New Church Excitement

A couple weeks ago we moved our cross to the new location.

 After the 11:00 service they took the cross out of the Sanctuary and loaded it onto the back of a truck,

 that then lead a parade going 5 MPH to the new church.

There were many pictures taken so here are just a few of my favorites.

This is the cross being loaded onto the truck.

This is a picture I took from the car while we were following the cross.

This was the at the short blessing of the cross,once we got to the new church.

On December 18 we had the dedication service.
The huge church was filled, they had to create overflow
 seating in the narthex and there still were people standing.
Thankfully, our family all got somewhere to sit.
There was so much music and everyone was so happy.
Adam, Me, and Dad sang for the service.
Dad was singing with the praise team, and I lead the Youth Praise group
joined by the JAM kids and all the school kids.
Here are some of the pictures from the event.

1st Choir Concert

I had my first choir concert on the 25th, and it turned out great. There were three choirs from our school that participated: Choir 1- Freshman and Sophomores(all girls), Choir 2- Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors (boys and girls), and the Master Singers- girls that auditioned.

I am in Choir 1 so we sang first. Each choir did three songs, ours were We Can Plant A Forest, Homeward Bound, and For The Beauty of The Earth. Most of the notes in the first two songs were easy to reach, but the last one was a little more difficult. 

After each choir was finished singing their three songs we all got up on stage together and sang one final song Shanandoah. This song was my favorite it sounded absolutely amazing with all of the sections singing together. 

Overall the concert was very beuatiful.

Homecoming: Freshman Year

Last night I went to homecoming with a bunch of friends. Everyone had some pretty crazy dance moves, hahaha ! It was so much fun, some of us had raspy voices at the end of the night, all of us had sore feet, and we all had hearing loss! :D 

Hope you enjoy these pictures!

From Left to Right- Standing: Alexis, Katie, Sydney, Hannah, Josie

Sitting: Zach, Me, Luke

Me and Josie

Me, Hannah, and Luke

Our Heels!

Sittin' Pretty!

Goofy Pose!

We're Rockin' the Heels!

All Us Girls!!

8th Grade Graduation

Sorry, my graduation happened a while back but I was going through some pictures and thought it would be a nice post.

At the end of the school year we had our "Completion Ceremony" or Graduation as I prefer, about two hundred 8th graders waled across the auditorium stage to receive there "diplomas". It was a fun preview of how our High School Graduation will be like. After everyone got their diplomas we headed to the gym for punch and cookies, we were all excited and ready to pose with our friends for pictures.

So, here are some of the pictures.

From the Left to the Right: Dr. Nicholas:Principal, Mrs. Martin: Guidance Counselor,

 Mr. Hintz: Associate Principal, and Mr. Lewandowski: Associate Principal

Me and My Friend Hannah,

 and in the black in the background is Jesse

Me and My Friend Josie

Me and My Friend Morgan

Me and My Friend Ally

Me and My Friend Taylor

Me and My "Diploma"

Waterski Show

On Saturday, my family, Grandma and Grandpa Hurst, and I went down to Janesville to watch the 2011 Waterski National Championship. There were a bunch of teams there to compete, but we stayed to watch three and they were great. They did many tricks, including skiing backwards, bare-footing, jumping, and building pyramids on the water. It was a great trip and it was the perfect weather to be on the water, but it was a little warm in the bleachers. 

Hope you enjoy these pictures!

Down by the Lakefront

Today, mom took Adam, Grace, and I down to the lakefront for some beach fun... and it sure was FUN! We made sandcastles and dug trenches, played soccer (with a volleyball), and had a blast in the water. There were a bunch of waves today so Grace and I went and took advantage of them. There was one wave that left an impression on me though, I was caught in the waves and for a split second i looked and there was water both in front and in back of me , like a tunnel. I could see right through the water! I loved that moment. Well, here are some pictures of the action.

State Fair

Last night my family and I went to the State Fair and to the Casting Crowns concert. First we went to the pavilion that had the young artists artwork hanging up and surprise... there was one of my pieces from art class last year. A print from a linoleum cut self portrait I had made...

Next we walked through the market place building a little, but then we all headed over to get some corn on the cob! Yum! Grace had a footlong hot dog and Adam devoured a corn-dog! Dad had a Gyro and mom had an italian sausage... I had cotton candy... ha ha... (i wasn't that hungry) Then we all headed over to the Big slide! All three of us kids went down and dad took a video...

I could hear Adam laughing behind me all the way down!!! It was fun!

The Fair was fun and the concert was awesome! The opening act was not so good... she was flat most of the time, but the band was good. I saw Casting Crowns come out of their trailer and then they took the stage. I knew all the songs except for a couple new ones... they were really good in person.

We only have a few photos because dad didn't want to bring his camera. (he just wanted to enjoy the concert)

The State Fair! Always a good time! 

On the way out we bought a 6 pack of cream puffs! Yum! we had them for breakfast this morning!

They were good!

Hospital Trip

On Thursday the 14th of July, i was sent to the ER from my doctors office (gladly not in an ambulance :). I was having extreme pain in my "right abdominal quadrant". Mom drove me down and we sat in the ER room for around six hours before we even knew what was wrong! Finally, the on-call surgeon came in and told me i was going to have to stay overnight because I had gall stones. They decided that my gall bladder must be removed, so they got me a room and i moved in at around 2:00AM. Mom stayed the night with me so we could both get some sleep.

I wasn't an emergency surgery, so all of Friday I moped around my room hooked up to all kinds of machines. They finally decided that my surgery would take place anytime after 7:00 in the morning. Since, I hadn't eaten anything since 6:30 thursday evening I had an IV put in, and they told me that I couldnt have anything Friday except some ice. I basically watched movies and slept all day. Pastor Goodwin stopped by and wished me good luck and told me that I shouldnt even be worried. Dad stayed overnight Friday. I had my surgery the next morning at 9:30, I fell asleep before the anesthesiologist came in, I had a breathing tube, and that is all I remember. The next thing I know, Im laying in the recovery room with a wet towel on my head! They told me that it was a 90 minute surgery. They gave me a popsicle, and I was so happy, it was the first thing I had eaten since Thursday night! Mom and Dad came in and they brought me back up to my room. I really don't remember much about the rest of that day, except for watching Harry Potter movies and having everyone come to visit me. I stayed the night once more and Dad stayed with me again. The only way I could go home is if I ate solid food and it stayed down, and if I got up and took a walk. I did both those things and I went home around 7:30. I'm going to be healing for a little while longer, and I'm going to have 4 small scars, but overall I'm back to normal!

Chalk Art

I recently had fun with my family up in Wausau for their annual Chalkfest. Overall, it was a great weekend there was al little bit of a rain scare, but we touched up what we could.

So, here is my final masterpiece!

I hope you like it.

The Beginning

WOW! My first post on MY own blog!

This blog will show my creative perspective in pictures!

I can't wait, so let's get started!

-Kasey :)