Dancing with Jesus.

Hi friends!
I'm in a blog-y mood lately.. anyway.
I didn't really plan this blog out, so sorry if it's a little confusing/weird/ramble-ish.

This past Sunday, I went to a community Thanksgiving service for Youth at another church in my town. So I went with my Youth Group, and expected the normal, "Be thankful" service. This sounds dreadful, but I mean, what AM I supposed to expect? But I was also really excited, because my Youth worship band was performing (woot woot!).
Long story short, the band did an AMAZING job (as always), and so after they performed, came skits and dances people were doing.
The skit/dance that one group performed REALLY stuck out for me. It was portraying a girl, and in the start, she's dancing with Jesus. And through out the dance, she was torn away from her dance with Christ because she was tempted by sinful things. Bad relationships with boys, stealing, and many more, and the last one was taking a gun to her head and commiting suicide. But the part that brought tears to my eyes (I'm not a cryer, so it's a pretty big deal when I cry. ;P), was she threw down the gun, and tried to run back to Jesus. (He was on the other side of the stage, and the sinful things were on the side she was on. So she was kinda stuck.) So she through the crowd, being pulled at and beated by the sinful things, but guess what? She made her way back to Jesus. (That's when I cried...) At the end, all the evil things died, (fell over.) and she was dancing with Jesus.
I kinda love the expresssion I just made up (ha). "Dancing with Jesus".
I think our relationship with Christ is constantly up and down. Very few people (so it seems) have a perfectly stable relationship with Christ. (Or anyone, for that matter.)
Our relatoinship with Christ can sometimes be compared to a girl who is in love; and when she is unsure of the relationship, takes a flower and plucks the petals, saying "He loves me," with one, and the next saying "He loves me not".
Like I said, our relationship with Christ is constantly up and down. We are constantly (I've used that word a lot in this blog post..) questioning, weather "He loves me" or "He loves me not".

When we are on a high, "He loves me", we feel great. We want to be all about Him.

But, when we are on a low, "He loves me not", we can easily run to things of this earth that are NOT good. (Ring any bells here?) We think God isn't with us anymore, so we have to look toward sin to kind peace. We want it to be all about us.

Fact of the matter is, God loves us NO MATTER WHAT. Period. The end.
The problem is, we don't always believe it. In the society we live in, 2011, it is SO easy to look toward sin instead of God.
It seems to me sometimes that all I hear about, weather through the news, Facebook, WHATEVER, it's just about someone going the wrong direction. As in, going toward the sinful side of the stage, rather than where Jesus is on the other side. (Again with the, ringing any bells?) Sometimes I feel like all I hear about is sin. Even if I comment on their post on facebook saying, "Hey, you should look up, -reference to a verse-. I'm praying for you." or something on those lines, (Even if I spend 15 minutes typing something out,) why does it seem sometimes it's not enough? Why won't my words shake their heart?
And I've come to realize, that I can put my ALL into someone, and they may never change. Not saying I'll give up, but sometimes it's all God's will. I just have to say what I think He wants me to say, and leave the rest up to Him.

Wait, where is this blog going? I'll try to get back to my point..

Point is, temptation is only a step away from you. Like, seriously. Take one wrong turn, and your life could forever be changed.
I should probably say, "I don't mean to scare you", but I DO. I want this to scare you. Because SIN IS SCARY. No doubt about it. There's NOT ONE GOOD THING ABOUT SIN. We need to walk to the other side of that stage. To Jesus. To peace, to love, to comfort, to eternal life.

Deuteronomy 6:5 says,
And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

It sounds like a command, of which it is. But, God wouldn't command us to do anything that wouldn't benefit us, would He? A parent doesn't say, "Bob, (yes, Bob.) go throw an orange at that tree over there." Now that sure isn't benefitting Bob's life, now is it? (Plus, it's wasting fruit.)
Basically, loveing Christ is the best thing that we could ever do. Period. End of story. Kay thx bye.

I'll leave you with this - What petal are you on? A, "He loves me", or a "He loves me not"?
I'm praying that you're on a "He loves me".


Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control,
-Allie.

This is what I believe.

Hey y'all!
Okay, so this isn't a really uplifting note to start on with this blog, but I'm cutting right to the chase.

A few days ago, I found out someone I know, of whom was a Christian, is now an athiest.

I was heartbroken, sad, mad, upset, confused, and about 8,000 other things that I won't go into.

I don't want to go into many personal details about this person, but I know her family will be greatly upset. I mean.. if you lived in an all Christian home, and one of your children decided God wasn't true anymore, what would you think?

But do you know what the sadest part about this situation in my opinion, is? She is happy. Yes, you heard me. She is happy without God.

This was the part the struck me the hardest: How can you be HAPPY WITHOUT GOD?!?!?!??! Honestly, I cannot answer this question. Other than, you would be putting your own earthly wants, than what path God has planned for you. Going down your own route. Ditching God, and saying: "Hey! The earth seems pretty cool without You - see ya!"

Sounds pretty stupid, huh? I agree.

Now, I don't want you to think I'm dissing this person, because I'm not. She knew (and said) she was going to get A LOT of different opinions on her decision, so I'm just voicing my opinion.

Okay, now to get to the root of this blog: Why am I writing this?

1. It's a good therapy session for me.

2. I think this will encourage you.

3. This is a spiritual lesson for me. (And hopefully you, too.)

So, how is this a spiritual lesson?

Well, if you aren't already by now, I've questioned what I believe because of this (sad) situation.

Question to self (and you, too): What do I believe?

I'll go over what I believe..

I believe God is alive, and working every detail about each of our lives. (Period.)

I belive God cares about us, and only wants the best for us. So, that simply requires us to believe in Him. Because happiness just isn't going to happen without Him.

I could literally go on for hours about what I believe, but at some point NewReleaseTuesday will probably get annoyed at the length of my blog posts..

I find it odly convenient that one of my favorite artists, Aaron Shust, just came out with an (awesome) new album, called "This is what we believe".

The chorus goes:

"Truly this Man is the Son

The Son of God

Who takes away the sins of the world

This Man is the Lamb

The Lamb of God

Who takes away the sins of the world

This is what we believe"

Yep, that pretty much sums up what I believe. Now, I'm not saying this is what you believe - I've learned my lesson that I cannot say what other people believe. I know what I believe. That is a fact. Now, what do YOU believe?

I would LOVE to hear what you guys believe - weather we share the same things in common that we believe or not, I'd love to hear what you all have to say. (Comment below!)

Until next time, my friends. Hope you have a nice Thanksgiving! (Hey, I haven't made a thanksgiving-y blog yet.. I'll get on that..)



Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness. faithfulness, gentleness and self-control,

-Allie.

My 80's Self!!!

Hey y'all! I recently went to a costume party, and I went as an 80's person. ;) Sorry I'm awesome.
-Allie.

Uhh.. Woah.

Hi friends!
Wow. Today has been a day like no other. Long story short, my sweet 1 1/2 baby sister grabbed a curling iron today, and burned the stew out of her hand. She was rushed to the ER by my Mom and Aunt, and I was left at home with the rest of my family. I must say, I haven't felt THAT low in a while. I was really scared for my baby sister's health. Taking into account I didn't know 100% of the story, I didn't even know if she would be okay. I just repeated over and over in my head, "God, PLEASE make her better". Over and over and over. And over. (You get the idea)
I'll go ahead and tell you she's fine, just so you won't break a sweat. ;) She has some bad blisters on her hand, but she's fine otherwise.
But after I got the phone call that she was okay, it was like a HUGE burden had been lifted. I barely even had anything to do with it, (I'm just sorta hard on myself, so I kind of take the blame for everthing.. But we won't get into that today.) but I just felt like this huge worry was gone.
Have you ever had a day like that? Weather it was just from a little thing or a big one, when something is lifted, it feels SO GOOD to not be sitting in a puddle of worry.
Lets back up a little for a sec, so I can hit the highlights of this blog - My prayer. PLEASE make her better. Over and over..
After I prayed that prayer, I tried to remind myself of what my small group leaders at church had talked about in our lesson. We talked about a man who got robbed, (I can't remember the details of who he was, just some dude in some book..) but rather than being sad for his loss, he looked on the bright side of things. One of the things he said, was "I'm thankful I was not the one robbing someone else". Amoung a list of other things, that one hit me the hardest. But anyways, my point is, after I prayed that prayer, I tried to make a list of things to look on the bright side about (to keep myself from crying, because I didn't wear waterproof mascara). Here are a few I came up with:

She didn't die.
She only has a couple blisters, and not a HORRIBLE burn.
If didn't fall on her face.
It will heal quickly.

Though these are the only ones I remember, I came up with a few more, but I can't really remember them. Point is, perhaps the next time you're in a bad situation, you could make your "Thankful list".

Now, onto my other point: Coming to Jesus with our burdens.
One of my FAVORITE verses, Matthew 11:28, says:
Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest."
(Time for an Aaron Shust refrence..)
The first time I heard this song, was years ago, when I went to my very first concert EVER, an Aaron Shust concert. Needless to say, I was excited. (Since Aaron Shust is my favorite artist ever...) So his song, "Come to me", was one of the songs he sang. Since then I always like humming it, because it was catchy and what-not, but the lyrics never really sunk in until recently. I absolutely LOVE how Jesus says it. He just says, "Come". When you have heavy burdens, and are weary, and your baby sister is in the ER and you're about to have a nervous break-down, all you gotta do is, come.

So I'll go ahead and wrap this puppy up. Blessings to y'all in the coming Thanksgiving-ness season, and remember:
Make your Thankful list,
and all you gotta do is come.

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulnes and Self-Control,
-Allie.

SWITCHFOOT!!!!!

Hey y'all! Since it's going to take me about 10 years to upload all of the Celebrate Freedom pictures, here's a sneak peak. These are all of my favorite Switchfoot shots. (So basically my favorite shots from Celebrate Freedom, haha)
Zoom in on your computer's, and look closely. They rock. ;) (I hate to brag.. But not really.)
Enjoy!

-Allie.

I LOVE the way You hold me. (I wrote this before Celebrate Freedom, FYI.)

Hiya peeps!

I hope you've enjoyed your summer. I must say; for me, God has really made this one a great one. Though there were ups and downs, I REALLY think God used this summer for great things to come in my life. I know this sounds kinda corny, but.. I think I've really changed as a person, comparing myself from this summer to last summer. I don't really know how to describe it, but I just think I've really grown spiritually, and grown alot closer to God. I started going to my Youth Group at my church (I was an AWANA leader prior to that), which I think played a big part of it.

ANYWAYS. This really has nothing to do what I was going to blog about, but it's actually turning out to be a pretty good post anyway, haha.

Now, on to the topic I was going to bring up..

Isn't it awesome how God uses little (or big) things in our lives that just make us happy?

A couple months ago, I wrote a blog called "This is the stuff You use" (or something like that..), talking about how God uses things that occour in our lives that we don't like; but uses it for the better in the end. But now I'm talking about the stuff that is just awesome all-around.

I'm going to a concert this Saturday, and I am PUMPED. I won't go into all the details, but I must say, I am EXCITED. ;) And a bunch of other little things just over the past couple weeks (of which I won't go into, just because they're just little things and there's alot of them), but it just seems that God is REALLY putting these happy things in my life for a reason.

Now you don't think I just wrote this blog to talk about how happy I am, do you? Well, sorry, there's always a question to ask or lesson to learn when I post a blog. ;)

When something awesome/good/fantastical happens to you, do you thank God for it?

I've been wanting to write this blog post for a while, but I hadn't really gotten a chance to really sit and do it for a while. But I started really thinking about it, after my Youth Pastor brought this same subject up. I could go on and on about how many things he's said that have made me REALLY think/question myself, but I shan't, since that would be about a houndred posts into one. ;P But anyway. When he brought this subject up, he kept saying: "Do we thank Him?" (Not his exact words I don't think, but I'm doing my best here.) This really got me thinking, since I was kinda-of on a happy-streak. When DO I thank Him? DO I thank Him??? When I really, REALLY thought about it, I do thank Him for some things. But I truely don't thank Him enough. I mean, there is no way I could count the things He's done for me.

As I'm writing this blog post, I'm listening to the PERFECTLY appropriate song for this post. The song "Hold Me", by Miss Jamie Grace, (featuring TobyMacster himself. ;))

I shall share the lyrics she is singing:



"Oh, I love the way You hold me, by my side You’ll always be

You take each and every day, make it special in some way

I love the way you hold me, in Your arms I’ll always be

You take each and every day, 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"



Now isn't this perfect? This song COMPLETELY describes how I've been feeling lately. Thanks Jamie! :)

Now, to wrap up this blog post:

When do you thank Him for ALL He does for you? Big or small? Not so fun stuff, or fun stuff?

Oh, this brings up a good point: (So much for wrapping this blog post up, haha)

We SHOULD thank Him weather we have AWESOME things happen, or not so awesome things.

WE SHOULD PRAISE HIM FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES!!!! ALL THE TIME!!!!!

No matter the situation, HE IS HOLDING YOU!!!!!

Isn't that amazing? No matter what we are going through, happy or sad, hard or easy, God KNOWS how you are feeling. AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU!

And now, back to what I was saying at the beginning: HE NEED TO THANK HIM FOR ALL HE DOES! Do you see how much He does for us, and how little we REALLY do for Him?

So, now to finally wrap this thing up.

In the coming fall weeks, know I am praying for all of you, and we should THANK HIM for ALL He does. EVERYTHING.

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control,



-Allie.

WE Are The Body.

Hiya peeps!
It's been a while.. Hope you've all been well. :)
ANYWAYS, now onto my blog post.
Last night at church, my (AWESOME) youth pastor talked about The Body of Christ. Conveniently, the night prior I had just rad the same scripture as he shared, so my mind had sorta already been on the same subject. ANYWAYS, time to share we he shared:

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.


Long passage, but SUCH a crucial, nessisary-to-read, awesome one.
Since my awesome Youth Pastor always breaks the verses up, and hits the "points" he wants to talk about, I'll do the same.
Lets start with the first verse, shall we? It reads: "Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ". We, as Christians, are ALL a part of The Body of Christ.
Can we just go over this for a minute?
WE ARE CHRIST'S BODY. Do we ACT like we are doing the works of HIS body?! I can safely say, though it saddens me, I at least do not always act like I'm part of The Body of Christ. We as humans, we NEVER be perfect. Period. Christ is the ONLY perfect thing. Like, ever. (This making sence?)
On to the next couple verses..
"For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many."

This is saying again, the same point, we are ALL parts of The Body. I love verse 14, that the body is made up of MANY parts, not just one. We cannot be the body of Christ alone. It's just not going to happen. We ALL as Christians NEED to unite, as ONE BODY. (This might sound corny, but it's the truth!)
Verse 15, says:
"Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body."

I love how my Youth Pastor put this verse. He explained, that just because "I can't do this", or "I'm not good at that", doesn't mean you're not part of the body of Christ. We are ALL blessed with a unique spiritual gift, (How my youth pastor put it,) ''Weather you're the crossing guard, or the Pastor of a Church, doesn't mean you aren't serving the body of Christ'' (Not his exact words, but I try.). No matter the importance of your job may seem here on earth, it is equally important.


Now, as I'm reading back at this blog post, I began to think: Why am I posting this blog post?
Honestly, I didn't really think of why.. The only explanation I could come up with, was this:
This topic was something that really hit me hard. I could go on and on about this passage, just because there are SO many good points it brings up.
But the bottom line, is this:
We are all part of the body. No matter what. And as verses 21-26 state, WE ALL NEED EACH OTHER. God created us to build each other up, and spread His wonderful news!

What we are: Bringing each other down. Too much.
What we SHOULD be doing: Building each other up. BECOMING ONE.

So, I'll go ahead and wrap this thing up, and simply state, that we need each other. And lets come together, and MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness and Self-Control,
-Allie.

I haven't posted anything since JULY?!?! I disgust myself.

Hi peeps!
This is the second time I've written this blog post, so I'll just make it short and sweet. ALOT has happened lately, such as:
CELEBRATE FREEDOM,
Youth Group fun-ness,
CELEBRATE FREEDOM,
Wrote a couple songs (since I'm an award winning songwriter, and all that.)
CELEBRATE FREEDOM,
and bunches more!
I have a few blog posts from NewReleaseTuesday that I've written (and just forgotten to post here), so hopefully that will keep y'all entertained until I can write about the other events in my life. :) (Mostly Celebrate Freedom..)
Peace out, my homies!

-Allie.

Cute Cousins

Hey friends! :)
I made these collages of Audrey and Silas, and thought ya'll might like to see them. Silas' is of Jan '09 to present. Audrey's is of March '10 to June '11. (I didn't have room for July, haha.) Anyways, enjoy! :)
-Allie.

Make Your Move. (PS, I'm alive!)

Hey guys! It's been a while. ;)(I'm alive, huzzah!)

Hope you're all enjoying your summer.

Thus far, my summer has been great. Though it wasn't in the summer, earlier this year I went to a "Make Your Move" concert, featuring Third Day ("Make Your Move" is one of Third Day's songs, from their new AMAZING album "Move".), Tenth Avenue North, and Trevor Morgan. Prior to the concert, I was PUMPED. Tenth Avenue North is my favorite, and I couldn't wait to see them (And TM and 3D) live. And at the concert, I was TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY. Like, seriously. But one part of the concert (other then Mac waving at me, the awesomeness, etc.) really stuck with me. The theme of the entire tour. "Make Your Move". During Third Day's performance, Mac Powell was talking about what the theme means to him/the whole band, and I thought to myself: "What am I doing to Make My Move?"

I know, I talk about this kind of stuff alot. But I mean, it's a REALLLYYY important subject! Making Your Move is the REASON we (should) live!

One (actually two, but anyway.) of my very favorite verses, John 15:16-17, says:

"You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, usuing my name. This is my command: Love each other."

Pretty powerful stuff, right there. I was actually just flipping through the New Testament a while back, and stopped in the book of John. I was just looking at some of the verses, and these verses totally stuck for me. Those words: "You didn't choose me. I chose you." COMPLETELY put a new perspective on what I was doing at the time. God chose ME to be His servant. God also chose YOU to be His servant. And in verse 17, the answer to SO many problems in this messed up world, is sitting right in front of you. "Love each other.". 3 of the simplest, most powerful words one could use. Though "love" is a word that SO many of us use, so frequently, it kills me how lost this world is when it comes to love. This world is CRYING out for love. (I know it sounds dramatic, but it's true, people.) It's amazing to me how easy it is to love ourselves, but how hard it is to love others. As sinful people, we really can't love others without Jesus in our lives. I mean, we can say we love someone, but (in my opinion) you can't even know what love IS untli you know Jesus. Jesus is love. This is why Jesus tells us to LOVE. So we may grow closer to Him, and be more like Him.

So, love each other.

Jesus loved you, so He made His move.

As Third Day would would say, "Make Your Move".

-Allie.

THE WORLD IS ENDING MAY 21ST!!!!!!!! .....Not.

Hi friends. :)I'm sure most of you have heard, that everyone thinks Jesus is coming back this Saturday, the 21st. If you are a believer, (which I hope you are,) you know that no one can predict the year, month, day, hour, minute, or second our Savior will return to take us home. So basically, it's all un-true. Personally, it highly offends me that ANYONE would have the NERVE to even THINK that they could predict such an event. It SPECIFICALLY says, in The Bible, NO ONE can predict it. I mean, how much more specific can you get?! It just flat out disgusts me that ANYONE would think such a thing. I mean, who are we, to QUESTION GOD'S WORD?!?! We, as sinners, have ZERO authority as to predicting when Christ shall return. For me, personally, this whole "2012" hooplah has gotten my mind alot more on Christ's return. But obviously, there is no way we can predict it. I mean, it could happen at ANY time. It could happen in 2,000 years, or it could happen 5 minutes from now. Thinking about the rapture, has ALOT to do with trust. I, myself, plan ahead. (Probably too much.) It isn't scary in the aspect that we know, EXACTLY, what's going to happen. The only slightly scary part, is not knowing when. I, myself, as a believer, give myself to God. I am His servent. And I want to do as much as I can, to spread The Word, before His return. And not knowing when the rapture is, really puts on the pressure for me. Jesus could return tomorrow. Would I have made a difference? So, that is my main goal in life. To MAKE that difference. No matter when Jesus returns. Now, question time. What is YOUR main goal in life? If Jesus came back tomorrow, would you have made a difference?
Well, thanks for listening to me ramble, yet again. :P
I'll blog again soon!
-Allie.

Trust You.

Hi friends! :) So, life has alot to do with trust. When you go on a car ride with one of your friends, you have to trust them that they will drive safely. If you order a coke at Taco Bell, you have to trust that they didn't put anything poisonous in your drink (okay, now my examples are just getting weird. I'll move on.). My point is, trust is a major part of life. Most importantly, we have to trust Jesus that he knows what's planned for our future. I've gone through some things in my life, where I wish I knew why something happened, or what's going to happen. But, the ONLY thing I can do, is trust Jesus. There isn't a thing in the world I could do to be in COMPLETE control. Only Jesus is in control of my life (and everyone else's.). Trust me, there are times I wish I could control what is going to happen. But I just have to let it go, and be at peace knowing that Jesus is in control, and he knows what is best for my life. One of my very favorite songs, is by Brandon Heath, and it's called "Trust You". The chorus goes, "I'm not gonna fight You anymore, I'm not gonna try to lock the door, You took Your life, and gave my Yours, there's no reason why, I shouldn't trust you with mine.". Those words really hit home for me. There isn't one reason in the entire world that I shouldn't trust Jesus. Not one! I could make up excuse after excuse, but there is no legit reason that I shouldn't give myself to Jesus. Alright, now for the question portion of my sermon. Do you trust Jesus? Do you know, that EVERY worry you have, is useless? Because JESUS IS IN CONTROL. He knows what is best! Over time, I've gotten better at trusting Jesus. And I hope you have, or will, too. ;) Thanks for listenting to me ramble.
-Allie.

Huzzah for me!

Hey friends! So, since I'm awesome, I finally decided to upload a video to my youtube thingy-ma-bober. ;) It's of Tenth Avenue North at the concert - I highly recommend you take a peak. :) Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/AshFromNarnia?feature=mhum
Enjoyness! :D
-Allie.

Make Your Move Concert! Third Day, Tenth Avenue North, and Trevor Morgan.

Hey friends! :D So, I recently went to a Third Day/Tenth Avenue North/Trevor Mogan concert with Daddy... AND IT WAS FLIPPIN' OFF THE CHAIN! (I feel very TobyMac-ish saying "off the chain".. Anyways.) Here are the best shots of the night. :) Hope you enjoy!
Who the pictures are of: (from top to bottom) First 3 pics are of Third Day. #4 is when Third Day came up to the mini stage RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. (No zoom, mind. Yes, I could almost feel them sweat.) #5 is Third Day w/ Lead singer of Tenth Avenue North, Mike Donehey. #6-#10 are of Third Day. #11-#15 are Tenth Avenue North. And the last two are of Trevor Morgan. Enjoyness. ;)

-Allie.

Attempt at posting a video.

Hi friends. :) I decided that I would try to post a video. If it doesn't work, just click the link, and you can watch it from there. :) But hopefully it'll post. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJtKdjaH2nY

Dirty trick..

Hi friends! I just want to let you know-Switchfoot ISN'T actually breaking up. I'm evil, so I made it up for April Fools day. (BUHAHAHA.) If they actually did, I would never speak again. :P Or something on those lines. So, it WAS NOT TRUE. Just to clear things up. ;)

-Allie.

ACTUAL news.

Hi friends! Okay, I'm just going to cut to the chase. I AM GOING TO A TENTH AVENUE NORTH (!!!!) / THIRD DAY CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I. Am. So. EXCITED!!!!!!!!! It's going to be flippin' trippin' OFF THE CHAIN! (Ha, new expression.) I cannot wait!!!!! It's going to be RAD! :D (Also another new one.) So, I'll post pictures after the concert. ;) Tell you how it went. All that jazz. I'll blog again soon! :) Oh, by the way, the picture above is of (left to right) Third Day, me being REALLY excited, and Tenth Avenue North. ;)

-Allie.

News.

Hi friends. It really and truely breaks my heart to say this, but I recently found out that Switchfoot is quitting the music industry. Honestly, I don't know how to feel. So, lets start from the beginning. Obviously, Switchfoot is my favorite band. And, I was super pumped because I heard they were coming out with a new album. But, they said on Twitter today, that they will not be releasing it, nor any other new albums. They said they've had enough of music, touring, and all that. They said they are going to be living in San Diego, and will be not doing music anymore. To say the least, I'm heartbroken. I hardly know what to say. So, yeah.

-Allie.

By the way, HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY. :)

New photography!

Hey friends! Here are some new pics I've taken here and there. Enjoy. ;)

-Allie.

Oh yeah, I have a blog..

Hi friends! Sorry I kinda died for a while there. I've been busy. :P Hope ya'll have been well. Well, I'll hopefully blog again soon (this was just the: "I'm alive" post.). Ta ta. ;) -Allie.

New blog!

Hey peeps! GUESS WHAT? I made a new blog! It's a blog all about Christian Music-so ya'll should check it out. ;) (I haven't updated it lately, but I'll get on that.) Here's the link: www.starswillfalllikerain.blogspot.com So, enjoy. :D
-Allie.
PS,
Please keep in mind I will still blog here. No, I am not forgetting about good 'ole AllieBama. I just like to ramble about music. So I dedicated a blog to it.

Photography.

Hey peeps! Here are a few pictures I've taken through-out the last few months, and then edited on http://www.picnik.com/ (I feel like a picnik commercial.) Enjoy. ;)

-Allie.

"Ladies, the final rose tonight."

Hey friends! Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. So, as most of you probably know, The Bachelor, Brad, chose his person Monday. And he chose Emily. FINALLY! THE GUY GETS ONE BRAINCELL IN HIS HEAD! HUZZAH!!! So, I hope all goes well with Brad and Emily. (And Ricky.)
So, that concludes my Bachelor blady-hoo until next season. I'll blog again soon!
-Allie.

When I'm famous..

Hi peeps! So. Most people (girls/women) these days that are famous, usually smile with their mouth closed (especialy Christian Music people.). So. Since I'm without a doubt going to be famous (?) in the future, I want to practice having a 'closed mouth smile (as I call it.)'. So far, it hasn't gone very well. I have about a ZILLION pictures of myself, with the closed mouth smile, and I look like I want to kill someone. (No joke, folks.) So yeah. I know what your thinking; "Allie, you have a beautiful smile! You don't need to work on a new one." Okay, people, I appriciate the kindness, but my smile is just NOT happenin'. I mean, when I'm famous I don't really want all my crookedy teeth showing. Again, I know what your thinking; "Allie, you don't have crooked teeth! Your teeth are beautiful!" Okay. Get real, people. My teeth are just... Flat out bad. So, when I'm famous, I want to be prepared incase my teeth never straighten themselves out. SOO ANYWAYS. Above, is my very first successful closed mouth smile picture! HUZAHHH! I can make it when I get famous! WOO! So if I can just look EXACTLY like this for my band photo's, I'll be set. ;) So, thanks for listening to me ramble on about my smile.
-Allie.

The Tip of the day.

Hi peeps! Time for the tip of the day. And the tip of the day is... Smile. I'm smiling. Sean is smilling. (As shown above.) So, smile. That was the tip of the day. ;) Thank you for your patronage.

Me. :P

Hi peeps! Here is a pic of myself from '70's night at AWANA. ;) Enjoy my cute-ness. (Ha.)

-Allie.

Aww!

Hi peeps! This is a picture I edited of Audrey and Myself. Thought it would make ya'll cry. ;) I'll blog again soon!

-Allie.

Times.

Hey peeps! Today, I decided I won't ramble. I am just going to post a song. The song is called 'Times' by Tenth Avenue North. This song takes my breath away everytime I hear it. Its incredible. So PLEASE. Watch the video. Like, seriously. I will love you forever. Anyway, thanks for reading. The pic above is of Tenth Avenue North's CD cover, 'Over and Underneath'. (This song is on that album.)

-Allie.

http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAVHeVDML5k

SAY WHAT ABOUT OPRAH?!

Hey peeps! So, I just heard about Oprah. Didn't you hear? She's going Vegan. And making ALLL her staff and what-not go Vegan with her. SHE IS FLIPPIN' CRAZY is all I have to say. I, myself, could NEVERRRRRRRRR go vegan. Vegetarian maybe, but NOT vegan. That means no pasta, no cheese, no cake, no joy in life. (Just kidding.) I mean, come on. VEGAN?! They should call themselves 'Rabbits'. Not Vegans. I mean, I like my veggies. (Especialy Veggie Tales, as shown above.) But seriously. Eating veggies ALL DAY EVERY DAY?! I WOULD DIEEEEEEE. Die. Die. Die. Like, literally. I would die of starvation. I don't like very many veggies... So yeah. I'm not going Vegan any time soon. Would any of you go vegan? If so, good luck with that.
-Allie.

"Chantal L (Yes, there is MORE THAN ONE Chantal.), will you accept this rose?"

Hey peeps! So. I'm sure some of you watch the show, "The Bachelor". Dumbest. Show. Ever. Anyways. Yes, I happen to watch it. Why, you ask? Because there is never anything else on TV. ANYWAY. If you are watching this current season, 'Brad' is the current Bachelor. Personally, I'm not a fan of him. He has a THERAPIST PEOPLE. Is that not an indication that MAYBE you WOULDN'T want to date him?! And really, the idea of the show is just wrong. It's one dude dating 8,000 CRAZY girls. How creepy is that?! He makes out with any girl he finds. CREEEPERRR. So this season, there is this girl, named Michelle. Am I the ONLY one that think's she's OUTTA HER MIND?! She's like, CRAZAYZY. She's like: "Brad is MINEEEE. And I'll elbow whoever gets in my way! -elbow thrust-" How creepy is that?! I would say, DUMP HER, BRAD. So, this season isn't really looking up, in my eyes. Most of them are crazy. Anyways. Here's hoping the dude get's a brain cell and picks someone decent. Thanks for listening to me ramble. ;P I'll blog again soon!
-Allie.

"Fail."

Hey peeps! As some of you may know, the term "Fail" is quite popular these days. For example: If you mistakenly spelled something wrong on lets say...Facebook. And then someone commented and said: "Fail.". Thats the definition that is popular these days. So, last night, I started thinking about the meaning of the word, 'fail'. And it was right when I was about to go to bed, so I then read my Bible (as I always do before I go to bed.). And the verse I read every night (Psalm 33:18) says: "But The Lord watches over those who fear Him; those who rely on His unFAILing love." In case you didn't already notice, the word "Fail" is in that verse (in a different form.). And look what it says..."Unfailing love.". Those words really stood out for me-Unfailing. Doesn't EVER fail, EVER. Thats some pretty powerful stuff! In Brandon Heath's song, "Love Never Fails", it talks about love. (First verse, and chorus:) "Love is not proud. Love does not boast. Love after all, matters the most. Love does not run. Love does not hide. Love does not keep locked inside. Love is the river that flows through, Love NEVER fails you." Some pretty great stuff. No matter what we do, what we say, love never fails. God never fails. How amazing is that?! God is like, BEYOND generous. Can you imagine being in His situation? If your son (or daughter) came to you, had done some TERRIBLE things, would you still love him? God would. There isn't any bigger love then that. So in the new year, keep love in mind. Because: "Love never fails you."

-Allie.

(Ps, the pic above is a picture I edited on picnik.)

HAPPY NEW YEARRRRR! (Even though I'm late. Oopsy.)

Hey Peeps! HAPPY NEW YEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Sorry I'm a little late...I've been busy lately. ;P Hope ya'll had a great year-2010 was DEFINITELY the best year of my LIFE. Year in review:

January-Bed rest...Sat on the couch.

February-More bed rest. More sitting.

March-Audrey was born!

April-Took care of the Fluff-a-roozy. ;)

May-More Fluff-a-roozy.

June-Even more Fluff-a-roozy!

July-Fluff-a-little-roo. ;)

August-Family came to visit, Yay! Got the worst ear infection ever, boo.

September-CELEBRATE FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My birthday, Shaun Groves concert, AWESOMENESS!

October-Lots of stuff....Fun fun fun. ;D

November- AARON SHUST-Big Daddy Weave-Andy Kirk concert. WONDERFULNESS!

December-Christmas, family, holla!

Well, it was a great year. ;) Wishing ya'll have a great one!

-Allie.