman's over to go see Christmas lights.

We went to a park where you can walk through all the lights, it is really cool!

You walk through a bug tunnel thingy to get in: Anna and I tried kissing a frog, it was definetely JUST a frog.

Where's the Lion and the Witch?

They have wings!
Unfortunetely after this there really aren't any more pictures. I handed my camera over to my dad and us girls ran around the park playing our version of "hide and seek". It was a blast! The little girls were definetely smarter than us though... they kept calling our cell phone to see if they could hear it and find us.

Had fun with you girls! Can't wait to do it again sometime :)

This poem I wrote at 2 in the morning...

the clock ticks away
life passes everyday
time runs short
foreign trials come closer
momentary life fades
wandering thoughts wave
the clock ticks away
there are no unreachable heights
nothing is impossible
time runs short
each second marks lost
unless used for a powerful word
the clock ticks away
life is a beautiful fall
resiliant walls cover thoughts
but thoughts wander freely
time runs short
where is the rest of life?
the clock ticks away
--kate price

There's a healing calling from the wind//there's a healer waiting to begin//In timeless places, traced and faceless will I learn to let go//Take me to the heights where love controls,//far away from home but feels so close//This empty heart of mine will fall inside and bring me back to life

-falling up