Six Flags!

I'm so excited! My parents are taking me to Magic Mountain for my 16th birthday! I'm super excited!!!!

Just thought I'd share the joy.....

P.S.Shay's gone and I'm sad. He's a really good friend and I know it is weird to have a 27 year-old guy friend, but he really is a great friend. Notice I said guy friend....it is absolutely not weird to have a girl friend over 25!!!!! Ok see you guys later!

I don't know what to update about so here is my beautful baby sister.....

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.

Well I've babysitted twice in less than 24 hours. I'm kind of tired of kids right now...but if anybody needs a babysitter...I'm totally available! I honestly don't even want to babysit (although I'm CPR certified and I'm good at it), but I really need money right now. I have to pay for driver's training and the longer I wait to get my permit (which costs money) the longer I have to wait until I drive. My parents are tired of driving me everywhere! I've kind of resorted to asking for the money that they would have spent on me in like a Starbucks or something in cash.
My dad is taking me out maybe to dinner or a movie tonight and we're just gonna hang out. I'm kind of excited. So my dad has kinda had a revelation. As you may know, our family is having some problems with Northside and my dad has been really negative towards everything, not just at church. As you probably know, it has kind of worn off on me too. So today he totally like repented and talked to all of us about how he was being so negative and ....it was amazing. I could not hold back the tears. He is kind of prideful sometimes and when I would point out to him that he was being prideful, he would say "I'm not negative, I'm truthful". And today he totally recognized how he was acting...it was really cool! He is also paying for part of CIY and driver's training!!!! I'm really excited and we can already see him being less negative and less stressed out. I'm so proud of him. This thing tonight (my dad just told me) is a surprise...I hope it's fun! OK...I realy really like posting everyday...I kind of want to post twice a day....maybe not everyday. Ok see you tomorrow! Love you guys!
-Danica

PHIL!!!!!!!! this is a great picture (thanks to Jena)! He always wears that scarf and I think he's one of the only men who can pull off a scarf! And look! I didn't cut anybody out of this picture!

Well I don't really have much to say today. I took 2 tests and had to write 2 huge essays back-to-back in like 90 minutes(not a long time for the essays my teacher expects us to write). We had an incredibly dumb and boring rally today. The only thing that I liked about it was that before it started they were showing us some random funny facts and they were kinda funny...well I thought they were. Like they banned Donald Duck comics in Finland because he doesn't wear pants. I'm sad that Brandy's leaving, I didn't really get to talk to her that much this time...maybe next time. As you can see I am kinda just rambling on and on about nothing in particular. My dad is off work this whole entire spring break and we aren't doing anything...don't know why I mentioned that.....lol.....ok see you guys later!

I've noticed that my blogs usually are incredibly unorganized and are just rambles about my day and Alyssa's are all organized and pretty.

I'm really excited about CIY this year. The theme is ONES and I'm really looking forward to seeing what kinds of videos and new ideas they'll have for this year.

I really like hanging out with Jena. She makes me feel so welcome in the group and not akward, like last night with Megan. I don't know her very well and I don't know Liz and Chelsea that well. It was really fun last night. Ok, I have to go do homework. Thanks for the Chicken Goodness Recipe!

P.S. I love Phil Wickham! (just in case you didn't know)

Well...I'm having a pretty good day today. We watched a sermon on TV this morning and it was pretty good. It doesn't really relate to me because it is about the woman's role in a marriage, but it was really good. I was really nervous about worship this morning because my voice was not working very well. I was having a sound check and I saw Alisa Hopper. I was so nervous. Singing in front of the best worship leader I know?!?!?!?! Yeah...I was terrified. She totally talked to me and wants to meet with me and I'm so excited. And after my not-so-good worship set, she totally told me that she loves my voice and OH MY GOODNESS!!! It made me feel so amazing!!! Yeah and going over and hanging out with you guys was really cool....I didn't know Liz was so emotional. I know she was having a bad day, but tears were streaming down her face after I said she was beautiful. I guess people do take what I say seriously. lol. We had a pretty good leadership meeting (well we didn't really have a meeting, we kinda just had fellowship time) and at home I got to play my guitar for a ridiculously large amount of time...it was amazing! I just had a good day. Oh and yeah, I got to hang out and talk with Emily. I love her! Ok well I'm gonna go see what's for dinner...bye!

Well this week went by pretty fast. I failed a history test, passed a Biology test, and did pretty well on a French test. When I say failed...I really mean I failed, I got a 57%. It was not fun. This week week God has been teaching me a lot. I've learned that I need to trust God with everything I do and not worry about what might happen cause I'm never right when I think of the possible outcomes of a problem. God is always right so why can't I trust Him with my life? I'm also trying to give everything in my life over to Him and I honestly don't know if I'm doing it right and I kinda don't know if I really am giving it to God. I don't want to just say that I am but still worry about it. So...yeah I'm trying to work on that... After school today I totally put my bathing suit on and laid out in my backyard. It was amazing and I have a little tan...not as much as Emily's was though. I hope I don't get addicted! Well I'll see you guys on Sunday or the next time I see you...love you!

-Danica

I'm kinda offended that Alyssa isn't really on blogger anymore....I guess Myspace was just too good for me..... I looked back to Alyssa's first post and it suggested we should use Blogger as an alternative to myspace......mmmmm........I forgive you, Alyssa and you can go use your myspace...I will always be here...on blogger.........hum...........:( I still wont get a myspace, but please don't leave me hanging here......all alone........on blogger.....because Jena never updates...... I like using these..........things! :)

"Ah...just another day" -Halle Rae Overton

Alyssa- I wanted to tell you this at Bible study, but I couldn't stay very long. I just wanted to let you know that I love what you're doing with the group. I know that this will help tighten our group and draw us close to God. I also wanted to apologize for being so negative sometimes about our group. I can be pessimistic sometimes....ok maybe all the time... but I'm gonna really try to be positive and see the good things that happen in our church. I had a lot of fun with you on the trip and I love getting advice from you. Thank you so much for being so willing to talk to me and answer my questions. I really appreciate you!

Jena- I love you, I just wanted to tell you that. You have been such a blessing to my life and I also thank you for being so willing to talk to me and be there for me everyday. I really hope our friendship grows stronger and that we could continue to hang out together.

So nobody else looks at this, but I love you guys and I can't wait until we start this new Bible study set up. I am also excited about Liz and Chelsea coming to our group and also...OH! OH! OH! that girl Jessica, Sarah Bryant's friend was so in my first grade class and I haven't seen her since then. She so remembers me and she is so nice. By the way, she also has the prettiest teeth I have ever seen, just so you know. See you guys!

-Danica

SHEEEESH! Here is my update:

I'm excited about Discipleship and I've decided that I already REALLY miss Mallori and it's been 15 minutes since lunch when I saw her! Ok...I'll update when I come back.