Reflections of Christ

K there is this website, some of you may have heard about it. It's called Reflections of Christ. It's an exhibit somewhere in the states. I'm not sure where, it's always moving. Anyways there is this photographer and he uses people and portrays the life of Jesus Christ. It's beautiful. I mean breathtaking. The work is stunning and definitely pulls at your heart strings in a good way. There is a book that you can buy, or a dvd, or you can buy the music on itunes or just go to the site and look at some of the work and behind the scenes. It's so cool. Check it out. :)

http://www.reflectionsofchrist.org/

Well they just started a new website

http://www.anothertestamentofchrist.com/

it's very neat. So this is a a new slideshow they just posted. Amazing.



That is all. xoxo

Where a kid can be a kid!

So I have this idea that would be a really good date. I want to get a group together and have a whole day dedicated to being a kid again. So watch the kiddie shows (Banana in Pajamas, Dragon Tales, Arthur, wishbone, reading rainbow, comfy couch..to name a few. haha) or children movies(usually disney). Have kiddie snacks. (fruit snacks, juice boxes, dirt worm things, all the creative named foods) Go to the park and play, finger-paint, color, build a clubhouse/forts, play barbies, play games(red-rover, hide n seek, london bridge, 4square, kickball, ring around the rosy, hop-scotch, etc.), have story time and read children books (I love you forever, junie b jones, dr. suess, etc.) and just be a kid. How fun would that be?! It would be nice to just let go and have some fun! aha, one day soon I'll go on this date. Oh the hopes of a 20yr old. haha.



Anyways, what got me thinking about all of this is I was thinking about the silly things I did and said as a child. Which included ridiculous rhymes and songs. I remembered some of them and googled it. Maybe some of you will remember too. Aha just look at this. I can't believe the things i learned.

~Miss Mary Mack mack mack all dressed in black black black with silver buttons buttons buttons all down her back back back She went upstairs stairs stairs to ask her mother mother mother for 15 cents cents cents to see the elephants elephants elephants jump over the fence fence fence.They jumped so high high high they reached the sky sky sky,and they didn't come back back back til the first of July July July

~Concentrate concentrate people dying babies crying concentrate. Stab a knife in your back let the blood run down, spiders crawling all around, stab a knife in your back let the blood run down, spiders crawling all around. Concentrate, concentrate people dying babies crying. Crack an egg on your head let the yoke ooze down. Crack an egg on your egg let the yoke ooze down. Squeeze oranges on your sholder let the juice run down, squeeze oranges on your shoulder let the juice run down. Concentrate concentrate people dying babies crying. You’re standing on top of the empire state building you look down at all of those people. You can feel the breeze. Suddenly you hear footsteps, they get louder and louder and suddenly someone pushes you. What color did you see?

~ Miss Suzie had a steamboat, her steamboat had a bell (ding ding),
Miss Suzie went to heaven, her steamboat went to...
HELL...o operator please give me number nine,
And if you disconnect me I'll cut off your...
Behind the refridgerator there lay a piece of glass
Miss Suzie sat upon it and cut her big fat...
Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you now more lies
The boys are in the bathroom zipping up their...
Flies are in the meadow, the bees are in the park,
Miss Suzie and her boyfriend are kissing in the...
D-a-r-k, d-a-r-k, dark dark dark.
The dark is like the movies,the movies' like the show,
The show is like tv and that is all I know...
Know know, I know I know my ma I know I know my pa,
I know I know my sister with the 80 meter bra.
My mother is Godzilla, my father is King Kong.
My sister is the idiot who made up this dumb song.
My mother gave me a nickle, my father gave me a dime
My sister gave me a boyfriend,his name was Frankenstein.
He made me do the dishes, he made me wash the floor
He made we wash his underpants and I kicked him out the door!
I kicked him over London, I kicked him over France,
I kicked him over Hollywoood and he lost his underpants.
Miss Suzie had a baby, she named him Tiny Tim.
She put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap.
He tried to eat the bathtub but it wouldn't fit down his throat.
Miss Suzie called the doctor, Miss Suzie called the nurse
Miss Suzie called the lady with the alligator purse.
Chicken pox said the doctor, measles said the nurse
Nothing said the lady with the alligator purse.
Miss Suzie knocked the doctor. Miss Suzie punched the nurse.
Miss Suzie paid the lady with the alligator purse!


~Remember when boys had cooties and you had to get a cootie shot...circle circle dot dot now i got my cootie


~Remember the silly hand clapping games that people would play during recess? My personal favorite..slide. Slide baby one baby two baby i love you. haha

~The classic comebacks...I know you are but what am I?, I am rubber and you are glue whatever you says bounces off of me and sticks to you., Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.



~Silly sayings... Don't be such a butt for...what's a butt for?, I see London I see France I see someone's underpants., Are you positive? Only fools are positive.


haha oh childhood. =)

xoxo

Onward!

Yay updated blog layout and extra cuteness! Click-able links to the right! yay yay!

So it's late...ignore the time. haha. I can't sleep so I came to my blog. It's been a while..i apologize. I don't have anything interesting to say so I'll make this quick and expound later.


~I'm 20!...yowza! It's pretty sweet actually. I can't believe 20yrs of my life has gone by. It was all in a flash. I know sometimes it seems like forever for time to pass but then you find yourself looking back and thinking "Wow! What happened? Where did the time go?" I still feel like I'm a little kid who doesn't know anything. haha funny how life works that way. My birthday was fabulous. It was really nice to get lots of fb posts, texts, phone calls, etc. It just makes you feel important and makes you feel like people are happy that you were born...selfish i know. haha.


~I miss my friends in Provo. I get so easily attached. It's not the same at home. I have friends but not a lot. It's a different kind of friendship with the people at home and BYU. I can't explain it. School has started again, and people get busy. Sometimes people forget about their friends. I know friendship goes both ways. I'm pretty good at keeping in touch with people, however sometimes, like I said, people get busy. I don't want to get forgotten. I love my friends. I need them.


~I'm easily getting more and more hooked on exercising. I'm remembering why I like running. It's nice to feel free and to just listen to music and think things through. I've become very determined to exercise and to get healthy. Besides I feel a lot happier when I work out. I'm trying...

~Attitude. I'm working on mine. I've always been an upbeat person but lately I just can't seem to conquer all my fears and doubts. I'm seeing lots of negative. It's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when there is too much obstacles/distractions in the way. I'm trying though. It's been hard. Really hard. Although I am pretty bummed about being in Athens I'm trying to find positive. I feel like I'm running out of options. But surprisingly new doors are opening. I'm starting to get the answers I'm looking for. I really do believe if you have an honest desire/obedience to do the Lord's will, he'll provide a way.


~Compliments. I heard once they are like a kiss through a veil. Amen. Sometimes compliments can be very powerful.

~Michigan with Lisa this week! Should be fun! Michigan looks beautiful. I'm interested in her family. They apparently can be a little much at times and like to hammer people about their beliefs. Missionary Opportunity?!



~Work starts in a week. Yikes! There goes my weekends and any hope for a social life. However I am very thankful to have a job and to be getting pretty good pay. Also for it to occupy my time so I don't get bored and lazy. haha


~I really want to get full on decked out in a lovely dress and go out somewhere fancy with a handsome lad. Dancing included naturally...ah well can't win them all.

~Tv shows start up again. I never was hooked on tv shows until like this year. I have a list now. Warehouse 13 (secret agents and artifacts and America's attic), Leverage (Cons working together to actually help people), and then my classic Gossip Girl, House, NCIS...just to name a few. And another good show starting soon. Glee! It's going to be so good. Watch the pilot. :) Here... http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=glee

And, I ended up writing a lot.I still have lots to talk about, but I'll save it for later. Until next time kiddies! xoxo

Here's a little something something to think about...

Two Steps Forward And One Step Back

Hurray Finals are over! I hate finals. I hate testing. I hate studying for a long time and then being disappointed because I didn't do well. So it's such a relief to say no worries, exams are done. Now I just wait anxiously for my grades to be posted. I like school though. I like going to school and I love learning new things. I don't like not being in school.



I leave in exactly in four days. Four Days! My summer is quickly coming to an end. It's bittersweet. I love summers. Laying by the pool, new friends, lots of adventures, and naturally a ton of lasting memories. (I'll have to make a post and put some pictures of my summer. Look for it) Eventually it has to end, sad day.



I love the Enclave, I love the people I've met and we'll always have facebook. haha. It's been really fun, I've learned a lot about myself and people this summer. I was planning on having this incredible last weekend. One last who-rah! But disappointment got the best of me. Lots of people have left. Going home, moving away, all goodbyes. Goodbyes seem so final. I mean they aren't. I know I'll see everyone again sometime in the future. And besides, it's for the best. Good things lie ahead, my friends. It's exciting really. I like change for the most part. I need change, I hate not having variety in my life. There is always that little piece of fear in you when things change though. That fear about the unknown and what will happen in the future. I think I always have that little piece of fear but it's times like these it's more prudent.( Is that the right word to say?)



What I do not like though, is moving. I just want my own house, and never have to move again. I really hate having to fit all my stuff in boxes and then having to get all my stuff together. Then you have to carry it down the 2.5 flights of stairs. It's such a hassle. I haven't started packing yet. haha. I keep putting it off. (Hence why I am writing a lovely post in my blog)



Aha Going Home. I do love going home. It's going to be really nice. I miss my family, very much so.However Chris and Kara are out here, I'm going to miss them when I leave. I'm especially excited to see my mom. I really miss my mom. We have our differences sometimes, but I really do love seeing her everyday and not just talking to her on the phone. I can seriously tell her anything and I do. I really like that we have such a close relationship. I'm excited to see Karlee and Daddy too!
There will be a lot of things different when I go home. The branch for one. New people...yay! New branch president...yay! Some old faces too...yay! It's going to be a bummer not having Justin go to the branch with me. I liked having him go with me to church. It's nice to have someone there that's family. Some friend situations will be different too. Some things will be the same though. I'm going back to work at Hobby Lobby. I like working there. I just get tired of the long days, and the same routine. I am thankful to have a job though, very fortunate. Even if I am coming back just in time for Christmas mess. Wrapping each individual ornament...yikes! And Customers are a little more pushy and edgy around the holidays. I hate rude customers. But it should be fun! Look forward to more funny Hobby Lobby stories!
I actually have high hopes for the fall. 1.Health wise, I need to get all those issues resolved and get in better shape. 2. Books, I got read all those books I've been wanting to read. 3. Piano, I'm determined to learn to play piano. 4. Just work on myself. 6. Getting myself back to BYU for Winter. 5. Obviously make some good memories. We'll see if I accomplish anything. HA.

I've been having this urge to go dancing. Couple dancing. Crazy, but I really want to. I've been watching all these dancing movies...step up, save the last dance, shall we dance, take the lead, on and on. Kinda weird!

I'm excited to get a break before I start back to work. Laying by the pool getting my tan on and then going to Michigan with my Lisa! Good times!
And fyi, my birthday is really soon. Like two and half weeks. No longer a teenager. whoa! That I can't even believe.

Well, here's to the next change/chapter in my life! xoxo