New Friends!

A couple of weeks ago I spent a week at Rock Lake Bible Methodist Camp. It was so much fun! There were so many teenagers there to hang out with. We would spend the day playing volleyball and softball. Then in the evenings we would stay up late and play some other games ;) It was so, so much fun. These were a few of the girls I met at camp. Except for Alyssa, of course, I've known her for a year now. Left to right is Valerie Keep, Me, Alyssa Coxon, Esther Hough, Sarah Hough, and Anna Hough. I had an awesome time. I also met a few girls who will be going to GBS this year, and I found out about seven teens from Rock Lake will be going next year. It was so cool to make some new friends.

Emma's First Birthday!

Today was my beautiful niece, Emma's, first birthday. She was so cute! And she got so many cute presents, as you can see. The red wagon and cabbage patch doll was from her mommy & daddy. She loved riding around in that wagon. Later on we had some birthday cake, but we never could get her to eat any. We tried to get her to eat it with her hands, but she wouldn't, she wanted a fork. Even then she wouldn't eat it she just wanted to feed her daddy. In the end she ended up eating the candy orange slices off the cake, she never did eat her birthday cake. It was quite an enjoyable day, watching our little Emma on her first birthday.

My Grandparents.

These are my best friends, my grandma & grandpa Murphy. My grandma passed away March 17, 2007. We found out a few days after Christmas that she had cancer. Grandma was always there for her grandchildren and she was the most fun to be with. We always went places with her. I would go and spent a couple of weeks with them in Florida sometimes. There were a lot of times I would come home from school and not be able to find anything to snack on so I would ride my bike to Grandma & Grandpa's house. I miss my grandma very much, but I know she is in a better place and she will be waiting there for me. She was a very godly woman who loved God with all her heart. No one could ever doubt that. She was always ready to stand up in church and thank God for something. Even if it was just thanking Him for helping her find something she had needed for a good price at a garage sale. She is dearly missed by her family, but we will always remember her as a smiling, encouraging, godly grandma.

Me and my school friends

This picture was taken on the day of my graduation. These are two of my friends from school, Michael Maloyed and Michael Miller. I didn't realize what they were doing until after the picture was taken. I thought for once they were going to take a serious picture. Yeah right! :) I had to put up with these two for one whole year. Don't you feel sorry for me :) They played a lot of pranks on me over the school year, but I guess it was my own fault because I always fell for it and I always reacted. Which, of course, is all they wanted-- a reaction.

The Town Gossips

It isn't the clearest picture, but I am the one in the middle. This was our spring drama at my school this past year. It was a western comedy about two law breakers who decided to go straight. Then they were mistaken for bank robbers and to hide from the law they pretended to be cousins of a family in town. I played Sarah Perkins, the wife of their cousin, George Perkins. In this scene the town gossips (school friends Makayla and Kallene) came for a visit to find out all about the new "eligible bachelors" in town. It was kind of funny because their skirts were so big that every time they came through the door (even during practice) they would push me into the wall. It was a lot of fun playing that part.