Jena

(This is an old picture from September, we do look good together!)


I would just like you guys to know how much I love Jena. Jena, as you already know, has completely transformed and the reason I get all excited about it is because you really don't see that everyday. Like most new Christians just get baptized and go back to their old stuff, but Jena has not backed down and she truly is trying to be like Christ. Jena has only been a Christian for not even a year and...seriously...she has more wisdom than people who have been Christians for 25 years! I really don't know how to describe her wisdom and her transformation. Jena is always there for me and she will always stay on campus at lunch for me and sometimes it's just because she wants to hang out with me. That is so encouraging just to know she wants to hang out with me....sorry this is getting cheesy.....too bad..... :) Well I really have to go but I love Jena!!!

So you know how I'm pretty good at cutting people out of pictures....well here is my latest work! This first picture is my beautiful best friend Jena who according to my mom "looks just like a model". I love the way her hair flows back in the wind. lol! This second picture is actually from the same original picture. This is: Karen and Justin (or Kare and Justy...whatever floats your boat)! Thank you to Jena who updated and provided these wonderful pictures for my work!

I don't know why I posted these, but this is Jack Johnson and I don't know why but he looks kind of like a monkey....anybody agree with me? Maybe cause he played the Curious George theme song....I don't know...

So I feel like posting, but I don't know what to write. :( I guess I'll just talk about my day. I took a test that I think I missed every single question on and then I took a test that I think I got every single question right on...so kind of good and bad. Halle is talking right now (or trying to). I have a lot of homework this weekend and I really just need a break from homework. Maybe my teachers won't be so hard next week because of testing....seniors are so lucky. 35 more days of school!!! That's so exciting....I'm gonna be a junior!!! That's so old!!!!! 24 days until my birthday and 29 days till Jena's birthday and 172 days until Alyssa's birthday and....I don't know when Karen's birthday is :(...... and 0 days until Hopper's birthday ...Hopi Birthday!!!! I texted Hopper happy birthday and he didn't know who it was from ...like he doesn't have my number saved in his phone.....fine I'll take his number out of my phone....like he ever wans to talk to me anyways...lol! I crack myself up! Ok...I'm gonna go watch Freedom Writers.....k.....bye!

(left to right: Halle's Easter outfit...lol, Halle in a swing at my aunt's house, Napoleon Dynamite Halle, hippie Halle)

So I couldn't sleep at all last night because I was so stuffy and my head felt like it weighed 100 pounds. So I didn't go to school today and it was really nice. I'm not super sick, but sick enough to not go to school. Anyway, I slept in and then took a long shower. I randomly felt like cleaning so I cleaned my bathroom (it really needed cleaning). Then I got some Chinese food that wasn't very good and I'm drinking a very large Pepsi.....and it's good. Then I watched Reba.....yep.....pretty fun day! Ok....bye bye

I just want to make this clear: I determine my own mood! No person or their emotions can get me down....I'm invincible!!! Ha, I said it. My mom is in a very very bad mood and no body knows why. She's been like this since last night. When we got out of church last night, she was in the car crying and it was just super akward and when we got home she wouldn't say anything to anybody. She just keeps crying and reading her Bible. So it was almost making me sad today....but you know what?....I was in a good mood before I saw my mom today and I'm still in a good mood now!!! Yes! I'm gonna go eat something, then take a shower, and then do my homework and relax. Ok I just wanted to share the joy!

So I had a pretty good day! My classes went by really fast and break and lunch lasted a long time. I had time to finish my homework and I have time do whatever I want right now. The only bad thing is that I wasn't able to babysit these super cute little boys that I love. I was telling Jena, these boys just jump all over the place and are super cute...oh and they told me they'd miss me when I left...it was so cute!!! But yeah...I planned the set list for tomorrow: if Hannah is there (she has a track meet and might not be there) we'll play Holy is the Lord, Your Love oh Lord, and Jesus Paid it All and if Hannah's not there I will play Holy is the Lord, Hungry, and Amazing Love (Newsboys). What are your favorite songs that I play? I know Jena's is Word of God Speak, but if you guys have any others that would be helpful! Thanks. Ok I can't think of anything else to talk about...ok bye bye!

Sorry I haven't updated....I don't know why I haven't. I've had tons of time to update. I guess I'll just randomly update you guys on my life..ready...go. I woke up at like 11:15 today, the latest I have waken (or woken..whatever I can't spell) up this spring break which is weird because my latest over Christmas vacation was 1:30pm. I still have to do homework today which is not gonna be fun....yeah I'm a procrastinator. Easter was pretty cool...in high school service we had 4 songs planned but then they wanted to cut it down to 2 songs and Shay didn't have his guitar...so I was thinking why don't I just lead....lol...yeah the didn't happen. So I played guitar and Shay just sang, but then in the back Hopper was telling us to do another song so I just kept playing for a while and then he sang Amazing Grace. I always have You Alone like stuck in my head and I'm always ready to play that song, but I couldn't get his attention without being super obnoxious. lol! Ruben Studdard is the BIGGEST MAN I have ever seen. I was like 3 feet away...oh my goodness... he didn't even fit on the chair....I don't mean to be mean...he's just a really big guy...wow! I went to my aunt's house for Easter and you would think that they would like at least plan a variety of food because there were a lot of people there. They got a ham (no one in my family likes ham) and a salad (just to let you know.....our family eats a lot and 1 little ham and wilted salad aren't gonna cut it) so we pigged out on the ice cream that our family brought and Hershey's kisses...lol. My aunt has this old car in her backyard (they live in the country were their backyards are huge) that she said she was gonna give me but I really don't know if she really was gonna give it to me or not, so I was trying to bring it up in conversation like a million times and my aunt just didn't take the hint....my mom was laughing so hard.....ah I'm so funny...you should have been there. My uncle let me drive it, but he only let me drive around the backyard......it was not that fun. But the car isn't that bad. It's a white like a 99 Toyota Corolla and my aunt put in a nice stereo system so it'll be fine. I've been reading the super good book and it's amazing what God is doing and making me realize. Like something pretty big happens and then I read like EXACTLY what I need to do which is great cause I really need God to like spell it out for me what I need to do and now He did. It' really cool. It's about Psalm 23 and it gives so much more meaning to the verses after reading each chapter. Like for example: Chapter 4 is called "The Prison of Want: The Burden of Discontent". It's on verse one: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want". It just has the greatest lines. I'll give you some examples: "What you have in your Shepherd is greater than what you don't have in life", Ok I really don't think you're gonna get out of it what I do....so you can borrow that book. Like it just talks about what makes us happy and it asks questions that make you really think like: Can leukemia infect you salvation, can bankruptcy impoverish your prayers? Say that we already have everything we need. There is so much in this book and it's amazing. I should start renting it out to people because it's that good. Well I guess it's really good for me because I tend to worry about things I don't need to worry about (like you don't already know that)....I can't express to you guys enough about this book.....ah...it's amazing! I got some new clothes...I like them. Ok gotta go and sorry about not updating enough!

-Danica

God is Good

should this be my first car (I'll have my dad buy it for me...lol)


I feel great right now....tonight was awesome. The whole set list and practices this week were really weird. Like on Sunday we were practicing and it kinda led to a little argument, but in turn it really helped our band bond. Today, the whole band was supposed go bowling and hangout today and...no one showed up until like 4. So it was just me and Shay...all day...so we visited Alyssa and went and had lunch at this little Mexican restaurant and went to Clovis Music....I found this really cool blue electric guitar that I want. So tonight was really cool and I really am getting more confident and I guess I'm not really worrying about how it sounds so much...I didn't really want to do Divine Romance because it didn't sound very good, but I guess I just stopped caring how it sounds. It's really kind of a relief to not worry about how it sounds. It kinda just feels really good to just let it go and give it to God. Speaking of letting it go, Hopper gave me a book about worry and I really like what it said: stop carrying baggage that you were never intended to carry. I realize that Alyssa has been telling me that forever, but I think I'm just starting to really get it and how to let it go. I'm really excited about hanging out with Alex tomorrow! Ok gotta go...bye bye!


-Danica

well.....today I went shopping with my mom and for some reason I can never find anything I like. I'm super picky when it comes to clothes and sometimes I will only buy it and wear it if someone with a good fashion sense likes it. I know I should wear what I want to wear and what I like, but I just can't find anything I like EVER!!! I did end up buying two shirts and a really cute bathing suit (i think it is). and guess what............it's a bikini!!! lol! I felt really good in it....like we were meant to be together, me and that bathing suit.......ha ha I'm hilarious! After shopping, I watched Rachael Ray and Reba and then I went with my dad to my grandma's house and did absolutely nothing. Then we spent like 45 minutes driving around town trying to figure out what's for dinner and we finally just went to Carl's Jr. It wasn't very good.....but I came home and had spumoni....mmmmmm.... Well tomorrow is gonna be a busy day....here is my schedule (just to let you know I really don't care if you don't care about my Wednesday, you'll just have to read this anyway...ha)

1. 10:00-11:00................jam with Shay at Starbucks
2. 11:00-12:00...............meet with Hannah and Shay
3. 12:00-2 or 3:00.....bowling with the worship band
   and lunch
4. 2 or 3:00-6:00......practice intense intimate
   worship set and get dinner
5. 6:00-6:30..................pray over service and worship
6. 6:30-8:00....................service
7. 8:00-about 8:30....hang out with super cool
   friends from girl's Bible study
8. 8:30-about 11:00.......shower, eat, and probably
   update my super cool blog (yeah right)
9. 11:00pm- 10:00am...sleep (ah...)
   

now that you know my schedule for tomorrow....I gotta go read a book and go to bed...night!

make up your mind, one tough cookie, home run

mercedes bends, eye ball, maid in China

pigeon toed, butter fingers,sky scraper











random pictures

Today I got to sleep in until 10 which was amazing. I got up, turned on my iPod, and cleaned the house (well, part of it). We went to Quiznos for lunch and then we went to the grocery store. I applied for a job at Vons and I really hope I get it! I really don't know what to say...so I'll show you pictures. Some of these aren't funny, but I think they're cool looking.