New England!!!!!!!

SO!!!!!!! I went to New England for two weeks. It was so much fun! Well, we start off the trip with our van not wanting to start but eventually got that booger figured out. When we got on the road it was about 10 p.m. we traveled for 14 hours and then we made it to Buffalo, New York. We stayed one night in Buffalo so that we could go to Niagra Falls, which was the most powerful thing that I will ever see. Then we drove 7 hours to go to New Britain, Connecticut. There we reconnected with my dad's friend Keith. We stayed with a family there in New Britain, (the Weber's) who were very hospitable. Gary and Kim Weber had two Children Troy and Luke. They were so nice and we made friends with the whole family. That night we went to Keith's church for basically what my church calls prayer that we have on Friday nights. (this was on a Wednesday night.) They seperated the children from adults. the children school age up to fifth grade went to a class and the kids 6th grade to college age went to another class called youth. I felt right at home with the familiar songs and welcoming people. I met many new friends who I miss dearly and I hope to see again in this lifetime. We went back to the Weber's that night and went to bed. We stayed at the Weber's a few more days and one of the nights we played a new game called mofia. We had a great time with the Weber's and then that Friday we went to New York city! That was the most tiring day that we encountered. We first drove to New Haven, CT and went to the train station. We took the train to Grand Central Station and headed into the city. We first went to Time Square. Then we went to all the famous sights such as Empire State building, Statue of Liberty, so on and so on. We, of course, had New York pizza. Suprisingly, we had better pizza in buffalo. It was good though. After the end of the day, we were all very tired. We went back to New Britain and stayed a couple more nights and then we went to church that Sunday and then that night we had a Youth night where my dad and i sang a few songs with the adult band and the youth band. That was definately much fun. That night we went to the next place we were staying. We stayed with the Beene family in Bristol, CT and the next morning we went to Boston, MA. We stayed there for one night and then we went back to CT and stayed there with the Beenes and had just a few more relaxing days before the long drive back home. We had a very entertaining, relationship building time in New England and now we are back home and just catching up on some rest.

Busy,busy,busy

This weekend is going to be very busy. Yesterday we had no school so that was awesome. Today my dad is playing a concert in Nevada, Missouri. He was just gonna go by himself with his band, but then he asked me to sing with him and do a three part harmony with him, his best friend from high school and me. That should be fun. I am just worried that it will be really late when we get back. Should get enough sleep though. I will post how it went when it's over.........

We're back!

We got back from Branson yesterday! It was so much fun. But the funniest thing about it is that we were going on water rides in Silver Dollar City on Friday!!! That is funny because it was snowing like crazy when we got back to Pittsburg! Bizarre! Goodbye tank-tops and 70 degree weather, hello winter coats and snow boots! More about Branson......We stayed @ the cabin for most of the time. We did go to a water show. We went to some dollar stores, dress barn,lane bryant, and many other places. I can't remember them all right now though. Well time for church!!!!!!!!

Branson

Today we are going to Branson! I am so excited!!!!! We will be there for one whole week. We packed so much stuff that it looks like we are moving! haha....I am going to have so much fun. We brought board games, card games, video games and lots more stuff to do. I will post more detail about what we did whenever we get back!

Basketball

Next Saturday is the Senior division basketball game. Ugggghhh...some people are good at basketball and like to play the sport. I am not that person. I am the tennis, softball kind of girl. But on the upside, I can run half a mile pretty fast without stopping! (which is a big accomplishment for me.) At the beginning of every gym class we fun three wind sprints and a suicide. Horrible. Then we do our basketball routine and then...we run more wind sprints and suicides. Then finally we run six laps around both gyms in the YMCA. Zzzzzzzzz...tiring. I am pooped from p.e.

People

I guess someone is reading this blog. We had youth group tonight and it was really good. We had Ellen and Christian talk and then we had worship for an hour. It was really good. I hope we have many more like it. We are going to Joplin tomorrow. We also had a Valentines day party. That was fun. I ate so much junk food that I don't want to see it again for a long while. Mr Gray brought our class a cookie, Sherri brought us a cookie, and on top of all that, we had root beer floats, brownies, cookies, and chips and salsa! I am so sick of food. Valentines day is not what it used to be.

HELLO?

I'm beginning to wonder of anyone is reading this blog. I don't update it very much, but when I do, it is ok to comment. I like reading those comments. It lets me know your there. So, hello? Is anyone there? If you are, let me know. Don't know what to write about. Hello Mrs. Noga! I don't know if you even know this blog exists. Love your blog!!! hmmmmmmmmmm.....bye.