Taking a Break

Every Monday (or almost every Monday :-) I participate in a bible study with 3 of my good friends. Yesterday, we were learning about giving up all our worldly possessions in order to be Christ's disciple. We all felt that we would give up our worldly possessions for Christ but that we wouldn't give them up very willingly. So, this week we decided that we were going to give up one of our worldly possessions. Boy did we have a hard time deciding on one thing to give up. Everyone had something different that they were willing to give up. Then someone suggested that we all give up FACEBOOK!!!! Facebook is a big thing in all of our daily lives :-) I get on several times a day. Getting on Facebook is how I stay in touch with the world. Not all of us were willing to give up Facebook. However, we finally agreed and so the 4 of us will be off of Facebook for a week. Monday to Monday. So far I haven't missed Facebook (at least not very much). Without getting on Facebook, my email isn't very full either so I am kind of taking a break from that also. I haven't been keeping up with blogging lately so I decided that since I couldn't get on Facebook I would update my blog. This is going to be good for me. I am sure I will have much more free time this week because I am not getting on Facebook so many times a day. I will make sure to post and let everyone know how it goes :-) But for now I am off to work on Algebra II homework and get ready to leave for Spanish.

I don't like Growing Up!!!!

I don't want to grow up. I want to be a kid forever. Ok not really but it feels that way sometimes. This past Saturday I took the SAT for the first time. I couldn't believe that I was actually taking it. I always thought that Juniors and Seniors in Highschool were really old. However, now that I am one I have realized that they really weren't all that old. I am not ready to leave and go to college. I just want to stay home. It's hard to believe that I will be looking at colleges this summer. It makes me feel really old and really young at the same time. Yes, I do want to go to college but not now. I'm not ready. I am not ready to grow up and take responibility. Can't I just stay young a little while longer. I guess not. No matter how much I want to stay young I am constantly getting older. That's just how life goes. I will just have to suck it up and be a big girl :-( Hopefully I will feel older someday but right now I just don't want to grow up.

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a great Christmas/New Year break. I was sad to see it go. I am very excited for the things to come in 2010.

Some things that are coming up this year:
1. I am taking the SAT
2. I get my after nine drivers liscense
3. Alexa turns 9
4. Owen turns 13
5. I have Prom in May!!!!!!!!!!!
6. I am Ian's assistant coach in Upward Basketball
7. We are going to the Great Wolf Lodge for Owen's birthday
8. I am going to start tutoring in Chemistry
9. Alicyne is getting married

I have a lot of things to do this year and these things are only through the month of May. I love the start of the new year. It always feels like a fresh start. You get to do the things that you ment to do last year and make them a new memory for this year:-)

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 :-)

What Are Sisters for?

I love having a sister. I enjoy spending time with my sister and doing fun things with my sister. A couple of weeks ago Alexa and I had the privilege of being at home by our selves. Our parents were out on a date, Owen was at a friend's house and Ian was at our grandma's. Alexa and I watched a girly movie and just talked. It was a lot of fun. After we were done watching the movie I decided that I wanted to do make-overs. Now most of you know that I can not wear just any kind of make-up. If I do put on just regular dress-up make-up there is a possibility that my face with swell and I could get a fever. However, at this particular moment I wanted to do make-overs. So we did. Alexa had a blast and I had fun watching her have a blast. I did her first and then she did me. As soon as we were done I had to hurry and wash the make-up off so that my face wouldn't swell really bad. It had already started swelling a little bit which was normal. Alexa had a great time and I had fun too, minus my face swelling a little.


Alexa and I haven't always been as close as we are right now. I know that she is only eight and that we will most likely grow closer as we both get older. However, I hadn't ever felt as close to my sister has I did that night. We were both doing something that we both enjoy together. I am going to start trying harder to spend more time with Alexa and get to know her better. She can be annoying sometimes but she will always be my sister and nothing can change that:-)

My Mosaic

I think that this Mosaic reflects me very well :-)


a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search (http://www.flickr.com/)
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
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d. Save the image and post it.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What is your favorite color?
4. Favorite drink?
5. Dream vacation?
6. Favorite Hobby?
7. What you want to be/do when you grow up?
8. What do you love most in life?
9. One word to describe you?

An Update on my Busy Life:-)

It has been a while since I last posted. I had a great New Year. Several of our friends came over and we played games and ate ALOT of food until midnight. At midnight we did poppers and sparklers.

I have had a busy school year. I don't have a lot of free time but when I do have it I love to read and watch "Walker Texas Ranger":-) I am really enjoying my classes and my other subjects that I do at home.

Thursday, I got my hair cut. I was so ready to have it cut. I donated my hair to Locks of Love. This is my 5th time donating my hair. I really enjoy seeing how long it takes for me to grow my hair 11 inches. I like the idea that my hair is going to help a child who has no hair feel like they are normal and that they won't stand out amoung a group of people.

The Campbells brought their new baby home from Ethiopia this month. He is SO cute:-)

We went skiing a few weeks ago and we all enjoyed it. It was really nice to be able to spend almost a week with my dad before he really got into the "Tax Season Mood":-)
We also went tubing while we were there. I almost enjoyed that more than the skiing. We all had very sore shins and arms by the time we left at the end of the week:-)

My family throughly enjoyed the first snow of 2009. We played in it almost all day and then came in for some hot chocolate (and still managed to get our school and chores done) I had a cold at the beginning of that week so since I went out and played in the snow I could barely talk the next day:-) I just couldn't resist not playing in the snow. That was the most snow that I had seen in like 3 years:-)

I am still in a Homeschool Girls Choir. I am really enjoying it. I have loved to sing ever since I can remember. I used to sing more than I talked and Alexa is following in my footsteps:-) We just started our spring semester and we have some really neat songs. I have a video of one of our Christmas Songs that I may post up here soon.

The Super Bowl is tomorrow. My dad and my brothers have a party every year and all of their friends come over and they yell at the TV and eat "manly" food:-) I enjoy watching them:-) Last year my mom, Mrs. Tracy, Leigh and I all went to see the movie "27 Dresses". It was ok. So this year we are going to go out to eat and we are going to see another movie. I am not sure which one we are going to see.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my busy life and I will post pictures of my new hair-do and are ski trip.