A Beautiful Family......My Own.....

Yep. They're mine. It's my baby dolls. They are my sister and brother in "real life" but in my pretend games, they are MY kids. Here they are.



Michael(Mikey)




This little guy is a cutie. He's got that long hair....adorable....LOOK AT THOSE EYELASHES!!!!! LOL He's a shy boy around strangers but around his family and friends he's a mischievous little dude. Haha.....He likes catching mice and always has a little bit of sparkle to his eyes.



This fiery little redhead has been called a million things.....let's see....Annie....Anna....Sophie...Sophia.....and now I call her AnnaSophia so I can call her all those names for short.





She's outgoing, polite, energy-filled, and crazy about her dollies. She IS shy when she's around important grownups.....but other than that she's a little monkey....always greeting people with a nice hug and kiss, and always climbing something.....and eating a....banana? NOOOO, she likes STRAWBERRIES!!!!!! HAHAHAH



This little one has been called Aurora, Rose, Sophie, and Kathryn, but I settled on Rosie.




She's just a newborn, but from the way she acts toward everyone; hardly ever crying, smiling all the time; and loving anyone who's holding her; I think I speak for eveyone when I say she's going to be a kind, generous little girl like AnnaSophia.



And this is....well I call him Patriot. There you go Ms. Janae!!!! Tell your nephew he's a star!! I love his name!! LOL This little one has been called Terry, Jerry, but I like this name Patriot better.




He's mischievous. NEVER EVER, EVER shy. LOL he's used to being wrapped up like a papoose.........I do it to him ALL the time!!! He loves learning to do anything new....that is, except math!!! Hahaha!!!! He positively HATES math.



I'll add on some....I don't play with these AS much, but I do play with them alot.

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Rebecky or Liberty(Libby)




Newborn and cuddly is all you can describe her as!!!! Hee hee.



Kathryn, Kathy, Sophie, Sophia, but I'm going to call her Kathryn.




I haven't really decided on a personality for her, but I know she'll be just a tiny bit chubby, and sweet.


These are the South Korean twins. I got them because I think it's cool that my brother is adopted from South Korea. This is Shana: pronounced: SHEA-NA.




She's got a sickness that makes her shut her eyes a lot(hey, I HAD to make a reason for her eyes to be sealed shut ALL the time!). :(


And this is Shaun.



He's a newborn he's so quiet, only cries when a storm comes. He has never cried unless a storm is here....isn't that amazing?


This is Emily. She's my bitty baby. I remember saying that I loved the name Emily when I was little and only naming my babies Emily. HAHAHAHAHAHA Not anymore though.




She's sweet, shy and....short???!! Yep, she's short alright. A short lil' sweety.





This is Moon.



I've had him for as long as I can remember and I named him Moon when I was like two, so I can't drop the name....I just can't do it!!! LOL I have no clue where his clothes are....



He's like a minute old newborn in all my games, so he doesn't really have a personality yet....LOL




Do you like?





Bye friends!!





Blessings,






Love, Joy =D

New Dancin' Shoes for Me!

I know I've been posting a lot about dance lately, but I would like to share some more. Well, we went to my first dance class(jazz and tap) for this year Tuesday. It was super fun but the stretches are HARD!!!! They said, "Ok, let's do the splits now!!!". And everyone was looking around like, "Is she SERIOUS?". And she was. LOL REALLY serious!!!! It's hilarious. It hurt, but I'm already closer to my middle splits and side splits. We learned the Broadway and Maxi-Ford in tap, and learned Jazz Triplets. My friend from last year, Christina, got moved up to Juniorettes also, so it's really great to have a friend in my new class....another person I know!

Tap.....




Ballet.....




Jazz.......




I can't wait to tell you about my ballet class with Ms. T........

Blessings,
Love, Joy =D

Faithful Fridays Post!!!!!

Hey everybody! Sorry I haven't done Faithful Fridays but thank you to all who did last week! Thanks for not giving up on me!

Soooo...this week I'm thankful that, as I told you, I got moved up in dance!!!!! I'm soooo excited!!!! I think I told you that classes start August 18 for me. I have jazz/tap downstairs with Ms. L on Tuesday, and on Wedndesday I have ballet upstairs with Ms. T. Then in October we add "Production" where all (who want to do it) from Juniorettes (my level) to Seniors (the last level before teacher). I think all the teachers help in that and I'm pretty sure it's upstairs. The whole studio is awesome. It looks like a victorian castle......really realistic I mean!!!!!!!!! It's blue and white and has a lampost outside it and the girls in my class like to climb it!!!!!!! Next door is the ballroom studio. Ms. T(the owner) has about 200 or more students! And she does ballet plays in every recital!! Last year was Sleeping Beauty; the year before that was Peter Pan; and the year before I came was The Wizard of Oz. This year is Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!! We alternate those four!!!!



Also, I'm thankful that well, I have a blog!!!!! I think I've mentioned this before, but I want to mention it again. I'm SO lucky to meet all you bloggers and I know that I haven't been visiting blogs in awhile, and I'm sorry for that, just bear with me please!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!! I'll try to keep up the blogging!!! I admire you bloggers out there who put out a post every other day or even every day or every two days!!!!!!!!! I know you're VERY busy and I think it's great you take time out of your day to just check in with us and leave comments and etc. Thank you for that and for not giving up on me. I'm very priveleged to have such great fellow bloggers!!!!!



If you participated in Faithful Fridays, let me know in a comment, but, please comment even if you aren't participating!!!! Thanks and God bless!!!!!



Love, Joy =D

WOW I Can't Believe That....

I haven't posted in....let's see...hmmm...FOREVER!!!!!! LOL!!!! How are you all? Please don't give up on me! Well....Here's what I've been up to.

I went to Mountain View with my mom, dad, brother, and brothers's girlfriend. We had a lot of fun even though our hotel was not that nice. It stunk in my bro and dad's room and the AC didn't work well in the ladies'(our) room!!!!!!!

We went to the Hoedown and the Square and the Folk Center and we ate at Pizza Inn and the "Cheeseburger Place" as we call it!!!!! HAHAHA!!!!! Then we drove all the way home again......where we all climbed in bed sleepily.....The end. LOL!!!!



Two days ago, we went to my dance studio where I take ballet, tap, and jazz. There is a class for jazz and tap and a class for ballet. There are five levels for kids my age and up - Age Class, Pre-C0mpany, Juniorettes, Juniors, and Seniors. It's not based on age really but maturity and attendance and attitude and being able to work with a team. Well, I was in Pre-Company last year and Age Class the first year (before that), and this year....well, I thought I would still be in Pre-Company because ususally you stay in that catagory for two to three years. You also usually stay in Ballet One for the same amount of years, but........I'M GETTING MOVED UP TO JUNIORETTES AND BALLET TWO!!!!!!!! It's sooooo cool!!!!!! I'm so excited! Classes start August 18, on Tuesday, then I have another class on Wednesday Then in October I add another Thursday class!!!!! It's sooo great!!!!!

Here is kind of a guide of the conversation at the registration where I found out this exciting news.



Me: "Hey Ms. T and Ms. L. and Ms. A and Ms. S!!!!!!!!!!!"

Them: "Hey Joy!!!!"

Several minutes later: Ms. T: "Joy, we were very impressed by you last year "(at this point I was getting very high hopes but if she said "but" I knew it was over....she didn't) " and we want to put you in our Juniorettes class.....and Ballet Two. Is that ok?"

By this time my mom and I(and dad a little bit) had on GIGANTIC smiles a mile wide and I couldn't speak, frown, or do anything but laugh and smile.

Ms. T: "I can tell by your big smile that it's ok!! Hahahaha ".

I just looked at mom and laughed and smiled and she dittoed!!! I still smile thinking about it!!! Ms. L started laughing and had her glance fixed on me smiling like I was. LOL!!! We all laughed then Ms. T started talking about the stuff like shoes dress code, comp group etc. Then I needed to go to the bathroom and they started talking about money and the bills for the studio time and everything!!! lol!!!

When I went to get the video from last year, Ms. S says (handing the video to me): "Here you go, Ms. Juniorette!!!!" and bops me lightly on the head with the case. lol!!!!!!!!!!

Then we tried on my new shoes (tap and ballet) and we ordered them and ya know what? The studio is now using tan slip on's instead of white laces/elastic.

Well, That's what I've been up to this week. We are going to the nursing home today. Oh and BTW, I get a "big sister" when and if I go to the "Welcome Back to Dance" party. YAY!

Blessings,
Love, Joy =D

Faithful Friday

Hiya amegos!!!!! Time for another Faithful Friday post!!!!! Well, this week, I've got yet another dream to share with you!!!

Okay, so I'm meeting all these cartoon characters(btw, I have this dream usually once a year and this was last year's), that includes the animated fox version of Robin Hood. Well, in every other year Robin turned around, winked at me, pushed a button, and-I know it sounds evil, but, electricuted the bad guy(who, btw was fat) and the dream ended happily. Well, this time, everything was happening as usual, then, BAM!!!!!!!! The bad guy actually dodged the electricution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, all the sudden, everything got black, I heard an evil laugh, and a purple blackish greyish whirlwind came up and the devil and his demons with pitchforks started coming out and coming for me!!!!!!!!!! I've always had the wonderful gift of usually being able to know when I'm in a dream. I just bang my head on something in the dream, and I'm awake!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!! Well, I realized I was in a dream. I screamed, then I said, "Satan and your demons, get out of my dream IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN!!!!". Then, the demons and devil were gobbled up by the whirlwind, and I woke up.

What a dream, huh?

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Fun fact for ya: I read in a magazine for girls that we dream like eight dreams a night, but usually we don't remember them!!!!!

If you have participated in Faithful Fridays, please tell me in your comment and I'll drop by!!!!!!!!!! Have a great week, and thanks to my participaters and followers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blessings,
Love, Joy =D

Summer Is here!!!!!!

Really, I know it's been here for a loooonnngggg time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But we've had so much wish-washy weather that you wouldn't know it!!!!!!! Yesterday was so-so; Saturday was the same; Sunday it was soooo cool you would think it was spring or fall!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!! I've been doing lots of reading, writing and just hanging out!!!!!

And yesterday Colt brought out his girlfriend and her brothers Caleb(6) and Michael(9), and sis Tabetha(11).



Colt's girlfriend, Amber, is the oldest of 8 kids!

They swam with us and it was really fun!!!!! Tabetha helped me with diving, and she and I chased Michael around the pool and eventually caught him. We all wrestled with Colt and Amber. I carried Caleb around the pool and he asked what kind of bugs were in our storage shed and got scared from the "Dragon Horses"! We told him over and over again.......Dragon Flies, Horse Flies, and he said "NOOOOOOO DRAGON HORSES". LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He ate some of our apples from our apple tree...he called them juicy apples.



HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's sooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My mom may have told you on her blog that I'm taking a summer Botany(Study of Plants) science class this summer. Well, on our first day we made "light huts". A seed needs three things to grow: Water(we water our plants in the Light Hut), Air, and Warmth(the light bulb gave off extra warmth and it reflected from the aluminum foil inside the "Hut". Well, I planted a Zinia........

It went from in here as a teeny weeny seed...



To a pretty little pink bloom. Pretty amazing, huh?



Wow! Botany proves God's beyond powerfulness over and over again. It's pretty AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, Here's some advantages of summer:

Flip flop season!!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Sidewalk chalk



Pretty flowers




Swimming




Weeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL!

So whatcha doing this summer.....bloggers?

En"joy"!!!!!!!

Love, Joy =D

Faithful Fridays

Happy Faithful Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooo sorry I didn't do it last week. I have two things to tell and one prayer request. It may be a long post soooo.....here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all.....a heavenly dream. One night, I dreamed I was upstairs, watching commercials on an old brown tv that had antennas sticking out of it. Well, all of a sudden, a commercial came on that had Jesus with his arms outstretched. Jesus came out of the tv, and hugged me. It made me feel warm all over. I felt so blessed and secure and safe and cozy when I woke that morning.

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Another thing....you know how we Christians are always talking about telling people about God, but more than half the time we don't do it? Well, I've thought about it alot, and kids could have a BIG impact if they would witness about God....if they had the courage. I have this one cousin named Josh. I know he's not a Christian, because he does really bad stuff. Well, I've always thought, man, his own family must not even tell him about God, or else he wouldn't be doing that stuff. I've always wanted to be the one to tell him about God. Every single family reunion(which we are having tomorrow, btw), I always find myself waiting, waiting, WAITING, until I get the courage to even look him in the eyes, but it never comes. That's how much he scares me. He wears chains, dresses in black, smokes, and just acts scary! Well, I want to share with the kids on blogger, and the blogger's kids how I would tell someone about God.

I would talk to them, and ask them how they're doing. I would just start talking to them about stuff. Then, tell them about a time when I was going through something tough, and I prayed about it, and it got better!!!!!!!! I would tell them I'm a Christian, and that I'm happy everyday because I have God on my side. I would keep a bright smile, and tell them that they can become a Christian, too. God will forgive them if they feel guilty, and he will bless and protect, and love them always. In fact, he already loves them more than anyone who could ever love them. I would tell them he was tortured to death on a cross, so that we could be forgiven of our sins. But three days after he was killed, he rose up from the grave!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My mom, dad, and I are reading a book every night called the Case for Christ. It is REALLY good. All the doubts anyone could have about Jesus would be completely banished from their mind. This guy didn't believe in Jesus when he set out to find out if his story was true, but then, he searched all the evidence, and....well, I won't spoil it for you, but, I totally reccomend it!!!!

I have a prayer request, too. You know Uncle Richard, our friend from the Ozarks? Well, he and his wife just got a doctor's report that it's a possibility that he may have cancer. Please pray that this isn't true. Thanks.

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If you participated in Faithful Fridays, let me know in a comment, and I'll check your post out. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blessings!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love, Joy =D