Oh the joys of baby sitting!!!

So yesterday I babysat my cousin's kids, Tyler and Eleana Atkins. And talk about cute! Tyler is 2 and Eleana is 2 months. So for your enjoyment I took pictures from the day.

Eleana and Tyler

So to start out the day... Tyler decided that he wanted macaroni and cheese for Breakfast:-)


and I put Eleana in her little bouncy seat


which she loves to play in! ( that smile is just the cutest thing???)

we played inside for a while and then we went for a walk but that did not last very long because it started raining. We came back inside and Tyler had a snack...


Then I fed her and she went to sleep....aww....


and she woke up. Then we had a diaper change which made her really happy!

Then I fed Tyler lunch! wow that was a BIG mess to clean up!!!
Then Eleana woke up from yet another nap and (take note of the new dress that was um... the 4th diaper change:-) So she was happy to get all clean and dry yet again!!

And just when I thought things were going good this happens! So I fed her! and then she was happy again! LOL!



So then we go down stairs and I took a picture of Tyler kissing his little sister! ( wow those are some red eyes:)


Then of course the day would not be complete without taking pictures of us all!
Eleana and yours truly..... :-)

Eleana was a good fill-in for Lucy.:)

at long last... an update!!!!!!!!!!

Well I know it has been like forever since I said anything of interest to you all. so here it goes. First of all I started a new Sunday school class that is really good! this is one of my homework assignments to put this passage into my own words. here is what the bible says...

Titus 2:3-5

: The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4: That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5: To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Then here is what I came up with after alot of work.

Older Women likewise. Do things that direct you toward holiness. Do not be false accusers, or being given to much wine, but be ye teachers of good things.

So that you can teach the younger women to show self-control, to love there husbands, to love and care for there children.

To show prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior,

To be sexually pure. honorable, kind, and friendly

To be obedient to there own husbands, so that the word of God not blasphemed

I really love doing that! Digging into God's word and really trying to grasp what he is trying to say though a particular passage. It really blessed me today so I thought I would share. The only thing I wish I could get better is making it flow better.... Oh well.

In Other news!! Short and sweet


Family
Julie is engaged:-)
Mom is gone to VA,:-(
I am an aunt,:-)
which means that Lucy is here:-)
Dad has been gone he returns today!!! :-)


Game night
We played several games and I lost every one of them:-(
Jed and Cody both got cuts in there knee:-(
I spit water Mellon seeds in a contest for the first time:-)


other random stuff
I saw Pirates 3:-)
I had Cold Stone Ice Creme for the first time this week:-)
I have been gardening alot and got a sun burnt:-(
I tried to shoot a bow and arrow and made a fool of myself:-(
I mowed the lawn:-(

Things I have learned,
Shopping with Joseph can be alot of fun!:-)
Shopping with Jeanette right after she learns that she has a job with Pioneer is amazing!:-
Cleaning the house is really, really, really, tiring!


Things to still happen this week
More Sunday School homework to be done.
English Country Dance this Friday
cleaning my room
letter writing
I have a cleaning job this afternoon
and we have a wedding to go to Saturday!

But hey I will have time to check out my blog for comments!




later

So I finally have Teenpact pics...

So I don't have a lot of pictures I was too busy. having way too much fun! but here are a few..

Megan me and Megan


Sam and Eric


Our secret service agents Brent,Eric,and Sam oh so scary!!!!

eating lunch and reading bills
our two gubernatorial candidates Ethan and Ethan
So there is a story to tell about these pictures... We were debating a bill when all of the sudden the fire alarm went off.... (those are my two leaders Megan and Brent) the other is Phillip Farmer with another group

So we ran out side and debated bills this is Eric Bender our committee leader reading bills oh.... and the so called fire turned out to be.... Someone's burnt popcorn! We had fire trucks there and everything! So we also took the that days outside in the rain...
And Brent watching us as we amend a bill LOL!
This is Gabby,Corrie,and Sarah



Two of the sweetest people I know... Megan and Brent I love and miss you guys!

Me right after graduation (SMILE!)




All the class.... front row Brent,Kelly,Megan,Megan,Bryne,Phillip,
Joanna,Emilie, Allie, Angelia,Hannah,Jessica,Kim,Sarah,Gabby, Corrie
Matthew,Ethan,Ben,William,Paul,and Bryan,
(I can't remember the first ones name) Sam,Ethan,Eric,Ben, and Emil

There we go!


Public Speaking pics.. I got a grand total of three! lol and they will make no sense to any of you but they are still funny



Eric is getting ready to scare the damsel in distress and Brent directing.


We had to do this dumb skit Here Eric is saying "And I'm going to kill you" and Gabby is yelling..."Help me Help me save me save me" LOL




And Megan got really cold so she wore Brent's suit coat.


WOOT WOOT!!! I finally got them up!!!!!

I thought I would have a few pics..

by now... but I am not sure how to upload them... so you all will have to wait! Sorry it has taken me so long to post anything up here! So this is what has been happening.


Teenpact homework...(that was my life for about um.. a week)
Teenpact class.............( this year was by far the best we have ever had! I had such an amazing time! The staffers were wonderful and so sweet.. I will tell you more about them when I post pics. which I hope will be soon. and the students were all wonderfull as well.

I don't have alot of time right now... I have science,math,mowing,and cleaning to do.

more later,

Wish me luck....

As I head to Springfield for Teenpact IL state class. This is going to be one busy week!!! but I am really looking froward to it. I hope by the time I check this for comments (which will most likely be late Friday night) I will have at least... oh let's be daring.... let's be REALLY daring let's say...... 15 comments. (lol do I even have 15 readers????) I hopefully will have pics sometime after Teenpact.


More later... And don't forget to.... S-M-I-L-E!!!

who is who????

So I know I had you all do this once but here is a new and updated picture from this past Christmas.
In this picture there is....Mom, Jeanette,Julie,Jessica,Janessa,Jane,Joanna, and Judy. so who is wearing what sock???

hm.. So I can tell which one you all are talking about when you guess... I will number them so I know what you all are talking about.
1.purple one....
2.then the pink one
3.then the middle blue
4.then dark blue
5then light blue
6.then red
7.orange
8.and green

ok start guessing!!!!!!!!!!!!

what I got...

You Are a Pinky

You are fiercely independent, and possibly downright weird. A great communicator, you can get along with almost anyone. You are kind and sympathetic. You support all your friends - and love them for who they are. You get along well with: The Ring Finger Stay away from: The Thumb

What Finger Are You?

I hope everyone reading my blog (all two of you...) does not get the thumb (as it is Judy got the thumb... go figure:) So let me know what you all are and if I should stay clear of you.... haha

Being Understood by God

So I was looking through my e-mail and saw this and thought it was really worth sharing... From



²¹When my soul was embittered,
when I was pricked in heart,
²²I was brutish and ignorant;
I was like a beast toward you.
²³Nevertheless, I am continually with you;
you hold my right hand.
²⁴You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will receive me to glory.

|| Psalm 73:21-24 || ESV ||

In psalm 73 Asaph is a bitterly confused man. He looks around and sees that the wicked are prospering while he, a righteous man, suffers. In this he is not unlike Job. The old equation of "works righteousness" no longer makes sense to him. And he is bitter and angry.
Everything changes for him the instant he enters the sanctuary of the Lord in verse 17. This experience of renewed Presence seems to make the confusion vanish like a mist. In 21 he apologizes for his outburst. (Though take note his angry words are now a part of holy scripture!) The act of taking his eyes off his enemies and looking once more toward the Father causes him to remember all a person need remember; He is always "with us," holding our right hand, guiding us and promising us a place.

And for your enjoyment...

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it"

This past Sunday...

This was taken Sunday at the Gibson City Bible church for the "Handles Messiah" Concert. Janessa,Jane, and I all played "Pastoral Symphony" for it.

Peter LaRock

Peter LaRock was a name I heard a lot
And I finally met him at our little spot
I set out in my mind not to like him at all
Infact I said I would rather look at the wall
This Peter was going to be so annoying and rude
Talking to no one but my sister the mean dude!
But then the day came when you walked though our door
Dad and Mom said come in all the more!
But to be quite honest with you...
I could not help but like him too.
There visit was so short
And I am going to miss them as they court.
Peter you are Caring, Loving, and Sweet
And are the nicest person I can ever hope to meet!

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 12:9-10



One other thing I wanted to add Peter..

This past week when people have been asking me what I thought about you. I told them that you were a lot of fun and are like a big brother to me:-)

but I thought my eyes were blue?

What kind of eyes do you have?
Eden You have eden eyes. Eden is the color of water. Your eyes symbolize your great flexibility. You are a creative person. You can think of many good ways to get your point across to people as you have very good communication abilities. When someone feels down or is hurt, you have the remarkable ability to help them and heal them. If you have too little going on in your life, you may be withdrawn and depressed, timid, manipulative, unreliable, stubborn, or suspicious. Some words to describe you: peaceful, sincere, affectionate, tranquil, intuitive, trustworthy, pure, loyal, healing, and stable.
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it's been a while...

Yes that it has.. So here is what I have been doing this past week.(in a short version:)


Went to the IL State Capital with Mom, Janessa, Judy, and Jeff.... It got me really excited about this years Teenpact class.
Stood for 3 hours and directed people to the room where the IFFM people were meeting.
Listened to the most interesting conversations....And I mean strange. Take this for one
(this older man was talking to another man about how fickle women are!!!!! enough said;-)
Talked to a really cool lady for about 2 hours about...well most everything.
Am really tired
Am sick of seeing M&M's:-) lol
My feet hurt
My bed sounds most wonderful!

More later.

P.S. So what has your week been like?

things I have been doing...

well... School and more school and how about school?:-)
I just changed my Xanga( http://www.xanga.com/joestar100) picture so it got me thinking about some really good books/movies I have read/seen this year. (sorry about the pictures being out of order... blogger is being annoying today:-)


this first one is a book that I am reading right now. I hope to see the movie soon! It is called "Lorna Doone" it has to do with this group of people called the Doone's who were nothing but ruthless.






This is a picture from the movie "Amazing Grace" which I really want to see again! It was oh... so good.










And I could not do a post about movies without taking the time to post about pirates of the caribbean 2!


This is one I saw not to long ago call "The count of MonteCcristo" Which was really good as well.

This one I put up Just for Jane! called " Wives and Daughters" Very slow but good:-)

This was my favorite read this year."Daniel Deronda" by Geroge Elliot the movie was just like the book! I just loved it! (as my family can tell you)

thought I would share!

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 66 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

66 people in the world who have the name Joanna Cole (wow the poor things:)

For the name Joanna

Statistically the 585th most popular first name .(tied with 10 other first names)


There are 82.491 people in the US with the first name Joanna.


For the name Cole



There are 239.975 people in the U.S with the last name Cole

Statistically the 107th post popular last name (tied with three other last names)

who is who????

So I know I had you all do this once but here is a new and updated picture from this past Christmas.
In this picture there is....Mom, Jeanette,Julie,Jessica,Janessa,Jane,Joanna, and Judy. so who is wearing what sock???

hm.. So I can tell which one you all are talking about when you guess... I will number them so I know what you all are talking about.
1.purple one....
2.then the pink one
3.then the middle blue
4.then dark blue
5then light blue
6.then red
7.orange
8.and green

ok start guessing!!!!!!!!!!!!

looking back on old times....

Ok maybe not so old:-) From this past Christmas...



Our very own chess champions!!!(sleeping on the job)





Our ready and willing cooks!(some of them)

Our dear sister-in-law Jessica and her strange husband....

Ok... maybe not so strange.

Our resident sheriff and deputy on the side.


playing "It's a wonderful Life" game...

hurry up!!!! you are taking too long!!!

bored oh so bored....

It ain't that hard.. just answer the question!!!



My odest sister Jeanette.. she is really cute in this picture!

Jeanette and Julie gave mom pj's for christmas and with the pj's came these sun visors. (sorry mom I just had to share this photo)



And last but not least is Jeff trying to hide from the camera.