It's my birthday today!! I am now officially 16 years old. On one hand that sounds really young, on the other it's ...just different. I'm not sure what exactly to think...but I don't consider getting older a bad thing. I'll get my permit to drive soon too!

I had a surprise party on Saturday after I got home from work (I worked 8a-12pm) and then my parents said they were taking me out on an outing...so we're driving along and they tell me we are going to GuitarCenter, we dropped by my oldest brother's house (24 and he's married and knows everything about guitars) and picked him up. At GuitarCenter I got to pick out a new guitar, I really needed one..it's another acoustic but it's actually super gorgeous. I liked my old one for the first while but it wasn't a good quality guitar, or it got worse over time. This one is muuuch better acoustically and electrically... and it's gorgeous. I'll have to get a picture of it for you all I'm in love!
After we picked out a guitar we went out to eat, and then dropped by my church to set up for Sunday morning (we have a youth ministry for the kids at the highschool in my city so sometimes we have to clean up...there are pool tables, ping pong, bumper pool, air hockey, and foosball..or however you spell that). I had gotten wind of the party somehow but wasn't expecting the people who were there. It wasn't a really big party (I don't know that many people who live close enough to come - whoever you are reading this for example) but a friend from my church, a friend from the homeschool co-op I went to this year, both of my sisters (Jes - 18, Elizabeth - almost 12), and my best friend from school Liz!! I drew a picture of her remember? I see her about once a year, and I already saw her at the volleyball tournament earlier this year, and I'm going to youth camp with her in the summer.
It was amazing. I stopped dead in my tracks and stared at her. It was lovely. They had all kinds of decorations, we had ice cream and brownies and played some games...and opened presents of course I need a case for my guitar because it's deep bodied and they didn't have Ibenez (that's the kind) case's where we went just cheap ones..I want a hard case, so they all got to see it. I also got a bunch of earrings, three shirts, a CD, a couple odd things here and there and a used, second generation iPod Nano. That was unexpected. I was surprised my parents could even afford to get me a new guitar, they gave me a price they could go up to but we didn't even have to get there especially good since I still need a hard case... the iPod was from a friend of mine, it wasn't too expensive ...not like it was cheap I never would have asked him to pay that much... but I don't need an iPod touch, or anything I just wanted an iPod. I can't believe he got it for me, he's like a younger brother...anyway he's amazing. So is all my family, and all my friends. It was so good to see them. I got pretty much all the way better from being sick too, not quite top notch, but better, then I had to get poisen ivy I mentioned that before, how it swells up my face? Well this time it only made my left eye swell a tiny bit and then it went back down. Nothing I couldn't cover up with foundation.

Happy Birthday once again 'Manda! (It was hers on Saturday), also Happy Birthday to my little sister Elizabeth (going to be 12!) on April 25th along with my sister in law Lauren (married to Austin) and Happy Birthday Jana on the 27th!

I love you guys too. You have no idea how nice it was the past three days, the weather was lovely last week, today it's not that great but I don't really care. I had a great Sunday as well, I have my joy back it's amazing. I love God for being like that, and for being Himself. Sunday night was also amazing...today I'm doing school again but I'm happy about it. Nothing in particular that is happening today for my birthday but I don't mind. The grass is greener right here with me. (I'm not depressed 'Manda )

If you read the whole thing .... you're my favorite.


-- Kristy

I forgot to mention, Neil (~Masterspuppeteer) actually showed up at my church on the way back to New York from visiting his grandkids! So now I've officially met someone from deviantART! Thanks so much for dropping by Neil, you really surprised me. Sorry for the shock.

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