Adeline's First Birthday!

Today is my niece's first birthday! She is so stinkin' cute! We're going to celebrate her birthday tonight.

 

 

 

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Here is a video of Blimey Cow talking about 20 misused words. They make rather important subjects kind of fun!

YEA Orientation!

Last night I had orientation for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!). It's going to fun! I'm going to learn a lot, it's going to be a challenge and I'm definitely going to be pushed past my comfort zone. It'll be good! Hopefully by the end of the school year, I'll have my own business running! I already have my own photography business but it doesn't really run well. Next Monday, we're going to have a pizza party, get a tour of Lewiston/Auburn's USM and maybe get our YEA! student ID badges. Later on in the year, we'll take field trips to various businesses, and such. Eventually we'll prepare a business plan for our businesses, and present our businesses at a trade show. It'll be intense.

This is my class. I don't know all their names yet though.

I still have a cough from a month and a week or two ago. I can't wait for it to be gone.

A Relaxing Weekend for Once!

Last Friday I got called off of work for that night so just relaxed that night. :) It was unusual for me to not have anything going on on a Friday night.

Saturday morning I relaxed and edited the pictures from the soccer game last Thursday. Billy and Dad went to help the Crosby's work on their house for the entire afternoon and evening so I didn't have a ride to work. Shannon was working and Mom was in New York City. I was going to ride the bike to work but, to my delight, Shannon had low census at work so she came home around 2pm! Praise the Lord! I was so happy that I didn't have to bike 2 1/2 miles to work. Work that night went pretty well as far as I could tell. Michaela and I got the tables ready and such. We both worked downstairs for awhile. Michaela had me do the vegetables by myself for the main room while she delivered the breads for upstairs. I worked upstairs for most of that seating. I did a lot of table clearing. When most of the guests were finished with their desserts, I helped out downstairs. Michaela left because she was there earlier than me.  I helped Kaitlyn who had gotten to work around 6:30pm with downstairs until the guests were almost all done with their desserts. Terry sent me home sooner than Kaitlyn. Since I had forgotten to pick up my paychecks, I picked up three. That's always nice!

Sunday morning, I did the slides for the church service. Pastor Per preached on The Priority of Marriage. You can listen to that sermon or any other of Pastor Per's sermons here. After church, we had Meredith, Connor, Gavin, Millie, Grace, Kevin, and Meti over to our house and then went apple picking at Wilson Pond Farm. We had a very good time!

Me, Meti, Gracie, and Millie checking the trees for good apples.

Billy, Meti, me, Millie and the others behind us after we filled the bags with apples.

The whole group minus Shannon! From left to right, Gracie, Gavin, Meti, Millie, Connor, me, Meredith, Billy and Kevin is in the tire.

 After we got back home, Meti, Shannon, and Grace baked apple crisp while the rest of us talked and played Dutch Blitz. The apple crisp was delicious, especially with vanilla ice cream!

After everyone left, Shannon, Billy, and I relaxed for a little bit and then Dad had us go shopping for nonperishable foods, and jugs of water just in case we lose power during this Hurricane Sandy.

Today is my Dad's birthday! :D I am so blessed to have a him as my father. <3

Congratulations to Coastal Christian School!

The MCSSL soccer championship game was SO intense! Pretty close to the beginning Temple scored a goal, and then later on Coastal scored a goal! It stayed tied for the rest of the game and so they did 15 minutes of overtime. Still, no one scored. About 10 minutes into the second overtime Josh (from Coastal) scored the winning goal! It was SUPER exciting! We were cheering for Coastal and I also cheered for Libby and Colin who were on Temple. That was one of the best soccer games I've been to in such a long time! Congratulations, Coastal and great job Temple! I took a bunch of pictures but I don't have time to go through and edit them all today. Hopefully I can post a few on next Monday's blogpost. While we were at the game we saw Kenan (he got a ride with the Phillips), Micah and his family from SMASH (Micah was on the JV team for Coastal), the Doughty family, and the Tracey family!

After the game, Mrs. Hughes had the brilliant idea that we (Sean, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, Millie, Billy, Dan, Garrett, and I) go out to eat somewhere. We decided to go to Ruby Tuesday in Topsham and meet Shannon, Mom, and Dad there. We all laughed SO much that night! It was a really great time! :D A big thanks to Garrett for driving Millie, Billy, Dan, and I to the game and to Ruby Tuesday!

MCSSL Soccer Championship Game!

This afternoon Millie, Billy, Dan, Garrett, and I are going to watch the MCSSL (Maine Christian School Sports League) Soccer Championship. We are all meeting in Lewiston and driving down in one car. It should be really fun! I'm not sure which team to cheer for though! I have two friends on both teams. I want Coastal to lose because they haven't lost a game in like 3 years and I want Temple to lose because they beat us in Semi Finals game. I'm going to bring my camera and just cheer for my friends, I think. I honestly don't know who I want to win.

I have Orientation for the Young Entrepreneurs Academy on Monday! I can't wait but I'm also kind of nervous.

My Soccer Career is Over

We lost our soccer game last night.  :( I believe the score was 8 or 7-0. I wish we got at least one goal. Oh well! Great job, Temple Academy, and good luck with your championship game against Coastal tomorrow! I think I did pretty well personally...Just not good enough. :P Now soccer is all over for me. :'(This soccer season was SO much fun and I am so thankful for the team I was on. :D

Elayna, Douglas, Mrs. Estes, Kenan, Linnea, Catherine, Diana, Martin,  Mr. Phillips, John, and Henry all came to watch Colin, Libby, and I. The Burbanks were there to watch Libby and Colin play too. It was really nice to see everyone and get hugged after losing my last game. After we talked for a bit we all headed over to the Estes' house. Billy, Elayna, and I got to ride in Douglas' sweet, red sports car! :D

I got this picture from Google. This is what Douglas' car looks like.

When we got to the Estes, we had tea and just talked for awhile until everyone arrived at the Estes' house. When Dad and Kenan arrived, I quickly got my stuff out of the car so I could change out of my muddy, sweaty soccer clothes.

For supper we had delicious tacos! A big thanks goes to Mrs. Estes for having so many people over and having the food ready so soon! During supper I talked to Kenan and Mr. Phillips about Sedgley Place and what I do there. After supper we had yummy brownies that Mrs. Libby made and chocolate chip pumpkin cookies that I made. Kenan, Colin, Libby, Elayna, Douglas, Billy, and I all went downstairs and played pit for about 10 minutes and then Dad, Billy and I headed home. It was SO good to see the Estes. I hadn't seen them since, like, August!

Exciting Afternoon and Evening

This afternoon my soccer team and I have another playoff game! We're playing against Temple in Waterville! I'm super excited! The only sad part is that Billy can't play. :/ The coach for Temple doesn't want him to play since he joined rather late. Colin and Libby will both be playing against us! It should be fun! If we win, we get to play Coastal on Thursday.

After the game today a bunch of us are going to the Estes house for supper. :D The Estes are coming to watch my game and so might Douglas and Elayna. I'm very excited!

Another Wonderful Weekend

On Friday, I got a letter in the mail from The Chamber of Commerce  saying that I got accepted into their Young Entrepreneurs Academy! I'm a bit nervous and pretty excited! :D

I got called off of work Friday night. I was pretty happy about that because I got to go to Angie's Girls Sleepover. It was alot of fun! I haven't eaten that much junk food in so long! I got there early because Gabe was at our house and Tim needed Gabe to be home before the girls started to show up so he could take Gabe to Giants of Faith and then to a friend's house for the night. After Tim and Gabe left, and all the girls showed up, Angie introduced me to them. I think all the girls knew each other beforehand because they go to Poland Baptist Church. After awhile we watched Finding Nemo.When Finding Nemo was over, we went downstairs for a little bit and then we went back upstairs and listened to Shannon give a talk about handling guys in a Christian sort of way. When Shannon was done her talk, we got into PJs and figured out where everyone was sleeping and then we went back upstairs and watched October Baby. October Baby was SUCH a good movie! It had me crying alot but I totally recommend it! After October Baby we all brushed our teeth and then went to bed.

The next day Allison and I talked for awhile until breakfast was ready. Angie made delicious Cinnamon Bun waffles, blueberry waffles, and bacon! We had whipped cream, strawberries, maple syrup, and cream cheese glaze on our waffles. Such a yummy breakfast. After breakfast, Shannon had each of us put a question on a little piece of paper and put those questions in a jar. Shannon, Sarah, and Angie took turns answering the questions. The questions varied from serious guy questions to what their favorite color was. It was pretty interesting!

After awhile Tim and Gabe came back. Gabe was full of energy as usual! :) Shannon took Gabe for a walk while Tim and Angie clean and Allison and I talked. Once Shannon got back, we played with Addie and Gabe for awhile until it was time to leave.

In the afternoon, I just relaxed and read The Hobbit. I went into work at 5pm. While I was working Pastor Sam, Mrs. Richards, and Rebecca came over for supper. I was rather disappointed that I missed seeing them. I got home from work around 10pm. I think it was a pretty night at work. :)

On Sunday we went to church. Pastor Per preached on The Definition of Marriage. It was great! You can listen to that sermon or any other sermon that Pastor Per has preached on here.

After church Millie and Grace came home with us. We quickly ate lunch and then we drove to Mt. Ararat to listen to Mrs. Almquist play in an Orchestra. It was really cool. I liked the second half better though. After the concert, Millie, Grace, Billy, Mom, Dad, Kyle, Jason, Mrs. Almquist and I ate some free snacks and then we left. 

Billy, Mom, Dad, and I ended up having supper at the Kidd's house. It was SO good! We had mashed potatoes with chicken, or beef and onions, or veggies. For dessert we had apple crisp with Kevin's home made whipped cream. We left soon after we finished dessert because we had to get home and Skype with Abbey.

Freeport Fun!

My team and I won our game last night! The score was 7-2. :) It was really fun! I scored a goal too! Caleb and I are tied for the second most goals on the team. We both have scored 7 since we started playing for Central Maine Christian Academy. Dan has us beat by many more goals. I'm not sure if he has even bothered counting them anymore. 

After my soccer game last night, I quickly showered and got ready to go to Freeport. Around 6:30pm Pastor Sam, Mrs. Richards, Tucker, Rebecca, and Corrie picked me up. When we got to Freeport, we ordered some food at Johnny Rockets. While we were waiting for our food, Tucker went and looked for Malia and her three friends from Gordon College. Once he found them he brought them to Johnny Rockets so we could finally see and hug Malia and meet her friends! Her friends are Ken, Cailey, and Ryan. Malia, Tucker, Ken, Cailey, and Ryan went back outside of Johnny Rockets and continued their shopping. Tucker came back to Johnny Rockets and ordered a milkshake until Rebecca, Corrie, and I were finished eating. Once we were done eating, we looked at cool hats and then we eventually found Malia, Ken, Cailey, and Ryan. We all hung out in L.L. Bean for quite some time. Pastor Sam and Tucker both bought something and then we said our goodbyes and left. On our way home, Tucker, Corrie, and I talked in British accents. I must say, they've had a bit more practice than I have. 

Rebecca: "How about you guys talk about raccoons?"

Corrie: "Oh! I like raccoons!"

Me: "Really? 'Cause I don't."

Tucker: "Yeah, I don't either."

Corrie: "Why not?"

Me: "Because they get into things they're not supposed to get in to."

Tucker: "I shoot raccoons. I put a bullet in a gun and I shoot 'em when they get in to things."

Corrie: " Really? Well, I guess I don't like them when they get in to things that they aren't supposed to get in to."

Tucker: "I don't like little kids when they get in to things they're not supposed to do either... I don't shoot them though!"

Everyone except Rebecca said these things in a British accent so it was a rather hilarious conversation! This was only a small part of our conversation. We talked about vegetables, kangroos, pasta, Mcdonalds, the fact that Corrie doesn't like chocolate and quite a few other random things. It was a rather hilarious car ride!

Excitement!

Tonight, my soccer team and I have our first playoff game! We're playing Oxford Hills. I'm excited! I absolutely LOVE playing soccer. My team is just so kind and hilarious. :) Billy is now on my team so it reminds me of way back in Rec. League when we were on the same team.

After my game tonight, Rebecca and Tucker are going to pick up Corrie at her house, then pick me up at my house, and then drive to Freeport and hang out with Malia and 3 of her college friends. It should be lots of fun! I haven't seen Malia since July!

Soccer Practice

Yesterday afternoon, Billy and I had soccer practice with Central Maine Christian Academy. It was alot of fun! I really enjoy playing soccer with CMCA. :D On Thursday we have a game against Oxford Hills. While I was working last Friday, my team played them and we wooped them. So, it should be a pretty easy and fun game. :) If we beat them, we play Temple on Tuesday.

Mom and I are having lunch with Aunt Debbie in Portland today! After lunch, Mom and I are going to a seminar on, "Creating a Culture of Innovation in your Company".

My interview with the YEA! program went pretty well, I think. I'll find out by the end of this week if I was accepted.

Sock Buns

Last night I decided to try doing the sock bun again except with two buns. I did one bun on top of my head and one on the back of my head. I didn't get any pictures though. :/ I did get quite a bit more wave than I did with just one sock bun. But my hair is now more frizzy than  pretty.

I has JUST woken up. The front.

The back.

Today, I have an interview to see if I can get into the YEA! (Young Entrepreneur's Academy) progam. I'm kind of nervous. :/

My Weekend.

Saturday morning, I made Pumpkin Scones for Kyle's birthday. Around 11:30am, Dad and I went and picked up Billy from class and then we went to the church and ate lunch until Mrs. Crawford showed up. Millie and Grace showed up soon after that. We painted and taped around the windows of the church. We left around 2:45pm because I had to get home and get ready for work.

When we got home I quickly got ready for work and then headed off to work. Work was pretty good! Getting the seatings ready in time is a little hard. Corrie and I did the veggies for upstairs and downstairs. It was really fun! :) I worked for about 6 hours. Corrie and I got home around 9:30 or 9:45pm, I think. Corrie and I gave each foot massages after work. :)

After a little while, Mr. Donahue picked up Corrie.  Millie, Grace, Shannon, Billy and I talked for awhile and then went to bed around 11pm, I think.

The next day, we got ready for church and then left early so Millie could practice the piano with the music team and so Dad and Shannon could greet everyone that came into church. Church was really good. Pastor Per preached on The Power Of Marriage (you can listen to it here). He talked about submission and how the problem about your relationship is yourself.

After church, Millie, Grace, Kevin, Connor, Meredith, Gavin, and Evie came over to our house. We ate chips, drank soda, and talked until around 2:15pm. We all squeezed into our van and then drove to the Almquist's house for Kyle's birthday party. Originally, we were going to play Ultimate Frisbee but it was cold and rainy outside so we ate lots of yummy junk food and watched The Avengers. We paused part way through the Avengers, sang Happy Birthday to Kyle and then ate a delicious chocolate M&M cake that Mrs. Almquist made and a yummy apple cake that Pastor Per made. SO GOOD! :D After the movie was finished, Meti, Erin, Matthew, and Kyle's friend Gabe all left. The rest of us stayed and talked for awhile. Pastor Per picked up a few boxes of Little Caesars Pizza and some crazy bread. :) Soon after we finished eating pizza, Shannon, Billy, Evie and I left. It was a good party. Thanks, Kyle, for inviting us!

On our way home we dropped Evie off at her apartment. When we got home, I clean up the kitchen from breakfast and lunch/chips and dip. Billy went to bed, Shannon began to study and then Mom, Dad, and I listened to the sermon again. It was a good day!

Billy's Mohawk and Senior Night

For Billy's Senior night almost his entire team had mohawks. It was pretty cool! I shaved Billy's head Tuesday night so he could have a mohawk too.

The front of Billy's mohawk.

The side of Billy's mohawk.

 Here are a few pictures of Billy and the other seniors about to give flowers to their parents. The rain kind of ruined their mohawks.

From left to right: Christian, Brandon, Ben, and Billy.

Mom and Dad coming to Billy.

Happiness.

Christian and his parents.

Brandon and his parents.

Ben and his parents.

All the pictures turned out blurry because it was rainy and we had bad lighting. But I kept a few of the decent ones.

 

 

Billy and a Nokomis player.

Last night we had a game against Coastal. We lost 5-0. It was pretty disappointing. Dan had a sprained ankle and Caleb showed up half way through the second half and Blake never showed up. :( I really want to play Coastal again when Dan is up to it. Billy is playing for my team today so that'll be cool! I'm working tonight so I won't be there..Unless I get called off.

Billy's Last Game

The pasta dinner turned out to be lots of fun! :) Dan, Garrett, Brooke, Buck, Nathan, Seth, Millie, Gracie, and Kevin showed up a little after 4:30pm.  We all ate and talked until about 5:20, and then we drove to Leavitt.

When we got to Leavitt, we found a place at the bleachers and then stood there for awhile because the seats were wet. Erin, Mr. Doughty, and Shannon met us there. Billy, Ben, Christian, and Brandon got special recognition because they were seniors. I took pictures of them but Shannon has the computer with the memory card reader. Maybe I can post them in tomorrow's post.

The game was very rainy and intense! Billy's team lost 3-2 though. :( I had a really fun time with my soccer team. Shannon and I both agreed that they are all really funny. :D

Tonight my team plays against Coastal. They're the best team in the league. We're third best. Normally, I wouldn't be too worried but Dan (our best offense player/top scorer) sprained his ankle so I don't think he's going to play at all. :( The exciting part is that we get to play against Sean and Josh. :) After the game, we're having Sean and his parents over for supper. Today is also Mr. and Mrs. Hughes' anniversary so I'm feeling really honored that they're coming to our house for supper. :D

Pasta Dinner Tonight!

Tonight I am having my soccer team over for a pasta dinner! It should be fun. :) So far I think there are five guys (Buck, Dan, Garret, Nathan, and Seth) coming, maybe two girls (Cassidy and Gabby) and another guy (Brandon). Millie, Grace, and Kevin are coming too. :) After the pasta dinner we are all going to head over to Leavitt and watch Billy's last high school soccer game. It's going to be really awesome! Billy's whole team is going to have mohawks, I believe. :D Last night I shaved Billy's hair so he could have a mohawk. I'll be taking pictures of his game tonight so there should be pictures posted tomorrow. :)

This morning I made pumpkin waffles for breakfast! They were pretty good except the ginger was a little strong.

Tumbledown Hike!

Yesterday morning, our friend Michael picked Billy and I up and then we picked up Kyle at his house, met the Crawfords at their house, and then we followed them to the Kidd's house. Once we picked up the Kidd's we drove to Mt. Blue State park because Tumbledown Mountain is right near Mt. Blue.

Me, Gracie, Millie, Connor, Mrs. Crawford, Billy, Michael, and Kyle before the hike. Photo credit goes to some friendly stranger.

The mountain was beautiful and very colorful! God sure is an amazing artist.

So much color!

Snack and water break! From left to right it's Kyle, Billy, Michael, me, Connor, Gracie, and Millie.

Towards the beginning of the hike, Kyle, Michael, Billy and I moved a little faster than everyone else and kept getting ahead. So, Mrs. Crawford had us pair up with a "slower" person so we could help them out if they needed it and so we would stay together better. I paired up with Gracie. :)

We ate lunch just below the tree line. It began to rain/sleet as we were finishing lunch so that made things pretty cold! The rain didn't last long though. :)

Lunch time! Me, Kyle, Gracie, Billy, Millie, and Connor.

One of my favorite parts of Tumbledown was "squeezing" through Fat Man's Misery. Fat Man's Misery (some people call it Fat Man's Squeeze) is a little cave you have to crawl through in order to continue on the trail.

Michael, me, and Connor is in the shadows on the right. This is the entrance to Fat Man's Misery.

The other end of the view from Fat Man's Misery. Michael took this picture for Mrs. Crawford.

Once we got to the top of the mountain we had a nice break with snacks and water. Just as we started to walk down to the pond (there's a pond on the top of the mountain) it began to snow. It only snowed for a few seconds but it was really cool (literally)!

The view from the top.

Beautiful view, huh?

We took an easier trail down the mountain. After getting permission from Mrs. Crawford, Billy, Michael and I hiked down the mountain at our pace (a much faster pace) so we could get to the bottom sooner and walk a mile on a dirt road to get to the cars. It was really fun to go down the mountain at a fast pace. Once we got to the cars, Michael drove us back to where we expected Mrs. Crawford, Connor, Kyle, Millie, and Grace to come out. While we waited, we talked to some fellow hikers for a bit as we stretched. After awhile, we discovered that they came out of woods slightly farther up the road than we expected. We drove up and picked up Mrs. Crawford and brought her to where her car was parked (A mile down the road) so she could get her car and we could leave. Millie rode with Michael, Billy and I while Mrs. Crawford, Connor, Gracie, and Kyle rode in the other car.

On our way home we listened to a bunch of music on Michael's iPad. We all stopped at Dunkin Donuts for hot chocolate or coffee and donuts. I burnt my tongue with my hot chocolate. :/ We were going to drop the Kidd's off at their house but nobody was home so we waited and listened to music while we waited to find out where the rest of the Kidd's were. Mrs. Crawford ended up bringing the Kidd's to the Root Cellar and Kyle back home. Michael brought Billy and I home and stayed for supper. :) It was a faaaantastic day!

I believe all the photo credit belongs to Mrs. Crawford unless said otherwise.

Soccer Pictures and No Ice Cream

I found out right before we got our soccer pictures taken that Caleb (one of my team mates) is home schooled too! I thought that was pretty cool. :) For the team picture, I was in the back row! :) I'm usually too short to be in the back row but I wasn't this time. Gabby and I were the only girls tall enough to be in the back row. Just as Mom and I started to drive away from the school, it began to rain. Perfect timing for the pictures, maybe?

Last night, after Bible study we all hung out for awhile and then drove to Sundaes. We were going to treat Pastor Per to ice cream for his birthday but Sundaes was closed! :( We thought it closed at 9pm but it closed at 8pm that night. Oh well. :/ It's the thought that counts, I guess.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last Sunday I made Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies. I must admit that they were really delicious! I wish I had made more. Billy said that they could use a little less chocolate. So, if you aren't super fond of chocolate, I'd recommend doing a half cup less of the chocolate chips than it calls for.

Today, I have to go to CMCA and get my soccer pictures taken. Should be pretty fun!

Rag Curls

I wasn't going anywhere last night because I didn't have to babysit so I decided to do rag curls on myself. Let me explain what rag curls are in a few simple steps.

1. Get hair damp all over and put some gel or mousse through your hair. Or after a shower, let your hair dry until it's about 50% dry.
2. Section of the top 2/3 of your hair (near the ear) and start with your bottom layer. 
3. Grab a rag that's about 3 inches long and 1/2 an inch to 1 inch wide and grab a section of hair about an inch to two inches thick and tie the rag around that section, slide it down as far as you can with out having the hair fall out of the knot.
4. Roll up the hair around the knot until you get to the scalp and then tie it off.
5. Continue to roll all your hair around the rag until you've gotten all your hair in rags. 
6. Spray with hairspray.
7. Go to sleep. When you wake up in the morning, spray your hair with hairspray one more time, let it dry and then untie the knots and take the rags out. 

You should end up with very springy curls. They aren't the prettiest curls in the world but I still like them. I put my hair in a side ponytail and it looked nice!

My curls in a side ponytail.

I took them out of the ponytail.

Kind of messy but fun. The left side of my hair straightened out a little because it was in side ponytail.

A Rainy but Delightful Sunday!

Yesterday, after church, we were supposed to have a church picnic and then play Flag Football but it was really rainy so we cancelled it. :/ Instead, we had Mr. Doughty, Mrs. Doughty, Erin, Matthew, and Millie over for a late lunch. We had a really good time. :) While the parents talked for awhile, we all played Dutch Blitz. They left around 4:30pm or so.

We skyped with Abbey for a bit and then we went to Dairy Joy with Pastor Per, Mrs. Almquist, Kyle, Jason, and Scottie. :) I got soft serve pumpkin ice cream. SO good! :) When we finished eating our ice cream, we walked back to the Almquist's house and hung and and talked for a bit. :) 'Twas a lovely evening.

Last Saturday night, at Sedgley Place, there was a wedding so it was really hectic in the kitchen. Corrie and I worked inside, in the restaurant, until there was only a couple people eating, and then we went outside and helped bus tables at the wedding with the other Hostesses.