Funny Story

I know I've kind of neglected this blog this last week, but since our devastating news last week, I haven't really felt up to it.

I just had a funny little story to share, and I just couldn't resist posting it!

Tonight I was doing a workout video (Jillian Michael's 30-Day-Shred.. soo HARD!! My muscles are burning!!) when Moses came over, and said "Me do movie too Rara!"

When I looked down, he was trying his very hardest to work out with me. He was wiggling his butt, shaking his hips, and kicking out his legs, in his own interpretation of what was happening. He even went and grabbed a pair of shoes to use as weights when it came to the strength section!

I was laughing so hard I could hardly follow the exercises properly!

I know this was very short, but I just had to share this quick story- and I have a ton of homework to finish! I wish I wasn't such a procrastinator! But this weekend is a 4 day weekend, so tomorrow's the last day of school for the week- soooo looking forward to 4 days off!!!

Here's a picture of Moses with his big brother Josh. I wish I had a picture of him 'working out' with me, but I'll definitely try to catch it next time!

Please Pray..

Today we had an emergency school assembly, and were told some shocking, tragic news. I'm still kind of in shock, and don't really know how to feel, or respond.

Nathan K, a guy in my grade, passed away in his sleep on Saturday night. We don't know any other details, other than he wasn't sick, and was perfectly healthy, and hanging out with his friends late Friday night. No one at school- and especially our grade, and his close friends- knows what to do right now, and school was all but shut down all day. The Auditorium was open all day for anyone to go in and just pray, or cry with friends; classes didn't really happen. Me and my friends were in the auditorium all morning, and then me and Carissa, one of my close friends just came home after lunch.

Please, please pray for his poor family.. I can't imagine what they're going through right now. And also for his closest friends, and those who really knew him well, and for our whole school; that we would all make it through this grieving time together, and that we'll be stronger, and closer after this horrible time. I didn't know him too well, but he seemed like a good guy. He could be a little annoying at times, but what high school guy isn't? He loved photography, and was amazing at it, and he always seemed so happy. I wish I had taken the time to know him better; the only good thing is that we know that he's happier than we could ever imagine right now, in Heaven with God.

We'll miss you Nathan, and won't ever, ever forget you.

I'm not going to post any pictures of him up, but here is a little sample of some of his photography.. as you can see, he was sooo talented:

Another cute video..

For those of you who read my mom's blog, feel free to skip over this post. But for those of you who don't, I just had to share this video! Its one of the funniest videos of Ayana and Moses ever. This was totally not posed at all, and they (or at least Ayana) weren't showing off for the camera at all.. this is just what they're like!! It was taken about a week before last Christmas, and Ayana and Moses were just enjoying watching the snow, with some beautiful background music.. so Ayana decided to express how she was feeling with some interpretive dance.. and Moses decided to copy her. Enjoy!

Pictures

Megan just downloaded a 30-day trial of Paint Shop Pro Photo Edition, and I've been hooked ever since! I've just been playing around with some pictures, and thought I'd share some of the cute ones I've come up with. (They're not all of Ayana and Moses, but there's some really nice ones of them.)

These are pictures from Crescent Beach (I think I may have posted some of the originals back in February- from the Flag Ceremony at our church)

This is one of the pictures from Christmas Eve last year, up on Grouse Mountain (don't really like the effects on this one, but I'll have to fix it up later)

Here's one from my trip to India.. me and my friends in the Arabian Sea! (I'm the second from the right)

This one is from my cousin's wedding about 6ish years ago.. Megan was a flower girl, Josh was a ring bearer, and I was a junior bridesmaid. I loooove this picture! :)

Hope you like them! :)