:)

My cousin's baseball game on.....Tuesday?? (can't remember!!!) They won!

Afterwards, we went down to the lake, and saw ducks and geese and all sort of flying things. (misquitos, too.....)

:)

 

ealier we had gone to salvation army to get some dress skirts and this is what i found! an Apt. 9 brand new skirt! for $2.50! (it was half of it's orginal price of $5) yay me!

Top 9...

okay, so someone once told me that i should do a "Top 10 Tuesday", but i thought...alot of people do that. so i'm doing Top 9's. on whatever day i do it. (i can say i'm doing that to be different, when really it's just because i'm completely inconsistent.:))
 today, on Top 9 Saturday i'm giving my top 9...

 things that make me happy. (in no particular order)

 9. rain. i love rain.

 8. camp. my ultimate favorite time of the year is camp time!! whether i'm going to Servan't Heart Camp, or the Wilds, it makes me so excited and happy to be going. i'm not sure if there's really a specific reason why, other than i love people. and at camp, you not only get to hang out with some people you already know, but you meet new people, too! yes... i love camp.

7. learning. when i think of learning, i think of school. and although i do adore school, that's not the only thing i'm talking about. learning anything. about God, about my friends, about any random thing, about myself! i don't like not knowing things, which is probably why this is in this list...

6. autumn. yeah, yeah, all the seasons are wonderful, but i, in particularly, love (love) fall. because summer is too hot, and winter is too cold. that time when you can wear a hoodie and jeans, and be totally comfortable. and the leaves! i love crunchy orange leaves.

5. my friends. duh. i would not be where i am today without my friends. i love having people to talk to and laugh (or cry) with. i love inside jokes (Ireland) and the way some of my friends and i just connect. you don't have to be weird to be my friend. but it helps. alot. ^_^

4. music. music is so much a part of my life that i don't know what i would do without it. i must listen to music to fall to sleep, and whenever i'm in the car at night looking at the stars. (yeah. i do that.)

3. carnations. red ones. seriously, i adore these flowers.

2. marshmallows. give me a bag of marshmallows, and i will love you forever. i really will... they don't even have to be toasted. just ask my sisters.

1. the color yellow. that's pretty self-explanatory. i love yellow.

         smile.

my summer....so far. :)

so far?

                                                

first baseball game...

(indeed, as boring as i thought it would be....)

got alot of hair cut off... not as depressing a day as i had thought...good outcome!

went on a missions trip with this group of people. most definitely one of the best weeks i've ever had...

after much ordeal, made it to the wilds for a week that i will never forget.

i don't think it's possible.

see this adorable bunny?

yeah. it bit me.

evil bunny.

"adopted" this little girl who comes and sits with me on

my porch when i can't sleep.

overall? good summer.

i'm happy.

My Chains Are Gone...

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy rains
Unending love, Amazing grace

The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy rains
Unending love, Amazing grace

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God, Who called me here below
Will be forever mine
You are forever mine

This Summer....

This summer I have a TON of stuff to do! In a couple of weeks my youth group has a trip up to Servant’s Heart Camp Ministries to help them with their whole camp construction. I’m not completely sure what we’ll be doing, but I am looking forward to it!! I know, I know, it’s WORK, and very and very hard work at that, but I love this camp. I was saved there, I met a ton of friends there when we first moved back to PA, and many of them are still my friends to this day! So working or playing or learning, I love that camp.

 And after that, the week of July 4^th, we’re heading down to The WILDS Camp. I went to this camp 2 years ago and last I went to SHCM, but here we go again! :) I love camp any way it comes, so I am most absolutely looking forward to that week! And, since we’re going July 4^th, we get fireworks! Which I don’t like to hear, (fact- I am tone sensitive. I do NOT like loud noises: yelling, crashes, fireworks etc. I just don’t like it.) but love to watch. I love the way you never know what pattern is going to come next, and especially the colors. Reds, blues, greens, yellows, you just never know what’s coming. So fireworks are good.

 And after THAT, I will most likely be traveling down to Fort Worth, Texas with my little sister to visit my dad. Pros and Cons are there.  Pros: sunshine, pool, bike, my own yellow room, dog, extreme reading time. Cons: horridly bipolar Texas weather (sunshine, rain, floods, tornados, sunshine), having to fly, considering my unnatural fear of airplanes, I know NO ONE, sad library. The heat can get pretty brutal at times, reaching up to a good 110 on bad days. Of course people expect me to come back with a tan, but the truth is……I don’t tan. Like, ever. So before we even go into that one, let’s move on!

 And after all this, school will begin again, consisting of all my electives, and HOME EC. I am most definitely looking forward to this one, if only to mock it’s advice. I once read a Home Ec. Book that showed like 12 different steps for “perfect” posture while scrubbing the floor. No. So anyhoo,  that will be exciting! I will be cooking, which will be weird for me, because I don’t cook. I bake, and not even that often. My Mom’s a professional cake decorator, what do you expect??? :)

 And in conclusion, I wish you all an AMAZING summer….full of family, and friends, and all the cool summer stuff we wait for for what seems like forever. It’s coming quickly!

Today.

today was bliss.

just wanted you to know.

spreading the smile.

it's contagious.

10 things i did today....

1. smiled.

2. tripped walking out to the car because i was laughing too hard.
     - this is the only time it's okay....

3. sang opera to my stuffed dog.
      - such a normal thing for me....

4. rescued a innocent worm from mean children.

5. drank my black coffee,
    - this is good!

6. talked to an old friend for 2 hours....

7. mended my stuffed dog.
     -same one referred to in #3. he had a hole in his stomach.

8. heard my favorite song on the radio...sang really loud, made people look at me funny.

9. hugged a 4 year old. precious.

10. danced in the rain.
       - this used to be so normal for me...always did it when i was little. but this.was.amazing. something about being showered in the middle of a sidewalk laughing makes my heart skip a beat and makes me feel unbelievably happy. i suggest you do this.

my day was good.

amazing.

Evangelistic Meetings...

I ask prayers for our church as this week we are privileged to have Jerry Sivnksty speaking for our yearly evangelistic meetings! I am super excited for the many, many truths we may learn this week, and just being able to be together almost EVERY night this week! I used to always wish we could have church all the time, (when I was really small, obviously...) and this is the time we can.
 Pray...
 That hearts will be open.
 That Mr. Sivnksky will have the words to say to us as a congregation.
 That God will be honored and glorified.
 That people will invite, invite!
 That we, as individuals will be willing to change.
 That the decisions made will be put into action.

 I have always enjoyed these of days of total fellowship, and I always learn...