n o v e m b e r in review- [goals + highlights + what I learned]

HIGHLIGHTS//

-coffee dates with Mom <3
-Girls day out + getting my hair dramatically layered =D
-Micah is walking....like wow!!!!!
-Celebrating Mom's and Micah's birthday + going to Chuck e Cheese :-)
-finding 2 new jackets at the thrift store
-PLAYING VIOLIN ON TALENT NIGHT. (this was so awesome and I'm so glad I did it!!! #doitscared )
-Having our adopted Grandpa over for Thanksgiving & he cried because it was the first time he's had Thanksgiving in 5 years <333
-Ashley's friends coming over and becoming our friends too =)
-THE LEAVES BUT ALSO THE GREEEEEN. (yes orange leaves and very green grass...in November.)
-Making snowflake crafts and leaf crafts with the siblings <33
-Lilliana helping me make cookies 
-Putting together a treasure hunt for all the boys (and lilli ;))
-Finishing almost every goal wrote down in my journal xD
-GETTING A NEW BEAUTIFUL JOURNAL!!!!!
-Also totally getting into art and really liking it and I'll have to share pics xD
-FACETIMING WITH AMELIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sooooooo muchhh funnnn!!!!

[and i just knowwww that as soon as I publish this I'll remember three thousand other things I should've put in this post. ^-^ ]


RANDOM // F U N N Y :D

Me: *poetic voice* "We all face battles..."
Caden: Yeah, and I'm Strider!!!!! 
Elias: No, I'M Strider!!!!!

When we're playing hide-n-seek and me and Lilli are hiding. I say 'He might get us!' and she just looks at me and says 'At least we have each other!' #yesiammelting #youshouldbetoo


Elias, [to  Mom] : Hey, look at my muscles...I HAVE LIKE 5 NEW ONES!!!!

and like sitting here writing up this post and my bros are behind me cracking up..xD #lovethem
:also don't mind that fact that it's 11 at night and we're laughing our heads off about hashtags XD

Joshua: Wait..whats XD???? 
Me: It's like, you turn your head sideways and have really excited eyes or something... XDD 

Lilli: *licks the cookie batter spoon* Ooooh i just lOVe sugarrrrr!!!! 

*sitting here thinking about something funny that must've happened*
Elias: ummmm, you could do lilliana saying that she wants more of the food that tastes like nothing..
Me: That was last month.
*looks around and realizes that we're genius'. 😎

Lilliana: HEY i want to be a genius when i grow up!!! ...but how do you be a genius? 


Lilliana: Adults were once just little children....but now they're adults. (this came from nowhere XD) 

Lilliana: AWwwww, look that that baby doll, it has no food!!! *continues to say in the most sorrowful voice* 'and that one and that one don't have food and neither does that one....'

Elias: Do germs go to heaven????


DECEMBER IS UPON US// GOALS

-finish 7th gradeeee
-read 6 books
-figure out things that need figuring out
- and just live and be joyful. <3 <3 
(my goals will probably expand over the next few days ;))
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What I've learned:

I've been learning a lot about actually excepting yourself for who you are. Mindset & how it changes everything. 
To do things scared. Be brave. Just to give my best at something no matter what.
Learning about some kinda cray stuff like Schizophrenia and such and personally I just think the world is kinda messed up....so many things are clearly spiritual and Doctors just give it a name and prescribe all sorts of pills. Which isn't right. 
To fully trust God, His plan is greater then what we could have even imagined. <3
Learning a lot more about connection, how every human no matter how different wants to share a human connection, and how they do. Just lots of stuff. ;D


Your goals for December??? (I CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS RLY DECEMBER WAHTT EVEN????) 
Do ya like the new blog design thingy?? =D