This was one of the posters of pictures by kids who had lost a loved one such as a dad during 9-11, this was a very emotional day. We sang at St. Paul, which was right across from the World Trade Center. Inside the church there were cots and letters from kids wishing to brighten people's spirits. It was an incredible experience!

We drove by the Statue of Liberty while the sun was setting on the Spirit of New York, which also had wonderfully talented singers performing!

Top of the Rock

A view of New York from "top of the rock"you could see for quite a while we were 70 stories high!

This is one of the great costumes I was talking about. This is Scar, and the actor who played Scar was great he really made ya hate him.

B.B. King's

We had a brunch at B.B. King's and the Harlem Gospel Singers performed, it was great! It was funny though because in Texas, or at least all the brunches I have ever been to, we eat in the middle of the day, but here we ate at noon and had a variety of food, you could have lunch or breakfast or both!

The Lion King

This was the night we saw the Lion King. I cannot explain how amazingly wonderful the play was: The costumes were unbelievable, the actors were amazing, the singing was great, and the environment inside the theatre was awesome!! I had such a wonderful time, and I could go on for days about how much I liked it and why but I will save that for another time.

Central Park

This was our first full morning in NYC, we ate breakfast early so that we had time to go look around, it was incredible. Right here I was trying to get a picture of the door closed but it started coming up and I jumped out of the way, i was so scared that I was going to be in the way of a firetruck going to help people, but that wasn't the case. Instead we got to go in and take a few pictures. There was a wall of memorials from 9-11, which we were not allowed to take photos of. It was a great experience.

Times Square

This was my first day in New York City, and what a sight, there were cars flyin' by and so many lights! I loved it!!

Another view from the plane, the lakes were actually iced over, I was amazed!!

This was a view I had out my window coming into New York, we had a while because we were caught in air traffic. We circled around Pennsylvania for about 30 minutes!

Try again!

Trial and Error

I am postin' on Whitney's blog to show Beth how to post it on the blog.

This is Whitney's haircut it was 12 inches longer!

Yikes!

1st day of school...just not ready for those pictures!! 

BrOtHeRs

Okay so I am gonna be the only kid in the house and I am pretty sad. Both of my brothers are going to college and well I'll have the house to myself which I am not really fond of, but i guess I should try to get use to it and it's not like they are an hour away or anything, but still. I hope I get to see them as much as I can!! Well talk to y'all later

Whitney

Writing

Okay I guess if you have been reading my blog then you know i like Basketball, but another thing that I love is to write and I am actually starting to write a story that is so much fun!!well that's all i have for today!

Bible Verse:"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, becauseyou know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its works so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1:2-4

some more pictures

another Basketball Picture (:

More Pictures

So this is a funny story, I love playing Basketball but on Basketball Picture day I was sick and I didn't realize I had missed picture day until around 4ish so I asked if I could borrow a uniform one day and they said yes so I got my picture taken for my last year of middle school!

Vacation...again!

The time has once again come for our Family Vacation to Red River, New Mexico!! I am so excited, first because I haven't actually gone on vacation this summer...I know pretty sad, secondly I get to hang out with my family and last but not least I get to see one of my best friends who last year moved to Florida and who I've missed greatly!Can't wait to hang out with you Elizabeth! I might be able to find that coffee shop again to blog on so...!Well I am exhausted from Rehab and I am about to go ice my knee. Oh, my knee is doing so much better after the surgery, I can't remember if I wrote about my knee surgery but I'm pretty sure I have. Well love you guys and I will ttyl!

-Whitney H.

A picture I promised

 

A picture I promised

 

Oops!

hey guys
okay i know i haven't written in like over three months but i have a few reasons. Okay well in February i don't exactly have an excuse, but in March i had knee surgery many of you who read this blog know that I don't exactly have the strongest knees so they did quite a lot of things: they first fix my lateral and my media but don't ask me which one they loosened and which one they tightened, then they got out some loose cartilage, and also shaved the back of my patella. Even though all of that sounded painful I couldn't feel anything until abut two days later! And in April I was recovering and taking it easy. And now May, well again I don't exactly have a great excuse but ummm....the excitement of ending my 8th grade year and about to be a freshman!! But all that to say I am sorry that I haven't been updating.well since I have been slacking in my writing skills here are some recent photos.Well g2g
-whitney h.