Let It Snow...

AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas is like...6 days away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     Haha, is anyone ever ready for Christmas?  December is always so busy.  We have officially gotten all of our Christmas decorations up except for the ornaments on the tree.  It's awfully tough to get the entire family assembled in one place at one time a week from Christmas day, lolz.  I did a lot of shopping a couple days ago and got some gifts for family members.  It seems like the older people get, the harder it is to get gifts for them!  Quality technology is super expensive in our present culture...its annoying :P  

     Oh, we have a stocking for the dogs so I have to get presents for them too.  Shhh...I got pig ear strips to put in their stocking and they are going to go crazy on Christmas morning.  FYI - my dog can smell food a mile away, true statement...long story.  Also, Chris, Mary, and I have been debating about who's room we should camp out in this year and how late we should let the parents sleep in before we we wake them up (we'll probably like blast Tobymac throughout the house or something).  

     You have probably heard this a zillion times already but please pray for Amy Calderone!!!  Amy was always reaching out to me when I was in my freshman year of high-school and right now she's on life-support in the hospital because her her lungs and kidneys have shut down.  I believe that God still works miracles today and right now, Amy needs a Christmas miracle!!!  It says in the Bible that where two or more people are gathered in God's name, there he is also in the midst of them.  So pray!!!  We serve a mighty God!!!

     Ok, I have to go now because I have a Christmas caroling party at the Glab's this evening.  I also played violin at church this morning before going to the second service so I'm exhausted and need to get some sleep.  Adios!

~Anna      

My Music Tangent

     Violins are sooooo cool.  I had two...no three, violin concerts this week.  One was the winter concert (which I'm sure you guys all went to but didn't see me because my ensemble was stuck in the first concert with the little kids...sigh.)

     The second one was at the Senior Saints Luncheon and we played for all the older people there.  We were invited to lunch before we gave our performance.  They had these awesome tuna sandwiches which totally made my day.  Then Sierra, Julia, and I went to practice violin in the bathroom before the performance started.  It's fun to do that because it echoes so much in there :P   

     The third concert was at Lakeforest Mall and I know some of you might be thinking...LUCKY!!!  IT WOULD BE SO MUCH FUN TO PLAY VIOLIN AT THE MALL!!!  Actually it is...if you don't mind getting sore feet from standing in front of fake snow, tiny Christmas trees, and giant teddy bears for family pictures (the moms really take advantage of mall concerts).  TIP THE SCALE!  On the other hand, we get to play Christmas music for the people at the mall and for God's glory.  We also get to eat candy or go to Starbucks or some such reward-ful stuff like that after the performance.  So it really is QUITE fun.

     Now I'm like exhausted but happy because CHRISTMAS BREAK IS HERE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HANG OUT WITH MY FRIENDS AND GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AND SING ABOUT THE SAVIOR'S BIRTH!!!  

So what are you guys doing for Christmas??? (comment prompter, hint, hint)

:)  :P  :D

~Anna 

Thanksgiving Break Update

    Oh my heavens, I haven't posted in like...FOREVER!!!

     Haha, oh well.  First, I hope your guys thanksgiving break went well.  My cousins, Aunt Marie, Uncle Joseph, Peter, Elizabeth, and Rachel, came over from Ohio for thanksgiving.  It's always so much fun when they come over because we get to play with fire and sing about chocolate milk at the top of our lungs around the backyard campire at 9:30 at night.  Peter always brings his guitar for special effect.

     The guys played halo and us girls went shopping for around 6 hours on Black Friday.  It was awesome.  We went to TJ-Max, then Khols, then home, then out again to Macy's, then to Marshall's, then to Bruster's (because everybody likes ice cream in November), then to starbucks (because it rocks).  Then we went to Rack Room Shoes on Saturday morning and bought some fuzzy boots for me and Rachel.

     We also watched a ton of movies including "Hoodwinked," "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."  If you've ever seen hoodwinked before you know that Twitchy + Coffee = Epicness, Craziness, and Disaster combined.  

     Also, I thought I had geography homework over thanksgiving break.  My online geography class was at 8:00 this morning so I ended up doing double homework last night.  Which was awesome because now I don't have any homework this week.  What I'm thinking is that God knew I had 3 violin concerts this week, so he took away some of my schoolwork load to give me an easier time.  It so amazing how much God cares for us despite our sinfulness!

     See you guys at the Starfield Concert tonight!!!