Hello all...

Well, tomorrow we're going to a potluck... they want everyone who plays to bring an instrument.
I went through tapes to find one of our Monty Python remakes. I found it! I hope to put it on the computer so I can take stills off of it.

I don't have a lot to report. About two weeks until my barf day... lol....

Well... here's a bunch of pics from yesterday. We gave Joe a ride 'cause he and Lanna had a meeting at a camp (they're going to be counselors). Then we went to the lake and had, well, I guess you could call it a picnic.
Here's the boys playing (while we were waiting for Lanna and Joe to be done)>

Here's my dog :) >

This is one of my brothers...Ben.... isn't he cute?> My mom with more brothers :)> A little boy that was at the camp> Me, "when are they gonna be done?!">
Yay! Finally at the lake! J.D. + Joe>
Me and sister Lanna>
Wow.... I'm the one with the sunglasses reaching for some type of food. Wearing my mom's sunglasses... uhmmmmmmmmmm..... Joe is in front of me...>
My padre and baby brother (who is surrounded by baby blankets)>

Looking at the lake! From left to right, Ben, Joe, and my padre.

And this is just a pic I got a few days ago with toot poot. :D

Good morning world!

I haven't posted in a while (I don't get a lot of comments anyway... hint hint).

We went to the parade yesterday.

Oh! I got a dress for the ball. It's really pretty (green with bead work!!!:))

Well, I just thought I would post because I haven't in a long time....

I have a new baby brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He was born on June 14th (my dad's 40th birthday) at 7:04 p.m. He weighs 7lb 6oz, and is 19 1/2 in. long. We haven't named him yet, but we'll probably name him after my dad, but we haven't picked a middle name yet.

I don't have a lot to say. I posted on Awakening, and it tells a little about what's been up. My cousing is here now. She's been coming over. Yesterday we watched a video that we made 4 years ago when she was here. We're going to re-make some of it, so I've been coming up with some ideas for that. I think we're also going to do some remaking of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Yay!

Mom could have the baby any day now. The baby shower went really well.. =D

I gotta go.

Jo

Hello. :D
My pictures were downloading really fast this morning (probably because of the way that I exported them... they might be kind of low-qualitly, but they should be okay). The bottom pic of is me and Cherise (over a year ago). Enjoy... and leave me lots of comments!

I would post some pics of the ball but my computer is so slow....
Anyway, the ball was a blast. If anyone has some pictures... (hint hint, that means you Gnat) I would love to see them. (I'll probably see them at photography?)
Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll....................... I don't know what to say................................

Jo

Hey.
I don't expect a lot of comments because I haven't been commenting anyone else either (sorry).
Lanna and I are both going to be in a math competition next month. I'm a little scared about it. And, unfortunately, two of the neighbor boys are going to be in it too, so I have to travel with them. :[ Now isn't that just great (I mean that in a sarcastic way, of course.)

One of my friends called yesterday and said that he's ready to start filming his movie (he's been planning it since like, last year I think.... ). We're going to start filming on Thursday at eleven. I think it'll be an interesting movie... he has some cool costumes. But he's gonna need way more actors and actresses. He has like, 3... and I think that's including me and my sister. lol :)

I went to a sleepover the other night (Friday). Lanna couldn't come because she was still recovering from a cold. I felt really bad for her. But I had a very good time. We stayed up most of the night watching movies and eating chocolate chips (I never thought I could get sick of chocolate) and talking and laughing (you know how giggly girls start getting around mid-night...).

AHHHHHHHHHHHH AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:)

Hello...

Not much to say. My mom, Lanna, and I have all been sick for the past few days. And yesterday, my little sister had it. Lanna's not going to school today because she needs another day af recovery, and I need PIANO PRACTICE! After being sick, I missed several days worth of practice.

I can't wait.... for....... spring.....
I hope the sun comes out today.

Hello,

How is everyone? *cough* I mean, Cherise, how are you? lol Coming for Spring Break?

Not much to report. I have piano lessons this morning and am not nearly ready for them. I feel so guilty. It's so hard to practice in this place with all the distractions. I sometimes wish that I could go out in the cold and play on the porch piano, but that definitely wouldn't be good on it, to play it in the cold.

Play practice the other night. I should start taking the camera and getting pictures while I'm there. Like the Veggie Tales? =)lol

All the snow is melting off (that's a good thing)! It's almost all gone off the trampoline.

Here's a pic of an awesome twelve string guitar at the church where we have band practice... :)

Hello... Cherise.
Might as well just use your name, too. :)

Well, not much to say that I haven't already told you. Last night I had performance class (which I told you). It was nice. I like playing musical chairs, and came in second. I was surprised that my teacher put on "Splish Splash" even though she's a classical music person. I guess I've never seen her fun side until now. I'm glad she has one.
Ugh, I keep writing "I'm" like "I"m".

"Splish Splash, I was takin' a bath..."

Here's something a little freeky. One of our neighbors came over the other night to tell us that there's been a cougar walking around the R.V. park across the street. A big one. I haven't seen it, but they say that there are HUGE footprints over there, which I'd like to see.

The pic is of my rabbit, Hammy. Kind of a bad pic, because it made his eyes look red. I wub my rabbits. <3

More things quoted!

Okay, so this morning I am really excited because it's a WEEKEND! That means more practice time on the piano! Which I really need right now, because I'm not getting even half of what I need. Maybe God will bless me and I can go practice in another place where there aren't so many distractions of various kinds for a few hours. But the point of this post is quotes, whether I got them from song lyrics, poem, whatever...

"...Doing an injury puts you below your enemy;
Revenging one makes you but even with him;
Forgiving it sets you above him..."
-Benjamin Franklin


"When you can't get through it, you can listen to it."
-Hanson


"For some, music is just a pastime,
It's an undeniable fact of living,
A blissful slavery of mind, body, and soul.
To rise about the ashes of mediocrity is rare,
Yet the gift is freely handed out to anyone who cares to receive it,
Instantly shattering our daily drudgery.

The path to pursue more that the usual,
More than what is safe and known,
Is wrought with time-sharpened jagged blades that cut deep,
Blocking many from the road to something greater,
Beyond the stunted imagination of their peers.

Within the veins of the few,
Passion fills every sinew with a sweet unquenchable purpose,
Calming the fear of those treacherous paths.
Though every slice burns and bleeds,
Still they take each cut
And wear the scars with pride to signal their choice,
That undying pursuit of greater joy within every chord.

And so they say- Watch me bleed"
-Hanson

"When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! if you must; but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow;
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit;
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit"
-anonymous

If only you could feel what I dream, maybe you could hear what I mean...

Have you ever listened to lyrics in a song, and knew that those words were exactly the words that you'd been trying to find for yourself all along? I do that all the time with Hanson. Even if that's not what the whole song meant, you notice a little quote or a part that reminds you of yourself, of what seems like is happening. Is anyone laughing at me? If you're not, be prepared.

Quotes from Hanson:

"If only you could feel what I dream, maybe you could hear what I mean."

"I'm dying to be alive, yeah, not trying to just survive, yeah. Let's not go through our lives, without just dying to be alive, yeah!"

"Little angel you got to learn to fly
Get up and earn your wings tonight
Little angel just look in my eyes
Get up and earn your wings tonight

Push and shove then climb aboard
This is the shuttle train to the top of the world
When you look around what do you see
These are all high flyers
But none of these high flyers look like me

What is that supposed to mean ?
What am I supposed to be? "


"You really got a hold on me. You really got a hold on this feeling good, You really got control of me...."

And last but most certainly not least:

"Tell me does it move you, does it soothe you, does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock 'n' roll?"

If you're laughing, then you shouldn't be. :P

Hello.

Yesterday my mom took me to my piano lesson. *sigh* I have MEMORIZE this 5 page Beethoven song for the recital. I also am working on Lion and You Never Know (is that the one we'll do?) for the talent show. I'm hoping to have Lion memorized. Then my sister signed me up for a solo as well, for which I'll do Hundred by the Fray. I also have to play that song for a performance class. At least I have a really good excuse to practice.

I can't tell you how happy I am about my band. After several months of doing nothing with myself, I finally have something. I go to band practice and everyone's so happy and we open with prayer... It's a really nice feeling. We have Jake playing for us now, which is a little strange because I year ago I would have never in a million years thought that he'd be playing with us. I never thought I would let him. lol I feel a lot different than I did a few weeks ago. I was getting no where, my older sister leaving me every day for school. It's not a great feeling when I watch her ride drive off to school nearly every morning. It seems like the more she's gone, the farther away she seems, even when she is at home (do you get what I mean?).

There was one night, when a lot of things were happening, i was really stressed, and I went out and sat down at the piano that's on our porch. As I played, it got dark outside, but even thought I could hardly see the keys, I played better than I've EVER played before. I just started playing, making it up the whole time; going up and down the piano. (Hey Ashes, you know that song that I wrote? That was SMALL PART of what I made up that night. I took that little part, and never forgot it.)

Thanks to those who read!

Jo

Last night was a play practice for A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was pretty nice. I can't wait until we start acting on stage, it's a lot more fun, and it's easier for me to get into it. Oh, I got to "lavitate" for the first time! (Those of you who are confused, don't be afraid to ask!) Yeah, and my sister wasn't even there. I went with Ashley and her friend (not using names on here).
I've had "blessed Be Your Name" stuck in my head because we played it at band practice. I'm listening to it now.

Hey everybody all around and everywhere,
Lots has been happening.
Band practice yesterday. If you look at our myspace and Ashley's, you'll see just how excited we are. All over, we are posting blogs that say stuff like,"Our band is so cool!" and, (this one's from Lanna, maybe you can tell?) "Our band has so much talent!"
So the other night when we had that practice with just Lanna, Ashley, myself, and Jake, we all started talking about (okay, Jake started to conversation...) how we need to have God in our band, and how he'll keep us together. We start our band practice in prayer now, and every once in a while we decide to play a worship song. Last night I went into my room and prayed that he would keep our band together. I think that what we have as a band is awesome, and I'm just so excited and don't want it to fall apart. So if you will, could you pray for the band as well?
So my close band members (I guess I"m not really all that close to all of them yet, because we just started, but I love 'em all... dang it, enough with the mushy gushiness.) say that I'm "AMAZING" on the piano. Well, shucks *blushes* lol. To Ashley, you are an AMAZING singer (hope you read this post), and my sister, you are an AMAZING drummer (you better read this, too ;D)
Thanks to those who did read...
Have another cheery day,
JO

MY GOLLY! :)

Hey everyone,
Last night we had a very nice band practice. Jake came to practice with us! I think this whole band thing is really going to work out, and Jake is going to help so much. I can't wait! The Private School's talent show is coming up on the first and we already signed ourselves up, so we're going to practice as much as possible so that we're ready. Ashley's church is letting us use a room that has amps, piano, keyboard, drum set, microphones, everything. It's so nice of them to let us use it!
I'm really excited about the whole band thing (maybe you can tell?)
We also started play practices a few days ago. It's so nice. :) I'm so happy. We're doing a Midsummer Night's Dream (in case I didn't tell you.) I got the part of Hippolyta, the duke's wife. Our performances are sometime in the beginning of March. I'm so excited. I had to miss the very first practice because I had to go food shopping :( but I went to the second practice, which was on Thursday.

Thanks for reading!
Blessings, and have a cheery day!

Jo

ps. I think that avatars on yahoo are strange. They just look weird. I accidentally got one... Anyone know how to get rid of them? :)

Happy New Year!!!!!!
I guess I'm a few days late.

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