The promised bus story!

a very long one at that...

so our plan was.. to leave from Hagerstown, Pennsylvania at 8:15 p.m. Sunday night and be in Champaign IL at around 9:00 am Monday morning. That was a very good plan... but that is not quite how it turned out.

Dad and I made it just fine to Columbus, OH. And that is where the trouble started.

We got about 5 min away from the bus stop and the bus died. So we pulled off of the interstate and waited for another bus to be available for a little over 2 hours. So another driver comes and rescues us. Then we had to go back to the bus station to take the other driver back so he could drive another bus somewhere else. So he pulls up to right behind some of the other buses and gets off.( not a smart move:-) Then our driver gets up in front but is then kept busy trying to get the seats straight.(One French guy did not have a seat) So why he is doing that another bus in the bus station starts to pull out and does not see that we are behind them so our driver jumps to the front and lays on the horn only to have the other bus stop and then proceed to keep going so he throws the door open and yells at the other driver. We were within 2 feet of hitting each other right in the bus station!

So sitting on the side of the interstate has put us two and a half hours behind!

So we get going and everyone begins to fall asleep... I was enjoying some much needed sleep when suddenly but bus swerved and we ran off the road. Everyone one began asking what was going on and the bus driver asked if everyone was ok. He (the bus driver) then proceeds to leave the bus to go look things over.

At this point no one knows what is going on. So for about 20 to 25 min we all sat on the bus wondering what in the world had happened. The next thing we know the police show up! Giving us sheets to fill out about the accident. Some were a bit too personal such as what our SSN was and how much we weighed and what color our eyes were and our clothes description. It got really old. Anyway...Then our driver finally came in to get some papers out of the front and he told us that some could get off and smoke or whatever.

There was a lot of discussion about what happed but from what Dad and I gathered...

Is that we ran one van off the road and that caused another little car to hit us and smash their front left light. Our driver says that he swerved to avoid hitting a gofer on the road. (Dad is not quite sure about that) I did not have a chance to get a picture of the white car. But I did take a few other pics for your enjoyment.

Taking advantage of the moment.( or should I say hours) ... and laying on the grass between the interstate.

One Lady decided to give the drivers passing by something to talk about.

Our driver in the blue shirt talking to some of the police and state patrol men and women.

And another pic of the more than bored passengers...

You can't really see the damage in this picture but there is paint from the van that went in the ditch on the tire.

You can see the tow truck in the back taking the maroon van away.. (or whatever kind of vehicle it was:)

So then after 3 hours of waiting on who knows what... we drove to the nearest town to have a tire repaired which took 45 min and FINALLY got going after that. When we arrived to Indy we had another problem all the buses going to Champaign had already been and gone. Or so we thought. ( we had a moment of hope)Dad asked if any more were going to Champaign that day and one lady said oh ya it leaves in like 30 min which would not have been so bad.. but.... the lady told dad there would be one layover... Which would be Chicago! Which would have then put us at home around oh.. 11:00 p.m. that night. So Dad made a executive decision! (One that I was quite thankful for) We went to a lovely place called "Avis Car rental"! And drove from Indy to Champaign where mom came and got us and took us to the place I love to call home! (MY BED!!!!!!!!!!!!) So there is your really really really long story! But that is what you asked for!

I do thank God for keeping us safe though! It could have been a whole lot worse but he did protect us from all harm and that is something to be thankful for!

If you have any questions about the story I just tried to tell(I hope it made sense to you all) please don't hesitate to leave me a comment and ask... I will try and answer what I know.


So with all that said and done. I need to go to bed. I am heading to my Aunt and Uncles for the Labor Day weekend with Jeanette and Janessa hopefully I shall take some pictures and share with you all. Leave me lots of comments so I can have something to look forward to reading when I get home.

later....

My day yesterday....

Was kept very busy watching Matthew, Victor, and Nissa!

I was not going to post this one seeing as I just put another one similar to this up above but I wanted you to
take note of Matthews face! LOL what were you trying to do Matthew???


If you have not guessed by now I was babysitting these three kids yesterday! And we have a very good time!

And as promised the bus story will be my next post:-)

Who would have guessed!

I was so looking forward to having the whole house to my self yesterday. Seeing as Jane, was in farmer city and Mom took Judy,Jed,and Jeff shopping in Gibson so I .... cleaned.. and I cleaned and I cleaned some more. then wanting to do my sit-ups and take a little break I thought to myself "what movie could I put on.. I mean everyone is gone so I can watch something that the boys can not see" But then I would think it can't be that long because I need to get to work so I decided to watch..... "Lord of the Beans a Veggietales movie" LOL who would have thought that I would pic Veggietales from our whole movie selection!

AN UPDATE!!!!!!!!!

just for Jonathan..............

what a beautiful little girl!!!!!

Me with my little lucy....

Lots more pics and stories to come!

pics of my little angel

This is one of my favorites of Lucy! She is such a pretty thing!!!


This one is to cute not to post!




Lucy looks like her Daddy in this one....



What are we thinking about Little Lucy??????



The lighting is a bit strange but still this is another cute one!


"why is everyone looking at me"????



More pictures to come along with our Bus story!

some thoughts for the day....

I am not quite sure how to say the things that are really on my heart
This week has been hard for me,I am trying to keep my head on and be smart
Things are going on that I can not share with anyone...
Things I can only share with the Father and the Son
But My heavenly Father has been teaching me alot
To be happy in times of sorrow and to be thankful for what I got.

And to keep my mouth shut, and to live with changes in our household
I have been thinking about all the schoolwork I have to do in the winter so cold
I feel as if I am being torn into a million pieces right now
so many things going on, HOLY COW!!!!!!!
So many are leaving or going away to college
My dear friend Megan along with others to gain knowledge.

My sister getting married, Joseph is moving to VA
But I am going with him so what can I say!
But praise the Lord for the chance to go and meet
My little Lucy!!!!! and visit with Jeremy,Jessica,Julie,and Pete!



The prettiest baby in the WORLD!!!!!! She looks more like a doll every day! I can't wait to hold her! I am sure I will have ALOT of pics of her when I get back! Woot woot!


And here is a picture of Julie and her Pete!
They both are so sweet!

Please say a prayer today

For Mark and Carrie Burns today-They both just lost DJ there golden Retriever. He was one special dog. On their program they played this song by..

Artist: Fernando Ortega
Song: Give me Jesus

In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise
In the morning, when I rise, give me Jesus

Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus,
You can have all this world,
But give me Jesus

When I am alone
When I am alone
When I am alone, give me Jesus

Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus,
You can have all this world,
But give me Jesus

When I come to die
When I come to die
When I come to die, give me Jesus

Give me Jesus,
Give me Jesus,
You can have all this world,
You can have all this world,
You can have all this world,
But give me Jesus

More updates on my life......

Julie and Peter are coming tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We go to my Aunt Sheryle's for a wedding shower this weekend.
I went blueberry picking today with Jane and Jonathan today.
I have to clean the house up before my sister arrives with Pete!
I started me cleaning job this week woot woot!
I have been doing alot of mowing and gardening.
I taught Jane and Judy how to mow this week:-)
I am doing science and math alot this week.
And I ate way to many blueberry's today!

Haha

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.