Oh! I forgot!

Yesterday was my parent's 20th anniversary!! I meant to post that also with the last post... but i guess it slipped my mind. =S (Another "oops".) =P But anyway, they both went out to sioux falls for dinner last night while us kids stayed home and watched movies. =P Rachel and I tried to get them to dress up but it didn't quite work. Oh well. As long as they're happy I guess. =)

But anyway, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!! We love you!

Does "Ooops" count?

Ok... i KNOW i haven't posted in... 3 weeks which basically equals FOREVER! But it's been really hard to have time to get one done. Sorry. =S So i finally found something I can post about.... =D =D =D!!!


(Drumroll....)

On Sunday... I bought my camera!!!!!! YAY!!!! It still hasn't come in, but it shouldn't be too much longer. After weeks, and hours and hours of reveiws, I ended up getting a Canon 40D! I also got the 28-135mm IS lens to go with it. I can't WAIT to get them in!! I've been bouncing off the walls for the last few days hoping the UPS guys will hurry up and get here. I'm probably going to get a reflector as well before too long. (I fell in love with Hannah's when she did my senior pictures!) I have SOO many ideas for pictures running thru my head i almost can't sleep at night! lol. Rachel has already began complaining because she knows she's going to become my first victim as soon as the camera comes in. =P She's seen and heard enough of us photographer people to know that a photoshoot can be an all day affair. lol. The only bad thing is that I don't have photoshop! That's a problem... but i guess I'll figure it out. =) My aunt already has me down for a photoshoot in July or August. I'm just kinda nervous because she's asking for a certain style. So we'll see i guess.



Anyway! So there you go! An update on my life! (lol) Now I've gotta go get back to work otherwise I'll get beaten. =P Luv ya!

I'm BAA-ack! =P

Hey guys! SOO sorry i haven't posted in FOREVER! This graduation stuff is keeping me on my toes. =S But i've finally gotten caught up... (for now)... and I'm gonna use this spare time to post!

Well, thursday was Joshua's 8th b-day! Since my dad wasn't home till late that night we celebrated on Friday at Ihop. (he really wanted to go there for some reason) =P Josh got some cool stuff, but he's extra proud of his new BB gun. (Rachel and I flipped when we heard that he was getting one.... "head for cover!!!") So he's been out practicing with it non-stop ever since then. He couldn't believe it when he got it. =D So, anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH!!! You're such an awesome little brother. Even tho we get on each other's nerves at times, i want you to know how much i love you. You are a !handsome!, talented, smart, and caring guy, and I can't wait to watch you become a teenager! =P lol. But you're pretty awesome just the way you are... even if you still treat me like I'M the younger sibling. =P lol. Love you Josh!

And THIS Sunday is the graduation!! (AHHHHH!!!!) I just finished my picture board and wrote the first draft to my speech. My dad is currently 'red penning' it. =S That's always scary, but i'm glad they fix all the 'spleeing' errors and grammatical mishaps. I might look pretty UN-grad like otherwise. =S lol. But otherwise i think everything is going pretty well. There's just a few other details to finish and I think we'll be ready. I'm getting slightly nervous now that we're down to one week. But i think the most nerve racking thing will be either the speech or the duet Laura and I are singing. =S I'm not looking forward to either. But hopefully everything will go ok.

Well, let's see... what else is new?? Umm... Hmmm... I think that's kinda all for now. I'll have to get some pictures up after the graduation. =) My dad wants to go over the corrections in my speech now... so I guess i'll go. I'll post later! Luv ya!

*Busy signal*

Hey ya'll! Srry I haven't posted in a while! I've been busy with all the graduation prep and then the last few days I've been pretty sick. =( I haven't been able to get out of bed till just today. I think I slept most of the day yesterday. =S (I can't really remember.) Today felt worse so my dad went to get me some drugs. =P But it helped! lol. Anyway, I'm hoping to get back on my feet soon! Hopefully I'll make it to church tomorrow. =S Just pray that this stupid thing ENDS. I'm going insane with how long it's dragging out.

So, as soon as I'm over this thing I'll try to put up a real post. And there was a request to see recent pictures of our house so I'll try to get that up too. Hope to see you all tomorrow!

Alright alright!

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TA-DA!!!! A POST!

lol, srry i haven't posted in forever. I guess i was just... uh.. brain dead there for a while? =P in any event.... Here is something for ya'll to chew on until i get something real to write about. =)

Well, YAY! I'm offically an adult now! And i can drive! YAY!!! (no licence YET.) And let's see... what else? Graduation is coming up! Hannah (my photographer!) just finished my pictures! They look awesome, Hannah! Thank you SO much! I'll post one of them just so ya'll can preview it. =) I think i'm gonna get my ivites out next week. I sent some 'test' announcements to Harold's to see how they'll turn out. I'm so excited for Graduation! Although i'm not looking forward to the speech! =S I guess i don't mind them terribly, but i sure wouldn't do it for fun! =P Anyway, so that's coming up. (May 31) I hope you all can be there! Tho i kno it's a little hard for you peoples who are half way across the country. =/ i'd still like to see you tho! (if you don't come, you can make your checks out to Sarah Smith...) LOL! JK! =P

Well, I'll write more later... I can smell the pizza wafting out of the kitchen... and i'm STARVING!! So until later... Luv ya'll! =)

Uh oh....

Well, today is my offical LAST day of being 17. =( I love seventeen! I can remember Emily and me counting down the days until we turned our "favorite" age. (remember Em?) =P We'd sit in her room talking about how cool it was going to be when we were both 17. lol, i don't know why exactly we thought it was such a cool number... maybe just cuz it sounded cool, or maybe becuase at the time it seemed really old. (i think we were 14 or 15ish) =P But in any case, we were both dying to be 17. And now after a full year of being 17, i have to give up the title! =( Emily still has a whole 9 months left! No fair! =P lol, well i guess 18 is pretty fun too. I'm KINDA hoping for a licence for my birthday present. (PLEEEEASE?!) LOL

Well, anyway, I'll try to post some pics of my B-day tomorrow... but i'm not sure if i'm gonna have the camera or not... we'll see. I can't remember if my dad's getting home tonight or tomorrow. ?=o We really need two cameras. REALLY REALLY badly. =P It's kinda driving me nuts to not have a camera on top of not having photoshop. =/

Well, I guess I'll see some of you Friday for church service. I miss everybody so much! I feel as if i haven't seen anyone in forever! lol, must be the missed Sunday. (we got snowed in Saturday night so they canceled church) SO can't wait to see ya'll then!

A message from the computer graveyard...

I think we might be cursed or something!! LOL.

Well, two days ago, Joshua took an axe to the computer.... ok, i'm kidding. But he DID decide to dump a whole cup of water on the laptop we JUST got from my dad's company. Yeah... somehow my dad didn't take that too well. (go figure, right?) =S SO, here we are AGAIN w/o a computer, and dad has to pay for yet another broken one.
(btw... I'm writing this from the library) Anyway... so nothing much to say. (that seems to be the norm lately) lol.

Oh, i guess i can think of ONE thing! My birthday is in 9 days!! I'm gonna be legal! Although you know, EVERYBODY who brings up my 18th b-day brings up jail! (?!?!) What?! Do i look like the criminal type?? (Don't you dare answer that. lol!) It's as if everyone is just WATING for me to rob a bank after i turn 18. What gives?? ROFL. whtvr. =P

So anyway, now that i breifed you on all the latest happenings... I'll just try to think of more interesting things to say when my dad get's back w/ his laptop. =) But don't hold ur breath. Luv ya'll!