happy fourth of july!

funniest fred video eva'!

*Allie*

happy mother's day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

*Allie*

i broke my leg falling down the stairs today

April Fools!  *hahahahahahahahahahahahaha* Got you, didn't I?  Honestly I haven't done any big "April fools" jokes to any of my family members...yet!  I remember when I was little I used to say on April Fools day, "There's a polar bear walking down the street, Daddy!  Mom look, I found a spider in your coffee!"  etc. , etc.  And I could tell that it was getting a little annoying.

So last year, I spruced up my acting skills a little bit.  Want to know what last years joke was?

For All Guys Who Are Out There Reading This, You Might Want To Skip This Paragraph

                                                                    :) No Joke 

It's April Fools Day, 2010.  I walk over to Mom, "Mom, can I talk to you for a sec?" I say in a real serious tone.  "Sure, Sweet Pea.  What's up?" She gave me her full attention.  "Um, well..... my..... my period started today ( :D *hehehe*),"  "Aww, sweetie!  That's so cool.  How are you feeling?  Do you want me to get you a heating pad for the cramps?  I have somethings if you want-" .................... "APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!"  I said giggling.  I could not stop giggling; the way how Mom's facial expression changed was so funny!  It was all like, wait, what? , then, wait, is that today? , and finally, awwww shoot!



*heeheehee*







For All Guys Who Are Reading This Right Now, Thanks For Skipping  That Paragraph, You Wouldn't Have Understood It Like We Women Would.................................... No Joke :)

got hair?

So with that here's a picture (it doesn't really have to do with April Fools, but whatever) :D  I still don't know if I'll spring some more jokes (like the other one) or if today will just be another regular day.  So what kind of jokes did you spring up on your family or friends?  I'd love to hear them!



*Allie*





jamie grace

Okay, so I was looking at the free things on itunes store and I found this amazing song!  It has the best lyrics and the best acoustic guitar... almost ever!  The artists name is Jamie Grace, she has a heart for God and I just love her.  She is so amazing!  The title of the song is called "Hold Me", here are the lyrics...



Hold Me by Jamie Grace (feat. Toby Mac)

i love, i love, i love the way you hold me

i love, i love, i love the way you hold me

i love, i love, i love the way you hold me

 i've had a long day, i just want to relax

don't have time for my friends, no time to chit-chat

problems at my job,

wonderin' what to do

i know i should be working but i'm thinking of you and

just when i feel this crazy world

is gonna bring me down

that's when your smile comes around

{chorus}

oh, i love the way you hold me,

by my side you'll always be

you take each and everyday

make it special in some way

i love the way you hold me,

in your arms i'll always be

you take each and everyday,

make it special in some way

i love you more than

the words in my brain can express

i can't imagine even

loving you less

Lord, i love the way you hold me

whoa whoa,

oh whoa, i love the way you hold me

whoa whoa

{chorus ends}

well ya, took my day

and you flipped it around

calmed the tidal wave

and put my feet on the ground

forever in my heart,

always on my mind

it's crazy how i think of you all the time

and just when i think

i'm 'bout to figure you out

you make me want to sing and shout

{chorus}

oh, i love the way you hold me,

by my side you'll always be

you take each and everyday

make it special in some way

i love the way you hold me,

in your arms i'll always be

you take each and everyday,

make it special in some way

i love you more than

the words in my brain can express

i can't imagine even

loving you less

Lord, i love the way you hold me

whoa whoa,

oh whoa, i love the way you hold me

whoa whoa

{chorus ends}

i'm so grateful and thankful

for all you've done

wish i could tell you

in a short story or poem

but, all i have is my voice and this guitar

and you have my heart

{chorus}

oh, i love the way you hold me,

by my side you'll always be

you take each and everyday

make it special in some way

i love the way you hold me,

in your arms i'll always be

you take each and everyday,

make it special in some way

i love you more than

the words in my brain can express

i can't imagine even

loving you less

Lord, i love the way you hold me

whoa whoa,

oh whoa, i love the way you hold me

whoa whoa

{chorus ends}

Yeah, that's one of my new favorite songs:D  Gotta love it *smile*  Have a wonderful, beautiful day my friends who just happen to be reading this.  You mean so much to me:) Do you know that?

*Allie*

happy st. patrick's day!

Did you wear something green so your brother or sister won't pinch you?  Me neither.... so far I haven't had one single pinch.  Maybe everyone forgot?  I don't want to pinch someone (my younger brothers or dad) who isn't wearing green cause then they'll realize, I'm not wearing green!  Then they'll pinch ME!!!!  I don't want to be pinched.

Did you know that I have a bit of Irish in me (don't worry you don't have to kiss me, lol)?  Yep!  I think it's from my mom's side.  And I can do a really great Irish accent!  Pretend I'm telling you all this in an Irish accent. *clearing my throat*  TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YA!!!!

Told you so *haha*!  If you think about it, speaking in an accent for a while is quite fun.  You just have to act as if you are Irish (or Italian, French, etc.), which I am but act as if you've had this accent all your life.  Now say this at least once to your family today (in your best Irish accent), TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YA!!!!

Let me know if you did that*haha*!  What was your family's expression when you did? 

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!

*Allie* 

happy valentine's day

I was reading one of my fav. blogs, 10 cups of chai, and I just loved what Katie wrote about... LOVE !  I really liked the picture;  the kid was so adorable!

Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7

When you think of love, do you think of your boyfriend, chocolates, or red roses?  Just like what Katie said in her post, love is what we should experience with God!  We have an amazing God of love!  He has shown us love in what he has done for us... the gift of God, Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, was a sign of how much he loved and loves us.  So when you think of love, you can still think of your boyfriend, or chocolates, or flowers; but most importantly think of God's love towards you!  He has and always will love you... always.  <3

*Allie*

happy new year 2011!!!

christmas? hmm ...

What do you think of Christmas?  Do you think of Christmas music and movies, or Christmas trees and stockings, or Secret Santa and shopping, all of the above or none?  Me?  What do I think of Christmas...

*  family and friends

* cold weather and hot drinks

*  candy canes and slippers

*  Santa and presents

*  pillows and blankets

*  movies and music

*  no school and cleaning

*  excitement  and chills

*  wrapping and unwrapping gifts

*  Nativity Story and Jesus

*  Love and Happiness

What do you think of Christmas?



Merry Christmas!

*Allie*

my nativity scene

So since last year, I've been collecting figurines from the Willow Tree company.  I got a part of the set for the Nativity Story/Scene.  My set has Mary holding Jesus, her son; Joseph; a shepherd holding a sheep; a donkey; and two more sheep.  The Willow Tree company makes hand carved looking figurines.  I just love my figurines!  But one thing was missing; the stable.  I new Willow Tree already had a stable, but I didn't really have a lot of money to pay for it.  Well, my Boppa had some sketches he had done for my stable
, and he said he would be happy to make one for me.

A week later; after we had an idea of what the stable might look like, Boppa brought it over.  I was so happy.  I quickly put my figurines on.  It was perfect!

*Allie*

'tis the season to be... cleaning?

So every year around Christmas time, our family cleans like the whole house.  I don't know if my room wasn't as messy as usual or what but I had a fun time cleaning.  I blared some Taylor Swift Christmas music on in my room, while I was imitating Danny Tanner *giggle*.  It was fun... okay really fun!

To tell you the truth, I love cleaning (my mom is probably laughing at this now)!  I just do!  I love vacuuming (oh I forgot to do that actually), washing dishes, laundry (well sorta'... not really... I like the washing and drying part not the folding part ; D ), sweeping, scrubbing tables and chairs and- ... well I love to clean ; )

I forgot to take the before pictures... sorry!

This is my bed and in the corner is my guitar,
(Oooh!)

This is my Moms' old TV,
(Aaah!)

This is where my laundry used to sit,
(Oooh!)

This is where I blog!
(Aaah!)

Thank you for joining the Allies' Room tour today, we hope to see you next time, and just around the corner is an exclusive it's my life gift shop!  Okay bu-bye now!

*Allie*

ahh! christmas is coming!

Christmas is coming?  Christmas is coming!  Ahh!  Christmas is coming! (imagine me like totally freaking out)

I remember as a kid, I could not wait for Christmas!  One day felt like twelve days.  Right now, I find myself waking up, shower, school, free time for two hours, dinner, bed!  One day feels like, five hours!  There's like only eight days until Christmas... Ahhh! (again, imagine me freaking out)

Okay Allie, there are only eight days 'til Christmas, why are you freaking out?  Well to be honest... I don't know.  I just don't!  Maybe because I'm trying to finish up some Christmas presents or the fact that my room is still a mess and I don't have a place for the things I'll be getting... I don't know.

Let me go over some of the things that have been going on for the last two and a half weeks.

Me: Mom!  The dogs keep hogging all the heat from the heat dish!
Dogs: Just because we have fur coats doesn't mean we don't get cold, gosh!

So first we started decorating the inside of our house.  We went to LOWE'S to find our beautiful tree.

The next morning we decorate the tree.  This is our first time using color lights!

We had our cousins over for dinner.  I had a blast with them.  Reagan played a lot with Nick and Zack, and I played with her eight month old sister, Quinlan!  I held her like the whole time they were there.

Nick:  Umm... can I hold her now, Allie?

Left to Right
Zack, Nick, Me, Quinlan, and Reagan

We went to see Tangled with our grandparents', and afterwards had lunch at Red Robin.  YUM! 

Then we had an over night at our grandparents' house, and I got to set up all the little houses on the mantel this year, Nick helped Boppa with the tree lights, and we all hung ornaments on the tree.  So much fun, (sorry don't have any pictures)

A few days later we went to our music teachers concert.  They were totally awesome!  We all just wanted to stand up and dance to the guitar, and piano *giggle*

Me and Zack!

A few days ago we went to see the Santa that we see every year!  He's so nice... I hope he doesn't retire.

Waiting in line to see Santa Claus!



"Are you getting all of this Santa, so I would like..."
*giggle*

 After we saw Santa, we went over to Claim Jumpers.  So good!

On Sunday we're going to see the next Narnia movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, I'm super excited!

So I hope you're having a wonderful Christmas Season,  Merry Christmas!

*Allie*

thanksgiving II

Tonight was awesome! The snow had all melted, it was nearly forty degrees and it was soooo nice seeing Grammy and Boppa!  We had a HUGE amount of food, watched the Thanksgiving Macy's Parade again, got new PJ's, played X-BOX with my Dad and brothers, and we all watched A Christmas Carol!  It couldn't have been a better Thanksgiving II.  I better go, whatever that something is that makes you sleepy after you eat turkey is getting to me now giggle.

*Allie*

thanksgiving I



Look at the MASSIVE turkey!!!



Well since it snowed, Grammy and Boppa couldn't come up because of the roads, so we had a little Thanksgiving for the family five.  We made everything you usually make for Thanksgiving, we got really full as usual, and we even watched the first Christmas movie of the year!  It was awesome!  We watched It's A Wonderful Life (one of my many favorite Christmas movies).  Also, as usual, we were very sleepy after we ate (there must be something in the turkey); so I (and many others in the family five) almost fell asleep a few times during the movie.  Over all, a very nice Thanksgiving I.

Dad made a snowman, it was awesome!  Indy wasn't so sure about it though ; )



Zack (left), Nick (right), and me!  (Jack in the back)

*Allie*

happy thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for.  One day a year hardly seems adequate... 

*Allie*

once a rule, always a rule

Do you have holiday rules?  Two of my favorite holiday rules are,

*  No listening to Christmas music until after Halloween
*  No watching Christmas movies until the night of Thanksgiving

I used to hate these rules!  I would try to sneak some Christmas music up to my room, or get away with watching a Christmas movie when no one was home.
But now, It's fun to wait until we don't have to be cautious of these rules anymore.  Why?  I don't know... it just is. For me at least.

The night before Halloween, we were carving our pumpkins and someone (who must remain nameless) put on some Christmas music.  My brothers and I were like, "But... it's tradition to wait the day after Halloween to listen to Christmas music."  So after our whole family agreed to stick with the rules, I put in some french music... oui! 

So now that it's after Halloween and we are listening to Christmas music, we are now counting down the days to Thanksgiving so we can then watch Christmas movies!  Once we start listening to Christmas music, you kinda get in the mood for Christmas everything... which gets really hard!  Sure we could brake the rules but it really wouldn't be the same, you know?

So for our family, Once a Rule, Always a Rule!

*Allie*

happy halloween!

I had a blast on Halloween!  My best friend, Rachael, got to go trick or treating with us and we had a lot of fun! I was (as Mom calls it) Pajama Girl.  My brothers were like, "So do you have any super powers?" and I was like, "Noooo!".  Nick was Jason, and Zack was a werewolf.  Rachael's costume was awesome!  She was Indiana Jones!  How awesome is that!  The thing that sucks is that her boots that she wore were killing her! whimper

Ooh Scary!

Aah Creepy!

Aww Cute!

Dad always carves our pumpkins! He always does. Every year, it is always so hard to decide what I want Dad to carve on my pumpkin. Nick did an old fashion pumpkin face, Zack did a scary pumpkin face, and I did an owl pumpkin face with a twinkle in its eyes... like a night owl... for the theme of my costume. Dad did such a good job!

Before! (hey look, hidden Mickey!)





After! Mine on left Nick's on right!

And Zack's! (cue sinister laugh)

So when we got back from trick or treating, we sorted through our piles of candy, and sprayed Lysol all over them. Hey you never know where the candy has been.

Over all Halloween was really awesome! I hope you had a really nice one too! smile

Before trick or treating.
Dad, me , Rachael, Nick, Zack, and Lucy!

*Allie*