My Baby Boy..Skipper..

Kansas City

My Mustang

My Girl...CRAZY KELS

Phil Stacey came to my Homeschool Co-op!!!!

Phil Stacey came to my homeschool co-op not too long ago. It was amazing and he has such a great voice! Super nice guy and I was able to get his autograph!!!

Some Captured Moments of the Loverly Tatum

LaRaya's Mini-Photoshoot

These are all of my beautiful little sister LaRaya. Love ya!!!!!

A Bit of Photography Perhaps???...

Ok so I'm a photography LOVER!!!!!!!! I'm not brilliant...but I enjoy it. Here is some of my stuff.

Obama says "NO MORE DAY OF PRAYER"?!?!

Ok....I don't know WHAT Obama is doing but it's STUPID. He has officially cancelled the holiday know as "National Day of Prayer"...because he doesn't want the atheists,MUSLIMS,etc. to be "offended".

Well GUESS WHAT Obama!!!!! The MAJORITY of AMERICA is Christian &/or aren't offended by Christian standards and beliefs and THEREFORE have been OFFENDED by your act of STUPIDITY!!!!! I AM OFFENDED because YOU act like the minority of religious believers (ie. ATHEISTS,MUSLIMS,ISLAMIC....etc.) OVERPOWER the HUGE number of Christians &/or others who don't have a problem with Christians!!

I just DON'T get Obama. He has made SOOOO many decisions that are TEARING this once great country to PIECES. Does he think he can just get by?? Well so far he kind of has...BUT...does he WANT to even TRY and get re-elected in 2012?? I can tell you that I DO NOT WANT him in 2012...or EVEN NOW for that matter. Well guess what Obama!!! I will be able to VOTE next election and you can COUNT on this conservative teen to NOT vote for you!!!

I just had to let you all know what was goin' down and I had to put my take on this matter of business. I hope Obama will START making SOMEWHAT decent decisions in the NEAR FUTURE. But....I highly DOUBT he will. Oh well.....we just have to stick it out for another 2+ years. I say ROMNEY 2012!!!!!

Yeah...I know,it is a bit delayed...

Ok my last post about American Idol is late. I tried to post it this afternoon but it wasn't working...soooo I did it now. I've ALREADY seen AI tonight and I was 50% right about who went home. ANDREW (CHA CHING!!) and KATIE went home...actually I'm happier..because I like Aaron better than Katie!!!! So...America was basically RIGHT ON for this week!!!!! YEAH!!! OH!!!!! And Adam Lambert's performance was AWESOME!!!! I quite LOVED the lazers and fog....and he changed up the song just a bit....nice work.

Elvis week on Idol!!!

Ok,yes I am an AVID fan of American Idol. And I have been watching it for years...call me a diehard. :) So this week I was TOTALLY STOKED because it was Elvis Presley week on AI!!!! I am also an AVID Elvis fan. He was amazing. 'Nuff said. Every week I like to give my opinion on how each contestant did..sooooo here are my own personal reviews.

Crystal Bowersox-(She sang "Saved") WOW...Mama Sox rocks MY SOCKS off!!! I loved the gospel-y/blues-y feel to the song and I like how she changed it up with an electric guitar instead of an acoustic. GREAT vocals & wonderful performance. I literally felt like I was at a concert. Great job!!!!

Andrew Garcia-(He sang "Hound Dog") Hmm...def not his best...not his worst either. He has only had like two or MAYBE three good nights so far...which ISN'T good. In my opinion he should have been gone about three weeks ago. I loved him in the beginning of the season but he has failed to impress me. His version of this Elvis CLASSIC was boring and mediocre.

Tim Urban-(He sang "Can't Help Falling in Love") HOLY SMOKES...LOVED IT!!!! I loved the sincerity of his performance. Beautiful vocals,emotional,& nice guitar playing I must add. One of my faves of the night.

Lee Dewyze-(He sang "A Little Less Conversation") I loved his version...it sounded very "him". But I REALLY want him to open up more and RELAX!!! He would be a superstar if he could just boost his self-confidence!!! But awesome song.

Aaron Kelly-(He sang "Blue Suede Shoes") Well...it was OK for me. There were parts that I really liked but the rest was just kinda iffy. He almost seemed a little tense last night...which is unusual for him. He could be in trouble tonight.

Siobhan Magnus-(She sang "Suspicious Minds") I liked it. Even if the judges were riding the fence I was totally on her side. I DID LIKE how she started off soft and sweet and then went to "powerhouse Siobhan" vocals. I disagreed with Kara on the "two voices of Siobhan" and that she was "confusing". And I was really impressed with Siobhan's honest,quick come-back statement. I love ya girl.

Michael Lynch-(He sang "In the Ghetto") Niiiice performance. He kept it sweet and simple. He was back to soul-filled Big Mike!!!

Katie Stevens-(She sang "Baby,What Do You Want Me To Do?") Not a bad performance. One of my faves of the night??....no. Solid vocal...yeah,pretty much. She did okie dokie last night.

Casey James-(He sang "Lawdy,Miss Clawdy") Another solid Casey performance....nothing outstanding or spectacular...but a good vocal. He needs to switch things up a bit I think...otherwise people might get kinda bored with his performances.

Soooo...overall night...not bad. Two people HAVE to go home because the judges saved Michael Lynch last week.....soooo the people going home??? Probably Andrew (HOPEFULLY!!..he just ISN'T improving.) & Aaron. That is my speculation.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians:The Lightning Thief

Ok..so I saw this movie for the second time about a week ago. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED it the first time....and then I bought the book. I started reading the book and even on the FIRST page it differed from the movie...& I was like "Oh noooo...is it gonna be totally different?!" Well,the answer is....sorta. The movie is different from the book in quite a few respects. Lemme expound.

First off...Percy is 12. Yeah,he's not the more teenage-y boy that Logan Lerman (the actor who portrays Percy) is...but I'm thinking that they cast Percy as an older boy to draw in a bigger audience. Because seriously...who wants to see an awkward little 12 year old save the world and Mt.Olympus??

Second...Annabeth has BLONDE hair....I know,minor detail...but STILL. In the book it doesn't just say that she has blonde hair ONCE.....it says it multiple times and it even says on page 103 that "Annabeth sat at table six with a bunch of serious-looking kids,all with her gray eyes and honey-blonde hair." Thus....some of Athena's other kids. Oh,and Athena is the goddess of Wisdom and Warfare.

Third...is Grover even BLACK in the book???? It doesn't say ANYTHING about him being so. I don't care if he is or isn't but I can only picture him as so.

Fourth...Poseidon DID NOT build Percy a place to stay at Camp Halfblood..the "Big Three" were not even supposed to HAVE kids...you will have to read the book to know what I mean. ;) And I sooooo wish they would have shown the cabins that the campers stay in....would have been cool to see each demigod in their own "rightful" cabin.

Fifth...why wasn't Dionysus in the movie??? Too minor of a character???? I dunno....he SHOULD HAVE been in the movie since he was basically the camp director of Camp Half-blood.

Sixth and LAST...there are alot more things that differ from book to movie.....and I'm actually only about half-way through the book. BUT I must say that both the book AND movie are great. It might have helped that I saw the movie FIRST and wasn't expecting anything because I read the book.....so I might recommend SEEING the movie first,LOVING IT (as I DID/and STILL DO),& then moving onto the book and enjoying the more IN-DEPTH story!!

Oh...and Logan Lerman makes the movie sooooooo much better to watch!!!! heehee!!!

I'm a wee bit sore......

Well as you can tell from the title above....I'm a wee bit sore. Why,you might ask??? Well..let me take you back to yesterday. I got up and went straight to work!! Not literally....just downstairs on the patio. LaRaya and I swept the patio...& I took a hose to it and washed the dirty thing down. We also picked up little "presents" left by our beloved furballs of love and joy...although the "presents" they leave AREN'T so joyful. We then moved on to a game called "pick up sticks"...but it wasn't quite a game....and there were branches involved too. But it wasn't too bad.....we hooked up our 4-wheeler and little trailer and loaded 'em up!!! Then I went around the perimeter of the house and in this little circle-y thingy-ma-bobber in our front drive and pulled weeds...I think that was the start of this nagging (but not horrible) soreness in my hamstrings. Then most of the work was done!!! But I continued to stay out in the most BEAUTIFUL weather and washed down some things that were dirty as Mom cleaned out the garage. Also,LaRaya and I played some badminton & tennis,frisbee,& bounced around to some music on the trampoline...and laid out to tan too!!! So I think it was a combination of everything....but totally worth the fun & beautiful day...even if we did have to WORK a bit. :)

A New Beginning

Well..here it is. The blog I have been putting off creating. But it is now up!! YEAH!! So....in this blog of mine I will post my photography,write about everyday life,put up reviews of movies,books,music,tv shows...*cough cough* American Idol,& soooo much more. I hope I will bring smiles to your faces and joy in your hearts.....heehee. Live long and BLOG ON!!!!!