Really Busy!!

Mom and Abby just got home from Colorado. They had a ton of fun. It's my turn next year. I can hardly wait! I had a birthday too. I am 15 now! One more year and then I can drive. Scary huh? I got some really cool stuff. Probably my two favorite presents were the phonecalls from Olivia in Kindamba and Claire in Imfondo Congo. I cried after I talked to Olivia and I was so hyper after Claire's call. Only one more year before they come home. I met this really cool girl on Friday at Michelle and Fred's. Her name is Laura. She is a roper and looks like Stacey my Tae Kwon Do teacher. She is really nice. I have been crazy busy. I am getting a nice tan though.:) It has been 90 degrees the last couple of days. It's awesome. Emily opened her pool so we are going over there tonight after church. I don't know if I'll swim though.Next Saturday is a rodeo in Clarkson, NY I might be going but I am not sure. It would be my third rodeo that I have been to in my whole life!

A Real Cowgirl!!

Ok. So we went over to the Backlas' the other day and they put their steers and heifers in the arena. Me and Danny got a couple of horses and went out to play with them. We pretended that we were on a cattle drive and we had a ton of fun. Afterwards we branded a couple of the bulls. I got to brand one. Michelle said that I was a real cowgirl since I did that. :) Here are some pictures of me branding the bull and Freddie on a training horse that I have affectionately christened Sam Cougar Houstan after a character in a book. Cougar is a gorgeous horse, or so I think.

Me and Pal

This is me and my friend Louis's horse Pal.

Louis uses Pal to rope with and he also announes on him. I've been learning to trot without bouncing. It really is a whole lot easier when you're not bouncing all over. Michelle Backlas is teaching me.
This is me and Louis on Silver Dollar. Dollar is the horse that I am learing how to ride on. Danny LOVES this horse. He's fun to ride. If they get a buyer then they will have to sell him, but that's their business, so I'm to sad about it.

Blue Belts!

We got our blue belts! The test was hard. we tested right after I got over the stomach flu so I didn't feel well anyways, but then Mr. Naurert said that we were testing. In the picture Miss Hume is giving me my blackbelt. Miss Hume is a 3rd degree blackbelt and is amazing at pattern. I am aiming on getting my blackbelt before I graduate. I am also working at Perry schools Honeycomb program teaching Tae Kwon Do. I enjoy it sometimes, but it can be stressful alot.

The Newsboys

The Newsboys is one of my favorite bands. Here is a concert promo for their cd Devotion. One of their worship albums.

Cowboy Logic

This is a great cowboy song by Michael Martin Murphey. He's one of my favorite cowboy singers.

A Real Job!

I got a REAL job, almost. Katy, Abby, and I are teaching Tae Kwon Do at a middle school. I can hardly wait. We taught once. It is not half as disciplined as where we take it. Most of the kids aren't really serious about it. It is really fun though. My aim is to get my blackbelt before I graduate. I really want to excel at Tae Kwon Do. I want to become as good as Stacey. We get paid $7.15 an hour. I am going to save it all for a car. I am going to tithe all of the money I get from feeding Broadway so that I can just keep the money from TKD and not worry about taking any from that. I'll post later.

Blue Stripes!

We finally got our blue stripes in Tae Kwon Do. Yes!!! Here are some pictures of when we received them and the class afterwards. Sorry the pictures are a little fuzzy. The first picture is of me getting my blue stripes. Stacey is the one giving them to me. She is one of my favorite teachers. The second one is us doing a U-Shaped block. (It is used to block staffs) The third one is of all of us learning one of our new blocks. I don't remember what it's called.

Does Anybody Hear Her?

Lately I have been really burdened for the lost. People are going to Hell and I can do something about it, but I don't. Another thing that has been bothering me is my hypocrisy. I act and say one thing around certain people and around other people I am a different person. This video by Casting Crowns hit me right in the heart. I need to be reaching the people like this girl in the video.

Countdown

This is a countdown of all the people that have died since you've opened my page.