Eight Reasons Why I Don't Share My Faith

This isn't techinally a post about my life, just a video :) But, it's a really good video. Shows us how stupid our excuses for not sharing THE gospel really are :)

Also, I was thinking that it'd be cool we started a blog about what's going on in our spiritual lives....like, where we could just talk about things that have stood out to us when we've been reading the bible, books we're reading, questions we have, evangelizing experiences/fears...you get the idea :)

I don't know if it'd work, since we all seem to have a severe case of procrasination-in-the-area-of-blogging, but it'd be awesome if it did!! :)

http://www.therebelution.com/blog/2006/09/eight-reasons-why-i-dont-share-my-faith-2/

An Interview with Myself about my Week

It's My BABY!

Yay Shopping!


Pizza....Mmmm.

Sunset at the lake. Sideways.

Sorry, that was an "I NEED TO POST RANDOM PICTURES" moment.

Anyways, back to the Interview with Myself.

I know, that sounds really strange. Really, it is kind of strange. Heh. But, hey, that's ok!! Could be interesting...I've never interviewed myself before!

Which is probably a good thing.

Wow, I've had too much sugar tonight :)

I HAVE BRIGHT PINK NAIL POLISH ON!

Ok, now it's unanimous. I officially more sugarfied than it's good to be at this time of night.

Just ignore me right now. I might be kind of creepy.

Ok, I'm going to quit talking and start...interviewing...myself...

Yeaah...

Me: How has your week been going so far?

Me: Well, actually, it's been going GREAT! Very fun. Talked to Haley several times, and of course, that's *always* a blast! Spend Monday through Wednesday at my Grandma's house in Wichita, which was also extremely fun!

Me: Good to hear, I'm glad you're doing well! On to the next question...What has been the most exerting thing you've done all week?

Me: I hate to say it...but, the most tiring thing I've done has been shopping. It's stupid how TIRED you get after shopping for three hours. I mean, come on, all you're doing is BUYING things. And walking. And looking. And talking. And eating. How tiring can that be? But I was pretty much dead after three hours at the mall. Made me even more tired than swimming.

Me: Mmmm, I understand. So, in all this shopping, what was the BIGGEST bargain you found?

Me: Well, I'm a big sales person :) And this time....wait for it....wait for it....I found pink Snoopy pajama pants...with paint splatters all over them...for FOUR DOLLARS at Target. I know. I'm good :)

Me: Wow, that's a very inspiring story. What type of media have you been listening/watching/reading this week?

Me: Well, I just got the Francesca Battistelli cd, My Paper Heart, which was GREAT! As for what's been stuck in my head...well, they're have been many. But mainly "Fall for You", "Before He Cheats" (which gets SUPER annoying....), and "Our Song." Go Taylor Swift (I KNIT SWEATERS, YO!) As for reading, I got this new book called "The Divine Dance", which is amazing so far! The thing on the cover says "If the world is your stage, then who are you dancing for?" That's what's its basically about. I highly recommend it :) I also just finished "The Notebook"...not as good. And for movies...I watched "Saving Sarah Cain" at my Grandma's! And it was sooooo good!!! It's about this youngish lady who finds out she's only guardian of her sister's five kids. And they're Amish. Mmmhmm. It was good.

Me: Been to any fun resturants lately?

Me: Yeah, actually! We went to these place called "Dr. Greens", which is this funky little salad place! They have a whole bunch of different salads! It was so fun! I got the Dr. Asian Sesame one..it was delicious.

Me: Cool, cool. Well, that's gonna wrap it up! Got any final words for our excited viewers *nudges them awake*?

Me: Ummm....not really...

Eat carrots.

Be excited for camp. (Well, DUH. Don't really have to tell you that. It's going to be the Best one yet!! SO SO SO SO much fun! I'm very excited :D)

And

Don't

Get

Bitten.

By what, you might ask?

By the deadly sandwhich disease. It's very contagious. It can be passed through some subway buns, any wandering turkeys, and especially strange looking fedoras. Look out for those.

OK, I'm done now. Good night!

Fun Quiz!

Ok, any guys reading this, this will be of NO interest at all to you. I'm serious. So just go away.















*ehem*! I said...you can leave...














You're still here, aren't you?

*sigh*

Anyways, here's the link to it! http://www.strangegirl.com/emma/quiz.php
It's "What Jane Austen Heroine Are You?" lol! I was Elizabeth Bennet...if you take it, please comment with which one you were! :)

I am still here!

Hello World!

Yes, I am alive! Yes, it's been a long time. Yes, I really need to write something.
Only thing stopping me is the ever troubling question...what is there to write about?

Hmm.

I could fill up a whole bunch of pages with "I MISS HALEY"s.

Or, I could tell you about my latest book.

Maybe I could talk about gluing sheep on plates and reminding all the kids to write their name on the back of EVERY craft. No, not with the sharpie! Hey, the paint goes on the PLATE not the table. Wait, don't-touch-that...never mind..

Yeah, my life is bit dull at the moment :)

Soooo....

I'll Post Pictures!

This was supposed to be with Fiddler Pics. *sigh* It would move where I wanted it to though :S

Got to ride in Mr. Ballinger's truck on Saturday :)

Amy on the truck :)

My ongoing craft project. Anybody want a bracelet? Got a few billion.

I'm telling you, it's addicting.

Yes, I'm still singing songs from Fiddler :)


A picture where we *gasp* have hair! Yay!

I love you guys! :)

Picture..

Isn't that sweet?

I really have nothing to say at the moment...haha

Us girlies took some very cool pictures at the park yesterday!! I'll post those soon!

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Fiddler is my LIFE at the moment...

Oh my goodness. I'm SO tired and excited!! Tomorrow is the first show!! AHHHH! Are we ready? Even though we got a new Yente yesterday....despite that come are just remembering the words to their songs...yes, I think we're ready.

Hopefully Fyetdka (or however you spell it) won't forget his book....haha, that was pretty funny. "You can borrow it....sometime." And maybe I won't punch Gilbert in the arm again offstage. (Ok...so, my friend Malory is a guy, and we always punch each other in the arm when we go past, right? So, I see a guys arm right where Malory had just been standing. Hehe. Turned out to be Gilbert. Whoopsie) And the Russians really need to be sure to not act too drunk (LOL. We have it on video..it's pretty much the most hilarious thing ever)

But actually, I thinks its going pretty well. The director seemed really pleased last night...and his notes weren't written in Hebrew! Woo hoo!

Be praying for us tomorrow night!

Aimless Remarks

Well, it's me again!

GUESS WHAT? Today, I learned with sin, cos, and tang mean! I'm so happyiful! These strange symbols now *mean* something...too bad I didn't figure it out before the ACT :) Oh well. Guessing works!

I read about Japan in Geography today. Amazing, right? Aaaanyways, I was writing notes as I was reading. After a while, I actually *thought* about what I was writing..and realized that I had been writing "Japanesh" instead of "Japanese". And, lemme tell ya, I wrote a whole lot of Japaneshes. Whoops :)

This week feels like summer. All I have to do in school is math and geography, and I get to sleep in..... *happy sigh of contentment* I love this feeling :)

The other day we went to McDonald's (we were in a hurry, ok?) and when we going through the drive-thru, we decided we wanted happy meals. So, my Mom tells the lady, "We'd like two ADULT happy meals." Lol! The lady was like..."What?" It was pretty hilarious.

Another incident happened the same day when we went to Walmart. We were going through the line, and this older Walmart worker lady brought up the subject of movies. She goes, "I just watched Taken and I really, really liked it! I would definitely recommend this for you. You'd like it a lot." (Speaking to my Mom) Note: My mom...gets scared while watching movies easily. Like, we were watching "Love's Long Journey", and she got scared when the "scary" gangsters came out. She jumped very high :) So, to have Taken recommended to her...was very funny :)





For those of you who haven't been going to practice for Fiddler on the Roof for the past 4 weeks..WE HAVE 7 DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST SHOW!! Scary!!

Here's the picture for the program of me, Lara (Tzeitel), and Madison (Hodel)

Yaaaay!

Well, Goodbye! I'm off to....somewhere. Where, I know not. Mostly likely the kitchen :)

Three Year Olds Are Hilarious

So, I was sitting next to Kate on the couch, comforting her after she had banged her knee.

Kate: (very seriously, and still sniffing) My knee has a boyfriend.
Me: (trying really, really hard not to laugh) Really? Who's your knee's boyfriend.
Kate: (points) My other knee. See, they're together?

It was SO SO funny!! I about died laughing. She didn't get what was so funny :) Don't you wish you had a three year old sister?

No better way to start the day than with a bowl of chocolate lucky charms...

Stories are like seriously the like most amazing thing ever. Like.

Heelloooo everybody!!

So, I'm writing this story right now. Not anything amazing. Nothing serious. (My serious one is to be written next year) Just for fun! I wrote this much, oh, a month ago, one evening when I was bored. And it's just been sitting there since then. So, I decided today that I'd post it one here! Tell me what you think :) And, yes, the chapters are very short. I love shortish chapters :) So, here it goes *cringe* Hope it's not TOO boring.

Introduction
Main Entry: Torelyn
Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: ?

My name isn’t in the online baby name dictionary. I heard from somewhere the meaning of your name influences who you are and how your life turns out. But nobody really cares what the meaning of their name is anymore.

It used to be very important, though; in the Bible, the meaning was all that mattered. That was who you were, and when your mom shouted your name in the grocery store or wherever people bought food back then, everybody knew what it meant. That’s probably why biblical moms and dads managed to call their kids names like Haggai and Methuselah and Dorcas without their kids killing them.

So, if my name doesn’t mean anything, what does that mean? My life is so boring and unimportant that it doesn’t even deserve a meaning? When I type my name in on the computer, it always underlines it with that annoying squiggly red line. I had to “add it to the dictionary” to get it to stop. Evidently, my name doesn’t even deserve to be in the dictionary.
Maybe I’m making too big a deal about it. After all, I don’t live in Israel and nobody will ever know my name doesn’t exist according to www.babynamedictionary.com. But it still worries me. After all, how many billion people have wondered, “What is the true meaning of my life?” What if it doesn’t have a meaning?

Chapter One
Main Entry: Pusillanimous
Part of Speech: Adjective
Definition: Fearful

Big words are my thing. I may be a klutz, I may have size 11 feet, I may say things I don’t mean, I may forget everything important and remember everything gratuitous (that means unnecessary, by the way), but I do know what big words mean. And today, pusillanimous is definitely the word to describe how I feel.
We moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the beginning of June. All the boxes had disappeared at last and I was finally able to find just about everything when September rolled around. Audrey and I had never gone to public school before; my mom had home schooled us since we were in pre-k, and when she was gone, our neighbor had taught us. But this year, Dad decided it was time for us to go to a private school. In spite of much pleading and crying and whining, by the end of July I was enrolled in Small Grove Private High School and Aubrey in Small Grove Elementary School.

And now I was standing outside the huge, brick building, trying to gather the courage to walk through the doors. When Granny had dropped me off, I had expected to hear her usual, “Stand up straight, Torie!” I had a tendency to slouch. But instead, she had squeezed my hand and said, “You’ll be fine, honey”, which was surprising because she was normally so unemotional. But even that didn’t still the butterflies in my stomach.
I took a giant breath, and let it out. But I guess it was too big of a breath, because it left me feeling dizzy. Struggling to keep my already shaky balance, I walked towards the entrance – and tripped on the stairs. My bright green backpack slipped onto one of my shoulders. Standing up and brushing my clothes off, I looked around, hoping nobody had noticed. Walking carefully to the door, I leaned up against it. It didn’t budge. I pushed harder. Nothing happened.

I forgot my nervousness. As I slipped off my backpack (and almost fell over in the process) and rolled up my sleeves, I gave the door my most threatening glare. I knew I was weak, but I wasn’t that weak. I shoved it as hard as I could. All I got in return was an aching shoulder. Great, I thought, first day at school and I’ll get in trouble for being late because I couldn’t open the door. I felt a light tap on my shoulder. I turned around.
A tall, athletic looking guy stood there, looking quizzically at me. “You do know how to read, right?” he said. Confused, I said, “Uh…yeah.” He turned me back to face the door and pointed to the bright orange letter on the bottom of the door.

PULL

………………………………………

"Tradition!" *tries to get it out of head, but doesn't manage to* Gaaaah.

At the moment, I should be working my paper about how Plato and Aristotle each would answer the question, "What is the right way to live?" But....I feel like writing a blog post instead :) Warning. This post has no point. At all. It will not increase your intelligence in any way what so ever.

I am SO SO SO SO excited about camp!! I can't wait! It's going to be so amazing.

If anybody's interested, here's the them song for this year!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_3W8XI7W2w&feature=related

I have officially memorized all my lines for Act 1 in Fiddler on the Roof! AND, I'm reading around...4 books at the moment :) And they're all really good! I'm almost finished with "The Cat Nappers" (JEEVES AND BERTIE!!)..it's so great :) "Tevye's Daughters" is this collection of stories Fiddler on the Roof is based on, and it's SO cool! It's really fairly similar to the play, which is awesome! It's from Tevye's point of view, and it really sounds like him haha! "The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey" is the sequel to "The Mysterious Benedict Society", and is just as fun and puzzling as the first one! I just started "The Titan's Curse", the third book in Percy Jackson and the Olympians series..I've only read the first few chapters, but it's really good :) And, the others ones don't really count, cause I've read them before...but they're both amazingly awesome! "Do Hard Things" and "Shadow Spinner"...great books :) And, of course, Aristotle's Nicomachaen Ethics, but that doesn't count haha. That was more than 4 books...that was like 6 1/2 :) Whoopsie. :) My reading's real good, my counting on the other hand...not so good. *sigh*


Yes, I am a reading fanatic :) Books and I are tight. Like peanut butter and jelly! Oh my goodness! I'm so creative! :)

I went McDonalds today! To be honest, I haven't been *inside* a McDonalds in a few years haha. Is it just me, or do ALL little kids practically live to go to McDonalds? When I was little (oooh, that's fun to say. I feel wise and experienced..haha, right), going to McDonalds was the practically the highlight of my young life. I loved that place :) Now...let's just say it's not quite the thrill it used to be :) The workers weren't quite on it though..they forgot the FRIES with my bros meals. Who forgets the fries?! O.o


We also ventured out to get some buttermilk today...to make my daddy's birthday cake! (Btw, Happy Birthday Mr. Bartell!!) Buttermilk is, weird. Why is it called buttermilk? Why not called it really-gross-sour milk?

We had some friends visiting one time, and we outside eating cookies, and my friend and her brother went inside to get some milk. She poured these twp ginormous glasses of it in Eskimo Joes cups...but, little known to them, they had accidentally poured Buttermilk instead of Milk. It was *hilarious* when they took the first sip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys

This is pretty sweet! It's sooo beautiful :)

So...I also ran today. Just for the record, I haven't done anything active in the least since I went to the gym in..I'm afraid to say it...April *cringe* It's true, I'm afraid. Aside from occasional walk, it's been nothing. Notta. AHHHH. And so today, this beaUtiful sunny day, I decided I'd been cooped inside for waaay to long. I willt run!! I started out great, I finished the first mile without a break. And it felt soo good :) Then came the 2nd mile...my breath was coming spurts and I sounded...strange, I'm sure. I seriously felt like laying the grass and DYING. But I endured. I did about another 1/2 mile and stopped. The run home was painful. Note to self: GET IN SHAPE.

Ah, well, play practice is calling. Goodbye!

Isn't God Amazing?

P.S.

Scroll down a bit for opera pics. For some reason they didn't appear in the right place....
Ah, the joys of computers :)

HAPPY MAY!!!

Today is the 1st official day of MAY! Hooray!

"The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May."- Edwin Way Teale

The Khaley MADNESSSSSSSEAUEILWRSDFHKJL~~~~!!!!!!!!!#^&*^#&*$^#*&

Wonder how the swine flu got started? Well, here's your answer :)

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Haley and Kaley here.

Fear us.

Not really.

We're not very fearfulsome.

Unless you're a gorilla....or a dust mite.

Ha

Ha

Ha

Alrighty, then! On too....more...on too!! (As you can tell, we're very tired and laughable and insane at the moment)

*deep breath*

*more giggles*

Aaaanyways, here is this awesome story we wrote last night/last afternoon. It was created by the method of each writing two lines...the catch is, the other person can only see the 2nd line :) It's perty sweet!
Gather around, children! Well...actually all children should stay away. This story has been rated (just to let you know...I just put raided instead of rated...ehehe) PG 13 for Chipmunk violence and deadly fleshy-nail men. Beware.

Toenails and Tootsie Rolls

By Haley and Kaley

It was a dark and dreary night at the old Prandypink mansion. It had been uninhabited ever since the health inspectors had found a colony of rats with rabies living within. However every Tuesday night at 7 the chipmunks came and stole all the peanuts. They would use these peanuts to create bazookas to destory the entire district of residing surfers. You see, the makers of these deadly weapons had a life long grudge against the Ice Cream Truck Driver. Every day at 3 when he drove by, the chipmunks would be tortured by the out-of-tune music and be sent to the Isle of Chalk Boards in which resided the deadly fleshy-nail men. They had no arms, only a horn

growing out of their toenail. This caused them to be unable to wear shoes, and they went around with banana peels sticking out of their purses and mango slime oozing out of their toenails. Even the mention of these deadly rapscallions would cause even the sweetest peach to go sour. They ravaged the country side, forcing the munchkins into slavery. But one young munchkin, by the name of Julian Scwander, decided enough was enough! He prohibited all use of chewing gum. This stopped the lazy-jawbone syndrome and all the people could smile again. Soon after, all the munchkins were freed, and every night they had a party in the mansion. The neighbors complained about the noise however, and the nightly fun having was put to a stop. The munchkins were saddened by this turn of events, but ever more so at the sudden arrival of the lifetime supply of geese. This livened up the parties even more than was imaginable. The birds flocked around everyone and handed out pomegranate Tootsie pops, but there were really deadly and everyone died.

The End

Lovely, is it not?

Kaley left.

Haley's the only one here.

Oooh, fun. I'm writing on Kaley's blog.

AACK SHE'S BACK!

RUN AWAY FOOGOO FISH! RUN AWAAAAYY!!!

*sparkle*

*sparkle*

*spark.....

Haley died.

.

Trip to Opera!

Heelllloooo everybody!

So, we went to the opera about a week ago! It was in OKC, and we were in the car for around 4 hours. And there were cameras :) I got around 145 Amazing pictures, and I have been meaning to post them, for, well, a while. But here are some of them...I couldn't post all of them, sadly...that'd take a looong time. But, here's our trip! Man, it was fun :)

And we're off!! We all look tired...

ROTFL :)

Fairly early morning...but obviously somebody wasn't tired :)

LOL :0 Amy, Amy, Amy...

Peoples looking awesome in their shades

Amy and I..

:) :) :)

Sorry Matt and Jacob...but I just *had* to put this picture. It's pretty hilarious :)

Amy and Ashley :)

Ashley and the policemen :)

We're goooooing to the Opera....

Almooooost there...

Amy and this awesome Violin dude.

Aaaand, we watched the opera. No Pics allowed :) It was fun...

Heh. On the way to LUNCH.

Ehem. No Comment. I'm only posting this for Ashely :)

This is just SO cute :) We stopped here for...but I forgot. I wasn't supposed to say anything ;)

Lunch at Jason's Deli! Aren't everybody's expressions great?

OVERPASS!!! RUN AWAY!!!!!

(Btw, the funky blue tint is the windshield)

Isn't that just inspiring?

Drama Queen :)

Prettiful Smilesh

Sandra, Hannah and I rockin' the funny faces :)

Hehe. Aren't bad pictures wonderful? (Especially if I'm not in it :D)

Beaaaaautiful :)

And, we're back!

Isn't God Amazing?

Well...

I haven't posted since MONDAY. This is not good!! So, I'm writing this post to make it look like I have something to talk about...which I don't :) I have pictures to upload, but I'm too impatient to wait for them to load. I have a book to read, but I'm too lazy to explain the plot at the moment.
I have the 1st chapter of a story I'm writing, but I'm too tired to type it up :) :) :) Just thought I'd let you know what you're missing. They WILL be put up....eventually. I hope :)

Aren't you glad you bothered to read this blog post of a lazy, impatient tired girl who has nothing to say?

Sooo, I'll live you with this thought.....

Arrrggh, it's not the right side up. And I don't want to load it again facing the right way, because of the aforesaid faults I mentioned above :) It destorys some of the beauty of it...

But it still looks delicious. Chili's Molten Chocolate Cake. MUCHO YUMO.

Bask in the glory.

*basks*

Alright, I'm off to do nothing!! Have good sleep and don't let...yeah.

Isn't God Amazing?!?

Kaley, the tired, lazy and impatient one

Ink Splatters

I'm Feeling Random

Hope you all are having a great day! I am :) GUESS WHAT?! It's sunny *and* warm outside! It's been rainy and cloudy and coopedupish for the last bazillion days. But today, it actually feels like Spring! Strange, huh?

I wonder who invented twinkies?

Tonight is the very very very first practice for Fiddler On the Roof!!! *bounce bounce*

These are my last few hours of being Kaley...for the next six weeks I'll be thinking and breathing Chava :) I'm trying to enjoy my final moments of freedom :) It's pretty incredible that we're going to be able to put together this show in six weeks. Five weeks, actually, cause the sixth week is the Peformances!! I mean, we have to learn the songs, the blocking, the choreagraphy, the lines...not mention doing everything over and over again till we get it perfect! And there's the extra practices, the reminders, the costume fittings...lemme tell ya. But, it always works out in the end. No matter how stressed the director gets or how hopeless you get that the show will ever come together, it always does :)

Does Sunday or Monday start the week?

School is almost over. It's SO close! Just all those final test....*grimace* Fun, fun. I'm SO ready for summer. On my first day of releasal, I want to sleep really late, then stay outside practically the whole day, reading, and drink lots of Dr. Pepper. Ha ha. Like that's going to happen. So far, my plans for the summer include Arts Adventure, Missoula Children's Theatre, CAMP, Vacation to BRANSON, Doing tons of stuff with friends, Swimming, Learning new dance step thingies, Reading lots of books, Playing basketball, etc. I can't waaaAAAAiiit!

I have rainbow socks that cover just about my whole leg.

I'm reading this series lent to me by a crazy friend at the moment. It's called "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." So far it's extra-emely good :) I just started the second one, called the Sea of Monsters (why is there no underlinerthinger?) Reading is just so the best thing ever. Especially with a warm cup of tea, homemade cookies, and a stormy evening. Ahhhh.

Valete!

KALEY GRACE, Queen Of M&Ms

"You might say everyone of us is a fiddler on the roof"

"A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!" - Tevye

So, it's over :) After two nerve wracking auditions, a call back, and, at last, the final moment of looking at the cast list, it's all done! And I'm about ready to fall asleep and *stay* asleep for a few days :) But first, I HAVE to record some stuff about the auditions..I'm bound to forget everything if I don't.

Let me give you a little peep into the auditions: You are given a number when you first came. Everyone is seating in a group in fold-out chairs. You're shivering; not only from the cold, but from excitement - and nervousness :S When it's your turn to stand before the table of directors, you walk up, say your name and song, and begin to sing. This is it. You're first - and most important - chance to impress the director. When you're done, you feel like a bird set free! You're done!! Hurrah!! Only a few more days to go :)

Mostly, the auditions consisted of singing, dancing (fun, extremely easy stuff...just what I like) and reading from the script (my VERY favorite part). The first night of auditions was just singing, then a little bit of reading. The second night was longer and more intense. We read, danced, and stood in a line in front of the director (Mr. Rodger Moon, by the way. He's really nice, which is awesome) and what him look from one person to the other. You're just *willing* him to catch your eye. Sometimes he does...and other times, he doesn't :) Everyone did so well! It was SO fun to watch :)

For the call backs, the director called up different groups to sing for different parts. The girls sang part of "Now I have Everything" with a guy...it was a really pretty song, but I'd never heard it before. Sightreading. Nooooooo! After sitting for an hour, we got called up to read different parts. Then, we were told we could leave.

When I got home, I ate a piece of pizza, cake, AND chocolate :) :) I hadn't really been hungry before, but I definitely was now!! I wasn't all that nervous. I knew God had everything planned out, and my worring wouldn't help at all.

Then, came Thursday. The day of the cast list. Supposedly, it was going be posted at 10. We got there right on the dot, and no cast list. We drove around a little, and came back. Still no cast list. If you've ever been in a play before, you know this is one of the most suspenseful parts. So, I was sitting in the car, about to die...weell, maybe not quite :) So, finally, 20 minutes AFTER 10, we say the stage manager, a sweet old lady by the name of Ginger, walk out with two sheet of paper. Ahhh, rapture. We walked up. I was almost afraid to look.


TEVYE....................................................................................... VANCE BLACK
GOLDE................................................................................... ANNETTE HUNT
TZEITEL (DAUGHTER 1).......................................................... LARA LIGNITZ
HODEL (DAUGHTER 2).............................................. MADISON BOOKOUT
CHAVA (DAUGHTER 3)............................................. KALEY BRANSTETTER
SHPRINTZE (DAUGHTER 4)...................................... BETHANY BOOKOUT
BIELKE (DAUGHTER 5)...................................................... AMY BALLINGER
YENTE, THE MATCHMAKER..................................... FAVONA SUSSMANN
MOTEL, THE TAILOR............................................................. CHRIS SCHELP
PERCHIK, THE STUDENT....................................................... ALEC CARSON
LAZAR WOLF, THE BUTCHER.............................................. JOHN DALTON
MORDCHA, THE INNKEEPER............................................. STEPHEN LONG
RABBI........................................................................................ BRENT COLLE
MENDEL, RABBI’S SON...................................................... CALEB STINSON
AVRAM, THE BOOKSELLER .......................................... JOHN KUHLMANN
NACHUM, THE BEGGAR............................................................. RON DAVIS
GRANDMA TZEITEL.............................................................. SUZI LENHART
FRUMA-SARAH.......................................................................... FRAN COLLE
CONSTABLE / CHORUS........................................................... DAREN LOVE
FYEDKA, RUSSIAN........................................................... SEAN RETHMEIER
SHAINDEL, MODEL’S MOTHER........................................ KITTY FUESHKO
THE FIDDLER.................................................................. TRISHA VINEYARD
VILLAGERS ................................. HALEY BARTELL, LAUREN BLAKEBURN,
........... BRADY BOOKOUT, KATHERINE CAUGHLIN, ISAAC CERVANTES,
......... VICKI GRAVES, ASHLEY HODGES, DAWN JACKSON, MYLOAN LE,
..................................... BEN PAULS, SANDRA PERKINS, MALORY SCOTT,
................................... SARAH SCRUGGS, EMILY SMITH, BEN SOUTHARD
RUSSIANS............. JACOB COLLE, JOSIAH COLLE, GILBERT SANTILLAN,
................................................................................................. MATT TINSLEY

Alright, you probably didn't want to see ALL that :) Sorry :)

So, it's going to be amazing. I'm SO excited. Sisters with a bf and friends with my amazing villager and russian buddies, playing a fun part, it can't get much better!! Woo hoo!!!!

Only down falls:
1) Some really amazing people didn't get in. I know how hard that must be, and I wish so badly that they could have gotten in too.
2) The actress playing Hodel is...less than pleasant. I don't mean to be harsh, but she is full of her self, flirty and bossy. She and and the girl playing Tzeitel are not the best of friends. Hopefully that'll be ok...I'm just going to stay close to my two younger sisters and my villager peoples.
3) The guy playing Fyedka is an awful singer (at least he doesn't have to sing) kinda of not so bright, and rather ugly. In fact, very ugly.
I don't mean to complain too much. It'll be AWESOME. I'm so glad to have gotten in. But there will be some harships :)

First rehearsal is on Monday! I can't wait!!

Isn't God Amazing?

Kaley Grace, Chava

The Joy of Auditioning

"I am always incredibly anxious. The audition and the wait is definitely the hardest part for me." Joe Lando (By the way, I have NO idea who this dude is...)

So, today is it! It's finally the day of auditions for "Fiddler on the Roof." I'm SO excited!!! And SO nervous.

Acting is amazing. It's one of my favorite things to do in the whole world. You get to *live* so many different peoples lives. And the feeling you get after performing your final show is something you can't get anywhere else. *sigh* I love it :)

Despite how nerve-wracking auditions are, they're actually one of my favorite parts about doing shows. Singing your audition song over and over and over in the shower...agonizing over what shoes to wear...watching the songs from the play one more time...hoping, praying you'll get a part :)

The best part is this feeling you get when you're waiting and thinking about the audition. I just get this bubbly, nervous, excited feeling that makes me want to jump up and twirl around the room while singing at the top of my lungs (of course, I normally get this feeling late at night, which doesn't work out to well)

I hope I get in. I'm so ready to do another show! After the Wizard of Oz, I was pretty tired. I didn't feel like doing anymore theatre for a while. But now I've had my break, and I'm ready to hop back in again! So, if you think about me around...oh, 7:00 tonight, give a quick prayer that I'm not going insane :)

SO many of my friends are trying out!! I'm amazingly excited! I just hope that all of us get in...wouldn't that be fun!!

I'M ABOUT TO BURST WITH EXCITEMENT!!!! WOO HOO!

Isn't God Amazing?

Kaley Grace, soon-to-be auditioner