D.C. Trip

Hey all, I know that I told you that I would post about the D.C. trip soon after I got back. But that obviously didn't happen. So, instead of gushing about it and giving all the details three months late, I thought I'd just give a basic synopsis.

We left home Sunday, November 28th around 4:00pm. The first part of our trip was to Fulton, Missouri - approximately 5 1/2 hours away. The next morning we took a tour of the William Woods University campus, and looked at the down-town area. It was really awesome. I really really want to go to William Woods University. Plus, down-town Fulton reminds me of Rogers, Fayetteville, and Springdale all mixed up, so I think it could easily feel like home.

After we left Fulton, we headed to D.C. by way of awesome cousins in Harmony, Indiana. Lots of fun, although we only got to stay the night. The next morning, we ate a great home-cooked breakfast and drove the rest of the way to D.C. -- a ten hour trip. We listened to music, and a Mitford book on tape, did school, and slept. I enjoyed it quite a lot.

We spent three nights at another cousin's house just out side of the D.C. area, and got to go into town every day. We got in a lot of sight-seeing visiting Gallaudet University, National Right to Life HQ, Fords theater, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, the

Capitol, Library of Congress, National Archives Building, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial,
Vietnam Memorial, and the Smithsonian Museum of American History. My favorite by far was the Library of Congress.

Friday night we stayed at the Gaylord National Hotel. The Oireachtas was the next day, and it was amazing. I danced in three figures, or group dances. Our girls eight hand placed twelfth, so we stayed around for the awards ceremony (five hours later than we were originally expecting to leave,) and got to receive medals on stage. Although it was really neat to get to stay I, being me, stressed out way too much about losing so much time, and probably didn't get as psyched up as I otherwise would have. Looking back though, the whole week was one colossal ball of amazingness.

This is all.

Cheerio,

Lauren

♥ snow.

 

The snowflakes are falling by ones and by twos; 

There’s snow on my jacket, and snow on my shoes;

There’s snow on the bushes, and snow on the trees—

It’s snowing on everything now, if you please.

Leroy F. Jackson

quotes of last month...yeah, i'm late.

I checked a quotes book out of the library for some inspiration for a speech i'm writing, and thought I'd just use it for this month's QOTM. Enjoy.

Most of us like a person who comes right out and says what he thinks - especially when he thinks like we do.

God doesn't call us to be successful. He calls us to be faithful.

When we let God guide, He will provide.

If you can't be content with what you have recieved, be thankful for what you have escaped.

A man gave a woman his seat on the bus; she fainted. When she revived, she thanked him; he fainted.

We cannot all be great, but we can attach ourselves to a great cause.

A good leader inspires men to have confidence in him; a great leader inspires them to have confidence in themselves.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

When you feel dog-tired, at night, it may be because you growled and grumbled all day.

Cheese is the goal, right?

We had to write a tanka in class the other day, but I didn't get to finish the one I was working on. So I made a new one. Saying it's cheesy is kind of an understatement, but I had fun. =)

Tanka: an unrhymed Japanese verse form of five lines containing five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables respectively

January snows

Shall never dampen our days

The happy flakes dance

Across the fields like fairies

Knowing spring will come again.

Cheers,

Lauren

Shaken, by Hawk Nelson

Here are the lyrics to another song I really like. I'm putting the video in the videos I like section.

I've stood alone a million times

That's not the same as being alone

I've felt ignored, and left behind before

But that's not the same as being disowned

Open my eyes, and help me see

that there's a world outside of me

I'm no different, I want to make a difference tonight

The words don't always come out right

And I don't normally cry

But you didn't see the look in her eyes

I've been shaken

From my head, on down to my toes

Lord use me, take me where you want me to go

I can't help it, my heart has been replaced with a face

I'm ready, these hands are dedicated to change

I've hurt before, but held inside

I've seen their tears, 'cause pain is something they can't hide

What makes us different?

We have a chance to listen tonight

The words don't always come out right

And I don't normally cry

But you didn't see the look in her eyes

open my eyes

I've been shaken

From my head, on down to my toes

Lord use me, take me where you want me to go

I can't help it, my heart has been replaced with a face

I'm ready, these hands are dedicated to change

I've been shaken

From my head, on down to my toes

Lord use me, take me where you want me to go

I can't help it, my heart has been replaced with a face

I'm ready, these hands are dedicated to change

Christmas song

Hey all,

I just thought I'd share a song that I've heard a lot on the radio this Christmas season. It is really cool, and when I saw the music video/behind the song video I started bawling. :/ Hope you enjoy it.

Lyrics:

It’s the news that no one hopes for,

Every parent's greatest fear

Finding out the child you love so much

Might not make it through the year

Now the thought of spending Christmas

Without him just feels wrong

They’ve been praying for a miracle,

Now they're praying he can just hold on

(chorus)

For one last Christmas one last time

One last season when the world is right

One more telling of the story

One more verse of Silent Night

They’d give anything so he could have

One last Christmas

Middle of September

Still seventy degrees

Daddy climbs up in the attic

Brings down candles

Hangs the lights on all the trees

Then the neighbors started asking

And pretty soon word got around

First it was the neighborhood,

Before too long they lit up that whole town

Chorus

Twenty-seventh of October,

His time was wearing thin

Friends and family, even strangers

That they didn’t know brought presents in

He was weak but he was smiling

Like there was nothing even wrong

They said he wouldn’t make it,

Looks like he got to see it after all

Chorus

Cheers,

Lauren

P.S. I still want to do a D.C. blog, but I've not yet had time to really sit down and write. Hopefully I'll get to that in the next couple of days.