Megan and Kris's Wedding :)

So there is this girl named Megan who is my cousin. We lived next door to eachother until I was five, when we moved to another house still close by. Growing up Megan was always a very close cousin. Now...she is married to brilliant man named Kris. :)

Look at her... she's beaming. :) The ceremony was beautiful. It was in the Governor Calvert House in Annapolis, which is this beautiful historical building. And one of the coolest parts of the wedding was as a surprise: I got to sing to them. :)

I sang "At Last" which is a classic love song, it's super cute. It was so fun, because they didn't know I could really sing. Everyone was cheering and people were crying...it was one of the most adorable things I've ever been a part of. :)
And they loved it. :D

My soul face. ;) "A thrill that I had never known OOOOOOOOOHHHHH yeah you smiled...you smiled oh and then the spell was cast...and here we are....in heaven..." ♪♫
"For you are mine...at last." AH I'm still so excited just writing about it. Megan was so impressed, and said it was the sweetest thing ever. Kris said it was so special to them. :)
LOOK AT THE CUTENESS!!!

Aww. :) I love her. After dinner, and lots of fun dancing and partying. A Smith Tradition took place, the singing of Al Jolson's "You made me love you" by all the men of the family, and the groomsmen and of course the groom Kris (who did not know the words..hahaha)

Dylan, Ramil, Robert (cousin), Uncle Bob, Danny (cousin), Uncle Sandy, Dad, Matt (cousin) Kris and the groomsmen were to the side. It was great. Especially since Megan was singing along. This has generally got to be one of my favorite parts of Smith weddings. So fun. At one point, Dylan was holding Megan's champagne glass...it was hysterical.
Look at them. After seven years together, they are married "At Last". :) They what a beautiful wedding for a beautiful couple. I love weddings, and seeing how happy couples are together. It's just so amazing. :) Congratulations Megan and Kris. You are incredible and I love you both very much. :)

~Kylie Clare~

ps. the picture below is my cousin Oliver :D :D :D He has mad dance skills. The women were swooning over him.

So. LIFE.

Um so. Life is crazy. And strange and complicated.

School is hard.

My moms a tough Chem teacher.

SAT vocab takes forever.

Karate hurts.

I hate not getting enough sleep.

Little kid crushes are the funniest things ever.

Mitchell and Mark make me laugh.

I miss my best bud in Turkey.

I haven't eaten since breakfast yesterday (excluding the hohos I had last night). But I'm not really hungry.

I had a ton of fun at our rain photoshoot yesterday. :) Then Music cafe and watching pushing daisies. :D

I feel like there's a lot of pressure on me right now. and I don't like it.

I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

I'm singing at a wedding tonight. and I'm not ready. :-/

I could not sleep last night. Seriously. I fell asleep for the first time at 3:30 am. It was awful. My eyes hurt I'm so tired.

I really should be doing TOG right now...but Kiera has it and I'm chatting Christian...

I still feel like I'm having an adrenaline rush. which is weird cuz I havent eaten or drank (drank?drunk?druken?) anything today yet.

and I should really go.

Heeeyyyyy Jooooeeey!!!!!

So on Saturday, I got to go see the Terps play football against Morgan State. This was because I just so happen to know incredibly amazing people, in this case Chris Perdue. :D I went with him, Josh Hill, and Arden Anderson. And it was SOOOO much fun! Just hanging out with them all was fun (Arden was awesome, I had just met her but she is so fun and I must admit we are quite similar from what I could gather ;D ) and Chris took Josh and I on a tour of the Clarice Smith's Performing Arts building before the game...which was sooo cool (if I go there and do vocal performance, that's where I'd be like all the time :P )

oh yeah.. football. yeah so we sat in the student section, we were in section 13 right behind the end zone and right next to the band. It was pretty awesome :D Seriously, it was a blast! So much fun cheering and yelling, and many inside jokes were created ;) ;) ;)

and oh yeah, thanks to arden's awesomeness, we got food for free except for tips ( even though...I only had twenties...so I kind of relied on others tips. I fail. :P ) but just the same that was great. :) and like I said, sweet seats, my friends, and a good game the terps creamed 62-3

after the game ended, we headed out, ...walking to the car was kind of terrifying. right on the highway, wedged next to cars parked on the shoulder for the game and passing cars. but I was in between josh and chris so that made me feel a little better. we went and got ice cream at cold stone :D then Chris took Josh and I home.

That was just a brief overview of all the little fun things that happened that added up to an incredible time! I had so much fun. :D Thanks Chris!

comments please! many more posts to come...if I get time...

~Kylie~

It has begun.

School is here. But we all know that now and there's no need to go on in boring detail about how my first week of school has gone so far :P MCI yesterday was great. I had two fun classes, dance and acting. :D and of course Chem with Mom in the morning.

But what was really exciting is what happened last night... :)

It was Wednesday, another day at the studio. But I knew that I was going to be testing for my brown with a stripe, the next belt.

It was a normal class. I got beat up a whole lot, and my legs were stretched beyond what I thought I could do. But at the end I was tested.

I had been practicing the whole hour before, all my combinations, one steps, and forms up to seven, which is what I needed. I knew them all, but when she asked for them out of order, I really had to concentrate. Then she asked me to do Pinan 5, which I know, but I didn't need for my test. I did it, trying to concentrate. I didn't do it as perfectly as I would have liked but it was good. Then after doing my combinations, she had me do 8+9, then sparring 8+9. By the time I had done everything she asked me, I was completely exhausted. I broke my board (horsekick...really fun :D ) and lined up with the rest of the class.

Then Susie announced, that instead of going from brown to brown with a stripe, they were moving me straight up to RED.

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I was so surprised! I skipped a whole belt? I mean, what? :D :D :D I'm still super excited about it.

Well yes, that is the exciting news. And yes I must get back to school. So toodleloo. :)

The last week, the wedding, and today

So this past week was my last week of summer. And sad to say I did nothing extremely worthwhile. :P I cleaned, got ready for school, went to work, watched TV with my family, wrote some songs and sang...a lot. But that was pretty much it. And I watched Camp Rock 2 :P hahaha...

Then yesterday I got to help at and attend Martin and Janice's wedding. For those of you who don't know this couple, they are some of the coolest people I know and I adore them. Janice is Mrs. Mays daughter, and she's helped to direct Pilgrim and Esther and has done so much for us in the Acting ministry. I've done workshops and camps with Janice and I always learn so much, and she is so fun to be around. Then Martin Landry, who I first knew as Janice's boyfriend, then fiancee and NOW..her husband. :D Martin is a comedy genius. He's SO funny. And he's also extremely musically gifted. He and Janice did pretty much ALL the music for Esther. And they love each other so much. :) Now, they are married. Helping at their wedding was such a joy and attending the ceremony was beautiful. So congrats to Martin and Janice Landry!!! :D

And today...I went on a walk with Mom to Starbucks (her back's been hurting so she wanted to stretch it out a bit, please pray for her!) and I like starbucks. :) and this WEATHER...ahhh it's sooo pretty and it's cooling down. I love fall. It's my favorite season. :)

And I'll be going to our church service for the first time in two weeks :P First the youth retreat than vacation. Then I'm going to my cousin's baby shower!!! :D

then. a single day of summer left.

There's 104 days of Summer vacation and school comes along just to end it...

So the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it..

Yesterday was the 104 day of summer vacation. Where has it gone? But I've done A LOT of stuff this summer. Here's 50 of my favorite things from this summer:

1. Went to Philly! :D Whooooo!

2. Shopped with Kirstin before she left for England

3. FSP graduation was amazing.

4. Dylan's grad party. And grad party hopping.

5. That blog post I did about my senior friends was one of my favorite blog posts.

6. Starting Karate Back up again! :D

7. Summer Celebration. So much fun.

8. Raspberry Iced Tea

9. Going to Gettysburg for a weekend with my grandparents. :)

10. Hershey Park :D whoooooo

11. Meeting the Hershey's Symphony Bar

12. Birthday week. :)

13. SWEET SIXTEEN!

14. Getting to know Meghan and Chris better :)

15. Getting to know Christian Zehr!

16. Acting workshop with Janice. That was SO fun.

17. Hanging out with Katie and Alexis, watching Kung Fu Panda

18. YOUTH MISSIONS!!! :D AHHH That was incredible.

19. Auditioning for Godspell. That in and of itself was fun. :D

20. Callbacks.

21. Going shopping with my birthday money

22. Going to Toys r Us and Taco Bell with Dylan, Andrew and Jayme

23. Seeing Macbeth. WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! :D

22. That funny time backstage with Allie and Kevin at THG when we nearly died laughing.

23. Planning Christian's going away party based on Alice in Wonderland...though we never actually had it.

24. Watching Into the Woods with Christian and Kimberly.

25. Christmas in July party. :D

26. Harry Potter Marathons with Allie and Jayme

27. Meeting people at Jimmie Cone :)

28. I made a clubhouse.

29. HiYa Karate weekend. :D

30. Getting third place during forms in the HiYa Classics competition

31. hahahah that 'musical theater camp' that I did about Pirates...hahaha...ohhhh that was funnyyyy....

32. Getting a postcard from Scotland!

33. Getting a belated birthday card from Uncle Kevin in Texas (random yes. but pretty awesome)

34. KIRSTIN COMING HOME!!!!!!!!!!

35. Having that sleepover and eating pizza the night Kirstin came home.

36. Drivers Ed. I can't nessacarily say this was 'fun' but with Kevin, Drew, Daniel, and David it did get pretty funny. :D

37. The Last couple of days with Christian before he went to Turkey

38. Sean and Steph's wedding. Oh my goodness it was so cute. I had so much fun helping at it!

39. Phineas and Ferb's "SUMMER BELONGS TO YOU"

40. The FAIR! :D

41. Church Picnics :)

42. That crazy hard storm and tornado warnings.

43. We're getting a bunny. :D

44. The fair parade ( I think this counts as a different number)

45. Getting to make new friends over the summer, especially with some of the sophmores and freshmen.

46. One of my friend's sweet sixteen. :) The dancing was amazing.

47. The YOUTH RETREAT! :D

48. That amazing storm at the Youth retreat when it was POURING rain. that was so cool.

49. THE BEACH!

50. Relaxing... (sometimes anyway. )

yes. tell me what you think. :)

Don't know much about History....

Don't know much Biology

Don't know much about a Science book

Don't know much about the French I took

But I do know that I love you

And I think that if you love me too

What a wonderful world this would be...

{Sam Cooke wonderful world}

So that totally doesnt relate to the post (does the title ever?) But life has been good here pretty much.

Here we go.

Friday. CoOp as always. Which was good. Iced Coffee and Muffin morning, good class. Then I had a meeting at Butlers Orchard. :D have I ever said I love my job? I do. It's hard (one of the hardest things I've ever done!) but I love it. I finally got to go on a tour of the whole farm, which was awesome. So many new things, and it's so pretty!

After the meeting, I went to an open house for Jayme and Kirstin's Dad. He became a Colonel! That's a really big deal. :) So I went to congratulate him and talk to their family. It was fun. :D Congrats Colonel Deweber! :D

Then I went to the Women's meeting at church. AH I wish I could right a post for every hour I was there. It was SO incredible! I learned so much and enjoyed fellowship with my sisters in Christ SO much!

Then the next day, another Iced Coffee and Muffing morning. Lots of sugar in the coffee. When we went to the women's meeting that morning, one of the games was asking who had the most sugar in their coffee. Instantly my mom starting laughing and I lowered my head! I put eight sugars in my coffee! but I lost, to a girl who put 20! thats just...gross...

The messages were incredible. Again! I cannot begin to express or explain how much I learned! Then after the conference, I went out to Lunch with my mom, Kiera, Jenn, Mrs Fairchild and Elizabeth and Mrs Kelley. :D YAY! And I totally failed doing what we just learned about. Kiera was irritating me, and instead of thinking "what did Jesus do? How can I do what he did?" I yelled at her. As soon as I did I realized what an idiot I am. This of course, spurred on a wonderful conversation. :D

Then I went to my soccer game. Played hard, regretted eating so close to a game. :P Man it was hot out! Someone's mom brought towels in ice water for us to wrap around our necks when we were on the bench. Which was SO amazing. Then we went home. You know that feeling (most people call it sunburn) when your skin is like on fire and you retain heat? Yeah I had that. Showered. Got ready to go, then got picked up by the Fairchilds to see Chris and Meghan play in their Orchestra. :D

Their Orchestra was incredible, everything was so beautifully played. Chris had a cello solo that blew me away! Well done, Chris and Meghan! You played spectacularly. :)

Then I got to go to Ihop (got lost on the way with Mrs Fairchild in a parking lot! :D ) and have some pancakes and Chocolate Milk with friends, and some members of the Perdue's orchestra too. It was tons of fun! :D

Then I got home. Couldn't sleep. I think it was the worst night of insomnia I have had. I ended up going down to my parents room, waking Mom up (through tears. I was very frustrated.) and she gave me medicine to make me go to sleep. So that was frustrating. But of course after that I slept well. Dad had mercy on me the next day, we were going to go to first service. He let me sleep in and go to second service. Thank you daddy.

At Church I got ALEX AND BRETT HARRIS' NEW BOOK: START HERE! :D :D :D As well as Elisabeth Elliot's book THROUGH GATES OF SPLENDOR! :D :D :D Yes...I'm extremely excited. I already finished Start Here. :D Incredible book. I highly recommend it.

Working on renovations of my Summer Blog. :D Starting back up soon!