The Good Life

my little shadow...

2011-11-15T11:18:00.002-08:00

I find myself so lucky to have the cutest, sweetest little sister after my own heart.

i love chocolate...she loves chocolate
i love pink...she loves pink
i love dressing up...she loves dressing up
i love shoes...she loves shoes
i love doing my nails...she loves doing her nails (messy as it may be)
i love hugs...she loves hugs.

She is absolutely adorable.

Yesterday my stomach hurt and she says to me "Baranna, if your belly hurts i will give you a hug so it will feel better. will that make it feel better?"

Or today when she sayid to me... "baranna, i am your little girl and you are my big girl!"

I just can't get over her specialness (even if that is not a word).

She just always knows how to make my day and i can't imagine what my life would be like without her!

2011-11-15T11:18:00.001-08:00

Erik came home for a visit this past weekend and we went and played tennis at a nearby park...it was fun:)

2011-11-15T11:16:00.001-08:00

So, another thing i've been enjoying lately is going into scherer hall before drama practice and playing guitar/piano while singing with my friend katie!

the rest of the salt lake pictures...better late than never?

2011-11-14T13:20:00.000-08:00

I know it is months too late...but here are the rest of my salt lake city pictures! everything from late night silly games and PF changs after a fun day/night in the city :)

salt lake city! :)

2011-07-31T11:11:00.000-07:00

here are some of the pics i took while i was in salt lake city for two weeks:) it was a blast! super tiring though. i averaged between 4-5 hours of sleep every night! (if that) and it was fine at first...but after a while, it certainly catches up to you.
we had a great time there and it was definitely a learning experience, sometimes its good to go explore different missions stuff you can do. Throughout the week of teaching, almost 3000 children hear the gospel and 422 of them accepted Jesus. It was pretty cool:)

IEW

2011-06-13T15:46:00.001-07:00

I was able to be a part of a convention for IEW from last thursday through saturday. It was a good experience, although my back hurt quite a bit from sitting on a stool and moving boxes the whole time. I'm home now and i'm glad i did it:)

ps. the flower in my hair was just a little thing for people to remember their friendly cashier by:)

dear nanny...pt3

2011-05-27T13:06:00.000-07:00

more pictures!! me and alyssa...then me playing the guitar, some flowers i got when my wisdom teeth were taken out and the last one (cause i know you want to know why i'm dresses like the devil in church) is me pretending to be the devil who keeps throwing "baggage" back at someone who has a hard background. (i was helping alyssa blake with her bible lesson on a wednesday youth group night)

dear nanny...pt 2

2011-05-27T13:04:00.000-07:00

this is just what i've been doing lately...me and micah...then ali..then my friend makalah:) (the strawberry pie concoction of mine is in the middle)

Dear Nanny...pt 1

2011-05-27T12:54:00.001-07:00

dear nanny...i got my wisdom teeth out and this is how bad i looked! I could only eat babyfood and things from the food processor...eventually i could eat a noodle at a time...now i'm pretty much better:)

afternoon chat time

2011-03-31T08:29:00.000-07:00

tuesday the 29th erik came over to chat before he left for disney world.(yesterday) we had fun:)

micah!

2011-03-31T08:27:00.000-07:00

tuesday march 22nd micah henry was born:) 6 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches long.

Katherine's visit...part 3

2011-03-12T13:30:00.000-08:00

All in all, we had loads of fun! She left on the 23rd and i already miss her bunches! love you kate and hope you can visit again soon :)

katherine's visit part 2

2011-03-12T13:26:00.000-08:00

being the kind of girls who enjoy a good excuse to dress up, we dressed up all formal and me, kate, erik and cameron went to starbucks and god some coffee and just hung out. she curled my hair, did my make-up and made me look pretty:) It was awesome!

Katherine's visit part 1

2011-03-12T13:22:00.000-08:00

although this is a little late, i figured i'd blog on it anyways...on the 17th my friend kate came down from NH and we had a blast! we did some shopping, went to a cookout did some more shopping and made lots of memories:) i can't wait till she can visit again! <3

Salt Lake City

2011-02-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

I just submitted my application to go with CEF to salt lake city this summer to teach 5-day clubs, and got accepted! :)

cookies:)

2011-01-25T12:03:00.000-08:00

I think these pictures speak for me, but in case you can't figure it out...me and erik decided it just might be fun to bake cookies together...and it was :)

just a few pics:)

2011-01-06T16:28:00.000-08:00

just thought I'd post a few pictures that never made it on my blog...the first is me and alyssa while we were running through stores and Christmas shopping, and the other is me and Erik at the clubhouse...both were fun:)

football and toy story

2010-12-29T08:34:00.000-08:00

yesterday, lyss and erik came over and we walked up to the clubhouse and played a nice game of two-hand-shove football and frisbee...it was fun:) then we went back to my house to watch toy story 3...super cute movie by the way. :)

fifteen:)

2010-11-25T17:59:00.000-08:00

fifteen years old:) and this year is off to a good start! after going out for breakfast with mom and dad (which was quite a treat) lyss and erik came over and we played ping pong and a few games, had pizza, cake and ice cream and then headed to a bowling alley. it was fun:) And with a family like mine, and people like Alyssa and Erik in my life i can't help but be thankful for everything i have.

Decorating for Christmas

2010-11-21T06:01:00.000-08:00

yesterday was the day to decorate the youth room for christmas! :) it was a blast!

fall festival

2010-11-02T07:22:00.000-07:00

Sunday afternoon...beautiful day by the way...my family, me, alyssa and erik went to a fall festival not too far away. it was great! me and lyss had fun in the princess bouncy house...havent done that in a while:)

sidewalk prophets and alyssa:)

2010-09-21T09:18:00.000-07:00

saturday night me and alyssa went to a sidewalk prophets concert:) and she spent the night...we had a blast! <3 i love you best friend!

maymont and a photo shoot

2010-08-02T15:31:00.000-07:00

we went to maymont on saturday and of course, with all the pretty places....did a photo shoot:)

teaching...

2010-08-02T15:25:00.000-07:00

we also had a fantastic time teaching 5day clubs:) we would get up, get ready....most of the time, barely getting out the door on time, haha, and teach our first club, hang out at the church and do completely random things (hence the dress up pictures) and then teach the last club, and get home in time for dinner:)

swimming and tanning

2010-08-02T15:24:00.000-07:00

not only do we like to shop and hang out...but we like to tan and have a good time, so we went to the pool and did some tanning aswell:)

kate:)

2010-08-02T15:18:00.000-07:00

so a few months ago, i was on the phone with my best friend katherine, it was getting late, but we had a few minutes left to talk cause girls always do, and she was like..."how about i come visit you?" and i got out my calendar, we picked a date, bought the tickets, and last saturday we picked her up at the airport! it was sooo fun cause i havrn't seen her in over a year. and day one, being the kinda girls we are...we headed straight to a place we could go shopping, and went straight to starbucks right after!:)

week 2 of 5-day clubs...

2010-07-17T13:51:00.000-07:00

Second week of 5-day clubs...done! we had so much fun with these kids! :) (despite the hot weather) there were no salvations, but we had a lot of fun and hopefully were good witnesses for these kiddos! :)

toy story and ping pong

2010-07-11T06:21:00.000-07:00

Me and LyssVS...me and Erik (and i think krod subbed some of us occasionally)
Me and virginia
So me, alyssa, erik, daniel and virginia have wanted to hang out for a while, so, we got toy story and some pizza and watched it at my house:) And after that we decided to play some ping pong...quite fun, i might add:)

CYIA 2010

2010-07-01T06:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the pics i took at cyia last week(: me and my awesome friend alyssa had so much fun hanging out (most of the time with erik, daniel, and cameron) and just learning how to teach kids...Me and alyssa definitely had fun staying up till 1, 2, and 3 talking, and then once they made us go to bed texting the rest of the conversation, haha ily Lyss(:

oh yes, and that picture of (from left to right) daniel, alyssa, erik, cameron, me and Virginia was taken after we noticed it was pouring rain durring dinner and we decided to go run around in the big field and then come back in, haha

Sports...

2010-06-09T17:05:00.000-07:00

I just have to say, i think sports are just about the best thing ever. from swimming, to soccer, basketball to tennis, they are just AMAZING[=

go lady patriots!

2010-05-26T11:38:00.000-07:00

last night was the end of season picnic for us soccer girls. and i can honestly say i am going to miss these girls and the whole season tremendously! they are all amazing girls! it was sad to see some of the seniors graduate knowing that they won't be playing for the patriots next year, but the picnic was a lot of fun and i look forward to hanging out with these girls even though the season is over! GO PATRIOTS!!

oh, and that award up there is the clutch kick award that i got, it made everything i put into this season soooo worth it! [=

CYIA

2010-05-07T14:31:00.000-07:00

It's that time of year again...time to get ready for CYIA, only this year i'm not gonna do it in NH, i'm doing it in VA, and its been really hard for me lately cause as you can see...i've made a lot of memories with a lot of people in NH. i'm gonna miss them so much! But i'm willing to give VA CYIA a try[=

Soccer, soccer and soccer...

2010-05-01T17:31:00.000-07:00

i just have to say that i am having a BLAST with the girls on my team[= they all mean sooo much to me! the girl at the top in the pic with me is Hannah...(you might know her as the worlds best sweeper) she was one of the first girls that i met and she's been an amazing friend to me! <3 The girl in the third pic with me is faith...or my peanut butter buddy "jiffy" because my peanut butter nickname is "skippy"...if you're not understanding this, just understand it's one of those things that you just have to be there to get it[= the girl in the 4th pic is Leah, she's pretty cool when it comes to scoring goals and i like having her as my left forward! Now as for the girl in the last pic...let's just say we MUST be long lost twins! it's kinda funny! we both like the patriots as you can see, and coordinated our soccer practice clothes to prove such a point. Anyways, enough rambling about my team...just know i LOVE them a ton!

Photo Shoot

2010-04-09T12:55:00.000-07:00

this past week we had some family come down to visit us from nh...and My aunt is a photographer, and we did a photo shoot while she was here, and here are some of the pictures that she took :)

Easter Egg Hunt and festivities

2010-04-08T13:24:00.000-07:00

The church we go to had an easter egg hunt for the community and the youth group got there early to help set up and hide eggs and shtuff (over 800 to be more precise) and i got to chaperone the kids 5 and under on their hunt, as well as do face painting...that was a TON of fun[= i love doing artsy shtuff and things with kids, so it was definitely a fun time!

Acquire The fire

2010-03-31T12:41:00.000-07:00

I had the opportunity to go on a youth trip to "acquire the fire" for the first time. it was definitely amazing! we had sooo much fun---once we got there---we started out leaving the church parking lot in good spirits...scheduled to arrive there at about 8:30pm, well, not 20 minutes into the trip, we pull off at kohls...we have trailor problems)= but that was all fixed after about a half hour of waiting on the bus...an hour later, everything is great, ipods are out, fingers texting and playing ds's and what not, when we pull off at a church...we have a flat tire. we waited in that church parking lot for over two hours and didn't get to the hotel until 10:30....we ordered pizza and hung out for a while and then went to bed (i got about 3 hours of sleep). but, the next day was full of fun and concerts and speakers, it was amazing! Then, we were gonna leave Sunday morning, and it turned out we were all awakened by the fire alarm. yes. the fire alarm. there wasn't a fire, but we were all certainly wide awake! and we were surprised that nothing went wrong with the trip home. it was definitely a very interesting trip[=

Soccer!

2010-03-11T11:32:00.001-08:00

me and savvy before the game[=
haftime pep talk from coach

monday was our first scrimmage game...it was a ton of fun. ( i got to play center forward...my favorite position!) We ended up winning 6-0 so that was a good first game experience for me with this team[=

Spaghettti Dinner and Dessert Auction...

2010-02-28T05:55:00.001-08:00

Every year the youth group puts on a spaghetti dinner and dessert auction for the church and anyone else who wants to come. The teens then act as waitresses and waiters by getting them drinks, salads, spaghetti, etc. After the dinner is over there is a dessert auction. (people in the church and in the youth group make desserts to be auctioned off) all of the money that was raised will go towards the youth fund. It was a really fun night [= Oh, and that dessert that looks like a zebra...i made it!

fun stuff

2010-02-04T17:01:00.001-08:00

I have been having OOOODLES of fun with this little one right here! She is at like the funnest age ever! Lately, i've been doing her nails (quite often i might add) and it is so cute because she absolutely loves her "pretty's" She just sits on my little computer chair and lets me touch her fingers and toes so that she can get her "pretty's" right now i believe she has purple and green on every other fingernail or toenail! She also enjoys baking with me...as long as i share the batter with her:) and then of course theres the cuddles, the reading and what not....anyways...just thought i would say that i have the cutest little sis ever!

SNOW!

2010-01-30T09:30:00.001-08:00

It snowed! Or, actually, it is snowING! for like the second time this year...not what it would be like if we were still in nh, but it'll do, i like the warmer weather anyways, but i can deal with a little snow here and there:) And these are some pics i took today.

*wanna laugh?* The record for snow in VA is nine inches...yea. NINE! and that was in 1930..THIRTY!! seriously...thats ridiculous!

One of the scariest things i could ever do...

2010-01-26T12:46:00.000-08:00

ok, so last week, i did one of the scariest things i could ever do!! I told my hairdresser to take like 7 inches off of my hair!! AAHH!! i think i like it...it's definitely easier maintenance...and requires MUCH less shampoo, brushing, and just STRESSSSSSSS!! It was just time for a change, here are before and after pics!

Park...

2010-01-26T12:30:00.000-08:00

One thing i appreciate about VA, that NH doesnt' have, is the fact that it gets warmer sooner, we've been having pretty nice weather here lately, and we decided to take advantage of it and go to the park to play some sports....and as you can see, i'm trying to get my littlest sister started early on soccer:) But as for my brothers, i've tried, they're a hopless case...football will always be their favorite!! (not that their not good at soccer, but football is their favorite!) Another family we know (actually, the family i started babysitting for) met us there, and were able to enjoy the weather too:) It was a pretty good day.

life just happens too fast...

2010-01-12T13:01:00.001-08:00

me and ruthie

me and nana

Me and Koryssa
Me and Bekahlife happens to fast for me to update about everything..so just bear with me ok?

well, we went to nh, and one of the reasons i was excited about going was because i was going to make it in time for the cyia reunion...which was (go figure) canceled last minute! And i wasn't able to go:( but however, i was able to go to my friends koryssa and bekah R's house, and spend the day and night! We went to the mall, dunkin donuts, an indoor soccer game, pizza hut, and then we went back to her house hung out, listened to music...ya know, all that kinda stuff and ended the night watching hannah montana the movie (haha:P) it was a ton of fun! i love them <3>

theres no place like home!

2010-01-01T14:31:00.000-08:00

hey guess what???!!!! I AM HOME!!!:):) I'm in new hampshire and i am soooo happy:)

Christmas Eve 09

2009-12-25T08:28:00.001-08:00

last night was the christmas eve service at chester baptist, and we had a candle light service, message, and everything else that goes with a christmas eve service. Now i don't usually curl my hair because it takes so long, but i fiured "if i can't curl my hair on christmas eve....when can i ?" so i picked up a curling iron, and about an hour later, my hair was curly! And after the service, we obviously went home, and then opened a present each and they were pj's!! i just have to say how much i love getting pj's...they're AWESOME!! merry christmas!

Leah <3

2009-12-12T13:41:00.000-08:00

I just have to say...This girl Leah is absolutely amazing! She's an awesome friend and a very godly, sweet, sensitive role model for me. i am so thankful that God brought her into my life right when i needed a friend the most:) I LOVE YOU LEAH <3

birthday party

2009-12-01T06:42:00.000-08:00

here are some pics form the little party i had on saturday:) it was wicked fun!

14

2009-11-25T12:53:00.001-08:00

YUP, thats right!! Yesterday was my 14th birthday!!! It was amazing! One of the things i asked for this year was a purity ring, and i don't know how well you can see it in the picture, but it is really pretty:) my parents are really awesome:) I also went to starbucks with my dad and got a tall egg nog latte which, by the way was amazzzing!!

And at about 9:00pm, the kids that i babysit for really made my night...they drove to my house and stood on the porch to sing me happy birthday!! It was so sweet! I love those kids so much:)

Crazy Love

2009-11-25T12:46:00.000-08:00

At the church we've gone to a few times, i've met some really awesome people who have made me feel quite at home whenever i'm at youth group or "Crazy Love" which is a bible study based on a book called "Crazy Love" and it's every sunday night, these are some pics that i took last week, its really fun and i hope to go to the next study which is based on the book "Do Hard Things" that i LOVE!!! o yea, and the cake....yea, me and caitlin made it at caitlins house and decorated it at the church that night...super fun!!:)

Me and Ali...and makeup.LOL!

2009-10-06T11:48:00.000-07:00

yesterday, my sister and i were at home with leah (who was taking a nap) while my mom went out to target for some stuff, and we decided to play around with some of my makeup, and this is what happened! from eye liner to lip liner, it was all in my makeup bag, and eventually on us!! it was actually a lot of fun!

Coach Bri...yayy!!

2009-09-21T18:13:00.000-07:00

OK, so most of you probably don't know that i like soccer...haha joke...i talk about it constantly!! I LOVE IT!! and recently i started coaching it!! and i love it! its amazing, i am considered "coach Bri" and i help with the U10 soccer team at the y, its amazing, (sorry I've only blogged about soccer lately, but that's all that is happening in my life at this point!LOL) anyways, i know it's early, but i am tired.....don't be laughing yet.....i had to type out the definition (that had to be looked up btw) to 36 words for my health project thingy, and seriously....some of the words, "Microsoft word 07" didn't "recognize"! so that should tell you something...we're talking BIG words that make NO sense...well to me anyways!! but anyways....before i get to crazy....I'll stop this post, bcuz when i say i want to get ready for bed....that means in about a half an hour I'll think about brushing my teeth, and then MAYBE getting into bed..LOL!!

soccer

2009-09-11T13:44:00.000-07:00

blonde!!

2009-09-08T14:43:00.001-07:00

now i'm blonde!!

babysitting pics

2009-08-27T11:14:00.000-07:00

here are some pics of the kids i've been babysitting...and the 100 piece bird memoty game that the 7 yr old wanted me to play....

picnic

2009-08-10T11:30:00.000-07:00

we went to this random picnic thing the other day, and here are some of the pictures that i took! that one of me doing something wierd is...i don't even know, an attempt to land an ariel...i did pretty well! there was a water slide and fun house for the kids, so my sibs had an awesome time!! and there was hot dogs, snow cones and cotton candy for everyone...which was good for me bcuz i only had like 3 bites of cereal for breakfast!

The haircut my brother gave me......

2009-08-06T10:23:00.000-07:00

So those of you who know me, know that i am a VERY spontaneous random person, and today i got this VERY spontaneous random idea....why don't i cut myself bangs? i have nothing better to do right now...and u guessed it, i followed through....with my brother who helped me cut it.....go figure...?!! but anyways, it looks great and I'm happy:)

WOW!

2009-08-04T07:33:00.001-07:00

Check this out, it is so amazing, take the time to let it sink in....it really makes you think!! http://tenthavenuenorth.com/journal/show/mike/page/5

randon, random, random

2009-07-30T07:31:00.000-07:00

I have been having fun while teaching 5 day clubs in virginia! every week i have taught with a really sweet girl named analayne, and we have been having fun together this summer, with all the teaching (and tripsto McDonalds, little ceasers...etc =:)) we've been doing! all that to say, another summer of teaching 5 day clubs is almost over:(

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also, i have found myself really homesick lately for all the ppl i know in nh!!! :( but my amazing friends and family are helping me "look on the bright side"!! look forward to visits in nh, and just have fun while i'm in va!

model

2009-07-26T14:55:00.000-07:00

So i have this friend who makes costumes, and i got to model some of them! she is an amazing costume maker=:) love u jordan!

Collage

2009-07-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

photo shoot!

2009-07-12T12:45:00.000-07:00

photo shoot!

the guys

2009-06-27T18:05:00.000-07:00

the guys....being....ridiculous....but they're still amazing!!

cyia

2009-06-27T17:52:00.000-07:00

sooooo, here are some pix of cyia! i love my friends=)=)=)=)

cyia

2009-06-18T10:57:00.000-07:00

hey....so i'm in nh now!! i am soooo excited!!=) i flew in late last night, and am tired...but recovering quite quickly!! cyia starts tomorrow, and i am sooo excited to see all the people i haven't seen in like what seems FOREVER!! cyia should be amazing this year at the new camp location, and i am definetly looking forward to it big time.

YAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

2009-06-11T14:28:00.000-07:00

Well, its almost that time again.....CYIA!! I am soooo looking forward to Training school in a little over a week, i am flying back to NH for TS and then i'll teach in VA, so I am soooo excited!! just thought i'd blog a bit of my excitment!!

Getting settled in

2009-05-29T07:45:00.000-07:00

So now we're getting all settled in.....and just a note.......isn't that a wierd looking milk jug??

i spent like forever unpacking my 3,000 boxes of stuff, clothes and shoes.......And as you can see...my tiara!!!!!!!!=) but now it looks really nice, i'll take pics and post them soon!

Our house

2009-05-29T07:40:00.000-07:00

So here are some pics of our new house Virginia!

Packing the truck....

2009-05-29T07:24:00.000-07:00

MOVING DAY!! A bunch of my friends came to help us move a few days ago, and bcuz it was my last time seeing a bunch of them for a while....we hung out! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!

makeover!!

2009-05-22T11:41:00.000-07:00

Makeover yayyy! my grandmother gets alot of makeupy stuff, so she tried some out on me yesterday when we went to her house!!....by the way...Is it hot outside lately or what!

signature...

2009-05-18T11:46:00.000-07:00

My signature....pretty cool huhh?!

youth group pictures

2009-05-11T14:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Youth group and some of the most amazing people ever! they all mean so much to me! Every wednesday night is full of........surprises...and 100% pure FUN!!

MY FRIEND MARY!=)

2009-05-11T13:56:00.000-07:00

I was so excited when my friend mary came to visit all the way from oregon!!! we had a blast, especially the last night she was here, i got to sleep in the room she was in so we could have some "sister time" and we stayed up until like 2:00 (keep in mind it was saturday night!!) and then got up at 6:10 to make breakfast for my mom! it was sooo much fun, but i did enjoy sleeping 'till 10:15 this morning!

I LOVE YOU MARY!!!!!!!!!!!

virginia

2009-04-25T07:51:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of virginia....isn't leahs dress cute??????

our trip

2009-04-17T08:31:00.001-07:00

OK, so i don't really have pictures right now, but we are at Auntie Mel and Uncle Chads house, bcuz they are in the middle of virginia and NH, On our way to NJ, the first like hour or, leah screamed her head off!! then she finally calmed down, so that was nice, especially buz i was sitting next to her! I was quite thankful that i brought my ipod.
I'll blog more when i have pictures....
*BRIANNA*

I have the best friends EVVA!!

2009-04-06T07:29:00.000-07:00

As you can see..... i brought a camera to youth group last week!! these aare some of my buddies=) and I just have the best friends EVVA!!!

The English Language...??!! =p

2009-03-25T07:36:00.000-07:00

Ok, so this is uuuuuhhhhhh, just read it youll see what i mean??!!....

How did we ever learn the English language??!!!
Brush Up on Your Speech
I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, laugh, and through!
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps.
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird
And dead: it's said like bed, not bead -
For goodness' sake don't call it "deed"!
Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).
A moth is not a moth in mother
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear.
And then it's dose and rose and lose -
Just look them up - and loose and choose.
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword,
And do and go and thwart and cart -
Come, come I've hardly made a start!
A dreadful language? Man alive,
I'd mastered it when I was five!
-Author Unknown

My sister the model...

2009-03-17T14:15:00.000-07:00

here are some pics of My Sister The Model!!!

You know you're homeschooleed if....

2009-03-09T14:15:00.000-07:00

Here is something you all might enjoy!! seriously...it's hillarious!!

You know you're homeschooled if...

You heard the phrase “socialization” and laughed becauseyou had more friends and knew more people than your public school friends.

You went to school in your PJs.

Your stacks of books to check out was taller than the librarian.

You considered school work after lunch to be cruel and unusual punishment.

You had to move laundry off your desk before you could start school.

A snow day meant that you had to shovel the driveway after you finished your school work.

You had to look at the clock to see if you could call your public school friends yet.

You thought that “public-school-kid” was an insult of the highest degree.

You were always late but just called it “homeschooler time.”

The teacher could kiss the principal, and no one thought it was unusual.

You got to school and the teacher asked you if you’ve done all your chores.

Your friends talked about waiting in line for seven hours totry out the new roller coaster in town, so you went and waited five minutes on a school day.

Gym class was actually a fun activity like dancing.

The closest thing to a bully in your school was your slightly strange five-year-old brother.

Your friends complained about a hard day at school, and you had to keep yourself from giving them “that homeschooling smile.”

You slept in till 9 am on weekdays but got up at 7 am on Sundays.

You have suffered through Saxon Math.

You have finished your schoolwork before breakfast.

You spent more than 2 hours each day reading and writing...voluntarily.

You had more than 2 science experiments going on in your room.

You have spent the entire school day in pajamas.

You checked out more than 10 books each time you visited the library.

You actually wanted to receive books on your birthday.

Your bedroom was your classroom and your bed or floor was the desk.

You stayed up till whenever, and not because you were doing homework.

You could get days ahead in almost any subject.

You forgot about the minor holidays until you saw your dad sitting home in sweats or your public school friends asked you over the weekend what you did on your day off.

Your mom counted watching a war movie as history and playing out in the snow as PE.

You had more friends way older and way younger than you than ones your actual age.

You read for fun.

hahahhahahahahahahha!!!!!

Nanna and Grampy's house

2009-03-08T10:01:00.000-07:00

yesterday we went to my nanna and grampy's house, and Nanna got this playdough cookie dough stuff, it was like soooooo cute!! and we made some cookies! theres a picture of them somewhere on this post.

cute shirt;)

2009-03-08T09:56:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of one of the shirts i got the other day...i like it so much i had to post a picture!

converse

2009-02-18T12:46:00.000-08:00

So this is the newest addition to my sho collection....red converse hi tops!! i love them to DEATH!!! and i just had to post some pictures.

life....

2009-02-18T07:04:00.000-08:00

Ok, so i have like absolutly NOTHING that is really interesting to say, i guess life is just continuing, i am writing a lot more music, and 3 of my best buds and i are in a "group" its so nice to have friends that share the same interest and are also fun to hang out with, i'll post a picture of the four of us as soon as i can.

Leah

2009-02-12T14:13:00.000-08:00

Poor leah has been sick, and it is so nice to have her in a good mood today! So i just had to post some pictures i took today!

2009-02-03T13:22:00.000-08:00

Sooo...we have like a gazillion feet of snow!! (not really that much snow...but a ton!!!)

and here are some pics of my siblings!!

more pics of leah!!

2009-01-29T12:16:00.000-08:00

Leah....no other words needed...she is so stinkin' cuuute!!!!

Philadelphia

2009-01-20T14:11:00.000-08:00

So here are some pics of Philly!! We didn't end up going to NJ 'cause my aunt and uncle who live there were pretty sick....that was a bummer, but we had an awesome time at Unca and Aunt Bobbis...and there dogs (our cousins) Dolce and Gabbana!!

we went to see the liberty bell (as pictured above)

I was glad that dad brought his laptop....even when we are on vacation i still need the computer!!...well maybe not need, but ya know...its sweet!!

Unca was so nice to us th ewhole time,...so was aunt Bobbi...she was like SUPER AUNT!! everything was totally cool....well there was that one thing, i left my mascara in the van, because we packed the van early, and i went to put it on...and it has froze!! so the brushpart came of, but unca was to the rescue, and bought me more well we were there!!...HE'S THE BEST!!!

Hope we can go again!!

I am in Philly

2009-01-17T13:54:00.000-08:00

I am in Philly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are visiting my aunt and uncle and my two cousins, Dolce and Gabbanna...(.....they are their dogs!)
I just got back from the Liberty Bell ....In FREEZING COLD WEATHER i might add!!
for those of you who don't know...(I am pretty sure most of you do) But I HATE being cold!!
It was still cool though!!

More pics

2009-01-15T11:29:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pics of the CYIA Reuinion and recruitment....

CYIA reunion and Recruitment

2009-01-13T13:06:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics from the CYIA reunion this Saturday, it was fun, but sometimes after reunions i remember just how much i miss all of my friends!!! because this was a recruitment for this summer, i brought two friends, well, i invited Riah, (shes in the picture with me) and she knew someone who she thought would be interested, i had never met him before though, The reunion was great! as far as I'm concerned any place with pizza, soda, candy, and tons of cool people, is ALWAYZ FUN!!

pictures...

2009-01-09T07:44:00.000-08:00

My aunt took these pictures a while ago, but because nothing interesting is going on (i know, just wait till tomorrow, then i'll have something fun to update about!!!) i'm posting them,

check out her photography website at www.rachellechasephotography.blogspot.com

PATRIOT FAM

2009-01-04T16:37:00.000-08:00

Christmas eve, our amily has a tradition we will go to my grandparentd house and they will order pizza from our familys favorite pizzeria and then after we eat, drink lots of soda, eat lots of chocolate......(i might as well run for the rest of my life!!) we head over to the church for the candle light chrstmas eve service, last year i sang the song "One King" and since my aunt has a song she sings every year, and so does another lady....i figured if they have "their songs" i might as well have "my song" too!! so i sang that....with a cold i might add!! and then we will go back after the service to my grandparents house and open gifts with them....anyways...(yes, there was a reason for all that i just said!!!) all that to say my aunt and uncle got our family these patriot shirts!

Me and Mom

2008-12-21T10:36:00.000-08:00

Me and Mom=)

...partys for hosting, marshmellows for toasting....

2008-12-07T13:32:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry...but i just had to post about my wonderfull family!
my Auntie mel and uncle chad came up to visit for the weekend, and my Auntie Shelly, Uncle Adam and my cousins Aj and Riley had just come back from lyncheberg Virginia,
so they and my grandparents came up for the day, it was fun! My mom, grandmother and my 2 aunts had to have their annual "Girls Night Out"
so i got to watch my sister Leah...might i add....6 months old! and adorable!
when they got back, we had s'mores and i discovered that...no joke....i have never made my own s'more! i have always had someone else do it for me, because usually my dad comes up with his own kind of s'more invention, he'll make it and i'll taste it!...he really rocks at it!! (he is such a cool dad!) but my awesome grandmother taught me how!! yay!! she rocks too!

The last picture, i just had to post of my wonderful, amazing and beutiful aunts, who are always there to make me smile!

My cute little girly christmas tree!!

2008-12-06T16:11:00.000-08:00

just wanted to post some pics of my "Cute little girly Christmas tree!" i put sparkly elastics, hair ribbons, hair clips and some jewelery on it to decorate...and by the way...ther is a cute tiara on the top!!! it is so CUTE! and the lights look adorable! i can't even explain how much i love this little addition to my room!

13!!

2008-11-27T12:44:00.000-08:00

YESSSSS!!! I am finally 13! Monday was my 13th birthday and i am thrilled! for my birthday i got my ears pierced....so that was nice!! all of my 5 siblings were with me...so i was scared to death! i deal with pain...terribly...but i wouldn't cry in front of my siblings!! but it was fine, i guess i was nervous because i had them done when i was like 9 and...it was not a very good experience...to say the VERY least!

Also...i loved my pumkin pie, i don't really like cake too much so i had a pumkin pie!

All in all it was an AWESOME day!

if this isn't cute...what is??

2008-11-14T12:07:00.000-08:00

I just had to post some pictures of my litle sister, leah!
she is just too cute!!=) she smiles sometimes, and we got it on camera! we should enter her in like a worlds cutest kids contest or something...(is ther even such a thing??)
she is just a bundle of smiling sunshine, and adds so much to my life!

CYIA reunion # 2!!!!!

2008-11-08T14:53:00.000-08:00

WOW!! is it already over?? i didn't think it would go so fast!! it was fun though!!! there were fewer people, but we had LOADS of fun! we played apples to apples, spoons, assassin, and mophia. it was so cool, at the end we had a testimony time, and it was really cool to see all the things that God was doing! we should have another sometime in early 09!! can't wait!

Trick or Treat...

2008-11-06T07:09:00.000-08:00

This was the first time that at Halloween we actually had trick or treaters!! we have never lived anywhere that trick or treaters would come, either out in the middle of nowhere or on a kind of busy road, so this year was different, we made up goodie bags for the kids and put a tract in the bags, I was kinda dubbed the "hander outer" of the candy, so that picture of me is me eating dinner waiting for the kids!! we didn't get quite as many as we thought we would but there was still a good amount of kids!........just for the record.....I LOVE CANDY!!

Pictures...

2008-10-23T10:59:00.000-07:00

So... this is just one of the things i do to have fun!!!!

Beth Moore

2008-10-16T15:42:00.000-07:00

My mom, Leah, Auntie Shell Auntie Mel, Nanny and I recently...(Tuesday night) went to see Beth Moore, It was great!! and Travis Cottrell led the music, it was so cool!! She actually was walking down the aisle and saw leah and she picked her up!! afterward people were comming up to us, asking "is that the famous baby?" and "is that beths baby?" it was so cool!! i hope to see her again!

The Good Life

my little shadow...

the rest of the salt lake pictures...better late than never?

salt lake city! :)

IEW

dear nanny...pt3

dear nanny...pt 2

Dear Nanny...pt 1

afternoon chat time

micah!

Katherine's visit...part 3

katherine's visit part 2

Katherine's visit part 1

Salt Lake City

cookies:)

just a few pics:)

football and toy story

fifteen:)

Decorating for Christmas

fall festival

sidewalk prophets and alyssa:)

maymont and a photo shoot

teaching...

swimming and tanning

kate:)

week 2 of 5-day clubs...

toy story and ping pong

CYIA 2010

Sports...

go lady patriots!

CYIA

Soccer, soccer and soccer...

Photo Shoot

Easter Egg Hunt and festivities

Acquire The fire

Soccer!

Spaghettti Dinner and Dessert Auction...

fun stuff

SNOW!

One of the scariest things i could ever do...

Park...

life just happens too fast...

theres no place like home!

Christmas Eve 09

Leah <3

birthday party

14

Crazy Love

Me and Ali...and makeup.LOL!

Coach Bri...yayy!!

soccer

blonde!!

babysitting pics

picnic

The haircut my brother gave me......

WOW!

randon, random, random

model

Collage

photo shoot!

the guys

cyia

cyia

YAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

Getting settled in

Our house

Packing the truck....

makeover!!

signature...

youth group pictures

MY FRIEND MARY!=)

virginia

our trip

I have the best friends EVVA!!

The English Language...??!! =p

My sister the model...

You know you're homeschooleed if....

*Nanna and Grampy's house*

cute shirt;)

*converse*

Nanna and Grampy's house

converse