First day of sophomore year!

I made it through and am already counting down the days till summer....147 to be exact! Well oh well its life i am so happy to be walking around on campus though!

The Exchange Students!

Siru is now apart of the Bradley Family and forever will be. She is a week older than me and we clicked within the first hour she arrived in our home. I love her like a sister and she will forever be in my heart. I miss her so much and cant wait to visit her in Finland soon. Here are some highlights of her stay. photos: 1) all the students and I at the Golden Gate Bridge 2 and 3) we taught Siru the American tradition of Toilet papering 4)Us at Discovery Kingdom 5) Us on vacation 6) Muir Woods 7) Jelly Belly Factory 8) Praying before heading out to surf 9) Wet after the water ride at Discovery Kingdom 10) Some of the exchange girls with the HOT lifegaurds at the lake

WALKING ALL ALONE!!!!!!!!!

I can now officially walk all by myself and without any crutches!!!!! YAH YAH YAH!!!!!!!!!!! I have been walking all over now, it is such a joy!!!!

Almost complete!

I am now down to only ONE (yes i said ONE) Crutch! YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so so happy! I am almost ready to be done and walking!!!!!!! YEAH! the pictures are of me and my friends at San Fran. with the exchange students!!!!!!!

Awh Summer!

Summer vacation is going over all very well! I am enjoying every minute of it! Some good news is: MY LEFT leg is moving a bit more!!!!! some bad news is: My RSD (my nerve disease i have) is really bad right now. I am in alot of pain, please pray for that. We have an exchange student staying with us right now. Her name is Siru and she is from Finland! She is very nice and we connected right away!

Houseboat trip '09

I went last week on the houseboat trip with Lakeside Church! It was an Amazing experience! I learned so much and was humbled at how God was touching everyone's lives that were on the trip! He truely reached out to me there! I even got to do some wicked tubeing! It was a total blast!!! If you are reading this and in high school you definitely HAVE to go next year!

You might want to stay off the roads....just kidding!

I got my Permit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!

Life is beautiful vertically!!!

I had a great 3-day weekend! On saturday i went shopping for "vertical clothes" (clothes fit you differently sitting down then they do standing up) plus i needed some summer clothes! I had a BLAST! I also got to go into the smaller changing rooms and bathrooms!!! It was soooo cool! On Monday we went to the lake and went kyacking! I am now very sore but loving life vertically!!!!!!

I MADE IT THROUGH!

I made it through the day! That was the biggest challenge! I actually really enjoyed the day! I was so happy all day, I couldn't believe i was actually "walking" onto campus!!!! Everybody at school was so excited and so helpful and supportive! I loved feeling apart of the crowd and breathing in from "new heights" (literally) I took pictures throughout the day and it felt like the first day of school all over again! I really need prayers though because now i am completely wipped out from a long exhasting and wonderful day. Thank you everyone who prayed for me today, they helped me get through the day!

YAH HOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I am so so so excited!!! Tomarrow is my first day of going to school on crutches!!! "Goodbye wheelchair"!!!!!!! It has been a full year since i was paralyzed and i am so ready to walk onto campus! Praise the Lord! He has brought me this far!!!!!! Please pray for courage and strangth...for i really need that. I added a new song on the music on my blog "Only Hope" by Mandy Moore its so pretty and i've been singing it all afternoon. "At the top of my lungs... i will lift my hands and pray, to be only yours i pray"

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! MY LEFT TOES IS WIGGLING!!!!!!! Yesturday it was twitching a bit and today i can wiggle it on my own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW I am so happpy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you lord!

The walking continues!!!!!!

Thank the Lord my right leg has continued to stay and is slowly getting stronger! I am starting to use the crutches more around the house (still dragging my left leg) and am trying to strengthen my right leg by walking more and using the eliptical bike! I ask for prayers on my left leg to come soon. I finally finished drivers ed and can get my permit but my mom doesn't want me to get it until i am walking so please pray it comes soon. I am starting to get impatient because i see the finish line but i can't seem to reach it but if you look at the road i have been on I have traveled a huge distance!!!! Please continue your prayers for I am in great need. Thanks!

OMG Im WALKING

OK so i had this dream when i was taking a nap (yes i love to take naps plus i had gotten up early on a saturday an needed some rest) anyway and i had this dream that someone was telling me "if you believe you will walk" and when i woke up it felt like i actuall had a leg again! it felt real not like someone just added a leg to my body but it felt real and mine! it also felt like ten times stronger so i went downstairs and grabbed my crutches and got up and walked ten steps!!!!!!!! I was so HAPPY! i have been praticing like a ton now!!!! Its only my right leg but its getting stronger and its working!!!!! I also want to share something that happened the night before...i was kinda depressed and melting down and i just let go of everything and surrendered like big time to God and i belive that is what helped me to get this far!

track meet!

i went to my sister's track meet! she did AMAZING! she is soooo fast! I also got to hold my "little sis" Jayden and cheer Becca on with her!

YEAH!!!

So i've started to take this new medication and it is reducing the swellling in my brain to allow for my nerves to reconnect and allow me to move!!!! so far it is just my right leg that is moving but im positive the left will follow soon! In the picture i am mostly using my arm muscles but Still! It feels amazing to be up again even if for short periods! After one year of not moving i am so glad to finally be able to recover!! Please call or email me if you have questions or just want to say Hi (or sream and yell with me about how exciting this is!)

Sadies!

I went to Sadies (the dance) on Friday Night and had a blast! We went to IHOP then to the dance. It was so much fun!

So i took my camera to school and took a ton of pictures of my friends and I!! Hope you enjoy them! I had alot of fun taking them!!

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!.....my favorite holiday!! (kiss me i'm Irish)

-Katelyn

Precious little baby girl!

I got to hold a ten-hour old baby!!! She is so adorable! Our really close family friends just had a baby and we are taking care of their other little one. (the one next to me in the picture she is 4 and now a big sister!) We went into the hospital this evening and got to see her! She was born this morning, Feb. 9, 2009 at 9:15 am and was 10 pounds 2 ounces!! and very healthy and beautiful! my mom got to help deliver her too! She is so tiny and prcious and beautiful!! they haven't figured out what name they want yet.