Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! YHANNAHY

Quick Update

We made it into my Grandma and Granddad's house about a half an hour ago! My cousins should be here in an hour!! I can't wait!!! Have a very Merry Christmas!! <33 Hannah Elise

My Christmas Presents!!! Part 2

Below is a slideshow of my Christmas presents! I figured it would be easier to make a slideshow then to load all the pictures up on here...plus it was more fun to make!! Look at that and leave comments down there AND up here!! So "Santa" came early because we're leaving for Massachusetts Thursday!! We got home after school yesterday and Rachael ran up the steps (I was still in the car) and saw all the presents and screamed! It was hilarious!! We're leaving for New England on Thursday!!! My parents are picking us up early from school and we're driving about 8 hours up the road to somewhere in Pennsylvania and spending the night then driving the rest of the way in on Friday!! I definitly can't wait! It's going to be sooo much fun!! This may be my last post until 2007!! How wierd is that?? I may update up in New England but I'm not sure..So I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Christmas and safe travels if you're going anywhere!!! Leave me comments!! Happy Holidays!

My Christmas Presents!!!

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9 Days Until Christmas Break

So things are going really great lately!! School's still going really well! I got all As and one B on my midterm but the B was in art so I should be able to bring it up! Christmas break starts next week and I can't wait!!! We're going up to Massachusetts and New Hampshire! I love being up there but I really dislike the drive up until we get to Connecticut then it's ok! It's going to be sooo much fun! I love hanging out with Drue and Devin! We always have fun together! I did Christmas Cards last night! I love doing things like that! Rachael and I got our picture taken for the card but it wasn't done professionaly..Mom just took it in front of our Christmas tree! I'll put the picture up when I get home...I'm at the elementary school right now waiting for my parents to pick me up! Tomorrow I think Kelsey is walking over here with me and we're going to do our homework then we're going back over to the high school to watch the junior high girls basketball game! Thursday night I think I'm going to the choir concert and watching all my friends sing! Then this weekend, my aunt and uncle and grandmommy are coming in and we're having our family Christmas together! It's going to be a lot fun! Then Sunday night is the teen Christmas party for the youth group but I'm not sure if I'm going to that or not yet...So I'll put that picture up when I get home! Leave me comments!! Christmas Card picture!!! ^^^^

Update-EDIT!

It's been a while since I posted so I thought since I had some free time I would post now...Thanksgiving was last week! It was soo much fun! There was a ton of great food and Aunt Kathy did an excellant job!!! There were 30 people crammed in Aunt Kathy and Uncle Kevin's living room, but it was still a lot of fun! This week has been going by really quickly! Christmas isn't that far away!! I'm soo excited for Christmas! I get to go up to my Grandma and Granddad's house in Massachusetts and my aunt and uncles houes in New Hampshire! It's going to be soo much fun! I get to see my cousins that I haven't seen since summer! I can't wait! Saturday I think I'm going up to Wheeling with my friend and her family for the football STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!! Williamstown made it again this year and I finally think we're going to win it!! It's going to be so much fun! I can't wait! So I don't have anything else to say!! Leave me comments!! Hannah <33 size="4">EDIT- So I didn't go to Wheeling for the game...I went to Kelly's house instead and spent the night with her!!! It was a lot of fun! I went to church with her this morning!! and Williamstown lost =(...ahhh..I was soooo mad! The final score was 7-14..we lost by one touchdown...ONE STINKING TOUCHDOWN!!! o well..school's going to be quiet tomorrow..Leave comments <33

Exciting News!!!!!!

I know I just updated Monday, but this news couldn't wait!! I'M GOING TO HONDURAS THIS SUMMER!! AHH! I' M SOOO EXCITED!! My church is taking a mission trip down there June 9-17 and my mom and I are going! We had a lady from Casa de Esperanza, where two people from my youth group went this past summer, speak at prime time tonight! It was soo moving...I got goose bumps and chills when she was speaking! I knew God was telling me that I needed to go be a part of the mission trip!!!! Casa de Esperanza (which means House of Hope) started out with 5 kids. About a week and a half ago the got 5 more kids and they need all the help they can get! When we go down there, we could be building houses, visiting orphanages, distributing food and clothing, doing vacation bible schools/adult bible studies, and hospital visits. I saw this thing on Sam's xanga and I loved it so I'm going to put it on here----- If we could reduce the world's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, the demographics would look something like this:60- Asians, 12-Europeans, 5-US Americans and Canadians. 8-Latin Americans, 14-Africans 49-would be female, 51-would be male, 82-would be non-white, 18-white,89- heterosexual, 11- homosexual, 33- would be Christian, 67-would be non-Christian, 5-would control 32% of the entire world's wealth, and all of them would be US citizens, 80-would live in substandard housing, 24-would not have any electricity(And of the 76% that do have electricity, most would only use it for light at night.),67-would be unable to read, 1- (only one) would have a college education, 50- would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation, 33- would be without access to a safe water supply, 1- would have HIV, 1- near death, 2- would be near birth, 7- people would have access to the Internet. If to take a look at the world from this condensed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding and education becomes evident.Think of it! If you woke up this morning with more health than sickness, you are luckier than the million that will not survive this week. If you have never experienced a war, a loneliness of an imprisonment, an agony of tortures, or a famine, You are happier, than 500 million persons in this world. If you are able to go to church, mosque or synagogue without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death, you are happier, than 3 billion persons in this world.If there is a meal in your refrigerator, if you are dressed and have got shoes, if you have a bed and a roof above your head, you are better off, than 75% of people in this world. If your parents are still alive and still married, then you are a rarity. If you have a bank account, money in your purse, and there is some trifle in your coin box, you belong to 8% of well-provided people in this world. If you read this text, you are blessed three times as much, because Someone has thought of you;You do not belong to those 2 billion people which cannot read and... you have your computer! Someone once said: Live like it's Heaven on Earth. This is your world, its your life, you CAN make a difference!----- Jen (the lady that spoke tonight from Casa de Esperanza) had a WONDERFUL quote tonight that I loved and this is what it said: Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of the Lord!!--- I'm sooo excited and I can't wait to see what God has in store for me on this trip!!!The website for Casa de Esperanza is: www.cde-hopehouse.org Here is Jen's blog if you want to take a look: www.calledandcompelled.blogspot.com and if you want to see pictures of some of the kids at Casa de Esperanza, look at my friend Sam's xanga that went this summer: www.xanga.com/footprints_in_the_sand_05 Leave me comments!!! Hannah Elise---- God, let my heart be broken by the things that break your heart! Help Jen and all the kids at Casa de Esperanza!! Prepare my heart and mind for this trip and help me to do your will down in Honduras!! Amen

Update

Humm...so things are going really great lately! School's going great!! My grades were the best this 9 weeks so I'm really happy about that! Belpre Youth Rally is this weekend! I'm really excited about that, but the Williamstown football game is Saturday so I'm going to miss it again =(...o well..maybe I'll be able to go next weekend if we win this weekend (which we will!!!) Next week is Thanksgiving and I'm sooo excited about that! I get to see Tiff and James!! It's going to be so much funn!! Well I don't have anything else to sayy! Leave me commentss!! <333 Hannah Elise

Problem With Blogger Beta

so I've been trying to leave people comments on blogger, but it's not working for some reason...It's starting to make me a little mad.. but Tiff left a comment and asked how I added the "blogs I read" part to my layout and since it's not letting me comment her I'm going to put it on here...I switched to blogger beta and it lets you pick and choose what you want to add to your layout...but I think that's what's causeing problems with leaving comments...so DON'T SWITCH TO BLOGGER BETA!!! Well here are some pictures from volleyball this season!! Leave me comments!!! and I'll TRY to leave you comments!

Update

Hey guys!! So School's still going really well!! Its getting harder and harder though..We just finished the 1st nine weeks!! Only 3 more to go!! Volleyball's over now! I'm pretty sad about that =(..We finished 5th out of 8 in the county...I think..This weekend my youth group put on a retreat for two other youth groups down in Virginia!! It went sooooooo well!!!!! We met some people and we became friends very quickly! It was so sad to see them leave today...Some people started crying...It was sooo much fun! I loved it and I can't believe its over!! So I think my mom and I know what we're doing with our Kingdom Assignment! There's a domestic violence shelter over in Marietta, Ohio for women and kids that have been abused..My mom called and asked if they needed anything and they said that they were running low in their budget right now and that they needed some specific things...So we're going to take $100 and buy supplies and with the other $100 we're just going to give it to them and tell them to put it aside for Christmas so the kids can get presents!! I'm soooooo happy with what we decided to do! I'm excited to hear what everyone else is going to do with their money!! Its exciting to hear some stories right now!! Well leave comments! They make me smile!! <333 Hannah Elise

Sad....but true =)

My cousin sent this to me in and email and I laughed a lot at it because it's true!! Hope you like it!! Leave comments!! <333 ------You know you're a Church of Christ if... --You have a relative, friend, or mentor at Harding. --You know what Fort God and/or Six Flags over Jesus is. --Your bible comes equipped with your birthday, name in gold, and date of baptism. --What do you mean instruments in worship? --You have a poster of Jeff Walling. --You stand next to a hot guy incase you have to "hug, hug a friend, hug a friend next to ya." --Your ‘‘what I did last summer essay” involves Mexican children, VBS, or building houses. --Bikini is not in your vocabulary. --15+ hour bus trips are a way of life. --Retreat romances are not uncommon. --Yes, vegetables can talk…. And sing! --Instead of playing homemaker, you played communion --Your Sunday lunch motto is ‘’Beat the Baptist’’ --The closest you get to dancing is when you sing “you have turned my mourning into dancing!’’ --Instrumental music leads to dancing, and dancing leads to making babies! --You own at least one shirt with a bible verse on it. --You own Harding, Abeliene, Freed, or Lipscomb apparel. --You get laughed at when you explain you’re past/future college… and all its rules.. --You grew up thinking contribution was part of the Lord's Supper. --You know the 1st, 2nd and 4th verses to nearly every song in the book. --You were 18 years old before you knew that "guardguideanddirectus" was not one word. --You know exactly what song I'm talking about when I ask you to turn to number 728b. --You immediately reach for your wallet when you hear the phrase, "Now, separate and apart from the Lord's Supper..." --When asked to bring a symbol of your religion to elementary school, you brought a casseroll. --You always carry an extra mint or a piece of gum for "after communion." --You have no idea what "mixed/co-ed swimming" is. --Deciphering Elizabethan voice in English literature / Shakespeare is no problem due to years of reading the KJV . . . --Your hands (not the rest of your body) have ever been blessed for preparing the meal. --You can quote Acts 2:38. --You adamantly believe that the name of this list should scripturally be, "You know you're a member of the church of Christ if . . ." --You grew up playing "baptism" as one of your swimming pool games. --You use "Freed" as a noun, not a verb. --You've been told "That's my pew" by someone older than your grandmother. --You think "progressive" refers to those in the church who want a sound system and PowerPoint. --You've been to a wedding or a funeral where "the invitation" was offered. --You're about to tell a friend at church about the new Casting Crowns CD you got, but then the oldest elder at your church sits down in the pew behind you and you say, "I'll tell you later." --You don't have to ask where Lubbuck, Abilene, Searcy, or Henderson are. --Your granddaddy was an elder, your dad is an elder, your uncle is an elder, and your brother is scared. --Your younger sister is commenting on Swiss cheese and you break out in "Holy, Holy, Holy." --You know what it's like to wear a swimsuit, a (DARK!!!) t-shirt, and (DARK) knee-length shorts in the water (and shoes, where applicable). --Your church refused to hold a wedding because they wanted instrumental music and dancing at the reception. --After any baptism, you pause uncomfortably and look around before you clap to make certain that you're not the only one. --You have heard Jeff Walling give the same sermon at different events with a few years in between. --You have never seen the first half of the Super Bowl. --You have bets on which youth group couples will get married first. --You sign all letters, e-mails, love notes, and Facebook messages 'In Him' or 'With Christian Love'." --Don McLaughlin is your hero. --You've seen someone pitch a song with a tuning fork. --When you see a ball of yarn, you know everything's about to get warm and fuzzy.... tears will be involved. --You can only recite the books of the bible if they're to the old familiar Sunday school melodies. --Your youth group goes everywhere in a 15 passenger van. --People avoid the front row because that is reserved for the sinners who need to repent after the sermon. --You know the sermon is just about over by the sound of people shuffling pages, looking for the invitation song. --You feel the need to have 4-part harmony in EVERY song you sing... even Happy Birthday. --Every sermon you've ever heard ends with "...while we stand and sing." --You rekindle old friendships just to get towards the front of the potluck line. (Yeah, you know you've done it.) --You have been warned about your consideration of Lipscomb and Pepperdine.

My life and a Kingdom Assignment

well well well...Let's see...Life's been going really well lately!! We won the homecoming game of course! So we're still undefeated!!! School's still pretty fun...it gets harder and harder every single week..Algebra's about to kill me...I don't understand it at all..I got all A's on my midterm though so I'm very very happy about that!! Volleyball's ok...We've only won 2 matches so that stinks..We should be able to win our next two though...There's only two weeks left then it's tournament time!! I'm excited for the tournament!!! We going to show everyone who we really are!! About a month ago, about 100 or more people from church accepted a Kingdom Assignment...That Sunday at church, Kevin Lombard asked if anyone was ready for an assignment from God..if you were, you went up to the front..When you got up there, they handed you a $100 bill...The rules were simple 1) The money is God's, NOT yours 2) You have 90 days to use the money to further the Kingdom of God 3) At the end of the 90 days, you will report back to the congregation and tell what you did with the money. My mom and I accepted the $100 and we have an idea of what we're going to do with it but we're not positive...Please, please, PLEASE, pray for us!! We need God to show us what he wants us to do with his money! There are sooo many things we could do with it, but it's what ever God wants us to do. Also pray for the other 100 people who accepted the assignment!! It's a hard decision to decide what you are going to do with God's money! Thanks for all the comments!! I love to see that people are actually reading it!! Leave me lots and lots of comments!! They make me happy!! <33 Hannah Elise P.S.- I might post some pics later so check back to see if I do!

My Life Latley

So Tiff and Drue wanted an update so here it is!! School is going absolutly great!! I'm loving it sooo much! Tomorrow is homecoming which is my favorite day of the entire year because we don't do anything! We get out at 1 for the parade and then we have a pep ralley and schools over :-P It's the best day you could ask for!! Tomorrow night is the football game against St. Mary's! The streak is definitly going to continue to 52-0! I'm psyched! Volleyball's going ok...It's better than last year but we've only won 1 match which really stinks...It's fun though..Things have been going good latley!! Saturday I have a quad and then Zach's soccer game at OVU...Uncle James and Aunt Kathy, Megan and Kole are coming in for it so that'll be a lot of fun!! Well I don't know what else to write...I might post some pictures laterr!! Leave comments! <3333>

Revolve Tour

So this weekend was the Revolve Tour!!! It was soooo much fun!! We got there Friday night and Natalie Grant did her concert that night and Chad Eastham talked!! and some other people talked...It was fun..Then we went back to the hotel and got our rooms and I was in a room with Jenna, Anna, and Rachel!!! Anna and I stayed up talking until 2 am =O!! It was fun! Saturday ZOEgirl, Tammy Trent, and KJ-52 (prounced five two not fifty-two) had their concerts!!! Tammy Trent told the story about losing her husband and I cried pretty bad during that and I even knew what she was going to say! Laura Wilkinson, Olympic Gold Medalist in diving, talked and Kimiko Soldati talked too!!! So that was definitly and uplifting weekend! We got home last night and went to the fireworks with the Lombard's and some other people!!!! They were good!! Tomorrow is my first volleyball game and I'm a starter!!! I'm really happy about that!! School's going great!! I love it!!! Well here are some pictures from the weekend! Leave comments!! <33 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7312/2867/400/Hannah%27s%20Pictures%20010.jpg" border="0">Natalie Grant!!! ^^^I'm sorry but their all going to be blurry...well most of them

ZOEgirl!!!^^^They were soo good! They're splitting up at the end of the year though =( Tammy Trent^^^She's was sooo funny!!!

Kimiko Soldati and Laura Wilkinson^^!!!me getting Natalie Grant's autograph^^^!!!!

The End of Summer

So school starts tomorrow...Im pretty excited!!! I get to see my friends finally!! The summer had been one of the best so far!!! I've traveled a lot and had soooo much fun!! I went to Maine and New Hampshire and Arkansas!!! We had 3 weddings this summer!! My cousins Tiffany got married July 15, Zach got married August 5, and Becky Lallathin got married August 11...They were a lot of fun!! I've had volleyball practice everyday for the last two weeks..and I have it all this week =(...It's fun but I'm not going to be able to go to Zach's soccer games that much...This coming weekend I'm going to Deep Creek with the whole family...It's going to be sooooo much fun!! Last night I went to the movies with Cass!! It was a lot of fun!!! Here are some pictures from Zach and Cass' wedding! Leave comments! <33 Zach's groomspeople!! Eric, Adam, and Megan!!! The happy couple! I love them both sooo much! The beautiful bride!!! She was absolutly raidient!!!!!

Zach and Cass's wedding

Hey y'all!!! I hope your summer's going well!! Well I'm leaving tomorrow to go to Arkansas for Zach and Cassandra's wedding!! I'm so excited! I get to see a lot of people that I haven't seen in a while!! I got a new outfit today for the brunch and wedding rehersal Friday!!!! I didn't go to volleyball camp this week! Mom got back from Canada early EARLY this morning!!! I'm glad she's back!!!!! I'll try to put pics up of the wedding when I get back!! Leave comments! <3 Hannah Elise

Layout

I got a new layout but I don't think I like it that much...so I'm going to change it again =)...So Sunday-Wednesday night I have VBS. I'm the group leader for the 7-8 year olds! My mom is in Canada for 10 days. She comes back Monday!! Next week I have volleyball camp =(...Then Zach and Cassandra's wedding Saturday the 5th down in Arkansas!!! I'm sooo excited!!! It's going to be soooo hot though =(... O well..It'll be fun!!! So that's about it! Leave comments!!!

Pics from Tiff's Wedding

The wedding cake Tiff's Aunt Donna made^^ During the ceremony^^ Rachael and I ^^ The bridesmaids, bride, and flowergirl getting our picture taken before the ceremony^^ Tiffany in her dress before the wedding^^ Kaitlyn putting the garder on Tiff^^ Tiff and I before the wedding^^ Megan tieing the back of Tiff's dress and me holding the top^^ If you want to see more pictures go to www.fairmontphotography.com and click on Tiffany's Wedding!!

Tiff's Wedding

Momma fixing Tiff's dress^^ Tiff and Momma^^ Kole Grayson before the wedding..He was the ringbearer^^ The bridesmaids and Tiff getting our hair done the morning of the wedding!!^^ Tiff's wedding was absolutly beautiful!!! We had a lot of fun too!!! Tiff picked Rachael and I up at 8 on Saturday morning to get our hair done!! That was soo much fun!! "Who has the McDonald's?" Haha! We were a little late to the church because it took longer to get our hair done than expected! We got there and changed then took some pictures before the wedding...The wedding was perfect! The unity candle table caught on fire during the ceremony..That was funny..After the ceremony we had more pictures then we headed off to the reception!!! The cake was so pretty!!! There was a lot of dancing...That was a load of fun!!!! When Tiffany and James were leaving we handed out sparklers to the guests...Then we helped clean up and we left!! Tiffany-The wedding was beautiful!! I'm glad the day you've been planning for since 7th grade went perfect!!! Thanks for including Rachael and I in your big day!! I'm soo happy for you and James! Can't wait to see you guys again! <3 P.S. The pictures above are of Tiff's wedding!!

Red Sox game pictures

^^^Dad, Rachael, Mom, Me, Devin, Uncle Paul, Drue, and Aunt Leanne at the game!! ^^^Drue, Rachael, Dad, Devin, me, and Mom on the way back from the game!! ^^^Drue, Rachael, me, and Devin walking to Fenway Park!!! ^^^David Ortiz after he hit his grand slam in the 2nd inning!! ^^^The view from Uncle Paul and Aunt Leanne's seats!!

cont. Red Sox game pictures

^^^Devin, Uncle Paul, Drue, me, and Aunt Leanne on the T into Boston!! ^^^The broadcasters booths inside the stadium!!! ^^^The field from our seats!! It was sooo much fun!! ^^^The Fenway Park sign on Yawkey Way!! ^^^The infamouse Green Monster!! ^^^Outside at the entrance to Yawkey Way!! That was a cool street! ^^^Jonathan Papelbon before the game!!! He was soo close to where we were standing! Couldn't fit anymore pics...more on the next post!!

Summer...so far

My trip was a lot of fun!!! When we first got to New Hampshire, my aunt and uncle were going to a Red Sox game because some people got them tickets for their anniversary!! My dad and my uncle went online and got my cousins and my family tickets to the game too!! The game was sooo much fun!! My cousin Devin and I got sooo hyper after the 6th inning =)!! The rest of the time in New Hampshire we hung around the house and went to some different places!! Then we headed up to Maine for 2 weeks!! It rained a lot the first week we were there, but it was still fun!! We went to camp the Thursday of the first week in Maine and saw some people!!! That Saturday we went to Portland Head Light to see the Kellis'!! That was sooo much fun!! I missed them sooo much!!! The 2nd week my cousins and aunt and uncle were in for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday!!! That was a lot of fun!!! On Monday we swam the whole day...Then on Tuesday (which was the 4th of July) we went swimming again!!! That night we went down to the beach to do sparklers and we got to see some fireworks, but they were far away...On Tuesday night the toilet broke..That was quite an experience...but we got it fixed..kinda..it broke again on Thursday..but we were out of the cabin all day..Friday we left and headed to Nashua, NH again!!! We saw Devin play baseball on Saturday afternoon!!!! Then some people came back to their house and we played wifleball!! When Devin was playing first base and my dad hit the ball, my dad started running for 1st and niether of them were going to give up, so my dad ran right into Devin and it made fly back like 6 feet...it was sooo funny!!! Monday night we went to a Fishercats vs. Seadogs game...they are AA teams. That was a lot of fun!! Devin and I got hyper after the 6th inning again :-P..We got back home on Wednesday and we went over to uncle James and Aunt Becky's house to see everyone...Tatum has gotten sooo big!!! She is the cuttest thing!! Tomorrow is my dad's birthday!! He will be 40!!! We're going over to Morgantown tomorrow for my cousins wedding rehersal!! Then on Saturday is the wedding!!! That should be fun!! I'm glad to be home!! Leave comments!! <3 Hannah Elise!! P.S.- I'm going to put up another post with pictures from the Red Sox game!!

Fenway Park!!!

The infamous Green Monster!!^^^ Fenway Park!!!!! ^^^^^ I'm in New Hampshire at my cousins house!!! I had to update!! Tomorrow night....ready for this...WE'RE GOING TO A RED SOX GAME AT FENWAY PARK!!! I'm sooo excited!! My family and my aunt, uncle, and two cousins are going to our dads birthday's!!! We'll take pictures and maybe I'll put pictures up from the game!! Ahhh...I'm soooooo happy!!! Leave Comments!! <3>

Tatum Ann Marie aka...my new baby cousin!!

My aunt had her baby last night at 1:59!!!! Tatum Ann Marie weighed 8 pounds and 10 ounces. She was 20 inches long!! She has a lot of black hair!!!! She is ADORABLE!!! ok...this will be my last update before we leave!!! Leave comments!!