Just Another Week of Summer.

Hello everyone!
  I haven't written in a while because I haven't really had anything to write about that much. I think I'm just going to write as things happen each day from now on. I will try to write once a week as I can.
  So this week was quite fun. On Monday and Tuesday night I had marching band practice each night, which was very fun. We learned all the music for the entire show, and really, this season is just going to be epic. I can just feel it. I am so excited for marching band season to really really really kick off. Pre-Camp starts on July 22, and that's Monday through Thursday 8 AM-Noon. Then the week after that we have Band camp which is still Monday through Thursday 8 AM-5 PM. Each week is of course long, and hot, and sweaty, and full of lots of awkward tan lines. But nevertheless I am excited, even though when I get there I'm going to be all "bllaaahh" I am excited. I'm just saying that now. Anyway, after practice on Monday and Tuesday my friends and I went out. On Monday we went to Taco Bell, and got some food and just hung out together for a little bit. On Tuesday we went to this local Mexican restaurant called Margaritas. We did the same, just hung out together and talked. It was a lot of fun. I love hanging out with my friends.
  On Wednesday I went over to my grandma's house to do some work for her to raise some more money for MOVE '13. I cleaned all the cabinets and then I dusted and cleaned the basement. For all of that I got $40, which was really nice. I thanked her many times, and if she reads this, Thank you again! My grandparents are awesome. Then I was going to go over to Andie's house again, but there were some really bad storms coming in, so I ended up staying at my Grandparents house until my parents came to pick me up. My uncles family came over just for safety and I finally got to see my cousins for the first time since March. It was nice to see all of them again.
  On Thursday I did in fact go over to Andie's house and I spent the majority of my day there. It was so much fun! We spent most of the entire time I was there outside. I kept the little boys occupied for quite a while. We ran around, just playing, and running around in water that was sort of like an immobile sprinkler that had sprung from one of her hoses in the garden. I got completely soaked, as did the twin boys, Josh and Cadence. I then made clover flower crowns and necklaces for all three of the little boys. We went around picking flowers, and we seriously had so much fun. Andie was working on building a little porch in front of her house, and I helped a little with that. Then at about 7:30 we all went inside and got food, then Josh, Cade, and Kaleb went to sleep, and Andie, Kevin, and I sat out in the living room watching Doctor Who until my parents came and picked me up. Overall I had a blast over there. I love spending time with all of them, and it seriously makes me so happy whenever I do get to be with them.
  Friday was pretty much full of nothing. I laid around the house and listened to music, and watched lots of Youtube videos. I managed to figure out how to connect the computer with the big speakers that are connected to the TV and I got to listen to music out of those. It was quite glorious. Then I went to bed actually quite early, probably because I was still tired from Thursday because let me tell you, I was completely exhausted after running around with the boys on Thursday.
  So yeah, that was my week! I hope you all had a lovely week as well. Now it's fathers day weekend, and I'm sure something will happen. Some close friends, Marla and Anson, are coming over tonight for church and food. That will be fun! Then tomorrow I'm sure my parents have something up their sleeves. Breakfast with the grandparents I presume. I'm excited! I'll try and write again before Wednesday because that is when we leave for the mission trip, so I wont have any technology with me. I hope you have a lovely father's day weekend. Happy fathers day to all the fathers out there. Happy father's day to my daddy. He is amazing, and I love him so much!

I love you all tons! Stay fantastic, and always look on the bright side of life! <3

~Aria Joy <3

Weekend Events!

Hello everyone!
  Sorry I haven't written for a while, but it's really good to be writing again. I have had quite a lovely weekend over all! This isn't really going to have a huge point to it, you know, just sharing my weekend and stuffs that has happened during it.
  On Thursday evening I had marching band rehearsal and that was fun, of course. I love marching band, if you hadn't noticed yet!
  Then on Friday I went over to Andie's house to help make more cookies for the bake sale that we are doing for raising the last funds for the mission trip that Liz, Malachi, and I are going on in a week and a half. Which if you still want to donate some money, and get some delicious cookies that are made with love, you could check stuffs out on Facebook, and I will put up a link for the order form at the end of this for everyone! But yeah, I made lots of cookies with Andie on Friday night, and when we were all done doing that we just hung out together. We watched the great movie, Ghost, that has Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg in it. Such a good movie. Malachi showed up about a fourth of the way through it, so I got to see him and hang out with him for a little bit, which was quite lovely. I love being able to see him. Then after that we watched How I Met Your Mother until my parents came and picked me up at about 2 AM.
  On Saturday I did approximately nothing. I just sort of slept for a while, and then lounged around the house pretty much for the majority of the day. My parents were watching Game of Thrones for several hours, so I finally got to finishing the graphic novel series Strangers in Paradise. Oh my goodness. It was so lovely, it's not even funny! It was gorgeous, and apparently there is another book coming out sometime this year, which my step mom and her best friend, my Aunt Kitty, who were the ones that got me into SiP, are totally stoked about, and of course now that I've finished it, I am as well! I can't wait for it to come out!
  Then today I had graduation to go to and play at with the band. It wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was actually quite lovely! Better than the past graduation ceremonies I have been to. It was really actually enjoyable! I had fun playing at it, and listening to the speakers, and seeing a lot of good friends graduate. After that I went to hang out with my friends Austin (a graduate today), Holly, Mattie, Brenden, Jon, and Kourteney, at Holly and Mattie's house. We had pizza and cookies, and then we swam for about 2 hours. It was so much fun! After we were done swimming we all came inside and ate a little more, and then watched the movie Liar Liar, with Jim Carey in it. In the middle of that I had to come home, and well here I am now. I'm sitting in the living room with my parents watching the Tony's.
  So yeah, that's been my weekend update. I've had quite a lovely weekend. I hope you have had a lovely weekend as well! I hope you have a lovely upcoming week as well!

Here's the link to the order form for the donation based bake sale if you would like to order some. It would be really helpful for Liz, Malachi, and I as we get close to going on the mission trip:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LbNawp7W0OIk6IvgWD7bQfy8YBIEe4SZVHoDmrMisMI/viewform

Thank you all so much! You are all fantastic, and I love your beautiful faces!

~Aria Joy <3

Stuff and Things!

Hello everyone!
  So these past couple of days have actually been quite fun. On Tuesday night I had my first Marching band practice and that was lovely!! I am so excited to be back marching, and learning new music, which sounds so fantastical it's not even funny. I have another rehearsal tonight, and then not again until Monday. I'm so looking forward to each and every rehearsal. Im just so excited about all of it. Marching band isn't my favorite thing in the world, but I love the music, and I love the people, and on occasion I do enjoy it, but not that much, besides the music. I love the music. It makes me so happy.
  Yesterday I woke up for reals at about 11-ish and went on a nice walk with my parents around the neighborhood. Then did some of our own stuff for a couple hours. I made food for myself, and my dad mowed the lawn, and Stephanie did recycling and money stuffs. Then we got all cleaned up and my dad had to go to his college campus to do some stuff, but on the way they dropped me off at Andie's house. I got to spend the entire evening there with everyone, cooking baked goods for a little bake sale that Liz and I are holding to raise some money for our mission trip that we are going on. We got some money by selling some of the stuff to the neighbors, and they donated a little more, which was really nice. (Which by the way, if anyone would like to buy some cookies or brownies that we made, they are 2 for a dollar, you can just hit me up on Facebook if we're friends!) Then Andie, Malachi, Liz, and I went to Kroger to get some more flour so that we could make more stuffs. Then we got home and we chilled for a little bit, then had supper, cleaned up a little, then Liz and I went back cooking brownie stuff. We attempted to make Brownie cookies, which weren't that successful, in fact, I actually scraped an entire layer of skin off my knuckle with one of them. I think I'm the only person that can literally say I injured myself with a brownie. Yep. Talent right there. After Liz and I were done, and cleaned up, we all sort of just laid around while I waited for my parents to pick me up. I had a really lovely time. I love spending time with that entire family. They make me so happy, if I hadn't mentioned that before.
  Then today I have just sort of been sitting around watching Bones, and now Doctor Who. Now, I'm just waiting to go to Marching band practice. Yay. So yeah, thats been my past few days.

I love each and everyone of you! Stay fantastic!

~Aria Joy <3

These Past Few Days.

Good Afternoon Readers!
  I am so sorry that I haven't written these past few days. There has been a lot of crap going on internally, and emotionally for me these past few days, and I really wasn't in the mood to write about anything, especially what was going on. I'm not going to write about it, but I would just like to ask for your prayers. I need the strength to leave it all behind me and continue to be a happy cheerful, loving person as per usual. Thank you all.
  So I'm just going to write a quick update. On Sunday I went to a cast party with my parents for the show that they are in, Les Mis. I got to see a lot of my theater friends, and it was great to see them again. Along with that I made new friends. It was the highlight of my day and it was nice. Yesterday I had the last Mission trip meeting for the local mission trip I'm going on in two weeks. It was really nice to see a lot of people who really make me happy. I saw my small group leader, Shelby, and I was so happy to finally see her. I have missed her so much, and I haven't seen her in about two weeks. I got to see a bunch of other church friends, which was really nice because I love seeing all of them. I also met new people, and learned peoples names and I wasn't antisocial! I'm so proud of myself! Also, I FINALLY got to see Malachi and Liz. It was fantastic to see both of them, along with the rest of their family. I love their family so freaking much, they are essentially my own. I got to go home with them and I hung out with Liz, Andie, Kevin, Elijah, and the baby of the family, Kaleb. I love them all. We all snuggled up on the couch and watched Doctor Who, which was very traumatic on Liz and I. One of the really sad episodes. We both sobbed our eyes out together. Yeah.
  But I doth believe that is it. I had a really good time yesterday, seeing a lot of people that I love to death. Tonight I get to go to marching band practice and Im so freaking excited!! YAY!

I love you all so much! God bless, and stay fantastical!

~Aria Joy <3

A Day With the Family

Hello World!
  I waited to write this so late for one reason only. This would be because I completely forgot. I looked at the clock and I was just thinking "Well! I almost totally forgot to write a blog today!" I'm glad I did remember to write it though!
  So today was the first day of Summer, and I totally forgot about it. I woke up this morning at about 6:30 AM and I started panicking. I thought I had to go to school and I freaked because I hadn't set my alarm. Then I figured out it was Saturday, and it was the first day of summer break. I sort of sighed with relief and crashed again until about 11. It was really nice! Then I woke up, put on some music and ate breakfast while going through twitter and facebook!
  Later when my dad woke up and had done stuff we headed over to my Grandmas house to visit my aunt. She's been home from the hospital for about two days and we are all so relieved to have her home. Keep praying for her to feel better if you have been. Thank you all so much for the prayers. But we went and hung out for a little bit with the family. Then we got chinese food and ate together while watching Wipe-Out. Then we watched 50 First Dates with Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler. That is such a great movie and I love it so much. After that we my dad decided it was time to go, so we cleaned up and headed out. I had such a lovely time with my family even though we didn't do much. Just being with them, and knowing that Savannah is home and safe, and getting better is enough for me. I love just being with them.
  So yeah! That was my day! I know this is short, but it is what it is.

I love everyone, and stay amazingly amazing! God Bless!!

~Aria Joy ♥