Merry Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Have a very merry Christmas and a super happy new year! =)

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(Yes, I made that myself =D)

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Story of CHRISTmas...

Luke 2:1-21

¹ In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. ² (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) ³ And everyone went to their own town to register.
⁴ So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. ⁵ He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. ⁶ While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, ⁷ and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
⁸ And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ⁹ An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. ¹⁰ But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. ¹¹ Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. ¹² This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
¹³ Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
¹⁵ When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
¹⁶ So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. ¹⁷ When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, ¹⁸ and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. ¹⁹ But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. ²⁰ The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
²¹ On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
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Finally, a Charlie Brown Christmas...

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
*Katie*

Christmas Must Be Something More

Merry Early Christmas, everyone!! =D

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I love Christmas time! I was looking for different Christmas songs on youtube a few days ago. I found this song from Taylor Swift and loved it. I really like the words to it, so I recommend you listen to the song and listen to the words as well. =)

I know you always hear to "remember the true meaning of Christmas", but we really should, and I think that song captures the whole idea of CHRISTmas. =)

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Toodles,
*Katie*

Snowflakes!!!

OK, so this post is all about snowflakes! =D

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The other day I felt like making snowflakes. I watched this video and I know how to do them perfectly now! =D

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After watching that video I made a few snowflakes =)

This was the first one I made out of the bunch. Not too bad, right?

The middle was supposed to be hearts, but it makes the edges look kind of like palm trees, don't ya think?

This one turned out better than I thought it would. I think it's pretty cool looking.

This one is probably my favorite. I don't know what it is about it, but I just think it looks awesome! =D What do you think?

If you want to, you can tell me in a comment which is your favorite. The first snowflake, the second, the third, or the fourth. =)









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Finally, to end my snowflake post... LET IT SNOW!!!



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See ya,
*Katie*

My Ginormous Post!! :)

Hey, guys, sorry it's been so long since I've made a post. It's been crazy busy for me as you'll find out in my enormous post :)

Youth Convention

I'll first mention my trip to the Potomac Youth Convention Collide April 15-16, 2011. I created this video about it. Enjoy! :)



I've got pics too! :D

Here's the hotel we stayed in.

And our room.

The boys and girls had separate rooms.

And here's the building with all the teenagers waiting in line. Luckily we were one of the first groups there (even if we did have to wait an hour and 1/2 :)There were so many people there that the line stretched all the way around the whole building.

Yes, that's a lot of people!! So many, that some people were sitting on the floor in the service. :)

Anyway, it was awesome!

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Here's their website...
http://potomacyouth.com/

And here's another recap video...
http://potomacyouth.com/events/convention/



It was so much fun! :)

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Acquire The Fire!!!

Ok, now here's the next event. :) Acquire the fire - mend the broken :) It was a SUPER, MASSIVELY, AWESOME EVENT!!!!! :D

Here's a clip of it I found off of youtube :)


I know the people at 1:12 through 1:22. They were the ones in green and they were in my group. :) And the lady at 2:19 is my neighbor :) She was also in my group :)


Here's just a short clip I made about it :)


I have pictures too!!! :D

Here's one of our buses. The boys had one bus and the girls had the other.

Here's the inside of our bus. It had rainbows on the seats and ceiling!! :D Lol

A church near by let us sleep in their church. Here's the parking lot.

Here's the inside upstairs. It was a hallway with rooms on each side. A few girls would sleep in the separate rooms. The girls got the upstairs and the boys got the downstairs.

Here's part of the room I slept in along with 7 other girls. LOL We probably had the most in this room. :)

Here's some scenery of the trip up :)

I just had to get the pigeons. :)

Here was just two pics of people outside of the arena.

Here's the arena! :D

Here's the inside. :)

Then we got in the stadium. Here's where we sat. (We're the green and blue :)

Here's the stadium, isn't it huge??

People were just getting in so it was this empty..... trust me! :)

And the rest of the pics from it are in the video I made. :)

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By the way, here's their website...
http://www.acquirethefire.com/

I'll never forget that weekend. :) It was amazing!!! :D :)

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My New Cell Phone!! :D

YES!! I got another cell phone! :D A touch screen too!! :D Here's a professional view of it :)

I bet you're wondering, "Didn't she just get one? Now she has another one???" Let me answer that for you. :) Well, yes, I did get one not too long ago, but I gave my mom my old one. So instead of this one...

Now Mom has a newer, better one :) So it's a win win! :D Lol

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My New Hair!! =D

So Thursday, May 12, I got a new hair cut!

Before....

After....

Personally, I think I like it better the other way, but tell me what you think! :)

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Spirit Week!!

So the other week at school we had another spirit week! :) Here's the list! :)

May 9 - "Fashion Disaster Day" - Mismatched, etc.!
May 10 - "Crazy Hat Day" - Be creative, be silly!
May 11 - "When I Grow Up...Day" - Come dressed as someone you might like to be: firefighter, cowboy, nurse, musician, football player, secretary, pastor, etc.!
May 12 - "Pajama Day" - Don't fall asleep though!
May 13 - "Crazy Hair Day" - Go crazy!

Here's from Fashion Disaster Day...

I don't know if I've seen an outfit that horrible!! :D

Here's from Crazy Hat Day....
Yes, it's not a hat, but I didn't exactly have a crazy hat so I just wore these ginormous sunglasses, and I got just as many laughs! :)

Here's from When I Grow Up...Day
No, I don't actually want to be a cowgirl when I grow up, I just considered it a "costume day" rather than a "When I Grow Up...Day" :)

And Pajama Day...
You gotta love pj's with a cute little rabbit on the front!! :)

And last, but not least, Crazy Hair Day....
No, not too crazy, but it's better than last year...

Man, I look so much different now don't I???

LOL

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Cinco De Mayo!

So May 5th (Cinco De Mayo) We did our usual routine at school - make pinatas. :)

We made all the pinatas the same this year rather than all of us do one individually. Here's our first one....

Our second...

Our third...

Our fourth...

And our last one, the fifth one...

We did this one at the last minute for the other class. :)

Yeah, me and my friend Fletcher were the main people that worked on them. So I feel sort of proud to show 'em off! :)

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Our Flowers and Nature

So a while ago I took a lot of pictures of the nature and beauty of God's Creation around our house. Enjoy! :)

First I'd like to show you a few pictures I took of our tree in our front yard :)
Day 1

Day 2

Day 3 (morning)

Day 3 (afternoon)

Look at how much the tree grew in just that one day? Wow!


And here are some of her blossoms :)



And the money plant :)

I think this is some kind of daffodil. I'm not sure though...

I'm not sure what type of tree this is, but I thought it was so cute. :)

Here are her blossoms :)

And here's the Dogwood :)

I think dogwoods are just the cutest!! :)

And here's our weeping willow tree :)

Isn't God's creation beautiful! :)

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Westmoreland State Park! Again!!! :D

So the other day at school we went to the Westmoreland State Park again!! :) We had a cook out and everything! :)

Here's the beach we ate at. I took this picture from the dock. We ate over to the right a little. :)

(Sorry, my camera messed up - that's why there's that green stuff at the bottom)

The grill :P


And the weirdest thing of all was this....

See that gorilla or whatever? He, the girl holding the giant stuffed animal gorilla, and the girl holding the baby, (not the little girl in the gray shirt. she was in my class) they showed up and the giant stuffed animal gorilla and the guy in the gorilla suit went for a little boat ride....

Weird...

Then we went for a walk down a beautiful trail.

The trail was called 'Laurel Point Trail'

I wonder why.....

Yes, Mountain Laurel was everywhere. I love that flower. It's so beautiful :)

And here are some more pictures I took along the way. :)

It was just so beautiful!! :)

Anyway, then we got to the pond. :) It was so beautiful!!



They had a dam there too. And one of the girls in my class had a stick and was poking the stuff trying to make the water go down faster. LOL :)

Anyway, So that was our trip - our wonderfully beautiful and fun trip! :)

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Anyway, so that's my ginormous post about my life over the past month and a half. I hope you enjoyed it and wasn't bored senseless! :)

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If you'd also like to keep up with me a little more, here's my youtube channel... :)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Katie4JesusChrist?feature=mhum


♥Katie♥