Christmas Tag and a tag from Cassia!

Well I guess I'll do the tag from Cassia first :)
1. Names six friends ( outside of your family)
I can only name 6?
2. Name two best friends
I couldn't pick my BEST two friends....Cassia is definitely my BEST FRIEND!!! :)
3.Name the BEST friend you EVER had?
All my friends are awesome!
4. Favorite color? purple
5. Are you a cheerleader? no
6. If you answered that question with a “no”, what team would you like to cheer for? I don't know....the Spartans maybe? I already cheer for them when I'm not running :)
7. What are the colors of this team? Kelly green and navy blue!!!
8. Can you do a split? no....when I was younger I almost could
9. Can you do a bridge? Yes!
10. Can you do a cartwheel? Yes!
11. Who do you tag? Kirsten

Now the Christmas tag!
1. I'm tagging Cassia (people always tag people at the end...so I'm tagging at the beginning!)
2. What is your favorite Christmas song to sing/play on an instrument? "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!"
3. What's one thing on your Christmas list? yarn :)
4. Are you making homemade gifts, store bought, or both? Both
5. What is your favorite Christmas movie? The Polar Express, White Christmas, and What a Wonderful Life
6. Tell a funny story about Christmas:
"The 'Wucky Beaw'"
When Clay was three or four a lady from our church gave us some gingerbread ornaments that really smelled good! When we were decorating the tree Clay just couldn't resist that wonderful gingerbread smell...so he took a bite! Of course, they were just ornaments that smelled good and weren't edible so even though it smelled delicious, it tasted terrible! Clay got sick all over the tree (don't worry, we got a new tree) and every time he told the story he said "That was a wucky beaw!"
The End

pictures!

Hey! I actually did get around to posting pictures, and a little earlier than I thought I would! I only have three pictures but we were there for two hours!! It was a lot of fun :)

Group picture!
Me, Kirsten, Danielle, and Martha! LOL Danielle!!!!!
I thought both Olivia and Anna Beth looked beautiful in this pic so I had to post it!

Sorry I don't have many pictures, we were too busy talking and crocheting to take any more!

Cross Country!!!

Hi!
Tonight is the cross country Mother-daughter get together at a coffee shop in NA! I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited about seeing all my friends. I miss them so much! Sadly, Tiny won't be there :(. I'm still happy about seeing all my other wonderful Spartan friends!!! I'll try to take some pics tonight and probably post them tomorrow...don't be surprised if I don't get around to posting them lol!!
~Julie

Merry Christmas!!!

Hi! I just changed by blog to Christmas colors, what do you think? I LOVE Christmas! Leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite thing about Christmas is :) I don't have a favorite thing about Christmas, I love EVERYTHING about Christmas! Especially staying in pajamas all day long on Christmas day!

Tiny

Tomorrow I will see Tiny! I haven't seen her in (gasp!) a WHOLE WEEK! Lol, I've gone longer....
Here are some pics of my Tiny best friend!

MC cross country meet
Muddy girls!!!

Me, Tiny, and Olivia at Cracker Barrel

When I was going through pictures I found this one and it was just too cute not to post! This was Sam at his first race, one half mile! he did it in 7 minutes and didn't let go of our hands the entire race! That's Sam for ya!

P.S. Tiny is Catherine's nick name, mine is Jr. and Olivia's is Mo!

Tag from Martha!

Thanks Martha!!!



Which do you prefer:

(1)Knitting or crocheting? I crochet more but I love to knit!

(2)Chocolate or vannilla ice cream? Chocolate!

(3)Inside or outside? To run, outside, to crochet and knit, inside

(4)Mad or happy? HAPPY!!!

(5)work or play? Play if that includes knitting and crocheting

(6)hot or cold? it depends

(7)Christmas or Thanksgiving? They are my two favorite Holidays

(8)Raining or sunny? sunny

(9)Cake or pie? pie, I don't like cake

10)good or bad tag?good

I've finally started back running, it feels so good!

Tag

**Sorry that I had my middle name as Olivia and my first as Mary, I forgot to delete that one from my sister's answers! Please read again
:) Julie

1- Have you been asked if your married? No, I'm 12!
2 - Have ever had your picture taken with a famous person? nope
3 - What's your middle name? Rebecca
4 - Your current favorite book (besides the BIBLE)? I have a LOT of favorite books....one is Little Women
5 - What's the first thing you do when you wake up from a nap? I never take naps :)
6 - What is your current mood? excited! (I'm seeing my XC friends in 5 days!)
7 - What color shirt are you wearing? blue and brown
8 - Missing something? Yes, Cassia and my XC friends
9 - Current Favorite Quote? I like a lot of running quotes but one is "We didn't die, we just smell like it" and I like a lot more!
10- If you could go back in time and change something what would be? Ummm....?
11 - If you must be an animal for one day, what would you be? I don't really want to be an animal, I just like animals!
12 - Ever had a near death experience? no
13 - Something you do a lot? Crochet, knit, and write
14 - The song stuck in your head? A song off of Willy Wonka
15 - Least favorite household chore? cleaning bathrooms
16 - Name someone with the same birthday as you. Someone named Mary, I didn't know her that well, lol!
17 - When was the last time you cried? Why are you asking?
18. What are you most scared of? Well, I'm terrified of snakes....and other things
19 - If you could have one super power what would it be? flight!
20 - What's the first thing you notice about the opposite gender? This is a stange question...I really don't know.
21 - What do you usually order from Starbucks? I don't go that much at all but....I guess apple cider.
22 - What's your biggest secret? I'm not telling
23- What's your favorite color? purple
24 - Do you still watch kiddie shows or tv shows? no.
25 - What's on your walls? Yellow paint, pics
26 - What are you? A Christian, sister, daughter, runner, crocheter, Spartan!
27 - Do you speak any other language? I know a little in Spanish
28 - What's your favorite smell? I like lots of smells...the wall flowers at Bath and Body works!
29 - Describe your life in one word! Leave me a comment and tell me what you think!!
30 - Have you ever smiled when your best friend was crying? NO
31 - What are you thinking about right now? this tag
32 - What should you be doing? Giving better answers to these questions
33 - Who was the last person that made you upset/angry? my cat, but not anymore! I love him!
34 - How often do you talk to God? several times a day
36 - If you could have any last name in the world, what would you want? My last name
37 - What is your natural hair color? dirty blonde
38 - Do you have many friends? Yes
39 - Who is your role-model? I look up to a lot of people
40 - Do you like your life? YES
40. I am going to tag... Martha, Clay (to get him to post on his blog!) and Kara Beth

Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!!!

Runnning...

After XC season ended we were supposed to take a 2 week break from running. I thought that a 2 week break would be great! Now I really miss running, as strange as that sounds. I get to start back in 7 days! yay!

Ideas

As you know from some of my posts below, I like to make homemade gifts for my aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents for Christmas. This year I got some really good ideas so I decided to share them (I'm not saying who gets these presents just in case they decide to read my blog)
1. I painted rocks for paper weights. On some I put the person's name and on others just a cute design
2. I cut out colored flowers and circles and glued them on paper for stationary. If you do this be sure to include envelopes!
3. A plate of homemade cookies. Cover the cookies with plastic wrap and tie a pretty bow around it!
4. Leah and I made cute little button key-chains. All we did was string three beads on a piece of string and put a loop on it to hang on your keys. They turned out really cute, I think.
5. Another gift is to paint and personalize a box. (you can get them very cheap at Hobby Lobby) I painted it and put the person's monogram on it
6. Of course, if you know how to knit or crochet, anyone would love some thing you made!

Random...

First of all, what do you think of my new blog colors? I love the picture of me and Olivia behind the title!

Sadly, cross country season is over and we are resting from running for two whole weeks. I'm going to miss running even if it isn't with my friends! I know I need my rest though. Now I have more time to knit and crochet!

My current crocheting project is a bird in a hot air baloon. It's SO cute and I can't wait 'til it's finished.

Wednesday is our last art lesson. Last week we finished painting our canvases. I painted a vase of red flowers that matches our kitchen. It was supposed to be a Christmas present for Mama, but I was so excited about it that I just gave it to her!

I guess that's all. Have a great night!!
-Julie

BEST TIME EVER!!!!!!!!

I am SO excited and happy. Ever since the Sherman day 5k (beginnning of Sep.) I have been trying to break 20:00. The only time I got close was the Sherman day (20:07) then I did some 20:30's even a 21:00. So...today was my LAST CHANCE to do my goal. I did a 19:54!!!!!!! I was SO EXCITED! I couldn't stop smiling after I heard my time. I'm so glad I finally reached my goal all season in the last race!!!

A fun Day!

Yesterday we went to Amory to run a 5k! I heard that it was a really flat course so I decided that I wanted to break 20. Only 24 people ran the race, so it was very small! I didn't know the course so I had to keep Forrest in sight so I wouldn't get lost! I could see him the whole race except when he turned to finish. Sadly, the course was 1 tenth too long and my dissapointing time was 21:01. Mama calulated our times on the computer and if the course was the right distance I would have done a 20:12. For my next 5k my goal is to keep an under 6:24 pace because a 6:24 pace is a 19:59 5k. Danielle will be there to pace me, so hopefully I'll reach my goal. After the awards and door prizes (I got a pretty cross!) we went to eat breakfast at the Nibble Nook with Martha, Margaret, Forrest, and Cale.
After eating breakfast Martha and Margaret came home with us. We baked brownies from scratch and knitted and crocheted of course! We also played hide and seek, that was a lot of fun too! I'm going to be so sad when XC ends this Saturday :(. Yesterday was a very fun day!

Crocheting and Knitting

I absolutly LOVE to crochet and knit!

It is one of my favorite hobbies! Since most of my friends either crochet or knit that makes it even more fun. When Martha and Margaret spent the night last weekend, we stayed up until 3:36 (Margaret wanted to break her record on staying up late which was 3:30!) and guess what we were doing?! Knitting and crocheting, of course!

Martha and I figured out together how to knit animals very easily, with two needles. She made a big bird, a tiny bird, and a tiny hampster. I made a knitted dog, and a crocheted doll. It is a who like on the movie, Horton Hears a Who.

I'm crocheting LOTS of Christmas presents! Not only ones for my family, but for all of our Bible class teachers and presents for Daddy's parters at his work! I'm so excited because I LOVE crocheting!!!

Tags

This is one I made up, I'm tagging Kirsten, Levi, and

~Favorites~
color-
food-
animal-
sport-
ice cream-
game-
movie-

This is one from Kirsten!
I'm going to tag Cassia with this one

1. Do you know Catherine Snyder? yes, lol
2. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? chocolate!
3. What is your fave color? purple
4. Do you run? YES
5. Do you like tomatoes? sometimes
6. Do you have relatives out of the country? no
7. Do you have allergies? none that I know of
8. Do you have at least 10 friends? yes!!!
9. Are you a Christian? yes!
10. Is this a CRAZY post??? You tell me.

A Homeschool Denim Skirt

Today the girls only went shopping at Old Navy and the Mall! The boys went to Memphis. I really wanted to get a denim skirt and this is a conversation Mama and I had.

Mama- None of these stores have denim skirts!

Me- Then where to all these homeschoolers get them?

Mama- I think they make them, probably out of jeans.

Me- I could do that, and that's about the length I'd like it!

Mama- Ohhhhh, so you want a homeschool denim skirt!!!

So yes, I'm a homeschooler and I want a homeschool denim skirt!

Rustic Youth Camp

Last Thursday and Friday we went to a homeschool rustic youth camp!! It was VERY fun. We slept in the bunk house. I slept on "Shakey Bakey" a girl from the summer camp had named it that. It was pretty shakey! Thursday we got there and went to different classes with our group. It was so fun! I met a girl named Kelsey and she was very nice. We disected owl pellets together, what a great way to start a friendship! Friday we did different crafts. I carved a pumkin! It was hard to clean it out but the carving was lots of fun. Mama talked about maybe going to the summer camp. I won't be old enough to stay in the bunk house (you have to be 13) but I think it would be SO fun even to stay in the hotel. I really hope we go!

More of Carolina's Journal

Today I couldn’t go to church because Lacy has gotten so much worse. Bethel says that her Ma knows lots about babies; maybe I’ll ask her to help. Yes, I’m going to ask her help right now.
Right now Mrs. Lars is giving Lacy some medicine. I hope it works!
-Carolina

Lacy is SO much better today! Mrs. Lars’s medicine really worked. Today after school Bethel and I went on a walk in the woods. It’s so pretty this time of year, the spring. We picked a bouquet of lilies, roses, and daisies. We also made flower crowns and necklaces. I have a new idea for my poem! I started it this afternoon. I can’t wait until it’s finished!
-Carolina

Today after school Bethel and I went for a walk in the woods again. This time we picked a bouquet of flowers for Ms. Carrie. She was delighted and told us to come early tomorrow morning for an announcement! I hope it’s a good one. I’d better go to bed so I can get up early.
-Carolina

The announcement today was not good!! Ms. Carrie is having a baby very soon so we are getting a new teacher! It’s a man teacher! I’ve never had a man teacher before. His name is Mr. David. I hope he’s not mean. He looked nice but I don’t know. At least Ms. Carrie will be teaching us until Friday. Mr. David starts Monday. The day after tomorrow I have to turn in my poem. I’m so excited!!
-Carolina

There’s not much to write about today. Bethel and I took her little brother in the woods to play in the creek. He loved splashing around. His name is Max and he’s so cute. I can’t wait to give Ms. Carrie my poem tomorrow!
-Carolina

New Story

This is a new story that I started last night! It's a girl's journal. I hope you like it!
Oh, and this is only the first few entries, I'll be posting more later!!

My name is Carolina White and all my friends have journals, so I decided to start one too. I live in Wisconsin with my Ma, Pa, and little baby sister named Lacy. I live in a big house with lots of other families and I go to a one room school-house. All my friends at home go to the school and so do lots of other kids who have their own homes. My closest friend at ‘the house’ as we all call it, is Bethel Lars. She’s a year older than me, and I’m eleven, but we’re still the closest friends. This is all about me, so I’ll write again later.
-Carolina

Today at school our teacher; Ms. Carrie gave us an assignment. We have to write a poem, I’m terrible at writing! I don’t know what I’m going to do. I don’t even know what it will be about. I don’t have to give it to her until a week from Friday (tomorrow). The only ideas I have are a poem about my family or a poem about me. I still don’t know what to do. I’m hoping that Bethel will be able to help me tonight, she’s a great writer. Here she comes now; I’ll write tomorrow how the poem writing goes!
-Carolina

Last night Bethel helped me think of rhyming words for my poem. It’s going ok I guess. I’m going to work very hard on it for Ms. Carrie. I’ll probably be perfecting each line until I present it to her! It’s time for school so I’ll write after school!
Ok, it’s after school. Ms. Carrie read us some other poems from when she was young. I think she could be an author of poetry! I was thinking that I wouldn’t like writing a poem at all, but it’s actually fun! Lacy isn’t feeling well tonight. I hope she’s just tired because Dr. Carr is out of town for another week! I’m off to bed so good by.
-Carolina

Today is Saturday so I don’t have any school. Lacy is getting worse. She won’t eat and she’s also coughing. Oh, I hope she’s ok! Ma is keeping her warm, bundled up in blankets. If she doesn’t get any better I don’t know what we’ll do!
-Carolina

What do you think so far? I'm going to try to post more of it tomorrow!!

My Practice Blog

Hi everyone! I just created a practice blog! I am attempting to learn HTML to make blog templates! I don't have any on there yet but hopefully I will very soon. I'll be sure to announce it when I do!!!
www.juliespractice.blogspot.com

Just playing around

My sister, Olivia has been learning HTML and she taught me how to do these grafics! They're really fun to make. I made one for my blog and I just made a blog award!

I'm awarding this to-

Madcrafts

Cassia's Cronicles

Kirsten's Korner

Kate's Place

Marty's Blog

You can award it to anyone you think has an awesome blog!!!

My First Afghan

I am very tired of making granny squares

I made 25 of them

Nine red,

Eight blue,

And Eight white.

This was Mama's special birthday present from me!

My very first afghan I've made.

I started to make it on August 24

And I finished it at 8:00 am on September 16

After sewing everything together for 2 1/2 hours!

( got up at 5:30 to finish it)

What you do think?

Happy Birthday Mama

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY MAMA!!!!!!
Today is Mama's birthday! I made her a special present, but I'll post about that later.
I hope you have a great birthday Mama!!!!!

Sherman Day 5k '09

Today the Spartan XC team ran the Sherman day 5k!! Just about our whole team had on green shirts, so 2/3 of the people had green shirts on!!! The Spartans took home almost all the meadals and just about evey Spartan and Spartan parent got a meadal! My goal time was to break 20:00...I didn't quite meet my goal. But I am sooooooooooo happy to say that before this, my best 5k time was 20:24, and that changed today! I did 20:07!!!!!!!!!!!! I was sad that I didn't break 20:00 but I'm still SO SO SO SO happy that I broke my best time!!!!!!!!! Danielle was 1st female, I was 2nd, and our wonderful coach was third!!! She did 21:03!!!!!! GO SPARTANS!!!!!!!

My Christmas Box

Every year I like to make homemade gifts for my family. I have been working on them a lot lately, so I'm going to post pictures of presents for people that I know will not be looking at my blog!!

This is my box that I keep all the presents in

This is my book that I write down what I'm making for each person

A frog for one of my cousins

slippers

A hat for my only girl cousin (all my other cousins are boys!)

dish-cloths

A beaded bookmark