Christmas was Great!

It was excelent, put it between two peices of bread and cause thats egg salad (lol Caity). It was awesome hanging out with family and such like.

So It's 6:30 in the morning on winter break, I suppose your wondering why Im up so early (maybe not, but Im gonna tell you anyways).....IM GOING TO FLORIDA TODAY...WOOHOO! I got like 2 hours of sleep last night Im so stoked. And plus my sisters roomate from australia is coming and I get to meet her today...YAY! Anyways I should go...cause IM GOING TO FLORIDA TODAY...WOOHOO!

Merry Christmas!

enough said

Long awaited photos

K...so I FINALLY got my hair done today. I really like it, now the pictures don't show it very well, it's a lot more red then it looks.

I know that a couple people were waiting for the pictures, so here they are!

Consuming fire

K so heres the deal. sometimes I feel as if there should be more to my life then what there is. And I ask God for help. I have a God time, and that space is filled. There are times when I stop and think about this, and I ask myself if it makes me a bad Christian, because its almost as if Im fading in and out of Christianity and God-like Behaviour. I've come to a few conclusions, A- I am a Teenager, I have a few mistakes that Im allowed to make...as part of the teen life... B- I am human, meaning even more mistakes that Im allowed to make and C- well...there is no C. The thing is...there shouldnt be an A or a B, there should just be a G...(get it...G for God...haha...alright not so punny), but seriously. God expects us to make mistakes. Its how we deal with it. Now I've been listening to the song Consuming fire by Tim Hughes a lot lately, and Im gonna leave you with the lyrics. I dont want you to just read the lyrics. if you have the time...I want to see what you think.


Verse 1:
There must be more than this
oh breath of God come breath within
There must be more than this
Spirit of God we wait for you
Fill us anew we prayFill us anew we pray

Chorus:
Consuming Fire
Fan into flame
a passion for your name
Spirit of God fall in this place
Lord have your way
Lord have your way with us

Verse 2:
Come like a rushing wind
Fill us with power from on high
Now set the captives free
leave us abandoned to your praise
Lord let your glory fall
Lord let your glory fall
(repeat chorus)

Hair

Alright, so Im not going blonde. Im doing like dark red...ish instead. I'll post pictures when I get it done (unless of course it turns out bad, in that case I'll post pictures of what I'll look like for a while, with a hat on, haha. We went to Allisons concert last night, it was fun. Thank the lord there is only 10 school days left, I dont think I'd be able to handle anything else. Anyways, I have to go...School time.

see ya!

My God is mighty to save

everyone needs compassion
a love that's never failing
let mercy fall on me
everyone needs forgiveness
a kindness of a Savior the hope of nations Savior
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save he is mighty to save
forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
so take me as You find meall my fears and failures
fill my life again i give my to follow everything i believe in
now i surrender Savior
He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save he is mighty to save
forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
shine your light and let the whole world see
we're singing for the glory of the risen King...Jesus


Alright, so Jesus and I had a long talk yesterday. I was at school, in PE. I was the Goalie in floor hockey and I started thinking about my life, odd time to start going all philisophical I know...but yeah. Jesus all of a sudden became so real, and stuff to me. He's always been real, but I think what hasn't been real lately was my full out relationship with him. this song Is so true. God is mighty to save. We have to shine our light out for him...otherwise there isn't a point in living. I feel like Im breathing Fresh air....Jesus just overcame me...and it feels amazing.


Oh...HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICIA!!!

Kinda Random

I want to dye my hair blonde, is that a good idea or not? I cant decide. Is it a little drastic? If so, what color should I dye my hair? Any suggestions??

We have 2 fine boys staying with us this weekend....MMM....yummy, JUST KIDDING! They arent that fine...its Victor and Graeme, or as some of you may know them as...Bungee and Superman.

Im going to glenmore temples youth group tonight, because...well...I'm in the youth band, and I should probably be there. Christine McCmillian (sp?)...who is the old commissioner of the salvation army, is gonna be there. Im kind of excited to hear her speak, shes pretty cool.

The doctor finally realized that something is wrong with me, but doesnt know what. I had to get blood tests done today, and it sucked...I was doing good, then I looked at all the blood they were taking and I almost puked, haha.

I should go...bye!

Amazing night

Ok, so my dad got asked to speak at a mens thing in red deer, so my parents said that my sister and I could go to the camp to hang out with Rae and Xaiver, so we did. It was amazingly fun. We decorated sugar cookies, and it was fun. And I got to play hide and seek with Xaiver, hehe. And Umm....we exchanged Christmas gifts, a tad bit early, but thats alright. It was one of the best nights I've had in a very long time. I think Xavier missed my sister and Me. He wanted us to do everything with him, haha. I even ended up giving him a bath, haha. But it was good, quite enjoyable. I made the mistake of giving him a cup to see if he'd dump it on his head, therefore making it easier to wash his hair, but no, he dumped it on me instead, then proceeded to splash the water all over that place, in my general direction. Which was funny, haha especially considering I only had the one pair of pants, and the one shirt because we weren't spending the night, so I sat there in wet clothing, haha. It was fun. Anyways, Im gonna go,

Love ya'll
Courtney

I love my sister!

My sister and I are doing a a Christmas gift for my mom this Christmas, and because of it, we had to scan in a whole crap load of pictures of us growing up. I want to share some pictures with you all of me and my sibling growing up!

Love ya'll!!

Court

I wish I could move on......

I was listening to this song today, and I totally realized how close it is to how I've been feeling lately. The only part of it is when it says "im moving on" and sometimes, I only wish i could, but yeah...here are the lyrics. Its called well...I'm moving on...and its by Rascal flats.

I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demonsFinally content with a past I regretI've found you find strength in your moments of weaknessFor once I'm at peace with myselfI've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too longI'm movin' onI've lived in this place and I know all the facesEach one is different but they're always the sameThey mean me no harm but it's time that I face itThey'll never allow me to changeBut I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belongI'm movin' onI'm movin' onAt last I can see life has been patiently waiting for meAnd I know there's no guarantees, but I'm not aloneThere comes a time in everyone's lifeWhen all you can see are the years passing byAnd I have made up my mind that those days are goneI sold what I could and packed what I couldn'tStopped to fill up on my way out of townI've loved like I should but lived that I shouldn'tI had to lose everything to find outMaybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this roadI'm movin' onI'm movin' onI'm movin' on

Christmas!!!!

Its November 3, which mean...Christmas is almost here!!! Well....not really, but its that time for Santa palaces to start being set up, Christmas stores to open in the malls, the 12 days of Christms starts next sunday at Heritage park, and well....I started listening to Christmas music. And, last night I got an email that contained an early Christmas gift. In the email contained information that a really good friend of mine is having a baby, and I was super excited! And Theres only one more thing I want for Christmas. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, only a hippopotamus will do, Dont want a doll, no dinky tinker toy, I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. That is what I want for Christmas, haha. I sang the song for like...a month last year and I didn't even get a plastic hippo, or a stuffed hippo, my UNCLE got one for Christmas, but I didnt and I was sad. But thats ok. Does disney have hippos? I figure, the first good snowfall is a sign of Christmas. And also, we started play practises and stuff so Im all in Christmas mode. My sister and I are going Christmas present shopping tonight and Im excited.

Bye!

Just for Peaches!

So Peaches wanted to see pictures of my costume. So here they are, they aren't great just because they were from my phone, when I get more I'll post them. Oh, and Peaches...I hear life has been going pretty good for you the last week or so.......

Courtney

Micheal Jackson

So, for youth group on friday night we had a costume party. And I couldnt figure out what I should be, so I went to the store, and bought a wig, which is an afro. Then I came home and took out my dads tacky tux, and I looked, black hair, white face, and a weird suit, Micheal Jackson. So that is who I am for Halloween, haha.

Court

Crazy Calgary

I love Calgary, honestly, I love everything about it. I love the fact that I can walk out of my house in July and there could very easily be snow on the ground, or walk out in december and its 30 degrees out. I also love driving in Calgary. Its not as scary as some people think, except getting lost...getting lost in Calgary is much different then getting lost in red deer, haha. But the point of this is that today, I was off to play practise, and I had to scrape the window for the first time by myself. And yeah, I know it doesnt sound that hard, but trust me, I wanted to get it perfect! I nearly climbed up on the van in order to get all the frost, then I realized if I just turned defrost on it would get rid of the stuff. A lot of people find that kind of thing to be a hassle but I love it! I think it reminds me when I was little, and I used to want to scrape the windows, and I'd only get like...3 inches on each side and I'd think I did so good haha. Yeah, I love summer because it means no school and camp, but Winter always reminds me of the time I got to spend with my dad. When I think of snow, I think of the times that I built forts with my dad or had snow ball fights with him or going sledding, or skating. I love those memories. Anyways, I should be going.

Love ya'll
Court

Update!

Alright so the whole trying to lose weight thing is so amazing. I havent lost any weight, but I mean...I've only been going at it for less then a week. I havent had a single chip since I started, except for sun chips, but they are better for you then potato chips. I feel so awesome though. Im really noticing that I've had more energy and stuff since I started. And plus...I totally just schooled my dad at basketball...heck yes!

Well....I figured I should post again...

Nothing exciting ever happens to me anymore, haha...so I've been trying to figure out what to post about. Then I figured I'd post about what I've been learning. My Daddy's been teaching me guitar, and its so cool. I like to play both accoustic and electric, Although, I only know 2 chords, haha. But yeah...thats my life. Oh, and the guitars in the pic arent mine, they're just random guitars, lol.

Love ya all!

Court

If I start now....

So I decided, its time to whip myself into shape. I've said this about a trillion times before....but I really want to. Why you might ask? For my own sanity. I hate being careful when I smile cause of this double chin, haha...or looking down and having a big ball hanging off my stomach. The only time I wanna be fat is when Im pregnant. Oh, sorry....Someone in particular doesnt like to think your fat when your pregnant...so the only time I want to be....this size...again is when Im pregnant. Anyways, sorry I couldnt make this longer, but Im going to do push-ups......Or not. Maybe just listen to my music, haha.

ttyl,
Court

ever feel.......?

Ever feel like your losing someone very close to you?
Ever feel like you did something to let everone down, but you dont even know what it is?
Ever feel like you are all alone, with no one around?

For the last month and a bit, these have been my feelings almost all the time. As much as I've been happier since yc, I'm still not happy.

I guess its time...

My family is leaving my church. We are still remaining in the army, just not at the particular church. Now, it may not seem like that big of a deal, but...my family has been in this church for 35 years. And nearly every one of those years, at least one of my family members were involved in at least one thing. There is not a year of my life where I haven't been at the church more than once a week. I'm always there at least 2 or 3 days, not including sunday. But there have been circumstances that have made it difficult to attend. I realized it was time when every time I entered the building, I would be filled with fear, or anger, or maybe a bit of both. I am extremely upset about leaving, but at this point I know that south meadows is the best solution. I need a church that I'm going to get spiritually fed, and because of these circumstances I haven't been fed at glenmore. This is probably one of the hardest, and scariest decisions I have made. I did have the choice to remain at glenmore, but I thought it would be best for my relationship with Jesus to leave. I hesitated posting this for nearly 2 weeks. Im not sure, maybe Im afraid to actually admit that we're leaving, because if I say it, it has to be real, or something like that. I realize that sounds just plain silly, but yeah. So this is my farewell post to glenmore temple. I will miss it so.

Court

Thanksgiving weekend

So for thanksgiving weekend, I went to Cranbrook to spend the weekend with my cousins and Aunt and Uncle. It was really fun. We've been there twice before for thanksgiving, but this was the first time either of my brothers came. My oldest brother, Chad, came and brought his friend John. It was probably the most time I've spent with him in like...2 years. But yeah, it was really awesome. On saturday, we went to the cranbrook mall. And as much as I make fun of the mall, because its so darn small...it was really fun. I went with my Aunt, my mom and my sister. And my sister and I ditched my mom as soon as we got there. Haha. We spent most of our time in Zellars, but we went to a few other stores. Zellars was really fun though. We played with the Halloween costumes, and trust me, when my sister and I get going, you dont want to be around. I ran around a corner, put a wig on, and jumped back out and made a really loud noise, to make her laugh, and she wasn't there anymore, so Im walking around with this wig trying to find her, and this like...40 year old lady was standing there, and she was like..."she went the other way" and she was laughing so hard. We were gonna get Costumes and wear them around the mall...but we didnt really want to spend money just to make fools of ourselves, we can do that for free, haha. The Saturday night we had our dinner, and I think it was the most I've laughed since I got home from camp this summer. Once you get my Uncle, my brother and my cousin Caitlin going, theres no turning back, it was hilarious. The sunday we went to "the church of rock and roll" as they call it. It was really good. then we went to fort Steele, which is a historical park thing. Then we just hung out for the rest of the weekend. it was pretty awesome. here are some pics, I'll try and get some more, but yeah. Let me explain these ones though. Theres one, and you can't really tell who it is, its the picture I accidentally took on my phone of my self, it was in Zellars when I was looking for my sister and my camera turned on so I pulled it out, and it took this really weird, yet funny picture. And the other one is my sister with a halloween bag on her head, also in Zellars.

Love ya'll

Court

Blogger Beta?

So this is the new blogger, blogger beta. I'm still trying to figure it all out so bare with me.

My apologies

I was thinking about my previous post, and I realize, it was a little bit crude. I am very sorry if I offended anybody. And just to clarify, I don't often have conversations like that...I guess it was...a special night, if that makes sense? However, I am sixteen, so I am sorry to say that I do have conversations like that on occasion, haha. But yeah, I'm very sorry for last nights post.

Now for something completely different, I have found a song that I want to dedicate to Xavier. It's called good-bye, and its by Audio adrenaline. The more I listen to it, it makes me think about everytime I've had to say goodbye to that little boy, and every time I will have to say goodbye to him, and it breaks my heart. So here are the Lyrics.

You'll be fine tomorrow
The sun will rise again
It's never easy to say goodbye
You know I'll always love you
You know I always will
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
My old friend (my old friend)
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
We've reached the end (we've reached the end)
I don't cry for sorrow, I cry with joy
The memories we've made can't be destroyed
You know I won't forget you You know
I never could And when I say I loved you
You know I meant for good You know I'll always love you
Goodbye

"Is Ass cream like Lubricant?" "your nuts were awesome"

Haha, we went to McDonalds tonight, my cousin Caitlin, my sister and I. And I can imagine that some pretty...umm...not very Christian like things went on in McDonalds, but first of all, none of us are married, and second...In McDonalds? Thats disgusting! Anyways, We went to get some ice cream. And Caitlin likes to talk in a texan accent, which by the way, she's very good at, but when she says ice cream, it comes out ass cream. So I was like...Whats ass cream, and my sister was like..."its like Lubricant" haha...and my sister got a sundae, which came with crushed nuts. And they left, and I ate her nuts, and she came back and I was like..."your nuts were awesome" haha. And as we were talking about...nuts...Caity sat on my feet and I was like..OOO OWE that hurts, but it came out in a really weird voice, so it sounded...sexual I guess, haha. Oh gosh...I love being a teenager. I also love being a teenager with Caity and Leash. Anyways, I should get going.

Court

Pictures

so heres some pics from yc, enjoy!

Mosh like theres no tomorrow

And thats exactly what we did this weekend, kind of. We had youth Councils at camp, it was pretty awesome. It was really good to Actually be happy again! At least for the weekend, haha. I got to spend some time with Xavier, and with Raeleen, which made me extremely happy. Yesterday, Raeleen and I were saying good bye, and my mom was like "ok, I'm gonna slowly inch my way over to the door, and by the time I get there, you're gonna be done saying good bye" so she got to the door and we started a new Conversation, haha. And then we both were totally avoiding saying good-bye, and Rae looked over at my mom only to see her taking pictures of us, haha. But yeah, the weekend was awesome. I really got in touch with God again, and it was amazing. Saturday night, I was having a really hard time with some stuff thats going on in Calgary, and so I was crying before the session, then I went into the session and was still crying on and off, but then...they finished the message, and they had some worship, and I was totally worshiping God and Praying and everything, and I laid down, and then I felt Simone lay down beside me with her feet in my face, haha, which meant that my feet were in her face as well. And then, she came and laid like...with our heads together, and we held hands and worshipped God together, and she looked at me, and she had tears streaming down her face, and she was like "he's here, he's in this room. Can you feel him?" meaning God, and it made me cry even more cause for the longest time she's struggled with feeling the holy spirit, and then at music camp she felt him for the first time, and this time as well. And as soon as she said that I got the feeling that God was in the room. And then my legs like, started like...slightly shaking, and it was so amazing, because I knew God was there, and I knew there was a reason. It was so amazing. Anyways, thats it for now, I'll try to post pics when I get them.

ttyl,
Court

Weekend...and Pickles

MMk....so I was telling you all about my good weekend, well after that post I started talking to Simone and we were crying, but its all good. Then...Sunday...I was having the crappiest day...so I opened the Jar of Pickles that Grandma Fern (Raeleens mom) made for me. And they were amazing. I'm on my second or 3rd bowl now...and like...there almost gone, and it makes me want to cry. So I thought I'd take a picture of some....so here it is.

And Also, I got pictures from Raw egg and Chocolate pudding night, so here some of them.

So far so good (mostly)

So this weekend, I have smiled and laughed more than I have since I've been home I think. Last night (friday) we went to the great white north tour...and did some Moshing and praising God....and it was just awesome. The just to add the excitement, we got lost for almost an hour...which I guess was my fault, being that I was the one driving. But I guess thats what I get when my sister is my navigator (just cause Navigator wasn't there), and anyone wh0 knows my sister well knows that...she can get lost in her own room. So yeah, like 12:30 I got home, after driving the other 4 people off. Then today..my mom woke me up at 9:30...and I was so angry, haha....but I had a hair appt. with Ange, so that made it a bit better. And plus, I was having really bad mood swings, mostly with my mom...haha...I guess thats what happens when your a girl. But I felt bad, cause I barely talked at all during my hair Appt. (sorry Ange). Then I came home...after shopping and crap with my mom, and slept for an hour and a half, then got up, and went to youth group...Raw egg and Chocolate pudding night....HECK YES. It was freaking amazing. Got all messy and gross....its awesome. But I should get going.

Bye!

What happens when you give a 2-year-old toilet paper?

This is exactly what happens, he takes it and flushes it down the toilet in one big ball......Oh Xaiver....I love him so!! I miss him so darn much.

Salvation

So, I had to do devotions for Jr. Band and I just finished, and I thought I'd share it with you. So here it is...


Definition of Salvation - a source, cause, or means of being saved or protected from harm, risk

Job 13:16 16This will be my salvation, that the godless shall not come before him.

I was watching a movie at school about Martin Luther. In this movie, Martin Luther said a quote that really stuck out to me. The quote was “Salvation can exist outside the church, but not outside the lord” and it really made me think. First of all, I started by thinking, is the statement true? Then I came to the conclusion that it is true. Think about it, Church is a tool, not a necessity. If someone has a personal relationship with God, and is whole heartily pursuing that relationship, but has been hurt by the church, or can’t make to church very often for some reason, they still have Salvation. You can’t just have Salvation in church, you have to live it, and breathe it. It has to be real, not just a church thing; it has to exist outside the church.

However, a church can have no salvation, if the members in the church have no Salvation personally. If a church is full of members who don’t have that personal relationship, Salvation doesn’t exist in the church or in the lord. If people are going to church to make themselves feel better about there life, chances are, they don’t have true salvation.

If people are just in church because they’ve been raised in church, they’ve been dragged along to church their whole life, that doesn’t give them salvation right off the bat. They have to have that relationship with God; otherwise, their salvation doesn’t exist at all.

Yeah, I decided, I can never just get a typical cold. It always ends up being a sinus infection, a lung infection, Bronchitis or Pneumonia. I just found out today that I have a sinus infection. GOSH! It sucks.

Crystal light Fiasco

Alright, so at camp this summer, I tried dying my hair with Crystal light cause I couldnt find Kool-aid. Here are some pics of the results....

Courtney

Tickle Tickle

Alright, so Some of you know this story, but to be perfectly honest, its one of the funniest stories ever. So, Xavier went into La senza one time with someone. I guess I should tell you, he likes to tickle whatever bare skin he can find on people. Well, there was a girl wearing a mini skirt in La senza. So he went up, reached up and said "Tickle tickle". That is just one of those stories that you have to remember for his wedding. Now everytime I go into La senza I think of that. Seriously, that kids freaking hilarious. I think he was with his Uncle, how embarrassing. I thought you might enjoy that.

Court

More pictures

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