Myself the baker.

Over the past couple of months I have become quite the little cook and I didn't even notice it. It seems as if everything I cook comes out tasting pretty good, and now I have more motivation to learn how to cook. I want to be a really great cook like my mom and dad and be able to make healthy meals. I make great salads! But unfortunately..those aren't really that nutritious if you eat them all the time...

Busy day!

Today I was not home at all! I spent the whole day with Keturah and her cousin, Gina. After church we went to lunch with Keturah's family, then we zoomed off to the mall for about two and a half hours, then we went to Tropical smoothie and sat there for almost an hour. We talked, laughed, basically just had a good time. Then we went to Keturah's house and hung out for a bit, then Gina had to leave to head back home. So Keturah and I went to pick up dinner for her family. We ate dinner, then went to wal-mart to get stuff for Keturah's trip back to Texas on Thursday. That's right...she's leaving again for another five and a half months. It's crazy! I can't believe how fast this month and a half has gone by since she's been back home, and now she's already leaving again. I know i'll be fine, though. Yeah, I'll miss her, but I know what it's going to be like this time and I know what to expect while she's gone. Things will only change if I allow them to change. I just wish more people understood that..

Ugly to pretty.

Today my mom and I went to return some clothes that my Grandma has bought me for Christmas that I would never in a million years wear. I love my Grandma to death, but she's a bit old fashioned...
So I ended up getting this new outfit and another shirt. Along with exchanging a jacket for a different size and basically just a whole bunch of running around with my mom. It was a good day.

Sarge the husky wolf.

This was the only picture I took today. Sarge is my big baby boy. He's 12 or 13 years old and i'm starting to worry about him. Sometimes he goes through stages when he doesn't do too well, but then he comes right back. He's lost a lot of weight over the past couple of months though. But I may as well enjoy him while he's around. God has blessed our family with some of the sweetest dogs ever! I know Trinity will come around soon. She's just got quite a few puppy-like tendencies.

Say hello...

To my new camera. Yes!

A Christmas Eve walk.

On the Eve on Christmas my step-dad, step-siblings, Clayton and myself all went for a walk. It was a pretty neat place to take some pretty pictures. This is one of my favorites from the whole walk.

A memorable Christmas.

This is my mom's Christmas gift. I put together a bunch of old pictures and wrote a note for her. When she opened it, it was beautiful.

Back in the day...

I went through a bunch of old pictures on Monday night and has a lot of fun. This one is from a trip to visit our aunt and we went to the zoo. We have a lot of memories at that zoo!

The movies.

On Sunday night when I got home I really just needed to get away from home. So I went the the movies with Keturah. We saw 4 Christmas together. It was a cute movie, although there were a few things about it I didn't like. It was a good movie for some good laughs.

Youth Christmas party.

I went to the youth Christmas party and this is what I came home with. I've been thinking about leaving the youth group because I think i'm too old to be in there now. A whole new group of kids just came in within the past few months and they are all in middle school. I don't think I want to be around that. So I guess this was my last hurrah.

Michael the viking.

I went to the adult Christmas party at my church. It was a good time. We did a chinese gift exchange and Michael ended up grabbing her gift and getting stuck with it. It was hilarious. Then a man that was there that rides motorcycles said that he would take it and ride around on his motorcycle with it on. Good times.

The Christmas concert.

Tonight I went to my old high school for the band Christmas concert. There were some good parts, and some bad parts. I think it was just exciting to see everyone during and after the show. I have to say that I am so not used to being in an environment where everywhere I turn there is profanity coming out of this person's mouth and that person's mouth. It makes me so sad, and it really hurts my ears. It always makes me realize how accustomed I was to hearing all of this disgusting talk before I started homeschooling. Now that i'm pretty much always away from it, it makes me sick to my stomach...*sigh*

Famous salad.

In this household I am famous for my colorful and delicious salads. I made one tonight to go along with dinner. It was delicious. and the tomatoes were SO delicious. Tomatoes are one of my favorite foods ever. I eat it almost every single day.

P.S. The bowl on the right is for compost.

Festive socks!

I never thought there would be a day where I featured my foot in a photo, but this is the day! Don't you like my new socks? I do!

Headache,

Yep, you guessed it! I had another headache. What else is new? Story of my life! and i'm exhausted. Way too many late nights and early mornings.

P.S. I know. That's a really disgusting picture of me.

Our special tree.

Every year for Christmas we ALWAYS have real Christmas trees at my mom's house. That's just the way it's always been. Well, this year is a little different and for very good reason. As many of you know, my Grandma is dying of cancer. It's honestly gotten so bad that we all know she won't be around for much longer after Christmas. It's breaking our hearts and I hate every moment of it. But since it will be our last Christmas all together as a family we want to make it as special as possible. The Christmas tree that we have put up in our house is my Grandma and Grandpa's 30+ year old Christmas tree. It's beautiful and it brings back so many memories from Christmases past. My aunts, uncles and cousins know nothing about us having it, so hopefully it will be as special to them as it has been for us.

Brrr!

I always know when it's really cold outside when my bedroom windows are all fogged up. Yes, yes, I know. You're going to ask me "What is really cold for you?" Well..good news for you..I'm not answering that! HAH! I win! I always get super excited when I see what is shown above though, because cold weather just makes me happy and makes me feel free. Too bad it warmed up right away...

Ouch!

On Wednesday I bit my tongue really hard after church. It was still hurting really bad a few days afterward. I know this photo looks really really weird. Oh well!

Warmth.

Today I traveled two and a half hours north of where I live with my mom to bring my brother back home from school for Christmas vacation. It was cloudy and dark when we left this morning because there was a cold front coming. The weather continued to get worse as we went further north. It was 74 when we got off of I-95 and within 10-15 minutes the temperature had dropped 11 degrees. The rain was pouring down and it was perfect timing! Actually..the sarcasm is just oozing out of me. My brother and I got drenched in the rain from running up and down the stairs, getting his stuff out of his dorm room and then running out into the pouring rain to get stuff in the car. After we left and had been on the road for maybe a half an hour we stopped at cracker barrel for lunch and all had hot meals. To top it off, we all got hot cocoa for the road. It was yummy!

Light of the world.

God has been doing some amazing things in my life this past week. He's been teaching me a lot about who I am as a person and he's been teaching me about other people. I want to be a light for the Light of the world. But I can't do that without Him by my side leading me through and lighting up the darkness.

It's fixed!

So I blogged maybe a month and a half or two months back about my sick power chord. Well..early last week it completely died on me. After attempting to order a new one I got sent the wrong part, and this time the second time was the charm. Now it doesn't crackle and pop and it's definitely no all bi-polar about when it wants to work. I like new things.

Bethlehem Skyline tour.

My favorite musicians are all out on tour together right now. Downhere, Jason Gray, Jaime Jamgochian, Daniel Kirkley and Lanae' Hale. Tonight there was a live broadcasting of it and I got to watch a show from Texas in my bedroom. It was a beautiful concert, and it will have to do since I can't make it to a show on this tour.

My village.

I put my Christmas village together on Sunday. It's been the one thing i do all by myself for decorating for a few years now. It's one of my favorite things to do every year and I look forward to it. In the above picture I wasn't done with it yet. I still had to add snow, trees, cars and frozen water. What can I say? It's my own winter wonderland!

Reunited!

Sarah and I haven't really hung out since the summer. She was here all weekend long and we definitely got our sisterly bonding time in. I love this girl, and I miss her so much when she is gone. Especially for long periods of time. Whenever she's gone for long periods of time, I realize how much she is growing up and how fast she is growing up. I wish we had gotten along better four years ago when I first met her, but maybe it didn't happen that way for a reason.

Tea for two.

On Friday night the ladies at my church had a Christmas party. We enjoyed fellowshipping together throughout the night. At the end of the night we got to pick a gift from beneath the Christmas tree. This is what I picked out! Tea for two! I plan on sharing this with my mommy!

Day 100!

This...i forget what day it was, marked the 100th day for my little blog. It's been an exciting journey, so here's to 100 more!

P.S. I know that i've been really bad about updating my blog these past few days. I feel like i'm on a roller coaster and I just want to get off. But i'm going to make an effort to not go five days without updating.

Scared out of my mind.

I just did one of the scariest things I have ever done in my life. I put God in complete control of my life and I don't like it one bit. He told me that I need to go to Texas for five months for Youth With A Mission. I don't like God very much right now at all. I don't want to leave my family for five months while my Grandma is dying, but for some reason He's telling me it's okay. I don't want to go out of my comfort zone, but for some reason he's telling me to take a leap of faith and just do it. I'm already out of my comfort zone and I haven't even left yet. Please pray for me.

Girls night out.

Tonight was supposed to be a girls night out. We went to Applebee's for dinner and Brittany's family all ended up being there. That's cool. Afterward we went to Brittany's boyfriends basketball game. I think I had the most fun laughing at the loss of the team. That sounds mean..but if you were there you probably would have laughed, too!

Mint Medley.

I had a really bad headache last night. So I drank some tea and it didn't really make me feel better. But it still felt good to drink some delicious tea...

Heather and Jeremiah.

These are my wonderful youth leaders. On Sunday a few people from the youth group went to their new house that they just bought and helped paint. There's a lot of painting that needs to be done, but by the time we left it looked so much better than it did when we walked in. There was a point when the fumes from the paint and cleaner and everything just started getting to us though. Then we went insane and started painting ourselves. It was a good time, and we got a lot done.

Secret sis.

On Saturday night I went to my friend Kim's birthday party. I've known her for a long time. She was also my secret sis this year and I revealed myself to her on Saturday night. It was a lot of fun. She moved at the end of October. I'll miss her. :-(