AP: Long awaited pictures!!! #4 The Dance Toe

Mallory and I are so excited!!! Last week it was back to dance after a long 9 months off. We knew we were going to be very sore and out of shape, but with a little hard work, and maybe blood/sweat/tears, we would be back in no time. For some reason it did not occur to me to order new pointe shoes until the week dance started back. So not only did I have to endure aching muscles and out-of-shape exhaustion, but I also had to dance on dead, I mean WAY dead, pointe shoes. So here is a picture of my toe...

That is my toe....lovely isn't it?

Sorry, that one is kinda blurry....

Standing on black marley floor my toenail blends in with the floor...

Comparison between the two toes...

For those of you that can take the details.....it was a lot purpler a few days ago (I just invented that word). Then a couple of days ago I saw what looked like air bubbles so I squeezed it and out came blood, water, liquid pus. It was disgusting! I almost wanted to cut my own toe off!!! I could stick something underneath the nail because it is not connected anymore. The toenail now is a pure white (cause its not connected) It still leaks out blood and liquid pus when I dance into my tights and shoes. Disgusting!!!!!! So now it is disconnected by the nail bed but still connected down at the tip...in other words.....VERY painful on pointe!!! On pointe? Well, being a dancer...I must dance on! I have continued to dance on it and hope that it will fall off soon. Most people would say that this pain and ugliness is not worth it. But when I see professional dancers, to me it is very much worth it! I'll take more pictures if it falls off! :)

Ps. We love our teachers and the students at our new dance studio! God has blessed us tremendously!

AP: Long awaited pictures #3The KC Royals

For Labor Day we were given free tickets to go see our first Royals game! It was so much fun and we had a fantastic time! Because the Royals stole a base everyone who was at the game was able to go to a local Sonic, show your game ticket, and recieve a free medium slushi. We planned to go...but we forgot. :) We were also able to recieve a free Chick-fil-A sandwhich because they were doing a special for Labor Day. Overall we had a fantastic day!

Outside the stadium....

Entrance to the stadium...

Go ROYALS!!!

The stadium....we had awesome seats! Thank you Mr. Jim!

In action shot....I tried to catch the pitcher in action

and this was the clearest shot.

Water fountain display after homerun!!

We got to see two homeruns!

The Royals win!!!

They won their first game of the season when we went

and have since won 5 games...all because we went to see them play! :)

Yea Royals!!!!

Another view of the stadium...

And more Royals game pictures with us in them to come later...

(they are on my mom's memory chip....I don't have access to that :)

AP: Long awaited pictures!!! #2-BD trip to the Plaza

I took Mallory to the Plaza in downtown Kansas City for her way belated birthday gift! We had a great time just hanging out, talking, laughing, goofing off, and just being sisters.

I like this picture! We look so cute!

She is so pretty! Happy Birthday Mallory!

Road kill!

A lake nearby......

Rocks crossing a narrow part of the lake....

And yes.....we did walk across! :)

Fun jumps!

Smile!

Cool pic I thought you might like to see....

And the dancer of me comes out!

Are you surprised???

If I had a facebook...I would use this as a profile pic...

Good job Mallory! Maybe you should become a photographer...

Some ducks we saw swimming in the lake...

I almost felt like National Geographic, but still a good photo.

Mallory had to save me because I almost fell in... :)

Beautiful once again!

Our gangsta pose...

Rasberry Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake!

Happy Birthday Mallory!

A gorgeous hanging flower basket down at the Plaza.

They have tons of these.

And of course...the Cheesecake Factory!

AP: Long awaited pictures #1-The Arch

Here are some of those long awaited pictures!!!

The Gateway to the West on our trip back from visiting GA in the summer......

These pictures almost look like post cards!

I think this was one of the first times that I have either been awake, it was light outside, or I wasn't in a bus so I could get descent pictures of this monument I have passed numerous times.

I like how the sun shines on the arch and it reflects on the water!

This one almost looks fake...like out of a book! It was such a pretty day!

And we got to see a beautiful sunset!!!

I am still amazed everytime I look at these pictures!

God is absolutely amazing!

This one almost looks like a calender page.

I like this one too!

This is kinda how I picture Jesus coming back!

I just love the purple clouds! Purple is my favorite! :)

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MP: Random

mp writes:

Hey ya'll, my life was really busy last week because I finally started dance back. So I am sorry that I did not get around to blogging. I am so happy that I am able to start dancing again. Can you believe that it has been eight plus months since I last had a dance class? Wow, that is such a long time to me and it is still strange to think that it has been that long. In case I don't get around to my weekly blog this Friday, sorry ahead of time. This would be because of the ten year anniversary of the International House of Prayer going twenty four seven.
Can you imagine what it will be like to hang out with Jesus for the rest of our days in eternity? I imagine that we will be able to ask Him as many questions as we want face to face with Him. I think that it will be so cool to be able to see His face as He is explaining things to me instead of just hearing His voice which is still way cool. I encourage you that just one day for at least five minutes just ask God one question and then listen for God's voice. Then if you want you can discern it and search the Bible to see if it is true. I love doing that.
For a school update, I only have a chapter and a little more than a half before I am done memorizing the book of James. After I finish with James I will start Revelation. I am so excited to be doing that!!!!! Because by studing eschatology (pertaining to the end times) that is one of the ways that we will know what will what will happen. God has given us His plan for a purpose. Just think that God loves us so much that he gave his children a map of what will happen. I also feel that God is telling me that I am going to be a MAP for his kingdom. Huh is not that cool that those are my initials??? I love ya'll
Love always,
Mallory