Unexpected blog pary

You will be seeing a lot of links to blog giveaways this week. Just as a warning. :P

Another Awesome one for Elvin jewelry setHERE

Awesome twelve days of christmas giveaway going on at one of my fav blogs! Here
I get an extra entry for sharing so go check it out!
 

Joy to the World...

The Lord is come.

         He shall be called,

                        Wonderful counselor,

      Mighty God, Everlasting Father,

                  Prince of Peace.

Christmas is almost here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

I can't wait! Well just thought I would get on here and tell you I am not a horrible blogger, just a VERY busy one. :) So until next,  hopefully soon, post:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

It's On!

We have a basketball game tomorrow!!! It's against a boarding school in St. Louis. Their supposed to be pretty good so say a prayer for us. :P

Gifts [11-15]

{11.} Three Flowers in a vase

{12.} Stories full of mystery, suspense, and romance

{13.} Annoying shower hoses

{14.} Colorful bags full of newly bought items

{15.} A hat brimmed with lace

Basketball Game

Well the game went well Saturday. I mean we lost, but everyone still played well. We played up against the Springfield Rush. They were pretty good. I'm not going to give the score though. :P
We have another game Saturday in St. Louis. Hoping that one will be better. 

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas {Gifts 6-10}

Although I doubt it will happen for us Missourians. With our luck it will be seventy degrees out. :P
But despite the lack of snow, I am very much in a Christmas mood. I have been listening to Christmas carols, wearing scarfs, planning Christmas gifts and crafts....
I LOVE Christmas. It is definitely my favorite time of year. There's lights almost on every house. The night is almost as light as day. And with our handmade snowflakes on the windows at least I can pretend it's snowing.
The tree is up with lights and all. And there are already some presents under it.

We have a basketball scrimmage tonight. But, we'll have refs and all though. It should be good practice for tomorrows game. Tomorrow is our first game! I'm excited and a little nervous. I think it should go well.

Gifts {6-10}

   6. The gentle hum of the air conditioning at night daring to break the silence

   7. Stair rails to twirl on

   8. Scentsy warmers smelling so sweet

   9. The childish talk of my nephew

   10. Bowels full of hot soup

Celebrating Eucharisteo

Yeah, I know this post is waayyy late. But I got so behind on school, moving and maybe being a little lazy too, That now I have like four weeks of intense school! till Christmas.And when I'm not doing school I'm practicing for basketball or at basketball or trying to finish up knitting projects. (whew)
Well Thanksgiving day we had everybody over to our new house! That was fun. Ate a TON of delicious food, played cards and tried to read peoples mind ;), and even had a rip sticking contest. Rebekah won of course. But in my defense I was bare foot and hadn't ridden that thing in forever. :P So yep I talked with family, laughed with family, and totally didn't get any pictures. I might of taken some, but Jen forgot her camera and her's is so much more fun to take pics with. You don't have to stand there forever till the picture takes so it won't be blurry. But I'm saving for a much better camera than the one I have now. (I'm happy I even have a camera though ;)
Then at midnight on Thursday we went black Friday shopping! I think it was the first time any of us had gone. My Aunt was the one that made mom go. :P it was pretty awesome though. I got a Fadora I'd been wanting for a while and a really cute pea coat for only $19. So I was happy. I went in pretty much just browsing and found two things I'd been wanting.
Then yesterday we went to Jennifer's house for Jocelyn's birthday/ mom and dad's anniversary/ Mr. Z's birthday/ Thanksgiving. There was more delicious food, and a SNOWBALL FIGHT!! No, no, no. How I wish it was real snow. But we made fake snow with shaving cream and cornstartch. It was awesome though. I haven't got the pictures yet. Yep it was tons of fun.

We started a new book at church for our bible study. It's called One Thousand Gifts by Anne Voskamp. It's really a great book. You can read like the first few chapters if you click on the link.
It's pretty much what it says on the cover "A dare to Live fully right where you are". And how she does that is through Thanksgiving (Eucharisteo). You should really read those first chapters to really get it, but she starts this list of a thousand gifts she has. It's a list of everything God has given her. She sees him in the littlest details, and thanks him for the smallest things. It could be anything from a bird in a tree to the sound of her children's laughter. You should REALLY read those first chapters. Anyways as were reading this book I decided to make my own list of my own one thousand gifts I have. It being thanksgiving I thought it appropriate also. But, then I started thinking 'You know? A thousand is a lot.' But I pretty much dared myself so here it goes.

Gifts {1-5}

1. Sisterly squeals of laughter

     2. Bright morning sunrises

     3. The quiet click of needles as we knit together

     4. Skirts dotted with flowers

     5. Steaming potatoes with large slabs of butter

     

At the beach

We had a blast at a the state park Castlewood today. Can you believe this weather!?! It's November!!Anyways so we kicked and threw the ball around, Malchi got all dirty, Rebekah just about broke her glasses, You know all the things that make it fun. :)
And I got some really good pictures of everbody. And when I say everybody I mean mostly the babies. ;)

 

Isn't he such a handsome little man?

 

 

 

  

 Isn't Jennifer so pretty? And of course you can't forget little Elsie. Cute as always.

         
                          Sisters Forever!!!

 



 So yep. Were up here at Jen and Tommy's till Tuesday, in time for basketball practice.

 Things are going pretty well at the house. At least I have all the boxes un-packed in my room. :P And I'm hoping dad can put the hoop up soon at the house so I can practice! Believe me I NEED it!

 

K, till next time,



 

 

Trust and Hope

I know were all a little bit annoyed and maybe even a little concerned about the election. But, you know God has something planned. And let me tell you, It's a LOT better plan then we could ever come up with.
A verse that has always comforted me is {Psalm 46:10 Be still, and KNOW that I am God.}
It just really reminds me that it doesn't matter what happens God is still in control.

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "Plans to prosper and not to harm you, Plans to give you hope and a future."

In A Hurry

So we have pretty much moved everything now so we might be without internet for a few days. I'll post when I can.

TTFN

A day turned Sunny

Have you ever had one of those days when you just have this wonderful inexplainable joy? You can help but smile and be happy? That's today for me.
If you had asked me this morning how my day was going I probably would have told you "I'm tired, I'm cranky, I don't want to do school.etc." in other words not so great yet.
Then today God sent so many things my way today to give me inspiration. Like two articles and several verses. It was like he was telling me "look what these people are doing, and going through. And you think you have a reason to be cranky!"
I would post the verses but, you probably wouldn't get why they gave me so much inspiration unless you knew my problems right now. Those verses were like answers.
And I read this blog Kisses From Katie and it totally flipped my day around.
It seems like God is always there to change my day (or attitude) for the better. And I praise him each and every day for it.

Psalm 32:11 Be Glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for Joy, all you upright in heart!

My little Buddy Boy

Oh, my. Jocelyn and Malachi have been here since Wednesday. And let's just say  their a handful. But, I love them anyway. We went outside and I got some cut pictures of Malachi in the leaf pile.

Oh, my I'm such a bad blogger. (what's new right?) Have I even told you we got a contract on the house? Well we do and were going to rent this really nice house in Cuba. I like the house. I'll take pictures when I can. 

And Youth hunt is this weekend!!! I'm excited. I have a feeling this is the year! 

Fall, beautiful Fall

Wow, I had forgotten how beautiful fall was. It's amazing what you can forget over such little time as a year. I finally finished my hat!! I am so Excited and love it even though it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it. (tell you more in a sec) And of course I had take pictures to show yal, and I had been promising Rebekah a fall photo shoot. So We got dressed up all Fally and headed outside.

 

And there's a close up of my hat

 It's not exactly what I wanted I wanted a little more slouch. But, it still looks kind of cute.
You can download the pattern for free Here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gin--tonic-hat
I was thinking for more slouch I thought maybe if I did like five rows of stockinette portions instead of three. I don't know. If I try it again I'll tell you what I do differently.

Apples, Apples, Apples......

Hey! Guess what? I'm well! :D uhhhh sort of. Well techniclly I'm still sick. I feel fine and dandy but, I guess strep throat is hard to really get rid of. So now I have to take these atibiotics for a while. And I'm still contagous some how. So yep I have stay home while everyone else gets to go gigging tonight.
I think I'll make it though. :P
Wednesday was our yearly applesauce making day! And we made a lot of applesauce.

 Yep we were cooking pretty much all day.

We chopped and we chopped and we...

 After chopping we cooked them.

Then we saucitized them! Mwahahahaha No we have 68 jars of applesauce to consume this year.
Well I better go. :)

I've been sick for two and a half days. I have had to sit by my bedroom window and watch what I should be watching from my bike or through my camera lens. As the trees turn to colors of fall. And as the weather has gotten colder.
But, instead I'm cooped up inside with a terrible case of cabin fever.
So today I decided I was going to get out sick or not. So I grabbed my camera and went outside. Of course I only lasted about ten minutes. Being not exactly 100% and the cold and all. But it was totally worth it and I got a couple pics.

Elves we were, and to a dance we went..

The Lord of the Rings dance I have been waiting for so long was tons of fun! Rebekah and I were Elves.
Rebekah was Arwin. ( She really wanted to wear a black wig. But Jen and I convinced her she looked better without.)

I also was a Elf but not a particular one.

We both made some ear cuffs for ourselves to make our ears look a little more Elvish

Camping on the Buffalo {Part 2}

I'm sure you all know how hectic the first month or so of school can be. Trying to fit my schedule with mom's   and yeah....So that's why I didn't finish a few days ago. Oh, did I also mention Stephen's home for a visit? So he's been hangin' out, We have been playing his Xbox. :P Anyways....
So after camping there on the last night we stayed at a small cabin. But, before we got in that very inviting shower we decided to do a little more hiking.
But, on the way we saw some Elk!

 These are just cows (girls) and babies.

There is a buck. Check out that rack! (click to enlarge.) And we got to hear it Bugle! It was really cool.

Well we all went to this cave called Eden Falls. It had a water fall inside it! But, since it's a cave it's just a little too dark for pictures. Just a little. :P
But, we saw a few other things on the same trail on the way to the cave.

 Like a natural bridge.

Which was pretty cool.

 Rebekah found a tree she could fit in. :p

 And this is Eden Falls.

                                             My Fam
Then after that hike Silas and Mom went back to the cabin while Rebekah, dad, and I Went on another hike to hawksbill point. It was a nice light hike to finish the day.

                                          Isn't that so cool?

                                            The view from it was amazing!

                                              My pop

Then we went back to the cabin took the very needed shower drank hot chocalate and just kind of hung out the rest of the night. We got up in the morning packed, packed put our stuff in the truck. Then we went and got our Suburban from the shop and dropped off the C's truck. And headed Home.
It was fun. But, it's always nice to come home. :)
Here are just some random pictures from our trip: