my weekend...and my week ahead!

hey, hey! it has been one busy, busy weekend! but lots of laughs and fun! we had the Wright-Kimbler Family Reuinion on Saturday, so that was kinda fun! There weren't a lot of people there. but my favorite part was probably hanging out with my new little cousin....Jonathan and Darla's new little foster baby! :) also there were some funny times and laughing! that was fun too. then that evening I went to my Grandma's to finish my skirt I was making with my Grandma Englund. :] it is super, super cute! this morning I just have to finish the hem on it with my mom. then Sunday was church and then we came home for a few hours...maybe 3? and then headed to Kenny and Darlene's for another part of the reuninon so to speak and had food and fun times with the family. Mostly because we had out of town family. Aunt Puzy, Uncle Dave, Danielle, and Dwayne :) they are lots of fun and we enjoyed our time with them. Oh, and since we are mentioning them....Danielle and Dwayne stayed at our house on Friday night! we stayed up pretty late talking and playing on the Wii!

by the way, we got a Wii! :D its lots of fun and a way to get active....and sweaty! lol!!

this morning I am waiting on my dadda to finish getting ready to leave them I will tell him goodbye for the week and probably just have some quiet time for a bit...before  the rest of the family gets up and moving for the day. we will probably leae my house by 12:15 or 12:30...or maybe earlier IF i can talk my mom into something to eat on the way ;)

I will miss blogging, facebooking, and tweeting! but I can do some of that from my phone! ;) so I won't be totally gone!!!!

me and Dwayne :) dadda says he is one of the very few guys dad will (k, dad is on his way now) let me get my picture taken with! :D

and me and my gorgeous cousin Danielle! :)





"So I'll let my words be few...Jesus I am so in love with you!" (words from a song :))
Romans 12:12 "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

So remember how I posted a post about getting the book Leaving? well, the main character is Bailey Flanigan. She is such an inspiration! I love her so much! And Karen Kingsbury is writing this story and using her daughter Kelsey to be Bailey because Kelsey left for college, etc. and Bailey's whole family in the book is exactly Kelsey's except different names :) so Karen, is Jenny in the book playing Bailey's mom. :) neat huh? well, anyway, Bailey (aka Kelsey) has a facebook page and she is always posting the most encouraging verses, thoughts, or quotes. I just absolutely love her page! So those two up there? they came from her page. I posted the first one as my status on facebook. love it!

Anyway, thought I would share that little bit with you....hope you can read those books! I am on the 2nd one in the series and can't wait for the 3rd one to come out! :D

xoxoxo, Luanna Joy
ps. have a fab week!

busy? oh ya! :]

hey beautifuls! :) I am super, super busy the next two-three weeks! so, not so much blogging for a while =P sad I know. I will try to blog this weekend when I get a chance.
so, next week I am headed to McPherson, KS for the family camp down there...but I am going with my 2nd family the Winklers :) that will be lots of funn! I hope everything will go smoothly. pray for me if you think of it! that is one of the decisions I made....

2nd week is trip to Branson! me with my sistas are going there with my Grandma and Grandpa Englund and then Eric and Ashlee are joining us in the middle of the week.

3rd week-we come home and get back into routine and its fair week here in town and I am entering photography :)

4th week-whew just home and about with all that will happen.
August 29th-school starts! whohoo!! :)


so that is what is going to be going on with me...lots I know. I am packing the last few weeks of my summer full!! =)

picture for the day?

Taylor and Grant went to a museum today :)


Romans 12:12 "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."-Eleanor Roosevelt

xoxo, Luanna Joy

the wiz :-)

hey lovelies! today me and my mamma and siblings went to the Coterie Theater here in Kansas City and saw the musical, "The Wiz." It was really funny and good and we really enjoyed it! no one was allowed to take pictures but I found these on the internet :-) and here is a video to watch about it...just thought I would share! we really enjoyed ourselves!!!

also, if you read this post, I could really use some prayer on a couple of big decisions I am to make by tomorrow. and one maybe tonight. I want to do both but also there are some cons to both in a way...especially the one next week. and ugh and ugh! I just don't know what to do. this is when I wish God wrote answers on a piece of paper in front of you. unfortunately, He doesn't.

Psalm 56:11 "In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid."

John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid." 

"Faith is not knowing what the future holds but knowing WHO holds the future."

 xoxo, Luanna

hey =)

hello readers! sorry I have been gone for a while...I have checked my blog, just not posted. bad me. sorry. I will try to do better. what shall I blog about? well, today I decided to do something super fun. I had read about the idea in my devotional blog or something similar...so today I thought of it and was so excited to do it! :]

so I took a big sized scrapbook page, some of my fav pictures of mine and other pictures, small pieces of scrapbook paper (and of course scissors, tape, and a pen :-)) and wrote down some special quotes and scripture to me! and put the pics on there. I know its not the greatest photo, but is what I could do quickly ;) I am going to hang it somewhere in my room and I hope it cheers me up and makes me smile when I see it!

let me know if you try this idea and let me know if you like it!

"Look around you and be amazed. For I am doing something in your own day, something you would not believe even if I told you about it." Habakkuk 1:5
"It's beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart." -Anonymous

I am loving SO MANY quotes and scriptures right now. I'd love to share them all but I don't want to type all night and it might be fun to just post some each blog post! :-)

leave some of your favs in the comments!

xoxoxo, Luanna Joy

what's on my mind...

well, my mind is full of stuff...not all of it can I say/or its personal stuff so I am not going to say it here publicly but some of it I can...
my dad starts chemo tomorrow and it starts a crazy week of that. him being sick, us being watched by other people, the roller coaster of CANCER. that word has totally changed our lives. and half in a negative way but in a positive way too. you may think its weird I would say that but this has brought from my perspective closerness (not a word but im making it one) with my siblings and growing closer to God, growing closer to our immediate families and close friends...and just realizing really what it means to live day to day in our world...wow. not all of this was exactly "on my mind" so to speak but its coming as I type. it might go a lot better then expected but it might go worse then expected. actually we aren't sure what to expect except dad being sick and it being another roller coaster. tonight I have just not been myself exactly...just kinda laying/sitting around quietly thinking...watching stuff and just keeping to myself quite a bit. tomorrow is going to be very busy and I don't exactly feel like tackling the day but it might help if I could get a soild night's sleep...so I need to be thinking about bed soon. I will probably try to get up at a decent time in the morning :) and clean the bathrooms and my room up for company that is coming tomorrow night. then do my violin and get ready to go to my Grandma's house to get ready for our big dinner we are doing tomorrow night for my parents anniversary! its a meal I planned and us two girls are helping cook because we are doing it for our cooking lessons!

this week I hope to include a good sleepover and country day with my besties David and Angela Winkler and their family...we hope to do a rodeo and maybe the pool if they get it back to where we can :) i need some country air again...maybe that would help me a bit...I will just have to see if we can ride up to the pasture again...that is so much funnn!!!

well, I will try to do a more cheery post soon. one that doesn't bring my readers down. sorry if you are gloomy now. a blog is suppose to be about your life, right? what about a fashion post tomorrow? okie dokie that would be a yes! ;)

happy 4th of july :]

happy 4th of July! thankful to all our soilders out there who are the reason we are a free country! the most special to my heart is my uncle Travis! I love you!! and miss you! :] have a great day, everyone!!