.

special kid.

2011-03-24T01:56:00.000-07:00

This kid that I'm dancing with is special.
He's going to Manila in the Philipines for two years.
He'll be serving the Lord.
He looks good in a suit yeah?
Good, because he'll be wearing
them for two years straight.
He'll be missed. Lots.

After all, he is my taxi driver?!

I love my taxi driver :)

College.

2011-03-10T20:06:00.000-08:00

I've started school at Launceston College this year.

I'm going to use this as an excuse for not having blogged.

Even though you all know that it's just because I'm lazy and

can't be bothered.

I have HEAPS of homework.

It's a little bit crazy considering that I went from
Deloraine high which had roughly 200 students and
no homework at all, to something ridiculous like
1,500 students and 4 assignments a week.

I am coping though, just.

I'm travelling from Deloraine to Launceston everyday.

Some may think this is no big deal, but it's an

hour each way! That's a lot of time on a bus.

So if you haven't seen me around lately,
it's because I'm studying, at school or on a bus.

I'm going to try and blog though.

I've got so many cool things I could be blogging too.

Anyway, just filling you in.

If anyone reads this ...

Actually, can you comment if you do read my
blog ? I'd love to know who actually reads it.

I know I only read a few and mainly look at the pictures

on other blogs :)

WOW

2011-02-15T01:51:00.000-08:00

If you know me,
you know that I love photography.
If you really really know me,
you know that I've always wanted my own
Nikon SLR.
Well I got one.
This photo is of me trying to hide
my excitement on Christmas morning.

I went and picked the camera out with
Mum, Aunty Kristen & Uncle Steph.
Its good shopping with them because
they work hard to get the best deal they can.
Mum & Kristen intimidate the salesman by
staring them down and Uncle Steph does the talking.
I got a really good deal.
Mum & Dad paid for some of it for Christmas
and I had to pay off the rest.
Well I did it!
I worked most of these holidays and became
debt free late last week.

Its a fantastic feeling :)

Call me ?

2011-01-29T22:01:00.000-08:00

A long time ago I got a phone.

A chocolate phone.

This was Mum's idea of a joke since
she wouldn't let me get a real one.
I sat it in the fridge for a long time,
determined not to eat it until I got a real phone.
Because I'm a very clever teenager,
I conned my mother into giving me her phone
along with some help of a friend.
So, it was time to eat the chocolate one.

Delicious.

Amazing.

2011-01-19T03:51:00.000-08:00

Alright.

See this lady.
The blonde smiley one?

Thats Toni.
She's my famous cousin.
The creator of
'Make It Perfect"
&
'QLD Flood Appeal Auction'.
She's pretty amazing hey?
Click on the little 'Toni' to check out her
and her amazingness.
It's all pretty impressive.
Because I'm a slack blogger and not a very
creative person, I'm just going to put the link here.
Just to show you how awesome she is.

:)

Rumour has it that she wouldn't have done
half of this with out her little helpers.

Helper #1

The King.

From what I gather, this lady has been assisting
in quite a lot of the Flood Appeal managing.
Obviously I'm not all that cluey and don't know
all the details. But from what I understand
she has uploaded a heap of photos of the items for
auctioning on facebook.
How amazing!?
Lucky she can upload photos to any site with her
eyes closed :)
Check out her amazingness at the little
'Lisa'.

Helper #2

Carli, the sister.

I don't know Carli too well, but I do
know that she's supported Toni through
this Flood Appeal.
I've seen a few comments saying
"Carli, get off my account"
which means Carli has been helping out
on Toni's account.
Carli is pretty amazing.
Her kids are really cute too.
And how gorgeous is this picture?
I wish it was me looking that great in this picture.
Check out her amazingness here.

Well, check out their blogs.
Check out the million action items.
Its so much fun!
These girls are doing an awesome job.
I'm certain there are so so many more people
supporting Toni in the world of blogging and sewing
that I am unaware of.
I think its all a little unreal.
Doesn't really sink into my head how great this is.
Can you believe that they have already raised
$45,000 ?
Does that seem crazy to you?
It does to me.
Amazing people.
Just ...
AMAZING.

One War, Three Pains

2010-09-01T19:24:00.000-07:00

As I sit, with paper and pen,
I struggle to know where to begin.
What do I say to the one I love?
About the kids or all of the above?
How do I show him how proud I am?
To get him home from Vietnam.

As I sink in the mud to my knees,
A message comes from over seas.
I feel my wife from the inside,
I feel the tears that she has cried.
I wish to hold my children dear,
They would wash away my fear.

My Daddy’s not home, he’s far away,
So Mummy and I kneel to pray.
We bless the strong men and the nurses too,
While we sit in the church on a full pew.
I hope he comes so that we can play,
For Mummy’s baby is due in May.

Thats my poem that I had to write for an ANZAC assembly and that Mrs Sydes made me submit to the school's poetry competition. I won it ! A whole $10 to spend at the canteen :)

retro.

2010-07-27T04:29:00.000-07:00

I'm a big fan of retro things. I really like it. So when I was exploring an old run down house with a friend for a photoshoot, (big sentence!) , I was very excited to see this hot pink retro wallpaper. I love it! I hate pink, but would have this in my house!

losers.

2010-06-16T01:19:00.000-07:00

Went to the footy on Saturday.

Thought I'd support the Crows for the day.

Sadly the Hawks won.

Oh well.

(photo by Lisa King)

Del High Party!

2010-06-05T01:39:00.000-07:00

In the last couple of weeks of school Del High had their first social for the year! Being a part of the SEC (Student Executive Council) we had the chance to help organise it. Took a while getting everything ready but was so worth it. The theme was movie/tv characters and there were quite a few awesome costumes! I went as a hippy from 'The Hippy Movie' (truth is there is no hippy movie, but I just had all the clothes). Courtney (on the left) and Lauree (on the right) went as genies. It was such a fun night. We had live music from our school bands, they did awesome. I danced crazy all night long, just like I would at a youth dance. A few people asked me if I'd been drinking! Whats with that? Aren't I allowed to have fun and go crazy and be sober at the same time? :) haha, it was a great night!! :D I can't wait for next terms, we hope to get even more people there! :)

Card Castle.

2010-05-14T03:30:00.000-07:00

One Sunday arvo two friends played games.
They ended up getting distracted and made a card castle.
Then they got another one of their friends to take
pictures as they blew it down.
Here's some cool pictures from this eventful Sunday arvo ...

The End.

Photography Blog

2010-05-09T23:38:00.000-07:00

It is a total coincidence that Lisa and Makayla have just recently made an extra blog for photos or art and now I have. I swear I thought of it first :) haha. Well its nothing exciting, but for my term assignment in photography I've decided to do a simple blog. Its directed at my teacher Mrs Sydes so she can assess me. You're more than welcome to have a look at www.taychrisphotography.blogspot.com.

Amazing ...

2010-05-05T03:15:00.000-07:00

This made my day.

I kept getting Freddo's in seminary for scripture
masteries. I felt one that was super fat.

I opened it and there were two Freddo's in the
one packet. I was stoked!

Just amazing.

Spooooky.

2010-04-20T21:38:00.000-07:00

A while back our photography class went to
the graveyard to take some pictures. Here
are just a few of my favourites.

Lisa King Photography.

2010-03-31T03:29:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday Makayla & Morgan Graham invited me
along to a photoshoot by Lisa King at Punchbowl Park.

It was heaps of fun! I had a ball! Here are some of my favourites.

This one is edited by Fiona Harding

Mak & I

I think this one's a bit scary!
Some people have told me I look like
a vampirewhich is kinda creepy,
but I think I just look like I'm dying.

Some people have said this one also looks
like a vampire shot. We were just mucking
around with the serious faces :)

The three of us. We had a bit
of a wrestling match which Makayla failed
at miserably.

The three of us.

I love this one :)

This was the beggining where we were
telling Makayla not to laugh with her
mouth wide open - like so.

Thanks so much Lisa! We had a great time
and we now you've put it heaps of time editing these!

Beanie Craze

2010-03-10T02:22:00.000-08:00

Look out, I am going through a beanie craze.
Each winter I start my fingers up in crocheting beanies again.
I only know how to make beanies and thats it.
My record is a beanie completed in one hour.
So look out, you may see my beanies on my friends and I :)

More playing with photos ...

2010-02-28T21:57:00.000-08:00

Josh Berne & I
(being not so photogenic)

Me.
By Ruby.

Bec & I

By Ruby.

Bec

By Me.

Bec

By Me.

Photos.

2010-02-28T14:18:00.000-08:00

I've just started photography again at school.
I'm loving it. Mrs Sdyes is a fantastic teacher and is
making it all worth while.
Aunty Lorraine let me borrow her Nikon D60
- thankyou so so much Aunty Lorraine! -

and I've been going photo crazy.
Either I've been taking the photos or posing for the photos.

I've just edited them all slightly.

Here is some :) ...

By Ruby.

My latest Volleys :)
By Me.

Bec & Ruby.
By Me.

Callum, Darcy & Ty.
By Me.

Bec.

By Me.

Ashgrove

2010-02-03T02:51:00.001-08:00

Thought I should blog my new job as Kieran just did and Lisa had recently blogged it for me. I've started working at Ashgrove Cheese Farm as a shop girl. I'm loving it. Great people to work with. I make coffees, scoop ice creams, make cheese toasties, make milk shakes, sell the cheese, cut the cheese, fold boxes (see below) and stock the shelves. Pretty basic but good fun. The other girls in the shop are great! They help me out heaps which is fantastic :)

(I do look Asian here)

My Sister

2010-01-27T20:37:00.000-08:00

I have a younger sister, her names Georgia Elizabeth Christie. We don't always get along. We share a room and drive each other insane. 70% of the time we're fighting. We hate drying the dishes, doing the washing and cleaning our room. This causes a lot of fights, - "its your turn!". But when I think about it we have alot in common. Everyone says we look alike although we both don't see it. We both like to swim at Harry's. We both have a love for Fresh Prince of Bel Air. We both like to socialise. We both wish we were skinny. We both have some of the same nice clothes Mumma brought us. We both listen to the same music - Taylor Swift & Michael Jackson. We both love to play with kids. We both look up to our big brother. We both grew up playing in 'The Jungle' with David Wilson. We've both been spolit rotten and visited other countries. We've both had our hair braided twice. We can both see right through each other. We both love living out in the country. We're both very bossy people. We both have pretty good memories from the things we've done in the past. I could go on and on because the more I think about it the more I realise were alike, but then it starts to scare me because I've always told myself we're nothing alike :) She's a better person than me, by far. Even though she's four years younger we're about the same height. And I'm not going to look up to her just because she's going to be taller but because she's pretty damn amazing.

By Fiona Harding.

She always has been George the Dreamer.

But she's not dopey.

We get along quite well.

We've become pretty good at drawing on each others faces.

Eating snow.

We're happy people.

See, braided hair and smiley faces, kinda.

Swimming at Harry's.

Harry's

2010-01-06T22:05:00.000-08:00

There's a river down my road. My great great Uncle Harry
used to own it, but he had to sell it in his elderly years.
My summers since I was little have been spent down there,
and even though he sold it I still find the opportunity to go down

for a swim. We have camped down there so much that the routine
of it all is very well known.
Its my favourite waterhole :)

It's fun eating your dinner there, on the jetty thats
been built in recent years.

Even if there are distractions, such as people jumping off
the jetty.

It's fun looking down through the clear water and
making shapes out of the rocks, as if they were the clouds.

Everyone's always happy down there.
The young and the old go visit =P

Yes, its good to shake your towel to get the dirt
and grass off, but it's also fun to play
water bomb volley ball.

It's a good place for peace and quiet,
and journal writing.

The water can be quite cold, so take
a big towel for afterwards.

Jumping off the fort is fun,
especially with your best friend.

This is Jordy & I down Harry's about 10 years ago.
Not much has changed, I still like the other person to row :)

This is Makayla & I on the fort.
Proof that she's not always sooking :)

Louise, Myself, Morgan & Alesha on the end of the jetty.
Swimming in the almost dark.

Uncle Glenny used to take Jordan, Georgia & I on a walk
down Harry's every sunday afternoon after church.
We'd take Uncle Glenn's blue heeler, Bud for a walk.
Emily & Aunty Necie (not sure on that spelling) would
come occasionally too. We'd take all different tracks in the bush.
Uncle Glenn had a special stick with tape at each end
that he walked with every time. We'd have water fights along
the way depending on the weather, and Uncle Glenn would tell
us off for wasting the water which was for us to drink :)
So it was a very sad time when they left to live in QLD.
Uncle Glenn passed the mighty walking stick on to Jordy which
he still has to this day :)

Ayers Rock.

It looks over grown here, well it's so much worse now!

If I were rich, I'd buy it back.

ALOT ...

2010-01-03T01:15:00.000-08:00

... has been going on with me and I'm an extremely lazy blogger! I just can't be bothered but I just don't want to quit :) So here are ALOT of photos that I have stolen from facebook of what I've been doing lately.

I've been smiling with Lee,

Showing off my pearl earrings,

Looking to my big bro for dance moves,

Playing with Kobe,
(yes it's the child of the blogging queen)

Sitting on the playground with youth,

Standing in the water at the beach until Aaron King
(yes the husband of the blogging queen) pushed me in,
I face planted in front of all the young men,

Chilling on the beach with Leia,

Looking at Sam funnily with a mouth full of grapes,

Standind round talking with Sam and ignoring Jack & Dan,

Jayme pushing me on the swing and me trying to bite Jacks fingers,

Hanging with my homie, Em-Dawg,

Trying to scare all guys off with scary pictures in wedding dresses,

Being docile,

I've been laughing with Lee,

Laughing with Sammy,

Being tackled by Sammy,

Posing for a perfect photo of my best friends and I,

Being a dope with Jess,

Eating with Chloe,

Getting stuff outta Sam's teeth,

Hanging out with my old friend Kenneth,

Jumping into water with random signs,

Helping Makayla & Chloe be crims,

Smiling & looking white with BJ,

And laughing with a pointy looking nose =)
I'm way busy aren't I? =]

Charlie Black

2009-12-21T17:47:00.000-08:00

Charlie is growing really quickly!
He chews everything.

He chews shoes, but only mine.

No one elses.
He loves his squeaky toys.
And his teddy.

His learnt to sit.

And now we're working on staying.

Jordan corrupts the poor dog,
tries to make him do the opposite of
what I say.
Bat Charlie's staying strong
and loves having Jordan
staying in Port Sorell.

2009-12-10T23:54:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

I wish ...

2009-12-03T16:26:00.000-08:00

I wish I was laying on this beach in Fiji.

I wish I was kayaking & snorkelling at this
beach in The Cook Islands.

I wish I was laying in this hammock watching
the sunset in Fiji.

I wish summer would come and stay.

The long awaited ... Charlie!!

2009-11-28T23:58:00.000-08:00

This is Charlie.J , Charlie for short.
I got him Saturday. I had been begging for a puppy
for over 6 months now. I won :)
His still adjusting so he sooks ALOT.
His Border Collie x Kelpie but only looks Kelpie.
He is hypo and as soon as his let out of the
laundry he goes crazy. I fed him chocolate
puppy milk, he loved it. He hasn't even peed
on me yet :) Its hard to get a good picture of him
because his either running around crazy or asleep.

A Piece of my School Work

2009-11-26T00:41:00.001-08:00

Pompeii : The Last Day

It was like any other day, average. But I never thought it would be my last day. I woke to the singing of birds and fresh grapes by my bedside that David had already picked. Since William had gone over seas David and Carlos had helped me more than ever. I had a delightful breakfast with the sun on my face and Carlos fanning me so my make up would not run. I didn't have many plans for the day so I thought I would make an appearance at the small market on the east side of the city. I had been told by Maria earlier on in the week that a jewellery stall had been opened and that I must go see the pure gold bangles. They were so beautiful that I couldn't help myself, I brought three. William will not be happy with the amount of money I spent on them but I'm sure he will understand how lonely I have been without him. The sun was nearly in the middle of the sky when I left the market to go home to have lunch. David had arranged some figs and bread for my lunch. I was feeling hot and bothered so I sat inside and let Carlos and David have a break. I was half way through my lunch when I heard gasps from David and Carlos on the balcony. They called my name quickly and I rushed out to see the most amazing thing my eyes have seen. Mount Vesuvius had smoke shooting out the top. It was so clear to see because my balcony looks straight across the small stretch of water to Mount Vesuvius. The smoke was thick and fast. It was getting higher and higher and then it started to drop down, it was surrounding Vesuvius and coming closer to Pompeii. My eyes were so set on the action I didn't see David and Carlos rush around the house for my sake. I was frozen; I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Carlos came to me, and told me we must leave instantly. It was then that I realised the smoke was heading for us, and such a large, thick amount would affect us. Everything happened so quickly from then on, I noticed David holding my most precious belongings, my money, my jewellery and my letter from my mother. Carlos, with more urgency in his voice told me we must leave. He grabbed my wrist and we ran. When we left the house small rocks began to fall from the sky, not rain, but rocks. I had never experienced something like this. The rocks got heavier and the faster I was pulled along. I saw people hurt on the sides of the streets, people screaming and children crying. I felt for them, I really did, but we had to keep going. After running for quite some time I realised where we were going. My father had built a small boat that was given to William and I as a wedding present. We had left it hidden down by the shore which was exactly where we were heading. The rocks continued and started to hurt a lot more, I looked down at the ground only for a short time to see how big the rocks were getting when I stumbled and fell. Carlos stopped and picked me up into his arms in one movement. He was cradling me like baby and running along the shore to my father's creation. When we reached the boat Carlos put me down, helped David untie the rope and put the boat into the water. Carlos came back and scooped me up in his arms again and put us both into the boat. I sat in the middle of my two loyal servants while they used all their strength to push the oars over the rough waves. As we got out further I could see the people of Pompeii, screaming and crying out to us. I have never felt so guilty. Those people didn't have a chance, the smoke was coming, rocks falling and here I was with a chance to live. Some people jumped into the water and tried to swim after us, but Carlos and David showed no signs of stopping for them. The smoke was strong and it stung my eyes, I put my head down not only to protect myself but to cry. The tears flowed from the pain and guilt I was feeling. What sort of person am I to ignore those suffering people? Am I even human from doing so? I only put my head up when Carlos picked me up out of the boat. After rowing so far over such rough seas he still had the strength to pick me up and run. I owe him so much. David still had my treasures and was running a little ahead of us. All of a sudden the air got hot, the smoke thick and the hope in our hearts faded. I told Carlos to stop, he put me down and I looked back at the city I once lived in, it was gone. Black was all we could see. David came over to us and we all stared at the place we used to love. The smoke was beginning to surround us and we lost all faith, we gave up then and there. I grabbed onto the bravest people I had ever met and held onto them. I told them I loved them and that I was not only grateful for the sacrifices they had just made for me but for everything they have ever done, for their courage. My throat was sore and the smoke entered into my body. My knees gave way and I fell to the ground, Carlos and David tried to hold me up but it only brought the three of us down. My eyes could no longer see, and my throat could bare not another word, I drew a deep, painful breath as my last.

By Tayla Christie

We are the Champions

2009-11-08T23:09:00.000-08:00

The Deloraine Young Women remain the Champions of the Devonport Stake Billy Cart Challenge. Its nothing new. As soon as the girls joined the race we won. We're tough.

Dream come true :)

2009-10-24T01:25:00.000-07:00

You may recall earlier on in the year I asked for the support of you bloggers in helping me get a puppy. I was disappointed because it back fired and no one thought I was ready to have puppy. What's with that? I'm 15 :) Well I have managed to convince both of my parents all on my own, without the help of you bloggers. I really wanted a border collie or kelpie.
Well I was sitting in class one day and I heard a girl say 'oh man, I just found out my dogs pregnant'. Well I jumped at the chance and asked what kind of dog it was. No kidding, she told me it was a border collie cross kelpie. I did a lot of begging to the girl since her parents didn't want to keep their working dog out of business and were thinking of putting the puppies down. After a lot of nagging they decided to keep the 6 puppies. 2 were boys and 4 girls. I caught Dad out when he was missing us all when he just got back into queensland from being in the USA and asked if Id be able to have one. He told me under the conditions that its short haired and a boy. Well it is, and his adorable. These pictures were taken when he was a week old. His now two weeks old and has both his eyes open and can walk :) I have to wait 6 more weeks til he doesn't need his Mum any more.
I don't know what to call him, comment and give me some ideas. I'm heading towards either Jay or Charlie :)

I can be funny ...

2009-10-22T03:45:00.000-07:00

So for the class magazine I've been given the role of the funny side of it. I thought I'd take the opportunity to play with the class photos, paint and how our class sees people. They all look dodgy because I was just going to do them simply. Like they're really dodgy! Things don't match up but oh well. If Mr Brown is in a good mood, we might put them in the school magazine for 9B's page.

In class I'm so good they call me a rebel.
It looks so dumb though, so I'll probably try
to do a better one later.

Ruby likes Spicks and Specks

Reece loves his skate board.

Tammie is always reading.

Kylie loves birds.

Bradey works on a farm.

Dylan loves his iPod more than anything.

Jacks fast as and thinks his Usain Bolt.

Jacqui loves dogs, shes giving me a puppy.
(which will be my next blogpost)

Becs boyfriend Myles gets called Milo.
And Milo makes Bec go and go and go.

Polly loves her basketball.

Mrs Sydes our english teacher, broke her ankle
on a jumping castle.

Sturz has a love for Nicole Ritchie.

Our Society & History teacher Mr Lendvay.
His family originates from Slovakia and he tells us
about it quite a bit.

Peters is just all about maths.

Luke loves Xbox.

Lauree gets called short all the time,
so I thought I'd give her the chance to be tall.

Kellie is meant to be blonde. Just a typical Barbie.

Fodda chased a sheep at school. He full on tackled it.

Courtney loves horses and is pro at riding them.

Chelsea loves Jodi Picoult books.

A new friend.

2009-10-10T02:46:00.000-07:00

So theres this red head chic who's become my friend.

She goes by the name of Leanne Steer.

We met through this other chic Sam Prbz.

Now we're pretty close.

She comes to all the youth activities with us.

We love having her there.

I've only known her for a few months.

But I feel like I've known her all my life.

We can pretty much read each others minds.

We like sarcasm.

We both love Sam.

She does the best presents.

And she's my new friend :)

Thats her on the left, I'm on the right.
Just incase you couldn't tell the difference.

Yeah, we love having our photo taken.

These are my best friends :D

Sydney Temple Trip.

2009-09-02T02:24:00.001-07:00

I should begin by saying I am a slack blogger! I just can't be bothered lately. There's been lots of exciting things to blog about too but I just don't. So I figure a dodgy blog is better than none right? So I'll give a little spill on what it is, and let my favourite pictures tell the story.

Well I was given the opportunity of a life time to fill in an empty spot on the East Ward Youth Temple Trip in August. We went to Sydney on the thursday night and stayed until the monday. The people who attended were =

Leaders

Kym Rogers
Bonnie Reeve
Mick Reeve
Tania Honey
Aaron King
Adam Summerfield
Mark Triptree &
Bishop Bailey

Young Men

Jake Reeve
Arron Reeve
Brad Reeve
Aaron Bailey
Jayme Wheeler
Sam Byrne
Jordan Triptree
Kieran Spilling

Young Women

Aley Triptree
Monique Triptree
Emma Spilling
Alyce Bailey
Emily Wheeler
Tayla Christie (thats me)

The awesome weekend went something like this -

Thursday - left from the Launceston Airport thursday evening, arrived in Sydney at about 9.20pm. We got our two mini buses and went to the Temple Accomodation. We settled in our rooms (I was lucky enough to have all the young women in our room) and went to bed.

Friday - We had a morning temple session, then visited the Distribution Centre where Aunty Lee Anne popped in for a visit, we had lunch in the temple gardens and went back to the accomodation. We went on a ferry ride over to the The Rocks, watched two nice fellas make lollies, went back on the ferry. We had tea at Maccas then went ice skating. I was no good at ice skating and always had to be holding onto some one. I fell over alot and looked like the biggest goof out there, but it was fun :)

Saturday - We had another morning temple session, then had a little free time at the acommodation, then headed off to DFO ;) Monique and I had more fun than anyone else I think. We brought lots of things :) After shopping we went to a park that I don't know the name of. We met Chrish there! Then we went to the footy, Geelong vs. Sydney, Jake & I were going for Geelong - they won! ;) After the footy we took a few photos of the temple of a night then bed.

Sunday - We had the opportunity to attend church in Sydney Ward, I can't remember what ward it was but Aunty Lee Anne and Chrish were there so it was a good ward. After church we went back to the accomodation and packed our things up and headed to the temple. We took a few more photos and then had a testimony meeting on the front lawn. It was amazing to me that we were by a main road but the spirit was so strong and we were so focused on the testimonies being born. We then headed off the the airport to head home to the freezing cold Tassie, our home.

In no particular order, just jumbled because it wouldn't let me move them, here are some of my favourite photos from the trip. I stole them from people's facebooks, so thankyou Kieran, Kym and any others =)

The Cook Islands

2009-07-22T03:07:00.001-07:00

I have become more and more slack in my blog writing. So I thought I should give it a little post.
In May our family was lucky enough to holiday to the Cook Islands. It was so much fun. We swam, kayaked, ate a lot of fish and chips, sunbaked, shopped, rode four wheelers in the jungle and pretty much just veged out for a week. Here a few of my favourite pictures ...

Jorda, Dad & Georgia posing ...

But only moments before realising the camera
was on ..

Your lucky its blurred.

This is what Mum and I saw at breaky after seminary.

Yes you read it correctly, I went to seminary one morning.
Jordan didn't, but I did. I met Lindsay, TJ, Kayla and the teacher
who has a very long name which I wouldn't be able to spell.

There were three churches around the small island.
This was the main one. It looks so pretty with the
mountains behind it.

The whole island is pretty religious, this was in

one of the local supermarkets.

Just a little local waving to us, she was cute.

I did alot of this at the airports. We had to spend
10 hours at the Auckland Airport.

The Overnighter

2009-07-18T03:52:00.000-07:00

A fair few weeks back we had am overnighter down south.It was held at Glen Huon and was loads of fun! The bus trips were just as fun as the actual activities. We had a full on Rock 'n' Roll dance set in the 50's, a very late night which consisted of no sleep, an uplifting testimony meeting, a service project at the PCYC, fun and games and a BIG group photo! Blogspots being stupid and won't let me rearrange the photos so this is gonna have to be the way it is. =)

Group shot by Kieran.

B.J looking quite scary & I

Kieran & I

A pretty cool breaky table.

This is one of the pictures of Jasmine and I fighting
over McKay in musical arms.

The gross table of boys!
They drank sauce!

On the bus, it was heaps of fun!

I thought it would be more fun on the way down than on the
way back but it was heaps of fun on the way home.

It looks worse than what it was! =p

Family Photos.

2009-07-12T21:21:00.000-07:00

A while back we had the lovely Chelsea Parsons take

family photos for us all while Uncle Matthew was down.
We got some taken in Grandma & Grandad's garden and
at the beach. These are my favourites.

Problem ...

2009-07-08T02:02:00.000-07:00

Does any one wanna help me put up a header?
I used to have one but it disappeared and now I can't get me picture back up.
I have one on my settings but it doesn't show up ... any one care to help ?!

Book of Mormon stories ...

2009-07-07T21:29:00.000-07:00

In Young Womens last week we made covers for little

Book of Mormons. How cool is mine!?

We were challenged to read the Book of Mormon

to tick off the 10 hour project of Virtue, so I've been

taking my little B.O.M to school for silent reading.

I got some strange looks and the teacher didn't see what it
was and told me to get a real book out, I explained

it was The Book of Mormon and he just rolled
his eyes and walked off =)

Lately ...

2009-07-03T02:36:00.001-07:00

Yes, it had been quite a while since I've blogged and yes I have alot to report. I haven't got a puppy. But I will be getting one after winter, but not because of all the encouraging comments you all left "dog heaven" "the last dog we had" "get a job" "old enough to have babies!" " clean the house" "when I'm 20!" thanks alot. =P
But I had a really cool birthday! Got lots of awesome presents and had a nice relaxing day. Oh yeah, almost forgot, we also went to The Cook Islands. I'll blog about it only I have to be really careful because Mums paranoid about me putting too much on the internet about our family. And we've had our family photos taken by Chelsea Parsons who did an awesome job. I attended the Multi-Stake Youth Overnighter which was heaps of fun! I'll steal photos from facebook and blog about that too =) The reason I couldn't blog was that both our laptop and desktop died. But we have a new desktop which is good. It had all the works unlike our old one which had no sound, and constantly shut down on us. I have another photography assignment due soon which I'll be sure to put on here. And being kicked off the computer yet again. =)

Help.

2009-05-31T23:29:00.001-07:00

Ok bloggers, I need your help.

All I want for my birthday,

which is two weeks away, is a puppy.

Mum will agree if Dad will agree.

But Dad doesn't think I'm resposible enough

to look after a puppy. I'd really

appreciate your help to pursuade my parents.

The wind better not change.

2009-05-11T02:43:00.000-07:00

Toni, Jaron & the kids visited us a few
weeks back on a Sunday arvo.
I love playing with Lil & Oscar.
Lil tries to copy the faces people pull.
Its really cute, she puts a lot of effort into it.
(the photos are a bit dodgy, Georgia had the camera)

Me & Lilsy reading a story.

The Arrival

2009-05-09T03:54:00.001-07:00

We're lucky enough to have Uncle Matthew

down at the moment. His good fun to be around.

We love him, American accent and all =)

An Adventure ...

2009-05-01T20:45:00.000-07:00

In the Easter holidays Jordy & I hung out with Sam &

Jack Prebble. We stayed there a night, they stayed here

a night and we had alot of fun =)

These are some pictures from when we went for a

walk down Beaumonts Rd.

(my blogs dodgy and won't let me centre most stuff)

A bit of everyone.

Jack & his best friend.
The horse actually loved him.

Jordy.

The fisherholic.

The fish.

Sammy & I under the bridge, posing.

Serenity.

A favourite ...

2009-04-23T03:42:00.000-07:00

This is my favourite picture of Tenae and I.

I think it shows our "inner", as my art teacher would say.

Modelling ...

2009-04-21T00:33:00.000-07:00

Megan Elizabeth Tribolet-Turner & I had an Art project
to do on 'Inner'. We're not all that inspired like our teacher
kept going on about. "Girls you need to look inside yourselves,
find inspiration and create your own individual style"
Thats all she ever goes on about so we decided to take
pictures of each other in the barn down the road from my place.

We got all dressed up and had heaps of fun.
These are our final products with editing and all.

The ones of me are Megs and vice versa.

The Event

2009-03-24T23:10:00.000-07:00

Yes thats right, The Event is Convention! I'm really lazy so I'm not going to even bother to tell all the details of what happened. If you really want to read about it Kieran has done an awesome job of blogging it here. (Hope you don't mind Kieran). But these are just a few of my favourite pictures from all over the place.

The picture for the paper.

Pheobe & I

Hannah, Ruby, Sam & I

Sam & I

Myself, Hannah & Sam

Maddi & I

Leia & Makayla

Maddi, Bek & Makayla

Elspeth, Jasmine, Makayla, Bek, Leia & Pheobe

Elspeth, Jasmine, Makayla, Bek & Leia

Pretty Bek

The big group shot of the Tasmanian Youth.
minus me =(

Catchya later.

2009-03-05T02:14:00.000-08:00

I'm not going to be around for the next week or so =)

I'm going to Queensland right after Convention :D

bye.

Learning to Dance

2009-03-02T00:57:00.000-08:00

For mutual we learnt a little ballroom dancing

for convention. It was all good fun trying to dance

in heels. Norma, a teacher from my school, and her

daughter Annie taught us alot about how to

look elegant :D

Bek & I, showing how its done.

Kayla & Morgan

Norma & Annie.

Gracie.

2009-02-27T23:55:00.000-08:00

We were lucky enough to have Chad & Kari
and their little girl Gracie come down and visit.
Shes just so cute.

my latest.

2009-02-13T02:13:00.000-08:00

I absolutely love flickr. It has some amazing pictures.

This is my latest combination, I love it.

Sadly, back to school

2009-02-12T01:01:00.000-08:00

Sadly, this past Tuesday I awoke too early!

Grade 9 this year, still at Del High.

I'm so happy that the girls have a new uniform

which is the school dress and woollen jumper!

Its the best! The dress it great for summer

and the jumper is great for winter!!

Here's the traditional pictures on the varanda.

Although you may notice one of the children from

our family is missing ...

Yeah, well his at LC, doesn't wear school uniform,

reminds me constantly to pee me off.

Young Womens Camp

2009-02-05T01:28:00.000-08:00

On the 2nd, 3rd & 4th of February we had our 2009 Young Womens Camp at Bridport Bay View Centre. It was loads of fun. It included swimming, not alot of sleeping, gladwrap over the toilet, vegemite on the toilet seat, hair gel on door handles, toilet paper decorating the cabins, some black scary men, oreos with toothpaste inside, a funky fashion show, scripture reading, devotionals and a testimony meeting. We had one water fight on the second night. That was BJ & Josh Polly, Brad, Aaron & Jake Reeve and their friend Sam someone. They really were quite silly because us young women were prepared for anything and we out numbered them easily. We used water bombs, any sort of bowl/bucket/pot we could find and all the fire hoses. We spent alot of the time trying to get the leaders out of the main room, we were pretty successful. Those who didn't get wet did the next day. We had another water fight on the last day after we had an activity with the young men. That was really good fun. All of the young men and all of the young women absolutely saturated. Luke Rad just picked up the young women, slung them over his shoulder and walked over to where a hose was and held them there. He even got Sister Honey. It was so much fun! I can't wait until convention now!! :D These are all the picture Mum & I took. And these pictures are not in order. (This post is very photo heavy)

Kayla Bradbury, Logan Wilday & Emma Spilling.

Leia Bradbury & Pheobe Walker.
Best friends. They even slept in the same bed
when there were 3 other spare ones.

The second water fight. Some of the young men - & me.

In the background theres Sam, Danyall & I wrestling
over the fire hose, then Jack wrestling Kayla to try
and get some over the many water bombs we had.

Jake Reeve :D

Jack & Myself

Say cheeeeese ... Jack

Say cheeeese ... Danika

Say cheeeese ... Bek

Say cheeeese ... Sam

Say cheeeese ... Morgan

Sam & I with a father, Jimbo.

He didn't want a picture with us because
we weren't in his group.

We had to find hair, cades was perfect.

Logan modelling for the fashion parade.

Danika :D

Monique & Bek

A bunch of us at the beach.

Sam, flexing for us.
Shes the strongest out of all us young women.

Bek & Maddie

Makayla & I :D

Jasmine, Monique, Bek & Makayla.

Pheobe & Leia, the bestest of friends.

The girls that were jumping off mermaids.

Just getting in, waiting for the tide to come in
so they could jump from the rocks.

Bek & Makayla.

The Kimarazzi :D

(Kim's a legend, were pumped to have her
in young womens!)

It must be hot because ...

2009-01-31T02:25:00.000-08:00

... I have to put my phone
in the fridge so it doesn't melt. :D

Aloha.

2009-01-29T13:07:00.000-08:00

I have a lot of blogging to do, so this was a while ago.
A couple of weeks ago we had a youth dance at Deloraine with a Hawiian theme. (Deloraine always has awesome decorations, thanks to Mum). It was loads of fun, took a while to get started but once it did it was really good. It was just very beachy :D

These picture may be a little biased, Mum took pictures of Me and the Deloraine yw.

Nutbush.

Jack & Myself.

Bek & Kieran.

Luke & I.

This photos dodgy. We all look stupid but I like it
because its the three of us. I love them heaps!

There's never a dull moment with these girls.

Phoebe & Abraham.
It was Pheobe's first Dance. =)

Makayla & Sam.

Me & Sam.
Being stupid, which is nothing new.

The winner is ...

2009-01-26T00:52:00.000-08:00

Lisa King!

I made 117 cupcakes and Lisa guessed 116.

There's a boost coming your way Lisa =)

Guess ...

2009-01-18T19:01:00.000-08:00

I made lots of cup cakes for Emily and Aaron's engagement.

Guess how many I made ...

You've got one guess.

The person who guesses the right amount or closest to gets a chocolate bar of their choice.

Theres 8 plates full of them, big ones and little ones.

You must have guessed by Monday the 26th at 11am.

Lately ...

2009-01-05T20:35:00.000-08:00

So I have been VERY slack with my blogging. But don't worry, I haven't quit! I've been mowing lawns with grandad. I'm sure you wouldn't take an interest in seeing all the different lawns I'm mowing. By golly its hard work. Never really worked this hard in my life. Ha, I got a blister on my first day and everyone seemed to think it was halarious. I don't know why but they did. I met Grandad and Grandma's neighbour Dale Russell, his funny as! I've eaten HEAPS of rasberries with cream and icing sugar. I'm having some for lunch now. =) Kristen and the kids, Mekenzie and Lachie, have come down for two weeks. They're also staying here with Grandma and Grandad so I'm enjoying playing with them, not so much enjoying the 7am wake up from them though. Its all good fun though. =)

The Christies Christmas.

2008-12-25T18:08:00.000-08:00

We did have Christmas Eve with The Christies at Pop & Ali's but I was alck enough not to take any pictures.

Much to my dismay, we weren't allowed up until 6am (I wanted 5am). So after tossing and turning and barely sleeping all night we were allowed up. So I went through my stocking, then my santa sack and then the presents under the tree. Santa must find shopping for me not too hard because the majority of things were green. =)
I'm so spoilt, I got heaps. =)
We lounged around playing with presents, trying on presents and eating presents before we head off to Grandma's. We had mangoes and ham on toast for breaky.

Me, I look terrible .. bed hair and p.j's. Yuck.

George, she got the most annoying electronic dog.

It moves and barks but you can also plug your ipod
into it and it plays it. Pretty much just really annoying
speakers.

Jordy, his a big boy now because his got a phone. =)

I sent a fair few people his number on MySpace

and asked them to text him to make him feel special.

Santa knows me too well, he got me a Satsuma
pack from The Body Shop.

Guess what else I got?! A hair curler!!
I have dead straight hair, so this will help. =)

This book looks really good. Its slightly a church one.

I love Reece's Peanut Butter Cups. (they're American)
Santa also knows I love them.

Santa also knows that we love L&P.
Its a drink we had over in NZ and Santa
found it in a small shop in town.

Santa got me a nice church CD and movie.

Taylor Swift is my all time favourite artist.
I have her CD but only a burnt copy.
Santa brought me the original. =)

At home apparently I'm 'always grumpy'
so Santa thought this top would fit perfectly.
Jordan doesn't think I'll wear so much
that it won't get washed.

Got to this site ... http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVHZwI8pcA
Then you'll understand this top I got for Christmas.

Its a video bagging out the kiwis.
Its halarious, kids at school watch it all the time.

For Christmas from Mum, oops I mean Santa,
and aunties and uncles I got about 12 different tops.
Its great but now its hard choosing what to wear. =)

I got a phone!!!!

Isn't it cool? My numbers 1800 YUM if you
wanna give me a text. =)

These are my I love billy shoes.
They're so cool. Apparently I have really big
feet because Mum bought the biggest size and
my foots a tiny bit big for them.

I got heaps more, sunnys, skirts, jeans, a bag, a jacket, lots of tops, lots of yummies etc. I did pretty damn good. =)

It was quiet at Grandma's this year. Most of the family went to the in laws this year. So there was only Grandma & Grandad, Sam & Clare and us. But it was good. Nice and relaxing. We had a big roast turkey and vegies followed by LOTS of Raspberries and Cream. =)
We went to the beach for while where even though the water was FREEZING Georgia went for a swim. Jordan was using his skim board and eventually went for a swim too. I wasn't stupid enough to. =)

I love these earrings, Grandma brought them for me.
Over all it was a wonderful Christmas. =)

.Ryan and Nicole.

2008-12-19T01:30:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago Ryan and Nicole Hargreaves came down for a while. We had a family get together at Pops place with them and also had them for tea one night. They have the most cutest kids Deacon, Piper and Talen. They are crazy, but heaps of fun. =)

See this picture of Piper, how she looks all cute and innocent?!

When really she isn't! Little dobber she is.

If Deacon does one thing wrong "Muuummm .... "

This is little Talen. His so cute and cheeky.

Deacon and Talen. Deacon actually likes to
cuddle and give kisses which is so unusual.
I have other cousins who cry when I kiss them, (Ty).

Dad and Mum thought they were more like Christie
kids than Hargreaves because apparently the Christie
kids were more out going and crazy unlike the
Hargreave kids.
Everyone thinks Piper looks like a little Chelsea.

Deacon and Piper played with my camera lots,
I have that many photos of them pulling different faces
but this is my favourite of Jordan and Deacon. =)

movie review. =)

2008-12-14T20:34:00.000-08:00

I thought Twilight was good. =)

It can't be better than the book obviously but it was good. It had a little funny twist to it as well. If you haven't read the book, you should read it. If you've read the book go see it. Its pretty a good movie. =)I liked it.

Ahhhhhh!!!

2008-12-09T22:46:00.000-08:00

I'm going to see

Twilight tomorrow at 9:15pm.

I'M SO EXCITED!!!! =)

My Best Friend.

2008-12-04T18:25:00.000-08:00

Sam is my best friend as most of you would know. Well these are some picture from the Stake Young Womens Overnighter a couple of weeks ago. It was good fun. We're always up for some posing for photos.

And finally, a nice one.

This is a picture Sam drew. Isn't it cool?

And ... check out this picture!!
This wasn't that long ago at a service project.
Sam and I had a water fight while we were meant to be cleaning cars.
Look how fat I am!! Can you believe it? I can't.

I think I'm fat now but check out this!!

Its gross.

Thanksgiving.

2008-11-28T23:22:00.000-08:00

For mutual last week we had a thanksgiving dinner. Its becoming a bit of tradition in our young womens. We have it at our place and Mum does it all really good. We had roast turkey for main and for desert there was cookies and cream chesecake, chocolate rasberry ganahce cake and banana cream pie. Meg and I decorated the table really pretty, Mum has OCD and had to have absolutely everything in perfect order.

See how Meg and I have the same
Raspberry Shortcake jumper. =)

Me and Will. We had a great time playing.

Dad and baby Leo. I haven't seen dad hold a baby
in forever so I had to get a picture.

I put little Leo to sleep. =)
I was so proud.

Jordy's Leavers Dinner.

2008-11-27T00:07:00.000-08:00

As I'm posting this blog Jordan is at his grade 10 leavers dinner. I couldn't believe how he got ready in only about 10 minutes. It was unreal. He looked very good. He even tucked his shirt in. I think it looks good when he tucks it in but also makes him look gay. Haha.

He went with one of the prettiest girls from school, Kyla Johnston. The car they went in was a car Kyla's Grandpa had been working on for her since she was little and wanted her to be able to take it to the leavers dinner.

They both looked really good.

Bronwyn Elmer & Luke Challis and Beau Pickett & Emily Jordan pretty much stole the show I think. Both the girls had the most gorgeous dresses on. They looked beautiful.

Chooke, Kenna, Jess and Mitch went on one of the school buses. Chooke wanted to because all her school years shes been riding on the Cresswell's buses.

See how pretty Emily's dress is? She lost so much weight for this leavers dinner even though she didn't need to. She looks so good.

And this is Bronwyn with her neice and nephew. (The young girl is one of my best friends, Brookie). I still can't get over how good she looked.
And heres Jordan and Kyla. He was loving every minute, and so was she. He had to also speak tonight and start the snowball dance with Kyla. SEC President. :)

Athetics Carnival at Deloraine High.

2008-11-20T00:49:00.000-08:00

A while ago Deloraine High School had their 2008 Athletics Carnival. There is Quamby (red), Rubicon (blue) and Meander (yellow). I'm in Rubicon! We usually win! It gets pretty close between Quamby and Rubicon and Meanders always a few hundred points behind. :)

This is Polly Bartlett, Me & Tegan Philpott.

A while ago, Jordan and I were talking about if we were
to wag school where we would go. (Not that we do or would).
We decided that up a tree would be pretty cool.
So Jordan actually climbed it on the Athletics day.
He got in trouble and told off because he's 'SEC President'. :)

This is Jaci Walker. Shes really good at high jump.

This is tough Mr Barron. Haha, :)
His pretty nice. :)

This is Ms Mac. She's an absolute legend.

Check out this! I'm so strong! Grade 8
Rubicon girls won tug-of-war. Thanks to me!! :)

Kenna. The fastest kid in school.

This is Jordy trying to sleep.

All the grade 10's dared me to go jump on him.

So I did.

This is my mate Cowpoo. (Kali Brooks).
She is so photogenic.
"Tayla take a picture of me"
"Hey Tayla, take a picture of me doing this ... "
etc.

Do you think we look alike? We get it alot even
though we don't.

In the end Rubicon ofcourse won. :)

A Weekend Away ...

2008-11-12T23:36:00.000-08:00

Well, Jack told me he expected lots of detail in this blog post so here goes ...

A couple of weeks ago on a Saturday we went shopping for Jordys leavers dinner suit. It was pretty fun actually, I like looking at the tys. After shopping and Jordan and I getting lost for an hour we went to meet the Prebbles at K-mart. (Where good times start .. ) We then went home to The Prebbles house. We prepared a picnic and set off for the Gorge. It was a really nice day!! We walked to the Gorge and set up at a picnic table. We used the BBQ to cook the kebabs ... it wasn't so successful. We forgot to take oil which made the kebabs stick really badly. And then we put the rolls underneath the drinks which made them pancakes but over all it was a good picnic. :) The boys went swimming and while Sam and I got our bathers. We both only had our 3/4 jeans so we didn't really plan on swimming. But the boys had a different idea and threw us both in. We screamed all the way but they got us in easily. It was REALLY cold!! We pretty much just relaxed all afternoon and threw the grid iron ball which some dudes were bagging me out about how I couldn't throw. The boys then ran back to the Prebbles and Sam and I waited for Sister Prebble to pick us up. The boys ended up beating us back which we were very surprised about. For tea Sam taught me how to make sushi (without the raw fish). It was really yummy!!

(These are the sunnies Sam found on the side
of the road)

We didn't stay up all night Saturday night. We knew we had church in the morning so we went to bed at about 12. Its always fun going to other wards but no where can beat Deloraine. =) For Sunday School and Young Womens we sat outside for the lessons which was really nice. After church, since it was fast Sunday, we all went home and slept. It was really good. We then had Sister Prebbles really good Pasties for tea. =) Launceston West had a fireside on Sunday night about family home evening which the Prebbles had to do a samll sample of. We (Jordan and I) were lucky enough to join them. It was pretty fun though. After the fireside we did pretty much stay up all night. It was really fun. Jess Bradbury, Dale and Lizzy also stayed up with us and it was all fun ... except for being forced to smell Dales under arms and and socks, he bullies me I swear. The next day Sam and I went to the Craft Fair in Deloraine which was really fun. We just walked around and enjoyed the sun. It was a good weekend. =)

=)

2008-11-11T22:44:00.000-08:00

I know, I know. I'm not going to post Halloween much at all because only a hundred other bloggers have, so I can't be bothered. But I just wanted to put this picture on. I'm no photographer or anything but I really like this picture I took at Halloween. Its really cute.

Theo and Cleo.

2008-11-06T23:10:00.000-08:00

Before the Halloween party Emily and I got ready as Egyptians. We cut up some old sheets and did some pretty crazy make - up to make ourselves Theodore and Cleopatra. I was Theo the husband and Emily Cleo the wife. Can't believe we didn't get the best couple. :)
My boot was pretty cool, I was in the boot which was covered up with black plastic. They had to put their hand in the hole and I would grab it and spray it with water then put a lolly in their hand. It was really fun. When they tried to look inside to see who it was I sprayed their faces. It was pretty cool. - Harri didn't like it though. :P

My Dad.

2008-11-04T23:58:00.000-08:00

Bear with me guys, I have a lot of blogging to catch up on.

Every winter Dad grows his winter beard. When he has it I think he looks weird but by the time he shaves it off he looks weird with out it. This time when he shaved it off he did it bit by bit. He'd come out of the bathroom and make us take a picture of each style. He got really into it and did his hair and even changed hats. It was really funny. Check out these pictures.

100

2008-10-27T02:20:00.000-07:00

This is my 100th blog post.

Spose Lisa past this mark ages ago. :)
100!!

Ty's 5th Birthday.

2008-10-24T00:56:00.000-07:00

On Sunday we went to Ty Horsman's 5th birthday. It was beautiful weather and I'm sure Ty had a good day. He was all hyped from the start of the day. He had a Bumble Bee Transformer cake made by Jacquie. It looked really good! Here he is blowing out the candles.

Then all the kids pulling the candles out. =)

Heres Ty with one of his Transformers. He pretty much got Transformers and Power Rangers. He got some clothes but wasn't too interested in them.

Look here! Clare's getting fat. =P

And this is my favourite picture. Me and my little cheeky. I really like the picture. Tenae may be quite a photographer. =)

Well done Ladies ...

2008-10-20T01:47:00.000-07:00

After winning the 2008 Devonport Stake Billy Cart Race the Deloraine YW celebrated with cake. Thanks to the young men (Mel Corona) we had this delicious cake on Sunday. The young men came in with it for us along with a certificate they had made. They told us they were glad the trophey stays in the ward and told us we had begginers luck (Well thats what Jordan told us all).
We did want to have a nice little ceremony for recieving the trophy from the young men, but turns out when they brought the cake in they couldn't find the trohpey. But we now have it proudly sitting in the young womens room. =)

...

2008-10-08T01:36:00.000-07:00

These new Twilight books are just so good! I absolutely love them. Stephenie Meyer the author is a member and has written the best books. They're about vampires ... I know, sounds really stupid but they are really good. Its very romantic. =) If you read them or have read them ... you will be or are in love with Edward Cullen. =) There are four books in the seires - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. They are brilliant!!

The Race of the Year ...

2008-10-01T03:20:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the Devonport Stake Billy Cart Race. It was held at a hill in Sheffield which was covered in poo. Lucky Leia and I had planned ahead and rocked up as Deloraine Bogans. =)

We both wore our Woolies flannies, our Dad's flouro orange overalls, gum boots, cool jackets and sunnies. =)

These are our sisters jackets from primary school. We just liked the 'Deloraine and Proud of it' bit. =) Proud to be Deloraine Bogans!!

This is me and my Sam. We're full of good poses for Kieran to take pictures of. =)

By this picture I think we can all tell that the Deloraine Young Women take out the blue ribbonn. Yeah, thats right. Beating ALL the Young Men and ALL Young Women. We won every race we entered and got up to 42 kph. We were all SO happy we won. Our Deloraine YM came into Young Womens on Sunday with a cake of congratulations which was a surprise. They also told us we had to share the cake and if they win we're expected to make them one. Haha, we're yet to take the trophy off them but plan on it. =) A really big thankyou goes to Heath Graham for making our billy cart.

My New Trick.

2008-09-23T03:27:00.000-07:00

I can cross only one eye. =)

Pretty tricky.

Raspberry Farm.

2008-09-20T03:33:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the Raspberry Farm for lunch. Our friends Warrick and Betty Holmes asked if we would like to go there for Betty's birthday. The Raspberry Farm is my favourite place to go for lunch. =) I had a Lamb Wrap, A Raspberry Crepe and a Raspberry Spider. It was so yum!

Kerplunk!!

2008-09-19T05:06:00.000-07:00

Friday night Deloraine Ward held a Games Night. It was full of table tennis, fooseball, volley ball, cards, pictionary and a few other games. Leia and I amused ourselves with this game called Kerplunk for most the night. It is THE best game invented ... after pictionary ... sorry Leia. :P
At the start you put all the little sticks through the holes to make it blocked up (we raided the YW cupboard to get skewers because we'd lost all the sticks it came with) ,then put all the marbles on top. Then take turns pulling the sticks out trying not to get any marbles to fall. Its so fun!! Then after a long time we got bored and made up heaps of other games out of it. Its awesome!!

How cools this? We took some action pictures of the marbles falling down. :)

And this is the coolest one. The marble got STUCK in between the skewers. It was so cool.

Then the little kids came and took over. :( The little Rouse and Wilson kids are so cute. Jacqueline Rouse is beatuful. And Thomas and Natasha's boys are so cute!!

If anyone knows Leia, you'll know its nearly impossible to take a picture of just her. She just tries everything to dodge the camera. But I got her just before she ducked behind the kids. =) It was so much fun!!

Working ...

2008-09-17T02:13:00.000-07:00

Some days in the holidays I've been working at Mum's work. All I do is scan paper all day but its well worth it. I'm saving up for a trip to QLD next year with The Vellars so this is a good way to get money.

edited.

2008-09-15T04:13:00.000-07:00

So a while ago Toni had a blog post at Lil's birthday and had pictures of Lil that were put through a website called PhotoFunia. So I had a play around with it and loved it! I put them on my MySpace and everyone thought they were pretty cool. My really dumb friends thought they were real. They're a bit of a worry.

Sam really is something to look at.

Annandale Advocate? My friends would have
believed it if it said 'The Meander Valley' or
'The Examiner'.

COON Money!! =)

Drama Class =)

2008-09-12T03:43:00.000-07:00

I'm only in Grade 8 so I picked the fun subjects this year such as Drama! My favourite teacher Norma teaches it and she is the most legendary teacher. Her name is Norma Laterveer, we have to call her Mrs Laterveer when the principals around otherwise its just Norma. Shes old, short and only ges grumpy if you don't listen to her.

Earlier on we spent months organising a play on abuse. We were given $2000 for a class of 18 students to buy clothes or props for the play from Relationships Australia. I got a cool jacket from Supre for it. After performing the play 3 times we got to keep our clothes and have a small party. It was heaps of fun doing it. Scary but fun.

These are my friends. Polly and Meg. We were in a stupid mood here. =)

This lesson was team building activities and all about trust. We did some pretty cool activities.

This is a bit of my friends, Polly, Jack, bit of Dyl and a bit of Megs head.

Meg and Jack sorta show how good this class is.

A Weekend Away.

2008-09-10T03:27:00.000-07:00

Last weekend our family went to stay at Lake St Clair. We all had Friday off to prepare and by 12 we were ready to go. Its about a 2 hour drive along windy roads and mostly a dirt road which was no fun and made us all feel a bit sick. (Except Dad, he loves it.) Once we got there we settled in our little cabin then explored a bit along Lake St Clair. It was such a realxing weekend and Georgia and I managed to keep our distance and not argue. :) Here's my Hairy Daddy. Where he goes, so does the guitar.

The next day we had planned to do the Shadow Lake walk. It wasn't a very nice day but that didn't stop us. We rugged up and began the 5 hour walk. It was so pretty and quite a hike but we finally made it up to Shadow Lake. Its beautiful.

Jordan took every opportunity he could to try and catch a fish. He wore the most awesome sunnies that are like magic or something because they help you see the fish. He ended up catching two later that night. A small one and big one apparently. No proof because he couldn't bring them home because there was no where to cook them but I believe him.

The further we went on the more snow there was and we were all pretty happy when it came to snow that was knee deep. It was fun for a while walking in thick snow but once the novelty worn off it was annoying. I was in lead most of the time. =) But at one stage I led my family astray and started taking them up Mount Rufus. Luck Dad has a sense of direction and soon pointed us the right way. It was pretty scary though. One wrong turn and we could have been in a fair bit of danger.

I know, why pictures of Jordan? But he just looked so cool and professional with his fishing sunnies and all his proper gear. He certainly loves his fishing, camping, hiking etc.

Heres the family trying to get through the snow. Dad filmed us a bit and we were al laughing and falling over all the time. Mum and Georgia were the worst, George would fall over and then Mum, who was right behind would fall over in the same spot. It was funny.

After the walk we were pretty tired. Well, Jordan wasn't he was determined to catch a fish which he did. But Dad is still struggling to walk today. His using a walking stick. He doesn't realise that his body is too old for this sort of thing. But he keeps planing all the next hikes were going to do. Surprisingly, I was tired but not really sore at all which is weird because after Wineglass Bay I thought I was dying. Haha.

Driving home wasn't too bad even though Dad loves going around every curv. We had to stop lots because I'm no good at filming and Dad would get out his camera and film The Great Lake, and anything that looked good. I'd love to put some of the footage on here but blogger won't let me. But its really cool. It was a really nice weekend! =)

α ρι¢ηι¢ υη∂єя тнє ѕтαяѕ =)

2008-09-02T04:28:00.000-07:00

After going to the bluff and everything we went home. Sam and I went on a bike ride. =) *One day Sam and I are going to buy a tandom bike* While we went riding Jordan and Jack played basketball. After a while Eden and Steph came over with the kids to see if we could babysit Chloe that night. Eden played some basketball with the boys and Chloe wanted to stay and play basketball but kept getting in their way. We went over and baby sat, watched Coach Carter on the big TV. Chloe wouldn't go to bed so she stayed up and played with us. =) After babysitting we jumped over the fence to our place and rugged up in lots of clothes. We took our picnic blanket and walked up to the hill behind our house. We laid under the stars and talked and mucked around. Took some pretty cool pictures. =) Jordan and I went back to the house to grab more blankets while Sam and Jack tried to play a trick on us - Move with the blanket. All we had to do was shine the torch and we could see the blanket. It was pretty funny.

This is Sam and I going back to the house.
It was pretty fun! ;)

ρℓαуιηg αт тнє вєα¢н ιη ωιηтєя

2008-09-01T02:56:00.000-07:00

After playing putt putt we grabbed some KFC
and went down to the bluff. After we ate Mum
went and sat in the car to read her book. :)
Thanks again Mum. We played on the beach for
a while, about an hour or more.

Sam and Jordy.

Me, chillin' out on rock. =)

'Oh Dear, the tide is a little higher.'

I took this picture, I thought it was cool. A whole
beach and these three are all doing their own thing
in a small part of the beach.

This is just how we roll, chill out and talk.

We thought we would attempt a group picture
by setting the camera timer and making Jack run
down the rocks, across the water and onto the
bigger rock. This is one of our attempts ...

This is one of the better ones...

These Prebbles think they are such good
singers, its hard to get them to shut up. :)

Just kidding.

Swinging a few clubs ...

2008-08-30T02:32:00.000-07:00

On conference weekend we went to the Stake

Talent Night on Friday then took Sam and Jack
home with us. :) I would have all about the Talent
Night but I didn't take pictures, I can't be bothered
and theirs other blogs I'm sure you can check out
to see all about it. But on Saturday Morning we went
mini golfing. :) Down by the water in Devonport theres
an awesome putt putt course which is really fun.

Theres heaps of lights around so you could do it
of an everning too. That'd be pretty cool.

" Umm, theres a rock in my way "

See how tricky I am? Cool twisted legs
and all. ;) Takes skill my friend.

Jordy, I like pictures of Jordan when
he's smiling. :)

Sam, our trust worthy scorer ... turns
out she won. =P

Sam had an itchy back, Jack being the nice
big brother and all scratched it while Jordan

and I laughed and took pictures. :)

The Christies weren't so good at putt putt,
both Jordan and I lost our balls to the water.

Look at the things we do to get good pictures.
It was heaps of fun, thankyou Mummy dear
for driving us around every where. I love you.
Turns out Sam won, then Jack, then me, then Jordan.
Thats right ... I bet Jordan!

Netball.

2008-08-28T02:21:00.000-07:00

So, every Thursday for this second term I've been
playing netball. I actually hate netball and this is
the first time I've played in a competition.

We have a pretty awesome team in the 2nd
Division. We made it to the Grand Final which was
today against St Pats.

These are our girls. :)

L-R: Georgie, Courtney, Bec Robbo,
Bec Freeman, Meg, Polly, Zara and Myself.

I think this picture sums it all up. We won!!

These are our girls going to get our winning ribbon.
We were all so pumped and there was heaps of
screaming on the bus home. It ended up 20 - 19.
St Pats weren't too happy but. :P

Just Chillin'

2008-08-17T03:30:00.000-07:00

Just hanging out at Deloraine St.

Yep, I've been tagged.

2008-08-15T02:31:00.000-07:00

10 years ago:

I was only 4.
I was cute.
The picture below was at Emily Triffitt's birthday party.
I obviously can't remember much.
I remember spending my summers down at Harry's River Flats.
I started kinder at Deloraine Primary.
I became best friends with Joanna Ziesel.
Nick Elmy was in my class.

5 years ago:

I was 9 years old.
I was in grade 3 at Deloraine Primary.
I was in Miss Thrushes class.
Best friends with Sherrydan Morice.
I had a crush on Robert Partridge, (biggest nerd ever, freckles, glasses etc).

5 months ago:

Sadly, I missed out on convention.
In grade 8 at Deloraine High, still am.
Planned my future life over the phone with Sam Prebble.
I grew my nails for a couple of weeks then ate them.
Jordan got to go to Adelaide for the Jack Johnson concert
and spend time with Emily, Ella and Tahnee.
Easter, ate heaps of chocolate.
Taught Pop to play basketball.
Made a beanie.

5 things on my to do list:

Update my journal completely.
Finish Emily and Tahnees beanies, when I get some more wool.
Mark off 'Knowledge' in my personal progress book.
Learn to sew.
Play piano.

5 bad habits:

Biting my nails.
Yelling at Georgia.
Not making my bed.
Going on the computer too much.
Drawing on my hands

5 places I've lived:

I've only lived two places:

Where I am now, 1242 Weegena Rd Dunorlan TAS 7304
Down the road ...

5 things people may not know about me:

I broke my arm when I was two.
I love brushing my teeth and doing my ears.
I hate showers, but I do shower.
I've been to Fiji and New Zealand.
I used to play piano.

5 people I tag:

Aimee Sayers
Jackie Webster
Anna Cullis
Louise Triffitt
Stephanie Triffitt.

Change of plans ...

2008-08-13T03:28:00.000-07:00

I had planned on getting a blue one of
these cameras but Harvey Norman was too
slow with the order. So I got one from Target
for $20 cheaper. It was only $80. :)

I don't really like pink but I like my new camera.

The Winner Is ...

2008-08-11T01:16:00.000-07:00

Jack Prebble.

On Saturday I made 127 truffles and Jack

Guessed the highest at 100. Nice try everyone else.

Bet Lisa by one. :)

King Size Time-Out coming your way Jack!

тяυƒƒℓєѕ.

2008-08-08T23:00:00.000-07:00

A game.

So, Today I made a lot of truffles.

Guess how many I made?!

Rules:
- One Guess Only.

- Competition closes 5:30 Monday Night.

- Who ever guessed right or the closest wins

a chocolate bar of their choice.

- Jordans not allowed to guess.

тнєяє ιѕ вєαυту αℓℓ αяσυη∂ ...

2008-08-07T04:38:00.000-07:00

They say a picture tells a thousand words,
well this is practically four pictures.

му ƒιяѕт ∂αη¢є.

2008-08-04T03:01:00.000-07:00

On the first of August I had my first dance!!

It was so much fun. At the start I was SO
nervous. Because it toko a while to get started

I didn't think much of it. But it got so so good!!

Heaps of people. =)

Ben and myself.

Ohhh, Macarena!!

Jake and I ... oh my goodness. I have
THE biggest bum ... this pictures proof.

Jordan and Sam ... ooooh..

Me and Sam. =D

Leia, Makayla and Me ....

Jack and I & Hannah and Jake.

It was so much fun, I love it how all the youth

dance like nothing else, put in effort to get

a good costume and make everyone feel welcome.

I can't wait til the next dance ... even though the next
one is at convention next year. =(

But ... The Stake Talent night and Stake Confrence
are both coming up!! I can't wait!! =D

sprinkles.

2008-07-28T01:41:00.001-07:00

When I was little ...

On a saturday,

I would grab the stool,

Mum and I would cook,

Out of a little blue book,

(I didn't even mean to rhyme)

'Simplicity Chocolate Cake',

We'd listen to Sheryl Crow,

The song was 'Run Baby',

I was allowed to crack the eggs,

and put the sprinkles on top.

I made one the other day and it tasted so good!

Service Project

2008-07-26T01:53:00.000-07:00

We cancelled mutual and had a sevice project
on Friday night at Eden and Stephanies. :)

Xavouir, sweeping the front porch.

Jackson, trying to smile because I told him to.

Pheobe, cleaning out the cupboards.

Some (*cough cough* Jaci) found it more fun
to play with Chloe. :)

Mum and Jaci playing with Will and Chloe.

It was a good night. We did a bit of cleaning then
had a very nice dinner made by Steph then watched
Singles Ward 2. :)

Mamma Mia ...

2008-07-19T01:55:00.001-07:00

Mum, Debbie and I went to go see Mamma Mia last week.
It was brilliant. If you haven't seen it I HIGHLY

reccomend it. Its one of those movies that you don't
want to end. :)

Mum and I are actually thinking about going to see
it again, and ... Mum is not one to pay money twice

to see a movie. Today Mum and I bought the sound

track. Its that good!! Go see it! :D

Breaking out the Flannies again.

2008-07-14T01:32:00.000-07:00

This time it was Deloraine's Bush Dance.
It was heaps of fun to see everyone dressed
in flannies and dancing away. :D

Bek and Jordan.

Liz :)

Kealin, how cute.

Oliver ... SO cheeky!

Chloe with her cup of chips.

The elders, Elder Sheperd and Elder Dell.

Pheobe, Leia and Myself. :)

It was really fun, I couldn't believe how many
kids there were its crazy.

¢яα∂ℓє мσυηтαιη ...

2008-07-09T03:11:00.000-07:00

Saturday our family went to Cradle Mountain.

We had to look at the snow all week so we went to play.
There was a fair bit so it was really fun.

Jordan has told me I must write that he took all the
pictures. (I can't walk in the snow and take photos,
I'm bad enough just walking)

Georgia, Mum and myself. ;)

Georgia and I ate snow the whole time. I love it.
We walked around the whole of Dove Lake.
This was a pit stop, I'm not unhappy just exhausted.

Dad took millions of pictures. Him and his camera
are not a good combination.
We rode down the hill on boogy boards. I did
it a few times then gave up because ...
at one stage I went down then was about to go back
up when these 5 little boys, complete strangers, started
pegging snowballs at me. But they weren't just throwing
them from a while away they were coming right up
to me and smashing then at my face. The littlest boy threw
it in my face and I blocked it with the board so it
backfired on him and he cried. Mum and Dad got angry at
me for it when it was his own fault. :(

ѕ¢αяу ѕρσятѕ αт мυтυαℓ ...

2008-07-07T02:24:00.000-07:00

For mutual we booked out the old Community Complex
to play soccer and hockey. It was rough and dangerous.
Quite a few of us have bruises to prove it.
Makayla got a black eye ... from Mum!!
Mum plays golf instead of hockey, shes dangerous.

It was a really good night, everyone was involved.

David got a few bruises so he sat out and took pictures
for me. This is what happens every time he gets my camera.

¢αℓℓυм'ѕ 3я∂ вιятн∂αу

2008-07-05T02:43:00.000-07:00

After staying at the Prebbles we had to wag
church, and we were disappointed. But Callum

Horsman was turning three and was having a party.
Jackie made an awesome cake, a racing track of
doughnuts with cars and all. Callum loved it
and just wanted his cars of it. :)

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday dear Callummmm, Happy Birthday

to you. Hip hip Hooray, Hip hip Hooray, Hip hip Hooray.

Make a wish cheeky.

This is me little friend, Azhure. Shes SO
serious but SO cute! Grandad tries everything
to win her over but she just likes me better. :)

And my little Darcy, were great mates too.
Ever since baby sitting his loved me ... sort of.

We had a surprise visit, (well it was a surprise for me)
Crish came along. Its good to see him and I hope
he starts to get better.

Georgia and myself, can you tell I was tired
from a bid weekend at the Prebbles? :)

Me and Mummy. I think this jumper makes
mum look really pretty. :)

Bowling!!

2008-07-04T04:10:00.000-07:00

Beware: This post is photo heavy.

Well Saturday afternoon at the Prebbles Jack had to work

so Sam, Jordan and I decided to go bowling. :D

We went at Kings Meadows Bowling which was heaps of fun.

It was really cool when they turned the lights off and

made everything flurro and glow in the dark. It was cool.

Sam, concentrating where the ball must go.

Jordy must know how to bowl or something because
he does it with style. Style I don't have.

Ok so Jordan and Sam had the same shoes and I had
different but mine were cooler, when the lights were on.
Sam and Jordans were ugly until they turned the
lights on and theres glowed and mine did nothing. :(
See how theres a cool picture of two pairs of sick shoes
and then there my lonely, sad and boring shoes. :(

Before you see these pictures you must know ...
I'm the worlds worst bowler!!
I asked to have the bumpers up but they said only
under 1oyear olds and disabled were allowed. :(

Sam: Yes! Strike!

Jordan: Woo! Strike!

Tayla: Oh, another gutter ball.

Jordan: "Hey Tayla, try using both hands"
Snap! Picture taken. :P

Sam doing the same, I couldn't be the
only stupid one. ;)

And Jordy had to do the same so we were all losers!
Jordan won both games, Sam came second in both games
and I lost both games. It was really good fun!
We then walked from bowling to McDonalds.
Then to K-Mart. It was a long but fun walk
in the misty rain. We talked about heaps.

While waiting for Jack to finish work we
took some cool pictures. Seriously,
The Bid Red Car is cool.

Apparently I couldn't fit in Big Red Car.
So I had a good talk to bear. Its been a while
since a good chat. ;)

Pictionary @ the Prebbles.

2008-07-02T03:41:00.000-07:00

Ok, so after the Bush Dance we went to the Prebbles.

We talked, and stuffed around and brought out Pictionary.

We've played before, scores being:

Tayla & Jack: 1

Sam & Jordan: 1

This is what I drew for Jack to get 'Copy'.

This is what Jack had to draw for me to get
'Crash Landing'
Everytime Jack got a hard one Sam and Jordan would
laugh and say 'Shes never gonna get that'
and every time they said that I got it!!

Ok so I'm ashamed of this one.
Its 'Gobble'. - Shocking!

And this, this was the best. All Jack had to
draw was this for me to guess it. I'm smart as!
'Capital'

Again this is another Jordan and Sam laughed
at and I guessed it. How I guessed it? I don't know.
'World War One'

This is 'Shampoo'.
Sam drew it and I just loved it!!

We won the first game, they won the second.
Scores are:

Tayla & Jack: 2
Sam & Jordan: 2

Break out the Flannies!!

2008-07-02T03:32:00.000-07:00

Jack and Sam invited Jordan and I to their

ward bush dance. I'm so glad we went. It was so much fun

seeing everyone in their flannies and dancing.

Sam and I looked pretty good,

She borrowed Jordy's flanny so we could be cool

See what I mean cool ... Born with style.

Group Picture!

Blue was the most popular in flannies.
Jordan felt a little left out being the only one
with a green flanny. :D