Halloween, left to right, Mckenna (laundry basket) Me (gangster) Candice (also gangster) umm I cant remember this girls name but she is an exchange student at bedford and Candice invited her to come with us. She was really great. I have learned a valuable lesson on this night. Big pants are HARD to walk in. I really have no idea how guys can be the least bit comfortable wearing these pants. It feels like your walking with a diaper on and every time you stop walking the pants fall down to your knees.

OH yeah and Me and Candice are WAY to nice to be gangster. Every time me and candice steped on someones grass we were like "ohhh IM soooooo sorry!!!". And "Have a happy Halloween!!/ have a good evening!" after every house. But I wouldnt have it any other way. I wonder what me and Candice will be next year?

So today I got to be part of the service at crossroads church. Me and Mckenna (Angela, and Emily) got to come out and stand on stage during a song. (I Am by Nicole Nordeman) I really felt part of the crew that workes to pull off the sunday services every week. It also made me appreciate how muchwork really goes into each and every thing that happens on the stage. So to any of you reading this blog, thank you!

~Mariah

What happened to playing tag?

Do you remember the days when you could just go outside and find plenty of kids to play a simple game of tag with? Well those days seemed to have ended for me. The other day on Halloween night after trick-or-treating me and Candice went to a friends house for a chance to hang out. During this time the collective teens who were there, traded candy, talked about the outrageous costumes seen that night and threw unwanted candy (saltwater taffy/tootsie rolls) at each other.
Once we were all hyped up on sugar, I had the great idea to go outside and play ghost in the graveyard (for directions, Google the said name). That idea was taken with great enthusiasm, which was dashed when we figured we would be unable to play due to the fact there was a fence encircling the yard. So we decided to play just plain hide and seek, which then turned into hide and seek tag, which then turned into more of a hybrid due to the fact that half of the people were afraid of slipping if they ran because of wet ground. Then, we had to put limits on where people could run IF they didn't have wetgroundaphobia. THEN there had to be a " safe" which turned into a place everyone who was hiding tried to get to and where you had to stay till the end of the game, instead of a temporary spot of safety. Oh yeah AND since some of the girls didn't want to look for people by themselves they had to have partners. The game of tag evolved into a game of what is now called... hide-and-seek-tag-but-don't-run-if-you-don't-want-to-slip-and-you-have-to-make-it-to-the-goal-before-the-seekers-get-bored-or-you-will-be-hiding-all-night-while-they-go-back-inside-and-eat-pizza-together-because-girls-are-too-scared-to-go-anywhere-without-a-partner, game. Sound fun?