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I don't know how many people read this blog or how many people are out there that read this are avid readers. But as I am an avid reader I wanted to help some people out and give some book suggestions. To let you all know these are all christian books.They have no cussing do not get gory (though there is sometimes a little violence) and have no risky scenes except a kiss or two. Mysteries Phantom Hollow Series By Kathy Herman. (in order book 1 to book 3) Ever Present Danger, Never Look Back and The Grand Scheme. Island Inferno By Chuck Holton. This says it is the second in a series but I didn't read the first and got it so you don't need to read the first one. O'Malley Series By Dee Henderson. There are seven books. Uncommon Heroes series by Dee Henderson. There are four books in this series. Newport 911 series by Terri Blackstock. Cape Refuge series by Terri Blackstock. To Catch a Theif series by Jill Elizabeth Nelson. Three books to this series. It is sooooo good! A Kiss of Adventure and Whisper of Danger by Katherine Palmer In Sheeps Clothing by Susan May Warren. Any of her books are great but this is my fave. There are a ton more but these happen to be my faves. Action/Adventure Stranger series (I think that is what it is called) by Al Lacy Saga of the Sierras by Brock and Bodie Thoene Comedy/funny books Splitting Harriet by Tamara Leigh. Warning you will crave Jelly Bellys by the end of this book! This is a great book of you are a pastor's kid. I am and I really appreciated it. It was funny too. Petticoat Ranch by Mary Connealy. This is hilarious, guys and girls alike will like the perspective. I laughed out loud when reading this a lot. The Boo series by Rene Gutteridge. These are great and hilarious. (books in order) Boo, Boo Who, Boo Hiss and Boo Humbug. Men of the Saddle by Lori Copeland. These also have action but they are funny. Romance (Warning do not read these unless you need a good dose of romance or really like romance) Anything by Lori Wick Books by Catherine Palmer Laurain Snelling, any of her books have some good romance and action too. Hope You like these suggestions. I enjoyed all of these books and will try to keep you posted on any more good books I read!
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So this weekend I went over to a friends house. We do gymnastics together and have a ton of fun. We talked, did gymnastics and talked some more. I finally got my standing back tuck and a running aeriel! So cool. We also watched a movie called Ever After. It is based on cinderella. So many movies have been made off of that story yet I love every one of them. They all appeal to me and the romantic part in every girls heart. I had a ton of fun. Then on Sunday we had a thanksgiving dinner at one of the churches. I saw a lot of people I know and ate way too much as one tends to do at meals like that! =) My favorite part was the mashed potatoes and gravy. It can't get much better! Then that night we had an all church thanksgiving service and a pie social afterwards. Pie socials bring out the true self in everyone. People who don't like sugar all of a sudden go crazy and eat seven pieces of pie (keep in mind reader they hate sugar).They also drink hot chocolate and get sugar high. Then those of us who are chocolateaholics see a chocolate pie slice, get the biggest piece then decide that was too much sugar! How whacked is that? I did that and you have no idea how much I love chocolate. I could form a chocolate lovers anonymous club by myself! The only bad thing about Sunday is realizing tommorow is monday. School, school and more school. Oh well I get a day and a half off of school so its all good. Laters Savvy Here are some pictures of me from gymnastics and playing around with the camera!
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So I have not been keeping up to date becasue I have been so busy. First there was gymnastics season. I do gymnastics on the Alamosa Mean Moose team. At first I had hurt myself four-wheeling and was out for almost a month, but then I got back into my game! I got to compete in all the meets at varsity level. I also made it to the State Gymnastics Meet on bars, floor and beam. I got nineteenth place on floor, with the highest score I have ever gotten!. It was awesome. The most recent thing that happend was I went to a Dare2Share Conference in Denver. It is a life changing experience. My youth group and I left on Friday morning and made the first session that night. The theme was Invincible. About how to put on the full armor of God and fight the spiritual battle we need to fight. The worship was by Fee and Leeland. They were great. I loved Fee! It was a challenging weekend though. We had to learn how the "Shred the Gnar" (go all out). We went out into Denver and collected canned food and shared the Gospel. We had to call a friend who wasn't a Chistian and tell them about Christ. We had to Pray out loud in a staidum of 10,000 teenagers. I can't say how great and amazing it was even the hard parts. My youth group is amazing and supportive and really helped me out. I can't thank m youth group leaders enough. I really learned that we are in a spiritual battle with demons and angels fighting. We have to be ready to fight our demons and put on the full armor of God and become Invincible. If you have never been to Dare2Share GO!!!! Shreddin' the Gnar Savvy. |
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So I went to camp for a week. I had so much fun. We went up to Ponderosa. It is beautiful there. This year we got enough money to charter a bus so we did not take seperate cars. It was a hilarious drive up. We had gone last year and were really pumped up to go. The band that played this year was Bread of Stone. They were so good live and had great messages in their songs. They also hung out with us kids the whole week at camp. I would recommend them to anyone and everyone. Our speaker was Justin Rich. He was very challenging gave and thought provoking messages Our small groups were great. My small gorup leader was Bobby Crick. He gave us all nicknames. His was crickey bobby. I met a lot of really nice people. I also had fun in recreation time. All the games invovlved getting wet! The message was about letting go and letting God. About purpose, passion and how to live life and deal with life. They did a good job. My youth group was really supportive to me during the whole time and we made some memories. One of games we played was ultimate spoons. For anyone who has not played it it is rough but fun. I had bruises up and down m shins for a week or two. Also we got bandannas and snapped each other all the time. Why do the funnest games we play involve getting hurt? This camp was the last week of July. I took a long time to write about it! Laters Savvy. |
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Hey guys. I have been so busy. Last week I helped out at VBS in the morning. The theme was Power Lab. It was great. The music was awesome. I had a ton of fun dancing around in front of the kids doing the motions. I helped out the lady doing the bible stories. I had fun in there too. It was extremely interactive. We experienced what every bible story was. My faveorite one was the friday's. I had to pretend to speak in a foreign language to help experience the pentecost in a way the kids could understand. Needless to say I take spanish but do not speak it well. I pretended to speack chinese. It was really funny. Everyone said I did a good job and I had the kids thinking I really spoke it! They were great in trying to communicate with me. One crew tried to give me hugs to communicate. The kitchen help was wonderful and the the director was absolutely amazing. It was awesome. (lets see how many times do I tend to use that word)? For the last six weeks I had been participating in the Wizard of Oz as a play. Last week I had dress rehearsals every night. The final production was on Friday and Saturday night. I did a good job and was happy with what I did . I also had a ton of fun. On sunday using the music from VBS my friend and I both sung in church and led worhsip. We had the music and the video going and turned up our mics. We sung over the music and did the motions. Everyone loved it. This Sunday I am also going to help lead worship and sing. So is my friend Breanne. This week I have just had gymnastics really. Today I went to Durango with my mom. We got to go the animal shelter and I wanted to adopt an animal but I couldn't. I also went to the trhift store and got a leotard. It is in great condition and I got it for only three dollars. I love thrifts stores. Well all for now |
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It has been a while since I have written, so I have a lot to say. On the 21st of June I celebrated my friend Breanne's birthday at the Sand Dunes. It was fun. The creek was running so we played only in the water. It was too hot on the dunes. She invited some other friends and we all had great time. We also kept playing tricks on the parents. They were sitting on damp sand with lawn chairs. We would sneak up behind them and dig a deep hole in the middle of the legs. Then they would slowly sink; it was hilarious when they finally realized it! Then last week I had a camping trip with my youth group TIDE. We had a great time just relaxing, playing games, and fishing. I always have fun with them. Tommorow we are going to be in the South Fork Fourth of July Parade. That will be fun. Then Saturday, our friends the Cadicamos are coming to visit. Also on Friday night our youth Group TIDE is doing a fundraiser for going to a summer camp. We are doing a Spaghetti dinner. Most of us in the youth group are the entertainment. I have also had gymnastics practice. I love gymnastics. So I have had a busy summer! |
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Hey anyone who is reading please pray. We have a horse named Larissa that has liquid in her lungs. We don't know why or what is going to happen. One of the only things we can do is pray. Also pray for my mom. Thanks you guys. Savannah Larissa the horse died =(
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So I went to Florida for a week of Pre-Med camp at Pensacola Christian College. I had a ton of fun. Everyone there was really nice. We did all sorts of cool things. We got to dissect a sheep heart and sheep lungs. That was amazing and really fun! Then the next day we extracted DNA from a strawberry, onion, and from our own spit! We got to keep some of our own DNA also. We also discussed evolutionism and creationism and watched videos on it. The proffessors are really nice and helpful. They were fun too. The sports center was really nice they had a ton of facillities such as; bowling, ice skating, putt-putt, wallyball, raquetball, fooseball, ping pong, and air hockey. They are also building another sports annex. It will have a surfing simulator, water slides, roller skating track, paintball course, a rock climbing wall that is being measured for havning the most sqare footage in the country. So cool. The girls in my room were really nice and I met a few people that I had a ton of fun with. It was great. I would recommend that you Go to Pensacola Christian College summer camps. It is also a good college too. All for now. |
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I am so pumped. I am getting ready to go to Florida for a week! I am going to Pensacola Christian College for a week of Pre-Med camp for highschoolers. There are many different things to do and different facilities. And to top it off I have never been to Florida! I am already packed and I am not leaving until Sunday afternoon. I can't wait. Warm weather and no wind. That is the good life. I have to ask and you need to comment away. Have any of you ever made homemade ice cream? If you have or haven't tell me. I am making some with my brother at the moment. It is sooooo good. We are even using really fresh cream and milk from my firends cow. All for now. |
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So My youth Group TIDE (Teens Influencing Dudes Everywhere) Had a huge overnight bash. It was so fun. When I got there they were playing flag football. I jumped right in and ran 3/4 of the field after catching the football. I also got knocked over twice, hit in the leg with the football and a jammed finger. But it's all good. Then we went in and ate, played card games and other games and talked. Then when it was dusk and getting pretty dark outside we played murder in the dark. It was a fun game. So what happens is that a leader or the head of the game deals out random cards to everyone. There are four jacks in the deck. If you get a jack you are a murderer. Then you go around as the murderer saying murder in the dark to try and get rid of people. The normal people try not to get murdered and to find the murderers. By the end in the last few games everyone was sooo paranoid even I was. You look over your shoulder, run from anyone, and try not to go in too dark of places. Then we went in the hot tub for a while. After that we played more card games and played sardines. We were up till three in the morning. Though it was totally clean fun and boys and girls had seperate rooms and chaperones. Before that I went to a pool party for an end of the year sort of thing. My best friend and I both did so many flips off of the diving board becasue we are in gymnastics. It was ton of fun too. So all for now. |
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I have the song International Harvester by Craig Morgan on my MP3 player. It is my favorite country song. It is sooo true too. Around here especially since, in the summer there are tractors and swathers on the road all the time going slow. We also own the brand of tractor International Harvester. So it is a great song. The music video is good too. So I have been job hunting trying to get a summer job. No definites yet but I am hoiping. Hope ya'll are having a good thursday and a good start of summer vacation! |
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Hey Ya'll. Are you sick of school 'cause I am sick of school. So sick in fact that I have crammed to finish up school. I have finished two subjects in a week. I did 13 lessons of literature. Then read 8-10 pages of science in one day (Chemistry) and, did all my review questions and today I took the test. Sooo I have worked hard and finished quite a bit of school. It has snowed here this morning. I couldn't believe it. It was in the 80s this weekend, then it snows. I say God is making fun of us saying it warming up or our weathermen =). Also I am in the play "Wizard of Oz." I am in the chorus and do several solo and semi-solo singing parts. And I am the head poppy. That part is supposed to have a singing solo too. So it should be fun. I now have "DIng Dong the Witch is Dead" stuck in my head. Our family also has company coming this weekend, so I cleaned the house and stuff. Not a lot of fun, but it helps my mom out. I have been reading the book "A Case For Christ" by Lee Strobel. It is a really good book. If you are not a christian it will help you make some decisions concerning faith without preaching at you. If you are a christian than it gives you good proof for Christ when you evangalize. I would recommend it for everyone. I have the student edition hich is good but the non-student edition probably goes more in-depth than the one I have. Have a great Friday! |
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I just bought a beautiful song by Casting Crowns called Who Am I. It really makes me think. God is the King of all. He can do anything. And yet He cares about me. He forgives me, guides my wandering heart, and even died for me. I am His because of what Jesus has done for me. I am a human, a mortal, yet God the Creator of the universe chooses to say "You are mine, special, and important to Me". One of the last lines of the song says Whom shall I fear? It is true we go through trials yet He carries my hurt and protects me. And "who am I that the Lord of all the earth would care to know my name, care to feel my hurt". He feels my hurt and has been there, done that. It is a comforting thought and rather humbling. If God cares about me and loves me even when I sin so I should be willing to do that. To see others sin yet still love them. God does it for me so I should pass it on. He will also calm the storms in my life, He will give me peace in the middle of my crazy life. Kind of like being in the eye of a storm. While I may be going through a storm He will calm me and give me peace, so I can go face the storm, when it passes back over me. Just some thoughts I thought to pass on. I would recommend to everyone to get that song. Remember Jesus really does care for you. |
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I am now officially 15! I got to go shopping yesterday on my birthday. It was fun. I also had several people wish me happy birthday. Drivers permit time! I need drivers ed first though =). All for now. |
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I celebrated my birthday yesterday. It was not my birthday, but I had to celebrate it on Saturday. It was a ton of fun. I took one of my best friends Bre (and my family) to the Great Sand Dunes. It was windy, but a ton of fun. We had to wade the creek and then we went to climb the dunes. We went up a ways and then started to jump and roll down them. Bre and I both did back tucks and backhandsprings down the dunes. People thought that was really cool; It as a lot of fun too! Then we climbed up a little bit more, then decided to go down. We went and played in the creek, then layed down on the sand for a while. Then we went to eat at a picnic spot. We had sandwiches and I opened some presents. I got nice presents. Finally we went back into Alamosa and went to Walmart. My brother got me a nice new radio. It was nice of him. Then we got to go to a drive-in movie. We saw National Treasure 2! It was an amazing movie. I loved it. I think it was better than the first one though I do like both. I think it really showed what true friends are. True friends are sacrificial, loving, and willing to help. My favortie character is Riley. He is hilarious. My mom said they sooo set it up for a third movie; Because at the end they were (The president and Benjamin gates) saying what is on page 47 of the presidents "Secret Book". So another one should come out. Also Riley finally found a girl! Sorry movie spoilers. Then we came home. Bre and I stayed up late and watched another movie. It was called Summer Stock. It is a Gene Kelley/Judy Garland movie. Gene Kelley is my absolute fave actor though he is now dead. He was an amzing dancer, singer, and man. Also it is Mother's Day. say "Happy Mothers Day I love you" to all moms. They are all heroes in their own way. Savvy P.S. TC I got you comment and I know who you are. Are your cousins there?
Bre and I doing Back Tucks (She is in blue and yellow I am in pink/brown and jeans)
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So I went to Pueblo yesterday and it was probably 80 degrees. It was really hot. We had to clean mice cages, and feed and water mice. Then we (me and my mom) helped Dianna the director, Alex a worker, and Don a worker fix perches for the recovery cage intented for baby Great Horned Owls. We padded perches and screwed the perches on. Then we had to weigh the owls and put them in the cage. Sorry to say but those baby owls are UGLY. Then we introduced our two dogs Sunny and Gabbi to Dianna's two Newfoundlands Fergus and Roon. Gabbi hid behind everything she could and so did Sunny. Gabbi then saw Marcus the resident cat and got all un-shy. She loves cats and plays with ours. Anyway after that we had to feed all the birds. I got to the feed baby owls and the one adult owl by myself. I feel quite honored becasue I have access to keys!!! Mwahahaha
Kickstand the Great Horned Owl
This is a Golden Eagle Not sure which one =)
The Kites, one cocked his head for my pic =)
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=). Then we left and went to Nogare's Gymnastics Academy. Class was good, and everyone there now knows about my birthday. I get sooo excited about my birthday. I love birthdays. I always vow to myself that I am not going to tell everyone about my birthday, but then a month from it I tell absolutely everyone! Anyway G2G
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Every Tuesday I go to Pueblo which is about two hours away to do gymnastics and volunteer at the Raptor Center. The Raptor Center is an educational center and rehabilitation center for birds of prey (hawks and falcons). It's cool because I get to see the birds up close and personal. They even have 2 Bald Eagles! I normally end up feeding the birds and cleaning rodent cages. Sometimes I clean up bird cages. That is not really fun because while you are trying to clean you have to duck from birds with very big talons =). I got to hold a Kite once! Yes it is a bird not a flying object in the air with no wings =). Then I go to gymnastics classes at Nogare's Gymnastics Academy. I like going there, they have good coaches and nice girls. Next Tuesday on my birthday the firls said they would even bring me a chocolate cake! I'll try to get pics of the birds! So all for now.
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Okay so I am new at this but I have something really exciting to say. My pony who is 38 inches tall just gave birth to an adorable little girl! Her name is Tot because her mom's name is Taters! =) She (Tot) is a little red horse. About the size of a medium sized dog! I also got to see her birth! We started "Foal Watch" at 2:00 yesterday afternoon (Because she waxed which is wax on her teats and that normally means a baby within 72 hours). We waited and waited, then at 11:00 that night she gave birth! It was picture perfect and rather amazing. I took lots of after birth pictures. It was hilarious watching her try stand up and then she would wander around the pen instead of nursing and mom was like uhhh..... why aren't you nursing? I can already tell she is going to be a handful lol =) Her mom is a little protective. She freaked out over the dogs. But all is okay, in Savvy Life. Cute Huh?
Taters and Tot
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Tot Sleeping