If you have a BEST friend...

If you have a BEST friend then you may understand this post...someone who knows so much about you she may as well be related..someone who at times you just can't stand..someone who has seen you more often without makeup then with it..someone who you call to tell big news even though you're fighting because it's a habit..someone like Cheyenne. Cheyenne is my best friend. She has seen me through the worst of times and the best of times and I've seen her through the same. We know so much about one another that there is no reason to keep secrets even at this age. We met when we were approximately 6 years old, not that it matters because something just clicked. We went to a very small private school for a long time where we ended up being two of the three students in the grade several years running. We spent countless summers together jumping between her house and mine but we seldom spent the night alone. Cheyenne is my best friend, my worst enemy, and my closest allie...but she will always be my sister.

He has shown you what is good!

So every year for the past five years a group of churches have gotten together in order to set up a stay at home mission camp to help our community. We separate the campers into five different tracks: the praise track that stays at the church to learn new ways to serve God through new music, the children's track that goes to a daycare to teach kids about God, the adult aid track that goes to the nursing home to fellowship with the elders, the construction track that builds and repairs different things around the community, and the site track that visits different neighborhoods trying to spread God's word. I have been involved for the past two years and both years I joined the praise track. I just finished this years camp today and we all had a blast we learned a lot about who we are in Christ and where we want to be. I specifically learned that rather than me having to go to God on my own in prayer, I have an entire family of Christians to support me, pray for me, and pray with me, and when we all come to him as one we usually get a better response.

Our creepy crawly guest...that wouldn't leave

OK so I don't remember which 'Whose Line is it Anyway' was on last night but I do remember what happened during the episode, I am sitting on the couch when I realize that one of our not so friendly felines has got her eyes on the ceiling which of course means BUG!! As I catch focus of this creepy crawler I begin to count legs...8...that is going to be a problem a BIG one. So before she moves I look over at my sister, who is completely freaked out by spiders, and I ask 'Is it worth waking mom up even though it's after midnight?' As Jessica throws everything down and runs to the other end of the house, the spider very rapidly darts across the ceiling and into the curtains. I wake mom up as calmly as possible 'Don't freak out but there's a huge spider in the living room that's really really fast.' So as mom finds her way out of her bedroom I begin to explain that it may only be a wood spider. So in disbelief Mom begins poking and prodding at the curtains until the spider swoops down behind our couch and corner table. She believes us now! After searching under and behind everything, tearing the entire living room apart mom gives up and heads back to bed. Jessica and I who have now sworn to stay away from the area of the living room where we believe she inhabits carry on what we were already doing. Jessica stood between the couch and our TV set shutting down her laptop for a few minutes, little did she know our little guest was passing by. So on her way to the kitchen she spots the prey on the wall above the entertainment area, just as quick as she yells 'mom, come here quick!!' I glance over and watch the spider plummet to the ground where she finds herself in a mess of wires. And then it began mom came out of her bedroom with her war face on. Now that the hideous creature had approached her room she would not rest until it was dead. Jessica and I fully equipped her with all of the tools needed: a flashlight, a long pole, and most importantly bug spray. After our very long hunt(that you can read about on moms blog) we had finally slowed the spider down and drenched her in bug spray. I then took the pole and squished her because no one can trust a poison to work as efficiently as it should. After cleaning everything up and putting our furniture back together we realized it was 1 am and Jessica and I decided we should let mom get some sleep, so Jessica and I stayed up a while later just to be sure our creepy crawly guest didn't have any friends.

MEET ME!!

Hi... I am a first time blogger so here is a little bit of info on me.

Being 17 I am a typical teenager in the sense that I usually think I'm right, it's very seldom you'll find me without a cell phone, and if you're on the road when I'm behind the wheel... well you might want to watch out.

However some of the things that set me apart from the crowd are first off my faith I believe Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the life...I'm very interested in acting I was drama club president last year and plan to run again this year...I sing in my church youth band...and I fill my schedule with advanced classes all school year.

I have two younger sisters 16 and 4...even though I would never admit it my 16 year old sister is truly one of my best friends, I am very proud of who she has become over the last few years and I see her going very far in life...my 4 year old sister is my favorite babysitting job ever, she has a mind of her own and she is very smart and has a great imagination, I get so excited when I sit down at the dining room table and help her with an art project.

I live with both of my parents as well and although my dad is our main source of income my mom does a lot of work and chores that our home, household, and family would completely fall apart without. My parents are incredibly supportive of my sisters and I no matter what we do.
Cassie