Littlemissmouse

New Blog

2010-09-01T20:41:00.000-04:00

From now on I will only be posting at my new photography blog.

Katie

Ballet

2010-05-20T21:02:00.001-04:00

I put some pictures up on my photography blog of my sister's dance rehearsal.

Countess of Monte Cristo Pictures

2010-05-05T14:00:00.006-04:00

Me as a Citizen and Michaela as the Abess

the cast

Our directors...and there's an assistant director, but i'm not sure where she is.

i'm the one in the purple dress and shawl.

here i'm the doctor-the one with the suit coat on

i'm the one in the middle

i'm the doctor again

the doctor

this is when i die a second time. i'm Lady Austin

i'm a pirate here. i'm the one on the far left with the red shirt and black vest.

pirate

i'm the prison matron-the one with the red shirt on

prison matron

16th Birthday

2010-05-05T13:46:00.004-04:00

Another important event was my 16th Birthday. For my birthday I had a 5 hour drama rehearsal and then I had my three friends, Laura, Joy and Michaela over.

all of us, minus Michaela

me and Laura

Me and elaina

me and joy

Countess of Monte Cristo

2010-05-04T18:03:00.003-04:00

Hi, so instead of catching you all the way back up to date with what's been happening in my life, I just decided i'd start now. So one of the big things that have been going on in my life was, the play I was in. It was the Countess of Monte Cristo (its the same as the Count of Monte Cristo). I had five parts. A Pirate, Citizen, Prison Matron, Lady Austin, and Doctor d'Avringy. I got to sword fight, and die two times. For those of you have never heard of the Count of Monte Cristo, I strongly encourage you to read the book. Right now I don't have any pictures, but hopefully i'll be getting some soon. so please come back and look for some :)

Quote

2009-11-16T13:29:00.001-05:00

"There are no requirements to get into hell"- Katie (me)

From the Inside Out- Hillsong

2009-10-22T20:46:00.000-04:00

A thousand times I've failed
Still your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
Still I'm caught in your grace

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
my heart and my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Your will above all else, my purpose remains
The art of losing myself in bringing you praise

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
In my heart, in my soul, Lord I give you control
Consume me from the inside out Lord
Let justice and praise become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Chorus 2x
Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise
From the inside out Lord, my soul cries out

Caption Contest

2009-10-07T13:40:00.001-04:00

I am having a Caption Contest on my Photography Blog, please go there to see more details.

D.C.

2009-10-06T14:30:00.003-04:00

D.C. was a blast! I took over 4000 pictures. seriously. And the best part of the trip was that it was all paid for! Here are some hilights of the week:

We looked at every tourist attraction there was in D.C. in about 6 hours except for Mount Vernon and the FDR memorial.
We walked a total of about 8 miles the entire trip. which was 4 days, but two of the days were spent on the bus
The Halocust Museam was gut renching. and I don't know how anybody can every say that it didn't happen.
I felt underdressed the entire time I was in the hotel. no joke!
Hot tubs are the best, especially after walking 6 miles
Me, Elizabeth and Michaela figured out that steps are really, really cool :)
Seeing the First Ladies exibit at the Smithsonian of American History was cool.
We got to the Star Spangled Flag and that was neat.
I offically hate when my ears pop. especially since I am from michigan, and everything is flat!
I have never really heard that many awesome speakers in my entire life
oh, and I can't forget this one...the food was awesome!

I'll be writing more about the trip hopefully soon! And maybe some pictures too!

Washington D.C.

2009-09-30T19:13:00.003-04:00

I have been absent for a long time on this blog, but i have been busy with homework, going to school, and babysitting.

But one that I am really looking forward to is going to Washington D.C.- I have never been there, and i have never really been traveling either, so it should be fun!

We actually just found out on tuesday morning that we were going. And Me, My sister Elizabeth, my mom, my friend Michaela, and Michaela's mom are all going. Oh and on a side note, the hotel is awesome!

We are actually going with a whole group of people, so we will be traveling on a bus, but the bus is really nice, (its got dvd players at every seat!) we are leaving tomorrow (thursday) at 9 in the evening, and were driving though the night (because its a 10 hours drive) and we'll get at the hotel around 8 or 9 in the morning. And we are coming home on Sunday at about 9 or 10 in the evening.

So be looking for pictures some time soon!

Katie

Happy Birthday!

2009-09-19T09:16:00.001-04:00

Happy 6th Birthday Elaina!
(i did get her a matching michigan hoodie to mine)

2009-08-28T20:50:00.000-04:00

"Joy is not gush: joy is not jolliness. Joy is simply perfect acquiescence in God's will, because the soul delights itself in God himself... rejoice in the will of God, and in nothing else. Bow down your heads and your hearts before God, and let the will, the blessed will of God, be done." -Amy Carmichael

" One can give without loving, but one cannot love without giving."- Amy Carmichael

My New Camera

2009-08-24T15:14:00.006-04:00

At the beginning of this month I ordered and received my new camera! I love it. I got a Canon Powershot SX10 IS. A couple of the things that i was looking for when I got this camera was that it still had to have the swivel screen, and I wanted it to take good pictures without having it be a SLR camera. Here's what my camera looks like:

The Front- And the lense does not come off.

The Back

And what's also nice is that the camera is not really heavy, and you can also hook a flash up to it ( I haven't tried it yet though), and the picture quality is fantastic!

This is amazing

2009-08-15T19:48:00.002-04:00

This is from the Ukraine's Got Tallent, and boy does this girl have talent! I'm not sure if she actually won or not, but I think she should win. And if you are wondering what she is drawing about, she is drawing about the Nazi invasion on the Ukraine in 1940.

Grand Rapids

2009-08-10T18:30:00.004-04:00

Here is some more pictures of our trip to grand rapids.

this is while we were laughing about the one guy in the gas station! haha...good times... :)

The really really nice farrari (sp)

us and the essay thingy

Our essay/book thingy we wrote.

your eyes look halirious michaela!

Quote of the Day

2009-07-29T19:12:00.000-04:00

"Just because God can do everything doesn't mean He does."-Michaela

New Haircut

2009-07-22T18:27:00.004-04:00

So i felt really really guilty getting my hair cut, because i got it cut only 1 month ago, but i did it anyway because my hair was sooo heavy and thick. so here are some pictures and let me know what your think:

Before

After

Blue Angles

2009-07-20T14:45:00.004-04:00

This past weekend there was an air show near or house, and the blue angles (which is an air plane group that is apart of the Navy) were there and on friday we went and saw them in a big field, but we got there kinda late so we didn't see much, but on saturday we went down Michigan Avenue (which is like a highway) and we pulled off the side of it and watched there.

Here are a few of my thoughts on the blue angles

the sound that they give off is sooooo amazing
i have never pulled off of a highway just to sit there and watch airplanes
i have never had so much fun sitting on top of a car!
there colors of the planes are really cool
i loved it when they came right over our heads (i think in the second or third video you can see it)
I have never seen soooo many people pulled over on a highway- there must of been at least 300 cars with people sitting on top and watching them- and there was even at least 10 families we saw that were playing football!
Oh and thank you kristin for taking some of the videos/pictures for me :)

Frankenmuth

2009-07-13T11:21:00.002-04:00

So for my grandparents 50th anniversary they took all their kids and their husbands, grand kids, and great-grand kids to Frankenmuth Michigan. And let me tell you, when you get our entire family together, there is lots of fun, laughing, and joking.

My grandparents had rented a privet room a Zhenders (my spelling is a little off) for dinner which started at 4. The dinner was very, very good. At one point we even made our waiter start to sweat because we asked for so much food! And I even had to admit that at one point during the dinner when my grandparents go up to say some things, i cried.

After dinner, all of us older girl cousins walked around the town, which is sooo fun because there is all the little shops you can go in. And for the record we tried all most every flavor of taffy that there is.

We walked around the town till about 9, and then we went back to our hotel (we were staying at the Bavarian Inn). My grand-parents rented 6 different rooms (one for each family + one for the older girls) So after around 11 ish, after we were doing watching tv, all the girls that were staying in the room decided to have a devotional time...which lasted all of about 2 min, because we were laughing so much! Throughout the rest of the night and early morning me accomplish to have a pillow fight, jump on the beds, and have bits and pecies of the ceeling fall on us (the ceeling was falling because we were hitting it to hard with the pillows!)

So once we were all hot which was around 1 in the morning we sat on the deck, which was facing the lake, but we were still hot so we turned the air down to 64! we eventully went to bed at about 2 ish. and when we woke up in the moring we were all freezing cold!

At 10 the next morning my grandparents had scheduled a brunch, and let me tell you, the bavarian inn has the BEST breakfasts.

After breakfast we took family pictures, and then we walked around the town again, and we also walked around the River Place.

But overall my weekend was fun and wonderful and i wish i could do that every weekend!

Homemade Soft Pretzels

2009-07-09T21:19:00.002-04:00

Here is a really good homemade pretzel recipe. I hope you enjoy it!

1 package dry active yeast

1 tablespoon sugar

3 cups flour

1 cup water

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons oil

1. Place ingredients in bread machine pan in the order suggested by the manufacturer.

2. Select Dough setting, then press start.

3. After the machine has beeped (i let is sit about 15 min. after it has beeped) put it onto a very lightly floured surface.

4. Pull small/medium sized chunks from the dough, put on a greased cookie sheet (you can use cooking spray of Crisco)

5. Let rise arround 15-20 min.

6. While pretzels are rising, but in a 3 quart sauce pan, 2 quarts of water and 1/3 cup baking soda; bring to a boil

7. After the water is done boiling and your dough is done rising, place one pan full (there should be about 2 medium/large sized pans) of dough into the water let sit 5-10 seconds.

8. Once you have done both pans, beat one egg white and spread lightly over the dough

9. Sprinkle Kosher Salt over (you can decided how much you want)

10. Preheat oven to 425

11. Put one pan in at a time for 4 min. the turn pan around and bake for 4 more min. then put the second pan in and Enjoy!

12. Enjoy

4th of july

2009-07-07T12:41:00.002-04:00

So my 4th of july went pretty well, In the Morning we went to the Good Morning USA parade, which is the first parade to start in the U.S, it started at 7:30 so we left around 7 which means i had to get up at 6:30!!! I do not have any pictures of the parade, but i did have a fun time.

We were originally going to go to a park near around 1 or 2, but we ended up picking up my brother at my grand parents house because he had spent the weekend there.

Then on Sunday since we were not able to visit very long with my grandparents on saturday (because my older sibilings had a party to go to) we went back and visited them.

So what did you do for the 4th of july?

NY Democrats sitting through the Pledge Of Allegiance

2009-07-01T21:14:00.001-04:00

Fireworks

2009-06-26T17:06:00.002-04:00

Last weekend a city near us was having their Liberty Fest, and so on the last day there were tons of fireworks. If you would like to see photos of them click here, and don't forget to let me know what you think.

Katie

Quote of the day

2009-06-17T20:08:00.000-04:00

"people use duct tape to fix everything, God used nails."- this is a quote that my friend told me.

Katie

This is aweseome!

2009-06-15T16:22:00.001-04:00

This is one of the coolest things i have ever seen. and no this is NOT animated.

Katie

This is sad.

2009-06-11T12:33:00.002-04:00

I was reading an article about GM and the new chairman Edward Whitacre Jr. The sad part is that he don't know anything about cars! and Obama just made him chairman of GM!

If you want to read the full article for yourself click here.

Katie

Grand Rapids

2009-06-10T17:30:00.002-04:00

If you would like to see more of our pictures to grand rapids go here.

Katie

Me

2009-06-10T14:13:00.003-04:00

so a couple of weeks ago, me and my sister went to a city near us and took pictures! and i also got to take some of her too. but her camera is really complicated because its a SLR camera. so its really complicated. enjoy the pics!

Let me know what you think!
Katie

Bible verse of the day.

2009-06-07T16:05:00.002-04:00

1 Corinthians 2:9

9: However, as it is written:
"No eye has seen,
No ear has heard,
No mind has conceived
what God has prepared for those who love him."

Katie

Grand rapids part 5-Meijer Gardnes- Outside Conservatory

2009-05-31T16:31:00.002-04:00

Grand Rapids Part 1
Grand Rapids Part 2
Grand Rapids Part 3
Grand Rapids Part 4

Michaela

Grand Rapids part 4

2009-05-29T23:57:00.010-04:00

Grand Rapids Part 1
Grand Rapids Part 2
Grand Rapids Part 3

our coffee. mine is on the right.....

a tulip

Our shadows-mine is on the left and michaelas is on the right

Me and Michaela swinging

Michaela

nathan

lizzy and nathan

Meredith (this is the lady's house we stayed at)

Kristin

michaela and lizzy

my ankle that i hurt

Michaela, Elizabeth, Me

Michaela and Elizabeth

Come back to see many more parts!

Our really hilarious trip to grand Rapids: by Katie and Michaela- grand rapids part 3

2009-05-29T23:54:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone! This is Katie and Michaela…..
Katie-
we are currently very bored right now. We are on our way to Grand Rapids! We already stopped at Starbucks and the coffee gave me (Katie) a brain freeze ☹ um…lets see….so we are actually going to G.R (grand rapids) to visit our friends the F’s. well I’m gonna let Mickie write now. More to come!

Katie

Michaela-
Well, I found myself bound and gagged, and unconscious, and when I awoke, I found myself in this grey van headed towards some unknown city…
So if you are reading this, COME AND SAVE ME!!!!
Anyways, the natives are savage, and primitive, with the exception of the authorities in the front seat… well, my privileges of calling for help are being taken away, by my captors… farewell until I find another scrap of paper to call for help on.

Michaela

Conversation between me (Katie) and our captive (Michaela)

Katie- Scream!!!

Michaela- um….katie….I’d like to hear please!

Katie- well obviously you can hear me because you heard me scream!

Michaela- what was that? What did you just say?

Katie-ok, stop trying to play jokes, because we both know full well that you can hear me!

(Michaela turns away with a pen and a scrap piece of paper in her hand)

Michaela’s note:
Dear Mom and Dad, and all those dear to me:
I do not think I will get out of here alive, the savages have a tendency to let loose their shrill war-cries, which are too many decibels if you ask me… Isannah can have my fleece blanket with the polka-dots, and libby can have my computer, if anything should happen, know that I love you all, and I hope this note reaches you.
For the last time:
Michaela
P.s there goes another war call!

Katie-Mickie, my stomach feels really bloated

Michaela- Is that from the last victom you ate?

Katie-No!!! I have not eaten any body. I’m not a cannibal you know! Its from the Starbucks

Michaela- At starbucks? Why didn’t you get me anything?

Katie- Because you bought yourself your own starbucks!

Michaela-But I can’t drink it when my mouth is dry.

Katie- so what.

Katie’s new note:
So we are all most there now. We took the Meijer exit, like I said we would. And lizzy keeps screaming. And now all we need to complete the trip is to get lost is Meridth’s neighborhood! Literally, we get lost every time we go there. And we’ve been going there ever since I can remember. And Lizzy and Michaela keep texting Mrs. A, Morgan, and Ashley. So now where all most there. And I’ll have to let you know if we got lost or not. We probably will if you ask me. So we’ll write more later!!!

Katie And Michaela

P.s we did get lost in their neighborhood, and we went past their street over three times!

New update from me and Mickie!
Katie-So right now we are watching Pride & Prejudice and its 3:30 in the morning…and we still have like 1 hour left of the movie

Michaela - >yawn< I wonder how long they will keep me here… their taste in movies is not primitive, however, and the captors are treating me well… they gave me drink and repast.
Lizzy looks funny sleeping, and Kristin just rolled over and checked to see if the movie was still on : )
This polka-dot fleece blanket is very warm, and putting me to sleep, so Katie will talk as I catch up on the movie : )

Katie-yea, the blankets are really warm, and they are putting me to sleep…that’s why I got the computer…that way it would wake me up a little bit…we’ll both update later today….

8:15 am :

Michaela - Katie is walking around aimlessly, she probably shouldn’t have stayed up so late : ) What’s funny is Lizzy slept more than any of us, and she is the most tired : )
We finished Pride and Prejudice, (well… we fast-forwarded the scenes that lagged, and we ended up even fast-forwarding the scene where Mr. Darcy proposes to Lizzy)
Now Katie is being picky about what she is going to have for breakfast… (Note to self: Never wake a sleeping bear)
Gotta go!

6:45 PM
On our way back, and we just passed exit 77, whatever that is…

Michaela- Haha, Lizzy and Katie are fighting… as usual : ) lol, well, we had an enjoyable stay at the Furness, even though Katie’s and my evil plan didn’t work, which was planning to cook dinner for Meredith, so that we wouldn’t have to leave : ( but it didn’t work… so we are in the car, talking, laughing, and hatching evil field trips, for our Biology class that we are not in any more.
We called Mrs. Toole today, and asked her if she had marked our finals yet, and she laughed at our silliness of the question, and said no. :’(
Katie wants to say something, so here she is!

Katie- so to complete the story about Mrs. Toole, we did not just wanna tell her that we were wondering when we would get them…so we made up a story that was partly true. So here’s the story: As Mickie told you, we called Mrs. Toole, We told her that we were out of town (which is true), and that we could not get in contact with the people who were getting our mail (which is my dad, and Mickie’s mom, and we actually could not reach either of them), so then we asked her point blank what our grade was. And as Mickie said, she had not graded them yet, and she hoped to work on it soon.

From Katie and Mickie:
We had a wonderful time on the trip. And I hope you had fun reading our story. Just about all of it is actually true. And Leave us a comment and let us know what you think!

Katie and Michaela

Question

2009-05-29T08:51:00.002-04:00

I was wondering if anyone know how to put pictures, in the picture frames in my heddar? or if you know of a program/website where i could do it at?

Let me know.
Katie

Late at Night in Grand Rapids part 2

2009-05-20T02:48:00.005-04:00

So right now....Me and Mickie, are watching Pride & Prejudice and it is currently all most 3 in the morning...and i think we have somewhere around 1 more hour left of the movie...

Kristin and Lizzy fell asleep about 45 minutes ago...so yea...

but other than that....we're having an awesome time here!

come back for more posts...

Katie

P.s-me and Mickie went to bed at 4 something....and Mickie got up at 6, and i got up at 7

Grand Rapids part 1

2009-05-20T00:30:00.004-04:00

Mac Convention-Me, Kristin, Mickie

Me and Mickie

Mickie, Lizzy, and Me

Mickie and Me

Lizzy, Me, and Mickie

Mickie, lizzy, and Me

Mickie, Lizzy, and Me

More to come...

$100

2009-05-18T17:16:00.000-04:00

So as most of you know (i think) I won $100. So i'm trying to think of some ideas as to what i could use it for. So if you had won $100 what would you use it for? And what do you think i should do with it?

Let me know
Katie

My bad weekend that turned into a good weekend/week

2009-05-17T19:49:00.006-04:00

So it started out on friday. On friday we had our co-op closing program and me and Elizabeth were dancing in it (i'll write about the closing program in another post). so originally i was going to go to the I.N.C.H convention where both my parents were speaking at, but then my friend Mickie invited me and lizzy to spend the night at her house, so we could go to the closing program instead of going to the convention (i really wanted to go to the convention and the closing program, but i could not do both!). So we decided to go and spend the night at Mickie's. So after co-op on friday (mickie also goes to the co-op) we went to Mickie's house to take our clothes there and do the power point for the cloing program. So after the program was over, my little sister Elaina (was was spending the night at another friends house) decided that she did not want to leave my side. So we ended up going to the house that Elaina was going to spend the night at, and me and lizzy stayed the night there instead of mickies. And we did not have any of our clothes, because we had left them at mickie's. So we were really bored at Elaians friends house. and had noting to do until my sister came to pick us up at 5 pm!!! yea, i was pretty mad....literally.

now for the good part....

So for restitution (because we had to sit at Elaina's friends house the whole day, and because we were not able to go to our friends house for the sleep over) my mom said that she owed us. so we were trying to think of different things for my mom to give us. So when i woke up this morning my mom had an idea, we could invite our friend Mickie (the same one that we were going to spend the night at) to go to Grand Rapids with us. (Grand Rapids is a city in Michigan). So we asked Mickie's parents, and they said yes!!!! So now i was really excited!!!

And to make me even more excited....i won $100!!!! literally, its not a joke. what do you think i should do with it?

And we are going to grand rapids this week from Tuesday to Wednesday.

Last day of co-op

2009-05-14T23:24:00.007-04:00

lizzy, michaela, and me

me and noah (michaelas younger brother)

me and gianna

playing volleyball during break

me and allison

talking about the test

before the bio test....we were freaked out of our wits....after the test, we went out side and screamed like crazy

waiting for the teacher to pass out the test

studying for the test

more studying...

my bio work

michaela

claire and samantha studying biology

me studying bio

me getting ready to hit the pinata

Nicole, our spanish teacher and nick, we were in spanish class, and we were having a fun day, and that was our pinata named poco

a group of friends from spanish class eating spanish food

me and lizzy in the car

me and ashley

School is over!!!!

2009-05-11T17:49:00.004-04:00

Actually, i'm somewhat happy that it is over.....i'm really gonna miss my teachers and friends.....

when does your school get out?

Me&Lizzy late @ night!

2009-05-08T00:39:00.004-04:00

Ok, so its like 1 in the morning....and me and lizzy were really bored....so here's some pics we took w/ our moms mac. i hope you like them!

Busy, Busy, Busy

2009-05-07T22:54:00.002-04:00

So, i have been sooo swamped with so much work.... here's what's been going on in my life:

I started my second job
i've been studying for a 14pg. biology final!!
doing job training
and finishing up school
and practing the piano a lot! (ask my sister, they are really sick of the songs i'm learning!)
and little bits of random things here and there

I hope to post again when school gets out in a week

Katie

Happy Birthday!!!

2009-04-28T09:35:00.002-04:00

TO ME!!! yea, so today i'm 15. for my birthday my mom it taking me out to panera for lunch (yummy!) then she is going to take me shopping for some new mackup. then after shopping, i'm going to have a friend over. so i should have a very fun day!

2009-04-24T14:36:00.001-04:00

I am absolutely loving this weather!!! i can't believe that the weather is actually spring like in spring!! does anyone else agree with me?

ideas??

2009-04-23T19:25:00.002-04:00

hey everyone!
i was wondering if you had any fun ideas that i could do for my birthday?? like with me and my family or a few friends. so its not a birthday party.

Katie

Our piano got tuned!

2009-04-22T15:28:00.002-04:00

Yup, it got tuned! so today the piano tuner came to our house and tuned it. It actually gets really obnoxious to listen to...but i got over that. It took only like and hour and a half, so not that long. It plays really well, and it sounds really nice!! I love it, because we have not had a tuned piano for at least 3 or 4 years! So...as you can tell....i'm excited!!

Quote of the Day

2009-04-21T11:10:00.002-04:00

"Stop it! Stop it! its done burning!"-Me

I actually said this because me and lizzy had burned to much microwave pop-corn!-we really could not pop it right to save our lives!

Memorization

2009-04-21T09:39:00.001-04:00

Hey i was wondering if you of you that read my blog have any memorization tips?

Baby pig dissection

2009-04-21T06:36:00.003-04:00

So for our last dissection at school we dissected a baby pig. It was surprisingly not all that much work! you just get really grossed out when you start out. I think all of us students were all at least a little freaked out to start. But after you got the pig open it was fine. We all had lab partners, they partnered us up so that someone who was freaked was with someone who was not really all that freaked out. So my lab partner, lets just say she was literally freaked out of her guts, and did nothing to help with the dissection. She even had to walk out of the room a few time because she felt so nauseous. I was only freaked out in the beginning, like before we cut it open. after i had it open i was fine. I did get really queasy when i came home, and started to eat dinner and such, and my family kept teasing me about pigs. But overall it was a really great experience, and since i'm hopefully gonna be a nurse, it was even better to do it.

My Birthday!

2009-04-19T17:36:00.000-04:00

Ok, so my birthday is not quite yet here, but...you know its coming soon when its in the extended forecast on the weather!

Katie

Clocks

2009-04-17T21:34:00.002-04:00

A man died and went to Heaven. As he stood in front of the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, "What are all those clocks?"

St. Peter answered, "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your clock move."
"Oh", said the man. "Whose clock is that?"

"That's Mother Teresa's", replied St. Peter. "The hands have never moved, indicating that she never told a lie."

"Incredible", said the man. "And whose clock is that one?"

St. Peter responded, "That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The
hands have moved twice, telling us that Abraham told only two lies in his entire life."

"Where's Obama's clock?" asked the man.
"Obama's clock is in Jesus' office. He's using it as a ceiling fan."

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."

-Thomas Jefferson

Allergies!

2009-04-17T17:39:00.002-04:00

So, Thursday night me and Elizabeth go over to our neighbors yard because she asked us too. and now i have the most worst allergies you can possibly imagine! sometimes when i do yard work and such, it doesn't bother me...but i don't know what it was with this time....but it is sure bugging me!

But, there is one thing (and only one!) i like about allergies...it means that spring/summer is going to be here soon!!

Britain's Got Talent

2009-04-17T12:02:00.002-04:00

Susan Boyle, who sang for Britains Got Talent, is a fantastic singer! She completely surprised the crowd with her singing. and she even got three yes's from the judges!

If you wanna see the youtube, click here, and let me know what you think.

Katie

Kalahari pt. 2

2009-04-16T09:20:00.002-04:00

Kalahari was a blast!! it was really fun going a second time, because i was able to ride all the rides i did not go on last year. I took my friend Michaela from co-op so she spent the night from tuesday to Wednesday.
As most youth groups, it takes them a really long time to leave, we were supposed to be on the bus and leaving at 8:00 (in the morning), but we did not leave till 8:30! so we did get there late, but only a half an hour or so.
We swam from about the time we got there, till 1:00 because that's when we had to get our lunch tickets from out youth leader. so from about 1:00-1:30 we ate lunch, and then we swam until 4:15, when we had to get dressed and get on the bus.
We didn't actually leave Kalahari until about 4:45 because they have to check everybody back in so that we don't leave anybody there. So we drove for about a hour (i actually got to sleep too! but only for like 10 min.), then stoped for dinner. then we drove the rest of the way home, and we got back at the church about about 8:00.

and just as a random question, has anybody noticed the difference in the Michigan/Ohio roads when you cross over? yea, the Michigan roads stink, and the Ohio roads are REALLY nice. and Ohio is even wanting more money from the government to fix their highways! i think its Michigan that should be asking!
(hopefully i did not offend any of you that read my blog, that live in Ohio by saying that)

Katie

Quote of the day

2009-04-14T12:28:00.000-04:00

"if you wanna hear God laugh...just tell him your plans"- Andrew W.

Kalahari

2009-04-13T15:43:00.002-04:00

So last year I went to Kalahari with our church's Middle School youth group, and now this year, they also allowed the High Schoolers to go, so now i get to go!

Have any of you ever been there? What did you think of it if you have been there?

Chocolate covered Pretzels

2009-04-11T18:03:00.003-04:00

And for easter we also me chocolate covered Pretzels.

Chocolate Suckers

2009-04-11T17:03:00.004-04:00

So for easter me, and Elizabeth and our friend Allison made chocolate suckers.

Odd Good Friday tradition

2009-04-10T17:51:00.002-04:00

this is such a weird tradition to do on Good Friday.

Costume Dance

2009-04-10T15:41:00.006-04:00

so i went to a costume dance a couple of weeks ago. and it was sooo fun! i originally was going to have my cousin spend the night that day, but she didn't end up doing it, so i ended up going to the dance. and before the dance, my sister kristin took some really nice pictures of me (those are the ones at the bottom of the post). so enjoy the pictures :)

a picture collage thingy that ashley made...i think

me, scarlett, morgan, ashley, hannah

ashley, me, and morgan

morgan and me

me and ashley

ashley, anna, me and morgan

White House denies bow to Saudi Prince

2009-04-08T17:21:00.006-04:00

The White House is currently denying that President Obama bowed to the Saudi Prince. According to the Princes culture, it means that you are putting yourself below the person that you are bowing to. It means that President Obama was saying that the Saudi Prince was almost like a ruler to him! Now you watch this movie and let me know if you think that President Obama bowed or not. They show President Obama bowing at about 50 seconds.

Here is a picture of Obama bowing also;

Here is the full story.

so what do you think? did President Obama bow to the Saudi Prince or not?

Katie

Did you know???

2009-04-08T14:17:00.002-04:00

That i am actually naturally curly instead of having really, really, strait hair (that's how it is in most of my pictures)?

What we do in biology....

2009-04-06T19:50:00.000-04:00

yea, this is a big pain in the butt to do...

I am....

2009-04-06T19:46:00.000-04:00

61%

Madagascar

2009-04-04T14:16:00.005-04:00

So after watching Madagascar 1 and 2 a gazillion times, i've actually noticed now nice some of the music is. i'm actually watching it right now with my little sister and i really like the one song called Zoosters Breakout,and another one i like is: Once upon a time in Africa, it is kinda similar to Zoosters Breakout, but its got a different theme in different parts in the song. you should check the cd out of your library, or buy it off of itunes or you could also look it up on youtube.

Katie

A few things....

2009-04-03T16:12:00.002-04:00

so...since i haven't posted in a while...i'll just give an up date on my life, and what i've been doing..

I went to a costume dance....i dressed up as a business women who ditched her heels...so that was fun....i took over 70 pictures, so i'll choose a few and post them here.
the basketball tournaments came and went...and i had a lot of fun....it was good to get away for a weekend...so i'll have to post the pictures from that too...
um....i'm really enjoying the new piano that we got...and i'm pretty much addicted to playing it...and we're also getting it tuned in less than a month (because you have to let the piano sit in your house at least a month before you can tune it)
co-op is all most over!! yippie!! i only have 4 or 5 days left of it :) and then i'm done with school for the year...except i just have math to finish up...
my dad was in a car accident yesturday...yea, no one was hurt, it was just raining really hard, and my dad was going only 70 on the high way, when he spun out (and allmost hit two other cars) and landed in a ditch...and since it was pretty muddy cuz of all the rain, he had to call a tow truck to come get him out, and plus my dad has to get new tires now for the van. but the good thing was that no one was hurt :)
my mom finally got a mac!!! yea, so we've been having a lot of fun with that
we're going to a basketball banquet tonight...so i'll even have more pictures to post....

well i got to get off now....cuz i got some homework to do...so...until my next post!

Katie

This is Hilarious!

2009-04-01T18:04:00.002-04:00

President Obama and his wife went to visit the Queen of England, and do you know what Obama gave her as a present? An IPOD! and to make it worse, the Queen already had one!

Here's more on the story.

Katie

2009-03-29T12:43:00.000-04:00

Like my new template? let me know :)

We're free...almost

2009-03-25T17:30:00.002-04:00

So originally my parents, me, Elizabeth, and Elaina were all going to be going to Chicago this weekend because my dad has a speaking engagement...but then a few things came up and just my dad was going to go. but we eventually convinced my mom to go with my dad, and my Elaina (who is 5) is going to our friends house for the weekend. so that means that there is just me, Lizzy, Kristin and Josh that will be here this weekend. so it should be fun and interesting here by ourselves.

Katie

P.s Emily, sorry we couldn't meet you! we really wanted to, but things just didn't work out...

Good idea/Bad idea

2009-03-23T18:41:00.001-04:00

So on Thursday night, i was sitting at the computer and i was home with my dad and my older sister Kristin (the rest of my family was doing other stuff), and my sister comes down the stairs and asks if i wanna go to Starbucks, and naturally i had to say yes. Well the problem was that it was 9:00 at night, and i got a caffeinated drink. so i was up till like 2 in the morning (and so was kristin)! and i had to get up at 7 to go to school!

We got....

2009-03-22T22:38:00.001-04:00

A baby grand piano!! it is soooo awesome.

pictures to come....

Me & Elizabeth

2009-03-11T18:14:00.003-04:00

Random fact.

2009-03-11T17:19:00.000-04:00

At the time of his death Dr. Seuss had written 44 children's books. They have been translated into at least 15 different languages.

I'm just courious....

2009-03-10T09:05:00.000-04:00

Why people have BFF's? i mean, unless your like engaged to some guy.

Check it out!

2009-03-10T08:49:00.002-04:00

Check out my friend Grace's new blog!

My decorating skills

2009-03-09T20:36:00.002-04:00

So this past weekend i redecorated "my wall space" in our room. so here's what's up there. i also like to decorate it because part of my wall space is not painted yet (it hasn't been for the last 3 years!), you can see what i mean in the last picture...its just plain drywall. (lizzy, that's one of the reasons why i wanna trade beds with you next month.)

those are pictures of different things with scripture verses on them (and that's my sweater hanging on our shade)

the wall

and the other piece of wall is where i've put my award certificates. and the indian painting that i drew (you can call it horrible, because i think it is)

A pinch of Spring...

2009-03-09T18:21:00.002-04:00

Coconut Crab

2009-03-09T18:18:00.001-04:00

here is a little thing i found on coconut crabs: The coconut crab is a large edible land crab related to the hermit crab, and are found in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans . They eat coconuts for a living! How would you like to be on an island and come across a crab that is more than 3 feet from head to tail and weighs up to 40 pounds, with a pair of large pincers strong enough to open coconuts! They can climb trees too, but they only eat coconuts that have already fallen to the ground. Coconut crab meat has been considered a local delicacy.

Math Time!

2009-03-04T21:14:00.002-05:00

So today me and Lizzy went to our friends house Hannah and Sarah. and did math together, since they live like 2.3 miles or less from our house! we actually did accomplish a lot. here's some pics:

My Geometry

Sarah

Lizzy

Hannah

pączek

2009-03-04T21:06:00.003-05:00

For all those that are wondering...here is what pączek look like:

Chocolate with custard inside!

Custard!

we got like 2 dozen...

We were on TV!

2009-03-03T19:04:00.002-05:00

haha. we were actually using my mom's phone and it has a setting where you can take pictures with different backgrounds...there is one of us on a wanted poster...and lizzy is supposed to post that one...

Global Warming...

2009-03-03T15:07:00.002-05:00

Don't you just love it?

I've been too....

2009-02-28T15:38:00.001-05:00

30 percent of the united state, and 15 states

visited 15 states (30%)
Create your own visited map of The United States or try another Douwe Osinga project

how many have you been too?

Katie

Basketball

2009-02-28T09:17:00.002-05:00

So my brothers are on this basketball team, and they've actually won a lot of their games. they have also played a lot of games to. so yesterday was their last home game because next week is tournaments (i'll post about that later). So they won!!! and then after the b-ball game, we had two families over. one left at 11:00, and the other left around 11:30 ish. so i went to bed after the first family left, because the other family had only boys, and one girl (who i think is 9). but i didn't end up falling asleep until the last family left anyway. but my little 5 year old sister Elaina had a friend spend the night and they woke up early this morning at 8! yea. so they woke me up....when i kinda wanted to sleep till like 11!

Katie

Anniversary party

2009-02-26T18:25:00.002-05:00

So since my grandparents (on my mom's side) just had their 50th wedding anniversary they are taking all their grandkids (with their parents), and some great- grand kids. to Frankenmuth (a place up north in michigan.) and we get to stay at the Bavarian Inn!!!!! i am so excited here's what some of it is like. i really can't wait to go. and to make it even worse....we have to wait till July!!!!!

I've been to Frankenmuth for many other occasions, but i've never stayed at the Bavarian inn. so it should be fun!!!! have any of u peeps that live in michigan ever gone?

Katie

Hectic/ losing my mom's cell phone...

2009-02-25T13:58:00.004-05:00

so normally i don't like to post about what i have done from day to day. but i have been so hectic recently so on monday i had co-op all day. on tuesday i did school in the morning, then i went out with my sister, we went to panera, and whole foods, and then i went to a friends house to do hw (yea sarah and hannah, we did hw didn't we?? haha.) we actually didn't end up doing any. we were at their house until about 9:30. and today i got up at 6:30 to go babysitting. i just got home around 1:30. tomorrow i have to babysit, and then we have something to do in the evening. and on friday i have co-op and then we have a b-ball game to go to. so i have been very hectic.

so about losing my moms cell phone....So on saturday i was at my brothers fundraise thingy for their b-ball team. and i was walking out to the car with my sister and i felt the cell phone in my pocket while i was walking. but i droped it....and we're not really sure where. i think i droped it when i went to open the car door. but when we went back later, and we dug through all the snow, and it wasn't there...so we're not sure what happened. so originally it was gonna be like $200 that i had to pay (i had to pay becuase i was the one who lost it) but then i was only $50!!! and the $50 was only because she got a new phone. here's what's my mom's phone looks like:

did the picture show up? so yup and its even the same color. and texting on it is way easier on it than on her old phone. what do you think of the new phone?

Katie

Fat Tuesday

2009-02-24T19:50:00.002-05:00

So for all u peeps that aren't polish....today is fat tuesday....and i've eaten like 5 pounchki's.....that's alot....i'll have to post some pics later.....so now...i guess you could say i'm fat...even though i'm not....did u have any pounchki's??? let me know.

Katie

Co-op

2009-02-23T20:56:00.002-05:00

20th century literature. where we talk about anything but 20th century lit! literally. i'm the person in the light green shirt with my back to the camera but my head is towards the camera. and the lady to my right is our teacher. and the kid to my left is my friend simion. and the two other girls that are really blurred out are Laura (the teachers daughter) and Jessica. and the lady that's standing up is the helper.

That's me in the middle. and the lady to my right is my teacher. and to my left is my friend Anna. this is when we were dancing on stage for chapel too.

DANCING!!! this is when we were dancing for chapel...i'm the person on stage on the farthest left.

Michigan...

2009-02-23T20:47:00.002-05:00

Michigan has the weirdest weather patterns. for instance: for about 3 or 4 day, the weather in Michigan had all of us convinced that it was going to be spring soon. but now it just snowed!
here's what our week of weather looks like:

Tonight	Tomorrow	Wed	Thu	Fri
High: 24° Low: 8°	High: 31° Low: 22°	High: 41° Low: 31°	High: 41° Low: 30°	High: 32° Low: 14°

yup. that's our weather. at least its going to get a little warm. But i still LOVE living in michigan. and i don't think any state can compare.

Katie

God Almighty- Chris Tomlin

2009-02-19T20:36:00.001-05:00

This is one of the best worship songs i have ever heard. my sister Kristin showed it to because i have to choreograph a song for it. tell me what you think.

Katie

Short....

2009-02-18T20:49:00.002-05:00

Yea. so i'm REALLY short for my age. i'm all most 15. and i'm 5 feet. here's what facebook has to say about short people:

"I AM NOT SHORT everyone else is freakishly tall."

" i am not short. i'm just unusually NOT TALL"

i really like those two and they gave me a good laugh.

Katie

Happy Birthday!

2009-02-18T14:50:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday Kristin! You are the best older sister i have ever had!

Love,
Katie

Biology.....

2009-02-16T18:36:00.002-05:00

biology has to be one of the most interesting subjects! really. it does. So today in biology we started dissecting things. and our first one was an earth worm....and then the animals will start getting bigger and more complicated. and the last one we do is a fetal pig. but it was actually pretty fun to see what it looks like in the inside of an earth worm! really. it is. oh and if you want to see some pictures, let me know.

Which Austen Heroine am I?

2009-02-15T18:49:00.002-05:00

I am......Catherine Morland from Northanger Abby.

Katie

Quote of the day.

2009-02-11T20:53:00.004-05:00

"In matters of life and death, eat cheetos."-me!

and if you want to see the exchange of what me and my sister had about this. go check out my facebook.

Katie

My sisters version of a movie review

2009-02-11T16:59:00.002-05:00

this is what my five year old sister wrote as her "movie review" of Madagascar 2.

Hippo: There are hippos that like to go on date’s with Modo-Modo

Zebra: There are zebras that like to run

Giraffe: They like to talk about doctors and walk.

Lion: There are lion’s that like to fight

Capuchin Monkeys: They like to go “oh-oh-ah-ah!” and they eat junk food

Bird: They like to go “tweet-tweet”

Squirrel: They eat nuts

Gorilla: Their big and fat!!

Penguins : They like to be in charge

Flamingo: They are pink and tall

Doritos SuperBowl Comnercial for 2009

2009-02-08T19:15:00.002-05:00

The two guys that made this are unemployed and decided to enter the contest to win 2 million dollars. they won. and not only did they win the Doritos Commercial contest for 2009, they also won the best commercial of the Superbowl for 2009.

Let me know what you think.

Katie

proverbs 8

2009-02-08T13:50:00.000-05:00

Proverbs 8

1 Does not wisdom call out?
Does not understanding raise her voice?

2 On the heights along the way,
where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

3 beside the gates leading into the city,
at the entrances, she cries aloud:

4 "To you, O men, I call out;
I raise my voice to all mankind.

5 You who are simple, gain prudence;
you who are foolish, gain understanding.

6 Listen, for I have worthy things to say;
I open my lips to speak what is right.

7 My mouth speaks what is true,
for my lips detest wickedness.

8 All the words of my mouth are just;
none of them is crooked or perverse.

9 To the discerning all of them are right;
they are faultless to those who have knowledge.

10 Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,

11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies,
and nothing you desire can compare with her.

12 "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
I possess knowledge and discretion.

13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil;
I hate pride and arrogance,
evil behavior and perverse speech.

14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine;
I have understanding and power.

15 By me kings reign
and rulers make laws that are just;

16 by me princes govern,
and all nobles who rule on earth. ^[a]

17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me find me.

18 With me are riches and honor,
enduring wealth and prosperity.

19 My fruit is better than fine gold;
what I yield surpasses choice silver.

20 I walk in the way of righteousness,
along the paths of justice,

21 bestowing wealth on those who love me
and making their treasuries full.

22 "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, ^[b] , ^[c]
before his deeds of old;

23 I was appointed ^[d] from eternity,
from the beginning, before the world began.

24 When there were no oceans, I was given birth,
when there were no springs abounding with water;

25 before the mountains were settled in place,
before the hills, I was given birth,

26 before he made the earth or its fields
or any of the dust of the world.

27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,
when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

28 when he established the clouds above
and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

29 when he gave the sea its boundary
so the waters would not overstep his command,
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

30 Then I was the craftsman at his side.
I was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing always in his presence,

31 rejoicing in his whole world
and delighting in mankind.

32 "Now then, my sons, listen to me;
blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
do not ignore it.

34 Blessed is the man who listens to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.

35 For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the LORD.

36 But whoever fails to find me harms himself;
all who hate me love death."

A few things that i have always wanted....

2009-02-06T13:24:00.003-05:00

1. to be a nurse
2. to have unlimited supply of money and go buy all of the biography's that are out there.
3. an extremely nice camera.
4. to be able to write really good. (because i absolutely stink!)
5. to be first lady.
6. to be a missionary in Africa.

what are a few things that you have always wanted?

Katie

Winston Churchill quotes

2009-02-03T16:10:00.002-05:00

All of these are taken from the book: Winston Churchill: soldier, statesman, artist. by John B. Severance.

A lady member of parliament who was annoyed with Winston said to him, "if you were my husband, i'd put poison in your coffee." and Churchill replied, "if you were my wife i'd drink it."

A member of Parliament was giving a long and boring speech when he noticed that Churchill's eyes were closed. "Must you fall asleep while i am talking?" the man asked. "no. " replied Winston with his eyes still closed. "It's purely voluntary."

"During my life i have often had to eat my own words and i have found them a wholesome diet."

"in war you don't have to be nice, you only have to be right."

When he was quite old someone asked Churchill if he was afraid of death. He answered, "I am ready to meet my maker. Weather my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

"A young man cannot expect to get very far in life without getting some good smacks in the eye. "

When asked why he painted only landscapes and never portraits he answered, "Because a tree can't complain that i haven't cought its likeness"

25 random things about me....

2009-02-03T16:08:00.000-05:00

1. i hate bread
2. i'm in love with shopping
3. i love playing the piano
4. i share a bedroom with my three other sisters
5. i hate swing dancing
6. i love hanging out with friends
7. i love holding little babies :)
8. i hate receiving forwards
9. i love watching football, especially michigan!
10. i have lived in Michigan my whole life
11. i love God
12. i wish i had an unlimited supply of money, so i could go visit all my friends!
13. i'm addicted to chewing sugar free gum...
14. i could eat salmon all day :)
15. i hate writing
16. i love blogging.
17. i have started at least 10 diaries, and never finished one of them
18. i love babysitting
19. i love talking on the phone
20. i love to dance
21. i love painting my nails (what girl doesn't?)
22. i love listening to songs on youtube
23. i don't like banna splits
24. i hate people who are rude and snoby (none of you are that)
25. i love being with my family