Winter Formal

I totally forgot to write about the winter formal!!! So here it is with a few pictures :)

This is my awesome red hair that is not actually red ;) But it looks red in the picture so I just thought it looked cool :)

Me and my sis after we got our hair done.

Meghan with the "Body Guards." lol :) that was priceless, they actually did look like security guards standing right at the entrance :)

Luke and Me

Mason and Ozde

The 7th Grade Girls

Luke, Grace, and David

Mr.Meyer and Hannah

Miss Schnieder leading the train!! :)

Hyunsung and Me

You gotta love Grace's uniqueness :D

Luke and Me

Pretty Nashiha :)

Erol Can and Melisa

Go Mason for getting Miss Kilgore to dance!!! :D

Mason dipping Grace :)

Sara dipping Grace :D lol, the faces are too funny xD

Cleaning up, and it is easy to see that Sofie has by far the hardest job ;)

Youth Group

WATT=Z is the awesomeness. I honestly could not have asked God for a better youth group and a better group of people to be around. I love youth group so much, because I get to worship God, and it is the one place where I really feel like I am around people that influence me positively, especially in relation to God. This week when we came we all switched each others jackets. I had Tim's, Sofie had Josh's, Luke had mine, Mason had Grace's, Sam had Mason's, and Josh had Sofie's, Tim had Luke's.... I don't remember whos Grace had, but either way it was all pretty funny :) We were going to watch Princess Bride, so we ate popcorn first :) It was fun, because we were all throwing it at eachother trying to aim it into each others' mouths :) Although that often failed ;) Some people *cough* *like Grace* *cough* got good at throwing it up and catching it in our own mouth :) I am..... getting better at it ;) Some people even half succeeded in doing "slam dunks" which I gotta say is kinda cheating ;) But funny also :) In the end Princess Bride ended up not working, sadly :\ But we got to have a Praise & Worship time. It was awesome :) Thats really all I can say. I mean I love praising God through song so much. Its unbelievable to me how God shows his awesomeness to me through song. And we had a praise and worship time at church on sunday too. It was amazing :) "Now I can, trade these ashes in for beauty, wear forgivness like a crown. Come to kiss the feat of mercy. I lay every burden down at the foot of the cross" (: So many good songs :) And Youth Group, Jesus Lover of My Soul Such great songs, and there are so many of them too :) Again, I can't express how much I love Youth Group. It is just such great worship and fellowship time..... always benefical :)
Thursday after school is generally when my week starts to really brighten up... YG is the reason for it :)

Valentines Day

I know it is a lot later than February 14th at this point, but I have not been on my blog in a while, so I am going to write a little about my Valetines Day :)
I had the best Valentines Day of my life this year. I had soooooo much fun snowboarding with Luke, Meghan, Josh, Noah, Konnar, and my Dad. And of course Mr.Bruton was skiing, but sorry Mr.Bruton, that is not quite as awesome as snowboarding. My mom and Mrs.Bruton sat inside watching us, and I'm sure they were chatting ;) but I do think Mrs.Bruton went skiing a little at the beginning of the day.
At the beginning of the day, when we were all getting our snowboards on, Josh said he did not want to go first because he didn't want to crash first. So he waited for Konnar to go, and he figured if Konnar went first he would not be the first one to crash. So Konnar went, and Josh waited a little bit so that he could go. it was so funny, because literally 5 seconds after he got up, he fell right back down!! :) He ended up being the first one to fall after all :)
Another time I was 'boarding down with Luke, and my dad was on the lift. He passed by and shouted "Kalista! Luke! Don't fall!" It was hilarious, because I knew I was going to fall, and then right after I fell Luke fell too! It was too funny, if that would have been on video we so could have won America's Funniest Home Videos :D
A lot of funny things happened. In all, it was a very fun day, and I learned how to turn on my toes!!! Although, I am sure to those of you that are non-snowboarders, that remark makes little to no sense. On the way home Noah wanted to ride with Konnar, so I road home in the Bruton's car. Josh was falling asleep, and he has his shoes off with his legs streched across the whole car. His feet were leaning diagonally on the seat that Mrs.Bruton was sitting in. Luke and I were laughing because if Mrs.Bruton would have turned around she would have had Josh's feet right in her face. If that actually did happen I would feel very sorry for her, because I would not exactly say Josh has the sweetest smelling feet :P :) We also watched the Wizard of Oz in the car. And Luke gave me some Starburst for Valentines Day :) He also gave me a bag of trash :) lol, but that was a joke :D
I was so tired after that day, but it was worth it :) So much fun!! An unforgetable Valentines Day :)

Auditions

Our school is putting on the musical the Wizard of Oz this year. I auditioned for the part of Dorothy, mostly because my mom wanted to me, but I did think it would be fun. I did not get the part, and I was a little dissapointed, but my friend Dianne got the part. I know she will do very well, so I am happy :) I have a very minor role as one of the Oz Girls in Emerald City. I only have three lines to memorize, which is good because it should be easy. Grace got the part of Gloria, which I know she will do well :) Also, because the Oz Girls are sort of followers of Gloria, I get to follow Grace around in the play :) lol, funness xD
Also, I was offered to be also the Stage Manager by Miss LaMertha. For this I feel very honored to be trusted so much; however, it is a very time consuming job. I really would love to do it, but I'll have to see what is best for my schedule. I really hope it will work out. Even is it does not, God always provides, which I have realized even more very recently. I have so much to learn about God.
Also I have been given an oppurtunity to babysit on a regular basis, which is good, because I am really praying that through some miracle I will be able to visit my dear friends in England this summer. In other words, I will need money to fly to England. I miss them so much. God provides, and He knows what's best for me always.

PEOPLE!~ hi :)

Ok, so I wrote this story.....
And I was wondering, would anybody be interested in reading it and giving me some constructive critizism? I'd really appriciate it :)

Bolu Trip 2009

The Bolu trip was awsome! I am soooooooo glad I got to go :) I had such a great time with many friends :) There were soooooo many highlights of the trip! And I think I might just have to copy Grace by numbering them ;)

Highlights:
1)Playing Truth or Dare with Grace, Sophie M., Madeline, and JiHye.
2)Sitting by the fire and talking with friends.
3)Throwing powder in Grace's face ;)

4)Picking up pinecones with Grace, Ben, and Isaac.

5)Seeing and experiencing God's beautiful creation.

6)Helping build the sandpit on the playground with Grace, Ben, and Tim.

7)Doing different odd jobs with Grace, Ben, Tim, Isaac, Meghan, and Sofie S.


8)Playing Sardines with Grace, Tim, Ben, Josh, Mason, David, Taylor, Meghan, Sofie, Sophie, and many others.
9)Playing Speed and Egyptian Rat Slap with Miss Turley, Isaac, Grace, Luke, Adam, and others.

10)Church service on Sunday.
11)The always amazing worship and fellowship.
12)Mr.Meyer's stories (especially the Justice, Mercy, Grace one).
13)Playing all the different games that Mr.Meyer taught us :D

I had a really great time :) One thing I learned it to thank God for everything. It rained on us on Sunday, and it prevented us from working farther on our different projects. But Mr. Foreman pointed out the fact that rain is such a blessing. Without rain there would be drout, there would be no water, and God blesses us with rain. Even though God gives us things we don't nessicarily like, He gives these things to us for a good reason. Thank you God for your blessings!!!!!!!!!

Thoughts....

Isn't is amazing how blessed we feel at times? Isn't it amazing how sometimes we feel those blessings are quickly taken away? We loose family and friends, those close to us. It's sad really, especially if we don't know where they are going. I've never lost anyone close to me, but there are some people that I worry about loosing every day. I am so happy to have many family and friends that are close to God, but many aren't :\ This fact sometimes bothers me. But I am so happy that I know Jesus, I honestly do not know how people can survive without Him. I mean, what is the purpose of life without His love? Nothing, and although we always have His love, not all of us know it.
-2 Chronicles 16:9
And it is so hard to unconditionally love people sometimes. Sin is powerful, and I do not know how people can handle anything without God. But that is why it is so important to show God's love to everyone.
-Matthew 5:44-45
And I'm so excited about the Bolu Trip. I'm really happy that I can contribute to somthing that will, with the help of God, someday please God and help His children.
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