Life in General.

I haven't blogged in a while...since February, actually, and a lot of stuff has been going on with me my and my family.  So I'm going to start where I left off...

March 24, 2008 my Grandfather died.  It was incredibly hard on all of us.  I couldn't talk about him for a while without breaking down.  Its still very hard.  I would have to say that would be one of the hardest times in my life.  People where apologetic, but I wondered if they really meant it sometimes.  Did they really mean it?  Or are they just saying it to be nice?  I hated it. 

Nothing really happened in April, May, or June, except for going to a ton of Chicago Fire games!  I love going to those with my family.  I feel like its our time to spend time together without worrying about church and other issues.  And we all enjoy it.  Its great! 

July...July was a great month.  Its was my birthday, and one of my best friends came up from Cartersville, Georgia to come and visit with us for two weeks!  And she came to Engram with me.  We went into Chicago and did all the touristy things that I have done countless times.  It was a lot of fun!  I'm supper glad she came! 

Engram was good.  I felt like its was very different from the previous years.  I mean maybe because it was my last year or something.  Or maybe because I went there and I was dealing with so much and I had a lot on my mind and plus God was dealing with me on some stuff, that needed to be dealt with.  I got to catch up with some friends who I haven't seen in a couple years.  It was good! 

So I guess we are in August now.  I went to a couple weddings, and they where very nice (eh).  ha.  Soccer started back up (yay!)! I was so excited!  So I have been really busy with that, and I've met some great people.  And get this....my Dad got a job at a soccer shop!  Its so cool!  He Just started the other day.  And school starts in a couple days.  To be honest....I'm not all that exciting.  But I have to get over that because I have to do it anyway. 

I just thank God that he was been providing for us.  Its been a hard year.  I've lost some friends that I thought I wouldn't lose.  But God is good...he is always providing.  My Dad got a job, the church is growing, and we have food and a roof over our heads.  And we have each other, thats all that matters.  I know...my life is a little boring...but whatever. ha.

NIU Shooting....

So Last Thursday (Valentines Day) There was a Shooting at NIU. Six People died (including the shooter) and I think at least 20 other people were shot (my brother wants me to tell you they were shot but didn't die) (ya he reading over my shoulder asking me to take him to the candy store (just what he needs right) anyways). At first it didn't really hit me has bad but these past couple days I've been really thinking about it and how it happened all so fast. We weren't even in Dekalb when it happened. We went to the new indoor water park in Rockford, and then we went to the Guitar Center (I needed a case for my guitar and some pic's) after that. And the clerk behind the desk was on the phone talking to somebody saying is everybody in Dekalb ok? And my parents started freaking out saying wait what happened in Dekalb?? And all that fun stuff. And it was supposed to be Valentines day and my parents were supposed to go out and see a movie or whatever they were gonna do. But guess what.....that didn't happen. They were at church most of the night, and then they went out to eat, but it was like it wasn't even Valentines Day. Apparently they talked about whats gonna happen this week and the weeks to come. So its been stressful. And every Night my parents are either at church or at a meeting (which that means I'm babysitting my sibs every night) or with the Billy Graham Emergency Response Team. And that also means my parents are very stressed out, (so please pray for them and all the area churches) well I think most of Dekalb and NIU is stressed. please pray.....

Hey People! D@nc3

I know I haven't posted in almost a year (I'm sorry), but life has been crazy with school, church and everything else. Its snowed and we have about 5 inch. (fun right) so me and my brothers made a "snow fort" and had a "snowball fight". So I'm freezing right now. Last time I posted it was April.....I think. So I went to Puerto Rico in February for a missions trip so that was awesome fun. And then in May me and my family went to California for two weeks for a Pastors meeting that my parents had to go to. So for the first week my Aunt Jenny and her boyfriend Greg came to watch us and we went to Disney Land and to Beverly Hills and Hollywood so that was fun. And the second half we travel to San Fransisco (that was a long drive), we took the long way but the mountains and the scenery was beautiful. We made it to San Fransisco (finally) and we went did the touristy thing. So we took the Amtrak train home (fun....not really) and got one of those bunker rooms so me and Sarah shared one. Let me just say......I like flying a whole lot better. So that is May.....nothing much happened in June, July was my birthday. August I started High School (yeah!), nothing much happened in September, October ya nothing much except a couple birthdays. November, more birthdays and Turkey day, That was fun! and now its December and nothing much has happened yet. So have a great Christmas!

SNOW!

Its snowing! We have like 3 ft. of snow! Its awesome! Me and my brothers made a snowfort and we threw snowballs. And its really cold! (colder than I remember!)

We put our tree up and the lights on the house. Our tree has like 50 ornaments - its crazy!

And then yesterday we went to Chicago, to go see the tree's at the Museum of science and Indresrty. What it is - is that there is a bunch of tree's from around the world, Its awesome! Then we did the stuff at the museum that we have never done before and that was fun.

Then we went to this awesome Italian restaurant and the food was amazing! We sat in this little house type thing so it was like we weren't even in a restaurant. And then we went to the kringle market were their is ornaments and lot of German food, and a huge x-mas tree! It was a awesome time.

I will write later!

Christmas ; )

So my dad wants to put a BIG snow globe plastic thing in our front yard. (he wants us to be the neighbors who are talked about) Fun right? not.

Anyway. So we are doing X-mas at our house this year and usually we do it at my Grandparents, but since we moved into our new house we are gonna try it here.

Talking about my Grandparents, we just went to their house for Thanksgiving (there were like 25 people there) and all my cousins came, it was fun. But I have this one cousin who I don't really talk to actcally I don't talk to her, well anyways..................you get the picture.

so anyway I will write later.

Our New Puppie

So this is our dog. Her name is Molly. My Dad LOVES her.Molly Follows my Dad everywhere! We got her Tuesday and we took her to the vet yesterday and she has a cold. :(
I feel so bad cause she hasn't eating anything, but she is drinking a lot of water.
I'm so excited cause this is my first dog. We had a dog in Georgia but we only had her for a week, than we gave her to the shelter.
Snowy (our cat, our queen of the house) is mad cause we got Molly.
A dog and a cat...............um I will let you finish the story.
But things are going good other than that. So do you like her???

Golf, Golf, Golf.

What is my keyword here, hm, Golf? LOL. Sorry that I haven't bloged in a while I got busy, Anyway. Me my dad and a bunch of people from church went golfing this morning, it was fun! We did best ball, where the person who's ball is closer to the green is the ball that you will play from. So it was me my dad, and somebody else from the church, I did OK. We are going to Six Flags, Great America on Thursday and then me and my dad are going to Springfield after words to see the LPGA Golfers Play! I am so excited! My Dad wants to go to waffle House (which is in Springfield). I am not a big Waffle house fan ( threw up ones after I ate there.) My Dad said it was cause of the lemonade I drank, but I don't think it was. Lets change the subject, Yes? So we are going to six flags on Thursday and the cool thing about it is my grandparents live like a mile away from the park, so if we want to go eat lunch at my grandparents house we can instead of paying 50 bucks for hot dogs, and do stuff like that. And I am even more excited for the LPGA Tournament!