More of Norman

More of Norman Rockwell's work!I love it!

Norman Rockwell

Freedom of religion
Freedom from Fear
Freedom of Speech
Freedom from want
These are all paintings by Norman Rockwell.I love his art work,because they are all things that I can relate to.Theses are a series of paintings of things we are free to have in AMERICA.

Update

Mama monkey and her baby in the cage where we caused a fight.
The big evil alpha male!
Well I am going to upate 'cuz I had such an exciting day.LOL!!!!!!Anyway,I did scvhool,then I had to go to the dentists office,and get spacers put in my teeth so they can put my lower braces on next Thursday.There are only 2 small problems with this.#1 The spacers are the most hideous shade of navy blue,and #2 they hurt like no tomorrow.I had some time befor my appointment,so I went into the galeries lafyette,and tried on all diiferent kinds of expensive make-up.Lotsa fun.Then on the way to my organ lesson,I stopped at the fnac(a gaint book store),and met up with Slimane.We talked for quite a while ,and I am pretty sure that he was late to his class afertwards.Then I went to my lesson,and I get to start on the pedals of the organ soon.Way cool!Then I went to my oice classes on the other side of town ,and saw a few people from my choir last year.It was nice .Then I had 2 voice classes(which I love!)I am finally considered a real soprano,for which I am very very happy!!!!Afterwards,I went with Dad to the hockey rink ,to get Josh and Johnny.I have had a very busy cool day.I am uploading more zoo pictures onto this article 'cause I didn't take any today!

I went to the Zoo !!!

Me watching some weird animal.Notice my nice new hair color!!!
That is my hand that is being touched by the monkey's .
The ostrich with an apple in its throat.
Saterday for club ado ,we all went to the zoo.It was lots of fun.Slimane even had fun ,and for Slimane,that's a big deal.We saw all kinds of cute monkeys and fed them pop corn.I betcha didn't know that monkeys ate pop corn,but the do .Parrots also eat pop corn .It was a lot of fun.It was really funny.We found a whole mess of apples on the ground ,and we fed them to the giraffe.The ostrich looked like she wanted one too.So someone threw the ostrich a whole apple ,and the dumb bird swallowed the whole thing at once making it have a huge lump in its throat.All of the sudden,some of the group starting totally freaking out running around yelling "you kileed it.It got the apple stuck in its throat ,and now it's gonna die."Ater watching for several minutes ,the ostrich didn't die , but some how mananged to swallow. It was a tense few minutes that we ahd there!Some of the other interesting things that we did were accidentally cause a fight in the monkey cage,stuck branches into the panther cage to get it to do something,and try to catch a monkey that got out of its special monkey zone.Why does it seem that everywhere I go something out of the ordinary occurs? Why can't I have a nice quite trip to the zoo ,like the rest of the world ?lol!

My birthday

Yes ,I am finally 16 !I can hardly believe it.I don't feel any different ,but I am sure that I have grown up some this year!No comments on that sentence please!We celebrated yeasterday and my mom gave me a cool diamond ring that her mom gave her mom gave her when she was approx.my age.It's like a family heirloom thingy!The rest of my gifts were mostly cash,which is just fine with me .I mean ,hey,it always fits it's always the right color,and you can get whatever you want with it!There's a chinease proverb that I like "You can't eat $ ,butcha can't eat without it!" .Of course the dude that said it didn't write it quite that way ,I moderised it a lettle!Oh, my granparents in France bought me the coolest pair of winter boots!I wish that I could wear the now ,but 30° C is a little too hot!

Church picnic

Ok , this is the church picnic that we had last Sunday.I know my articles are out of order ,sorry!Anyway ,the picnic was lots of fun ,and I got to play soccer with all the guys(sad ,I know ,but none of the other girls wanted to play!).We ate lots of yummy food,and the flan (special french custard cake ) turned out very well,if I do say so myself!I prayed that that cake wouldn't burn!I mean after all who wants to show up at a pot luck dinner with a cake that is burnt to the crisp!Hien and Jérémie would never have let me forget that!Happily the cake was a success!

Vacation !!!!!

The gorgeous pool !!!!!
Mom and Johnny bowling !
Graci Hood lol !
In may John gave me and my family some moola to go on vacation,and last week,we finally went!We went to center parc ,the greatest vacaction spot in the world (in my mind anyway!)!While we were there I got to do some archery ,bowling ,and lots of SWIMMING!My grandparents (my dad's parents) we also able to go with us !It was way cool!Enjoy the pics!

Picnic in the park

This are some pictures of a picnic my family and I had in the park while we were on summer break.If I look mad /depressed it 'cause we just got home from camp ,and I was a little out of "my groove".

More News

Last night ,I got to talk to John via MSN;it was cool.Josh ,Johnny ,and I really miss our older brother!(He's not really our bro,we just pretend he is!)I completed my second day of school ,minus the homework,and after that I get to clean my room ,oh joy!I am going to put a line of french ,because a certain friend of mine keeps complaining that there is no french on my blog:TU DEVRAIS LIRE TOUT L'ARTICLE ET NON SEULEMENT CE LIGNE!Oh here's a picture of that awful sandune that I had to climb on the discovery trip.I know the girls with the red hair ,and the long black hair. I met them at camp.They are both really nice!Last week I backed 2 cakes and a batch of cookie bars.And they all turned out fine for those of you who were doubting my culinary savoir faire.(I didn't burn anything ,John).Well I can't think of anything else to say.

Back to School

Afunny picture of me before I got my hair cut and before I got my braces colored.
When I was awakened by my little brother Johnny this morning,the last thing that I thought I'd be doing today was school.Apparently ,I was wrong,on so many levals.As of today,I am a official member of the 11th grade.That is way cooler than the 10th grade!I can't believe that I am already a junior in High School!!!Only 2 more years to college!I can hardly wait!!!!!I am taking 6 classes in addition to my music classes at the conservatory.I am taking Life Management,American History,Biology,English(which in cludes American Literature,English,Composition,and Spelling/Vocab.),Consumer Mathematics,and Typeing.It is cool,but I don't appreciate the increase in my homework load!It is good to be back to school ,and have something to do!The whole vacation ,lounge around and do nothing ,was depressing me,and I am feeling better than I have in 2 weeks.My mom says that now I have a purpose,I am doing better.Personally,I think that I was depressed due to the fact that I was thinking way too much!Well anyway,I went to the orthodontist for another torture session ,lol,and he says that on September 28 he is going to but the bottom braces on.I am so not lookingforward to that .I had my braces put on in BRIGHT GREEN!It's really neat,and cooler than the blue.When hockey season starts ,I am going to get them put on Blue and Yellow to support les Taurreaux de Feu(Limoges team).Their name in English for the people out there that don't speak french is the Bulls of Fire.My question is ,why did the hockey team ,have to name themselves something with fire in it ,because ,after all ,if they were really fiery bull,they would A) die or B) melt the ice.Wow ,is my mind all over the place today !

POLL

I cannot decide ,for the life of me,what color to get my braces done next time I have them done .So ,leave me a comment ,and tell me what you think!Thanks a lot .
COLOR LIST
pink
blue
purple
yellow
forest green
I'll update with more colors if I see more

I have the Force!!!

This picture was taken by Josh .Ev,Josh and I were all alking under a tree ,when all of the sudden Josh popped a picture.All of my friends think that my habit of gesturing with gusto at improptu moments is a little weird ,but funny(Isn't that true, Eric?).Of cousre I never realized how it looked ,until I saw this picture.Not that it will change anything,oh no.If you gesture wildly for years ,it isn't something that you can changr in the space of a few weeks!Anyway, when my Mom saw this picture she immediately titled it th "I have the Force" picture.If you look at it ,I can see where you get the idea.

Camp in August

The whole camp
My Mom and I before the annual camp banquet
Well 2 weeks after I got home from camp,we headed back to camp.It was not a pleasure trip,mind you,we were workers this time.We didn't go for the full 2 weeks ,we just went for the last week.But ,before I went bak to camp,I had to finish my 10 th grade year.I did about a months worth of work in a week,and I finished on midnight friday night.It was such a relief to be done!!!Thankfully ,I passed in every subject,even Algebra 2 and Chemistry!Thank the Lord!Well ,we went back to camp.Of course,it was not as much fun to be staff as it was to be a camper ,but we had fun anyway.We got to spend more time with Evan and made more friends like JO and Anita.Anyway ,it was neat!!It was hard to say good bye to everyone again,and no I didn't cry in front of everyone,but I did cry for a while in the car.It's a lot of fun to make new freinds ,but it is always hard to say good bye.I have an especially hard time with that as anyone who knows me can testify.What I like to think of is that I am going to spend eternity with my friends in heaven,and I'll never have to say good bye to them again.

Evan Gildersleeve

Ev and I and half of my Mom
Ev ,Josh ,and I
While I was at camp,I met Evan.He is an American from Greenville SCand he just finishe dhigh school.What people notice the most about him is his height.He is 6 feet and 7 inches tall.He makes me feel really really short ( I am 5 feet tall),but I tell him that I not short,I am fun sized(right ,Em !).He is going to join the U.S. MARINES .He is heading out to boot campin exactlly 2 weeks(September 6),and he is very excited to serve his country!Please pray for God's protection on Evan!!!!!!!!!!!

Camp in July

The boyz
everybody
the girlz
One week after I got home from the dicovery trip,I headed off to camp.Josh also went to camp for the first time.It was a lot of fun.Katherine from the trip was my monitor ,which took a little adjusting ;) .We did lots and lots of fun stuff like canoeing,playing games till midnight,rosting marshmellows,sleeping under the stars,and having a banquet.We went on a really big hike(11 KM to be precise).It wasn't supposed to be that long ,but the person with the compass got us a little lost.Oh well,everyone makes mistakes! That night,we slept in the forest.Apparentlly ,wild boars came to our camp site that night ,but I slept thru it.When w got back to camp the next day,I noticed that my legs were covered in red itchy bumps.When I counted ,I ahd over a hundred.I am told that I now have established a new record at the nursing station for something called aootas.They are little bugs that burry in your skin and stay there.It was sooooo gross.Ross and Evan(I am going to write an article on him) thought that it was really funny.But they were nice about it anyway.After passing a few miserable days ,they felt better and went away.The aootas ,that is ,not Ross and Evan!Camp was a real blast!!!!

Pictures of the conference

Singing special music

Us giving ur testimonies

POST 6:Friday-Sunday

It was very hard to say good bye to my family.They live far away ,so we don't see each other very often.We spent along time in the van going to the conference in Chalon sur Sonne.We stayed in a house that would have made a perfect haunted house .It was creepy.And another thing,the showers were freezing cold!!!!!!That night at the service we each had to give a testimony and present a town that we had visited.It was scary to be in front of so many people.Then our group had to sing together.It went pretty well.The day afterAmelie's mother ,who was also at the conference,took us into the city and let Eric,Ross ,Amelie,and I walk aroubd for an hour by ourselves.It was really cool.Of course,it wasn't like we were in danger because Amelie was watching out for all of us teen-agers(she is 24).It was very very neat.That Evening,I had to sing for special music.I was terrified!!!!I was releaved when it was over!The day after ,every one went their seperate ways.It was very very very sad.I didn't cry(ok well maybe a little in the car ).It was such an awesome trip, that I wished that it was much longer!I hope that I'll get to go aain next year!!!

Pictures from Wednesday

Smoking nuns!
Our Group!!!!!

Post 5 :Thurday

We went to the Musée du Désert.I found out that I could have had an ancestor that was imprisonned on a galley for his faith.His name was Moise Broc.It was very interesting.After that w' drove to Nime where we were able to walk in the coty.It was very cool.There was a Roman Arena that we wanted to visit ,but it cost too much $.Then we went to stay at my Aunt and Uncle's house in St. Martin de Crau.It was nice to see my family again.

POST 4: WEDNESDAY

Wednesday,We traveled to Lourdes.It was very very sad to see so many people putting their faith in statues.The church over at the site of the cave makes 18,OOO,OOO euros and keeps 90%of its profits.We were able to hand out hand out some tracks ,but then Ross and I handed a tract to a security guard ,and in the long run ,we had to leave quickly.I was terrified that we'd be put into jail,or arrested ,or kicked out of town.That would have been really scary!!!Later on that day we visited a giant castle /fortification thingy.It was neat.Unfortunately ,we were rained on again.While in the castle we visited an inquisition museum.Eric and Ross (in a rare moment of kindness lol!)censured all the exhibits and told me which ones that I could read without getting all freaked out!Needless to say,I didn't see many!Then everybody sang Disney movie songs.Among the favorites were hakuna matata(Ross's favorite!)and can you feel the love tonight?(which Eric really liked!).I wanted to singI'll make a man out of you ,but Eric and Ross said that was weird for me to sing that one. Then we arrived at a church in Bezeirs.We met the pastor and Eric scared all the girls by creeping out of the window of the boys room,throwing a green alien bunny into the girls room ,and running back to his room to jump back in the window before anybody could catch him.Only problem was thatI yelled "I'm sure that it was Eric "so my Dad opened the boys door in time to see Eric try to climb back in the window.It was really funny.After that we always called that church the green alien bunny church.