What's wrong with orange?

i love orange.

Color

I'm curious...what are your least favorite colors, because seven people said theirs wasn't on the poll , what did i miss?!?!?!?

Pictures will be up eventually, there are a lot of them .

Seattle.....(sigh)

Words cant describe it in a satisfactory way, I have neglected to write about it because i don't know how to do it justice. Well we all had a blast(including James) enjoying the outdoors and indoors. We went to some really cool museums, played music to a "live audience", saw some beautiful mountains and hills and walked up some of them. We took some long scenic drives and saw some great views, we went to some pretty beaches, caught crabs, leaned a new card game, laughed with friends, and went to the top of the space needle, and Most importantly we ate some pretty amazing food:) If you want details talk to me.

I finished my AP on the way to seattle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey I'm Back

I had so much fun, Seattle is amazing and I'll tell you about it later.
One thing will tell you is that you have NO IDEA HOW FLAT MICHIGAN IS!!!!!
It is flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, here.
Pancake FLAT.

Hey

I'm In Seattle having an amazing time, Leave lots of comments!

One day more!

This has nothing to do with Seattle but it is still one of my favorite musical numbers ever!

We are leaving for Seattle on Saturday!!

Thursday

I finished part two of drivers ed today, but i have to go back and do one more day in September because i missed one day, so the roads are safe to drive on....for now. James is out suffering at soccer practice, honestly i do not pity him. The guys had barely any conditioning, the ladies had almost two and a half weeks of conditioning, And he didn't run on broken legs for three months! I'm going to watch Enchanted with Abby and probably going to regret it (aka singing the songs for the next 6 months).

Tuesday

So I did go to the race on Sunday, and it was really, really cold! Abby has a birthday party today and i might just finish my AP.....or not. Got to go fill water balloons.
Seattle is in Four days!!!!!!!

Here i am

It has been a busy week!
Last weekend we went to Ada, MI for a race. We went up Friday night and came back Saturday evening, James, Abby and Dad raced.
Sunday i was sickly. Monday I went on a can drive with my class, minor fun was had.
Tuesday we went to ceder point! It was a lot of fun, and the lines were really small. I went on: Disaster transport, Gemini, Iron Dragon, Ceder creek mine ride, Wildcat, Blue streak, and some little round and round rides. We got home really late.
Wednesday was uneventful for me. Thursday i babysat three little boys from 2:30 to 11:30. Yesterday was Abby's 11th birthday!!!! We went to our grandparents pool and had a lot of fun. James fell in the pool with all his cloths on, trying to throw a water ball at me, it was really funny! Then we came home and watched the opening ceremony, which i thought was WAY over the top. Today we aren't doing anything, but tomorrow James, Abby, and Dad have a race, but I'm not going.
We leave for Seattle in seven days!!!!!!

Detroit cont.

Day 3
Was a lot like day 2, VBS in the afternoon. The kids were really wild and it was frustrating, but they just wanted to be loved. At dinner my group had panned something special.
At Military all the small groups are in charge of making the meals for the group as a whole. My small group, the jokers, were not assigned a real sit-down meal. So we decided to do something at a different groups meal. In light of our Joker theme we painted our faces in honer of the joker and hid one of the staff members and made them find him before they could eat dinner. It was really funny!

Day 4
Again was like day 3.
Here are some pics







Day 5
Our last day was really sad. I had really gotten to know the kids i had been working with, so they decided to reword us staff members by being uncontrollable!!
But it was all worth it in the end. That night we said good bye to our seniors and everyone cried, I'm really going to miss them. i cant remember Tuning Point with out them being there.
Everyone stopped crying at 10:15 and we got on the buses and headed home.
I Love Sleeping In A Real Bed!!!!! But i was sad when I woke up at 11:18 and realized that i didn't have to do VBS.....sigh.....oh well I'm really looking foreword to next year!

I'm back!!!!!!

Detroit was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!
I had so much fun. It was exhausting but well worth it.

Day 1

We left Knox at like 9:45 in two big buses, and drove to Detroit, arriving just in time for Church. After church we had lunch and the pastor of the Military ave. church talked to us about urban ministry. We then piled back into the buses and went to Hart plaza where we went in the fountain and hung out for a while. at 4:00 we went back to the church. We were assigned to sleep on the floor of their gym. Free time was followed by dinner fallowed by worship. Then we went to bed.
Now in Turning Point (thats my youth group) there is a tradition called Honky Tonking.
That is when all the guy upper class men pig pile on the male freshmen and other random people. So at night its pitch black, and all you hear is yelling and screaming. It's pretty funny.

Day 2

We woke up bright and early at 6:45 and went to breakfast. After which we had quiet time for an hour and then small group time. My small group was called the Jokers. Lunch was at 11:00 and the Kids started arriving for VBS at 11:15. It was a lot of fun playing with the kids, who were very needy for love. Most of the kids were from really poor families and lived hard lives. I worked with the five year olds, who were just wild. A few of the kids didn't speak English at all and they were the worst. Anyway That lasted until 3:00 then we did work projects around the church until 6:30. I replaced ceiling tiles in the sanctuary. Then went to dinner, ate dinner, went back to the gym , had free time, worshiped, more free time, then went to bed.

I have to go now I'll write more later.