shes flyin home!

me and other people

i didn't realize that that was the running"theme" of all of these photos until just now. so here is a montage of photos from regionals that i'd like to title "me and other people"

note: these "other people" can also be called friends.

me and rachel

who appears to be smiling while sleeping but i believe she's actually awake kyrie anna ruth & sarah lynn :-)

joanna-who-looks-ridiculously-sweet-in-frenchbraids and me. sitting and matching. nothing climbing trees (or logs) and being dorks

i don't care what you say..

..i think this picture of annie is adorable!
blessings to annie..and blessings to angela jean hurley for finally trimming that girl's hair:-)

my thoughts falling into sentences

"life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
.:helen keller:.

such a good quote and i keep having to remind myself of this. that life isn't for following and doing the same thing thats always been done because theres so many things to do that haven't been tried yet. so many things to do that no one else will do. i want my life to be full of life. i want to soak it all up; all the rich, colorful experiences that i know this world holds. not neccesarily foreign or exotic or expensive or huge--but meaningful and different. experiences that leave my comfort zone far behind and make me view things differently.
God has given me a purpose in life (purposes are such wonderful things) and i want to fulfull it, day by day, minute by minute. when i put my foot out my front door each day, i want to be courageous and ridiculously optimistic. i need to make adventure for myself . and with God i can make adventures because my life has a mission. a lifelong mission to reach as many people as possible with the glorious news of eternal life --thats why i am here.

Regional Mid-Atlanic Student Convention 2006 (sounds important doesn't it?)

the name tag i nicknamed "the dork pouch"--cousin to the fanny pack. it's cool until you start using to hold your cell phone, chapstick, money..etc.

tuesday: track and field day. my day.

the joAnna

we do this stretch before every major race. called the "sitting frog". really good at loosening up all the ..running..muscles. sike. i have no idea what they're doing. this is before our 400 meter relay. chelsea . hayley . sandra

hotness::...the skirt wearing part wasn't all that bad. infact i kinda miss wearing a skirt everyday. it was the pantyhose and dress shoes that really got us.


matching shirts. matching skirts. matching medals.

happy birthday joanna!

cute sarah being rebellious wearing jeans and flip flops (both of which were not allowed)

fantastic colors makes the world a better place to live

(wearing them together makes it even better)

the losers. none of them got medals. tyler doesn't seem too upset. emma on the other hand...

leaving regionals. no more skirts, dress shoes, pantyhose or dork pouches. bring on the barefeet and pajama pants.

THE END

back on resurrection sunday

finally got around to posting these easter sunday pics. i've been away all week in pennsylvania. ya'll like me and chal's color coordination? this aqua green is a popular color round these parts this days..

twiggy has bloomed

hey check it out!! our gingko has green baby leaves. score!

bright green leaves are so hopeful looking:)

(to see the difference from when it was first planted go to my november 17th entry)

cause my dad's cool like that.

my papa finally got one- check it out!

http://www.damiensfingerpost.blogspot.com/

one fine day (with jo and rach)

i love taking photos in the sunshine. because of all the light the camera takes the picture instantly so you get a photo of the second..not three seconds after that second.

perfect harmony

a satisfying string of words

"The other houses of the street, conscious of decent lives within them, gazed at one another with brown imperturbable faces"

For my english class i am doing a literay analysis on the source from which the excerpt came: Araby.

i do not like doing literay analysises. my words seem feeble and contrived compared to the simple greatness of the source i am attempting to write about.

i feel inadequate!!

i love the people i love

the day belongs to hannah

Happy Bithday, Hannah Townsend!!

woo hoo..

you is 17!!

what a wonderful day to turn seventeen too!! the day is beautiful. just like you:-)

it's all about her

--love you, hannah:-)

certain as the sun

it's offical!

there is a NEW
'beauty and the beast'
postage stamp coming out!! now i can put a little magic in the top right hand corner of my envelopes. due date is october. sadness.

okay, ya'll can go nuts now.
(like me)

hey hannah, order your storybook stamps at www.usps.gov

the mother bruise

speaking of liking bruises...

this ones not on the knee but nevertheless,
it's pretty darn impressive!

(the arm belongs to joanna murphy. )

but what's more impressive is how she got it:
practicing bow and arrow. (archery, whatever.)

(think susan from narnia)