Truth Be Told #16

Truth Be Told #16

Sometimes Choices Are Difficult

Sometimes there is nothing to do on the weekend and sometimes there is everything to do.

This weekend I had to make a tough choice.

My cousin Pat got us free tickets to the Bayhawks game.

This is Pat.  He is my cousin and 6 feet 7.  I think Sam is going to be that tall, too.

My Aunt Karen asked us to go to this concert at the exact same time.

Third Day is one of our favorite bands and we loved Colton on last year's American Idol.  

Mom let me choose.  I ended up picking the concert.  This is Natalie and I ready to go with Aunt Karen.

Overall the concert was really good.  Aunt Karen bought us t shirts.  When you do something with Aunt Karen it usually comes with clothes.  

I missed a chance to see my cousin Chris answer the trivia question.  He got it right!

I also missed a chance to go with Em and these two:

 Mom let Sam pick a friend since they had extra tickets.  They got to pick a treat.  Mother Eloise sent Dad for popcorn, but he came back with blue slushies.  Red dye is part of blue dye.  It makes Sam hyper, then mean.

I guess they bugged the guy in front of them a lot, but the stranger was a good sport.

I think I picked the right activity for the night.

The music is still in my heart today.  Check out the video below.  It is of Josh Wilson.  He performed an acoustic version of Amazing Grace.  That is one my favorite songs.

Lots of Love,

Ellen Louise

Truth Be Told #15

Truth Be Told #15

You Have to be Tough to Survive This Family

The Overdorffs came in over the weekend.  They live in Ohio.  They are my mom's relatives on her dad's side. They stayed overnight.

This is Jaclyn on the right.  She ended up getting sick.  She never complained once.  She even had to ride all the way back to Cleveland sick.  

She's just like the rest of us.  You have to be tough to be in this family.  

Then we got to stay overnight somewhere.  We spent the next night a Peak n Peek Ski Resort.  

It was 10 degrees and the actual feel was minus 1.  Of course we signed up for the tubing package.

We got toughened to the cold.

Sam was not too sure about it at first, but ended up loving it.  We went with Jack, Adam, and all of his friends.  Soon Sam was riding down the hill with all the teenagers.  You could hear him over everyone else.

It was so cold Mother Eloise told me to wear a scarf.  She told me I looked like a refugee.

Mother Eloise always takes pictures of herself like this in a mirror for her blog.

I thought I could join in.  Everyone needs a nice refugee in the background.

This actually has a name.

It is called the photo bomb.

My cousin Chris likes to do this in everybody's pictures.

I think I am taking after him.

I had WAY too much fun with it.

Above was the faraway look.  

Below is the duck face.

Mother Eloise will be making some faces come July.  She signed up for the race in the video below, with her friend Tracy.  She told me I get to be the trainer.  I'm getting a clip board and a real coach's whistle.  We get to train on the playgrounds. 

 My monkey bar experiences are not great.  Mother Eloise was teaching me how when I was 8, and she told me to "just swing your arms and legs--I'll catch you--I'll be right here."  Well, let's just say her reaction time is a little slow.  I think I got a concussion because I landed flat on my back.  I hope her teammates read this blog.

If you want to check out what she's in for, click on the video below.  Like I said--you have to be tough to survive this family.

Hang Tough,

Ellen Louise

Truth Be Told #14!

Truth Be Told #14:

He Wasn't Just Being Good

Sam was good during Natalie's Shining Star Pageant.  He was quiet and didn't bug anyone too much.  Poor Brad still had to sit next to him though.  Sam even fell asleep.

I guess when he got home, ten minutes later he puked all over the place.  Sam is sick. He has the stomach flu.  He was up all night but I missed it because I slept over at Em's house.  Mom said he cried for me.

Mother Eloise didn't mind sitting home with him all weekend because she had this to read.

The pageant was so good.  The girl on the left is in Natalie's dance class a Keri's Dance Studio.  I am the helper in that class and get to do the show with them every year.  

This girl is in Natalie's dance class, too.  Our dance costumes for the show are really pretty.  They are pink dresses this year.

Every girl likes to wear pink and have sparkly shoes.  

Natalie looked really pretty and sang very well.  She did a Carrie Underwood song.  It was called There's A Place for Us.  The words have a lot of meaning.

Posted below is the song.  This video has clips from the Narnia movie it was used in.  It shows Carrie singing and recording the song which is cool.  Carrie is wearing a flannel shirt and has her hair twisted up and still is pretty.   Listen to the words, and think of Natalie and all of her friends.  The song is perfect just like the night was.  

Except for Sam puking, that is.

Enjoy the Super Bowl.  I kind of want San Francisco to win.  I am looking forward to the half time show and the commercials.

Have a nice day,

Ellen Louise