What I've been up to

So,  I don't have much time here, but I just thought I'd update the blog on what I've been up to while I have not been posting :)

First off, I graduated on Monday!!!!! I'm so very excited to see what happens next in my life. I already have a job lined up so I can work and save money for college, and it's a fun job, working with a friend raising and selling butterflies!!!!

I've also been getting ready for my (senior!!) prom. I don't have any pictures of my dress yet, but I can tell you this: I got it at a vintage store ♥ So now I've been stalking youtube and pinterest in search of the perfect hairstyle and makeup looks! If you have any suggestions, send them my way, and they will be much appreciated :)

Allison and I have also been working on a short film, which we showed at our homeschool achievement night. Personally, I think this is our best yet, but I'll let you be the judge of that..






Until next time.......
~Erin

The True meaning of friendship

Source: iknowhair.com via Sharon on Pinterest

What I've been up to....a home school social

So, a couple weeks ago, a bunch of us unsocialized home schoolers got together for a dance! It was so much fun! I got,like, no pictures, though, because I was too busy dancing! :)

Me and my friend Adam :)

The lame people who just stood there all night, not dancing :/

On this Halloween night.....

So, I went to a harvest party yesterday at Allison's house, and we made a movie...shocker......what you should be shocked about is that we made a music video to "Thriller" by Michael Jackson :) Are you shocked? Hee, hee, just wait 'till you watch the movie!

Lantern tours 2011

Hello all! It's been so long, I've missed blogging, and, now that I have something to write about, perhaps I can get back into it.

So, it's Lantern Tours time again!!! I really do so love Lantern Tours. Allison joined me on Friday, and, of course, we had a photo shoot in our costumes before we left :)

And now for the un-edited, goof off-y pictures that are very historically accurate, and, oh! One of Allison reading a book ;)This is what happens when I go inside, and leave the camera with Allison

The Napoleon Bonaparte pose :)

.....and Allison reading a book..........

Until later!!!!

~Erin ♥

a bee movie....

I went over to Allison's house today after Christmas Carol auditions{Oh my word! I didn't do a count down! I ALWAYS do a count down!!! Sorry, guys........}

Anywho, we made a super fun stop-motion short film, and it's so great and awesome, I decided that the whole world must see it :) So watch.....

"photo shoot"

Well, sort of. And GUESS WHAT! It's not with Allison!{Sorry. I probably should have warned you to sit down before I said that}

Ha ha! So the other day, Zakk, Adam, myself, and our mothers met at a really cute coffee shop bearing my last name {though, sadly, we are no relation}. And, as the moms talked and sipped coffee, the boys and I walked around the town. And because I "just so happened" to have brought my camera, and because these awesome guys never say no to a little photo shoot, we thought we'd have a little fun..........

I do believe this is called "riding the rails"

Doesn't this look like something that would be in one of those little album booklets?

SHHH!!! They're spies! But don't tell anyone. It's top secret! LOL

Hee, hee. Charlie's angels. :)

Adam's really terrifying attempt at being "America's next top model". Yeah.

Serious.

Walk like an Egyptian!!! This is my favorite!!

Very magazine spread :)

Dude.

Friends!

Say WHAAA?!?!?!?!?!

"I am Adam! Hear me roar!"

All in all, a really fun day, with many laughs, and strange looks from the people passing by in cars.

It's your day!

To my best friend, Allison, on her 17th birthday.....

Hey dude! Yay! It's your birthday, and you're 17!! Sheesh. We're old. :) I just wanted to say that you are the best friend a girl could have! You're so much fun, and I love how you go right along with me when I want to randomly burst into song and dance in totally public places. I love how you know every single word to every song that may happen to pop into my head at those moments! I love how you can choreograph impromptu dance moves to "Don't stop believing", and, even though they may be super silly and not the least bit flattering, you do them with all your heart! :) I love that you embrace that no one can sing " Eye of the Tiger" well, and so just belt out the words in all your off-key glory.{Y'all know I'm doin' it right along with her!} I love that we can have a totally unplanned photo shoot in your back yard, and you always look fantastic! I love that we can talk about anything for hours, even if it's stupid and WAY teenage girl.

But most of all, I love that you are my friend!


O.k. Enough gooshey. Are you ready to sing? Get your voices ready...Here we go!..........

HAAAAAAAPPPPPYYYYY Birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to ALLISON!!!
HAAAAAPPPPYYYY BIIIIRRRRRRTTTTHHHHDDDDAAAYYY TOOOOO YOOOUUUU!!!!!!!!!

And many more..........

A friend at the piano

This is Adam. You may remember him from a post I did a while back on an essay and a short story. Oh, you don't remember? Well, click here to bring yourself up to date.

O.K. now that you know all about what I'm talking about {ha!} I would like to share with you a series of videos. This past week, my friend Adam, who is an amazing piano player, was asked to help sell pianos for a local company at our county fair by playing for an hour. Y'all know me, so you know I brought my camera :) Below is one of the videos I took that day. You can watch this and the others at my youtube channel. Enjoy!




♪ Erin

Working as a team

I'm not sure if I already told y'all this, so I'm gonna say it again. I am part of 4-H. If you don't know what that is, you'll have to google it, because I can't explain it.

ANYWHO. One of the activities one does in 4-H is something called "team invention". Basically, you and two of your closest 4-H pals get together to form a group. Then, said team is given a non-descript paper bag full of random stuff, a rectangle piece of cardboard, and a 45 minute timeline. Once you and your teammates area given the above supplies, an adult gives you one last thing. A theme, and guidelines. In this case, the only guidelines are to create something according to your theme, and you must use what is in the bag, and ONLY what's in the bag.

For this challenge, the theme was "Michigan Traditions". {the 4-H group I belong to is in Monroe}

So, for the first few of the 45 minutes allotted to us, my teammates{yup, you guessed it! Enter the infamous Zakk and Adam} brainstormed, and, after discarding several ideas, including a secret military base and something else I'd rather not mention, we decided on making a farm. For those of you who live in or have been to Michigan, you will know that Michigan is big farm country.

Exactly 40 minutes later, the three of us stepped back to admire our handy-work. So, enough chit-chat. Let's get to some pictures!!!

An overview of the whole thing

A close-up of Zakk's totally awesome Tractor/trailer, including hay bails.

My Grain silo, slightly less awesome.
You can't really see it, but inside the barn, there are two horses, in their own stalls. One eating hay, and the other peaking his head out from behind the wall. SWEET!!! That was totally Adam's idea. bravo, my friend.

Part of the requirement was that our project needed our team number and the name of each team member

Apparently, we named the farm "Grim Reaper Farms". Yeah. Zakk named the farm.

Well, now all that's left to do is wait to find out what the judges think of our farm. All I can say is, I'm really glad we decided not to make the Monroe county fair{which hosts the 4-H activities}, because when I was looking around at other projects, I noticed several dozen county fairs, and about three other farms, none as awesome as ours, if I do say so myself. :)

See you later, peeps! Wish us luck!

~Erin ♥

Strike a pose!

A couple weeks ago, Allison came over, and she and I went parading around my neighborhood with her camera, randomly stopping to take pictures. Sounds fun, right? Well, it was.

We started in my back yard......

Then we went straight to the church parking lot next door....

Onward!

I told you some of the pictures would be random! LOL

At last we made our way home, stopping by the church building, and its photogenic brick walls:)

Rock on!

Some teens from the local homeschool "scene", including myself, started a band, and we had our second practice this past Saturday. before I show you a clip of one of the songs we're working on, let me introduce you to the group:

Adam- Lead keyboard

Zakk- Lead Guitar

Grace- Drums

Kara-Electric Guitar/vocals
Corey{that one buggy eye behind Kara}- Guitar

Along with myself, there is one other member, Katherine, who plays keyboard, but I didn't get a picture of her.

We're still a little rough around the edges, but we get better with each practice. And now, here's Kara singing "Forever" by Fireflight:

I think Kara got a video of me singing. I'll see if she'll send it to me, and I'll post it, if you'd like☺