OK so Lauren and I being the 12 year olds that we are at times, went and saw the Hannah Montana movie! We actually liked it....a lot. It wasn't bad at all.....though the girl that we purchased our tickets from snickered at us when we told her the movie we wanted to see, we still enjoyed it. The whole point behind this blog and video is to show you the dance that they do in it. Miley/Hannah sings a song called The Hoedown and it has a dance that goes with it. I personally think the dance looks fun so I attached this video for you to see how it's done! Hopefully I will find time to actually learn it :)

Easter 2009

"....and my heart turns violently inside of my chest. I don't have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way HE LOVES US. Oh how He loves us...."

-->WE ARE NEVER THE SAME WHEN WE ENCOUNTER THE LOVE OF GOD.

Well Easter has come and gone once again. But I wanted to touch on the highlights of my day today :)

1.) I woke up to find an Easter basket for me. It consisted of my favorite Easter candy such as butterfinger eggs, a bag of dove chocolate eggs, robin eggs [woppers], reese cups, lifesaver gummies and some other things were thrown in the mix. Then there was the real deal. It was a trifold Disney Princess coloring book. You can color, paint and do games in this thing :) Needless to say the Easter Bunny visited me a little early this year when I got a bike on Friday.....

2.) Of course it was slightly bittersweet for me with there only being one Easter basket and no Trip here to sneak peeks with. When I thought about how I kind of wanted to cry, I just smiled and told myself that he will be home in 2 weeks so no need to be a basket case [haha] yea if you didn't get the humor in that then, um, loosen up a bit :)

YUP moving on......

3.) Mom was able to talk to Trip on the phone this morning before church...lucky

4.) Service was amazing this morning [great job Pastor Tim]

-->"His word is His will and His will is His word. If He says it, He means it!"

5.) We had lunch at Grandma and Grandpa Mayzes house. It was scrumptous as usual. I, of course ate waaaaay too much, it made my biking the day before a little pointless. Oh well.

6.) Mom, Dad and I went to go to Dicks Sporting Goods so I could get some butt shorts, only to get there and find out they were closed. At least we had an adventure for the day.

7.) I made a deal with mom. I told her if she would let me take a nap I would get up before dinner and vacuum the living room and clean off the dining room table for her. She agreed, so I was able to enjoy a 2 hour nap. I was grumpy when I woke up, nothing new there.

8.) I did manage to vacuum the living room, clean the dining room table AND eat about a million butterfinger eggs before the Bauers showed up. In the end eating that candy was a bad idea....my dinner was spoiled, but no worries I prevaled and managed to eat yet another BIG meal making it twice for one day :/

9.) Mom cooked and cooked and cooked, I mean she started cooking YESTERDAY for tonights meal. She means business when she cooks....ha anyways she made an amazing meal that we were able to enjoy with Heidi, Roy, Robbie and Jack.

10.) Mom being the grandma that she is to Jack and Robbie had Easter baskets for them. They LOVED their elmo and cookie monster puppets. And we also learned that the puppets will most likely be BALD by the end of the week because of how much blue and red they shed. Good luck to Heidi with keeping the shedding contained haha.

11.) Mom and I made a bunny cake yesterday that was cute.....until we ate the ears for dessert. The picture gives you a good visual of what I am talking about. I just feel sorry for the poor bunny when we start taking chunks out of his face.

12.) We never took a picture as a family in our Easter outfits. SHOCKER.

13.) Lastly, we learned today that Dad can draw very well :)

What today REALLY boils down to:

Today may have just been another hectic, crazy day in the Holland household but we also celebrated together the Resurrection of Jesus. We had silly moments, serious moments but most of all we had happy moments. I hope you were able to have a great Easter with the people that mean the most to you. I also hope you remember, not just today but EVERYDAY that Jesus did indeed die on the cross for ALL of us. He gave His life for YOU, He was beaten and crucified for YOU. He rose again because He said He would and for that we should be continuously thirsting and seeking after HIM. Thank you Jesus for bringing life more abundantly for all of us.

"For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. "-->Hebrews 4:12

Bicycles, Boobs and Chapstick

SOOOO I haven't blogged in FOREVER. But I have finally found something quite interesting to blog about. Well Heidi and I find it interesting, so I will share it with you :)



I recently decided that I would much rather ride a bicycle for exercise than run. So, Hilary and I decided that we would start biking at school together. With this, I told Heidi about it and she then told Roy and they seemed to get excited for me. The two of them are like professionals or something like that, so they were a lot of help with me getting started. Well, Mom and Dad took me on Friday to get a new bicycle which made me REALLY excited. Heidi and I talked about me going with her and Roy on Saturday [today] to the Riverwalk to ride. Plans were made and I showed up at their house this morning at 10:03 ready for some adventure. Roy had already left, he rode his bike all the way to the Riverwalk and we drove in the car and met him there.

First funny moment of the day: Heidi has a bike rack on the back of her Xterra, so I pulled my bike out of the car and we put it on the rack. Yea, not as easy as it sounds. My bike is the complicated bike [imagine that one] and wouldn't go on as easily as their bikes do. So Heidi and her GENIUS self figured out how to finally get it on there, and even figured out how to strap it. Luckily, we can be laid back people so we just laughed the whole time we were trying to get it on there. It was just one of those moments where you had to be there, because while we are trying to get the complicated bike on the rack, Jack and Robbie are in the car yelling, MOMMY or ASHLYN can you do this or that or this. Haha. Moving on......

We made the stop and dropped Jack off with his grandparents then headed on to the Riverwalk. Roy was awaiting our arrival when we pulled in. We got out and started to unload while Roy started getting the bikes off the back. Being the girls that we are, Heidi and I have to have our Burt's Bees chapstick with us at all times but we were wondering where to put it. Then Heidi has yet another BRILLIANT idea. I looked over and homegirl [Heidi] was sticking her chapstick down her shirt into her bra. I literally laughed out loud and said that was a great idea. Roy on the other hand said she needed to take it out because he wasn't going to let her act like a 50 year old woman by putting things in her bosom hahaha. I then had to remind Roy that my mother isn't 50 yet and she does it all the time, which is probably why Heidi and I think it's all good to put things in our bras. So, Heidi left it right where she put it, and then I put mine in the same place.

The thing that seemed to "bother" Roy the most was the fact that Heidi is evidently starting to act like an "old lady." If he paid the least bit of attention he would realize that our church is full of women storing things in this certain place haha, PLUS the chapstick fit perfectly right where we put it :)

Needless to say, we had a great ride. Robbie really enjoyed it too. We saw a million turtles and the "famous" alligator according to Roy. We ended the adventure by eating some subs and watching Robbie play on the playground and pee on Heidi's car. Hmmm not sure if I was supposed to say that....but it was funny and if you want to know the whole story behind that, ask Roy :)

OH and the lesson learned for Ashlyn today, don't ride the bike without butt shorts haha.