The Day That Was Never Ever Supposed To Come

 Back in December, this little guy...

Turned 13!!

I can't believe it! And neither can my parents; now that all three of their kids are teenagers, they feel old. :P

He still loves skateboarding though! Those are bearings; they go on skateboard wheels.

He also got a 4x4 Rubik's Cube and a video camera to tape his skateboarding! These clips weren't taken with that camera, but here's a short video of a few of his tricks:

I'm pretty sure he invented that last one. You'll have to ask him what it's called!

A Valentine's Day Heart

Last week in anatomy, we dissected a cow heart! Just in time for Valentine's Day. It was so cool! I'm not grossed out by this kind of stuff, I just think it's interesting. I'm a very visual learner so this definitely helped me! Here's my friend Bekah and I with ours:

I trimmed some of the fat off so it would be in the shape of a heart :P

Crash and Burn

Clearly all electronics are out to get me...

A few weeks ago my computer got a virus. We got it fixed but they were not able to recover any of my pictures from 2011. Somehow I managed to forget to put all of our Dominican Republic pictures anywhere...not on Facebook, or Snapfish. I promise you I have every intention of finishing my posts on our missions trip, but now, unfortunately, there will be no pictures :/

Yesterday, I was at my friend's house and it was raining outside. When I was running to my car, my phone fell out of my pocket and onto the wet cement. It was okay but last night it got pretty rainbow lines all over and now I can't see the screen at all. Thankfully one of my friends is giving me her old one!

So yep, I haven't been having the best luck :/

Well, I'm off to bed because I have to get up at 5:45 tomorrow! We're going skiing :)

The Story of Esther

I know I haven't been blogging much, but that's because I've been super busy with this:

I know what you're thinking: "Rachel? In a ballet? What???" But it's true! February of 2011 I started taking ballet at a local studio. Most of my friends take ballet there too. It is run by a Christian family and every year they put on a big production. This year it's The Story of Esther! The entire show is choreographed by our head teacher, Miss Lori Ann. She's an amazing woman! I love their family. Tomorrow is opening night! Then there are two shows on Saturday and one more on Sunday. Please pray for everyone in this ballet and for everyone who comes to see it! This is a great ministry to the community.

Joel’s Baptism

On New Year’s Day, Joel was baptized! We got this video but the camera focused on this lady’s hair. :/ But hopefully you can still see and hear what’s going on!