Chatterbox From East Texas

I know I know.....

2009-09-08T17:34:00.000-07:00

I know I have been gone a LONGGGGGG time from here but let me tell y'all I have been so busy.... I am working now normally my day starts at 8 in the morning then ends between 3 and 5:30 in the evening... Then I will also be starting school on Monday so with school and work both I deffinately wont have time for this.... But I have had a great summer this year...My favorite part of my summer was probably the Teen Conference that I went to with my grandparetns youth group in Missiouri..I learned so much there and my perspective on some things changed....Mainly on dating cause that is the message that hit me the hardest and that I changed most in my life... Talking on this subject my sister Megan who went to Germany the week I was in Illinois found out about me changing my perspective on dating so she brought the book "I kissed Dating Goodbye" home with her from the missionairies(sp) for me to read and let me tell you I recommend it to everyone...If you have never read it read it..... This past week my cousins from Louisianna came to our house so they could take their 6 year old son Isaac and their foreign exchange student Wen from China to six flags for Isaac's birthday so I got to babysit my 2 baby cousins Arielle who is 1 and Isabelle who is 2...Let me tell you I had a great time.... Well I guess that is all for now...I will try to atleast update once a month but if I dont it is cause I am always busy. I have school, work, church, teen court, concerts, cleaning my moms office, Bible studies on Mon and thurs nights, co-op, piano lessons. So yeah there is my list of stuff that I am always busy and plus on top of all that any extra stuff I do with family and friends.....

It's been a while!!

2009-03-14T05:15:00.000-07:00

Well the reason I have not been on in a while is because all of last week and the first of this week my whole family was sick..We got over it on Sundy afternoon but my whole family stayed home from church on Sunday just to make sure we were over it...Well Thurs morning me and Mackenzie went up to the Church to help with decorating for Autumn's wedding shower and it turned out so pretty....Then Thurs was the shower so we went to that...There were about 20-30 women there and Autumn got a ton of stuff.....It was all great...She loved it.....Friday after my mom got home me, my mom, and my friend Lauren went to Tyler to go shopping for my prom dress...Well I got a dress but it took forever....We went to the mall where we ALWAYS get our dresses they did not have hardly any out...Then we went to David's Bridal and they were either to expensive or I did not like them....Then we went to Macy's and I saw a black I liked, I tried it on and it is so cute, but we decided to go to Beall's to see if there was anything better there wasnt so back to Macy's we went...The dress is black, it is ruffley, it is not form fitting, it is flowy all the way down, it only comes to the middle of my shins, it is haulter top......Thats about the best I can do to explain it...It is so cute on though....I got it for $25 too!!!! Well as I am typing this I am waiting to leave for our family reunion which I am so excited about!!! Well we will be in Houston all day for the reunion so I hope you all have a GREAT day!!!

Teen Court cases!!!

2009-03-05T06:45:00.000-08:00

Well I said I would post about the 4 cases we had this past Monday so that is what I am going to do now!! Hope you all enjoy!

#1 Case-Was an 18 yr old girl-Theft under $50....She had an attitude the whole time, she previously has gotten 2 speeding tickets and 1 skipping school ticket and now the theft ticket she says she did all of this to just push the limits to see if she could get away with it! When the attorneys got done questioning her and she was walking off stand she rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue out!! To say the least she got the Maximum punishment(40 hrs and 6 jury terms)! I was so happy I had nothing to do with this case!

#2 Case-Was a 17 yr old girl-Theft under $50-On this case I was the defense attorney and I am so happy I was...I have come to like this girl alot and I wish she did not live so far away so after she gets done with her punishment she can be a volunteer but she has to drive 2 hours to get to teen court....Her case was kinda sad...She gets there and asked me if she could not get on stand and just get maximum, well I said yes because you do not have to get on stand...She was nervous abotu getting up there and she was crying and freaking out...I told her to watch the first case and then decide if she wanted to go on stand...Well right before court started we went to sit down by the jury and 2 guys start saying stuff to her like "you should have run and gotten away", "your a bad kid for stealing", and "I can't believe you stole"...So then she started to cry again because she felt bad enough already and they were making her feel extremely bad....But on her case the prosecuting attorney being my friend Lauren asked my client what she thought she deserved and she said Maximum but she got Minimum punishment(30 hrs and 5 jury terms) which was a shock...I was so happy though because I think everyone felt bad for her, she already got grounded from her phone and car for 4 months and had to spend a night in jail for the Theft.

#3 Case-Was a 16 yr old guy-Speeding-This was also my case, I was again the defense attorney..This case was a little confusing and still is but everyone believes what he said because he did not look or sound or act like he was lieing(sp)...He said he got a ticket for driving 78 in a 55 speed limit zone but he claims he had his cruise on 55 and that a car flew by him on a windy and hilly rode and that probably the officer just clocked the other person but thought it was my client. He got middle of the road though which was 27 hrs and 4 jury terms I think.

#4 Case-Was a 15 yr old guy-Trespassing-He was in an alternative school and he got out of school and was going to go to a teen center in Brownsboro so he was walking on the Brownsboro middle school side walk so he could cross the highway to get to the teen center and he got a ticket for being on the middle school property because since he was in an alternative school he could not be on any of brownsboro's school property's except for the alternative one and no one had told him till a week after he got ticket. He got middle of the road too.

So that's how our cases went.....Last night we got to stay after church for a youth fellowship and spend some more time with the missionary family from Germany before they leave saturday so we stayed there till 11:15p.m. just talking to them and playing with their 4 month old baby.....I can't wait till tomorrow because we are going over to a family in our church house to talk to them and the missionary family to see what all Megan needs to know for when she goes to Germany in August.... Well hope everyone has a GREAT week!

Back Again!!

2009-02-24T20:11:00.000-08:00

So I have not been on for a while but I am back now!! The main thing I have been up to lately is being here for my mom when she needs me because for several weeks she has been battling depression, a few migrain headaches and a couple of episodes of the flu!! Please pray for her that she will get completely better!! She is better than she has been today so thats good!! Now on to a more possitive note....We have a missionary family that has been staying in our missionary apartments for a couple weeks now and they will be here till a week from Sat...So we have had the joy of talking with them and getting to know them more and playing with their 2 year old daughter and holding their baby who I think is less than 6 months old!! Also I am getting prepared for teen court Monday...I will defending a girl for theft under $50 and I will also be defending a guy for speeding...The other 2 cases that I am not an attorney on are a girl for theft under $50 and a guy for trespassing!! We have training on Sat so I will get to find everything out about my 2 clients!! Hope everyones week has gone well so far!!

Fire Proof

2009-02-09T09:25:00.001-08:00

Oh my goodness for anyone who has not seen this movie yet you need to go get it and watch it. We finally watched it yesterday after church services and it was a very good movie. That is now my favorite movie. It has some very good lessons in it and a very good salvation message in it! I recommend it to everyone! If you have seen it already great! lol

Movie Fire Proof!

2009-01-27T17:48:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, I dont know how many of you have seen Fire Proof yet but we just bought it today. I have not seen it yet so I am quite excited to see it! I hear it is really good. I will let you all know what I think of it after I watch it! Please dont tell me anything about the movie I want it to be a surprise! Well hope you all have a GREAT week!

My week!

2009-01-23T18:55:00.000-08:00

Well this week we have not done hardly anything at all which has been quite boring...All I did was school, our 2nd week of our Evolution/Creation class which we had a good turn out again, then getting things together for my next scrapbook that I will be doing soon and then my dad started his new work schedule yesterday because he is now working on the weekends, and then I found out that I have 2 cases to do a week from Monday for teen court, a disorderly conduct which I am defending and a theft case which I am prosecuting...Well thats my week hope yours has been better!!!

Back Again!!

2009-01-13T11:06:00.000-08:00

I know it's been forever since I have been on here but we have been busy and out of town a lot lately!!! Well we were in Illinois last week! We had such a wonderful time, we got to see everyone in Illinois except for my Aunt Vicki, and my cousin Tim! While we were at my Uncle Tom's house the first 2 days of our time in Illinois we got to see my Uncle Roger's house which is very nice, and then we went visiting all my moms Aunt's and Uncle's who are still living so we enjoyed that!!! We then went on to my grandparents house and stayed with them for a week....We went to the Y 3 times while we were there, my grandparents took us out to eat for breakfest one morning and then for my Grandparents 62nd Anniversary my family, grandparents and a friend of ours Barbara all went out to eat.....Then while we were still there our friend Barbara stayed the night, the night before we left so that was fun....I got jewlry, gift cards, chocolate covered candies, a digital picture key chain, and a book my grandmother wrote for Christmas gifts while we were there!!! We started our new bible study "Evolution Exposed" yesterday and it went well we watched a introduction video by Ken Hem and we had 20 people for the first lesson!!! Well got to go for now!!!

P.S. Please everyone keep my friend Barbara from Illinois and her family in your prayers....Her family for spiritual and Barbara just because she does not have a good home life and is trying to live her life for God but does not have very good influences!! Also pray for her older brother who is in jail that he will turn to God and start making the right choices!! Thanks!!

Christmas Vacation!!!

2008-12-30T08:01:00.001-08:00

We had a GREAT Christmas with my dads family last weekend, though it didnt last long we enjoyed it very much....Just being able to see everyone was so much fun....Now we are getting ready to leave again on Thurs, we are going to my moms families house...We are headed to her brothers Tom's house on Fri., then on Saturday we will see all our cousins in live around them, then Saturday night we head to her parents house for a week!!! We are all looking forward to it since my whole family gets to go this time!! Please everyone pray for our safety there and back....Thanks hope everyone has a GREAT week!!!!

2008-12-24T19:31:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone!! Hope everyone has a GREAT and BLESSED Christmas this year!! May you always remember the true meaning of Christmas!!

Christmas!!!

2008-12-20T08:45:00.000-08:00

We had our first of 3 Christmas's yesterday! We had our family Christmas! I got a book from both my sisters and they look very interesting but I have never heard of them!!! lol!! I got an american girl doll(Mia, and I will be getting Samantha in May but it is on back order), Ipod, money to Cavenders and cell phone from my parents!! I had a very good Christmas with my family!!! Today we are going to go to tyler to shop with some money we got and eat!!! Hope everyone has a GREAT Christmas!!

Been awhile!!!

2008-12-18T10:59:00.001-08:00

I know I have not been on here very much lately but I just have been busy or have not had anything to post about!! Well tomorrow I will be going to talk to someone about a job so I would be happy if everyone please pray for me that everything goes well......Then on saturday we are going to go shopping for different things in Tyler(mainly clothes), and then we are doing our family Christmas that night!! So I am very excited about that!! Well we are getting to go to my dads families house after all for Christmas so I am looking forward to that next week!!! Well I guess thats all for now, hope everyone has a great week and a GREAT Christmas!!

Sad News!!

2008-12-15T08:57:00.001-08:00

I got up this morning and Megan told me my rabbit had died in the night!!! I am not too happy right now!!! I told my mom to get me another one just now wild, one that would live longer!!!

Hey Everyone!!!

2008-12-11T12:19:00.000-08:00

This is just an update as to why I have not posted...Well I have been very bust getting things together for this weekend, it is my 16th birthday, so I am having a birthday party with 10 girls...I will be posting pictures sometime either Saturday or Sunday of the party so stay tuned....Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!!!

Back Again!

2008-12-08T07:42:00.000-08:00

Well we had Megan's birthday party on Friday-Saturday, it was so much fun we had 4 girls over..Friday we just hung out at the house, but one girl could not spend the night, then Saturday morning after all of us girls got showers and dressed and stuff we went to tyler to Johnny Carinos, shopping and then went to the Southern Gospel Concert, after that we went and ate with First Voice(which is one of the groups that sang) at whatabuger and had a very good time, it was so much fun!!! Now we are getting ready for my birthday party on Friday. I get to get my license and my dad said I can get a job too so that is exciting. Please pray that I will be able to find one. I am looking into working at the front desk of a beauty shop where we go to get our hair done at. Hope every one has a GREAT day.

Also I want to wish my cousin a very Happy 16th Birthday today! Hope you have a great day!

Leaving

2008-11-25T14:45:00.000-08:00

Sorry I havnt posted in a while I had, had a cold and am still not over it completely but oh well...We are going out of town tomorrow to my dads brother's house for Thanksgiving and wont return till late Friday night so I wont be posting till probably Saturday...Hope everyone has a wonderful and great Thanksgiving!

Pretty boring day!!!

2008-11-08T19:03:00.000-08:00

Today my day was pretty boring...This morning me and my mom went grocery shopping, Christmas gift shopping, looking at clothes and then I had to go a few places to pick up money from people who are buying stuff from me for our fundraiser because I have to raise money for highschool trip....Then all this afternoon we just stayed at the house till about 4 and we went and rented movies.....So now we are watching movies, we first watched Made of Honor, now we are watching Kunf Fu Panda and my dad rented 2 movies called The Secret and then The Happening....So that is what my day consisted of.....Hope y'all's day was more exciting than mine....Have a GREAT week everyone!!!!

2008-11-04T10:06:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone again! Well first off we found out that Bro. Richard Fulton's family from our church are leaving for some time so he can preach at a church until they find a pastor....So I am sad, we will still get to see them on Sunday evening after services for choir practice and then on Monday nights for our youth Bible study and then Tuesday evening for art lessons but it is sad....Please keep Bro. Richard in your prayers though since he will be preaching a lot, because he has voice problems and lately he has had a lot of problems with his voice. Yesterday we had teen court and all 3 cases got maxed out so I lost the 2 cases I was defending, I did not feel bad though because I think everyone of them deserved what they got.....So thats whats been going on....

My weekend!!!

2008-11-02T19:32:00.000-08:00

Friday my friend Lauren had her 18th birthday party and it was so much fun. We first passed out over 1000 pieces of candy to all the tricker treaters and then we had hot dogs and chips and stuff like that. Then we played a balloon dare game. It was so much fun. We laughed and talked a lot, and stayed up late. Then Saturday morning we had teen court training, then I went home with my family, we went to factory connection, payless, cvs, mcdonalds and then home. We then picked up a friend Grace because her and another friend Chloe were spending the night, then we went to clean the office, then we went to the park at 8:3o and got revenge on some people. Then we had church this morning and our friends went home. Tomorrow we have co-op, we are getting school pics done too, then we have teen court, and then since we normally have our youth Bible studies on Monday night and most of the young people are out of town, the ones who are here are coming to our house for a game night.....

Baby Shower!

2008-10-23T21:05:00.001-07:00

These are pictures of the baby shower.....Hope you all enjoy.

I just love her hair it is brown with
blonde highlights....You can not tell
that well in this pic. though.

I just love the lighting on this pic.
of Alisa....She is just a doll.....

This is the cutest outfit ever...:).

I just love this pic. me and Alisa.

Me holding Alisa.

Mackenzie(my little sister), me holding Alisa, and
my cousin Jessica.

My little sister Mackenzie with Alisa.

Aunt Theresa and Alisa.

Aunt Theresa, Alisa, and Mrs. Mcbroom.

Aunt Theresa with Alisa.

Aunt Theresa holding Alisa, and Mrs. Mcbroom sitting
next to them....

Aunt Michele, mama and Alisa.

Mama holding Alisa for the first time.

Granny and her corsage.

Heathers grandmother and her
corsage.

Heather with her Corsage(Her grandmother sitting next
to her).

Grisel and Katy racing.

Amy and Laticia racing.

Olivia and Aunt Michele racing.

Heathers sisters racing(cant remember their names)

My mom and Gloria racing.

Heather playing the game!

Mrs. Kelly and Haeather racing.

Amy and Grisel racing

Heather and Grisel(the winner of the game)
racing on the clothes line game.

Heather playing the clothes line game

This was all the presents Heather got!

That is the teddy bear that we got her, it says a prayer!

Isn't a cute dress?

That blanket says I love Mommy, I love Daddy it is so cute and soft!

I think the baby will have enough covers for
the winter.

Another blancket!

From left to right Heathers mom Kim, Heather and baby Alisa,
Aunt Michele, Heathers grandmother and granny.

From left to right my granny, my aunt Michele,
Heathers mom Kim, Heathers grandmother,
then Heather and baby Alisa!

This past Sunday was our third Sunday of revival and Bro. Tom Bragdon who was our pastor when we went to Leagueville Baptist.Hearts and Strings sang which is a group from our church who sings..He did a very good job, we had almost 100 people there that day.....Then today we had Bro. Darryl Sparks there to preach, he did a very good job too...We had Lifeway trio there to sing and they did an excellent job....It was our last Sunday of revival and it was a very good service....

Hey everyone!!!

2008-10-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

Hey well we are leaving to tonight to go to Freeport.....My cousin Heather's baby shower is tomorrow so we are going there for that...We finally get to Alisa!!!!! Well I will not be on till Sunday probably again to update but I am sure I will have photos to post.....Hope everyone has a great weekend....

My week

2008-10-13T20:29:00.000-07:00

Well like I said the man that had cancer passed away...His visitation was on Friday, then Saturday was his funeral, there is a girl in our church Grace who is 13 and was asked to sing Farther Along at the funeral by the mans wife, she was not sure how she could do it, but she did a very good job....Then on Sunday was our 2nd Sunday of revival, Bro. Ron Thomas from Rodgers Baptist Church came and preached to us, he did a very good job and everyone needed to her the message, everyone was blessed by it.....We had Faithful Touch there to sing and then some of our own sang too.....Today was our homeschool group, the gold team which is the highschoolers dissected a Crayfish which was very nasty, then we had our gun safety glass the speaker did a very good job but I already knew most of it through my dad so it was kinda boring......Then we had our youth Bible study this evening and it went very well......Everyone please be in prayer for Dan Stole and his family because he is battling with cancer and was put on hospice today and they gave him 24 hrs to live some time today, that is all I know as of now...Also everyone please keep on praying for the Jones family for spiritual and emotional healing....

Prayer Request

2008-10-08T19:40:00.003-07:00

The man I asked prayer for in my previous post that had been battling cancer, died today at 7...Please keep his family in your prayers emotionally and spiritually though

Sorry it's been a while!!!

2008-10-07T17:54:00.000-07:00

Well lets see lets start with Friday of last week....Well my little sister had a friend over and I stayed up with them till 2a.m....Saturday we went to our church at 9a.m. to help with the missionary apartments since our revival started on Sunday, then I went to teen court at 10a.m., then went back to the church and was there until 4p.m., then me and my sisters and two girls from our church went to eat at Jalapeno Tree at 7p.m.....Sunday we had our first Sunday of revival and it went very well Bro. Ed Neal preached...Then Monday we had our homeschool group, then teen court and I did Master Jury on one, prosecuted on another and was on the jury for the third, every one of the kids got basically maximum, then we had our youth Bible study and the plan was to watch the next lesson of the video of Way of the Master but instead everyone who wanted to shared their testimony and it was very good, some people got emotional.....I am very blessed with people in our church and the young people.....Today I started school and it ended up being very difficult and then I had piano lessons.......This weekend our young people in our church are going to see Fire Proof so I am looking forward to that.....We finally got a working washing machine yesterday so that was good.......Also one last thing....Please everyone pray for a man that goes to our church his name is Charlie Jones he had cancer on his brain and then now it is all over his body and he is not expected to make it very long......Pray for his family too because he is worried about them about their salvation....Sorry about such a long post...

Hey everyone!!

2008-10-01T15:36:00.000-07:00

Hey well I have not been up to too much latly..On Monday we had our homeschool group and then highschoolers had to disect a Starfish which was very disgusting....Then Monday night we usually have our youth Bible study but our Pastor needed our help doing a few things to the Missionary's apartments that we are finishing up before Sunday when our Revival starts...Everyone please pray that our revival will go good and that the Lord will use the pastors that are coming to preach to us.....Then Tues. I had piano lessons, which I got my next book up, and am now playing hymnals so I am very excited about that.....Today we have church.....Friday Mackenzie's friend is spending the night.....Sunday our revival starts...Monday are getting school pictures done at our homeschool group...Then on top of all this we are still waiting for a new working washing machine...Well hope everyone is having a GREAT week...

My weekend...

2008-09-28T12:28:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

Sorry I havnt posted in ahile but like I said before I have been busy.....Well on friday my older sister Megan had her friend Alison over to spend the night so Alison's younger sister invited me over to spend the night with her so I did and we played Electronic Life, got on the internet, took pictures, cooked some really good potatoes to snack on, when to wal-mart and got me some clothes, and then just sat around and talked and laughed alot...Well then on Saturday I spent the night again and then Alison came back to her house with my older sister Megan and she spent the night too....We all had so much fun....Well here are some of my favorite pics that Lauren took of me.....

Hey everyone!!!

2008-09-26T12:33:00.000-07:00

The reason I havnt updated in awhile is because I have been really busy latly with a lot of little stuff.....But I wont be able to actually update again until Sunday or Monday because I am about to leave to spend the night with my friend and I will probably be at her house most of Tomorrow too...So hope everyone has a great week!!

Bunny and Ginger

2008-09-24T09:18:00.000-07:00

Here is a pic of my bunny and Ginger next to each other so everyone can see the difference in size....

Another pic of my bunny.....

2008-09-21T20:26:00.001-07:00

This is my Dad and my bunny that I caught 2 days ago.....This is my favorite pic so far of my bunny.....Oh by the way for anybody who is wandering if it is a boy I am going to name it Tex, and if it is a girl I am going to name it Rose for Texas Rose.....Tell me what all of y'all think about the names....Hope you enjoy.....

Look What I caught today in our front yard :0

2008-09-19T19:00:00.000-07:00

It is a baby bunny...It is so cute...Hope you enjoy...I hope it doesnt die too.....

My cousin Alisa!!!

2008-09-17T21:00:00.001-07:00

For those of you who have been readin my blog latly and saw where I had been asking prayer for my cousin who was pregnant well here is pics of her Daughter my new cousin Alisa Grace McEntire....Thanks to all who had been praying for my cousins.....Hope you all enjoy as much as I did when I saw them!!!!:)

Update!!!!!

2008-09-13T17:04:00.001-07:00

Just to let everyone know the hurricane did not hit near as hard as expected at my families houses that lived in freeport area and there is minimum damage everyone said.....It didnt even hit as hard as expected here either...Tomorrow some of my family including my papa and dad are going to go back and just check and see what kind of damage there is and see if any thing needs to be fixed....Thanks for all the prayers, it is really appreciated.....

Keep Praying

2008-09-12T19:13:00.001-07:00

Well we are going to be getting about 70 mph winds here in Athens and electricity out possibly for a couple of days.....Also pray that my dad will not have to work tomorrow while it is hitting here.....Also keep praying for all my family who lives in freeport that are down in this area....Thanks

Update!!!!

2008-09-11T10:03:00.000-07:00

My cousin Heather had her baby this morning, Baby Alisa weighed 4 pds. 7 oz....Everyone is doing good and they are leaving galveston going to the Austin hospital....So they wont be in the worst part of the storm...All our family made it out fine and are with other family members so just pray for their houses and property Thanks

Urgent Prayer Requests!!!

2008-09-10T08:41:00.000-07:00

Well the first prayer request I have is please pray for all our family in the Freeport area, they are having to evacuate, so please pray safe traveling and everyone in the way of Hurricane Ike.....The 2nd request I have is pray for my cousin Heather because she has had some complications with her blood platlets(sp) and is pregnant, so was forced to be induced early this morning, so please pray that everything will turn out good and both her and baby Alisa will be healthy after all this is over......Pray for my cousin(the dad/husband) Caleb too as he just has to wait with them and hope everything is ok....Also pray for them because they are at the hospital in Galveston, Tx...Pray that they wont be hit by Hurricane Ike...Thanks

The last couple of days!!!

2008-09-07T11:45:00.000-07:00

Well sorry I havnt updated in a while but I have been extremely busy....Well I will start off with Friday, I got up cleaned the whole house, left to go hang up some flyers all over town for our next Southern Gospel concert we are having, then we did our Church bulletins, then my sisters dropped me off with my mom and we went and looked around for clothes, then we went and picked up 2 of my friends(Emily and Sarah) who were spending the night, then we came home fixed supper and ate, then we went to a football game which it was the 2nd game this season and our team won again this time it was 21-7, then we left the game at 11p.m. came home ate again, played games, was going to go swimming but was too cold, had a water fight, my friends saw a side of me, my mom and dad that they had never seen, lol.....Then we finally went to bed at 3a.m., got up Saturday morning at 8a.m., ate breakfest, got ready, left and went to teen court, was there till 12(noon), left dropped my friends off at a garage sell they had to help with, and then me and another friend of mine(Lauren) went to interview our defendant for teen court, we will be defending this case. Then we took her home, came home ate lunch, left to go clean the office, came home was going to go swimming again but was too cold, ate supper, and sat around for awhile.....Tomorrow we start our first day of co-op which is our homeschool group, I am very excited about it, then from there we go to teen court, then to our youth Bible study.......So I am and have been very busy latly, then hopefully on Tuesday we will be starting school if the rest of it gets to our house by then....Well think I will stop now....Have a GREAT week everyone!!!!

To Amber!!

2008-09-04T10:48:00.001-07:00

I am sending a very special Happy Birthday your way....Hope you have a great day!!!!

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Amber,
Happy Birthday to you!

Luv ya

My week!!!

2008-09-03T09:51:00.000-07:00

Sorry I havnt been on in a while.....Been quite busy with a bunch of stuff......Well on Sunday we had church, and Sunday morning my mom woke up with a migrain but got over that on Tues. Sunday night after services the young people at our church stayed and had a fellowship, we had sandwhiches, chips and cheesecake....Then we hung out and talked and then we played games, we played mad gab, then sardenes(sp) and then Murder in the dark....We had a blast.....We were all there until midnight...Then we brought 3 of the kids home, and two girls spent the night, we were up till 5 or 6 in the morning.....Then they left monday night at 7p.m. and now I have a really bad cold from all the weather chaning here.....I hate it!!!(the cold) Now on friday I might be having some more friends over to spend the night....I cant wait!!! We are getting ready to start school soon too.....And our homeschool group starts back up on Monday which I am very excited about......Well I think that is about it!!!

2008-08-28T18:24:00.000-07:00

Well on Monday we watched our 2nd lesson titled "Hell's Best Kept Secrets" of The Way of the Master....It was very good......Then this past week we have been cleaning alot so some of our friends can come over tomorrow.....We are also going to the first home football game for Athens.....Then we are going to be getting ready for teen court next week, as of now we have no cases but we might possible have 1.....Well I have another headache so I am going to get off for now but I just wanted to update......

Feeling Better

2008-08-26T10:51:00.000-07:00

Well I am now over my headache so I can update now!!! Well how my week has been...lets see....We have been very busy with all kinds of stuff...mainly just cleaning and cleaning....We are planning on having some friends over this weekend so my parents said we had to clean......We had our usual youth Bible study yesterday and it was really good.....If you have never done The Way of the Master you should look into doing it, it is really good and we have just started it......Well I also have a prayer request that I would like everyone to pray for....on Sunday afternoon at prayer meeting Mrs. Clara from our church mentioned a young boy who was 17 died in a hit and run....He had been drinking with some friends and ended up he didnt want to go where his friends were going so they let him out, well two vehicles hit him and just left him...Well he died....Mrs. Clara's granddaugheter Stormy was really good friends with him, and then today we got an e-mail from the person over teen court saying that this young man was the boyfriend of Alex who we go to teen court with and she was taking it really hard.....So I am asking that you pray for all these people and everyone involved.....Thanks

2008-08-24T19:05:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

Sorry I havent posted in a long time but I have been SUPER busy latly and plus on top of that I have had a horrible headache for the past two days....So when I get over this headache and can think straight I will post how my week went....Just thought I would let everyone know...

My week!!!

2008-08-19T08:53:00.001-07:00

Well lets see.....Just about ever since we have been home from vacation my mom has been sick with really bad Migrain Headaches and Stomache aches....but I guess she felt better because this has been her first day back to work since Thurs. of last week.....Keep her in your prayers please! Well Sunday we had our morning service and we had a family join, so that was a blessing!! Sunday night we had our service and then our fellowship, and singing and all kinds of stuff, so at church one of the ladies there asked me and my sisters to sing, so we said yes but we ended up getting 2 other girls to sing with us(our pastors daughter Chloe and then Bro. Fulton's daughter Grace), we sang "I Must Tell Jesus" Me, Chloe and Grace sang the 1st verse, then Megan and Mackenzie joined in on the chorus, then the 2nd verse Megan, Mackenzie and Grace sang and then me and Chloe joined in on the chorus, and then the last two verses all of us sang together...That was fun. At the fellowship our young people played Catch Phrase which is a really fun game. Monday I had piano lessons to catch up on the week I had missed, then that afternoon since my mom wasnt feeling good I got groceries for her and that took a while, then that evening we had our youth Bible study that turned out really well, Nathen our pastors son did a very good job on it....Today we are going to clean the house for my parents. Tomorrow we have church. Thurs. I do not know if we have anything yet. Friday we are going to work out with our friend from church and then that evening our homeschool highschool group is getting together to go eat since we have money left from our highschool trip, and hopefully I am having two girls spend the night. Then Sat. we have to clean the office, and I am working in the Southern Gospel concert we are having...So that is what I have planned for the week. sorry about such a long post...Have a GREAT week everyone!

I'm Back everyone!!!!

2008-08-14T13:50:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone sorry it has been so long.....I was gone for a week at my moms families house in Illinois for a week....Well start at the beginning.....Well last Wednesday we finally left Athens at 7:00p.m. We only drove half way and stayed the night....We stopped in Mescogee(sp) which is about 3 hours away from the half way point, we were so tired and just wanted to get to sleep, We got in the hotel room and it was horrible, it smelled like smoke so bad everything was like soaked in the smell so we got our money back and then went on three more hours to the half way point to Joplin Missiouri(sp) and stayed at La Quinta...We arrived there at 3:30a.m. and then got up on Thurs. at 7:00a.m and drove the rest of the way..Finally arriving at my grandparents at 3:30p.m.....My moms brother Keith and his wife Jo and their two grandkids A.J and Lauren were at my grandparetns house when we got there. They left friday, then my moms nephew Jeremy, his wife Beckie and their two kids J.C. and Halie came and my moms brother in law roger was there too for a couple hours, then My uncle roger left at like 3:00 that afternoon and then My moms sister came that evening at about 8:00p.m.....Then on Saturday my moms nephew and his family left.....We just played games and stuff.......Our friends from Illinois Barbara and Christany came to my grandparents house every day and hung out...It was so much fun....Sunday morning my grandparents, mom and Aunt Vicki all sang, then Sunday evening before Church my Aunt left, Then me and my sisters sang Sunday night.....Monday Barbara and Christany spent the night....That was so much fun too......My mom went and saw her Best friend from highschool kim on Monday night....Tues. morning we got up at 7 and took Barbara and Christany home then all us went to Sullivan to see my new 2 week old cousin Tucker and all the family and that was a blast......Then Wednesday we got up at 4:30 a.m left to come home we got home at 6:30p.m. unloaded, went to church and then came home and went to bed pretty shortly and I slept till noon today because I had a major headache and was so tired...Here are a few pics we took while on vacation!!!! Hope you all enjoy...Sorry for such a long post.....

Photo 1: Our friend from Illinois Barbara with my 2 sisters Megan and Mackenzie.

Photo 2: My older sister Megan posing.

Photo 3: Me and my friend Barbara being goofy....:) but having so much fun.

Photo 4: Me and My friend Barbara in our matching pink hoodies.

Photo 5: My Grandma and 2 1/2 week old cousin Tucker Jess.

Photo 6: My Grandpa and my newest cousin Tucker Jess.

Photo 7: Me and my adorable cousin Tucker Jess.

Photo 8: My adorable cousin(who i think looks like me :).)Grace holding my newest cousin Tucker Jess.

Photo 9: My mom holding my newest cousin Tucker Jess with his eyes wide open.

Photo 10: My two cousins on the left on the floor Tyson and grace,(they are tickling my feet) and then the boy on the right is my cousin Jared.

Photo 11: Me, my sisters and my grandparents(cant you tell I was tired)

Photo 12: My mom and her parents(my grandparents)

Hope you all enjoy this really long post!!!!

Sunday!

2008-08-03T22:18:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone hope all your weeks are going great. Well our Pastors daughter is spending the night tonight. I am babysitting the homeschool kids tomorrow, then we have teen court which I am very excited about and I hope everything turns out how I want it to, then we have out youth Bible study....So we have a pretty packed day tomorrow...Cant wait!!! Then Wednesday we will be heading to Illinois, we are leaving our house at 6p.m. right after Megan gets off work, driving half way since my Dad wont be with us and he doesnt want us to drive in the wee hours of the morning...we are staying the night so place in missiouri(sp) then getting up on Thursday and driving the rest of the way....My moms 2 brothers, her sister and one of her niece and nephews kids are for sure going the be at my grandparents house to see us....Well I will try and update again on Wednesday before we leave..Hope everyone has a GREAT week...Please pray for me, my mom and sisters as we travel and for my dad as he is working while we are gone...Thanks

My Mom's Birthday!!!

2008-07-28T08:57:00.001-07:00

Today is my Mom's brithday but we are not celebrating it today we will be celebrating it on saturday since we have to meet with our youth tonight.....We are going to take her out to eat, bowling and/or the movies....Can't wait!!!!!Happy Birthday Mom....I hope you have a GREAT day!!!

My grrandparents new puppy nubbin!!!!

2008-07-27T19:52:00.001-07:00

This past weekend my grandparents came down for a day for a visit and to pick up their new dog...Well here is the pic of it!!!

2008-07-24T21:01:00.000-07:00

Well lets see sunday.....I had our Pastor's youngest daughter Chloe spend the night, after we had our fellowship at our Church, we got home at 11:00p.m., me and Chloe stayed up talking till 7:00a.m. and then we slep till 11:30a.m. and we got ready and then went to teen court. I prosecuted a disorderly conduct/simple assault case and defended a Theft under $50 and I am so happy I got to defend the case I did. As our head person over teen court says "There is ALWAYS a story in every situation and yes this girl had a story........Tomorrow my granny and papa(http://connies-thoughts.blogspot.com/and THE OLD TEXAS NAIL BENDER) will be coming to our house for a day....They are coming our direction to pick up a dog.....Well now I am getting ready to prosecute another case a week from Monday which I am very excited about. Well thats about all I can think to say. Hope everyone has a GREAT week.

Saturday

2008-07-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday me and my mom went shopping again for groceries and some more clothes.....then we picked up my dad from work, came home and ate, went swimming, went to sonic, then we went to the bluegrass concert that i worked at and after it was over we went to McAlisters with one group that sang and some people from our church and i got to talk to a 13, 15 and 17 year old and get to know them a little bit better. Then for church this morning they came to our church and sang and then left after the morning service to head some place else and sing and it was good to be able to meet them and talk to them....Tonight at our church we are having a fellowship. Then tomorrow we have teen court again and my sisters come home from their 4 day vacation so no more spoiling for me...lol...i better some more in tonight....lol....hope everyone is have a great week

2008-07-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Well yesterday I didnt do too much except for helped my dad with some outsided work and then we took my little sister to where my older sister works because they are going to my cousins house for about 4 days. I couldnt go, I'm so sad :(.....I had to stay back and get stuff ready for teen court on Monday and work the concession stand at our monthly Sounthern Gospel concert tomorrow....But on the good side my parents took me out to eat yesterday at a very good restraunt(sp) and today they may take me bowling. Since i didnt get to go I can't see 3 of my couins get baptized :(....I hope everyone's week is going GREAT.

Monday!

2008-07-15T14:45:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone yesterday we had our pastor's daughter over all day she spent the night sunday night with us and then was here all day yesterday and went to teen court with us. Teen court went horrible. We were not prepared at all. We had to find people at the last minute for the Master Jury and some of the same questions got asked more than once. Then when me and my friend Lauren were prosecuting the 2nd case she did excellent but I did horrible I was not prepared at all and I froze when I got up there but the jury ended up giving the defendant what we asked for which was "middle of the road". The third case went great because all I did was sit on the jury and as soon as we got in the jury room everyone agreed! But now I getting ready for this coming mondays cases because me and Lauren are defending some one and I am going to get my thoughts together before hand. Well thats how we did!

2008-07-13T12:19:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I had a great time with my friend, She ended up staying friday and saturday night and her younger sister came on saturday too...I had lots of fun......My little sister Mackenzie is having one of her friends spend the night tonight so i am excited because this girl is so sweet and nice and i love hanging out with her......Well we had training for teen court yesterday it went well. Me and my friend Lauren found out that not tomorrow but the following monday we are having teen court again because the head person over teen court has a bunch of cases stacked up so now we have to defend a theft under $50 case now.....We are excited but we know she will get nailed to the ground(by that i mean she is going to get a big punishment).......Well i have to go finish cleaning this office(my moms) so i will talk to all y'all later

2008-07-10T12:20:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone.

My week has been pretty boring. All I have done is been finishing up the last few things I had left school. I am so happy I am finished now though. We are getting ready too have two girls from our church over to spend the night with us tomorrow and saturday night. I have also been getting stuff together with one of the girls because we are prosecuting a case at teen court on Monday but we have training for it on Saturday and I am getting so nervous. We are also going to be the ones over Master Jury. I am excited but nervous at the same time because i enjoy it alot but when I get up infront of people I get really nervous. Hope everyone has had a GREAT week so far.

More pictures!!!!!

2008-07-07T08:27:00.000-07:00

This my newest cousin
Arielle Janae Erickson!
2 Weeks old and 2 days
today! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

This is my 2 year

old cousin Isabelle!

This is my 5 year

old cousin Isacc!

Arielle again

sleeping on me!

Isacc swining on his

Dad's legs!!!!! :)

This is my Aunt Sherri

and Isacc!!!!!!!!!

This is my Aunt sherri holding

her grand daughter Isabelle!

This is my mom holding

my cousin Isabelle! :)

This is my uncle and aunt

holding two of their grand

daughter Arielle and Isabelle!

This is my little sister,

holding our newest cousin

Arielle!!!! (All smiles) :) :)

This is almost everyone!

(From left to right, my sister

Mackenzie, my cousin Isacc,

My Aunt Sherri holding my cousin

Arielle, My Uncle Lonnie, and then

me in the back holding my cousin

Isabelle.) The only people who were

not in this pic. ws my parents and the kids

parents!

Hope you all enjoy this is all i have!

Pictures from our vacation!!!! :)

2008-07-06T19:40:00.001-07:00

Here are the few pictures we got to take

while we were on vacation!

We only got to be there for 5 hours

so we dont have too many photos. Hope you all enjoy!

<---This is Me with my 2 week old cousin

Arielle Janae Erickson!

ALL SMILES :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

<---My Uncle Lonnie and Aunt Sherri who are from Oregon!

Arn't they SOOOOO sweet!!!!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

<---Me again with my cousin Arielle!

She is so sweet when she

is sleeping isn't she!!!!

:) :) :) :) :) :)

<---This is My mom with My

cousin Isabelle Elianna and

Isaac Joseph Erickson!

They are 2 and 5! So sweet!

I will be posting some more later on!

I just dont have the time for anymore right now!

SO please come back again soon!

A couple hours of Vacation!

2008-07-06T11:38:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone i forgot to put this on the last post. But yesterday(saturday) we went to Louisiana to visit my cousins and my uncle and aunt who came down to visit their kids(my cousins) from Oregon, and i got to see my 2 week old cousin Arielle for the first time, then i got to see my 5 year old cousin Isaac and 2 year old cousin Isabelle again it was so much fun, we ate supper there hung out and talked, looked at pictures, and play 2 games of Skip-bo i will be posting pics tonight.

2008-07-06T10:52:00.000-07:00

Hey, everyone. Hope y'all all had a great 4th. We did, we had a family from our church over who has 5 kids....Me, my sister Megan and the two oldest girls of their family laughed a ton and just sat around and talked. All the younger kids just hung out side in the dunes behind our house. Then for supper we had some really good Fajitas, a corn dish, a blueberry dish, some rice my grandmother(http://connies-thoughts.blogspot.com/) made while we were at their house visiting, chips, salsa, guacamole dip, and watermelon. It was all delicious, then after we ate we did the fireworks and they were all really kool.....Then we just sat around outside and talked some more then our friends left at 11:00. It was a blast though. Hope you all have a GREAT week this week. Talk to y'all later.

Happy 4th of July!

2008-07-02T11:01:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July. I hope everyone stays safe this 4th of July. I know it can get dangerous considering my dad has worked the 4th of July almost of every year. Here are some lyrics to a couple of songs that i really like.

Gretchen Wilson/Merle Haggard
Politically Incorrect-

I'm for the low man on the totem pole
And I'm for the underdog God bless his soul
And I'm for the guys still pulling third shift
And the single mom raisin' her kids
I'm for the preachers who stay on their knees
And I'm for the sinner who finally believes
And I'm for the farmer with dirt on his hands
And the soldiers who fight for this land

Chorus:
And I'm for the Bible and I'm for the flag
And I'm for the working man, me and ol' hag
I'm just one of manyWho can't get no respect
Politically uncorrect
(Merle Haggard)I guess my opinion is all out of style
(Gretchen Wilson)Aw, but don't get me started cause I can get riled
And I'll make a fight for the forefathers plan
(Merle Haggard)And the world already knows where I stand

Repeat Chorus

(Merle Haggard)Nothing wrong with the Bible, nothing wrong with the flag
(Gretchen Wilson) Nothing wrong with the working man me & ol' hag
We're just some of many who can't get no respect
Politically uncorrect
(Merle Haggard)Politically uncorrect

Darryl Worley
Have you Forgotten-

I hear people saying we don't need this war
But, I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend
Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
Well, after 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right
Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And we vowed to get the one’s behind bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for
Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yeah, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?

John Michael Montgomery
Letters From Home-

My dearest son it's almost June
I hope this letter catches up with you, and finds you well
It's been dry but they're calling for rain
And everything's the same old same,
in Johnsonville Your stubborn old daddy ain't said too much
But I'm sure you know he sends his love
And she goes on, in a letter from home
I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy
And they all laugh like there's something funny bout the way I talk
When I say momma sends her best y'all
I fold it up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin' on
Waitin' on, letters from home
My dearest love it's almost dawn
I been lying here all night long
Wonderin' where you might be
I saw your momma and I showed her the ring
Man on the television said some things,
so I couldn't sleep
But I'll be all right
I'm just missin' you
And this is me kissing you X's and O's,
in a letter from home
I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy
And they all laugh cause she calls me honey
But they take it hard, cause I don't read the good parts
I fold it up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin' on
Waitin on, letters from home
Dear son I know I ain't written
And sitting here tonight alone in the kitchen it occurs to me
I might not have said it so I'll say it now
Son you make me proud
I hold it up and show my buddies
Like we ain't scared and our boots ain't muddy
But no one laughs, cause there ain't nothing funny when a soldier cries
And I just wipe my eyes
I fold it up and put it in my shirt
Pick up my gun and get back to work
And it keeps me drivin' on Waitin on, letters from home

I hope you enjoy these lyrics. Enjoy your 4th of July!

~Morgan~

This is now Morgan's Blog

2008-06-30T08:20:00.000-07:00

Ok well i have been wanting to get one of these because like a whole bunch of my family is on here so i finally got around to doing this. So i just decided to take over my moms blog, hopefully i will do more with my blog than my mom did. Well talk to you all later.