New Cowboy Hat

Just got a new cowboy hat yesterday- yeah!! :-) Here are a few pictures of it- I love the hatband!!

At Hannah Jean's

I finally got to see my cousin, Kendal, while at Hannah Jean's house!! Here are a couple of pictures of me with him. :-)

Me and HJ writing down a song she wrote

At a music workshop we went to


Playing spoon at the Kientz's house- down to Heath and Suzanna!! (Heath won :-))

BTS Stolen Treasure

Well, it's been a long time since I've posted anything! :-) I'm at Hannah Jean's right now, working on finishing filming for the movie. We've only got one, maybe two, days left of filming, then the editing! :-) I thought I would post some pictures from our latest shoots on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Me trying to get dirty, but my skirt wasn't cooperating- it didn't look dirty at all, till I put water on it, then the dirt!! ;-)

Time to get dirty- dirt fight!! :-)

Typical- me talking on the cell phone while in costume... ;-)

My shoe fell apart!!

Anna petting the Williamsons' cow

Anna feeding the Williamsons' bull

Director with actresses :-)

Doing voice-overs

Anna and Fluffy

Me and Anna

Oh, how cute!! :-)

I love my hair in this picture- my favorite hair-do with my favorite dress of the movie!! :-)

Me and my "little sister" Anna :-)

Aunt Cindy's double, Heidi

Exhausted actress...

Moving furniture around for a scene :-)

Quick Update

Hi! Sorry I haven't updated this in a while... I've been busy with other things and completely forgot about it. :-) But, my dad is now home, and doing well. The surgeon did have to go in again on Friday, the day after the surgery, to fix a small bleeding point. However, that went well, so my dad was able to come home on Tuesday, only one day later than originally planned. I'll update more on his recovery soon. :-)

Through the Surgery

Yeah! The surgery is over now- it was over just a little after 12. Praise God- it took less time than they anticipated to do the surgery! The surgeon was able to repair, rather than replace, the heart valve, as well, and he was very pleased with how the surgery went. Please continue to pray for the recovering process to be speedy. And also for my mom, who is planning to stay here for the rest of the time he will be here in the hospital, while we kids take turns being here with them. :-) Hopefully, my dad will be able to come home by Monday- it depends, of course, on how quickly his recovery is going. Thank you so much for all of your prayers- the surgeon was grateful for the prayers, as well, once my mom mentioned it to him.

In the Waiting Room

Well, my dad's off for pre-surgery things and then the surgery at 8:30... The rest of us are now in the waiting room at the hospital- we won't see my dad again till after the surgery. We had to get up around 5:15 in order to get around and get here to see him before they took him back. Thanks for your prayers! :-)

Thursday

Yes, I know it's not Thursday yet... :-) But, I wanted to make sure I could post this. My dad's surgery is scheduled for 8:30 in the morning, so we kids will be at the hospital bright and early... Hopefully the waiting room we will be in will have WiFi, so I'll try to keep you updated, if we do- I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to do so. ;-) The surgery is normally an average of 5 hours, ranging from 4 to 6. So, you can be praying that my dad will keep calm, and keep resting in God to help him through this, and also for my mom, that she won't be nervous the whole surgery, and that she would also continue to trust God to handle it all. Thanks for your prayers, and I'll try to keep you updated... :-)

At the hotel...

Well, we 4 kids are sitting in the hotel room now... We stopped by the hospital first, to see our dad. Our mom is staying the nights tonight with him. I'll keep you updated!! ;-)

Hospital Update

Well, as promised, here's the first update on my dad. The open-heart surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 8:30. However, he and my mom headed in to the hospital this morning, around 6, for pre-surgery tests of sorts. Those are supposed to start around 8:30 this morning. This afternoon, they are supposed to find out more details about the surgery. Thanks for all your prayers, and I'll try to keep you updated! :-)

Do We Really Mean What we Sing?*

• We sing "Sweet Hour of Prayer" and pray only a few minutes each day.

• We sing "I Love to Tell the Story" and seldom mention Jesus to anybody.

• We sing "Blest be the Tie" and let the slightest offense sever it.

• We sing "Onward Christian Soldiers" and wait to be drafted.

• We sing "Serve the Lord with Gladness" and gripe about all we have to do.

• We sing "Cast Thy Burden on the Lord" and then worry ourselves into a nervous breakdown.

Something to think about, for sure- I know that I don't mean what I sing a lot of the time. Do you?

*Taken from a slip of paper from a magazine (not sure what magazine- this just showed up on the fridge and I thought I would share it :-))

NoteWorthy Music 2010

Here's a link for the solfege assignment that my team and I did. I downloaded it onto Picasa Web, so you can all see it. :-)

http://picasaweb.google.com/100107238450841139540/SolfegeVideos02#5506101406865903618

NoteWorthy Music 2010 Pictures

More pictures of NoteWorthy!! I'll probably post more later, once I get more pictures from other people, but here are some for right now. Enjoy!! :-)


My children's choir team :-)

We got a little tired of writing songs/orchestrating (not sure which one we were doing :-)), and decided to sit in the windowsills and watch the amazing thunderstorm... Tons of fun :-)

The whole class (plus Josh, one of the teachers) in our matching T-shirts that we made

Last-minute working on orchestrations

Me, Becca, and Natalia

Me, Becca, and Natalia again :-)

Natalia's turn to conduct our orchestra!!

Most of the class after the concert...

Bethany Bergeron- our amazing accompanist for choir!!!!

The 2 lone guys, Donald and Jonathan...

Christa, Elizabeth, and Kate

The only brother/sister team of the class :-)

Fun picture (from left to right- Anna, Elizabeth, Rachel, with Victoria in the front)

Several of us relaxing after the final concert!! :-)

Me and my roommates after the final concert

NoteWorthy Music 2010

Finally posting something else on my blog!! :-) I've been busy up here in Indiana for the NoteWorthy class, so I haven't really had time to post anything... However, our final concert was Friday night, so I figured I would post a few pictures this morning. I'll post more later!! :-) These are of me and my two roommates. In the first picture, from left to right, it's Becca, me, and Natalia. :-)

Hello!

Blog in process... Should be up and running in a week or two. :-)