Loooong post :)

Hey everyone,

I am finally blogging again! Oh my! I don't have any pictures at this time, but hope to have some soon. :) Haha. I was going to write the other day but I didn't end up getting to. Oh well! To get on to what I want to blog about...

I am growing to love and look forward to my times with the Lord each day more and more. The other day when I was doing my devotions, I was praying and I just had a great feeling, like I was in the arms of Christ! It was a wonderful feeling. When I was done I had such a joy and peace in my heart, knowing that God is on control of my life, and He will take care of me. I can place my total trust in Him, knowing that whatever happens is all for the glory and honour of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour! I am so excited to continue to learn and grow each day, and see what God has for me to do for His Kingdom.

Recently, I have been praying and asking God that I would be content in the place He has placed me and although it may not be what I want, or I am not happy, that I would have a good attitude, and not be angry or whatever. Philippians 4:11 says I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. So, that is some of the things I have been learning, and God has been teaching me through His word recently! :D

Well, a while ago (almost two weeks now. Wow!), we went to the Deerfield fair. It was really fun. It started out to be a rainy day, but we prayed that God would have it be a nice day, and it was beautiful for the rest of the day. It was nice weather (not to warm, and not to hot), and there was a beautiful breeze! God was very good. (like always!) :) We enjoyed seeing all the animals (horses, cows, pigs, roosters, chickens, goats, sheep, etc), and also had a great time watching the pig scramble, the flying Wallenda's, the horse pull (horse pullin', at the Deerfield fair, you'll see no better, says the guy. Haha), the horse show, and others. Over all, it was a fun day! :)

This past weekend, we went to The Hanson's house for a harvest carnival! I was sick on Saturday, and that was really a bummer, but at least I was better Sunday and Monday, and get to have some fun. So, when we got there Friday night, just Kristi Phipps and Allie were there (and of course the Hanson's. Haha). So, after a little bit, the Johnson's get there, and everyone went crazy ("the bus is at the end of the driveway", "the bus is here"). So then everyone had ice cream, and after a little bit Emily, Thomas, Nicholas, Katie, Uncle Tom and Auntie Heather get there. So, for the rest of that night it was just playing and going to bed.

The next morning everyone had pancakes and fruit, etc. made by Kristi and Allie. I'm not all that sure what everyone did that day, since I was in bed, but I do know that the kids played some capture the flag, and other stuff, and the adults played some volleyball. Mrs. Robin had invited some other people, so there were lots of other "new" people to play and have fun with as well! Auntie Jenn and Uncle Dan came with Nate and Maria (who I didn't get to see :( hopefully next time :) ), and Kelly Poitier was also there. Mr. Johnson, Corbin and Lucas had to go home sometime Saturday to go to a karate thing, and Mr. J had to preach on Sunday morning....but they were back. Lunch that day was by us, sandwiches with turkey breast, bologna, etc. and chips and vegetables. Supper was by Mrs. Robin, which was beef stew. I didn't get to eat a lot of food that day, but I did have some, and what I ate was GOOD (so thank you to Kristi and Allie, Mom and Susanna, and Mrs. Robin for those delicious meals). So, I think Saturday was a good day filled with lots of fun!

Sunday, I woke up feeling muccchhh better, PTL! :) The breakfast was delicious! Waffles, fruit, biscuits and jelly, etc. Then we had a Church service, and Mr. Hanson shared some of his thoughts with us, as well as other people passing around some thoughts as well. After that was just kind of hanging out until lunch which was tacos made by Auntie Heather! They were soooo good (thanks for making that meal Auntie Heather)! After that it was just more hanging out, talking, having fun, playing, etc. The kids played a lot more capture the flag, and more. The Johnson's got back probably at about 3-3:30 I'd say. Supper Sunday night was Stromboli made by Mrs. Johnson (yum! Thanks Mrs. J for making that for us), and salad (I think they may have soup as well). After dinner was a time of singing with Mr. J playing the guitar. I really enjoyed that time of singing, it was just wonderful. You could sense the presence of the Lord in that room, that night!

After that was dessert. Leftovers (cookies, etc), plus apple pie that Mrs. J had made. Yummy! Oh! Mrs. J also made the yummy chocolate chex mix that's so good! :D And again after that it was just playing, and having some more fun before it was time to go to bed. We played some pole position, mappy and pac man on the tv. Caleb and Corbin (as well as Mr. Hanson, Mr. J, and Uncle Tom) played ping pong a lot, and had lots of fun with that. The next morning, last day ( :'( ), we woke up and had muffins made by Mrs. J, waffles, fruit, and a couple other things. After that we played outside for a while, before it was time to pack up. When we were about done packing, we stopped for lunch, which was leftovers (chips, pretzels, sandwiches with whatever meat was leftovers, etc.). Then right before we left to head for home, Corbin made everyone smoothies (either pineapple, strawberry, banana, or any combination with those three things). I had the regular strawberry banana like at the sand box this summer! :) Thanks Corbin for those delicious smoothies. After that, it was time to say our goodbyes and head for home! It was a great weekend, and everyone had lots of fun!

So, thanks to everyone who made it so fun, to all those who prepared the meals, and helped with cleanup, dishes, and anything else that went on. I hope next time, I won't be feeling yucky and I'll be able to help some more!

Well, that is all I am going to say for now. I am out of breath, and this is getting really long! Lol. I hope to get some pictures on here when I get the chance, and I hope you all have a great night! :)

With his Love,

Karissa Noelle <3

1 John 2:15-17 (King James Version)
15. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

"Greetings"

Hey everyone! I know it has been a really long time since I have blogged, because a lot has been going on recently, and so I haven't had a lot of time!

First off, I changed my welcoming part (read it if you want), and my profile page a little bit. Like I said in my "greeting" I want to start writing about my walk with the Lord, and what I have been learning, and how I have been growing through reading His word each day! (etc.)! :D And I hope that when you stop by and read what I have written that you will be encouraged! :)

I will still write things I have been up to, and post pictures hopefully, but I will write what I have been saying as well!

Okay, that is all I will say for now, and will probably post something really soon!!!!! :D Have a great night!

Karissa

Psalm 103:1-2

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and forget not all his benefits.

{These couple verses I came across a while back when I was doing my devotions, and when I read the commentary, was encouraged, and reminded that we will always have something to praise God for. We tend to complain about life, but God has given us so much more than we deserve already, that even when we are going through the hardest times of life, we will have something to praise Him for, because He is our Saviour and King who promises to never leave us, fail us nor forsake us! That was really encouraging, and I thought I would share it with you.}

New design... And LOTS more!

Hey,

As you can see I have changed the background design for my blog! They have so many new templates! It's awesome, but I ended up picking this one. If you know the story of It Is Well, you know that it had something to do with water. If you don't, look it up!

I can't believe we are heading up to Nh in just 4 days! I can hardly wait, it seems like yesterday was winter carnival! But anyways, it has been really hot here, and I can't wait to get up there and go swimming, etc.

We have been up to a lot since the last time I wrote, so I will try to cover as much of it as I can without loading you with stuff to read! First of all, back at the beginning of June, we got to help out at a Wedding reception (Susanna and I) for someone who used to come to our Church. That was really fun since we don't really ever get to do that stuff.

We have had a lot of graduations this year, but I think they are all done for the summer now. 4 from our Church, a friend and a cousin. We went to Steve's (cousin) on Saturday. It was good to see all the cousin's and have some fun. I got to try the unicycle again... I was getting pretty good at it, if only we had one that I could try here, I would probably be able to do it!

On Friday June 18th we had a big "teen bash." When we first got to the Church at around 2:15, we split up into teams (boys against girls), and went out on a scavenger hunt... Taking pictures of the "team" with different things. For example the whole team near a fountain,... The whole team with a boat in the background... The whole team with a convertable... And a bunch more (about 20-30 things to do). So, that was really fun, and they never really said a winner, but we all think the girls won. Lol. Anyways...

Next we came back to the Church and ate a delicious meal prepared by Ann Marie Smith and Becky Galvin! Yum! Thanks to both of you in taking the time to do that for us! After supper we all went into the teen room and watched all the pictures that were taken. I hope to maybe get them, so we can have them to remember, cause it was really fun!

Next stop? Mulligan's Mini Golf! We had a good time there, and out of all the people, three girls got a hole-in-one (me being one of them), and NO boys! Yay! Haha. After that we were going to go to the new Kimball's ice-cream that is near us, but someone from the Church told us that it was Hot-rod night, and we would have had to wait 3-4 hours in line! Can you believe it? So, we went to Market Basket instead to get some half gallons of ice-cream, toppings, etc. Then we headed over to the Owens to play games, eat dessert, and other snacks, until we got tired of each other and wanted to go home! Well, we ended up leaving at mid-night! But, we had a lot of fun, and learned some new games, that we can't wait to play again sometime hopefully! So that's that!

We have this "bulletin" at our Church called the scoop and it is written by teens... they have a activity central where someone writes about the last activity that happened, they have a parents corner, picture of the month, things that are going on this month, teen talk back (I know doesn't sound too good), what teens are saying, where someone asks a question, and a bunch of teens answer it, and then also a teen testimonie. This month I am writing the testimonie for the scoop! So, maybe once I get that finished, I will post what I wrote on here, sound good? Okay, deal!

Hmmm, anything else new. I'm sure there is, just nothing I can think of off the top of my head. If I remember anything that we did that was really exciting I'll let you know, but for now we have just been packing and getting ready to head up to Alton Bay on Friday!!!!!!! :)

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you come again real soon! (That being said, I hope to have more blogging going on also! :D)!!!! Have a great night, and a wonderful week....

With His Love,

-Karissa-

Psalm 56:3, 10-11

3. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

10. In God will I praise His word: in the LORD will I praise His word.

11. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

Hey everyone~



I've had this saved as a draft for a while, and I haven't done anything in May, so I really wanted to try to finish this up and post it tonight. I am getting it done (even though it's late). I deleted a couple by accident, so I will put those up next time! The pictures on here are mostly from the past month, I think; so... here goes!





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A pretty moth~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~Micah and Daniel in their matching outfits~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cute and.....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~A neat science experiment we did (representing plastic rock)~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It felt really cool~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~More experimenting~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A bee outside on the carriage~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Two bees~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Daniel and his funny faces~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Some flowers in our yard~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So pretty~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Oh! I love that laugh!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Daniel~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kristianna~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Micah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Me~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Daniel playing dress up at Nana's~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~Caleb trying something he saw someone do~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flowers in our yard~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A rose~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Purity~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~He Died 4 Me...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I Live 4 Him!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Live His Word! :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Well, that's all for now, better get to bed! Have a great night, and good rest of the week. Hopefully next time it won't be so long inbetween posts, and I can post more often! :)

Karissa Noelle

I think I have put this verse on before, but I have been using it a lot lately, and I really love it!

Isaiah 40:31

But they the wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

April post

Hello all my faithful and unfaithful blog readers,


Wow! I have had my blog for just a little over a year!


I was going to post something on Julianna's birthday, but I never got around to, and I figured at least I did something last year. So, Happy belated birthday, Julianna!


Happy Birthday to you, to Jesus be true, May God's special blessings, descend upon you!! I love you, Julianna!


She turned 11, and I am pretty sure she had a lot of fun on her birthday!


Please pray for my Nana and Papa, their basement had a lot of water in it last time it rained, and they had to stay up most of the night for more than a couple days (doing it like every hour or so also during the day), and now that it was raining again, it has happened again! We have been able to help them out a little but, but, I feel really bad, and it really is a LOT of water. So, if you ever think of it, pray that they will find out the problem so that won't happen every time it rains, if you know what I mean?!


We had a GREAT time at the Johnson's when we went last Friday and slept over Friday night and stayed all day Saturday. Thank you so much for having us Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Corbin, Lucas, Riley, Gabe, Elliott, Spencer and Toby, and we look forward to seeing you again sometime soon. Susanna and I are working on making a slide show of all the pictures that we took while there. It is going to be REALLY AWESOME, and I think Susanna is going to post it on her blog, and maybe when she does I will put something on here, saying that she did (just in case anyone reads my first, then I can tell you to head to Susanna's blog).


Well, that is all for now. I hope you all have a great night!!!!


Love,


Karissa Noelle

Isaiah 53:5-6

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

A few pictures from the last couple days :)

Hey,

I don't have a lot of pictures, but I do have some from the past couple days that I have been just snapping. I am excited also because my mom got a video camera (it's small and doesn't look like a video camera, it looks more like a camera), but it is really cool. I can't wait to take some videos with it, especially this summer in Alton Bay! :)





Rain drops on the swingset after the rain.



Daniel on mom's bed watching a movie.




"Let me take a picture of myself," says Kristianna.

After the rain.

I started to peel this egg, and I got this far, before I cracked it (this egg wasn't boiled). I know it's silly, but I thought it was kind of cool! :)

Kristianna and the big bear.

Kristianna and her doggy.

"I want to take a picture of you," says Kristianna (I know, I feel a little funny posting a picture of myself. lol)!

Daniel as you can see, does a good job of taking care of his dog. haha.

Daniel and Kristianna being buddys!

Daniel being cute stuff :)

Daniel smiles big for the camera.

And for the last Kristianna.

Well, I know those were mostly of Kristianna and Daniel, but they're easy to take pictures of. haha.

Summer is coming and I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!! :)

I hope you all have a great day!!

Karissa

These verses have been encouraging to me over the past month or so. When the youth group was going to do the Bible quiz, we were studying chapters 1, 2 and 3 of Joshua (Susanna 1, Caleb 2, and I 3), and these were in chapter one. Also my cousin gave these same verses to me when we were texting one day. So, I just figured these would be the ones I would share with you this time.

Joshua 1:8-9

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Pictures

Hey all!! I'm back again!! And hey! Look at that, I'm posting pictures! I decided to make a video this time instead of downloading all the pictures to my blog, and it's really fun to make videos/slideshows. Well, I'll first say, to left off where I was in the last post...all of us ended up getting sick except for Caleb and Julianna (so far, and that's not to say they definitely won't get it...which I hope and pray that they won't, cause it was one of the most horendous things in the world)! Ok , well off that subject, back to the pictures!!!! I wanted to write something on some of the pictures (not that I would have to, but you know some pictures have a "story" and it's fun to say "what is happening in that picture" if you know what I mean?!). So, anyways, if I was to write something on them, it would be in the middle of the picture (which would wreck the point of having the picture on there at all pretty much)! So, needless to say, I didn't do it....and it's not the end of the world, but it would have been nice. Oh well, maybe there is a way you can do it w/out having that happen, but I have yet to find that out, and will definitely do that if I ever find out how. Well, here goes!!! Enjoy!!

Did you like it?

I was thinking after "it's a good thing I took pictures of the little kids, or I really would have been in for it!" LOL!

Video's

This is the video I made up of all the videos I took at Winter Carnival. I realized I spelled snowboarding wrong at the beginning, but I already did a lot of work, and it would probably take a lot to fix it, so I just left it...it's not that big of deal. Also at the end, I made it so the music fades out, but when I watched it, it just cut it off...oh well! That would probably take a little fixing too, so I just left it!! I hope you enjoy it!!!!

How did you like it? It really is fun to make videos like this!!!

That's all for now....have a great day!!!

'til next time,

Karissa

Isaiah 40:31

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Home

We are home from winter carnival, and had an awesome time, although Kristianna was sick yesterday! :( She is feeling a little better today I believe, and no one else has gotten sick yet! I hope no one else will get sick....only time will tell. Guess what? I'm blogging on our laptop! It's awesome. We don't have wi-fi yet, so we must be getting it from one of our neighbors. Sometimes it allows us on the internet, sometimes not! Well, anyways, I don't have pictures this time (since I am on the laptop), but I will next time of winter carnival (I know, I know, I say that every time, but this next time I will have pictures, or else I won't blog)! haha!!

When we were at winter carnival....we got to go snow boarding! It was so awesome. I loved it, and can't wait to do it again hopefully soon. I went down the really big hill also! The sledding was also really fun.

We had 27 (I'm pretty sure) people eating with us, so that was also a blast. We bought, (well, my mom) and brought up all the food, and then others helped prepare, but that was fun to do that. Can you imagine preparing food for 27 people for 3 1/2 days? Haha. That's only 5 less than the Duggars! LOL!! I'm joking. Anyways, the whole weekend was a blast, and if you were there, I hope you enjoyed your time too!

That's all for now.

'Til next time,
Karissa Noelle

Psalm 100:1-5

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Winter Carnival is tomorrow

Hey,

I cannot wait for winter carnival tomorrow! It will be so fun............or will it? I am TOOOOTTTALLLLLLLLYYYY joking. Ok, I am very excited as you can probably tell. HAHA! Well, anyways...let's see!! We have been really busy preparing and everything, and getting food ready for let's see now......about twenty six people! So, that is pretty much what we have been up to.

We got the texting bill today, and last month....remember Caleb had done around 7200 or something like that?? Well, this month he only had about 3200. Wow! He cut it done a bunch. Lol. Ummmm, I don't really know what else to say! I guess I could say we have started going on Wednesday night to Church, and the younger ones go to Patch the Pirate! (We have only gone for about two weeks now, cause that's when the patch club started)! Last night when we went, it was one of the teens birthday, so we got to have cake...yum! We also played a game called outburst (Bible edition). Heard of it? It was pretty fun. We have it, and might bring it to Winter Carnival!

Well, I REALLY don't know what else to say, so I guess I'll say ta ta for now! And so I can go get some of Susanna's famous, delicious, banana bread!!! Bii!!!!!

ttyl-Karissa

1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.

(Sorry if that's not right....that's what I had off the top of my head.)

p.s. I really hope to get some pictures up soon....maybe after winter carnival we'll have some good ones. I hope!!

life in 2010

Hey everyone!

This is my first post of the year 2010! Wow! It's almost the end of January....I can't believe it. Any how, today is my mom's birthday!! We had a party the other day!! Happy Birthday, mom! I love you! I am helping with dinner, and getting ready to eat, but just figured I would give a little update on what we have been doing!

We went to a teen party (the meltdown) on January 15th. That was really fun, and one of the best teen things we have went to so far, I think, in a lot of ways!! (we haven't been to a lot, just a couple)! Anyways, we started off by playing "melt the ice", and you had to melt a piece of ice in your hands. Yikes! It was freezing. There was first second, and third place, but none of us girls won :( haha. After that we did this thing, where you split up into teams and go around the Church and find stuff, to make up a "commercial" about how to stay warm in the winter. It could be serious, funny, or just plain dumb! Anyways, that was pretty fun, and I hope that I can find those videos, and show to them to you! After that we had ice cream and watched the videos, and ended the night by playing a game of dodge-ball (not really fun for the girls, but...eh we didn't really play, just stood there. lol ;))!

Uh, I'm trying to think what else......I got denied on my braces; AGAIN! Boy! I guess, I'm not meant to have braces, even though I really want them.

We have found some new texting friends, and I don't know if you want to know how many Caleb had in the first month of texting...............drummeral please..........lol.........7400!! I had around 3000. That is quite a lot. Ha-ha!! But, more people have texting than you really know I think, and it adds up REALLY fast, when you don't know it.

We were talking about how we hadn't been to many funerals in a while (it seemed like last year or a year and a half ago, we had been to a lot, in a short period of time), and we went to two within 5 days!!!

Well, I guess I better go and eat. Nice getting caught up! lol. I hope to have some pictures on here soon (I haven't posted any in a while)!

In His Arms,

♥♥ Karissa Noelle ♥♥

Psalm 37:4-5

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him: and he shall bring it to pass.

p.s. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR WINTER CARNIVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3