Here are some more pictures of past vacations and fun times with my other set of grandparents. I truly have a great family.
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Old Vacations #2
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My Birthday Blessings
So, the third and final great event for this week is my birthday! And a wonderful birthday it was; in fact, I think it was one of the best I’ve ever had. My friends and parents are the best!
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Annnnd THEY’RE OFF!
The second thing in this fabulous week of mine is no more braces! Tada! Here’s my pearly whites free from bondage.
WinterJam 2013
The beginning of a wonderful week for me started with WinterJam Extravaganza 2013!
For those of you who don’t know, WinterJam is an annual Christian concert. This year, a total of twenty three people from my youth group went and joined ten thousand people at the Sears Centre in Chicago. I think I can speak for everyone when I say it was a blast! We all sang until our throats were sore, clapped until our hands hurt, jumped until our legs were about to collapse, but most importantly, praised God until it brought tears to our eyes.
Something started there. 
During this concert, God moved. When the time came, almost everyone in my youth group stood and rededicated their lives to Christ.
On the car ride home, my van leader asked us kids why we stood. That sparked a conversation and then another and another. That car ride was the best ride of my life. Prayer, praise, confessions, expectations, reality, hurts, concerns were all poured out.
We kids were serious about our rededication. Really serious. God is real. He’s not dead. He’s living on the inside roaring like a lion! He is surely alive!
But life isn’t always a “ride”. There’s something big about to happen. We all feel it. Some struggle or battle. Life isn’t always a mountain top experience. There are valleys too. But God will see us through.
All us kids that stood are keeping in contact with each other. We decided we wanted to start the day out with a song of praise. Over facebook, we are sharing worship songs, bible verses, and just encouraging each other everyday to serve God and surrender to his perfect will.
There’s one song that has a special meaning for all of us. Tobymac sang it, and we sang it on the ride home. Then in church the next day it was sung for worship. And even in other places like my friends sign language class the song was played. I’d like to share it with you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E
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When February Comes
When February comes I tend to get a little stir crazy. I’ve been shut up inside for months because of the cold. And I’ve done the same old thing for seven months: get up, eat, do school, eat, do more school, do random activities for given day, do school, practice voice and guitar, eat, go to bed. A restless soul like myself needs a change.
Normally when I get stressed, I write or take a walk outside in the woods behind my house to see the sunshine and, yes, the nature.
I hike through all the brambles and push thorns aside and splash through the creek and climb up and down hills. I get dirty, bruised, scraped, tired, but then, finally, I get to the end of the wood. There’s one last wall of tangled and twisted brambles, and I give a final push, and then, it’s all gone. The trees stop, the thorns, everything. There’s only an open field. And somehow I find peace in that.
However, when it’s February, it’s frigid and dark. There’s no walks for me. No nature. So, when February comes, I bring some nature into the house.
