Tall in the Saddle

One of my favorite days of the year! The Tall in the Saddle Halloween party. Tall in the Saddle is a therapeutic riding program I volunteer with.

It's a very well planned occasion. All the horses get dressed up. This year we had the pony express, Tinkerbell, a bumblebee and the King of Hearts. There are a lot of activities for the kids to do, like the pumpkin ring toss, fishing for skeletons, crushing gravestones with a large smiling pumpkin and others. One of the riders who rode Tinkerbell began to say "fly on" instead of "walk on." ;)

The last part of the night was when they got to ride around the arena with goodie bags and get candy from all the "houses" (volunteers). It is so much fun!

Volleyball Weekend

I consider myself to be very blessed. I mentioned earlier that I wasn't on the volleyball team this year, but I was invited to go on their amazing trip with them anyway. The day before the ACSI tournament they leave school early and go shopping before staying overnight in a hotel. I have never gotten to go on one of those, even for the years I did do volleyball. But now I got my chance, the last year possible. It was great! We learned Korean songs in the car on the way there, stopped for dinner at Red Robin, swam in the pool and did devotions. We shopped for an hour or two at a huge mall. It was way fun. I almost bought the red jacket pictured, but didn't because it cost more than the sale said... sigh. During devotions we encouraged the team member on our right. It was really moving to be built up and build others up. This has been one of the closest and happiest teams we've had in a long time. Everyone loves each other, and there is a good Christ-like attitude they have that other coaches from other schools have commented on.

The team played really hard, but got second. I was so proud of them though, they never gave into feeling down. And we come to find out that a girl on the winning team had just lost her father last week, God gave the win to someone who needed it more than we did. That was something Coach had been saying all weekend- We are nothing without God. He really is the one who gives the win or the loss. It was really sad because this was the last tournament our class would ever play in together. Everyone was hugging afterward, and I felt so included. People kept telling me how glad they were that I came. I was worried at how I would fit in after Ashley left school, but God has made a place for me. This trip was such a blessing, the girls made me feel like one of them and I had a blast!

Senior Raking

Seniors have been raking to raise money for our senior trip. It's been fine so far, of course, we've only had one job so we can't be too tired yet. :) It's been nice working with my classmates.

Mole Day

What will Scientists think up next? 10/23 is known as Mole day. A mole is a measurement, generally used for atomic weight, equal to 6.02 times 10 to the 23rd power. Well, scientists made it into a holiday, and we celebrated it in Chemistry by eating mole cupcakes, dressing up and telling mole jokes. I made mole balloons, if you can see in the pictures, I drew eyes on them and attached tails. Will modified the white one, I liked his face better than mine. ;) The top picture is my Science teacher. She is fun. Happy Mole Day!!

Fall Bonfire

There's nothing quite like a bonfire in the fall. Last Sunday everyone at Church was invited out to our assistant pastor's home for a time of singing around the bonfire with chili and cornbread afterwards. It was so nice to sing together in the crisp fall air- it was beautiful out there! Afterwards, our missionaries to Africa told us about their work. My favorite bonfire memories was when the dinner bell was rung and all the boys playing football came stampeding to the house. You could literally hear their pounding feet before they came around the side of the barn.

Senior Pictues (again!?)

Talk about a picture overload! More senior pictures. It seems like a lot, but hey, when you're on the quest to get the best picture possible and to save money, you might as well get it right. It's been fun spending time doing this with my mom. I think some of them have some good value; well thought out places, angles, outfits and all that. Again, comments welcome.

Autumn through my eyes