Extreme Bedroom Makeover (Finally here!!!)

Our new lamp
My desk and chair (already had these)


A picture Alexandra painted for our room that we are going to hang up

New bedspread


Since I took these pictures we have also hung a few shelves and also hung a mirror

Our Nautical Adventure

To celebrate her 19th birthday, my friend, Laura, invited Kaitlin and I to go on a two hour cruise with her on the American Rover in Norfolk. Despite its being a little chilly we had a blast!

After the cruise we went to Laura's house for a dinner that included salmon, hush puppies, and Brunswick stew. We then watched a Horatio Hornblower movie (nautical movie if you haven't heard of it), spent a long time talking, and then slept (for a few hours anyway :))

Happy Birthday Laura!

Lyrics

With what can we repay, this immense love That You gave your life for the sinner In exchange you only receive this humble offering This humble offering, Lord Jesus Christ, of my heart And when the night extends its shawl With my weeping eyes, I will focus on you Raising my eyes I will see the stars I know that behind them, such a Loving Father You watch over me

I cannot repay you with gold or silver The great sacrifice you gave for me I have nothing to give you for loving me Please receive this song, mixed with this weeping, and my heart.

Children of the Living God sung by Fernando Ortega

They're Coming...

We hve finished painting our bedroom and I have taken the pics. I just can't find my camera cord! I hope to find it soon and post pictures of our "bedroom makeover"

Look Whose 2!!!!

This picture is from a few months ago

Happy Birthday Caleb!

The difference a hundredth of a second can make...

...it made the difference between winning gold and silver in the men's 100 meter butterfly tonight. If you did not see it you should look it up on nbcolympics.com and see if you can see the replay. It was amazing! Phelps came up in the last few feet and won by one one hundredth of a second! Phelps now has won gold in every event he has entered in these Olympics so far! That means he has seven golds in this Olympics alone, tying Spitz for the most gold medals in a single Olympics! He has already set a record for the most career medals and he could set a record for the most gold medals in a single Olympics Saturday night when he swims in the men's relay.

BEDROOM PAINT PICTURES COMING SOOON!!!!

We are in the process of painting Moriah, Alexandra, and my bedroom! I will post pics when it is all finished

Wow

I just watched the opening ceremonies for the 2008 summer Olympics. It was amazing! One of the really neat things was the lighting of the Olympic flame. The last runner was lifted into the air by cables and "ran" in the air around the top of the stadium! I would be so afraid I would drop the torch or something (wouldn't that be embarrassing?)

On Monday it will be exactly two weeks until I start my 1st semester as a sophomore! I am actually looking forward to going back to school. I am taking Art, American Lit, Public Speaking, American History, and Criminal Justice (this fulfills my Social Science requirement and I thought it sounded like fun).

If you are attending school in the fall (whether college, high school, or whatever) , what classes are you taking?

Williamsburg!

Last Monday, my friends Kaitlin, Laura, Liz, and I all went to Williamsburg for the day! We packed so much stuff into one day, and it was so much fun.

We're off!

First we went to an antique mall (I don't have any pictures of that). That place was so huge and so full of stuff we could have spent hours in there! Next we went to the Prime Outlets where I bought a necklace from American Eagle.

After the outlets we went to lunch. The Old Chickahominy House is a really neat place. It is only open for breakfast and lunch, and t has a neat multi level shop in it as well. I ordered ham on biscuits and a salad. The ham and biscuits were delicious!

Laura and Kaitlin
Liz and I

After lunch we went to the Colonial Williamsburg area. We walked around, looked in lots of neat shops, and saw many colonial style buildings.

Then we drove to Yorktown to go to an outdoor concert thing on this beach by a river that Kaitlin had heard about.

On the Colonial Parkway

It turned out that the concert was really more for a restaurant. We were able to hear some music though and it was lots of fun to picnic on the beach and walk around. We saw this ship out in the water giving cruises.

While walking around, we came across this...

It was kind of spooky inside as you couldn't see much inside because it was dark in there!

The inside lit up by my camera flash
The ship came up close and stopped at the dock



Williamsburg was so much fun. Thanks Kaitlin for thinking up this idea, doing all the planning, and for driving!

Music

If you went to New Attitude and loved the worship music, get this CD! If you didn't go, get this CD. It is great! I think you can download it on the SG ministries music website for about $10 or you can buy the CD in the church bookstore ($13?)



Also, on Bob Kauflin's blog he has several free songs from Na you can download for free.This includes the song where Jessi and Jenni played in the string band and did that cool thing where they plucked the strings, and it also includes the two prophetic songs that Bob Kauflin sang. Go here to get them!

We Painted and Rearranged Our Living Room!

Berry Pickin'

Today my family and I and two other families drove out to Surry to visit unother family who live out there. Here is a pic of the berries that me and my family picked.



After picking we went back to our friends' house and had lunch. Then a few of us walked through the woods to a creek that is close by. After getting back we left for th 1 and 1/2 hour drive back home. I took some pictures out the window on the way back.

Some Great Books that You Should Read

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe

"The God I Love" by Joni Eareckson Tada

"Sanctuary" by Beverly and David Lewis

"The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom with Elizabeth and John Sherril

"Knowing Scripture" by R.C. Sproul

"The Treasure Principle" by Randy Alcorn

I attached links that go to the Chesapeake library or Amazon.com's entry of the book so you can read what the book is about. All of these books can be found either in the Chesapeake library or the church bookstore (and other places as well of course)

Let me know if you have read or are planning to read any of these books!

SGC Women's Summer Book Club

I had my 1st book club meeting last night. It was great! First each person in the group shared their testimony and then we talked about the 1st three chapters of "Doing Things Right in Matters of the Heart" by John Ensor. The meeting was great! I though it was neat when one of the married ladies would offer advice and/or encouragement to the single ladies (its basically what SG was hoping would happen). I am looking forward to our next meetings! If you are in a book club, please post a comment on what your 1st meeting was like (when you have it) :)

Eye Test

I got this in an e-mail recently, try it and let me know how you do!

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Under Construction

I am currently working on transferring my blog links from a regular list to a blogroll. Some blogs will be in the new blogroll and some will be in the regular list until i get everything straightened out.

Got em

A few weeks ago, Alexandra, Moriah, and I got these new comforters for our beds. We share a room and it looks so nice to all have new matching beds! The sets came with the comforter and one sham pillow-case. We are hoping to paint our room with colors that go with the colors in the bedspreads (we are thinking of a lighter brown and a different shade of pink).

Surprise Party at Lake Christopher

Today I went to a surprise party for Jessica at Lake Christopher. She had no idea her parents were planning something; in fact, she was thinking they had forgot about her b-day! We had lunch, shared encouragements with the birthday girl, and then we swam in the lake for a long time. Later, we did cake and Jessica opened all her presents. Then we went back into the lake for a little more swimming. It was so much fun!

Happy Birthday Jessica!

Independance Day Party

Yesterday my parents had their care group over for a 4th of July cookout. It was a lot of fun. There was lots of eating and visiting. The kids even had a water balloon fight! I didn't join in in the fight, but I still tried to sneak in a few water balloons on the kids. They did, however, manage to sneak a few on me as well :)



Later in the afternoon, we cleaned up, most of the people left, and my family and a few other people left to go see fireworks. We went to the same spot where we have been going for the past few years. It is an area on the Elizabeth river and people come and sit near the water, in the median, and on the other side of the river. We like to get there early enough to get this nice big spot right on the water (we have gotten it every time we have gone). We arrived and spent the time relaxing, eating snacks, giving out glow-sticks for the kids, and waiting for it to get dark. At this place they eventually close off the road to cars and my brothers and sisters like to ride scooters and skateboards. Then we began to see lightning. It got worse so we decided to leave; we had a stop to make on the way back and by the time we got home it was pouring! I am glad we didn't have to walk back to the van in that! We found out today that the fireworks had been canceled because of the bad weather. Despite not seeing fireworks, I still had a wonderful 4th of July.

Lunch

I would normally have worked today, but because my boss is out of town I was off. Alexandra and I met Kaitlin at Tropical Smoothie Cafe for lunch. I got a yummy Buffalo Chicken wrap and Alexandra and Kaitlin each got a smoothie and a half salad. After lunch we went over to Target for a little while to do some shopping. While we were there Alexandra and I saw these really pretty comforters and we got the idea to get them and paint our room in the same colors and also to accessorize in those colors! We still haven't decided for sure if we will do that, but I like the idea a lot. If we do it I will post pictures! If you would like to see the comforters we are considering click here to go to the Target website were they are shown and let me know what you think!