Trying to Catch Up!!!!

Wow!!! It has been a long time since I have posted. Here is an account of what has been going in the last 3 1/2 months:

1. In June/August Owen, my dad and I went on a missions trip to Acuna, Mexico and Del Rio, TX. We did a TKD sports camp and a couple of Demos.


This is Owen crossing the Texas/Mexico border!


2. Also in August we took a family trip to the beach. We were all there. Mom, Dad, Me, Owen, Alexa, Ian, Josh, Amanda, Grandma, Pawpaw, Tim, and Maranda (Teagan was there to but you couldn't see her :-)




These were taken while we were waiting in line for the Sea Turtle Hospital. We waited for a very long time, but it was worth it.

3. In September I turned 16. I got my drivers liscense, I had a party, and I went to New York with both of my parents to see the Broadway show "Wicked". I had a very good birthday. Wicked was amazing.


Danae came early (a day and 1/2 early) and helped me decorate.




These were my friends that came to my party.


Mom and I before Wicked.


All three of us at Sardi's before Wicked.


Me after Wicked.


Mom and I in Times Square.


Dad and I on the Ferris Wheel at Toys 'R Us!

4. On Sept. 14 (my mom's birthday) I had my tonsils and adnoids removed. It was terrible. My throat hurt so bad for a really long time afterward. I thought it was never going to go away.

5. Ian turned 7 on the 25th of Sept. We also had Mule Days that weekend.

6. In the beginning of October Teagan Marie Horst was born. Tim and Maranda were very excited. All the rest of us were too :-)

7. In the middle of October I did a Big Sis Lil Sis retreat at me church. It was a lot of fun. Abbey was my Little Sis.

8. Last weekend we went to CHerokee, NC. We have been learning about the Cherokee Indians in school and so my mom took the opertunity to go for a field trip/short vacation. We all had a great time.

9. At the end of October we had Anchorsoul. Mom and Alexa were a part of Jr. Anchorsoul. Dad and I were a part of Sr. Anchorsoul. I was a guide along with Leigh. We had a lot of fun, but we were also very tired at the end of the week. Daddy played the Jerk. Alexa was a kid in a Sunday School class and mom headed up Jr.

Now it is already November. I am in a bible study called the Truth Project which is a lot of fun. Coming up this month: I have Disciple Now at church. I am playing in the Powder Puff football game with my homeschool group. I am going to see the movie "New Moon" with mom and Trish!!! Thanksgiving is coming and I still have to fit school in there somewhere:-) Soon enough it will be Christmas. This year has flown by so fast. It has been a year of good times, bad times, painful times, fun times, and tiring times. It amazes me that all of those things can happen in just one year. I can't believe I am already a Junior in Highschool. Next year I will be a Senior and then it is off to college. Life just goes by so fast. Sometimes I wish it would slow down. However, I wouldn't want to trade my life for anything :-)