the treehouses.

YAY!!! I just got back from the Treehouses!

{Click here to view their website.}
{Click here to see pictures from last time I went}

We went for Jarrett's birthday. It was so fun!

And THIS time we went on the Tarzan Swing.... this is a video of me. You get pulled into a tree (30 ft. in the air) and then you..... DROP. I hesitated when they yelled, "LET GO!" See the following video...

mud mud and more mud.

So, I forgot to tell you about the AMAZING yet GROSS yet AWESOME thing that happened to me!

See, it was my BFF's birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZZY! I just realized I know two Lizzys...), and she lives out in the country, and I spent the weekend with her for her birthday. It felt like camp... her dad is even a pastor. What was different from camp was that I witnessed a two year old boy drinking coffee. It was an amazing caramel frappuccino from Starbucks. Anyway, on the morning of her 14th birthday, her Uncle took us through the mud all over her property on his four-wheeler. It was muddy. Very muddy.

So... we are driving (and, almost dying. Just kidding) and the one time I don't duck is when we go through a HUGE PILE OF MUD.

Surprisingly, it didn't taste that bad.

I told Lizzy that.

She said, "Uhh... Grace... that ain't mud."

Did I mention she has cattle?

I FREAKED OUT!!!

How stupid could I get??? "Look a cow! Look, mud!"

And I go to school with a guy who she has known for a long time, so he found out, and I haven't heard the end of it.

It was quite the experience.

But it was super fun. Lizzy tells me that mud is "nature's makeup."

So when I saw her mom's conditioner bottle that said Nature's Conditioner... I got SUPER mad at whatever company makes that brand.

I yelled at that bottle and said, "YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT NATURE'S CONDITIONER IS!!!"

It just looked at me and didn't say a word.

Rude.

BYE!

By the way... there is a giveaway @ lil' miss imperfect...

hair and hotel.

Anne made me cake pops, then she pushed me around the hotel on the luggage thing ;)

the concert.

THE CONCERT WAS AWESOME!!! THERE WAS FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI, JEREMY CAMP, AND ADAM CAPPA (a friend of Jeremy Camp)!!! LOVED THEM ALL!!! I went to the concert a Francesca fan, and I came back LOVING THEM ALL LIKE NEVER BEFORE!!!

Francesca brought out her 13 month old son!!! He was so cute. She told him to say hi and he kissed the microphone. ;)

I learned that Francesca wrote Free to be Me when she was in college right after hitting a lawyer's car...oops...

Jeremy is super funny!!! When he was in junior high, he was trying to be cool and hang out with the cheerleaders and stuff. The problem was his dad's car. It was a Pinto (if you hit Pintos in the wrong place they blow up). Anyway, his dad picked him up one day from school and honked the horn, yelling, "Jeremy! Jeremy!"
So, Jeremy Camp tried to "be cool" while getting into the car.
The door wouldn't open.
So he tried to "be cool" while climbing into the window.
Jeremy Camp now says, "and when my daughters are older, I am picking them up from school in a Pinto so that they will know how I felt!"

At the Q&A, one of the questions was "How do you juggle family and your career?"
Jeremy and Francesca gave their answer, and Adam said, "I have a dog."
He showed us pictures on his phone. ;)

Adam Cappa

francesca battistelli is today.

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN SMILING ALL MORNING AND I FEEL LIKE SCREAMING!!!!!! THE CONCERT IS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!

In the concert:
Adam Cappa
Jeremy Camp
hmm...i think thats it ;)
Francesca Battistelli

looking back.

I've been thinking about my last birthday - hoping that this year will be just as AWESOME! See more pics or THIS year's birthday awesomeness at http://www.francescamusic.com/

francesca battistelli and jeremy camp.

I GET TO SEE FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI AND JEREMY CAMP IN CONCERT THE DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY WITH MY FRIEND, ANNE!!!!!!! I AM SSSOOO EXCITED!!!!! AND BEFORE THE SHOW I GET TO GO TO A Q&A WITH JEREMY AND FRANSESCA!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO SO SO SO EXCITED!!!!

Did I mention I can't wait?

;)

faith's birthday.

Happy Birthday, little sis! I can't believe you are nine!!!!!

It was just yesterday there were a hundred little girls running around the house for your eighth birthday, right?! Right?!

Love you!!!!!!!!!!!
~Grace~

my birthday.

I am 11! Whoo hoo! Yay!

My birthday this year was so awesome! Thank you to the three great friends who came to the party. It was so much fun :)

We went to the salon to get manicures, pedicures, and we also got our hair done. I had a blast! (I'm the girl in the pink shirt :))

Here are some pictures of the finished product...

I have the black nails. Cute watch, huh? ;)

halloween, birthday, and disneyland.

In 13 days, its my birthday! In 8 days, its my dad's birthday! We are going to California. We will leave on Halloween. When we get to my grandma's, we will go to the carnival at her church. Then at 5pm, Halloween ends (for us), and my dad's birthday begins! The 5th and 6th of November we will be in Disneyland! This will be my third time. My favorite rides are 'Buzz Lightyear Lazer', 'Space Mountain', 'Autopia' and 'Splash Mountain'. I can't wait to be ten!!!!!!!!!!!

three events.

Hello! I've got a lot of things to talk about...One, Happy Birthday, Mom! June 29th was my her birthday! She turned 38, I am giving her a late present that is not done yet--I'm making her an apron! My dad, brother, and sister got her flowers which we planted today. I posted a picture of the cake. Second, you've seen Nala, Simba, and Thunder on my last post. Nala does not get love, and has gotten out a number of times. So we gave her to my friend whom I've known since preschool. She is in 4-H with me and has a rabbit about the size of Nala named Cocoa. She raised Cocoa, and both of the rabbits have quite an attitude (which explains why she is so good with Nala). So, now Nala is gone. We gave her to that friend who loves her so much. Last but not least: Happy Late Fourth Of July! A few weeks ago we made shirts just for yesterday. They are brown tank-tops that we painted fireworks and flags on. I'm wearing mine right now! I posted some not-so-good-pictures of the fireworks. We get a perfect view of them on our front lawn. I love my next door neighbor. She got up and had an urge to bake (that's how my mom says it happened), and called to say she couldn't eat all of it. So we had lots of dessert last night! Well, see ya later!

the basketball birthday bash.

Yesterday my brother had his birthday party! He turned six the Sunday before, but that was on a holiday weekend so we did it the next week. Five boys went crazy all over the small gym at the YMCA. We rented the 'Fun Zone' for two hours. All the boys had a blast! They played basketball and rode the scooters, then we had cake and ice cream, then was presents, and then basketball and scooters again, then I taught them some basketball games. I did not play basketball because I did not want to show people how bad I am. My mom had brought the camera (she has a pretty good memory) and it was accidently dropped. So now the videos don't work which means I can't post any. My mom did a really good job on the cake. I told her it looked like a real basketball except for the frosting, sprinkles, candy, and candles. The boys loved it, but when it was cut it did not really look like a basketball. For his birthday he got a 'Lightning McQueen' (his favorite thing of all time) alarm clock that is also a coin bank-we're still trying to figure out how to set the alarm. He also got a CARS (more to do with 'Lightning McQueen') book that folds out to a race track and has pop-up cars that slide out of the book, from the same friend he got a 'yuck ball', which really did turn out to be yuck, no, not yuck-GROSS! The last thing he got was a Star Wars Lego set. I forgot what its called but it has something to do with a 'walker'. Our friend that lives down the street loves Legos so much that he probably wants a Lego autograph! He makes Lego movies, he gets Lego sets all the time and they are all over his room! So we called him up and he came up the street and built it, apparently he has the same set. Back to the birthday party-it was crazy! Boys running everywhere! I think I've had enough boys for a while...

treehouse time.

Sunday night I slept in a treehouse! It was sort of a hotel thing; there are a bunch of treehouses, and you go online and pick the tree you want to sleep in. Here's the link: www.treehouses.com. We slept in the Forest Tree, and we got to go in a few others: the Swiss Family, and the Pleasant Tree. I liked them all! It was my sister's birthday the day before. There was a zip-line, mosaic, tarzan swing (we didn't go on it, but I watched and it looks fun), and two swings that were free (that was: a rope swing, and one that I have a picture of) We also met a few friends: a nice boy, my age, and his baby brother. My brother and sister met friends, too. I have some videos and pictures of the activities. Also, the cute little baby's dad, Seth, is a professional magician. You can look on his website: www.magicofseth.com He also does kids birthday parties. The zip-line is a total of one hour (there are about five runs, I have a video of one). Its so fun! Then afterwards we played on the little one that doesn't require a helmet or any gear.