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