My family is rather big. I live with my mom, stepdad, and little sister. Then we have a cat in the house named Kitty. yea, I know. It is a real original name. :) My stepdad had two kids in a previous marriage that are older and live out on their own. Both kind of have families of their own. Then my dad got remarried awhile ago. They had two boys. They are so cute. :) I have one neice and one nephew. Both thanks to my older sister and new brother-in-law. That is it for my family now.

There is more. The best cousin anyone could have, got married on August 7th. I stood up in the wedding. When I get a chance and actually get a copy of the pictures, I am going to put one of the whole wedding party on here. (under my picture page of course.) She is so close to me. I love her so much. We have always been close. THANKS HOLLY AND LOVE YA! There okay, I will stop with that mushy stuff for now.

On September 23, 1997, I started going out with Jeremy Lee Smith, as most of you will have probably already known. We have had our fair share of ups and downs already, but we have gotten through them. God has and is still blessing us so much. I LOVE HIM MORE THAN I COULD EVER EXPRESS!! ;) It has almost been a year for us, and when that day gets here, it will be awesome. He has helped me with a lot of things. My walk with God, my family life, my personal life, and some more things that I just haven't had the guts to ever follow through with. For example: Join in Worship for our church Youth Group. I will probably be singing in it. He is finally playing guitar for it. I am SOOOOOOO proud of him for it too. He has always had the dream of one day being in a band. Now he is. I just need to keep on encouraging him now and help show him that he is doing an AWESOME JOB! I LOVE YOU HONEY AND KEEP ON WORKING FOR YOUR GOALS AND FOR GOD!!!! ;)

I guess I should put something in here about me now, huh? Here it is. I am a Junior in at a small High School in Central Wisconsin. (or at least what I consider central.) I like being with my friends, playing volleyball, swimming, writing poems and anything else, reading, and listening to music. I LOVE GOD WITH ALL OF MY HEART! I am very involved with my church Youth Group and love going to it. I go to First Assembly of God. It is a really cool church. I can really feel God and him working in my life.

Let me see, what else should I write in here? I guess I could mention my friends. :) I don't really know who is my best friend besides Jeremy and my cousin Holly. I think it is so close with everyone. Kat, Amber, Tasha, Autumn, and Andria, are all my friends from school. They are so cool. We hang out as much as we all can. Last year we got closer than I think we have ever been. It was awesome. We went to prom all together except for the poor loser Andria. No I am just kidding, but she didn't go. Then there is Angela, Sarah, Erin, Brandi, Tera, Becky, Penny, Sas, Brenda, Mandy, Sarah (Angela's friend), Gary, Paul, Nate, Chuck, and a bunch more friends of mine from church. They are all really cool people too. Then there is also our new Youth Pastor and his family. Scott, Paula, and Mariah. They are really special people. God has put them here for a reason. I can tell already. THANKS!

I think that is about it for now. I should really let you go. Instead of boring you with my life. But hey, you are the one that read it all, right? yea, you are.

Well, if you have ICQ let me know. My number is: 4483583. So I don't just tell you to leave me alone sometime, make sure you tell me where you got my number from, if it was from here.

I hope to talk to you all and you BETTER sign my Dreambook. TTYL LOVE YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU GO ON YOUR WAYS!

Sincerely, Valerie