First Day of School!

Like, in my whole life. Seeing as we never had a Summer break from school while I was homeschooling, this was my first first day of school...college level. UAFS baby. The day started off purty good--before I left the house that is. Once I got there I circled around a zillion different parking lots for literally 20 minutes (at least). I finally found something, so we can all praise the good LORD that I'm not STILL out there driving around with ear steam fogging up my windshield. But, I was already late. So I call my mom that I found a parking place and whine for a bit, getting madder by the second. By the time I called...

this handsome fella, I was screaming mad and had no clue where I was (since I had parked approximately 19 miles away from school). But luckily for this mess of a princess, the knight was nearby to find me and dash to the rescue, accompanied by his trusty sense of direction! I stopped by bawling and he showed me that I was in the same state as the college after all, then went riding off into the sunset (AKA math class).

All good right? Not quite. When I actually got into a building I realized....I was wearing my prescription sunglasses and had left my real glasses in my car back in Mississippi! Great. So I spent that class time either blind as a bat, or in a dark room when I had to read the slides up on the wall. Oh boy. The teacher from that class made us all take as much toilet paper as we would need for a three day camping trip and then tell something about ourselves for each square we pulled. I still have it cuz we didn't get to my turn, but I did learn someone very useful to stay away from based off the information they gave...yikes.

Then I get out and ok, I need my real glasses for serious. So, knight in shining armor comes dashing in once again to show me where I parked my car while I looked about and hoped I could remember in a couple hours.

Then off to drawing class. Purty fun! But there are no chairs, so it was kinda awkward. But I did meet two girls who shared my major and had some of the same classes as me. Both freshman. One I met and kinda hooked up with at student orientation and she's real sweet, and the other seems nice too.

Then I went and found my car (yes, for real), got nice and lost, then went home. I think it's just mandatory that I take a scenic, roundabout way and then go home, since I find a different route every time. Oh well.

I got some homework done when I got home, and got all ready for my first second day of school. Which is...tomorrow. Must go to bed! Byebye now!

"Yeah, we just thought we'd get together and graduate...it's just something we do"

The title is a quote from Beraseth (it's her name backwardish, those of you that know her say it out loud and work it out verbally who it is :P), isn't it lovely? BELIEVERS is having their biggest class of all time, and I'm proud to be graduating with this set of the most beautiful people God has made. Oh don't believe that they are? Well, check THIS out...

All us gals...Chyn, Kris, Manah Hahan, Beraseth, Britter, Emy and me

10! :D

And the guyz...Ethanator, Skeeter, Lukey, Cabe, Landypants, Teej, Micah, Mimi, 3ring, and Jake

All of us! Count us...17! :D

The epic jump :)

Me and my Emy

The tornado kick. Daddy and the Mighty Wordsmith had a little fun afterward with shots like these, and this one turned out just COOL.

So you see? Flat-out GOOD LOOKIN peoples huh? No, I'm sorry, I'm not giving out numbers for anyone. There are a zillion more pics of this shoot and I can't pick my favorites even! If anyone is interested in seeing pics of us as little childrens and taking pics of us in dorky hats looking great, come watch the ceremony! :D

Priceless

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80668817

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d80389071

Expert Analysis

Tommorow we have gym day and I'll probably post about that, but now for a little Tagg NFL talk. Read this exclusive article on the experts' Superbowl XLIII picks!!!

Dad Picks: The Oakland Raiders. What with the excellent, unstoppable, Adrian-Peterson-beating rookie Darren McFadden at RB, they're bound to get some high scores. Their current state: 1-1, decent for Raiders, who haven't done so well in the past.











Sticks Picks: The Chicago Bears. He's not guessing - he's 100% sure. With coach Lovie Smith at the helm and a new starting QB, the Bears look more explosive and seem to want it more already this season. But the big reason for the pick - Lovie Smith is a good Christian coach, and there's no way he can't win a big one doing it God's way. ESPECIALLY when Tony Dungy believes that the Bears will get a set of purty rings!!! Their current state: 1-1. Two pretty good games.





Meggy T picks: The New York Giants. It took her awhile to pick, but these guys are looking loaded this season. Even after the last Superbowl win, they are not getting any attention, nor are they expected to repeat. Meggy's reasoning is: "WHY NOT?" Despite Umienyora, the Giants have shown the world that they are a good team, and the fact is, they are STILL a good team and they're STILL proving it! Their current state: 2-0, and both games won with pretty big scoring margins.

DEAF THE ANTS!!!!!!!!

VERSE OF THE DAY: So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. Hebrews 2:1

Tara, I'll use our totally cool new title on my next post!

Now, for a quiz. What is happening in this picture?

We have the backyard coffin, 4 boys and an air horn type thing. Any guesses? Whaddayatink?

Well here's the deal. We got that horn AND that Beckham shirt Sticks is wearing at the CO Rapids vs. LA Galaxy game. The horn has been blowing at little league soccer ever since. So these guys are all outside and we're inside eating during Dad's lunch break and we hear this BLOOOOOOOOOOOONK! Not that unusual. Then we heard it again... and again... and again... (the neighbors just love us) until Dad sticks his head out the window and sees this picture. He says, "What are you guys doing?" They all turn around with their own special ecstatic expressions and say, "We're DEAFING the ants!!!!!" Our boys know that we're supposed to kill ants. My dad says it best on his blog...

"At our old home in Arkansas we developed a relationship with ants. Let's just say every spring we'd wake up in the morning and find the little buggers all around our sink. The little boys would spy us breaking out the ant spray and mumbling unintelligible words under our breath. The ants became a part of our life. Kind of like neighbors that are real annoying...except you can kill them. Well, apparently or somehow, my wife leaks out..."Urine kills ants". At this point it is quite clear to them that the only good ant is a dead ant. The questions arise from inquisitive young boys to find out where to get this magic urine. The boys have hunted out quite a few ant piles in the yard that need exterminating. Boy, were they excited when they found out where urine came from. They would whip out their tallywackers at a single ant in the parking lot of a busy mall much like a gunslinger of the old west. Since that became a little "troublesome" to say the least...we had to somewhat curb that behavior. However, boys being boys...they couldn't let ants continue on. There must be another way to kill them."

Little Einsteins. Don't boys rock? Now I'm thinking of those ecstatic expressions. Let me see if I can find pictures so you can see how cute it is...

Perfect shot of Jesse's!!!

Joshua's is about impossible to get unless you catch him in a belly laugh, but this is cute too!

You can't see it very well, but Mayf's always ecstatic whe he's riding his bike!

Comment me!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROG!!!!!

This baby is 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neat hat!

Whoa. That's too cool.

Messy Cake!!!

Happy birthday babyest!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

While I'm at it, here's what some other Taggs are up to this month:

J-dude is juking girls a foot taller than him out of their shorts,

Jess got a "World Cup" in his first soccer tournament,

Sticks and SWOOSH are kicking outside again,

Mayfee's sportin new Spidey PJs and jamming (REALLY jamming) to "Bingo was his Name-O" on his new "iPod" from Grandpa and Nana,

And Bird's sitting around looking precious and cute like this and telling me what to do! Funfunfun!!!! Later I'll tell you something really pretty funny... for now, COMMENT ME!!!!!! You gals all of a sudden decided to cut me off!!!!!!!!!:P WAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! Now I'm sad. Yall don't want me to be sad, right?;)

Funny boys

VERSE OF THE DAY: *~Children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them.~* Psalm 127:3-5

Here are some funny things about the guys around here lately:

• J-dude ~ He gave me a nice birthday card that said "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAGIN!!!" on it. Heehee! It was so cute! And he apparently taught Jess to spell it too! He called me "Mawmaw" as a baby. He was always kinda Meggy's boy. Now he's Sticks's henchman, but when he has something to spout, or a greivance to file he'll come and sit on my lap still.He's got really pretty eyes and when he learns a new soccer move he shows everybody until he's sure you saw the whole thing. Then he forgets he already showed you and shows you again! He does have a rocket leg! He's learning to read well. He's a loyal guy, and if you're on his side there's no way he's gonna leave. He watched RETURN OF THE KING recently with Drallen as his interpreter and eye coverer (I think the only part he couldn't watch was when the heads were catapulted and it WAS night). He wasn't scared, even when Shelob showed up! He thinks things through and deliberates before making a decision. He loves macaroni & cheese!

• Jess ~ He slurs profusley as he talks! He's a social guy during soccer games, but he does play pretty good in the big room with the guys! He likes XBOX and nerf guns and loud noisy fun! He has HUGE eyes!!!!!!!!! When he was little he called me "Deegan". It was awesome! As middle "little" he keeps his brothers moving! He's got big huge hands and feet. If meat's on the menu, he will have 7 helpings. Definatley the biggest carnivore we have! He's a good reader, but he likes to tell his own stories in between sentences:P Thinking things through IS NOT how he rolls!!!!!!!!
  Mayfee ~ He's got the most attitude of any guy we've had. I guess he's where Bird learns it because they play together a lot. Mayf is his own man and doesn't feel like he has to follow the big guys in order to be one himself. J-dude especially thought that way, but Mayf doesn't do anything unless he wants to, or is commanded by an authority. Like I said, Mayf and Bird are the best playmates and they make up pretty quick in a fight. He's got these eyebrows that can twist any which way!!!!! It is hilarious!!!! I'm pretty sure he could make them come off his head like the cartoons if he wanted!:P He's got a sweet little face. He's good at helping make brownies and the like. He's small for his age and real snuggly. Not like he'd actually LET you snuggle him or anything:P He barely eats anything. I mean, gimme a break, there's so many more fun things to do! He's got one of those open-mouthed giggly smiles! Cute!

• Sticks ~ He's a soccerman. He calls himself a Landon Dono-fan:P Ever since he snuck up on the man himself and high fived him, got his autograph on a rad card, and talked to him he's been Donofanned whenever he sees him on tv. He likes electronics and always beats Dad at FIFA 2007! He likes select books, but doesn't really care about reading them. He likes electronic MONOPOLY (I hate it. Why play? People just cheat and fight and are selfish with money and I spend the whole game {as banker mind you} telling players to shut up and PLAY FAIR!) He's gotten away with only changing a handful of diapers in his whole life. I dunno how, but it's amazing!!!!! He makes up goofy jokes. He's got great impressions of people!!!!!! It's hilarious, nobody else in the house can pull off as many mimicky faces as him. He can do women crying for no reason, sleepy MLS soccer players, bad actors doing what they do best, Thousand Foot Crutch guys' appearances, "welcome to CHILI'S" statues, etc. Oh the wonderful things Mr. Brown can do! He's a pretty good spy too!!!!!! I'm ryming and I don't think I like it. Sometimes he likes to come in the room when I'm reading to the girls and he always likes the story. But then the next morning he rolls his eyes and says he never did. Weapons are too cool!

That's just a little of the funnycute around here. Grandma and Grandpa just left:( Dad's doing... something and Zeke's with Mom.

Will Turner is staring from my calendar. I liked Jack better I think, but Elizabeth is next. Eli Manning is looking to pass above Will. Emy and me are below Will, and letters and cards are below Emy and me. Over my head are Britter, Bekah, and Cole. Above them is Aslan and his prophecy. On either side of him are 2 wooden Ms for Mall and Me. Across the window is Glamdring the Foehammer and on the adjacent wall is Richard the Lionhearted. And on either side of this screen are.... two speakers.

Did I mention before I saved 70 bucks on new bedding things? Well I did!!!!!!! Coupons ROCK BOAT!!!!!!!!!!! Now I have another coupon and I can go get a curtain rod for the preeety purple curtains Grandma made!!!!! My books are some due tommorow too, maybe I can go to the library today. God bless us all, every one!!!!!!

Sticking an open can of mayo in somebody's ventilation would be the BEST thing EVER!!!!

Getting around to this....

8 Things I'm Passionate About:
1. My perfect God Jesus, the Mind behind the universe. He's loving, merciful, dangerous, and works everything out just the way it's supposed to be.
2. My awesome family! They're so funny, abnormal, just to my taste, many, and more than less than unhelpful!:P
3. My friends! They still keep in touch with me and do things for me even though I can't hang out with them anymore.
4. Reading!
5. Writing. I hate and love it, as I hate and love myself.
6. Hanging out with fun company. Could be shopping with Mom, telling jokes that make no sense with the girls, catering to Bird's every whim, Adumadapia (not many will get past that one!), nerf gun fighting with boys, or watching TV with Dad!
7. Thinking about how different things compare with other things in the Bible.
8. Jesus Christ - wait, used it. televisiaphonernetting

8 Things I Want to Do Before I Die:
1. Complete that book I'm writing. Lord only knows what will happen to it after that, and I'm not making any plans as of right now.
2. Going whale-watching would be really cool.
3. Get married
4. Graduate high school (preferably in AR) and college (preferably at CCU)
5. Direct a full-length movie
6. See my brothers play in an MLS soccer team and score goals.
7. See THE HOBBIT as directed by Peter Jackson and as scored by Howard Shore
8. Seconds before I die, I guess I would want to just dramatically save somebody from getting runned over by the LAKEWOOD TRANSPORTATION bus or something.

8 Things I Say Often:
1. What?
2. Dude!
3. Bird, just wait a minute!
4. Cool!
5. Show them no mercy for you shall receive none! (Algebra is SINISTER!)
6. That would rock the boat!
7. Awesome!
8. Heeheeheehee!

8 Books I've Read Recently:
1. I'm reading INKHEART
2. ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine
3. MEET MOLLY out loud to Louie
4. TWO TOWERs by JRR Tolkien
5. An ELSIE DINSMORE book, don't member which...
6. THE NEW REBELLION by... I don't member right now and it's dark in my room
7. Psalms, yup the whole awesome thing!:P
8. Listening to PRIDE and PREJUDICE audiobook, does that count?

8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over:
1. LET THAT BE ENOUGH by Switchfoot
2. MIND'S EYE by DC talk
3. NO ORDINARY LOVE by TobyMac
4. ATMOSPHERE by DC talk
5. ALREADY OVER pt. 2 by RED
6. PIECES by RED
7. ONE WORLD by Tobymac
8. EVERYTHING by Lifehouse

8 Albums I Love:
1. PORTABLE SOUNDS by Tobymac
2. END OF SILENCE by Red
3. JESUS FREAK by dc Talk
4. THE RETURN OF THE KING by Howard Shore
5. NO NAME FACE by Lifehous
6. THE ART OF BREAKING by TFK
7. THE NEW WAY TO BE HUMAN by Switchfoot
8. THE BEAUTIFUL LETDOWN by Switchfoot I guess

8 Things That Attract Me to My Best Friends:
1. They are VERY beautiful! ;)
2. They are funny
3. They have amazing personalities (Uh, yeah that's a good thing:P)
4. They pray for me
5. They shove me around
6. They like the same things I like
7. They think up... things. At least one of my friends has gotta be famous someday, I mean, I know this many brilliant people and none of them end up famous? I don't think so!
8. They besides INSANE, they have pretty good psychiatrist skills:P!

8 Things I've Learned This Past Year:
1. You don't get ANYTHING until God's ready, no matter how ready you suppose you are
2. Living almost a year without a dad in the house in UNCOOL. I wouldn't recommend it, if you're thinking of trying it out folks!
3. If your friends are really friends, they stick it through with you
4. God knows what he's doing and is not concerned of what we think of his plan
5. I am under Bird's finger. She can (and does) tell me to "do __ now!" and I mechanically move
6. Tagg kids can do anything inevitable or inescapable with realtive comfort and make it fun. We all amazed ourselves this year!:P
7. When your sister says she doesn't have a crush on anybody, you shouldn't say, "Yeah sure." Ok, ok, ok, I'm kidding!!!!!! What I meant was Five little brothers are better than four!!!
8. God's mercies are literally new every morning!

8 People I'm Tagging:
Everybody reading this!!!!!! Especially Mom. I'd like to see her copy and paste! Heehee! Kidding! Mom is getting more computer smart!

Something Lane wrote today...

VERSE OF THE DAY: The one thing I ask of the LORD— the thing I seek most — is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life... Psalm 27:4

"Hello there. It's me. A mouse.
I may be small, but I'm the scariest animal in the world. Now, all you have to do is sneak in the kitchen and suddenly dart across the floor. But! Do NOT do that when a man or boy is in there. Trust me. IT HURTS!
But there is no greater joy than to scare the life out of a girl or a mom!
It is AWESOME!"

Yup. That's Lane for ya. Not to mention the wonderful illustrations of a screaming female with eyes disconnecting from her head then said female falling onto the ground and decomposing.
Great. Wow. Amazing.
Please can I get a lot of comments folks? Those are particularly desirable right about now. Dunno why, but.... Bye!!!!!

Need a Laugh? Got One Right Here!

What happens when a two-year-old Bird gets ahold of the rubber Arkansas teeth?

This!!!

High elevation does funny things to ya!

This woulda made a good Christmas picture!!!

Man, I laugh EVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Got all the Christmas letters and pictures out today. You should probably get one!!!

Hey anybody got any book suggestions? Preferably ones I haven't read.

Heheh.

Nan posted these and methinks they're funny! So.... I posted them too!


1. Ninety-nine percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
2. Borrow money from a pessimist-they don't expect it back.
3. Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
4. Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
5. I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
6. Never answer an anonymous letter.
7. It's lonely at the top; but you do eat better.
8. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.
9. Always go to other people's funerals, or they won't go to yours.
10. Few women admit their age; few men act it.
11. If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made with meat?
12. No one is listening until you make a mistake.
13. Give me abiguity or give me something else.
14. We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "Smart'?
15. He who laughs last thinks slowest.
16. Campers: Nature's way of feeding mosquitoes.
17. Always remember that you are unique: just like everyone else.
18. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
19. There are three kinds of people: Those who can count, and those who can't.
20. Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?
21. Nuke the whales.