8th Grade Formal

This past Friday, we had our 8th Grade Formal! We got to get all dressed up which I thought was one of the best parts! It was a "sweets" theme so the decorations were adorable! It was a lot of fun!

 Before the formal.

 Hair!

 Dancing!!

 

Chocolate fountain!! Yumm!

The End

Britt Nicole: Gold

I recently got the new Britt Nicole album: "Gold" It is my favorite album by her so far! It has a lot of really neat songs!

Kisses from Katie and my beaded necklace!

 

    A few days after this book came out I had a friend tell me about a girl named Katie Davis who lived in Uganda. She also showed me her blog. I instantly fell in love with her story and wanted to know more about her. The first chance that I got, I ordered the book and started reading it. It tells many of her stories with the people that live around her, young and old, girls and boys, the healthy and the unhealthy. These stories will touch your heart and will change your perspective on how you view the "things" around you. I highly, highly, highly recommend this book! If you want to get it you can click the Amazima icon on the right that goes to her website. Amazing!
     Just like quite a lot of African based organizations, the non-profit that Katie started called Amazima sells beaded necklaces that a group of women she knows makes! They are beautiful! Here is a picture of one that I got on Easter : :)

book pic from: sarahhollinger.com

Wicked

                                                                       
This past Thursday for a Chorus fieldtrip, I got to see the show, Wicked. Amazing. Everything about it was "Wicked"... :). The characters, music, acting, story line, how they portrayed it, everything! It is the pre-quel to the Wizard of Oz. It is definitely a must see! Here is my  favorite song from it:

Dynamite Announcement

I saw this video on a friend's blog and was just in awe. It is the coolest thing! Adoption is truly WONDERFUL and life changing!!

The Real Reason for Easter

The Easter bunny, eggs, chocolate. That is what Easter is all about..... isn't it? Well, not really. We have Easter egg hunts, and we get something in our Easter basket every Easter morning. We eat robin eggs and jelly beans and talk about the Easter bunny, but that isn't why we celebrate the holiday. Jesus, His death, and His resurrection are the real reasons.

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, is the day that Jesus was crucified on the cross. It is the day that He washed away all of our sin. He could have gotten down, but He didn't. He didn't because if He did, He couldn't have said the words, "It is finished". He knew that if He saved Himself, then we wouldn't be saved. He stayed on the cross for me and for you. He did it out of love.

After Jesus died, He was buried in a tomb. Three days later, Mary Magdalene, and two other women went to the tomb so that they could anoint Jesus' body with spices. When they got to the tomb, the stone was rolled away and the tomb was empty. An angel appeared to the women and said, "He is not here; He has risen, just as He said." -Matthew 28:6. Jesus rose from the dead on Easter morning. Our sins are washed away, we are saved, we have a 2nd chance! All because of Christ!

Vacation in the mountains

Earlier this week we got to go on a trip to the mountains!! My family and I LOVE the mountains!! We were there for 2 full days. We had a fabulous time. We got there on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, we got to visit the Biltmore. It was really exciting because we haven't been there since I was 18 months old and my mom was pregnant with one of brothers, Micah. We stayed at Fairhaven Ministries which is a ministry that anybody can stay at. It is basically a lot of small, cozy cabins in the mountains. Our friends told us about Fairhaven and we LOVE it!

This is my family and I eating in the stables at the Biltmore. Very fun and VERY yummy! They even served gluten free food which was perfect for Micah :)

After touring the Biltmore, we went to the flower garden which had lots and lots of tulips. I love flowers, they are SO beautiful... a wonderful part of God's creation!

On the Biltmore estate, they built the "Antler Village". It had fun shops, restaurants, and, of course, ice cream! Yumm!

Antler Village was built on the area of Biltmore estate that had the farm. They had fun games, shops, and videos about what it was like to work at the farm in the 1800's.

On Wednesday we visited River Elk falls. It is a 75 ft. waterfall in North Carolina. The pool underneath it is the largest pool of water underneath a waterfall in NC. We didn't go swimming... too cold and too dangerous, but we had fun seeing the waterfall and hiking down to it! :)

Finally!

This past Friday we finally tracked out. We were in school for 10 weeks and now we are finally off for 3. This track-out we are going to go the mountains in Tennessee/North Carolina. While we are there, we are going to go see the Biltmore. Yay! I haven't been there since I was 18 months old so I don't remember anything about it. We are really excited!

Blogger

I got blogger on my ipod! :)

The Lost Get Found by Britt Nicole

This is an AMAZING song by an AMAZING singer, Britt Nicole. It's about being bold and not being afraid to share you're faith! That's something that I know that I need to work on. Hope you enjoy!!! : )

So cute....

This was actually this past Saturday at a baby shower.... I love it! (:

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I haven't posted on here in just about forever.... well, really since the beginning of January. It has partly been because I wasn't sure what to write and partly because I haven't had much free time. Hopefully I will start posting more on my blog soon!

Francesca Battisteli- Free to be me

This is a music video by my favorite singer ever! :)

Happy New Year! I can't believe that it is 2012!!!

Christmas Story

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their florcks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been to born to you; he is Christ the Lord. this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rest."

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Luke 2: 8-20

image from: lisa-snapshots.blogspot.com


Merry CHRISTmas!!!!