No school? Movie time!

School was cancelled yesterday because of yet another ice storm that has blown through, so Jana, Megan, Liana, and I trekked to the movie theater and saw When in Rome. It was super cute, I recommend it. :)

Liana, me, Megan, and Jana


We can't wait to see Dear John!!!


Toy machine!

Too "cool" for school!

Like the title? I thought it was PUNNY! Bahaha. Well, at the beginning of the week we heard that the lows for Thursday and Friday were in the negatives, as in -2 degrees! Crazy, right? So when Thursday night comes the phone rings, and it's SchoolCast saying there is no school on Thursday and Friday due to extreme freezing temperatures. Awesome!!! So I'm here on the laptop at home posting this blog while a million other kids are in school right now. Jealous?

The Big 1-4!

Happy 14th birthday to my favorite little brother in the whole wide world! :)

Texas Christmas

I had sooo much fun in Texas, that I forgot to take pictures! Here are the few that I snapped.


Trying to figure out the egg cooker/toaster.


Isn't he the cutest thing ever?!


On the ride home.

When we got home, Karis wanted to break out the new Precious Moments coloring books that Nanny got her.

Mine,


Karis's.

Thank you so much to all the family for making our (short) trip a great one! Can't wait to come down again. :)

Can you resist the cuteness?!

It's Christmastime!

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! I don't get into the Christmas spirit until after Thanksgiving, but I'm all into it now! This past week we decorated two Christmas trees (I only have a picture of the smaller one).

One of the churches in our area always puts on a huge light show for the whole month of December. They start stringing the lights before Halloween because there are so many trees! We took a drive through the lights last week as well.

For my National Honor Society, my best friend, Sami, and I went to bell ring in front of Walmart for the Salvation Army. It actually wasn't very cold, so it was fun!

Remember that Jesus is the reason for this season, and we are celebrating HIS birth this time of year :)

P.S. All my Texas family: We are coming down the weekend of the 18th! :)

Wow, it's still hard to believe!

This would be my first car!!! It's pretty much my baby. I never quite understood why some people are so attached to their cars...but I sure do now! It's an '05 white Mustang. I'm so thankful and grateful to my parents for letting me get it!

P.S. 3 months & 10 days til I get my license!!! :)

Thanksgiving

In the light of the holiday, I will list some of the numerous blessings the Lord has bestowed upon me.

First and foremost, thank you God for sending Your son, Jesus, to die for me. Without Him, I would not have the wonderful gift of salvation nor the promise of Heaven.

I have the craziest and most amazing family in the world. My loving and giving parents, insane little brother, even more insane little sister, two pairs of the most wonderful grandparents, awesome cousins, two aunts, two uncles, a number of second/third cousins, great uncles, great aunts...the list goes on and on. I am so thankful for each and every one of them. I love each one of you :)

My best friends. There's no way I could get through high school, let alone life, without y'all.

I don't know what I would do without music. God has blessed me with talents for it and I can't imagine my life without song, piano, or choir.