tumblr.

so...I have become kinda obsessed with tumblr.com....SO. I am not saying I won't post on here...but I have done way more posts or reblogging on my tumblr the past few days then I have ever done in a row on here! :)
so...you are welcome to check out my tumblr here back2december14.tumblr.com and check out my posts!!
I just did a post about homemade snowglobes...so you might want to check it out...

You might like tumblr too...so, you can always get one yourself! :) its pretty easy to figure out how to use...

enjoyy! <3

thankful-day 23

today I will just be thankful for lots a things will that count? since I have so behind....:P

I am thankful for...

sunshine...

ability to work...

Little House on the Prairie moives...

sleepovers on the floor with my sister...

candles...

scarves...

Thanksgiving break...

family...

being able to workout and stay fit...

Christmas music...

water...

Christmas decorations...

best friends...

mouse in the garage?? that is what traps are for :)

there are soooo sooo soo many things to be thankful for! a warm bed, a furnace, food, family, education, a wonderful life, a God who loves me....EVERYTHING!

I am thankful for my best friends...I have some very close friends in my life and friends who are good friends too :) I am sooo thankful for Leah and Carly Rosey! they are two girls I can tell things too and we can talk and laugh and just be absolute best friends!! and Angela and David Winkler...go to their house for some funn farm times! we usually always have a great time together!!...and Brianna Dotson-miss you girl!!!...and Brianna Geise-glad we can chat even when we are farr away from each other!...and all of my friends! :) and my friends on facebook....and etc... etc....

well, gotta go do something...maybe a workout?? think sooo! <3

<3staybeautiful<3 and have THE BEST THANKSGIVING EVER!!! :)) :))

Luanna Joy



thankful-day 17, 18, annnnnd 19.

so sorry. I have been busy....but I COULD have taken time to post. but I didn't. :( and I am sorry.

I am just going to do today actually and say I am thankful for adoption. It is an amazing experience....I got to be a witness and a part of an adoption today for my first first cousin ever! like, I didn't have any first cousins until today ;) it was so much fun and such a great experience...it is so touching, wonderful, and just awesome. I definitely want to adopt when I get older....and we might even eventually adopt. :) I don't know that for sure so don't start any rumors ;) I just know that we would love to eventually....

its awesome and so wonderful of people to reach out to children who need a safe, loving, and warm family! :) and I got to be a part today...and it is something I will never, never forget! ;)

check out this link-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWLgFV7CLDk&feature=channel_video_title

because....its my room tour! :)


<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna JOY

thankful-day15 and 16

sorry I missed a day:(
but I am thankful for Jesus Christ and His dying on the cross for our sins!!! That is the best gift one could ever give! (that kinda ties into Christmas as well:)
I am also thankful for books. the bring you into a whole new world or fill your brain with extra knowledge and bring tears to your eyes, laughter, and just a lot of fun! I want to be an avid book reader but sometimes that just doesn't happen. :p I am keeping track of every book I read and then at the end of the year, I will have to post every book I read and what I thought of it...or maybe a video would be easier :) I am working on, in school, a essay on influentiral literature. I will have to post it...maybe through video as well. (its long lol)


also,

Check out Esther and I's cover of Blessings-Laura Story. tell me whatcha think:)
<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

thankful-day14

tonight, my mom and us four kiddos did our Christmas shoebox shopping! it is always so much fun buying stuff for a little boy or girl or a teen boy or girl and finding things you like to give to that someone. we always enjoy this tradition SO much. I am thankful for having the money and the resources and having my parents who can get us the things we need....and the fun stuff too! we have SO much to be grateful for....

pack a shoebox....be a light...be kind....be thankful.

<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

thankful-day13

today I am thankful for...heaven. knowing that one day I will see people again...people I love and treasure and miss. heaven is definitely going to be amazing. Jesus will be there. what could be better? there will be all of our favorite Bible people and children and grandmas and grandpas and aunts and uncles and teachers and everyone who knows Christ and serves Him with all their heart and makes it to heaven. I want to go. I want to be ready!

I love Jesus! <3

<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

thankful-day12

today I am very thankful to my online teachers:) they have taught me things for school and for life.
I am very, very thankful for Mrs. Schmuck. :) she is my favorite teacher....
last year we received a Christmas card from ABA and it had a picture of all the teachers. and Mrs. Schmuck was there! and last year's English class had been recorded the 09-10 year and so I knew it was recent and I didn't think that she would just leave like that! so I emailed the school and they said she was very sick and to pray...so I sent a get well email and then just today I received an email from her husband, Ron.
He said that she is now resting in the arms of Jesus...her bone marrow cancer came back in an acute form of leukemia and she passed away. I was so sad...I was just devastated to find that out....

Please play for the Schmuck family right now....and be thankful for you teachers!!!

Love you teachers!

<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

thankful-day11

thankful for our soldiers and for the serving they are doing for our country! my uncle is one of those awesome people serving in the US Air Force! :] (GO US AIR FORCE) ;)

thank you so much for keeping our country safe and giving you lives to protect us!
I love you mucho Trav and miss youuu!

<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna JOY


Happy 11-11-11:)

thankful-day10

today I am thankful for you! for the small quantity of readers that I have, I am thankful! =)

sorry its short, long day and gotta run!

thanks for being there!

<3staybeautiful<3
LuannaJoy

thankful-day9

today I am thankful for music! there are so many kinds...kinds I don't like but kinds I love! :) and I am thankful...there are tooooooo many favorite groups and songs to name but I do love it and I am so thankful! :)

what is your favorite artist?

<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

thankful-day 8

today I am thankful for my computer...or all of our 7 computers in our house for that matter! and the internet and all that fun, geeky, techy stuff! It can be bad but it can be used for good and fun as well! I have grown up in this environment and know that its not going to stop! its going to keep getting better! I also am sooo thankful for my cellphone! I have not had to pay one cent on it except on the three cases I bought for it! I am so thankful to my aunt and uncle and their willingness to do this for me! it has been a huge blessing! especially like when mom AND dad are gone and I need something etc. its great to have my own personal phone to text or call with. :)

technology is GREAT!

<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

ps. you may be wondering...hello why isn't she thankful for her friends? or maybe your not too...haha. but that is coming later. :) don'tttt worry!

thankful-day7

i am thankful today for food! I am hungry. :) so I am looking forward to my grilled turkey and cheese sandwich, a Dr. Pepper (hopefully), some chips, some fruit maybe, etc! sounding really tasty right?
there are some children out there and familes who are starving right now because they can't run upstairs to a pantry FULL of food like I can. so give some money, love, and be thankful!

<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

P.S. I love the song God Gave Me You :)

thankful-day6

today I am thankful for my church and my church family! things are a bit rough right now (tooooo many details that I am not going into here) but I hope and pray we can stick together and get through! I love each and every person that comes/goes to our church! they are my 2nd family!

I hope you all had a beautiful Sunday!
mine has been good!

<3staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

thankful-day5

today I am thankful for a lot of things but I am thankful for my bed! it is the best bed...so comfortable and relaxing...:) I am thankful for the roof over my head and a warm place to sleep every night! and clothes, and food, etc! there are some families, kids, etc. who are out there tonight with no where warm or safe to sleep...:(

today was a very good day...especially tonight! ;) ;)

I am tired....
<3 staybeautiful<3
Luanna Joy

ps. watch me possibly go upstairs and sleep in my parents room on the floor ;) haha yes, I still do that!

thankful-day4

today I am thankful my dad is still here with us. :) most of you have heard that on March 20, 2010, our lives were changed...forever. my dad's leg broke and then found out it had cancer in it and to get rid of it, they have to amputate his whole right leg. now the cancer has come back into his lungs and he just finished chemo for that. he is done now and will just have CT scans every 3 months and they are just going to be monitoring the hopefully shrinking tumors! the last scan he had was showing that they really didn't do much but some inflammation that was in his lungs had gone down...and a doctor my aunt talked to (who is actually a cousin of Obama :O ) said that that because they didn't show a lot of signs of shrinking or growing that maybe they were in a process of dying.

anyway, I am very thankful that he is still here with us! and I hope God allows him to stay for still a long long time....:)
thanks dad for being who you are! I know this has been the hardest on you these past months...but I wouldn't be who I am without you and mom.

I love you Dad!


I am also very thankful for my mom! she does so much around here for us kids...she teaches, cleans, does laundry, takes care of us, cooks, etc, etc, etc!!! I love you Mom!! thank you for everything you do for us!!! I know its been so hard for you through all this and yet you still keep on keeping on and being here for us! thank youu!! I wouldn't be the person I am without you.

I wouldn't be here without either of you! so thank you very much for that too! and raising me up! :)


stay beautiful!
Luanna Joy

thankful-day3

today I am thankful for God's Word. Each day either in school or on my own or both I enjoy reading, studying verses for school, listening to my Bible teacher teach, etc. Right now, one of my favorite books is Proverbs. It is amazing...it has so many wonderful little pieces of wisdom.
I have several favorite Bible people but one of my most favorite is Esther....of course Jesus is AWESOME but Esther...she was amazing. I want her to be my role model!! her courage was so......strong.
Have any of you seen "One Night With The King"? if not, I HIGHLY suggest you all check it out...either on Netflix, at the library, or buy it...
Its one of my top top favorite movies......eva.

Hope you all are having a wonderful week....today was my Friday! so tomorrow...means a day of school! so stoked.
oh and on Saturday-I get to see a someone...:)

stay beautiful<3
Luanna Joy

thankful-day2

today I am thankful for my education....its tough. school is. so. tough. sometimes.....but I am thankful! and I am thankful for my parents being willing to pay for it and my mom teaching/helping! today is one of those days where we didn't get started as early as we would like, we are a bit behind, I have quite the load of homework, but I am thankful........or I am trying to be?! :P

someone on twitter who I follow posted this last night-
if you haven't looked in the mirror and told yourself you're beautiful lately, go do it. right now. :)

so...what are you waiting for readers?! do it! :)

also...she posted this quote:
"real men never stop trying to show a girl how much she means to him, even after he's got her." - wiz khalifa


here are some more quotes:
@LoveQuotes: I can be a lover, a hater, a fighter, a player, but that just ain't my style. I'm nothing but a mystery with a pretty smile.

@LoveQuotes: I'm a girl. I overreact. I underestimate. I overestimate. I over think everything. I dream big. And when I say I love you, I'm not lying


@LoveQuotes: A true friend cares like a mom, scolds like a dad, teases like a sister, irritates like a brother and loves more than a lover.

stay beautiful,
luannajoy

thankful-day 1

so everyday until Thanksgiving I am going to try to post something I am thankful for :) let's see if I can do this!!

day 1-

my immediate family. they are the bomb! definitely..they are here for me and are some of the closest people in my life! I couldn't do this thing called life without them! thank you Jesus for them! :)

hope you all have had a great first day of November!

love,

Luanna Joy

free verse...

hey readers! I was going to put this up on Tuesday...but that didn't happen. I am sorry!
Free Verse-
Free verse is poetry whose rhythm is close to the natural rhythm of normal speech. Free verse is usually unrhymed, and it relies on the repetition of sounds, words, and lines.

This poem was in my literature book for school:

Primer Lesson

Carl Sandburg

Look out how you use proud words.

When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back.

They wear long boots, hard boots; they walk off proud, the

can't hear you calling--

Look out how you use proud words.

Pretty powerful right?! Well we had this assignment-

Write About It

Using Sandburg's "Primer Lesson" as a model, write your own poem personifying another character quality. Describe how it moves around and what kind of footwear it uses. Endurance might wear a pair of worn-down running shoes; Grace might wear a pair of ballet slippers, etc.

So, this is what I came up with with very little help from my mom! she did think of the cleats used but I pretty much came up with the rest :)

Courage

Luanna J. Wright

We must have courage to make it through the

Hard times in our life.

Courage is not running off when the giants come

In life, but facing your fears.

Courage is as a pair of cleats-standing their

Ground and staying in place.

Use your cleats and stay strong.

So, what do you think? Let me know! =)

Moving on to another thing...

Esther and I are putting videos on youtube now! :) please watch them...and if you'd like to go to our channel-www.youtube.com/mjwsjw

Check us out! =)

hope you all are having a beautiful October, fall week!

xoxo,

Luanna Joy



bullying..

today a music video by a couple of girls on youtube who Esther and I enjoy watching and listening to came out. its a song that Megan and Liz wrote.
it shows that Liz (the popular girl) bullies Megan...but then on the inside Liz aka the popular girl is very sad deep down because people are saying she isn't pretty or HOT. that is another form of bullying. So Liz, because she is being very hurt, is hurting-bullying-the girl played by Megan.
I also just got done reading a book about autism and bullying tied together in one. in that book, UNLOCKED by Karen Kingsbury, one boy ends up killing himself. he wanted to get out of it but it was too late and his mom couldn't hear him...
my mom told me usually when they commit suicide is a call of help. they are calling out wanting someone to care.
it is really, really sad. my sisters and I-thank you Jesus!-don't have to deal with bullying from going to a school...but there can always be bullying...its just more likely in public schools...and maybe even Christian schools.
Megan and Liz were bullied in middle school....I have never been "bullied"...but any of you out here who have, I am SO sorry.

http://www.teen.com/megan-liz-official-music-video-are-you-happy-now/#.TpxjP5vz27s

here is the link to watch it...
(it does have one bad word in the song...and when the girls are taking there clothes off..that sounds way bad but it just shows them taking off all the extras to there outfit etc. and they take off till they are just in a white tank top and jeans. nothing bad. AT ALL :) )

let me know if you watch it.
xoxo,
Luanna Joy

a poem :)

Sonnet 60

William Shakespeare

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,

So do our minutes hasten to their end;

Each changing place with that which goes before,

In sequent toils all forwards do contend.

Nativity once in the main of light,

Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd,

Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,

And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.

Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth

And delves the parallels in beauty's brow

Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth,

And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:

                And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,

          Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.

I love this poem! :) Comment and let me know what you think it means! and then if no one gets it or you give up or you don't comment or something...I will do another blog post and tell you what it means (this is a poem for school so my teacher explained it to us, that is how I know! :D)

Have a good night!

xoxo,

Luanna Joy

sorry i have been mia...

this is the one I won :)

sorry I haven't blogged in several days...been pretty busy! =)

I went to my cousin Kayla Miley's birthday party and we had a photo contest and scavenger hunt. we had five different categories in the photo contest and we had to take pictures of those things...my cousin Kristel and I went to the cemetary and these are some I got. :) not all of these did I enter in the contest though. the categories where flower, person, animal, tree, and leaf. but we got several different pictures and then chose one for each and entered! then Kayla's friends she invited which where 5 girls each one in a category. me the leaf category:) 

anyway, here are some of those pics I took last night! I hope you enjoy them!

xoxo,

Luanna 

its that time of year again...

the air has that crispness in it, the leaves will soon be changing colors, rainy days, candles burnng, big sweaters, hayrides, bonfires, boots, and scarves...yes, it is that time of year again :) I absolutely love fall. and everything involved...
what is your favorite part of fall? or your favorite season?
I am SO excited about this fall and winter. Like beyond ready to be wearing only warmer clothes, but it still gets a little on the warmish side some days...but yesterday, I wore a sweatshirt yesterday when we got home from church! =) I loved it!!

well, I gotta run...so I will talk to you later!
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller-

Love,
Luanna Joy

nope, absolutely not!

nope, it CAN NOT BE RAINING! but it is....we have to, have to, have to, play a big game of tag after barn camp tonight. its a tradition. but, right now, it looks like it might be crushed to the ground with these raindrops. it might pass by the time we get done with service, but then it will be oh so muddy. =P

hopefully we will get a while in of tag, and that it will quit raining soon. this is the day I wish it WASN'T raining, but other days, its fine...when we don't have priorities like playing tag to do! =D

sorry I have still been MIA....school and camp have kept me pretty busy this week!

have a good weekend...and TGIF! =D

xoxoxo,
Luanna Joy

gone to long....

heya! =) sorry I have been MIA recently. school has started back up, and I have kept busy...but I still find time for the computer, so I should have time to post. =)

here are some recent pictures of things we have been up to or just ones of me! =) enjoy...

we went to a rodeo =)

I love them!

we love our pop.

we ARE the crazy girls. our motto-to be crazy and laugh 24/7! =)

me =)

at the rodeo =)

I was EXHAUSTED after being up until like 4:15 AM the morning before at a sleepover =P

I love to go on walks by lakes and pick flowers...

see that band?

my new vintage shoes!

my flowers =)






I hope you all enjoyed those pictures! =) Yes, I WAS up until 4:15-4:20 AM Saturday morning! I was at a birthday party/sleepover for one of my best friends! it was a lot of funn!

speaking of that band, it says "Remember Reagan" and "2 Cor. 1:3-7" on it in rememberance of a little boy named Reagan that we knew who got ran over and died =( he wasn't really related but that family could basically be our family =) it was so sad =( I have been wearing it almost everyday since we got them! its blue and white!


 I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most Hight. -Psalm 9:1-2



 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. -1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ♥ God, help me to live this commandment...



have you all started school yet? we have! =) its okay....I mean....its school! =P lol. some things about it I like and others not so much.....oh well. it gives us something to do!

xoxo,
Luanna Joy

sorry...

hey! sorry I didn't stay with out fit of the day posts :( but here is one of my favorite songs right now and I thought I would share a version of it with you today :)

hope you guys enjoy! :)

"You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised."-Hebrews 10:36

that is a really good verse right thar! :)

 ‎"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight..."- Philippians 1:9


never get over Jesus! :) He will never forget you! <3

Luanna Joy

new series-OOTD

hi beautiful and handsomes! Esther and I are starting a little series until probably Wednesday where we will be posting a outfit of the day each day :) so please check out our blogs....obviously mine is here and her's is www.estherjaline.blogspot.com

Ugh! sorry they won't turn?! you can click on the photos to enlarge them so you can see them better :)

don't forget to check out Esther's as well for our mini little OOTD series!

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."-Jeremiah 29:13

xoxo, Luanna Joy

eekk!

http://kristinaclemens.blogspot.com/2011/08/free-fossil-messenger-bag.html

she is having a giveaway! :) how cool is that bag?!!!

boys...

boys....they are confusing. some people say they are icky and to stay away from them. but I am a girl....girls are attracted to guys. haha. now trust me, there is no dating right now. but, that doesnt neccessarily mean there isn't a guy i may or may not like :) anyway, what do you think about boys? lol.

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."-Jeremiah 29:13
xoxo,
Luanna Joy

friday :]

hello readers! how has your week been? mine has been absolutely good! lol :] we went over to the fair last night annnnnd (insert drum roll here) I got third place on one of my photos at the fair! first time to enter with lots of competion there I think I did pretty good! :] we had a lot of fun walking around, riding the ferris wheel, and one of my favorite things every year, looking at the horses. man those things are beauties! :]

this picture I took on Jacqueline's phone...then I sent it to my phone and put it on facebook and edited it! lol

here is me today-

I hope you all have a lovely weekend..... :]


"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever."-Psalms 136:1

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you."


Deuteronomy 6:9 <3

xoxo,
Luanna Joy

the 2nd week of August :)

today we headed over to the fairgrounds to drop off a couple of pictures that I took :) I entered them in the photography and now they will be judged eventually! there were a lot of pictures....so...if I don't get anything this year, I will just have to try again next year! its fun to enter anyway. :) this is one of the pictures I entered-

the other one that I entered is the same picture only just cropped and brightened. this one up here went under digital manipulation and the other one went under just color. :) the digital manipulation one is an 8x10 and the other one a 5x7! mom and I went and picked out mats to go around them! when I get them back on Sunday, I will try to take some pictures...and I can post them!

how is your week going so far? mine is going exceptionally well! yesterday not much happened...mom and I went and picked up my pictures from Walmart and went to Hobby Lobby to get the mats...while I was there I found something I just couldn't pass up! I could have gotten lots of other cute hair accessories buuuut, I am not rich! lol.

isn't that just darling? I am so excited to have it! :) it was only $4.99! I was going to get one of a website....buuut this way I think it was cheaper AND I didn't have to pay shipping!

today we of course dropped my pictures off this morning and then in a while we are headed off to an appointment for Julie and then school supply shopping! yay! that is one of my favorite yearly things! and I am also so excited to start school back up.. weird huh? I am going to be a freshmen! this evening Jac is coming over for a sleepover! that will be funn!

then tomorrow we are just here as far as I know....and then in the evening one of my favorite families is coming over! actually two are coming! Ken and Carol are coming back through and staying one night on there way back to Ohio and then the lovely Winkler family is coming up for ice cream and to get somethings from my grandma! :) we are gonna have fun!


Thursday evening we are heading to the fair in the evening after cooking lessons and dinner at my grandma's...Friday, well, um...I will tell you about it later because I don't know exactly who all will read my blog and that is all I am going to say :D ;)

well....I hope you all have enjoyed reading about my 2nd week of August and now for some quotes......

The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, love isn't love until you give it away. -Author Unknown

disneywords: My dream wouldn't be complete without you in it. -Tiana (Princess and the Frog) #disneywords

 

Deuteronomy 6:5 :)

♥ Luanna Joy

so. tired.

howdy people! I am so tired right now. my head hurts....and my eyes. I just want to sleep....but I also want to read some....or watch something...but I might have to just go to bed eventually. it will be too miserable to force my eyes....I might be able to read some or something....but all I really feel like doing is curling up and sleeping at least till noon tomorrow.

my trip to Branson was very fun and camp was awesome! also, I got a letter from someone today that makes me smile and laugh :) so that was awesome :) this person is a close, best, and special friend!

very random and short post, but I am still alive and well (except for a bit of allergies that are going away I think) and still here!! I will try to post some pictures and post more this week! don't give up on me now!

Never pray for an easier life-pray to be a stronger person! Never pray for tasks equal to your power-pray for power equal to your tasks. Then doing your work will be no miracle-you will be the miracle. -Phillps Brooks

Do you believe in love at first sight or should I walk by again? :) LOVE this quote! ;)

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. -Deuteronomy 6:5 I want this to be my life verse! ~♥

xoxoxo Luanna Joy

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!!

quotes and scripture :]

here are some encouraging quotes and scriptures I would like to share with you all! :]


I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me. -Philippians 4:13

The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy yur needs a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
-Isaiah 58:11

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. -Psalm 91:2

When Jesus spoke again to the people he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me ill never walk in darkness, but will have the light of light." -John 8:12

Habakkuk 1:5 "Look around you and be amazed. For I am doing something in your own day, something you would not believe, even if someone told you about it."

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. -Jerimiah 29:11

"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."-Helen Keller

beauty part 3:]

hey beautifuls and handsomes! :] just to let you all know, I am kinda getting my ideas from the book "The Inside-Out Beauty Book" by Sandra Byrd! today, I am going to be taking a lot of ideas from her book.
the first thing you usually look at in a person is their hair. the color etc. from this book we see this,
"The phrase "bad hair day" has become a part of our vocabulary, and we use it to describe anyonewho might be crabby. Why? Because too much of our mood depends on what our hair looks like."
I have to admit...I am always worried about my hair...:P oops! but, Sandra gives us a great idea.

"Time on Hair=Time in Prayer
How much time each day do you spend onyou hair? We all want hair that looks lovely, that shines, that is attractive to ourselves and to others. But what really makes us attractive? The most important shine we have is the light we shine into the world-that attracts others to the One who is in us, Jesus Christ.

Let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father. Matthew 5:16 (from me-lovely verse isn't it?)

Tune in to Him through prayer to know wht good deeds to do. Here's a simpe equation: time on hair = time in prayer. If you spend ten minutes a day brushing, styling, or checking on you hair, be sure you spend ten minutes a day praising, talking with, and spending time with God. It doesn't have to be all at once-five minutes twice a day is good, too. You can start a prayer notebook-write down your prayer requests, and then when it is answered write down the date and how it was answered. When you're feeling blu, you can look back over them and gain faith and courage. You'll be someone whose inner beauty lights u everything around you, and that's the beauty that counts!"

Wow. What a great little equation to use. I need to do that :] and like it says at the end "that's the beauty that counts!" really, it is. and let me give you another little hint-people don't like you for how you look...they like you for who you are!

Recipe for today-
"Remember, healthy hair comes from a healthy body. Once it's out of the scalp, though, you can condition it to keep it in good, smooth shape. Buy a gentle conditioner to partner with your shampoo, and for extra-special care, mix up a special treat for your tresses.

Tropical Conditioner
You'll need:
1 avacado (peeled and mashed)
light coconut milk
Combine the mashed avocado with some coconut milk. Mash together until it's smooth and about as thick as shampoo. Comb it through the hair and let it sit for ten to fifteen minutes. Wash out."


So-how cool is that?
also-
"Shampoos with some of these scents will get you in just the right mood:
Lavender helps you relax.
Rosemary energizes you.
Rose smells fresh.
Mint wakes you up."

I hope you have enjoyed this post and remember-to pray while you get beautiful. that way your not just wasting your time getting ready and thinking about yourself. you can also be thinking about the one who made you beautiful! <3

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