Memorial Day 2010. yes.

Happy Memorial Day! I know it was for me. Happy, that is. I had a full but lovely day. Last night, a bunch of girls and I spent the night at Mike and Emily's house...Emily is our small group leader. We had a lovely time, hanging out and watching movies. We watched She's the Man (SO. funny.), Sydney White, and West Side Story. I fell asleep at the beginning of West Side Story, but I slept more than everyone else...so there!

We woke up around 8:15 this morning and had headed out for breakfast by 9:00. At Denny's. So delicious...I had a bagel, eggs, and fruit. Happiness. So, by the time I finally got home, which was around 11:30, I had to hurry and get ready to head to our family friends' house for lunch. It was quite a huge get together, considering it was only two families... to be specific, it was:

Mom, Dad, Carson, Christian, Me, Mrs. and Mr. T, Julie, Carolyn, Charles, Scott, Kimberley, Emily, and Angela. Yeah, woah. After a lovely lunch of hamburgers, we all headed to our house to swim. Which was way fun, while it lasted. About 30 minutes into it, the thunder got pretty intense, and we opted to get out of the water. We all headed inside, but it wasn't long before us kids were back out, ready to go on a walk, rain or no rain. We walked aimlessly around the neighborhood. Twas wonderful.

Yes. SO. Then, after that, my family was off to Arkadelphia. Why? Not only is today Memorial Day, but it's Papaw's birthday! Double party! Hahaha. As soon as we arrived, the food was ready, and we feasted. It was wonderful...ham, baked potatoes, bread, beans, and, most of all, SALAD. It was a good meal.

Now, I'm home, chilling. Eli just walked in! Party, party. We're just chilling. And talking. Have I mentioned I love her? I do.

-caylielane.

Brain Explosion

HoLa!

Yesterday, after swimming and going on a long walk, Elizabeth and I headed to Tim's house to watch a movie with some friends. It was lovely! We always have a good time together. We got home late- around 11:00 ish. Since both of us had to get up early, we went straight to sleep!

Today, I'm off to JC training at Brookhill! I'm pretty excited about it. I'm pretty excited about being a counselor in general! Oh man. It will be so great. So great.

I need to clean my room a bit. I don't have time at the moment...I'll do it when I get home. I feel scatterbrained and random at this moment. I hope they give us lunch at training today.... I'm gonna bring my book in the car to read. Hmmph. I fail to think in a logical manner... oh well. Like I've said before, my brain is similar to a bag of jellybeans. :)

I should probably be heading out soon...yeah. It starts in an hour and 13 minutes. I'm in Little Rock, and training is in Hot Springs. Seems logical to leave soonish. I'm excited!

"If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking." -David Crowder Band.

-caylielane.

Yet Another Summer Post...

Hey! So. Basically, yesterday was a fabulous day. I slept in (well...until 8:30), which was nice. Dad was out working, and Carson was at preschool, so it was just me, Mom, and Crib for the day. We spent the day out and about shopping around! It was really great. I got a really cute dress and some red Chacos that I've really been wanting. I was quite thrilled, I tell you! Around 3:30, after picking Carson up, we headed home and I went upstairs to read/sleep. I have no idea why, but I've been so sleepy lately. It doesn't make any sense at all to me. And it's actually quite annoying. Anyways. When I woke up, the whole family headed out for a delicious dinner at Yaya's! I got the grilled salmon salad.

So great. So great.

So yes, that was my day yesterday. It was relaxed, chilled, and pleasant. It felt very...summery. Ahhh, I just love that word. Summer. What wonderful thoughts and memories come to mind when it's spoken....

Summer Goals...

1. Read 5 great novels

2. Learn to play a song, well, on the guitar.

3. Memorize at least 5 Bible verses.

4. Be open to whatever God wants to do with me.

5. Go to the athletic club all the time.

6. Quality time with my family.

7. Quality time with my friends.

8. Be thankful.

9. Keep my room clean.

There we go. :)

-caylielane.

A Day In The Life...

Today is the study day with Elizabeth. We've been planning it ever since we had it together last year. Last year, we spent all day at the library, studying for finals like crazy people. This year, we'll spend all day at the library, with me helping HER study for finals like a crazy person. Hahaha. Sometimes I love being home-schooled.

In between study time today, I'm going walking on a trail close to co-op with the foursome. Gracie, Scott, and Tim, that is. It shall be great!!

I do believe today will be a great day. OH! And to finish it all off, Elizabeth and I are going to Mt. Fuji, also known as the best sushi place around. So. Delicious. It will be a wonderful end to an intense study day. Hahaha.

Joshua 1:9- "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." Good verse. It sounds really simple, but somehow we manage to forget this all the time. We let ourselves get so wrapped up in the moment, stressing and worrying, that we forget to just hand it to God. The verse doesn't say God was with us in the past, or even that God is with us right now. It says He WILL BE with us as well. Why worry about the future? Live every moment for Christ, and His plan will unfold.

-caylielane.

Long Post Alert! :)

Greetings! You know what? I have a good life. And a good family. And good friends. And I've had a good day. You know why? I'm assuming you don't. I shall tell you. What are blogs for?

Today started off with the Athletic Club. My dad and I usually go early in the morning, and this one was no exception. We lifted weights to our heart's desire, and then some. We were home by 7:40, and by 8:00, I was up in my room, doing schoolwork like a mad person. And let me tell you, I was highly productive. I basically ate math and biology for breakfast. Well, that and some Wheaties. I finished school by about 12:30, which was nice. No interruptions.

When I was done, I headed downstairs, made myself some lunch, and went out by the pool to eat and read. It was absolutely wonderful. It would have been perfect if it weren't for getting a bit sweaty. (Don't get me wrong, summer weather is where it's at!) It was at that moment that I realized how abundantly grateful I am that we have a cold, wet, blue pool in our back yard. Yes, I was wearing shorts and a tank top. But I jumped in, right then and right there. Words cannot express the beautiful feelings of joy that...overwhelmed my soul at that moment. Yes. For the next hour or so, I was in and out of the pool. Read, swim, read, swim.

Before long, Mom, Christian, Carson, and I were headed to the Athletic Club (summer days regularly consist of two AC trips in a day for me.). Carson had a swim lesson. I watched him swim...he's getting so big and strong. He can swim quite a ways now, without floaties or anything. After the lesson, Mom and the boys went home, but I stayed and ran a bit. I like running. Have I mentioned that? There's nothing like it.

That lovely friend of mine called Carolyn picked me up around 4:30. We drove home, I grabbed some stuff, and then headed to her house. I like her house. We have good times together there. Well, we have good times wherever. We hung out at the house for a little bit, and then Scott, Charles, Carolyn, and I headed to eat dinner at a mexican restaurant. I got tortillas with rice and beans, like always (details, much?). After that, we went back home and hung out for a while. Good stuff, man. Then, the four of us headed to Academy Sports. The guys wanted to buy some Tshirts, I do believe. Carolyn and I laughed because we found ourselves sitting while the guys were shopping. Ironic? Yes.

And now we are home. Carolyn and I are hanging out in her room, being relaxed. And happy. We just finished coloring in a giant coloring book. And guess what? Carolyn let me pick the picture. Out of all the Disney princesses...I had no choice but to choose Belle. Beauty and the Beast simply cannot be beat. The picture turned out very beautiful. We had fun. We HAVE fun.

And now I'm terribly thirsty. And Carolyn wants tea. So, we shall head upstairs. Farewell, blog world.

-caylielane

GUESS WHAT?

I deactivated my facebook. Yup. Surprised? Me, too. I'm surprised, but happy about it, without a doubt. Last night, at the Barnett's house, my friends and I got to talking about how silly facebook really is. It just sucks your time away. And the people that I talk to on there, I see all the time anyways. Maybe when I need to reconnect with my old college friends or something, I'll consider reactivating. But for now, I'm satisfied.

I'm a new woman!

-caylielane

p.s. church, walking, tutoring, tropical smoothie, church. there's my day for you.

Quick Scribble

I am short on time. Like, I'm leaving in about 5 minutes. But here's my day for you! Today, I woke up in a very happy mood. Elizabeth spent the night, and we woke up slowly. It was very relaxing. I had to study for biology and take the test which was no fun. While I was doing that, Elizabeth and my mom cleaned the house. Lemme tell you. My mom LOVES Elizabeth for many reasons, and a major reason being that she's super organized. Eli left around 12:30.

After that girl we like to call Eli left, I went out by the pool and read for a while. It was wonderful. I enjoy myself thoroughly when I get the chance to do that. :) After that, I went upstairs, took a shower and got ready. I hung out with Mom for a while, then went out to see Dad, Christian, and Carson while they were swimming. I love those people.

Gracie's currently on her way to pick me up. Tonight we are heading to la casa de Tim for his dad's birthday party! It should be lovely. Afterwards, I'm going to spend the night with Gracie. I love that girl.

Ok. Toodles for now! Life is good.

Thankful for everything...

caylielane.

So. Last night after tutoring, I was feeling pretty crummy. So crummy that as soon as I got home, I went to my room and went to sleep. I was entirely prepared to be sick all day today...I woke up this morning feeling the same way (nauseous, mainly.), and laid around until about noon. I finally concluded that I would go to guitar lessons, sick or not sick, and lemme tell you. I felt sick leading up to it. But. Once I got to guitar, the uphill journey began. Now, I'm almost back to normal, which I'm so very happy about. I didn't want to have to miss my friend Taylor's birthday party tonight. I love that girl. It starts in about an hour and a half. After that, I basically have no plans.

Guitar was great today... I really love it, even though I'm still no good at it. I'm catching on, slowly but surely. I can't wait until I can put music to songs that I've written. That will be fabulous. Some songs I'd like to someday play to are...

Blowin' In the Wind- Bob Dylan

Like A Star- Corinne Bailey Rae

Warwick Avenue- Duffy

NYC Weather Report- Five For Fighting

The Way I Am- Ingrid Michaelson

Stop This Train (Acoustic)- John Mayer

Shut Your Eyes- Snow Patrol

Nightingale- Norah Jones

Someday, I shall play them all, I tell you. I shall, just you watch! Haha. I plan on playing Stop This Train right before I'm off to college. Look up the lyrics and you'll understand. (: Great song.

happily daydreaming,

-caylielane.

Summer...ish.

Greetings...from the school of home. Home of school. My home. Where I do school. Yes. I'm currently in my room, trying to let my brain make sense of all the biology I've been shoving into it. Not fun, I tell you.

What have I been up to? Well...yesterday. Yesterday I did school all morning. Out by the pool. It was heavenly. Heavenly. There's nothing I love the way that I love summer. After that, I headed to the athletic club. Carson had a swim lesson, so I watched that first. He's getting to be quite the swimmer. Not kidding...He can swim a good...20 feet. No floaties. Yeah,he's big time. After the swim lesson, I headed inside for some brisk walking and some biking. Eli picked me up when I was done, and we headed home to watch the boys while Mom and Dad were at community group. It was a lovely time, I say. We danced, had a pillow fight, ate, and the boys swam.

That was my day yesterday. Wow. It's not as crazy as most of my days are. Especially for a Wednesday, which yesterday was. No co-op. No dance. No Orbit. It's taking some adjusting to.

I decided that I want to visit Michigan.

-caylielane.

Love Always

"This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 118:24

Just Another Day.

Hey there!

So, I'm in this wierd almost summer, but not quite, stage of life. Co-op is over, Academy is over. So, I'm not going to any more actual classes. I'm just doing some math and biology at home. Other than that, I'm basicly free for summer. Its a bittersweet feeling. Being a homeschooler...it makes me question my identity.

Today was a fabulous day. I woke up and got ready for church. Have I mentioned that I love St. Andrews? Yeah. So, that was good. Great. You know. It was "senior day", or something official like that. All the high school graduates went up to the front and got a gift, and everyone prayed for them. It was insane to see my friends walk up there. It's not only odd that they are my friends, but its odd that that will be me in 2 years, exactly.

After church, my family and I (minus Crib; he's at Nana and Papaw's house for a few days) went to Firehouse Subs for lunch. Good stuff, I tell you. I love subs. Medium, wheat bread. Turkey and cheddar cheese. Lettuce, tomato, italian dressing. Toasted. Just saying. Get anything else, and you haven't truly lived.

So, next was small group. We met at Panera and just hung out, talked, and filled eachother in on life. I still can't believe Corrie is leaving. She's working on selling her house and everything...it's just really bizarre to me. I'll miss her, and our small group.

Yes. So, after small group, I went straight to geometry tutoring. I dislike geometry, strongly. It's not my strong point. No, not at all. But, I LOVE my tutor. She's super sweet. And she has a very granny house, which is so me. It makes me joyful. Go on, snicker away.

Ha. Ha. Anyways. After tutoring...I headed back to the church for "WOW". AKA, Wide Open Worship. Its basicly when anyone who wants to comes, eats pizza and ice cream, and then goes to worship for the kids. Its great. I had a ton of fun. Gracie and I are kind of...well, we're crazy when we are together. So, just imagine us with a bunch of little kids. And fun songs that only we know the hand motions to. Pshaaa. Yeah. We demonstrated like no other. It was a room full of youth group kids (my friends. awesomeness.) and little kids. And parents. We had a lovely time.

AND THEN, last but not least, my daddy and I headed to the grocery store, and loaded up. Lots o' food. Good food. Again with my babbling. It's a disease.

There's my day for you. I'm sure you were dying to hear all about it.

Phillippians 4:4-7. Look it up.
"The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God!" (:

-caylielane.

Goooooood morning.

It's...7:31. Yup. Aaaaaand, I'm up. I don't know whyyyyy I'm dragging out alllllll the words I type. Probably because it's 7:31 in the morning. But then again, I'm always up this early. Always. Like, every day. Am I babbling? I do believe I am, yes I am. Whew. (Petunia. That's for YOU.)

I'm at Gracie's house at this current moment. This morning, Mom left for a convention and the guys left to go camping. So...I'm an orphan. Yeah. No family until tomorrow night. I spent last night at Gracie's house. Twas lovely, like always. We (me, Eli, Tim, and Gracie) watched Signs. Good movie. Not kidding. Stop reading this and go watch it. Then Tim left...and we finished the movie without him...and then we went to sleep....

Or so I thought.

Apparently I was talking like a crazy person in my sleep. Well, I talk like a crazy person when I'm awake, so I couldn't have been anywhere in the range of sane last night. Bunny rabbits, blue turnips, a bear named Normal, getting a wedding dress at Target, and random spurts of laughter were involved. Apparently.

Yeah. So, today I'm spending all day with that there Gracie and her mama. It shall be lovely. Quite fabulous actually. We enjoy ourselves when we are together. A funny sound just happened, and I'm still curious as to what it was. It was...Gracie says it was her dog. Some dog. Disturbed dog. Just kidding, I've taken a liking to la pera de Gracie. I said that because Gracie speaks in spanish. Liiiike, a lot. Mmmhmm, yup.

OK. Sorry. My brain is kind of like a bag of jellybeans right now. Its all over the place with a ton of different random thoughts...but all forced into one small area.

-caylielane.

Looking Back

Yesterday....

Yesterday was the last day of co-op, first of all. Which really stinks. I LOVE co-op. I sound crazy to myself, since not long ago I dreaded it. But, this semester has been amazing. I've got some really awesome friends, and I hate that co-op is out. HATE.

After co-op, Gracie, Tim, Scott and I ("the foursome") headed to Gracie's house to hang out. We have good times, I tell you. About an hour or two later, Charles, Sammy, and Elizabeth showed up. GREAT TIMES. We just hung out, talked, listened to music...and ate, basically.

Elizabeth and I left Gracie's around 5:45 to go meet our FSM small group. Our leader Corrie (LOVE.) told us to make that meeting a priority, but she didn't tell us why, specifically. I had no clue what to expect. Before long, I knew. She and her family are moving to Denver, Colorado. Her husband is going to seminary. Our small group is over. I was in disbelief, literally. I still kind of am... Our group has been together since 7th grade, and had planned to make it through graduation. I see now that that isn't what God had planned. I really hate it, but I'm trying really hard to be open-minded about it all.

From the meeting, Elizabeth and I headed to Orbit. We were over an hour late, but we knew we had to go, since it is the last one and everything. To say it was nice would be the biggest understatement of the year. The last Orbit was awesome. It was spent just worshipping in however we felt called. It was a really great thing for me, especially after the day I had. It's a good feeling when you are sitting alone, praying, and person after person comes up to you to pray over you. My church...my GOD is so amazing. As are all of my friends. Wow.

So, yeah. Yesterday was a really...big day I guess. Lots of endings, and lots of new beginnings.

Now if I could just get biology done...
-caylielane

Random Update. Yup.

Hello there...
I'm trying to get back into the routine of blogging. I'm quite determined. Yes, yes indeed. At this very moment, I am feeling really silly and floppy. Mainly because I've done pretty much nothing but study all stinkin' day. For biology. Which is a subject that I do not particularly enjoy. Yeah. I'm home alone, in the quietness of...solitude, i suppose. And biology facts are swarming about my head.
Tomorrow is the last day of co-op before summer vacation. Normally, you would expect me to be jumping for joy about that. But really, I'm pretty bummed. Two times a week is not enough to get burned out on something like co-op. I love co-op because that's where my friends are. Sure, I'll see them in the summer, but...I don't know. Anyways. Yes. Last day tomorrow. And last Orbit tomorrow. Which I have to be late to because I have a smallgroup meeting. FRUSTRATION.
Well...I don't have much to say. OH! Tonight, my family is going to see a play at a dinner theatre! So excited. Anything involving theatre...I'm in. I don't even remember what the play is called...something about Christmas. Which is rather silly, considering it's May 11th. Anyways, I'm excited.

Well...I'm going to continue on with my studying. Wish me luck!
Farewell, blog world.

-caylielane

Coming Out of Hiding...

So...I'm just gonna go ahead and straight up apologize. Lately, I've been a failure of a blogger. An epic failure. What can I say? Life got crazy. Crazy, I tell you. BUT, I know this is something I want to keep doing in the midst of my crazy life, so I am without excuse. Haha.

Well, life is good. Haha. Volleyball is over, and so is Hello Dolly! They were both fun in their own...special way. But I'm glad they are over. I. Need. Time....And I quit dance. Yeah. It was just too much. I've been doing lots of school, lots of church (LOVE.), and lots of hanging out with friends. My intense excitement about summer is getting out of hand. I have so much to look forward to, I tell you! Such as...

1. SMTI!!! SMTI (Summer Musical Theatre Intensive) is the awesome theatre program that I'll be a part of for the third year in a row this summer. It's a two week summer-stock-like experience. I love all the people, and the shows are always a total blast. I. Can't. WAIT.

2. CAMP. This summer, I'll be a counselor at a summer camp I attended for the past seven years. I'm insanely, ridiculously PUMPED about it!

3. JAMAICA. Yes! I'm going to Jamaica with the St. Andrew's youth group! This will be the highlight of my summer. I can't wait to see what God has planned for us there. I'll be with my awesome friends, in an amazing place, sharing the word of God...perfection.

4. FREEDOM. No more school! I'm sad co-op is ending, because I love seeing my friends there, but it will be so great not to have to worry about homework. So great.

So, yeah. Life is pretty stinkin great right now. I'm ready to move on to the next phase of my life. OH! And Crib and I have started guitar lessons. Well...we've had one lesson. But it was pretty great.

OK, well, I must leave you now. Sorry it took me so long to get back on here. I'll try to be better, pinkie promise. :)

-caylielane