"I Won't Hold It Against You If You Call Me Jack."

Edit: My mom says I sounded fussy in this post. Sorry, didn't mean to come across that way. This post was so long that I didn't actually read over it and edit. :P I'll probably work on that later.

Sorry I haven't updated in FOREVER! Like a month.) There's been illness, a new baby, a wedding in which I was bridesmaid, Daddy's been traveling some, and he also had a birthday and I feel like I've hardly been home lately, and well, there's just been TONS of craziness! There's too much to tell, really, so I'll just write about the biggest thing. The wedding!

I don't like using real names on my blog however, so I'll use initials. My cousin who got married is C.F.H., her new hubby id P.H., the maid of honor, C.F.H.'s best friend is A.W. and N.H. is the other bridesmaid. She is P. H.'s sister.

I hope that made sense...

Things started to get interesting Saturday (Apirl 2nd) evening when I got picked up in N.H.'s car and headed to a hotel with her, C.F.H. and A.W.. At the hotel, we snacked on junk, went searching for forks, watched movies and at one point we went out and hung out around the "hot" tub. We talked about boyfriends (I don't have one...) and I fell into the hot tub at one point, after I'd confidently stated that I wouldn't fall. Hehe. We all of course laughed. :D

Because there were only two beds, I slept with N.H., which wasn't too bad. I mean, if you're gonna sleep in the same bed as someone you hardly know, she wasn't bad at all. A very nice girl and she didn't move too much. I didn't fall asleep until like 3:00 AM. Blame it on Alice in Wonderland and me having my usual hard time sleeping in a strange place. Oddly I was the first up that morning. We had the hotel breakfast. I had fried potato chunks, fruit and a carton of milk because it all looked like stuff I wouldn't be allergic to. Those potato chunks were really good... Anyway, after breakfast an Angel came to do our hair. N.H. and I opted to go ahead and have our hair done there at the hotel, but C.F.H. and A.W. decided to wait until we got to the inn that C.F.H. and P.H. were getting married in.

We got our hair done and then headed over to the inn, where we were given the library as a dressing room. We had lots of people just coming in and out of or dressing room, usually without knocking. kinda weird... Especially since one of the people who kept coming in was a photographer! (Did I remember to mention that the photographer was a guy?) I opted to change into my dress in a bathroom. :P

Photographer guy was pretty nice though. I found out that he hates really huge, ridiculous wedding dresses, he liked that C.F.H. had picked a simple, pretty one. I thought it was nice to know that there are other people who prefer simple dresses!

While getting ready Photographer Due took a picture of me putting on lipstick. That was weird... Said is was one of his more unusual putting on make-p-pictures because I'd just stuck a random mirror on the couch. Libraries don't make good dressing rooms. :P

One completely ready, make up on, dress on, hair up, I didn't recognize myself! I looked like someone else entirely! I usually let my hair stay down, don't wear make up, and do the whole rocker/punk style with clothes, to be all fancy like that was weird! And the dress wasn't as modest as I would've liked... :-/ Oh well, it wasn't too bad...

Anyway, I'll get to the actual wedding part. We lined up, then us bridesmaids realized that we forgot our bouquets, and the maid of honor was missing... We quickly found A.W. and our bouquets though, long before it was our turn to go down the aisle. When my turn came, N.H. and I went with the same guy, as there weren't as many groomsmen as bridesmaids. The guy who was supposed to be best man is a marine, and he got sent to Japan, couldn't return to be in his friend's wedding. :P

I remembered to smile the whole way through, even though the groomsman (A rather nerdy guy) seemed a tad intimidated by N.H, and I, and I wasn't terribly fond of him... When it comes time for the ceremony, being a bridesmaid is simple, just stand there and smile. Your cheeks get sore, but it's still pretty easy, even if the sun is beating down on your bare shoulders. o_O

Anyhow, C.F.H. and P.H. both seemed really excited (although P.H., being a rather shy man also seemed really nervous.) and happy. :) The wedding went beautifully, the only slip up being when the exit music played late, so C.F.H. and P.H. were stuck just kind of staring at the crowd, waiting for the music to play so that they could leave. lol.

It was like 1:00 PM at that point, and none of us had eaten since breakfast at the hotel, so we were all starving when it came time for the after-ceremony pictures. Photography Dude made it as fast and fun as possible. N.H. and I left as soon as possible to go get some food, only to find that we needed a refill on the appetizer! AH! And then just as we were about to be able to get food, we got called inside so that we could be there for the Bride and Groom's grand entrance. Then we were finally allowed to eat! Haha.

Photography Dude ate with my parents and I and the other family at our table because the seat wasn't taken and it was a good vantage point for a photographer. The steak was, um, rare... (In other words it was raw and gross!) And the salmon tasted like salmon, which is to say, not very good... I guess I'm just not into fancy foods... And the fact that I went home and had an allergic reaction did not help my view on these things!

Shortly after the meal, there were speeches, and cake! Momma smuggled in some candy so that we'd be able to have something sweet while everyone else had cake. A.W. wrote up a really sweet speech. The best man just kind of said a few words that could hardly be called a speech though. Ha.

We sent the bride and groom off with bubbles being blown all around, shouted and the clicking sound cameras make.

I wish C.F.H. and P.H. only the VERY best with their new life together! I hope that God works wonderfully with their marriage. :)

I went home exhausted, having fallen asleep at like 3:30 AM and awakened at like 7:30 AM. However, I wasn't sleepy enough to miss out on having a moment of rebellion against girliness. I changed out of that fancy dress into my Kutless T-shirt and my rocker jeans. Ah, much better! I also took my hair down, all those pins were getting painful. Ha, there were enough curls and enough hairspray had been used that I looked like I had poofy 80's hair! I found that really amusing.

Anyway, I'm glad to have been in my cousin's wedding! I'm so glad that she and her new hubby are happy. :)

On a completely different note, I've been searching desperately for new music, as I'm feeling a little bored lately. I want something new, something worth getting excited about! I've actually been having an interesting time with my search for awesome new music, and I have found some pretty good stuff, which only makes me want to find more. Haha, so if y'all know of any good rock bands out there, lemme know! I'll look 'em up! (Don't show me screamo or metalcore bands.)

There's a lot more to say, but anything else must wait for future posts.

God bless!

~Katie K.

(I'll be surprised if anyone can guess the meaning of my post title. lol)

This Is My Adorable New Brother

Yes, I'm Alive

Sorry, I guess my blog has started look look a little dead, life's just been going by so fast. I cannot believe that my new little brother is already over a week old, and yet somehow it also feels like he's always been here. Weird, huh? He's soooo cute!

I hurt my leg today. I was being stupid and bruised it up, both skin and muscle bruises. Mostly muscle bruises, from around my knee down to my ankle. I think I jarred the bone a little too, but that's not so bad now. I walked about a mile to get home though. I could've called for help, but I didn't.

Last Sunday I went to my cousin's bridal shower. It was pretty fun, in spite of hardly knowing most of the people there. And making wedding dresses around people with toilet paper is super fun! :D I wouldn't be very comfortable if someone made a toilet paper wedding dress around me though... lol

This Saturday is Hulk's 10th birthday, that'll be a big one! I remember how big and cool I felt when I turned 10. lol. Also on Saturday, hopefully my aunts and cousins will finally be able to visit! I haven't seen these people in years, actually one of my cousins I've never gotten to meet! I miss them so much!

At the end of this month I've got to be at my cousin's wedding rehearsal. Never been part of a wedding before. This'll be interesting, especially with the rehearsal dinner. We're going out to Olive Garden, which I'd think was lovely, but I'm rather wary of eating out because I seem to be allergic to like 80% of foods out there... Corn syrup and sugar are some the worst allergies! Oh well, there should be something safe. :)

And then in early April there'll be the wedding, and all of the craziness with that, so expect me to be busy! If I don't update much, you'll know why.

God bless!

Katie K.

I HAVE A NEW BROTHER!!!!

The title says it all.

However, there is a story to tell, and I know that everyone is curious, so I'll tell it.

At 4:00 AM this morning, Daddy woke Adam and I up and called us to his room. We were told that he was taking Momma to the hospital, not because she was in labor, (she was in pre-labor, but not actual labor yet.) but because Momma wasn't feeling any movement from the baby when she should've been. And it was kind of scary.

Thankfully after a while she stared feeling movement again. However, they decided to continue on to the hospital to make sure that the baby was okay, and Momma was having blood pressure issues.

And then thank God, they found out that the little guy was just fine. They decided to go ahead and do the c-section. So at 9:03 AM, Friday, March 4th 2011, my little brother (not putting his name on here. Sorry.) was born, weighing a good 10 pounds and 5 ounces.

I went to see him this afternoon. Unfortunately, I cannot post pictures yet because we're leaving the camera at the hospital for now, but he's gorgeous! A head full of hair, the sweetest face with a dimple in his chin and big blue eyes! I'm so glad to have him!

Wildchild was excited about him. He kept messing his toes, and kissing him, and stressing that the baby was his baby. Haha, it was soooooo cute!!

Momma and my new brother will be home in a few days. Both are doing well.

Ah, and there's even more insanity... I'm going to my cousin's wedding shower this Sunday, (I'm a bridesmaid, it's kind of important that I make it!) and on Tuesday probably, we've got all kinds of family visiting, and my older brother is getting a dog. (More on the dog later.)

So yeah, life'll be crazy! It's good though, it's all good. :)

Okay, I might be able to drag this post on longer, but I'm tired, not enough sleep the past couple days and lots of excitement, so I'll just try to give more details later...

God bless!

~Katie K.

Pictures from Winter Jam!

Edit: Alrighty! Got it fixed, I think! Sorry that it didn't work in the first place!

Hey everyone. Small problem, I have forty-seven pictures that I wanna upload. There is nooooo way that I'm sit here and post forty-seven pictures one by one. Thankfully, I made the album I have on Facebook public, so I'll just give you the link and let you see the pictures on Facebook. Winter Jam 2011 Pictures.

If for some reason it doesn't work, let me know! I'll have to figure something else out it doesn't work.

If it does work, lemme know what you think!

God bless!

~Katie K.

Winter Jam!

Went to Winter Jam on Friday! I was originally gonna go with Adam, but things changed so I went with Daddy instead.

We took a train there. I'd never been on a train before. I dunno if I like trains or not... We got there nice and early, and though like 20,000 or 21,000 people showed up, Daddy and I were near the front of the line!! While we waited, three members of Kutless came out! Jeff (drummer), Nick (guitarist) and James (guitarist) brought a few prizes out there with them and did a little game of Kutless Trivia with us fans. I was the first person to get a question right and I won a Kutless T-shirt! After that they wouldn't let me play though, otherwise I would've won more stuff. T-shirt was good enough though! I've been wanting one for ages! I would've had to pay $20 to buy it. And I won it straight from the hands of Kutless! They congratulated me and gave me high fives. And complimented my jeans. Goodness, I think those jeans became famous before I ever got inside! Haha, I'd written all kinds of band names on them and song quotes, the main things on them though was Kutless' name, in their special font and everything. (They've also been signed by both Kutless and Sidewalk Prophets!!) Kutless and all sorts of strangers seemed impressed by them. I wasn't expecting that. lol. I got my picture taken with the members of Kutless too.

Then out came Sidewalk Prophets! They let us sign up to win an awesome Sidewalk Prophets guitar and they posed for pictures with us, and launched T-shirts at us. I unfortunately didn't catch any. (They also complimented my jeans! o_O) And when they started to head back inside, Dave, lead singer for Sidewalk Prophets, gave me a random hug. I didn't mind. lol.

Then it was back to waiting. And waiting. And waiting. We waited outside that door for like an hour and forty minutes! It was sooooo worth the wait! And we got pretty good seats. Not that we used 'em a whole lot. Hehe. Seriously, who sits around at a rock concert?

First artist out was...Not Chris Sligh. It was Jason Castro?! They didn't advertise him as a Winter Jam musician... Oh well, he did fairly well. I don't know anything about him other than the fact that he was on American Idol though.

Next out was Chris August. He started out with his worst song... Then he did some silly song about how he loves candy. He ended with "Starry Night".

The last of the Pre-Jammers came out. Sidewalk Prophets! They only played four songs, but it was awesome!! Predictably passionate. :)

Then came RED, and what a show! They literally fired it up. Kinda smoky in there after they got off stage. They were energetic and really amazing live. Lead singer is short though. He was standing on a platform. At least, he was when he wasn't busy jumping and running around like a (maniac) typical hard rock star. I tell you, he's the only guy I've seen who rivals Jon Micah of Kutless when it comes to height of jumps. (The flames were totally epic!!)

KJ-52 never really did a performance. He just popped up every so often between acts ans gave us something to do while the stage was being cleared and set up again. He's better at working a crowd than he is at rapping for a record. And he convinced over 20,000 people to do stupid dances with him! And shake our hands around in the air in silly ways. I'll humbly admit that that in spite of crowded conditions, I wasn't half bad at dancing KJ style... lol. (Actually, it was a real step down from the dancing I used to do. I used to be a worship dancer.)

Then came Newsong. I'm not a Newsong fan, and I shall continue not to be, but they did have their good moments.

The speaker they had, Tony Nolan, was an a really powerful and passionate and amazing one. You could really connect with him. I can't explain everything he said though... Here's my advice, go to one of the remaining Winter Jam shows and find out for yourself! You won't be sorry! Oh, and when he was leading people in prayer to receive Christ as their Savior, I heard someone behind me repeating the prayer after him! It was amazing! People REALLY get saved at Winter Jam!!

Francesca Battistelli came next. I'll confess that I didn't enjoy her performance much, but I'm not a fan of her music and the poor woman was sick, so it would have been terribly difficult for her to put on a stellar show. She and a couple members of her band played ukuleles at one point...

Then out came the David Crowder band! I'll confess that I wasn't expecting to enjoy them, but I did! They're a band I find kind of annoying on their CDs, but they're pretty fun live! They praise the Lord with energy and really get the crowd into it.

And then... Kutless came out!! I did immensely enjoy their performance, (of course!!) but it wasn't their best ever. I enjoyed the Sanger show more, but that one was more intimate and Kutless was headlining it, so they played more songs then. Anyway, Kutless was really good and I can't wait to see them again!

I think it was after Kutless that we were asked to make a donation to Winter Jam so that they could keep going like they do. I was amongst the people who donated, though I didn't give much. I don't have much money at all. *sigh* Can't wait until I get a job!!

So then the band headlining Winter Jam this year came out. The Newsboys! Wow, the Newsboys are epic live. I wish I could have been down closer for them. They all had these amazing rising platforms, and of course their was Duncan Phillips famous drum platform that turns sideways and spins! I never knew I'd get to see that live, but I did! And it was awesome! It blows my mind that he can play the drums like that.

The one time during the Newsboys show that really drove me insane was when they played "Something Beautiful", I love that song, but Micheal Tait was singing it all wrong! I was singing better than he was!

Oh, and it was during the Newsboys' performance that KJ-52 made one of his appearances. This one wasn't so random as he was doing the rap part of "Jesus Freak".

After the Newsboys finished up, the concert was over, so Daddy and I left to go get autographs. Unfortunately, the place was so packed that Daddy couldn't get the Newsboys authographs, but I got them from Kutless! When at the Kutless table I posed for a pic with the lead singer, Jon Micah, and James remembered me by name from earlier when I had won the T-shirt!! He remembered me! *Happiness*

I got an autograph from Chris August for my older brother, and then we had to leave or risk missing the train home. I really wanted to get autographs from Sidewalk Prophets, Red and Newsboys though... Oh well, It was after 11:00 PM when we left and I hadn't had dinner. I felt kinda yucky as a result. Maybe I can get their autographs at a later date.

We got home at about 12:30 AM, had something to eat, and got to bed at about 2:00 AM. Yikes.

Winter Jam was amazing. I'm soooo glad I went! You should go too if you can! I feel like I left out a lot about my experience at Winter Jam, but it would be hard to get every detail on here.

A post with pictures coming soon!!

God bless!

~Katie

Hey, Guess What!

FRIDAY IS WINTER JAM!!!

I'm excited. :)

I'm gonna get to see Kutless again! (Third time! Wooohooo!!) I'm also gonna see Sidewalk Prophets again! (Second time!) And I'll see the Newsboys! I'll get to see their spinning drum thingy! And I'll also see Red, and Chris August! Oh, and there are a few I'm not excited about, like KJ-52 (BLEEEH!!), David Crowder Band (Ehhh.) and Newsong. Then there are the two I know next to nothing about, Chris Sligh and Francesca Battistelli. I guess I ought to look 'em up and listen to a few songs, I might be pleasantly surprised.

I'm gonna see KUTLESS AGAIN!!!

God bless!

~Katie K.