You Only Have ONE Life!! Spend It Wisely!!!

Hello again! It's Lauren here! I was out in the woods the other day when I saw some deer. They just froze and looked at me! I was thinking about how much God has made for me! I live here where a lot of animals live and yet I still felt like God had left something out. Well it was then and there that I realized most people can't come out there front door and see deer, foxes, raccoons, and even sometimes birds! Well I get to see all of that everyday and much more!! The evidence for creation is all around me and yet I fail to see it. God has made this entire universe and all I see when I come out of my house is a bunch of trees and dirt that have been there ever since I was born and long before that! I remember talking to my dad a few days ago about a similar thing. He was talking about eating. Yes I know that has absolutely nothing to do with this, but hold on a second. I'm going to make a point with this. My dad said that he had been listening to a talk show and the host of the show was talking about a good way to lose weight. Ok stay with me here! Anyways, the host said that you should sit down for every meal and eat one bite at a time. They said to take one bite and then stop for a second to enjoy it. They said the average person rushes though his/her meal with in ten minutes and eats way more then there body can handle. Well it's kind of the same with nature. People don't have the time to go watch a squirrel climb a tree or sit down and watch a deer drink from a stream, but they have enough time to surf the Internet and watch TV. People just rush though there days wondering how the next one will be. Well that's NOT how it works. God created this entire world for us to live on so we could glorify Him. But we are to rushed to sit down and praise God for what he has created, because we think it would be to boring. It is like telling God he made life to busy for us to look at what He has made! That is definitely NOT TRUE!!!! We are the ones who have made life so busy! God loves us and gave us what we needed to survive right from the beginning, but we wanted more because we are of a selfish nature! Chill out!!!!! Take a vacation. Go to the beach. Go to a park and watch a squirrel climb a tree. Spend time with your family and read the Bible! God gives us all we need to satisfy us!!! In the Bible!!!!!!! Now that summer is coming up you need to get out and enjoy life!! Ok enough preaching!!!!
I won't keep you much longer, I just want to tell you the good news!! I bought both of the movies that I've been tying to get the past few weeks! Hooray!!!!!! The movies I got came from Amazon.com. You can get movies cheaper there then in a store! I got movies that were supposed to be $20.00 dollars EACH(which would have been $40.00 dollars plus shipping which is $3.00 dollars per idem the total coming to about $46.00 dollars. I got them both for only $28.00 dollars!!!!! That also includes shipping costs!!! Ya man!!!!!!! Just incase you have been wondering the names of the movies, they are Moondance Alexander and Love's Unfolding Dream! Well I will talk to you later!!! Love you all!!

~Lauren~

The Expander!!!

Hey there. Today I got my expander in. I do not like it at all, but my mom said that in a few weeks I will not really realize that it is there.

Here are some reasons why I don't like it!

1. I can not swallow very well . That is because the expander is on the roof of my mouth and that is were I put my tongue when I swallow.


2. There is a little gap in between the roof of my mouth and the expander and gets food stuck there a lot.


3. It is hard to eat because there is not much room in my mouth to chew the food with.


4. And last of all.........it hurts like the dickins. I would have to say I am glad that I got it now so that I get it done and over with sooner than later.

Well that is how I am doing. How are you doing? Oh here is a picture of my expander and the tool that my mom has to use to it with. And please pray for me. Please pray that my teeth do not hurt very badly. And that the time will pass fast so I can get it off. If you have any questions you want to ask me please leave a comment and ask me and I will be sure to answer it for you. Well talk to you later.






~Emily~

The Parade

Today my family went to a parade in Niles!! We sat with some of our friends. They were the Reevas, Suttons, and the Toledos. We all had so much fun together. The parade was the shortest and most UN entertaining one I have ever been to. It was about 15 to 20 minutes long. The one in Buchanan was about a hour long. We still had fun though, we had a lot of friends and some people across the street from us. Here is a picture of them.

I think it is very funny. My mom thought is was so funny that she took a picture of it. I have never seen a dog in a stroller at a parade. Well got to go talk to you later. Emily

All About Lauren!

Ok, I was reading my journal today and saw that I had told myself about myself. Or in other words I asked some questions and then answered them so I could remember what I liked at age 12. So I decide to do that for you! The questions will be in bold print so you don't get confused and the answers will be in regular print. Alright here we go! What is your favorite color? My favorite color is blue. What are your favorite sports? I like soccer and basketball! What age are you looking forward to? I can't wait to be 14-years-old. Why that age? When you turn 14 you can work at the camp and you really start to fit in. What do you want to be when you grow up? I either want to work in an orphanage or get married and have bunches of kids!!!! What are your favorite movies? I like Princess Bride, Hidden in Silence(the one with Kellie Martin in it), all of the Love Comes Softly series, and Christy! What are your favorite girl names? I like the names Katie, Heather, Abigail, and Sarah. What are your favorite boy names? I like the names Tyler, Jason, James, and Jarred! What is your favorite food? I like my moms enchiladas, her homemade cinnamon rolls, and chicken stuffing!!!! What is your favorite number? The #94. Why that number. Because that was the year I was born! 1994! What is your full name? Lauren Grace Herdklotz!!! Well I have to go I will talk to you later!! Love you all and thanks for reading this blog!!

~Lauren~

Random Post!

Hey it's Lauren again. You guys are probably thinking, "what in the world does the title mean?". Well let me explain. Today I was talking to some friends of mine, from North Carolina,(I had called them on the cell phone) and we were talking about the blog and they said I wasn't writing much. Well I'm here to prove them wrong!! Um...... I don't exactly know what I'm going to say, but hey, it'll come to me! I hope!!! Well I could tell you about the conversation I had with Sharon and James Weeks. ( D. Hey Sharon, Jam+es!!!! Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!) Sorry fellow readers that's an inside joke between Sharon and I! Anyways let me get you up to date. I received a little more then $22.00 a while ago and decided to spend it on the Weeks kids. I love y'all!!! Well when they come up here for Family Camp every year we like to have a sleepover in there cabin. (The Weeks Children: Anna Carol, Sharon, and Mary. Herdklotz children: Lauren and Emily. Note: They have other children and we do too, but most of them are either to young or boys!) So we get stuff from the Snack Shop and watch a movie. Well last year we had to watch something they had seen over a hundred times. So this year I decided to get a movie that we hadn't seen a hundred times. Now back to today. I was asking Sharon and James what they wanted me to buy for the sleepover and Sharon kept telling me that she wanted to buy it all because I had done so much for them, but I told her NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then after trying, for more then five minuets,(Sharon take notice that I spelled "minuets" the way I said it was supposed to be spelled and it checks out on spell check!!!!!!!) to get me to say she could buy the movie or whatever (once she realized I wasn't going to change my mind) she told me the kindest thing anybody had ever told me. She said, " Lauren, you are sooooo sweet, kind, and nice"!!!!!!!!!!! I almost started crying right then and there!!!!!! It was the kindest, sweetest, most wonderful thing anybody had ever told me!!!!!! Normally I am told that I am to mean or to rough, but she actually called me nice!!!!!! Thanks Shace!!! I love you too!!!!! Anyways if y'all have any suggestions on any movies I could get, for the sleepover, that would be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mrs. Karen Sutton my mom said you could TiVO a movie for me, if I were to pay for the DVD. The movies name is "Loves Unfolding Dream". If you could TiVO it for me that would be GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can too Grammie, if you can figure out how to. Hahahahahaha! Thanks!!! Well I will talk to you guys later!!!!!!!

~Lauren~

P.S. Hey what do you think of my becoming an author? If you think I would make a good one leave me a comment. If not, just keep it to yourself!!! Hahahaha!

Soccer and Babysitting

Well hey it's Emily again. I like to talk to you guys, so I couldn't wait to talk to you again. Today was my last soccer game. My team won 12-1. I am so excited. This is sort of embarrassing, but every night before a soccer game my dad would give us all a foot rub (not Mommy though!). It was sort of like a good luck charm so that we would do good in the soccer game. Well it worked most of the time, but today it really worked. I did a good job and I scored a goal. It was first goal I had scored the whole season. I was so happy when I scored it. I even embarrassed myself when I scored the goal. I threw my hands up in the air and screamed. After I noticed that people were staring at me I put my hands down and told people that I did not do that. Then when I was on the sidelines, a kid started to throw his hands up and pretended to do what I did. I was so embarrassed! After the game my team had ice cream. It was nice to have a cold treat after a hot soccer game. I had to good bye and then it was time to leave.
Now to my other subject. After my soccer game my family came home and got ready to go to a friend's house. I did not go. I stayed home and watched Joel. We had so much fun together. We watched movies went on walks and ate dinner. We had pancakes for supper. He helped me make dinner. We had so much fun tonight. I love to watch Joel. He is so much fun to be around. He is a little sweetheart. Well talk to you later.
Love
Emily
Herdklotz

Friends, toys, and fun!!!!!

Hey guys it's Lauren!! Sorry I haven't written in so long. I've been kind of busy lately. I had some friends over yesterday!!!! The Maxwell family!!!! The Maxwell's have four girls and there parents were my soccer coaches for two years!!! I LOVE there family!!! They are soooooo sweet!! The girls blog address is on the top of this page!!! Where it says other blogs we like or something like that!!!!!! Anyways!! We had them over yesterday. Mr. Maxwell came and gave my mom a new "toy" as she calls it!!! It is a new thing made for making videos and since my mom LOVES to make videos of the family the Maxwell's gave the video maker to her!!!! She LOVES it!!! Thanks Maxwell's!!! Well maybe thanks! You see she has been on the computer since she woke up this morning listening to the sound affects and watching the exits for the pictures!!!! It was so funny to watch!!! You would be sitting at the table or on the couch and suddenly you would here her say "Oh that's soooo cute" or " I like that one" or "Listen to this everyone" and our favorite " That one gives me a headache"!!!!!! It was sooooo funny!!! OK well back to the Maxwell's visit. When they got here all of the girls went outside and the parent's stayed inside. (except for my dad. He was @ work. Mr. Maxwell left after he showed my mom how to use the "toy"!!) I mostly played with there oldest, Adriana. Later on Adriana and I went inside and played Manuela. That was fun!! We had spaghetti for supper and then they left. It was really sad to see them go. I love there family!!!!! Come back soon you here Maxwell's!!!!!! We ALL love you guys!!! Well I better go!! Talk to you soon!

~Lauren~

P.S. I will see if I can put the family video my mom is making on the blog!!! It probably won't be done until Christmas though.

The Swing

This is me when I was swinging on the swing. It was so much fun. I am glad that I got this on video yesterday, because when I woke up this morning the swing was GONE!!! I hope we find it soon.

~DANIEL~

Father Daughter Banquet

Well hey it's me Emily. Nice to talk to you again. I just thought that I would share some of the fun that I had Saturday night. To begin with there was a Father Daughter Banquet Saturday night the third. My dad took all of us girls to the Banquet. It was so much fun!!! I went to the Bearden's house to get ready. The Bearden's travel on the road with one of the Life Action teams. Mrs. Bearden bought Abby, her daughter, and I matching dresses. Here is a picture of us. Abby is on the left and I am on the right.

My dad and sisters and I sat with the Mann's and some people from their church. We talk and laughed a lot. The food was so good. Here is what we could eat. Steak and potatoes, chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese, And last of all Chicken cordon blue, rice and corn. I ate the Chicken cordon blue, rice and corn. It was so good. My dad takes us girls once every year. I really like to go with him. He is a lot of fun to be with. Well talk to you later.

Emily

Good News

Hey it's me Emily. As some of you know, my Grandfather is paying for me to get braces! I am SO excited. Some people say that it is horrible to get braces, but others say it is not a big deal. Well for a long time I have been trying to get two teeth out so that I can get my braces on. I got one out, but I could not seem to get the other one out. Well Wednesday was my lucky day. I got it out last night. I am so excited. Now I can get my braces on. YEAH!!! I want to get my braces on. So as soon as my mom and dad let me I well have on my braces. Oh by the way, I am missing a tooth and I might have to get a fake tooth put in in its place in a few years. I do not want to have to get a fake tooth. I have to go see a different orthodontist and get a consultation and see what he says. If he says something different I am going to go to him. Depending on which one is better. I just want it to be done and my braces on. Well got to go talk to you later.
*Emily* =)