I'm in kind of a weird mood... but the weather is really cool (it's rainy and misty...just how i like it)!

Anyway, I did a project for computer class and would like to share it with you! We were supposed to put together a choose-your-own adventure story and make a website for it! So if you have two minutes, I'd say it's worth it to check it out ;)

tylerpatty.czweb.org

And just so you're in context, my teacher's name is Jonny Lobel, and I made him into Lord Lobel, the ruler of Lobelland. The whole story happens in Lobelland and most of the characters besides sir Francis are based on friends. There are also lots of in-jokes =) But it should still be funny even without knowing them! =)

Also, i did a watercolor to spice up the website, here it is larger.


I went to bed at 8:30 last night...I don't know why =) I normally stay up till like 11:30! Like I said, weird.

Looking forward to mom and Caleb coming home on monday!!!

On Wednesday we went with our school to see an opera in Ostrava called Čert a Káča (The Devil and Kate) by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. It was very...interesting =) I really enjoyed the music, but it was very hard to understand what they were saying. Afterwards a couple friends and I walked over to the movie theater to see Iron Man. It was AMAZING!!! Best superhero movie of all time. Robert Downey Jr. did a stunning job.


However, on Wednesday I my throat started hurting...and Thursday morning I had a pretty bad cough. So I lied around for a couple days. I love being sick (but only for a little while) because I have lots of time to work on projects that take time. Here's only a little sneak peek of one such project!

On Saturday I needed to get out of the house for some air and dad wanted to do something as a family, so we drove 15 minutes away and went horseback riding! I really enjoy it, makes me feel like I'm in the Lord of the Rings or something!



I'm feeling a lot better now, but still have a little cold. I'll go to school tomorrow, we'll see how it is. We have a new teacher for biology teaching us genetics and she's scary...

Oh yeah, and here's how happy I am without my braces now!! =)

Thanks to everyone who stood with me and prayed for my SATs! I felt they went pretty well, but we'll see in a month or so! I'll be sure to keep you all up to date with the results.

Leading worship up at JV conference with Trevor was a real blessing! I was so glad to be able to be in the adult program and serve everyone with music. I'm really tired, but am really excited to get back to serving in Frydlant!

You never let go.

I've been so blessed to be serving at the Josiah Venture Spring Conference by leading worship with Trevor Long. One song that we've sung in particular has really touched me: You Never Let Go by Matt Redman.

Tomorrow at 4:45 I'll be driving with Jonny (a teacher and a good friend) to Krakow, Poland, for the SAT. I've been preparing for a long time, but I of course have some fears! The song has been very encouraging, I can't help but smile when I hear and sing it!

And I will fear no evil
For my God is with me
And if my God is with me
Whom then shall I fear?
Whom then shall I fear?

Oh no, You never let go
Through the calm and through the storm
Oh no, You never let go
In every high and every low
Oh no, You never let go
Lord, You never let go of me

What a gift to have a God who'll never let go of me. Whatever happens, God's got a plan for me and nothing is taking me off it. What a relief!!!

The test starts at 8 o'clock and will go for about 4+ hours, so please pray for a calm heart and concentration for me. It'll be an adventure.

Talking with different people at JV about college and after has also been incredibly encouraging - I can't wait for this next chapter in my life!!

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Oh and by the way, I got my braces off on Tuesday! Pictures soon.

A little while ago i ordered some markers of my own, and my grandparents were supposed to bring them when they visited. But since Caleb and mom went to the States they decided to stay with them. However, grandma was very very nice and sent me and Claire packages with everything we had ordered! I was very happy and started working right away.


Markers are super tricky, and will take me a little while to get used to them. But they're lots of fun, and the warm grey looks really cool in my opinion.

Last night I also scanned some other things i had done in the past couple weeks:


The bird was done during our ski trip, a couple days before I broke my wrist. I really like the simplicity of it.


I also drew this one during our ski trip. I had been finishing up Les Miserables and was in a quite romantic mood (hehe) so I decided to experiment with cross-hatching. I'd probably do a couple things differently if I could have, but it was still great practice.

Thank you to all who have given me such positive and encouraging comments on my last post! it means a lot.

Perhaps some of you remember last June I had a post about me and Patrick painting a mural in our classroom. Once school started up again it was almost finished...and then things started to pile up and we never got around to putting the finishing touches on it. However, TODAY we took a few hours and it is now completed! I'll put up some better pictures later, these are just taken with my phone.



In other news, I sent in my Jars of Clay story in to the contest, and we got the results a couple days ago. I tied for second place with Patrick in our age category!! How cool is that?!?! I'm really satisfied. The awards are down in Bratislava on the 13th! Also, Lucy Till, Patrick's sister and a good friend of mine, won first place in her category! So we represented Frydlant very well I think.

Caleb is in the States now with mom. Continue to pray for them as the doctors do tests and try to figure out what's wrong with Caleb's stomach/intestines!

I've been thinking for a little while now what my next post could be about... so I finally decided!

Lately i've been in a super artistic mood and have gotten back into drawing and things along that line. But of course I don't want to just keep on doing the same stuff I've always been drawing, so I made up my mind to experiment a little.

Markers. What comes into your mind when you first hear that word? Maybe kids drawing on walls, or perhaps Sharpies! My good friend Patrick got a set of Copic markers for Christmas, so I borrowed a couple. This is what I created!

I'm VERY VERY happy with it! So happy that I ordered some grey markers of my own.

And if anyone's wondering, i have no idea who the girl is =) just some picture I found on the internet, and really liked it. Enjoy!