Its a concert starring Simeon!

Shopping!

Today I went with the rest of my family (except my Dad who is at work and Philip) to two thrift stores to look for summer clothes. I only ended up finding two shirts, but my Mom found a bunch of clothes for my brothers.

Alexandra found a shirt that is the same style and brand (just a different color) as Moriah already had at home! Here is a pic.

Sovereign Grace Church Picnic

Yesterday was the annual church picnic at my church. Despite ominous clouds and chilly weather it turned out to still be a fun day. There were lots of tables and chairs set up outside as well as some blow-up things (moon bounce, etc) and a snow cone machine (yummy :) Also, a lady from our church dressed up as a clown and went around passing out little goodies (bubbles, rings, etc) to the kids. I helped along with Heather and some people from my care group (Beth, Sarah, Tim, Cort, Katrina, and Allyson) to put tablecloths and centerpieces on the tables before the picnic. Then from about 12-1 I helped out in the kitchen. After a yummy lunch (grilled chicken sandwiches that my mom marinaded overnight) I spent time talking with friends, eating snow cone, and other fun things. On the way home, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some candy for my care group's game night/ ice cream social that we have on Wednesday night! Then I came home, took a nap, and finished my research paper. I ended up going to bed very late last night!

What everyone looks forward to each year: Snow cones!

Moriah with some of her friends and some other kids waiting in line for the Jousting game

The obstacle course

The moon bounce

Snow cone machine

Face painting for the kids

Worn out :)

No More Homework!

Today I just turned in some Spanish exercises and a research paper for English. I am now officially done with all homework for this semester! Now all I have left is exams.I am so looking forward to being done!

Schedule for New Attitude 2008!!!!

I just looked at the New Attitude Website and I found the conference schedule! I copied it into my blog...here it is!

"Saturday 7:30p General Session—Josh Harris / “Jeremiah 15:16”
10:15p Community Groups 11:30p Neighborhood Open

Sunday 9:00a Community Groups 10:45a General Session-Mark Dever/“The Authority of Scripture”
1:00p Neighborhood Open 3:00p General Session—Bible Q & A with Al Mohler
4:30p Neighborhood Open 7:45p General Session—C.J. Mahaney / “God’s Word and Our Feelings”
10:15p Neighborhood Open

Monday 9:00a Community Groups 10:45a General Session—Eric Simmons / “What’s the Point?”
1:00p Neighborhood Open 3:00p General Session—John Piper / “Fighting for Faith with God’s Word”
4:30p Neighborhood Open 7:45p General Session—John Piper / “William Tyndale”
10:15p Neighborhood Open

Tuesday 9:00a Community Groups
10:45a General Session—C.J. Mahaney / “How Do We Really Study This Book?” "

As you can see we New Attutude people are going to be busy! (I think that the "Neighborhood open" is a breaktime? If someone who has been before wants to leave a comment to clarify that would be great.

I cannot wait!!!

Ball Games

Here pictures of some of the ball players in my family. Today was a gorgeous day for being outside and watching ball games

Simeon

Stephen

Almost Finished

Ok, here is what I have left (as long as I am not forgetting anything),

A research paper (including some attachments such as outline and annotated bibliography) to turn in for English on Monday

Philosophy final (opon note, but not open book) on Friday

A computer class final on Friday

A Spanish final on Wednesday May 7th

A Biology final on Thursday May 8th

AND THEN SUMMER WILL OFFICIALLY ARRIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited!

Registering for Fall '08 classes

Last Friday I registered for my classes and thankfully I was able to get all the ones I wanted at the time and with the professor that I wanted. Yeah! Anyway, here is what next semester's schedule looks like

Monday and Wednesday
9-9:50: American History
10:10:50: Public Speaking
11-11:50: American Literature
12:12:50: Criminal Justice
1-2 Lunch Break
2-4:50 Art class

Friday is the same except I do not have Art so I get to go home early!

If you are attending school, what does your schedule look like for Fall '08?

My Week

I decided to copy Lizzy who was copying Katy in making a list of some of the things that I did last week. It may be boring:) Let me know what you think and maybe even make a list of your own either in a comment or on your own blog!

1. Went to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday

2. Worked on Tuesday and Thursday

3. Babysat Wednesday night

4. Attended a great Access meeting Saturday night

5. Wrote a rough draft for my research paper for English class.

6. Practiced my oral presentations for Spanish class with my partner

7. Looked forward to the end of the semester (I am still doing that :)

8. Registered for classes for the Fall '08 semester.

Beautiful Weather

We have had some beautiful weather the past few days (until it started raining :) and I decided it would be fun to take some pictures of some of the pretty views from my bedroom windows.

The river behind our neighbor's house
Blue Sky!!

Laminin-What holds our bodies together

Watch This!

CHICKENPOX!

Moriah and Simeon just broke out in chicken pox this morning!! Thankfully they are feeling fine (aside from the itching). Please be in prayer that they will heal quickly and that no one else will get it! Especially me as the incubation period is 7-21 days after exposure (before you show symptoms) and I have finals in two weeks. Alexandra also has finals the week of the 21st of April.

Some Videos From Lilly's B-Day Party

Swan Lake done by a Chinese circus team

This is really cool and it just gets better and better from beginning to end of the performance.

Four Weeks and Counting

Tomorrow it will ve exactly four weeks until SUMMER BREAK! I am sooo excited. I am also excited because my exams should be fairly easy. My Spanish and Philosophy exams should be easy and my computer exam shouldn't be too bad. My Biology exam is basically I regular test and I don't have an English exam! The only major assignments that I have between now and finals is a 2,000 word research paper for English, a project for my computer class and 2 short oral presentations for Spanish (none of these should be too bad :) Two weeks after school lets out I will be heading for New Attitude! I am so excited as this is my very first time! I will be carpooling with a bunch of other people from my church and we have to leave late Friday night and drive all the way to Kentucky! The conference runs from Saturday until Tuesday and according to my friends who have gone in previous years it will be filled with good teaching, great worship, talking, staying up very late, and more talking. During the summer I am hoping to do some extra work to save up some money while I have the time to work extra hours. I also hope to have some fun with family and friends and go to the beach at least once! Maybe I can even get in a trip to Busch Gardens! Last year, I went with Kaitlin and her family, and Laura. It was my 2nd time going and the 1st time to ride a major roller coaster! I even rode the Griffon! It was sooo scary, but I think I would do it again as it was a lot of fun as well :) Well that is all for now. I have a philosophy class to go to in a few minutes.

Lilly's B-day Party!

Saturday was Lilly's surpise 16th b-day party! It was a sleepover and it was so much fun! We talked, ate, played games, ate cake and had tea, Lilly opened gifts, and we stayed up late talking!

Miss Farah forced Lilly to wear the Princess Crown!

I think this pic of Lilly is so cute!

Gorgeous tea table





HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILLY!!!!!!!

Free Time

I actually have a weekend without any homework due on Monday! I have some longer assignments that I may work on, but I have nothing that I have to do! This turned out especially nice because I have a busy weekend! I
have a b-day party/sleepover tonight, church tomorow morning, a baby shower for someone in my care group tomorrow afternoon, and Community Groups tomorrow night! Whew. I am sooo glad I don't have a ton of homework on top of all this. I will try to post some pictures of some of these events, but it may be a little while.

To catch up here are some pictures of Easter Sunday and also of the day we celebrated Simeon's and my Uncle's bithdays. The picture above is of my Uncle. Sorry these are all mixed up between Easter and the b-day party.

The book that my Mom & Dad gave me for Easter!

This is a video of Simeon getting his b-day gift from Mom and Dad

Funy Talking Dog Video

The last dog is the best!

New Name

I have updated my blog name to a name suggested by my friend Laura! I am still open for other unique ideas though!