17 Years - Part 2

Yes yes, I am a very very naughty person. My birthday has now been 2 months ago, and I only now have gotten around to sharing my other surprise. But I'm doing it now.

My grandparents rented....

...a sheep for the day. And yes, my friends, it was wonderful. 

Sheep are very friendly. They need to be in a group, and they don't care whether it's a group of sheep or people.

She really enjoyed walking.

And running.

And grazing.

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Soli Deo Gloria!
Taylor

Carnegie Video

(My other birthday post is still coming!)

I have finally completed a video I was making of my trip to New York City! Here it is! =) (Please excuse my first feeble attempt at editing ;D)

17 Years - Part 1

I've been on this earth for 17 years now. God has been amazingly good to me in that time. He's given me a great family who make these years so special. This birthday they gave me a lovely surprise. A trip to the real Waltons Mountain!

Replica of the Walton's living room.

Replica of the kitchen.

The camera that was used to film over 100 Walton episodes!

A bit of a personal touch.

Sitting on Earl Hamner's (real John-Boy's) Porch

Inside the Hamner home

Lovely living room

Swellegant piano!

Very cute doll.

Hamner kitchen.

The girl's room.

Boy's room.

I loved the glasses on the desk!

♪This is where I belong!♫

The sweet old baptist church.

We passed this on the road. It looks just like the old burned-down house they always have on the show!

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Soli Deo Gloria!
Taylor

Not Much Time!

I figure that since I only have 4 more days to sing this song, I may as well make the most of it now and share it. ;)

Please Share!

Hey ya'll! Mrs. Estes shared some information. Please take the time to read it. Once you've read it, watch the video, and please share it with your friends!

"I need a huge favor. Seriously, a HUGE favor - miracle level stuff. :-) We've been praying for a way to get an iPad2 for Noah so he can do Facetime with his best friend (now lives in England) and with other mito kids. He feels very isolated and like no one else is like him.

We sometimes shop at No More Rack, and they are having a contest - make a video and see how many UNIQUE views you can get. It's not a matter of getting the most views to win - ANYONE who gets 60,000 unique views gets an iPad2. We know it is a seriously long shot, but the children made a cute, ultra-cheesy video for the contest. You can see it here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7nzWMELdsw

I know that people don't usually like to get onboard with contests like this, but if we can get this iPad 2 for Noah, we'll donate his iPad to one of our Noah's Hands of Hope children. Just sharing this link with, well, 60,000 people will make a huge difference for 2 children. WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL MARCH ^ - like I said, it would just about take a miracle, but FB, twitter, email, and blogs can make things really take off.

Would you watch and would you share? It's only unique views, and I don't really know how youtube counts those - but sitting and refreshing won't help. Watching at home and at work might count as 2 views . . . I don't know. Best way to rack up the count is to SHARE. (And seriously - it is a cute video!)"

My Favorite Names

I am a big dreamer. One of my biggest desires is to get married and have a huge family.

Yeah, one that looks like that. =) I also am crazy about planning ahead of things. I already have names picked out for my kids. True, I'd have to have 10 sons and 10 daughters to use all the names I love (not likely to happen), and my husband would have to agree with the names, but that doesn't mean I can't have a list ready-made. ;) So, without further ado, here are my favorite names (in no particular order).

Boys:

Joel

Benjamin

John

David

Caleb

Jason

Daniel

Tristan

Carter

Heath

Girls:

Laura

Rosemary

Emily

Kathryn

Jill

Olivia

Molly

Elinor

Elizabeth

Amy

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Soli Deo Gloria!

Taylor

ABCs Tag

I am going to do an ABC tag so my blog won't be sad.

A. Age: 16, 17 in less than two months.
B. Bed size: Twin
C. Chore that you hate: Putting up groceries. Ick.
D. Dogs: Hoover. Dogs of the past are Dunkin, Shelby, Samson, and Truman.
E. Essential start to your day: Getting out of bed. If I can do that, I can make it through the day.
F. Favorite color: Blue, but I like so many others too. Green, grey, brown, and yellow.
G. Gold or Silver: Silver
H. Height: 5'3"
I. Instruments you play: Piano, Cello, Accordion, and I can play my Autoharp, but I hardly ever do.
J. Job title: Piano teacher
K. Kids: Hope to have them some day.
L. Live: In North Carolina
M. Mother's name: Deanna
N. Nicknames: Tails, Taylee, Willie, Sam, Hobbit-buddy, John-Boy, Richie, Snicket
O. Overnight hospital stays: None. Came close though. When I broke my finger, I arrived at the ER at 10PM, and had to say until about 3AM. =P
P. Pet peeves: People who talk to me when I don't want to talk.
Q. Quote from a movie: "It's so stupid, it's positively brilliant!" ~ The Great Escape
R. Right or left handed: Left! =D
S. Siblings: 2. Hailey (15) and Emma (14)
T. Time you wake up: Anywhere between 7 and 8.
U. Underwear: I've got it.
V. Vegetables you hate: Most of them. It would be easier to name the ones I do like.
W. What makes you run late: Nothing. I am always right on time. ;)
X. X-Rays you've had: My ankle and my finger.
Y. Yummy food that you make: Oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookies. They are to die for, if I do say so myself. ;)
Z. Zoo animal: Lions, Polar bears, arctic foxes

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Soli Deo Gloria!
Taylor