Winter Wonderland at the Zoo!

Even though Eli was freezing his butt off..... He was SO happy to be hanging with friends.

Daddy and Eli... Eli was sooo cold, his face was frozen!

Me and Eli warming up by the fire!

Eli was truly amazed at the lights he wanted to touch each one! Him and mommy.

Eli Loved looking at the giraffes..... But did not want to be touched.....

A Happy New Year!

12:00 o'clock last night it was officially 2010! This year I want to make a difference in my school, home and in my friendships. I want to grow in my walk with God and in my height. (The doctors say I will not get much taller than what I am now. I hope their wrong. I really am short. Really short, but I don't mind... most of the time)

I want to be nicer in my family, nicer to my siblings and help out more often, with out complaining.I want to make a difference in my school this year. I want to walk in to school and people really see a change and want to change their lives. I want the 90% of people in my grade who don't follow Christ to become the 90% who do. I really want to grow and grow in my relationships with God and with my friends. I want to keep them close and always be there for them when they need help. I want to bring God into the conversations and challenge my friends to walk closer to Him.

These are all things I will be praying for and working on in the year of 2010. Also, I really (REALLY) feel called to move to Texas. Ive been praying about it and God has spoke to me that it really is time for a change. We need to step out of our safe zone and answer the Lord's calling on our lives. I realize that it would mean giving up A LOT of stuff, jobs, schools and friends. But the Lord calls us to do crazy stuff sometimes. He calls us to take that step out where we haven't been, get out of our box and make a difference! Please pray for me and my family about Gods calling on our life and how we will answer that call.

New friends, say Hello... then Goodbye

Danielle Stavros. One of my close, Godly friends. I meat her for the first time in the summer at this thing at my church called Girl Time. She and one of my other friend Taylor Parsley are moving this summer. They are moving to Austin Texas. I just really got to know them this year. We all go to the same school, same grade, and we all had older brothers and sisters that are also in the same grade. Its been an awesome year. We have had our up and downs, but we have done our best to stay close. Our grade is 10% Christan, the other 90%.... Well not Christan. People (at least me) want to make a change but get discouraged because of how many people aren't getting the message. I have lost a few best friends over the years. And I don't want to lose two more. I wish we could move with them to Texas and help them start their church. I've been praying about it and feel strong about moving with them. I understand that moving would mean losing a lot of other WONDERFUL friends, but we (I) feel strong about it. I will continue to pray about it but I ask that you pray for us. If we are going to move it means selling the house, finding new schools, getting packed, etc. I really hope we move with them. Please be praying for me and my family and keep following my blog as a growing Dancing Queen.

Christmas Eve!

Christmas is tomorrow! I just can not wait. Eating all the yummy, Christmas goodies is one of my favorite parts of the whole Christmas experience. We had a well done ham, green beans and bacon, fresh rolls, corn, and much more. For little appetizers we had some not done fudge, candy, cookies, etc. Am I making your mouth water yet? Well it was wonderful! And now we are going to clean everything up and open up some gifts! I'm going to be opening up my camera! I cant wait. Also in my family, because we have SOOOO many kids, we do Secret Santa's. This year I have Victoria. SHH don't tell her! HaHaHa. Tomorrow morning we are going to open the rest of the presents and go see the Squeakle! Its a tradition we do. Wonderland today was awesome. If you have never seen Wonderland at New Life Church, go see it! Well keep reading my life as a Dancing Queen.

When all said and done.....

WEDNESDAY! Wednesday was the day when everything was finally done. At 5:30, when most of yall were still asleep, I was wide awake getting ready to go to the hospital for my final step in this long process. It was about 6:10 when I went back to the room. The nurse talked to me and my parents about what was going to happen. She gave me my Iv and that was wired! Ha ha well then we went back to the operating room and I fell asleep. When I woke up I was in a different room and VERY dizzy. After about an hour I got to go home and from there well I fell asleep again! Then I went to _Tag and I was walking around and I felt GREAT! But today, my foot hurts so bad. Please be praying for me and my recovery. Thanks for all your prayers!

Of Course...

Hey guys, I know I haven't blogged in a while. In the time I have not blogged I have managed to break my toe. I know I know.... HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN!! I don't know but I have broke my big toe on my good foot! Well God has his reasons. I'm sure its a good one..... Well ya'll have a good day while I have to ice down my foot.... AGAIN!

RETREAT!

Before Retreat I was just a normal kid. But after going into the mountains to spend time with God really opened my eyes to see that I am a light. I can not believe I took, going into the mountains for 2 days for me to realize my importance in life. I really feel changed. It was so much fun at retreat! I got to meet new people, hang out and grow my relationship with friends, and grow stronger in God. I loved it so much. The last night there we stayed up easily till 2 in the morning praying. I truly was amazing! Thank you all that helped make it possible for me to go!