church...

as if i dont post about church enough :) ha!
but once again i have decided to tell you how much i love church.
i went to the jr. high service saturday. and on sunday i went to the high school service and then the jr. high service again :) and let me tell you they were both very great. and even though i listened to the jr. high service 2 times i still got something out of it both time. and it makes me feel so great.
for the first time in a long time i actually sat and listened in jr. high.
i think i have always been in deniale that i will learn something with the jr. high messages cause to be truthful i always thought i was better and more intelligent.
but i decided that this week i relly needed God (not that i dont always need him but this week it was very apparent to me) so i listened and took notes and it was great and i really learned a lot. thank you church for being an inviting safe place that i can fellowship. i really enjoy spending time in your walls of comfot :) i love you church.

love, maddie

trips.

it makes me sad when people i love go on trips and i miss them. and mission trips are amazing and im very exited for the people who i love that are going on mission trips :) im exited for the difference they will make in peoples lives. im exited for the impact they will have on the places they will be visiting. im exited for the way their hearts will be changed after thier trips. im very exited for them that they are going. but im going to miss them terribly :( and it makes me sad just thinking about them leaving...at least i know that they are leaving me for a good reason :)

love, maddie

finally

finally i get to go to the doctors for my back :) i have been in constant pain for about 3 months. and i am getting to go to the doctors to see whats wrong. hopefully he will have some answers for me and i will be feeling better in no time :) praying.

love, maddie

up

the movie up...was amazing. super funny. i will not say much more because i dont want to reveal the story line. but i will say that i think i have a crush on Russell :) definitely go see it soon :)

this is Russell...my new crush :)

love, maddie

crying

why is it that when we are sad we cry? why do our eyes make water when we are sad? why did God choose something so bizarre? and how does our body know to make our eyes wet when we are sad? i just dont get it. anyhow i really love to cry (alone only) i find it very freeing and i dont know. i just think its great.

love, maddie

i really like them...

can i just say that i love these 2 girls. they are amazing. i was looking through my pictures and i found tons of us 3 and i just thought i should share that i love them. we are friends. :) yeah!

yes we all did fit in this jacket. very precious :)

costume party

just having fun before shopping :) yeah.

costume party :)

my favorite picture of us :) we are so cute and i love it :) yeah friends!

love, maddie

um?

i feel like i need to blog. but i dont know what to blog about.
i had a fun weekend. sleepover friday, birthday pary saturday, church saturday, sleepover saturday, soccer game sunday, friends house sunday, soccer game sunday night, sleep.
it was fun :) yeah!

love, maddie

i love friends

friends basically the greatest. especially when you have a very special conection with all your friends. and you never fight with them, and you all laugh at the same things, and all see the world in the same way. I am fortunate enough to have found some great christian girls back in February and within the past 2ish weeks we have become really good friends and are already planning to hang out! so great for me, cause all year i have had friends i love but not friends that i felt comfortable hanging out with outside of school. well guess what?! i found them :) yeah! and i am having the time of my life :) school is starting to become fun...wow never thought i would say that. so i will take it as an answer to prayer :) thank you God! so with that to say 5 of my bestest friends that i hang put withh all day at school are in my drama class, and we were lucky enough to be in the same group for a huge script writing project! yeah! so the 5 us were at my house today after school working on our project :) it was so fun and we got a lot done! cant wait till we preform it :) YEAH!!!!

here are some pictures :)

all 5 of us...with the eception that 2 of them are cut in half

4 of us...the other one is hiding :)

love, maddie

tattoo

my daddy just got one. its a little s for stacie (my moms name) its on his ring finger. cute right :)
daddy you are great.
now, i have pretty much always been really against tattoos. but recently i have really wanted one. they just seem fun. i dont want a huge one that covers a lot of my body. and i dont want just any tattoo. i want a very artsy one. and i will never get more than 2...ever. so with that i would get something like this maybe.

and some bible verse about life? hahaha i just like the cartoony look of this tree :)

and i thnk this is very pretty. i love peacocks.

love, maddie

ellie.

i miss you. i cant wait until i see your beautiful face and bright smile :)

love, maddie

mommy

this is for my mom...

You Let Me Know You Love Me

You let me know you love me
In so many different ways.
You make me feel important
With encouragement and praise. You're always there when I need you
To comfort and to care.
I know I'm in your thoughts;
Your love follows me everywhere. Thank you for all you've done
And given so generously.
I love you, my wonderful mother;
You're a heaven-sent blessing to me.

I Learned From You
I learned about love from you,
Watching your caring ways.
I learned about joy from you
In fun-filled yesterdays. From you I learned forgiving
Of faults both big and small.
I learned what I know about living
From you, as you gave life your all. The example you set is still with me
I'd never want any other.
I'm thankful for all that you taught me,
And I'm blessed to call you "Mother."

Thank you mom for being so good to me :) i love love love you

its side ways but i like the picture and i love your hair :) hahah

love, maddie

p.s. happy mothers day :)

you're cute

that was said probably 25 times. :) hahahah. i had a great time so fun. now tie-dye shirts with lemely :) have fun

love, maddie

3 three three times two...6?

6 things i wonder about frequently...

• God
• time
• love
• knowledge
• beauty
• octopuses
  

6 words i love to say...

• elf
• fork
• up
• happy
• apart
• flame

6 foods i like to eat...

• apples
• tacos
• caramel
• skittles
• asparagus
• salt

6 things at school i love...

• friends
• drinking fountains
• sound of shoes walking
• smell of hamburgers at lunch
• taking peoples drinks
  
• trash pickups :)

6 things i hate at school...

• learning
• homework
  
• crowded stairs
• kids who cuss
• true religions and t-shirt plus shirts
• kids who think they are better than you

6 reasons i love my family...

• loving
• trustworthy
• energetic
  
• laughadish? (dont know the plural verb form)
  
• supportive
  
• loyal

there are 6 things i enjoy 6 times...hope you had fun:)

love love love times 2,
...maddie?
ya.

stairs at school

as i am walking from class to class at school i usually have to use the stairs...there are so many people at my school!
do you know how long it takes to walk up those stairs? a long time crowded by moving, pushing, sweaty bodies. so not fun.
want to know what makes it worse? when you get stuck by the annoying guys who make a chain and push you down to the ground and trample up the stair crushing you on the way. It hurts and its not fun.
when i walk to class i wait until the stairs are pearson-less and then i walk up. this is nice but it is very hard for me to get to class on time after wards. i dont end up on the ground in pain, but i do end up truant... bummer.
this will be an ongoing problem throughout my school years.
just one more reason i dont like school. i have a list of reasons. maybe i will post it for those who are interesting. then again my mom will be upset. but......we'll see.

love, maddie

laugh.

-verb
to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.

thats the definition of laugh.
why i did that? because i think laughing is very amazing. God, thanks for creating human to laugh.

here is what the Bible has to say about it. im very confused. one says it "good?" and the other says sorrow is better? im lost. any help on the subject?

Job 8:21
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart.

If you have any answers for me i will be thankful :)

love, madde

Pon and Zi

Pon and Zi...i think i have crushes on them :) hahaha these are my favorites :) they just make me laugh. some of the other ones are kinda weird and creepy. these ones are too i guess...but i enjoy them :) Pon is the blue guy and Zi is the yellow chick.

creepy but funny :)

the yellow (Zi) one looks so pissed :) hahah

Eated...

he looks so sincere...

i hope you enjoyed them as much as i do. they are my new friends.

love, maddie

i miss church.

i look forward to weekends for 5 long days while im sitting in my classroom. when the weekend comes its supposed to be exiting, fun, a break from the stress of school. youre supposed to hang out with friends/people. youre supposed to socialize. the only people i have socialized with the past 2 weeks are my drama teacher and drama friends. i LOVE my drama friends so much! they are like my best friends and my family. i am with them ALL day at school, and usually for 2 hours after school so i have really become close to all of them. Family. but i miss my church friends, church leaders, and just being aroung people i love at church, a lot of people at church feel like family to me too...and it is so sad for me to be missinbg them. i know it has only been 2 weeks but it feels lke forever. i miss you all.

love, maddie