This was last week when he came and we did push-ups... anyway he's totally going to follow in my footsteps... mark my words. :)John also used to play marimbas... but he wasn't a fanatic like me. :)Oh, and Celia is recording this again, and she has a habit of turning the camera randomly... i hope your neck doesn't get sore!
This weekend my most favorite guy in the whole world came over and visited me. His mom and dad came with him, but that wasn't the important part. I love this guy so much! He is going to be 7 months old on the 16th. Kendra (his mom) said the doctor told them that Rylee is 95% bigger than all the other 6 1/2 month old humans. He is one big boy now. He is wearing 12 month clothes now. He is wanting to crawl, but is unsuccessful. I love watching him grow, but I don't want him to grow too fast. Do you know what I was thinking about the other day? Isn't it funny how every time there is a baby born, the family dreams up everything that is going to happen in his or her life-- and those plans always include the baby being extremely smart, extremely talented and the most adorable human ever. They are like the captain of the varsity football team and they are like homecoming king, and they get into the most amazing school ever and they do no wrong. Nobody ever wants their baby to be the class dumby. The class klutz. The school nerd (well, I do- but that's just me). Nobody wants there kid to be the one who has to get all the swirlys and get beat up just so the other guys can have their fun. Isn't that funny? Cuz some one's gotta do it. Not everyone can be cool, not everyone can have all the looks and have all the brains and be the most attractive person in the world.
Just look at him! Look how cute he is. Btw, he is going to be the most musically inclined little boy in the entire world. His first word is going to be a word that he sings. And he is going to be crawling up onto the piano bench in his diaper and play the piano. I foresee this.
This is when I tried to teach him how to crawl... all he needs to do is get his knees up, and he'll be moving in no time at all! He's soooo cute though--- he thinks he's crawling but all he is doing in being a seal or something. I think it's really cute. We ended up doing push-ups, it was great fun. He's my favorite!
I totally called it. I told you all in the beginning that she would win. Of course I was right. I'm a genius. She totally pulled off the Whitney Huston song that I wanted her to do a LONG time ago. But I'm glad she waited until the finale because she basically kicked butt!!!! Holy freaking cow that girl is good. I don't know how they could compete with her last night. Like, she was the first act, which is always hard to be... but she totally deserved the win. Taylor got second, and the Danika girl who has a voice kind of like any Disney channel girl you want to imagine, got third. She was from Santiam Christian, and Mrs. Grove thought it was cool that the "Christian school kids" won. lol. Anyway, here are the links, if you're interested. Which I know you are. Taylor started out pretty flat and I was really worried about his choice of song for the finale. The first half wasn't very good-- but after he changed keys and hit that high E, I think it is, it was all good from there. I was the loudest voice screaming in the back ground when he hit that E, by the way. He totally pulled it off in the end and I was very proud of that man. Meggo is absolutely breathtaking as always. She is seriously way too passionate for her age. She just has a way with captivating the audience in most every song she sings. MOST every song. Anyway, she never ceases to amaze me. This girl is my best friend and I am extremely extremely proud of her. She is singing this song at my wedding. Just sayin.
Okay, so this week has totally been strange, but whatever. There have been many things going on at school and at home and everywhere that have just been very thought provoking. Some random little surprises, some large, some small, but surprises, that have just been crazy. Like, some people at school, just randomly hooking up. Like, Kris winning American Idol. Which, I've just got to say, was totally sick. I was freaking out. I was sooooooo happy. Then today, there was a speaker at Chapel, that was totally odd, and kind of made me think quite a bit, but -- I suppose that's good- right? Idk. This evening, Jayden, Shelly-Elly, Keith, Codi and I were hanging out at Keith's house, and some pretty crazy stuff went on. Jayden jumped off a building. Jayden and Codi fought to the death-- just kidding, but it was hysterical. Shelly-Elly and I played hop-scotch and Frisbee for a long time, and then it went over a fence. So I jumped over to get it, but when I jumped into the neighbor's yard, I stepped in a hole that was also a big pile of dog crap. Lovely. I know. Anyway, so yeah, there was quite a bunch of stuff happening. Oh-- and we almost did a "Twilight Take-Two" and it was going to be great, and I was going to be Alice. I think Shell- Elly looks more like Alice, but if I would have been Bella, I may have committed suicide, so we're glad I didn't get that part. :) Anyway, I realize it's really early yet, but I think I'm going to go brush my teeth and climb into bed and read and try to sleep. It has been an interesting week, and I am exhausted. Goodnight.
I had that Relient K song stuck in my head for a while today. "And now I'm sunny with a high of 75 since you took my heavy heart and made it light and its funny how you find you enjoy your life when you're happy to be alive." Today has been an absolutely gorgeous day. First I woke up and got to be happy because it was warm enough that i didn't freeze when I woke up. Our ensemble had to sing at a church this morning, which was fine, but I also had to play the piano at my church, so I had to start at the choir's church for warm up, run to my church to play, and run back to sing. It was hectic, but we made it through all right. Then Devon picked me up, and we went to her house and she helped me study for my algebra test tomorrow. What a kind woman she is. I soooo would not have ever helped somebody with algebra on my sunny Sunday afternoon unless I really loved them. Or they were like Johnny Depp or someone amazingly hot. Anyway, and now I've been inside ever since she brought me home working on my dumb English paper. I hate that it's expository. I could do so much more if it were persuasive, but nobody cares about what I want. Right now I am on my break, and I'm thinking about taking a power nap, because for some reason I am extremely tired. I must have been up late the past few nights or something, because I've done nothing to make myself tired during the last few days- as far as physical exhilaration goes. But I just want to say, that for the past two-ish hours, I have been looking out the window closest to this computer and just imagining myself under the tree outside reading in the shade as the warm breeze blows my hair, smelling the lovely flowers, hearing the birds chirp and wondering why everyday can't be as lovely. So yes, I have totally been singing to myself all day. And it's sunny with a high of 85 - so I'm pretty much in Heaven.
Okay, so seriously, I'm so proud of God these days. He's totally pulled through for me so many times. On Monday, for the walk-a-thon, it was supposed to be awful. But it was sunny and warm and really nice. Then yesterday was the same story, it was beautiful yesterday and it wasn't supposed to be. It was soooo lovely and I was so excited. So yeah, yesterday's fine arts festival was simply fantastic-- it was so much fun. And then after the festival the senior high choir had a "victory party" that may have had dancing... :) it was lots of fun. So yeah, everything was lovely.
Okay, so I realize how lame of a title for a blog post that is, but I have been singing that all day long. ALL. DAY.LONG. Seriously. Tomorrow is the Fine Arts Festival, and it would REALLY suck to have to have it inside. Especially because inside means that it can't be OUTSIDE. That will NOT be okay with me, I don't think. Also, It is so pretty when it's outside because Brenna and Logan's parents always bring really pretty flowers and plants to totally make this campus look absolutely amazing. So yeah. Also, I don't like our gym very much... it has REALLY bad acoustics as all gyms do. Anyway that's why I've been singing about the rain all day.
Celia is playing basketball and softball right now. But she's totally good at that kind of thing. I would never be able to do that. I don't think I might actually go crazy if I had to do two different sports like almost every night. I suppose that's kind of what happens in the winter with basketball and music, but at least music isn't like a sport that is as physically exhausting as what she's doing. Like, for most people softball is kind of a chill sport, but as Celia is big into pitching, that's not exactly true for her.
Okay so all my friends around me have been fighting nonstop since formal, and I am totally sick of hearing about all of it. I just want them all to apologize and let it go, but so far all of the "apologies" have been something like this:
Friend #1 : I'm sorry, I wasn't looking at it from your point of view.... but you weren't looking at my point of view either."
Friend#2: "Then you're not really sorry. I AM really sorry, but I wish you would quit being so selfish."
Friend#3: "I really don't have anything to be sorry for."
Me:"Seriously guys, SERIOUSLY?"
So tonight Megan and I are going to be practicing for her teen idol song on Friday night, so it looks like my day might possibly get better. :)
These are some amazing people from Salem Academy. They rock, the red-head is a tenor, and he freaking rocks, he's more like a soprano. Anyway, if you have time, you should watch this... They won for the quartet group at musicale. They sang this song and "Rescue" by Rescue. They ended up singing Rescue, but I wanted them to sing this one. I love it.Quartet here.
And I also have the lovelyMegan Knox from Friday night. These are all people I totally idolize.
I totally look obese.
I love this picture of all of us girls a lot.
