Thanksgiving!

Hey everyone...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope that you all have a great one with your friends and families! Have a blast eating tons and hanging out with your loved ones!

Have a great one guys!!!

I am so thankful for all of you!

~Tay

Pickneyville!

This past weekend was tons of fun! My family and I all went to Pinckneyville.That is where my dad grew up and some of my family still live there.

We go every year for "Mardi Gras." It is tons of fun. We left at 12 on Fri. and got to Pickneyville, Illinios at around 8 (hour earlier there.) We left Sunday morning at around 9 (10 here) and got home at around 7:30. 

While we were there we stayed with my dads brothers. He has three girls...Haley, Hillary, and Holly, who were all there too, along with my Aunt Barb. It was tons of fun to stay with them... which we do every year. Some of my other family were there too... my cousins... my aunts and uncles... and other cousins..lol! It was so much fun to see them again. My mom and I couldn't go last year because of "the Young Americans," so it was good to see all of them after two years.

Saturday... we went downtown and hung out where all of the stands and all of the yummy food where... then that night was the big "Mardi Gras" parade. I got tons of beads and yummy candy. My two cousins were in the parade too, Haley and Hillary. So, it was fun to watch them. They did great!!!

Volleyball Pics!

                                      ME SPIKING THE BALL!!!!

Alyssa and Hannah

Hannah and Allie ready to go

Me diving for the ball

Hannah tipping the ball over

ACE ACE BABY!!!

ME SPIKING THE BALL!

ME SETTING THE BALL!!!

East Jackson V-ball Tourn.

Hey.... so yesterday our WMS volleyball team had a tourn. at East Jackson. We had to be there at 8 and our first game was at 9. The whole tourn. went to about 5 at night! Man... it was a long day but TONS OF FUN! The teams that were there was East Jackson, Hartland, Lenawee Christian, and us! Last year we were in this tourn.... and got 1st... so we were hoping to do the same this year!!! Our matches went like this...                                     ... us vs. East Jackson... (est jack. won)

                             ... us vs. Lenawee Christian... (we won!)                                                                                             ... us vs. Hartland (hart. won)

Then we were in third so we played East Jackson again in the semi-finals! AND WE WON! So... guess what that meant... WE MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME! yahoo!

So.... the time had come... for the championship game! It was us vs. Hartland! The first game was super close, but Hartland came back and won. Then in the second game, Hartland did the same! But games though, were super close. It would be like 10-10...11-10...11-11... you get my point. So, we came in 2nd! Not bad at all... but you know... you always want first.

GREAT JOB LADIES!!!! YOU DID AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD JOB!!!!!

-t

update on blog

heyy.....so i just added some pics on the side on my blog... they are sorta towards the end... but check them out! loveyouall

Volleyball Game!

Hey... so tonight was our first volleyball game for the season. We played Webberville and  WE WON ALL THREE OF OUR MATCHES! YAY!!!! Our whole team did awesome! I am so so so blessed to have and be on a team like ours! 

The team that I am on (for playing) is the "maroon team" and we played the first and third match and the other team, "gold team" played the second! One of the main things that we work on at practices is our serving... and it was so awesome because we only missed 5 serves the whole night! And it was really cool because we all had some great sets, bumps and spikes during the three games/matches (not sure what to call them...lol)!!! It was really awesome too because we hadn't really had a bump, set, spike all night and then I got one, I was so excited!!!!! Allison Ulstad had a really great set up to me and I just smacked it over...lol! It felt great... that was the high light of my night! It was so much fun to be able to play in a real match again!!! 

And it was really cool to see a bunch of all of our friends up in the stands! Thanks you guys... for coming and cheering us on! You all rock! 

Now... I can't wait until this Saturday for our tournament! 

GREAT JOB LADIES! you all did FABULOUS!!!

WMS Volleyball 2008!

Play from the heart

Volleyball is 95% mental and 5% Physical

ALL IT TAKES IS ALL YOU'VE GOT

Step up or step off.

No pain no gain

Our game is as tight as our spandex.

Team Work Makes The Dream Work

Demand respect or expect defeat

Winning isn't everything, it is the only thing. 

We bust ours...to kick yours

Excuses are for those who know they're going to loose

You don't have to win it, just don't lose it.

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

Volleyball is our business and business is good.

BUMP, SET, SPIKE IT. THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE IT.

PLAY HARD, GET DIRTY

Work hard. Have fun. Win!

Losing is not an option!

OUT HUSTLE, OUT WORK, OUT THINK, OUT PLAY, OUT LAST

Whatever it takes...

Practice, practice, practice

One World, One Game 

Can You Believe It!?!

Hey... can you believe it?!? Today is our last day of summer and tomorrow is our first day of school!

Man.... it seems like summer just went by like that but then you look back and think man... i did a lot this summer!

Such as: went to Tennessee on a missions trip with my youth group

...went to a Tigers game and spent the weekend in Detroit

...did a car wash for Tennessee

...we got a new porch in our backyard

...we got a new driveway

...I totally redid my room that I have downstairs

...flew to Tennessee to visit my aunt

...played in the Junior Open (tennis  tourn.)

...went to Michigan's Adventure

...went to the Schippers a bunch

skied and tubed a ton while there

...spent the day at the beach with my friend

...worked at our church's VBS

AND TONS OF OTHER FUN AND GREAT THINGS!

see you all tomorrow and I can't wait to be the big 8th graders!!!

-Tay

what a great end to the summer!

Hey..... so yesterday was a awesome way to end the summer! Our family and the Schippers all went to Michigan's Adventure! We go every summer. We left the Schippers house around 8 and got there at about 11:30. The water park didn't open until 12 so we rode some rides before we headed over to the water stuff.  So then around 12 we went to the water park and rode all the slides... like the Snake Pit, the Funnel of Fear and the rest of them! At around 5:30p.m. we headed over to the park park, where all of the "dry rides" are!  We rode those rides until it closed at 9! We rode, the scrambler, flying trapeze, the rainbow, the sea dragon, mad mouse, and a ton of other rides! But my favorite of the night was our favorite "the log ride" or the real name is "loggers run." Me and Courtney though just went on it yesterday cause Austin and Nic were riding the new rollercoaster "ThunderHawk!" The first time we went on the "log ride" we rode it normally then the second time we then knew that they take our picture while we go down the big drop so the second time we posed as we went down! We didn't get the pic though... even though we really really badly wanted to, because it was like $25 just for the pic! lol

We yesterday was a blast and so much fun!!!

have a great labor day everyone!!!

Fun day!

Hey... right now me and my family are at the Schippers!!!
We just got back from the lake!!!! We skied all day and went wakeboarding... well at least Austin and Nic went wakeboarding...lol! Today though... was my first time salem skiing! Which means... ONE SKI!!! Well, I got up and fell my first couple of times but every time I got a little better! And Austin got some sweet air on his jumps on the wakeboard!!! Me and Courtney as usual skiied together too, which was tons of tons of fun! Now... I can't wait until next summer on the lake with the Schippers!!!!

Right now we are just getting ready to go eat at "Red Robin..." yyyyyyuuuuummmmmmm!
And tonight we (the Johnstons, lol) are staying here at the Schippers house and tomorrow is the best part... we are going to Michigan Adventure!!! We go every summer together and it is always a BLAST!! I can't wait! I will post tomorrow about how it went!
TTYL AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Yesterday!!! (thursday)

Hey.... so yesterday was a B-L-A-S-T!!! My mom, grandma, and I all went to Lansing and school shopped!! It was so much fun and I got tons of cute stuff for this year!!! I got some cute dressy clothes too for volleyball... for game days!!! It was fun just to spend the day together just us girls!! 

After we got home at about 6:30p.m. I went to the High School football game too... which was tons of fun! We lost though... 20-27. Boo-woo!!!

Right now... I am just chillin' at home! ttyl!

Back to School Night!!!

Hey everyone, how are ya'll! 

Well, most of you know that tonight was the "Back to School Bash thingy" and we got our schedules, then meet our teachers and all of that fun stuff...lol!

Well my mom, dad and I all got there at about 6:45p.m. I got my schedule in the cafeteria then saw bunches of friends and compared schedules and meet some of my teachers. Then me and some others went and saw some of our old sweet 7th grade teachers and sorta just hung out and talked with them until at 7:30 us three *my mom dad and me* all went over to the auditorium in the high school for the license plate award thingy or as they call it the "vanity plates award ceremony...lol! It was fun to cheer on my friends and yell for them at the awards ceremony and see some people that I haven't seen all summer at the "Back to School Bash thingy!" Tonight sorta got me a little bit more excited about school starting and now I sorta can't wait...lol!

Well, ttyl and peace be with you all!

CONGRATS TO ALL WHO GOT A LICENSE PLATE!!!

*** and congrats to all on making it to the 8th grade lol  lol jk jk jk

Today!

Hey everyone, so as most of you know today was our last day of try-outs. Great job to everyone! You all did awesome!

So I got home at about 1 and then I got a shower and some lunch and now I am just relaxing and chillin' at home and tonight at 7 I am going to the "back to school bash thingy!" So see you all then!

good luck everyone who is trying out for volleyball!  you all have done awesome these past two days! good luck!!!

Volleyball Try-outs!

Hey everyone, most of you know, but these next three days are WMS volleyball try-outs!!! I am super excited about being able to play again for Western and am super excited to be able to play the sport I very much love and getting to play with a ton of my friends and some people that I normally don't hang out with all the time. I get to hang out with them during volleyball which is awesome!!! But then I am super nervous about making the team. People say.. you made it last year so you will definitely make it this year, but I don't really go by that cause people get better and you never know.. so, I am super nervous! Well, I will let you all know how it all goes!

Olympics!

Hey everyone, can you believe it... the olympics are over tonight!!!! 

Man... I don't know about you, but I absolutely loved watching the olympics!  It was so much fun to watch people from our country compete in all different sports. My favorite sports to watch would have to be beach volleyball, volleyball, gymnastics and swimming! I loved to watch Misty May and Kerri Walsh, Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin and definitely Michael Phelps!!! Well, I hope that everyone had a great time watching the olympics these past twoweeks!!!!

and can't wait until the Olympics in London in 2012!!!

This week!

Hey everyone, man what a week!!!! 

On Monday... i just hung around the house all day!

On Tuesday... my mom and I ran into Jackson and went to lunch at los' tres then after that we went to MC's and I got new soccer cleats. after that we went to the mall and i got some stuff at aeropostale! then at 7 i had my first soccer practice for our new team this year! i think that our team is going to be pretty good this year! YAH!

On Wednesday... i went and played tennis at 3. then at 6 i went to my friends and just hung out!

Today... i am going to go and play tennis again at 3... lol! then at 7 i have soccer practice.

Tomorrow... i am just going to be chillin' at home all day and might go school supplies shopping!

Hope you all are having a great week!

can you believe only 12 more days till school!

Question and Answer Game!

Hey guys, okay well Allie posted this really good idea of doing a Q. & A. on her blog! So I am now answering her ??? on my blog! So check out her answers and mine then if you want to you can either comment on our blogs or just post it on your own blog. (which is what i am doing)

So.. have fun and good idea Allie!!!

What is your favorite breakfast cereal?
Cocoa Pebbles

What are all the jobs you've ever had?
CP federal credit union worker (in 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade), babysitter, worked at church events a ton

What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Cherry Chocolate Chunk (schippers!) and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

What is your favorite accessory to wear?
necklace or ear rings!

What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Put some towards my college fund,  my church, give some money to "Compassion" and give it to the Rec Center in TN. that we worked at!

If a genie granted you a wish, what would you wish for?
A million more wishes! (good answer Allie!!!)

Vacation Bible School!

Hey everyone, so the past 5 days I have been involved in our church's Vacation Bible School (VBS!) It started this past Sunday and went until last night (Thursday!) The theme was the movie "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything," so everyone was all piratie! I was on the worship team which does the songs and motions! At the first few nights I would always get really nervous because this year we had to sing sing for real! Last year when I did this all we had to do was just sing with the cd though... so we had no mics or anything! But it turned out really good and we all did a great job and they said that we all sounded great! FUUUUUUUUU! It was tons of fun... we would sing at the beginning chill out in the middle while all of the kids were doing fun stuff around the church and then we would come back and sing and everything at the end in the sanctuary! The people that were in the worship team were me, Chloe C. Haley G. and Lacey and our awesome leader Mrs. Candy Brugger!!! We all had so much fun together! And we all felt like little pop-stars wearing the little mics on our face and being backstage and having little kids run up to us and giving us hugs and telling us there favorite songs...lol! And our wonderful youth pastor Kara was also involved in the VBS! She was the commodore (one of the pirate actors,) she did a great job and it was tons of fun to watch her!!! And the stage was amazing! All the years that I have been to VBS this year had the best stage!!! The whole stage was a giant pirate ship and they had smoke machines and TONS of different-colored lights all around the ship!!! At times it was sorta hard to see hehee but it was so cool.. and we got used to it! 

But over all it was just really fun to get up on stage and sing to God along with teaching the kids to! IT WAS A BLAST!

Back from Tennessee!!!

Hey everyone, so me and my family got back from visiting my aunt on Sunday around 4. Tennessee was a blast! 

We left for the Detroit airport around 7is and we got on the plane around 8:45! We then arrived in Tennessee at 10:30, but 9:30 Tennessee time! (hour back in Nashville) After we got all of our luggage and our rental car we headed off to my aunts! Her house was about 30 min. away from the airport. When we got to my aunts she showed us around her awesome and beautiful neighborhood! Her neighborhood was amazing! There was two pools with a water slide on it, a adult pool (18 years and older,) tennis courts, a HUGE club house that had a movie theater, art studios, game room, work-out/gym room, and a dance/palates studio, all inside the club house and some other rooms! The houses were amazing there was also a house in her neighborhood that was selling for almost $2,000,0o0! ISN'T THAT CRAZY! Well, all of those houses were up on the hill away from everyone...lol! After we looked around we headed for downtown Franklin! When we got there we went to this really good restaurant called "Mello Mushroom!" After that we went to a chocolate store that was downtown. After that we headed back to my aunts and we all went swimming! The water felt great! After about two or three hours of that we headed back to her house and all got ready for dinner. That night we went to this amazing chinese/hibachi restaurant. We all got the hibachi and sushi! MAN, WAS IT GOOD! After that we got gelato, which is this amazing Italian ice cream! Then the next day we all woke up and played tennis! It was so hot, oh my word! Then after we played we went into the club house, got ready and ran to the pool! That day we just hung out at the pool! For lunch we just got food at the pool! (they have food that you can buy there) After we were all done at the pool we headed off to my aunts and got ready for dinner! Before we went to dinner though we went to this shoe store called "Marty and Liz" that is amazing! We go every time we visit my aunt! The store gets shoes that have never been worn or have, but only by models that model them! But they look brand new!!! So this store gets the really cool and expensive ones... but they are really cheap now, since they are out of season or whatever! Then after that we went into this cool little downtownie thing and we ate at a really good Asian restaurant!!! After that we got gelato again, but at a different place and then we went through downtown Nashville. We saw the Titans station, the Country Music Museum/Hall of Fame, and all of the music/recording/big companies buildings, we saw my aunts old office and we just rode around and looked around!!! And that night was a Titans game so it was pretty packed! Then the next morning we got up around 8:30 and got ready for the airport! Our plane got delayed by 45 minutes so we got home at around 4! Then I went straight to rehearsal for VBS! 

Well, have a great week everyone! TTYL