Dear Diary,
I had a great night with all my friends, and family at a farewell party for Coralyn, but there was surprisingly sour air on our trip back home.Sierra got offended way to easily, Cheyenne would make mean remarks, Malia would get into each others business ,me, Shae, and occasionally Cheyenne would stick up for the few people in the van that were being criticized by the others, Mom would be getting frustrated at Dad's driving, and dad would casually take the criticism quietly. All that in one mini van just put us all in an awkward silence. but to all of our relief Shae came to the rescue and broke the silence saying "lets sing a song". that didn't exactly put any of us into a good mood but it made my mom chirp up and sing "if your happy and you know it clap your hands!"
Think about it! if your in a grumpy mood a old dumb primary song isn't going to brighten your heart, but for some reason one by one, me and my sisters would make a little giggle Shae started with a clap and sang along, then dad would sing along but not clap so to keep us safe from a car accident. and then me without meaning to, slipped out a little giggle that resulted in a clap too. After I started in singing Cheyenne started up and then Malia started, by the next verses we all started clapping, stomping, and making our "hooray!"'s, But strangely enough Sierra still had her hands cupped at her face in frustration until we noticed that her shoulders were moving in the way of laughter and then she started laughing and singing along as well. by the end of the fourth verse my mom asked if we were all happy yet. and we all yelled "yes!" except sierra who said "no" in a jokingly, sarcastic way.
I am extremely happy for the gift of music,family, and primary cause if it wasn't for those 3 things I would never have learned from that experience. How we should all be a peace maker at those times of contention and frustration all it takes is a silly little primary song.
-Tanisha
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Old McDonald had a farm.... Ee Ii Ee Ii OO!!
Dear Diary,
Well just so you know... WE MOVED!! I am now living in Brentwood, on a little farm in a littler house. Since we moved in I have been having so much fun! like hauling wood, driving a lawn mower, herding goats, watching baby chicks hatch!! what a perfect time to move on a beautiful farm! SPRING! Since moving in I have gone through a faze like extremely enjoying the farm life! building chicken coops and all. I have been getting super great idea's! like building new fences and painting them white all cute like, buying myself a goose for a pet!, building a new duck hutch for the pond and the ducks of course. its pretty exciting! this place is really coming together!
Easter came and went in such a fashion that I was left jumping up and down in glee! the lessons in Church have been extraordinary, and the egg hunt on Monday was hilarious! (I ended up being thrown in the Duck pond) there was three teams and Cheyenne, Malia, and I all planned out the treasure hunts to find the basket full of chocolate and candies. We had the Andersons and Schafers come and join us on our Easter evening.
Well until next time!!
Tanisha
Monday, March 14, 2011
Stripes
Dear Diary,
GUESS WHAT!? our duck just had 10 adorable ducklings! they are so cute! remind me to put a picture up for you to see how cute they are! our first sign of spring!
Well during these last couple of weeks my days change with out me planning on them to do so. this morning I woke up with my Dad telling me to get my resume together and get ready to go because my Nana was going to take me and my sisters for job hunting. Job hunting is I have discovered way harder then any other hunting by the way. Like hunting deer would be easy cause there is deer all over the place! but here in Vic people are stubborn and make it harder to get a job. Anyway! so then I find myself in the car with my Nana and my cousin/sister Shae. and by the end of that 2 hours Shae did awesome! but by the time I was done... I had no such luck. I took my resume to a multiple of places but turns out they don't hire 14 year old's just 15 and up. after that I gave up and stopped going from store to store. I was pretty discouraged. so I will just have to see what happens! if nothing then I am not going to EFY this year.
on that sour note...
Another part of amazing news is that tomorrow (Tuesday) we, as in the all the Home schoolers are going to Utah for a TGED conference! (Thomas Jefferson Education) and after the conference there will be a family ball! and we will also be staying in a hotel! could this be a dream? hope not!
So yes that's my stripes! I have good things that happen all the time! but there is always something bad that follows after words. Luckily another good thing comes back up! And so on and so forth.
Tanisha
GUESS WHAT!? our duck just had 10 adorable ducklings! they are so cute! remind me to put a picture up for you to see how cute they are! our first sign of spring!
Well during these last couple of weeks my days change with out me planning on them to do so. this morning I woke up with my Dad telling me to get my resume together and get ready to go because my Nana was going to take me and my sisters for job hunting. Job hunting is I have discovered way harder then any other hunting by the way. Like hunting deer would be easy cause there is deer all over the place! but here in Vic people are stubborn and make it harder to get a job. Anyway! so then I find myself in the car with my Nana and my cousin/sister Shae. and by the end of that 2 hours Shae did awesome! but by the time I was done... I had no such luck. I took my resume to a multiple of places but turns out they don't hire 14 year old's just 15 and up. after that I gave up and stopped going from store to store. I was pretty discouraged. so I will just have to see what happens! if nothing then I am not going to EFY this year.
on that sour note...
Another part of amazing news is that tomorrow (Tuesday) we, as in the all the Home schoolers are going to Utah for a TGED conference! (Thomas Jefferson Education) and after the conference there will be a family ball! and we will also be staying in a hotel! could this be a dream? hope not!
So yes that's my stripes! I have good things that happen all the time! but there is always something bad that follows after words. Luckily another good thing comes back up! And so on and so forth.
Tanisha
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Uganda Africa service project.
Dear Diary,
HELLO! so I don't know if you know... but I am in a group of girls that have been raising money, clothes, and school supplies for the girls, boys and adults in Uganda Africa. pretty cool huh?
so the people in this group is me, Elsie Orrego, Emma Holmes, Savannah Holmes, Jenaya Thomson, Rachel Sacket, Ellen Watters, and Megan Watters.
So the last project that came up for us was just that- collect girls and boys clothes for the girls and boys in Uganda! The hard part for the boys was that I live in a family full of girls so I had to ask friends that had extra boy clothes to give away. and the problem with the girls clothes was that girls in Uganda are not allowed to wear pants so we had to only pack pants for them. but in the end I found just the things! and it was so great to know that I am sending the things to the right place.
service projects are always coming around for me! like reading to little kids in the library or packing clothes for Russia for a YW (Young Women's) activity, even making money for from candy bags on Valentines day for Africa's Widows and orphans. because service is what life is all about.
Tanisha
HELLO! so I don't know if you know... but I am in a group of girls that have been raising money, clothes, and school supplies for the girls, boys and adults in Uganda Africa. pretty cool huh?
so the people in this group is me, Elsie Orrego, Emma Holmes, Savannah Holmes, Jenaya Thomson, Rachel Sacket, Ellen Watters, and Megan Watters.
So the last project that came up for us was just that- collect girls and boys clothes for the girls and boys in Uganda! The hard part for the boys was that I live in a family full of girls so I had to ask friends that had extra boy clothes to give away. and the problem with the girls clothes was that girls in Uganda are not allowed to wear pants so we had to only pack pants for them. but in the end I found just the things! and it was so great to know that I am sending the things to the right place.
service projects are always coming around for me! like reading to little kids in the library or packing clothes for Russia for a YW (Young Women's) activity, even making money for from candy bags on Valentines day for Africa's Widows and orphans. because service is what life is all about.
Tanisha
Sunday, February 20, 2011
news, NeWs, NEWS!
Dear Diary,
well you wouldnt believe it! we are moving! AGAIN! we are moving to Sidney a nice little farm, and a smaller little house but we will be renivating! when i first heard this news i was so shocked i didnt speak. i guess the reason for that was because i was so unsure. i have moved from house to house, from place ot place all my life. i have never lived in the same house for more then a year. plus the last time we BOUGHT a house... the house was filled with black mold, which made living in it not so good of an idea. so we ended up homeless. after that experience i just started to block off all excitement from buying a house, because i guess i was just scared. Anyway, so when my mom called me while i was at the Pringles house that we bought a house, I was filled with doubt and filled with stress, and unsureness. but after i hung up the phone i got a blast of realization! this was an answer to my prayers! i have been fasting and praying for days that me and my family will find a home that we will comfortably live in and we wont have to move anymore and start real roots. and so i prayed right at that moment for thanks. and went on with my day. so we are officailly moving to sidney ward! no turning back now. - that was on Valentines day. i will have to send a picture of it to my picture album! so COMING SOON!
the other bit of news!:KGB
well so since everyone found out suddenly, we were invited by the schafers to go to there Mutual activity. which was KGB if you dont know what it is then let me tell you! ---> there is a beginning spot and a finnish line, everyone has to run from the beginning to the finnish line, but its in the dark, on the streets. anyway you have to get to the finnished line with out being caught by certain people driving in cars, if your caught your out of the game. and the first person or team wins! so thats what we played and it was super crazy! my team was elsie,shae, and Miki (our exchange student)
so when we played this game we ended up crossing through some rich guys field thinking its a short cut cause we got lost, but then since we did that we went off the map and had to do a major back track! over and over again we wold accidently find ourselves in dead ends, and had to keep back tracking! it was chaotic i just have to say! anyway we finnally got a couple of blocks away around when we were sick of droping to the muddy ground everytime a car drove by that we ended up getting caught by Landon Anderson and Bro. Greenwood. it was so fun! and i hope to do it again so i can do it properly the next time!
oh and the other news....hmmm I cant remember oops! but I remember it was important... OH NEVER MIND I REMEBER! the PROWS's are here!! its been so fun! And it snowed! and we have been playing in the snow!!
It was so weird when I first saw them because they came as a surprise, anyway Sam shot up so tall I didnt even recognize him! And when I did see becca I realized it was sam!! it was so awesome! anyway that was my super great news! I will write more! but until then... Live long and Prosper.
Tanisha
well you wouldnt believe it! we are moving! AGAIN! we are moving to Sidney a nice little farm, and a smaller little house but we will be renivating! when i first heard this news i was so shocked i didnt speak. i guess the reason for that was because i was so unsure. i have moved from house to house, from place ot place all my life. i have never lived in the same house for more then a year. plus the last time we BOUGHT a house... the house was filled with black mold, which made living in it not so good of an idea. so we ended up homeless. after that experience i just started to block off all excitement from buying a house, because i guess i was just scared. Anyway, so when my mom called me while i was at the Pringles house that we bought a house, I was filled with doubt and filled with stress, and unsureness. but after i hung up the phone i got a blast of realization! this was an answer to my prayers! i have been fasting and praying for days that me and my family will find a home that we will comfortably live in and we wont have to move anymore and start real roots. and so i prayed right at that moment for thanks. and went on with my day. so we are officailly moving to sidney ward! no turning back now. - that was on Valentines day. i will have to send a picture of it to my picture album! so COMING SOON!
the other bit of news!:KGB
well so since everyone found out suddenly, we were invited by the schafers to go to there Mutual activity. which was KGB if you dont know what it is then let me tell you! ---> there is a beginning spot and a finnish line, everyone has to run from the beginning to the finnish line, but its in the dark, on the streets. anyway you have to get to the finnished line with out being caught by certain people driving in cars, if your caught your out of the game. and the first person or team wins! so thats what we played and it was super crazy! my team was elsie,shae, and Miki (our exchange student)
so when we played this game we ended up crossing through some rich guys field thinking its a short cut cause we got lost, but then since we did that we went off the map and had to do a major back track! over and over again we wold accidently find ourselves in dead ends, and had to keep back tracking! it was chaotic i just have to say! anyway we finnally got a couple of blocks away around when we were sick of droping to the muddy ground everytime a car drove by that we ended up getting caught by Landon Anderson and Bro. Greenwood. it was so fun! and i hope to do it again so i can do it properly the next time!
oh and the other news....hmmm I cant remember oops! but I remember it was important... OH NEVER MIND I REMEBER! the PROWS's are here!! its been so fun! And it snowed! and we have been playing in the snow!!
It was so weird when I first saw them because they came as a surprise, anyway Sam shot up so tall I didnt even recognize him! And when I did see becca I realized it was sam!! it was so awesome! anyway that was my super great news! I will write more! but until then... Live long and Prosper.
Tanisha
Monday, February 7, 2011
Esther and the King
Dear Diary,
remember TYC? Well I guess the leaders were pretty sad that they couldn't continue gathering the youth together and working through hard labor of dance steps and sing-song practices they decided that they would start another big youth production! Its called Esther and the King. you probably know this story from child hood bed time stories or veggie tales (my favorite), or even in church classes, well we are doing a musical production of it. so now we are meeting every Saturday night to sing, dance, and repeat. I am a villager (meaning the extra's that couldn't fit in with any of the major parts) But even though when ever people ask who I am in the musical, and I say "a villager" and they say "oh I am sorry about that" - putting pity into there voices or saying something insulting like "ha ha that stinks" well I am quite happy with my part. I don't have to sing solo! and the spot light isn't really on me! so that means I don't get stage fright! (I get really bad case of stage fright by the way) plus during the rehearsals I don't have to do much and they are not leading me into room after room to rehearse things I already rehearsed last Saturday. And they barely know I am missing for a water break. ha ha life is good. well I actually I love going to Saturday rehearsals. because as you know I am a home school-er and so this is one of my good ways to get some social life in my life at home.
Well last Saturday they introduced the choreography to us. It was hard stuff! but after a while I got the hang of it, (either then slapping someone in the face once in a while- unintentionally of course) but I discovered how difficult it is to put dancing the right steps and arm movements and singing the right words, and as loud as I can IN TUNE is EXTREMELY hard! well.. not that hard, but hard enough that I would find myself giggling in the middle of the song because I tripped over my own foot and crashed into the person next to me. well wish me luck! Cause here comes another Saturday this week!(even though its one of the best parts of the week)
Tanisha
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Seminary Garbage pick-up
Dear Diary,
Today was FANTASTIC. I started off the day like I said earlier.. at seminary! and guess what I did right after seminary? picked up garbage! I guess over the night wind blew right threw a over packed dumpster at the chapel and got loads of garbage strewn all over the church parking lot. so after seminary, everyone pitched in and gathered it up in what ended up to be 2 or 3 full garbage bags full of garbage. it was a good start to my morning I have to say! The rest of the day was actually REALLY GREAT as well! I really love to home school right now, I just started my other class on Canadian History and its amazing! also I watched "the boy in the striped pajamas" for my Friday classes. I read the book on Monday and we watched the movie tonight. I suggest if your going to watch the move... just be prepared for tears. and i will say no more. its a tear jerk-er for sure.
Tanisha
Today was FANTASTIC. I started off the day like I said earlier.. at seminary! and guess what I did right after seminary? picked up garbage! I guess over the night wind blew right threw a over packed dumpster at the chapel and got loads of garbage strewn all over the church parking lot. so after seminary, everyone pitched in and gathered it up in what ended up to be 2 or 3 full garbage bags full of garbage. it was a good start to my morning I have to say! The rest of the day was actually REALLY GREAT as well! I really love to home school right now, I just started my other class on Canadian History and its amazing! also I watched "the boy in the striped pajamas" for my Friday classes. I read the book on Monday and we watched the movie tonight. I suggest if your going to watch the move... just be prepared for tears. and i will say no more. its a tear jerk-er for sure.
Tanisha
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