be yourself..everyone else is already taken.

everything happens for a reason --

the hard part is ... finding out what

the [ r e a s o n  i s ]

ugh.... i'll be a senior this year. u know what that means?? start the college search!!! o joy... right. college. everyone looks forward to college and can't wait to live away from home and be on their own...... i'm scared. idk where God's leading me, what i want to major in, how i'll get money, if i'll get scholarships.... the future scares me. will i struggle in college? will i miss home too much to handle it? i'm just scared.

sometimes i wish i could just fast forward
my life to see if it is all worth it
in the end.

One day
your name just didn’t
make me smile.

Dana and Kylie:

hey there everyone!!! happy late 4th of july!!! i just got back from DCLA in washington dc. it's a christian youth confrence with thousands of high school students there. i learned so much and could feel God was there and was working in my life... i even had a few emotional breakdowns b/c i could feel him... i think they were happy tears for the most part. i feel strong in knowing that i can keep myself from giving into tempation, i desire to learn more and read more about God, and i want so badly to spread the word of God more but the only problem is that i'm still shy and i don't feel like i know enough to be telling others. i'm so afraid they'll ask a question i don't know the answer to or i'll give false information. well that's all for now i hope everyone is having a happy and safe summer!!! remember to LOVE those you don't LIKE.

oh yea... please keep me in your prayers. i went to the heart doctor and they're putting me on a heart monitor for 30 days see if they can figure out what's wrong w/ it. THANKS!!

Holy crap.... i'm updating??? no way!!! lol well... let's see. what have i been up to? school and soccer. sorry... it kinda takes over my life. soccer season went ok i guess. we ended w/ a 10-8-1 record i think which is the best GL has ever had so that's good. i didn't really like the team that much tho. i wasn't an outspoken crazy one so i didn't really fit it i guess. School wasn't too bad. exams sucked but i ended up w/ 4 A's and 2 A-'s overall so i guess i can't complain too much. it's just so frustrating when u actually study for something then nearly bomb the exam.o well... it's in the past, it's summer, and i'm now a SENIOR!!!!!!! hahahahaha this is GREAT!!!

I'd like to ask for everyone to pray for me. i'm having some major difficulties with some things in my life and feel like i keep making the same mistakes over and over again. i wish i could learn from them but it's harder than i keep telling myself. Also, for my docters appt on tues. i go it to find out why my body doesn't feel like healing. for those of you who don't know, here's what's going on: i have vertebrae out of place, pelvis out of place, my hip is rotated, my knee caps are off track, i have a lump on my left ankle from a soccer game before spring break, my right ankle pops, my elbows have sharp pain every once in a while, and i'm still coming close to fainting a lot. so yea.... please keep me in your prayers!!! bye for now!!!!!!!

holly crap!! i haven't updated in a month!! well let's see... life's going pretty good. for spring break i went out to CALIFORNIA w/ my family. we went to Ontario, Palm Springs, San Diego, and Anaheim. while we were in Palm Springs we went to a desert zoo and to a water park. while we were in San Diego we did a lot of shopping and went to Sea World. we also had a hotel for 4 nights that was right on the ocean!!! it was SWEET!!! we walked on the beach twice but the water was cold and there were big waves so we didn't swim. In Anaheim we went to a Midevil dinner w/ my camp counselor, elaine, from 3 years ago (whom i haven't seen since camp)!! they had a knight tournament show while we were eating and we didn't get any silverware so we had to eat soup, chicken, potatoes, and desert w/ our hands. then the next day we spent at Disneyland and Elaine came again!!! All in all we had a lot of fun.... until the flights home. our plane out of california left 30 min late and didn't get to the gate until about 20 min after we landed in texas. we had planned for a flight out of texas to be an hour after planned landing time but since we landed late we were getting off the plane when we were supposed to board our next one. luckily, because of wind, our flight from texas to detroit was delayed about an hour or so. so we made it to that flight. we were supposed to land in detroit at 12:15 am sat. morning but didn't land until 2 am. so i didn't get home until 4:15 and couldn't fall asleep until 5:45 am!!! yucky. to add to it all, california is 3 hours behind so i lost 3 hours on the trip home. yucky poo!!! haha o well.... all it all, i had a blast!!!

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY JAMES!!!!

i always wondered why people go so long w/o updating.... now i know why. they have lives and i guess i do too now. so exciting!!! so last week i was sick. i'd forgotten how much it sucked. lol o well. my throat hurt so bad all i could swallow was ice cream. o darn. it definately screwed up how in-shape i was. fitness testing was yesterday for soccer. sit ups, push ups, 100 m dash, some other sprint test thingy, then the dreaded 2 mile run. i met my goal of doing it in under 20 minutes so that made me happy!! so today is my official last free day and this is pretty much my last free weekend. i gotta enjoy it while i can!!! soccer tryouts are monday and from there my life revolves around soccer. o joy. well i guess that's all for now!! i'll make an attempt to update some time between now and when i graduate.... lol i think i can make that goal. (that's my trick, make goals i can achieve, then i can pat myself on the back for more things!!!)

prayer requests: Caleb and his parents, Jon Zoller, Joe and Scott Normandin's dad, Juniors and the MEAP testing, and soccer tryouts!!! THANKS A BUNCH YA'LL