Thoughts.

Today is my last day to be fourteen.

This year of my life has been full of great memories and experiences, and I am a little sad to say "goodbye" to fourteen. 

But, at the same time, I am excited to see what God has planned for me in the next year; what He will teach me, how He will use me.

God has blessed me with so much. I have godly parents, fun siblings, an awesome "extended-immediate" family, really great friends, a place to live, food to eat, clothes to wear, my health and my family's health. And the list goes on.

It is so amazing to know that all of my life, God has always been there; that He has heard every prayer, loved me unconditionally. And it's amazing to know that He will always be with me, He will always hear my prayers and that He will never stop loving me, no matter what this year or future years hold.  Thank you, God!

(taken from Spiritual journal)

Favorite Characters: Legolas

I recently watched The Lord of the Rings movies again with my dad and brother, and I was reminded of something...

Legolas is pretty cool.

I mean, 1) he's an elf, 2) he always stands up for his friends and protects them the best he can, 3) he's loyal to The Fellowship and finally, he's an archer! And a pretty good one too, I might add.

I have always thought that archers are super cool, so Legolas has been one of my favorite characters in LOTR (the others being Gandalf, Sam and Pippin) ever since I first saw the movies for mainly that reason. ;)

  Apparently, there are some "Legolas funnies" out there...some people have way too much time on their hands...

One of my favorite hymns

O Lord my God, When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Chorus:
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art.

Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
 

When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.

Chorus

And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.
 

Chorus

When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"

Haley ~ 4 Months

7/12 

Cow Appreciation Day. :)

Haley is a very happy and smiley baby. She likes to 'talk' and chew on her toes, and has recently been belly laughing more.

We thought at one point that she was going to lose the hair on the sides of her head and sport a mohawk (that has happened with every baby in my family except for me!), but, so far so good! :) 

Haley ~ 3 Months

 Haley is getting so big! *sniff sniff*  She is smiling and "talking" almost all the time, following people and objects with her eyes and has started laughing a little, which is lots of fun. She has also become pretty chubby. :)

she is now considerably bigger than the teddy bear. :)

The one with Curls and Celebrities

Still here! My life has been crazy, but good.

I don't have much to say, so this post will mostly consist of pictures. :)

My five-year-old cousin giving my eight-year-old sister a piggy back ride. :)

I just love her blue eyes! My other siblings and I don't have blue eyes, but my mom does, so hopefully her eyes will stay blue. 

I have always thought that the brother-sister relationship is one of the sweetest things. 

 I found these awesome ringlets in my ponytail last night!

Once, someone saw a picture of my curls and said, "God is good!" :D

Okay, so I have been told that I look like this woman, Jennifer Garner. 

...do I?

Speaking of looking like a celebrity... for fun, I recently got an app on my iPod that supposedly tells you which celebrity you resemble. Apparently I resemble Gwyenth Paltrow and Liam, Matthew Perry and Orlando Bloom. :) Nice! I don't know how accurate those are, but nice!

 I have a weird case of "blogger's block", so I don't have anything else to say right now.

I hope your Summer has been great so far!

Haley ~ 2 Months

At 2 months, Haley Bug is smiling and cooing. She makes us all happy, especially when she's smiling at us with a big, open-mouthed grin.

we all love this chubby little baby very much!

with Mommy on Mother's Day. (sorry for the quality of these pictures, I don't know what's up with our camera.)

Happy 2 months, Haley!

Photo Shoot: Rachel & Alley

I had fun snapping a few photos (okay, okay...a little more than a few :)) with my sweet friend, Rachel recently.

 Me with my favorite twig! ;)

 Me being me.

Me laughing, which is something I did a lot of during this photo shoot.

pretty Rachel

 I look like a small child in this one. 

Wow. I look...really scary here.

 I love this one because I have this very mischievous look on my face. Sort of a Tom Sawyer look. :)

 Another favorite. Rachel is so photogenic! 

 Thanks for a great time, Rachel! I am happy that I now have a lot of good pictures of both of us. 

Haley's Baptism Day

5/5/13

Star Wars Day

May the Fourth be with you!

 

 Happy Star Wars Day everyone. :)