Watermelons and eggshells ;)

So I guess I'll post more pictures since I found some really cool ones that my grandma sent us.
-Ellentia

Flowers

So I couldn't think of anything to post so I will post some pictures that I took that I think are kinda okay ;) So with out further ado, the pictures:
-Ellentia

CATS! and Seussical Jr. and rain...

So Saturday we went to go see CATS! It was AWESOME! I absolutely LOVED it! I have wanted to see CATS! live for a long time so it was sooooo cool to see it live! Jc had heard that the Broadway CATS! was very different from the West End Theater's movie (the one that I have) but they were incredibly similar. Both the choreography and the costumes were very similar. Unfortunately one of my favorite scenes from the movie was not in the show but there was a scene in the show that wasn't in the movie.

Yesterday we went to see the Seussical Jr. performed by a local children's theater. It was great! It was so funny watching another theater perform it because jc and I were in it last summer at a different theater. After the first number I thought oh no, this is going to be a disaster, but it was actually quite good! I think that my favorite characters were the Wickersham brothers, Mayzie and the Cat-in-the-Hat. They were all very good at their parts.

In other news not much is going on around here

besides
a
whole
lot
of
rain.

We were or are (I'm not sure which) under a flood watch. And I thought it wasn't going to rain as much up here. The only problem is that with rain comes severe weather and with severe weather comes tornadoes. In Nac a lot of rain in the spring meant it would be reeeally humid. Up here a lot of rain in the spring means a possibility of tornadoes. Fun.

Well I need to get off now but before I close: when jc posts a quiz, everybody takes it! When I posted a quiz, nobody took it! Whats up? ;)
-Ellentia

Frisbee golf (and other happenings) (and now Cats and Seussical Jr.)

Ahhh! The end of a long week! Last Tuesday our grandparents came up for a choir concert. The concert went well although I almost lost a most beloved (and valuable) mirror. Thursday we went to the Cowboy Museum and played some frisbee golf. Saturday we went to the arts festival and I saw some absolutely gorgeous jewelry! To read more about the festival, jc posted about it so you can read her post.

Sunday we went to church and watched Americas Funniest Home Videos.

Monday we played More frisbee golf and had a few adventures on this one particular hole. It was a tricky hole to play because it went over a small creek and had one small path cut through a big group of trees. So my grandpa went to throw but right as he let go he slipped and fell! It was like something you'd see on Americas Funniest home Videos! Then, my grandpa saw something on the bank on the creek (it turned out to be a frisbee) and then when he went to get it he couldn't get back up! I almost died laughing! But unfortunately my laughter was silenced.

As we were going towards the next hole I decided to try a different path then everyone else that ran parallel with the one they were on. Then I made the mistake of trying to cut across to the other path. Big mistake. As I was about halfway over I looked down just as I was taking a step and came within a 1/4 of an inch of stepping on this snake that was bout the biggest snake I've seen outside of a zoo! I screamed louder then I have screamed in a long time. But d'ya know what really got me? Afterwards my grandpa asked me what the head of the snake looked like and was surprised that I forgot to look! Anyways.

I found this cool test that is really funny! To take it click on this link. I am 86% Dixie! Haha!

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**edit**
WE ARE GOING TO SEE CATS! Mom got jc and I tickets to go see Broadways traveling Cats production this Saturday! I have the movie but I haven't ever seen the play! But wait! Theres more! Sunday we are going to see a local theater perform the Seussical Jr.! Ordinarily that wouldn't be so exciting but this last summer jc and I were in the Seussical! It will be interesting to see how they do it differently!

Branson, MO!

Well, I know I didn't post about this as soon as I should have but anyways, here it is.

Last Thursday we (my brother and I) went to Branson, MO for a choir tour. Thursday we sang and got critiqued by the judge. Our choir director didn't like the judge because during his critique he helped her direct and she said he was lucky he didn't get a punch in the nose!

After we sang we went to the Dixie Stampede and had a blast! The dinner they served each person was huge! they gave us each a whole rotisserie chicken, a slice of pork, a bowl of soup, a biscuit, corn on the cob and a huge apple turnover type dessert! If I had eaten all that I wouldn't have needed a meal for the next week! It was, however, very good and the show was even better!

At the beginning we were divided up into the North and the South. Then they did a lot of really neat tricks during the first half. In the second half they had a series of races and contests between the North and the South (I forgot to say, we were on the Southern side).

Some of the contests were between audience members, like the stick-horse race and the chicken chase. Others were between members of the cast, like the Ostrich race. Still others were between animals representing each side, like the pig race (I know, some of these were pretty crazy!). Our side, the South, was winning but because it goes against history for the South to win the contestants from the show made sure that the North won. Phooey! Oh well, it was all for fun!

Friday we went to Silver Dollar City (in case you don't know, Silver Dollar City is an amusement park). I had a blast! I love roller coasters and I'll ride anything! We rode a new ride that they have called The Great Swing (click on the picture to see a video of what the ride is like!) It was really fun! I have to get off now so I will end this post although I might add on to it later!

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**Edit**
FYI, Specter, the changes made since this was first posted are template changes, nothing exciting! (except that I figured out how to change the colors and font of my template so it is a one-of-a-kind template!)

Confirmation Sunday

Well, since I didn't get to post about this last Sunday I will post about it now. Last Sunday was confirmation Sunday which means that everyone who was in the confirmation class gets confirmed and joins the church as full members.

Jc and I participated in the class so we were both confirmed, even though we have already been baptized. It was really neat and now I am an official member of the Methodist church.

During the service we had to stand up in front of the church and take our vows and then we went and talked with a minister and then your family and friends came down and prayed over you. I was trying so hard not to cry (because I was happy, not sad) but unfortunately the tears got the better of me : }

It was kinda funny, I got four crosses that day! Well, I have to go clean up and pack for a choir trip to Branson Missouri (I will post about the trip afterwards) and so I will go for now!
-Ellentia

pretty flower

-ellentia

Footprints

One Night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking on the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you the most you would leave me."

The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

I just love that story. I don't know who wrote it but whoever they are they did a good job. Today, the craziest thing happened. Today (yes, in April) it snowed! Not a big heavy snow but a light feathery snow that won't stick. Maybe if were lucky it'll snow on Easter! Wouldn't that be something! Well, I need to go now so to all you who read my blog (Specter) thank you for your constant support and good day!

-Ellentia

Smart

My dad gave me one dollar bill
'Cause I'm his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
'Cause two is more then one!

And then I took the quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three dimes - I guess he don't know
That three is more then two!

Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can't see
He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,
And four is more then three!

And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store
And the fool gave me five pennies for them,
And five is more then four!

And then I went and showed my dad,
And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head -
Too proud of me to speak!

by Shel Silverstein



-Ellentia


Update!
This afternoon it was pouring rain and at about 4:45 the tornado sirens went off and we turned on the news (after preparing for the worst) and found out that there was a tornado not five miles from our house! I tell you we got such a scare! Fortunatly the tornado was short lived and the storm moved on although it did do some tornado damage in the countys just north of us.

Spring break!

This last week has been fun. I signed up for a spring-break sewing camp and it just finished today. It was a three day camp and I made a purse, belt, hair scrunchies and finished my dress (the one I made for the ball needed a few touch-ups). I also had to do a little school because we took off a few days to go to my Grandparents 50th wedding anniversary party in Florida (I forgot to post about that). Last Saturday we (the older kids and Dad) went to the zoo to see what it was like, however there is an unspoken law that says everyone with kids has to go to the zoo on St. Patrick's day and the zoo was packed! We did have fun though and there was this cool little trail you could walk that had native Oklahoman animals. My favorite part was definantly the tram ride. It took us all over the zoo and was quite fun. The down-side to spring break is that there are no social gatherings (except at the zoo). Last night the most wonderful thing happened. It rained! Okc is much dryer then nac so it won't rain as much. My favorite kind of day is when the sky is overcast and it is raining intermittently the whole day.
-Ellentia

Gospelgrass and Jesus painting

Well sorry guys but I keep forgetting to post, I will try to do better. This past weekend was the first ever Gopelgrass bluegrass festivle at our church. It was really cool. It was a shame that more people weren't there because the music was awesome! And the neatest thing about it was that the majority of the bands were families with kids ranging in age from 4 to 19! One of my favorite bands had a little girl who couldn't have been older then 6 or 7 who could play the fiddle extreamly well. The lady in charge of the festival said that we should form a family band and play at the next festival! I say NO! I wouldn't enjoy that. Now I'm sure your wondering about the second part of the title (if it were me I would be wondering). I saw this really cool video called Jesus painting:

-Ellentia

Well, sorry about that long absence guys. I got sick with what I think was the flu Friday evening and stayed sick until the next Thursday. And I was really sick. I had such an awful soar throat that it was almost too painful to eat and I had high fevers and couldn't go to sleep or stay asleep. All I could do was lay around and read. I am so glad that I am better. In other news not much has been going on since I last posted. It snowed here on valentines day and there were all these storys on the news about the problem of getting your flowers delivered. Today jc, dad and I went and looked at tvs (we are buying a new one) and dad was hard to please. He wants one under $1000 that is reasonably big, doesn't fade when you look at it from the side and has a good picture. I wonder if he'll find his perfect tv. We have our grandparents visiting with our two cousins and it has been a full house, especially during dinner. Our cousins are both boys and they and my younger brother sit at a table in the other room and they are so noisy they could bring down the house! All they do is go back and forth from playing on our gamecube to playing basketball to playing in my brothers room. Just for fun here is a little cartoon:

Dad just came in with a tv! I guess he found one he liked. It is a 42 in LCD tv. It's vizio brand and their unpacking it right now. I guess they forgot that its past dinner-time :0

-ellentia

An old withered flower

An old withered flower
Swaying limply in the breeze
Had a little treasure
That it refused to leave


But at the first gentle wind
The treasure crashed to the ground
Unnoticed by all
Making not a sound


A hard cold bed of gravel
With little bits of straw
Was the only thing at the bottom
Ready to break the fall


But the little treasure did not give up
Pushing through the gravel
As though it was nothing
But it still had far to travel


Up up up to the surface
The little treasure pushed its way
Up tho the surface higher it climbed
Waiting for the day


It broke the surface
A wonderment to all
Ready to grow a
Stem so tall


A stem that would soon have
A flower with petals
With color so bright
It could win medals


Slowly over the spring
It grew with great measure
Waiting for the summer
To unlock it's treasure


Then one wonderful
Cool summer morning
Ocher colored petals
Spread without warning


At first they were dismissed
As they looked like crumpled paper
But soon they were unfurled
To show that they were greater


The loveliest flower of them all
Standing high through summer
In the fall lost its luster
as the petals lost their color


Soon it was an old withered flower
Swaying limply in the breeze
With a little treasure
That it refused to leave...


-ellentia

Girls Retreat!

Well this last weekend was lots of fun. Our youth interns planned a girls retreat for middle school and it was a lot of fun. The theme for the weekend was unmasked so we made plastic masks. They weren't intended to be scary but they were kinda creepy. Well, I broke my rules for getting ready to go somewhere (in this case the retreat). I spent about two and a half hours total getting ready, yikes! It wouldn't have taken quite so long except we were supposed to dress for a fancy dinner and when I was fixing my hair I noticed the there was a steady stream of blood running down my right thumb. Apparently I had re-opened a fairly deep cut that I managed to give myself while opening a box about two weeks ago (but thats another story). So I had to stop and take another ten minutes to clean and bandage my wound. On top of that I was on the way when I realized that I had forgotten to bring shoes! We turned the car around and I jumped out, grabbed the closest pair and raced back to the car. Well, of course being the un-organized person I am, after dinner when I went to put away the necklace I had worn I realized that I couldn't find the bag I normally keep it in. No biggie. Wait, that bag is also the bag I keep my expensive locket in. Great. I looked high and low... and couldn't find it. I had the leaders ask everyone to keep an eye out for it and continued the search. No luck. I was thinking to myself that I really didn't want to tell mom that I had lost said expensive locket but I knew I had to so when she got there I told her the bad news. On the way home I happened to look down in between the seats and what should I see but the expensive locket in it's bag. If only I had closed the pocket the bag was in.

Quote of the day:
"When I feel the urge to exercise, I sit down until the urge passes."
-Mark Twain

-ellentia

Snow!

This morning when I woke up I discovered that a thin, powdery snow had fallen all over. The wind was blowing and the snow was getting picked up in the wind and was blowing around in little gusts that looked very pretty. Later on it started snowing again and this time the flakes were bigger and it looked like we were inside a snow globe! Right now everything is coated in a thin white film and it looks like the classic snow village (except without the big piles of snow). Tonight we are supposed to get a second wave of snow and tomorrow we are supposed to get a third and final wave of snow. Alright! Enough already! I won't say anything more about the beautiful white snow. Yesterday we saw the coolest tv show. It comes on at 10:00 am on PBS and this week it is like a science class. It even gives a test at the end! Next week it will be math. I'm not sure about weeks to come but I really enjoyed the science show.

Interesting question of the day

On Ford commercials in Texas they close by saying "Ford is the best in Texas". What do they say In Oklahoma?

-ellentia