Last Post of the Year

I can't believe today is the last day of 2009! This year has gone by very quickly! I always love that moment of:

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - (then everybody screams)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

I'm anxious to see how the Lord works in 2010.


This is a hymn I've had on my mind lately:

Before Jahovah's awful throne,
Ye nations bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone,
He can create and He destroy.

His sovereign power without our aid,
Made us of clay and formed us men
And when like wondering sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.

We are His people, we His care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame;
What lasting hours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy Name?

-Isaac Watts

Holidays, do they really matter?

The holidays are here! People rushing into stores trying to get that perfect gift before its sold out; People cleaning and cooking for all the guest; decorating the tree and putting up Christmas lights. Do very many people ever stop and think, What Christmas is really about, Christ? No. They are so busy trying to please other people and themselves! Do all the presents and stuff really matter? No, they do not! You may find pleasure in the thing you get and the excitement... but that all fades away... Spending your Christmas (and everyday forth) honoring Christ in everything you do, is the satisfaction that will remain with you! Sure it's exciting to get presents and see family, but not as exciting as honoring Christ and seeking the beauty of His face!

People get so over excited and overwhelmed, that they never stop and think which is more pleasing. Christ.

I thank God for sending His Son! It's so breath taking! It makes me cry with a joyful song in praise of Him!

It's Amazing, isn't it?

He's the God of all Gods, the King of all Kings!
He's the great and mighty maker of all things!
Yes, He's God of all Gods,
And Lord of all Lords !
Choose to give His Son for you and me!
What a GREAT, God of all is He?

Ps- The picture was taken by me over Salt Lake City, Utah

What a Savior!

Man of Sorrows! What a name
For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim!

Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned he stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Guilty, vile, and helpless, we;
Spotless lamb of God was He:
Full atonement- can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die,
'It is finished' was His cry;
Now in heaven exalted high:
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

When he comes our glorious King,
All his ransomed home to bring,
Then anew this song we'll sing:
HALLELUJAH! WHAT A SAVIOR!

A Tag From Anna

1- Have you been asked if your married? yes....(JK) NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2 - Have ever had your picture taken with a famous person? no
3 - What's your middle name? I really don't want to put that out on the internet!
4 - Your current favorite book (besides the BIBLE)? Hiding Place
5 - What's the first thing you do when you wake up from a nap? i don't take naps
6 - What is your current mood? Happy
7 - What color shirt are you wearing? black
8 - Missing something? Yes, my friend.
9 - Current Favorite Quote? idk... I like the one,
"Your own sinful inclinations, the world around you and the devil himself may all try to win your heart, but none of them was ever crucified as Christ was. The Lord Jesus stands alone as being worthy of your love and service." - Wake up and Live
10 - If you could go back in time and change something what would be? idk
11 - If you must be an animal for one day, what would you be? ummm... If I had to choose, it would probably be a dog
12 - Ever had a near death experience? I don't think so...
13 - Something you do a lot? DANCE!
14 - The song stuck in your head? Something Crazy - Steven Curtis Chapman, and Jingle Bell Rock!
15 - Least favorite household chore? Vacuuming
16 - Name someone with the same birthday as you. My great grandmother (aka my pen pal)
17 - When was the last time you cried? last night after seeing my friend suffer a loss in her family!
18. What are you most scared of? idk
19 - If you could have one super power what would it be? turn invisible!
20 - What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender? nothing really! I don't pay that close attention to the opposite gender!
21 - What do you usually order from Starbucks? Never been
22 - What's your biggest secret? Yeah, like I'm going to put that on the internet!
23- What's your favorite color? PURPLE!!
24 - Do you still watch kiddie shows or tv shows? Only with my cousins...sometimes!
25 - What's on your walls? some of my old pionte shoes from ballet
26 - What are you? many things!
27 - Do you speak any other language? I know words from Latin and Spanish, but could never communicate with other people using them!
28 - What's your favorite smell? Candles
29 - Describe your life in one word! living
30 - Have you ever smiled when your best friend was crying? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Well, there was this one time my friend fell and hurt her tail bone (she wasn't exactly crying, but she was in pain!) and the way she fell was funny so I couldn't help but laugh, I tried so hard not to! Does that count? (the truth come out!)
31 - What are you thinking about right now? Brooklyn
32 - What should you be doing? nothing right now
33 - Who was the last person that made you upset/angry? I can't remember, I think it was my brother... of course...
34 - How often do you talk to God? several times a day
35 - If you could have any last name in the world, what would you want? the one I already have
36 - What is your natural hair color? I've been told it's dirty blond. It's got blond in some places and brown in other places.
37 - Do you have many friends? Yes
38 - Who is your role-model? idk
39 - Do you like your life? yeah, in some ways
40. I am going to tag...

Hannah B.

Thanksgiving

I thought since this week was Thanksgiving, It would be interesting to see what people were thankful for. Today I ask a bunch of teenagers to write that down for me.

Here's what they said they were thankful for:

Hannah R.- For a sweet family and friends

Catherine S.- For my God-fearing parents

Luke M.- For my family

Ellen R.- For God's working through the Person hood Petition

Katie S.- For the eternal faithfulness of my savior and His kindness to me everyday

Jamie C.- That I am clothed in the righteousness of Christ

Katie C.- That the Father sent His Son as Savior of the world

Hannah M.- For His love that never fails...no matter how I fail

Anna B.- For His Holy Son and His love

Rowan B.- For all of my family

Brooklyn W.- For how patient and kind the Lord is to us. And how He never changes, but how He changes us

Courtney C.- I'm thankful and amazed that God sent His Spotless Lamb to die so we might live

Jacob R. - For my pastor

Nathan B.- For a good family and for a God that loves us so much, He sent His Son to die for us. I am also thankful for His Mercy on us.

Chany B.- My great family

Kelan B.- I am most grateful for God blessing me with a wonderful family



And me, well, I'm thankful for a Father who continually loves me and has Mercy on me. And a Father who put me in a wonderful home and an amazing church! I'm also thankful for a Father that I can run to whenever I need Him!

If you would like to share what your thankful for or for those whose are already posted would like add to yours , please share it through the comment box!

"Let us come before His presence with Thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms." - Psalm 95:2

Ok, so It's been while, sue me!

Not much going on. In ballet: We have a Christmas performance coming up in a few weeks. We are also going to be in the Christmas parade. School: We get out for a week because of the holidays!!

This week is Thanksgiving! I'm SO EXCITED!!!! It's my favorite holiday!

Another post on Thanksgiving coming soon!

Fall

Ahhhh....Fall is finally here!! The weather is starting to get a little colder!
Fall is my favorite season! And October is my favorite month (and not just because of the McCoy cookout)!! I love watching the leaves change colors (I love fall colors!) on the trees then fall to the ground! Then there's the cold days you want to spend inside by the heater with a cup of hot tea or hot coco. And, of course, my favorite holiday is in fall, Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!

Happy Fall Y'all!!!!

All tied up

A few minutes ago, I tied Nathan up to a chair in our living room to see if he could get out of it, and well, he did. I tied him up just about as tight as I could.

Here he is tied to the chair.
Because of his white shirt
you can't see the rope on top.

He's working on getting out!
Come on! Your almost there!

And he's out!

And no, nobody helped him, nobody!

I'm going to try and finish the California posts soon! I'll get to that as soon as I can!

Kaylee Anne

Kaylee Anne Was born Thursday at 3:15 pm.
She weighed 8 lb 1 oz. We went to go see her today,
And she is sooooo cute! Unfortunately I don't have
a picture of her, but take my word for it, she's CUTE!!

(If you go to my church you should know who I'm talking about)

California, Day 4

Balboa Park

(big place with different cool museums)

Thursday we went to Balboa Park to visit their Art and Space museum. There were no pictures allowed in the art museum so we only have some from the space museum and from walking around the park.

Nathan, me, and Mom after visiting the Art Museum

An odd fish we saw in the pond

Lilly Pads in the pond

Me in the garden

The Garden
this was a beautiful place

Me shaking Charles Lindbergh's hand

Nathan shaking his hand

Us in front of Apollo 8

Nathan by the two tiny planes

A Blue Angels plane

Nathan in a plane

This was really neat (or at least I thought so)
This is building used to preform plays, ballets etc...
Where I preform my ballet recitals is no where near this size!!

California, Day 3 & 5

Nothing but Hanging around the Hotel
(yes, both Wednesday and Friday)

A View from the Balcony
Notice: the long bridge and we had to
go across that bridge to get to the ocean
Another view
We saw a bunch of ships like this
it's from the Navy Vessel
Another one
This was an unusual boat, I've never seen
one like this before
here it is with a normal size boat beside it
This is a picture of Navy trainers
jumping out of a plane
We saw this several times Wednesday
A water fall beside the pool
the pool, and yes, we swam in it :)
us in the pool: Daddy was
dunking Nathan

Me goofing off on the balcony
wearing the hat we got dad

California, Day 2

Sea World
Shamu

Tuesday we went to sea world. We saw just about everything there. We got soaked at the Dolphin show and at the Shamu "show". We were soak for most of the day we were there. After sea world, we went to the Pondres major league baseball game. They played against Seattle. They lost five to nothing. We don't have any pictures from the base ball game, but here are some from sea world.

A trainer balancing on Shamu

Shamu eating fish with his big mouth

Shamu again

A shark Jaw

Me, Nathan, and Dad on the ride
"Journey to Atlantis"
And, no, I didn't freak out... I loved it
and I rode it twice *

A dolphin

A whale...much smaller than Shamu

another Dolphin

A sea lion

Me and Nathan after the Dolphin show
We were Soaked afterwards, thanks Dolphins!

Nathan looking at the dolphins
The dolphin was splashing him
The Dolphin kissing me on the cheek
(not really, it just looks like it)



*"Journey to Atlantis" is like a log ride and roller coaster in one. Me and Nathan Loved it!!

Hannah

California, Day 1

First we flew out to California. After we got there, we checked in to our Hotel then went to lunch. After lunch, we got on a bus and went to The Midway! Talk about a bunch of stairs! Were there most of the day and still didn't get to see it all. It was awesome!

A Picture from the flight there

Me Mom and Nathan out frontMom and Dad in front of a helicopter
Nathan in a plane
Under a plane
A huge mixer from the kitchen
Dad in a helicopter seat
In front of another plane
Anybody got some bail money to bail us out?
huge heavy chains
posing in the bunk room
The chains out front

After we left, we went back to the hotel room and hung out there for the night. More pictures coming soon!

Hannah