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HAPPY EASTER!

I just wanted to wish you a very Happy Easter. I hope it's wonderful for you.

Here is a beautiful Easter song I would like to share with you. It's a great message.

Rise Up

(click on the words above)

Soul Surfer

So I'm gonna review the Soul Surfer book and movie.

BOOK
The book Soul Surfer was really good. I read this before I saw the movie and I totally devoured it. It was really interesting. For those of you not familiar with the story, it's about Bethany Hamilton. Bethany is a pro surfer. In 2003, when she was 13 she was attacked by a 13ft. Tiger Shark and lost her arm. It's her story. She wrote this book a year after and it's basically introducing her life, what happened before and after the attack, how people reacted, and how she got back on the surf board. She is a great surfer despite her arm loss. It's truly an amazing story. She's Christian and she really tells how she trusted in God and she was able to overcome her obstacles. I highly recommend this. My mom and I both read this book and thought it was great. It wasn't a hard read. Fairly easy, but still worthwhile and great.



MOVIE
I think that the movie was a very good portrayal of the book. They did a really good job. They did not over dramatize the attack. It was not gruesome or gory or descriptive. They simply showed how it was and it was totally fine. Yes, they did leave some things out. But most movies do. But the things they did leave out were a bit minor and there for inconsequential. I think they added one or two things, but what movie doesn't? Overall, this was a good movie.

A Poem of Complete Nonsense....

Sometimes on occasion I'll compose a poem or some song lyrics. Yesterday I was showering. I didn't want to get my hair wet so I was experimenting with using Shower Caps instead of just pulling back me hair. And because of this I just started making up a poem..........about Shower Caps. It is quite silly, but I post it for your enjoyment.

Shower Caps
by
Hannah Taylor

A Shower Cap is a very queer thing
It sits on your head tied 'round with a string
It only keeps dry what you want to be
Tis quite an interesting thing you see
Everyone knows Shower Caps are hard to find
Yet, if you take the time
................
You know, this turned into a very strange rhymn.

FYI - No Copyright.

Snow Trip

So on Friday we drove up to Sonora/Twain Harte area. We were gonna have a small snow vacation. It was at a cabin with another family in our stake who we know pretty well. After we all arrived and settled in those who wanted to headed for Dodge Ridge. It's a nearby place that well was good I guess.

It wasn't like a steel hill. It was more a wide, icy, flatter place. But if you went far enough up and started down, you could build up TONS OF SPEED. WOWO. It was totally fun. We had like one -2 hours of play then headed back for the cabin as the snow began to pick up.

It snowed that day and night. It was like having a White Christmas in March By the next morning 1-2 feet of snow had added to the already low level. We spent the first part of the morning sleeding, but when the snow plow came through we headed to pack. Mainly because we don't have any snow tires/chains, or 4 wheel drive on the Van. We left roughly an hour later, and were very lucky to get out. If we had left any later, we would have been snowed in for another day at least. Not fun.

It was a short but fun trip. Sorry this report it crazy late.

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Hiya everyone! You might as well get comfy. This may make you laugh.....

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

THIS IS AN AMAZING BOOK! I just finished it last night. I must say it had me spell bound. Corrie wove a wonderful tale. She told it in the right way to make you never want to put the book down once you got into it. It was a sad, yet joyful tale. I wanted to cry at some parts, and other things where happy and even funny. It is the true story of her experience during WW2 in all the Concentration Camps and sad things she went through, because her family hid Jews. It is great! Some of you may have heard of it. Anyway, it's a wonderful book and I would recommend it to anyone who has not read it yet. A true Classic.

Beware the Con-Baby

BEWARE!!!

Name: Katelyn Jane Taylor (AKA - secret ICA agent)
Age: 17 months
Appearance: Happy, sometimes shy little girl.
True Nature: Plotting little girl. Total faker. Mischevious
Beware: The false looks, appearance of sadness, and crying. It is easy to fall for the "sad" face.
ICA Goal: To con all daddies, mommies and other family members into getting them what they want. Be it Milk, Cheerios, or being Held!
Proof ICA exists (otherwise u won't believe me): See above. It is a rare confidential photograph

This applies to all children.
ICA = International Con-Baby Association
May you be safe from the con-babies in your community!

Kinda excited....(NOT true, totally excited)

I love acting, but sometimes I don't seem like that. I love to sing and harmonize with my iPod, and just lip sing. SO MUCH FUN. Anyway, some of you may know that I applied for a church movie. It required people with like a Grecians and more darker look.....which I don't have. LOL. Anyway I recently got an email that I did not make the first cut (not surprised since they got over 10,000 applications and I don't exactly fit the guidlines) but... I am on the lists for future productions! SO EXCITED. I haven't had that much experience with movies, but even being an extra would be SO COOL! Sorry, I just had to throw that out. Cause I'm kinda excited and hyper. If you haven't noticed. "_"

(made up that face. :)

I'm not hyper.....

.......oh who am I kidding? I AM SO HYPER!!


(my friends can testify)

How I botched a perfectly good Birthday Present

Yep the title says it all. Unfortunately it had to be my mom's birthday. *sigh* Her birthday was on a Sunday this year, and I decided that for her birthday I would sing in church. And It was to be a surprise. I was able to practice and keep that a secret and get the date I wanted. Then like 5 days before......(guess what?) ...... I GOT SICK!!! Man I was NOT HAPPY. Part of that illness was a cough. It was mainly the cough....And you know how long coughs go on. It's endless. ENDLESS I TELL YOU!

Anyway, so Saturday morning comes and I pretty much better. I can sing . Not any more coughing.....yeah. I was excited. Then I got the cough back Sat night. Part of that is because
a) i could have drunk more water then the large amount I already was, and done a couple more things to ensure not getting sick again.
b)I live in a large family.

Oh it was distressing. I had to call up my pianist and the Music Coordinator and church and let them know I might not show my face. Then I hoped desperately (with a sinking feeling inside) that I would get better.

Alas, it was not to be so! For when I woke up the next morning, not only was the cough still there but my head ached. I was devastated, but not ready to let on why I could not go. I spent most of the morning in bed, waiting for mom to come home.

When they did come home dad came in. I had told him about the present. He said my name was on the program for the meeting and that mom had been like "What? Why is she on there." But she figured it out. Then later mom came in and you know what happens next...

And that is the story of how I botched the awesome birthday gift that I was really excited to do, since I had wanted to sing in church for a while. I'm gonna be singing in April. And maybe, just maybe I'll post of video of me singing. (Of course we don't take vid in church, but I'll do it outside of church.

It's a.........

Okay, so well u know we are having another sibling come July right? Well mom got the ultrasound and, it's another girl! No surprise there. Some sibs of mine were sure it'd be a boy, but nope.

So here I go, once again! Another little sister. Tons of people ask me if I want another one, and well all I have to say is, "What's one more?"

That's the news! Here we go again!

Moovies (recent favorites)

So, I know this is really weird, but I don't have that much to post about so I am going to share some of the recent movies that I've seen.

Secretariat
This is a great movie, that I saw like two days ago. For those of you who haven't seen this it's about the famous race horse Secretariat, who not only won all the Triple Crown races, but set the record for the fastest time in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes (fist and third races of the Triple Crown.). This movie is based on him as well as his owner Penny Chenrey who breed and raised him. This movie is very fun to watch. The races are amazing
unfortunatly not the original) and the story equally fascinating. I recommend this movie as a fun family film (well younger kids might get bored).

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Okay this movie is another great movie to add to your collection(when it comes out on DVD of course). It is full of action, thrill, and very fun! It follows the book fairly well. There were a couple twists, but what movie that is based of a book doesn't have one? (I challenge you to name one!) Narnia is literaly brought to life is this fun movie. I pre-warn those who have not yet seen this that there is a scene at the end (the big battle) where they do drag out a battle with a pretty disgusting sea serpent/centipede. Besides that, the violence level is pretty small, excluding a few things that are pretty minor. Overall, I loved this movie. Another great addition and honor to C.S.Lewis and his amazing series!

Tangled
Okay, I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!! Oh seriously, it was SO EPIC!! (Be forewarned I am known to overuse that word) I saw this with my BFFS in the theater. It was epicly funny, adventurous, cute and just fun to watch. The action was intriguing and thrilling, and the comedy lightened up the movie. There were some songs that were pretty fun. This movie now has first place in my list of favorite Disney Animations. It is in my opinion the best Princess story Disney Remake ever. The characters were so much fun. Mandy Moore (Rapunzel) and Zachary Levi(Flynn) did an amazing job. This movie is all together are very fun movie for the whole family to enjoy. IT's JUST PLAIN EPIC!!!!!

MY FAVORITE BOOKS IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD

I guess it's time I do a post on my favorite books in the world. You may be surprised to find that they are both classics, seeing as I'm a LDS historic, historical novel and Fantasy fanatic.

AND NOW, the announcement you've all been waiting for..............the two books that tie for first place.......................................................

Lord of the Rings & Pride and Prejudice!!!!

And now, coming in third, and a book that I read recently...........The Heroic Comedy by Edmund Rostand...............

Cyrano De Bergerac!!!

I highly recommend all these books. Oh and BTW - The movies of the books that are first place are actually my favorite movies!

Halloween Costume

So this is the (Very Late, SORRY!)story of my Halloween Costume(above). So initially we had planned on doing a group theme. A baseball team. We all had matching plain baseball type shirts so we were just going to use electrical tape to put on names, number etc...... Yeah. Then on Tuesday we received notice that it was off. So I had like 3 days to pick a costume(a co-op party on Friday). I finally decided I would make a costume and be Robin Hood's Granddaughter (I'm writing a story, and that's the main character.) We have(or had) some green fabric that I could turn into a tunic type thing. So I set off to make my costume, I had no pattern. Just my skill, measuring tape, scissors, ( sewing supplies). And yeah.

PROCESS

1) Iron Fabric

2)Mark you measurements on fabric.

3)Sketch a rough pattern for tunic. ( add a few extra inches for space)
This took me forever. Like about an hour of redoing and so forth..

4) Pin fabrics together(tightly). Use props to hold in place for cutting - Laundry basket, chair, etc..

5)Cut out the tunic pattern

6) Pin both pieces together

7) Sew & Hem


8) Get extra accessories. This simple tunic can be used for tons of costumes with the right props.

9) Extra(for Robin Hood/forest costume, or if u want it) - Make a zig-zag hem. (Make a big hem then cut out ziz-zags(hope that's understandable))

So that's how I made my costume. If you know how to sew it shouldn't be hard to make. What do you think? Please comment!