i'm 15...

i can't believe i'm finally 15! it's sooo crazy, all the things that have happened in just these two weeks after turning a year older.

driving is crazy. lets just say, the first (and 2nd) time i've driven both me + mom have almost had a heart attack :P she laughed foreverrr when i saw a school bus coming and she said she could see the fear in my eyes...lol i'll get better!

i can wear makeup now, which i'm thankful for lol xD i've started taking care of a sweet old lady, i go and stay with her for about 24 hours once a week. i'm really enjoying it!! <3

soo, here's to being 15. i wanna live + love unapologetically. here's to more singing and dancing and not worrying about the future. xx

3-16-19

March has been very, veryyy busy. And we're only halfway thru, but I'm enjoying it 😊 I haven't been doing much school, and my wanna-be-perfect self would usually be freaking out, but I'm actually okay with it. I'm doing a Bible study with friends that has been sooo good, I'm (trying to) learning hand lettering and starting to ride again. 

Life has been good, it's not perfect, but I'm glad that better days are finally here. xx

What have y'all been up to so far this month? Something you're learning?

2018 vs 2019

in 2018 i wanted to:

-hunt- X

-learn flute- X

-advance in cello and french- X

-pass 3rd suzuki book- check!!

-start a smash journal- check!

-learn to weave- X

-read the whole Bible-alllmoosstttt

-give <33

soo i'm doing goals an such quite differently this year. yes, i have goals, but it's not a ton. but.. it's more like, i just want to make this year good, and that won't happen from piling goals on top of each other and never feeling content. i want to relax and live in the moment and be HAPPY. i want to find happiness, and never let it go. i want to come out of this heaviness, this suffocating fog. i want to grow in Jesus and find my joy in HIM.. not completing goals. i want to grow friendships and make good- happyyy memories. 

as some of you might know, my word for this year is joy. <333

i'm gonna be focusing on photography a lot as far as hobbies go, i'd loveee to turn it into something more <3 

on another note, my 15th birthday is in 25 days and i *think* i'm pretty prepared for my permit test, but i would LOVE any driving advice from yall with a license or permit!!! please leave some tips for me xD <33 

thank you so much for sticking with me in this crazy journey. <33

yalllll 2019 is upon us...

my word yall. where did 2018 even go??! this year literally fleewww by!! 

j a n u a r y

f e b r u a r y

m a r c h

a p r i l

m a y

j u n e

j u l y

a u g u s t

s e p t e m b e r

o c t o b e r

n o v e m b e r

d e c e m b e r

my favorite months were definitely Feb, June, July, Sep, and Dec xD there were+are plenty of trials we're going through but 2018 had so many good things too. soo much growth. so many memories.  

micah is no longer a baby, benjamin is the cutest, sweetest thing, ash moved out, dylan started working, we made new friends..'twas a very good year. 

i wish that this next year is one of the very best for all yall!! 

a few things i'm looking forward to in 2019:

DRIVING!! <3

being 15

growing friendships

traveling hopefully ;D

what are a few things you are looking forward to? resolutions? 

see yall!! xxx

new years eve and new years partyyyy // making memories

lots. of. laughing. <333

dec 31- new years eve

we are some hilarious peeps at times....it was so refreshing to be laughing our heads off ;D 

next morning- jan 1- micah went first opening his gifts from me <3

it was such a wonderful and memorable morning for all of us <333

shooting the new guns ;) lol

the official dork. xDDD

SUCH A SWEET SIGHT <333

josh- the science geek, got an awesome microscope that he's been wanting forever!!

Ash working on family update letters

PIE FACE!!!!!!!

baby boy was allll tired out after a long day of celebrating the new year. <333

WELL HERE I AM. just a *few* days late. ;D

We all had such an amazing New Years celebration!!! It was such a wonderful time of laughing and smiling and being together as a family. Making sweet memories and spending time together was so awesome. I can't even tell you how refreshing it felt to all be laughing with each other and dancing and goofing off at nearly 1 am on new years eve. <333 It was a really special time for me that I wouldn't trade for anything.

On new years eve I babysat for most of the day, Mom got groceries and other party stuffs. Once we were all together at home, the party 'started'. xD Out came the ritz crackers, spray cheese, nut mix, and doritos. We talked about the day and how work went and other randomness until it was somewhere around 11:56. Then we started getting serious and got everyone to the table and started opening the sparkling grape juice. When 12 am- Jan 1st, 2018- came, we all cheered our glasses and Mom went around and kissed everybody on the cheek. <33 (it was a tradition she had growing up ;D) 

We goofed off (pics 1 + 12 thru 19)  before going to bed. It was kinda sad to have to end the dancing and laughing together, but if we wanted presents we knew we had to get up early, so that was something to look forward to. =D

The next morning was fun as people tore into their presents one by one. Everybody LOVED what they got!!! It was such a fun time! Then after the goober laid down for his nap, me, Ash and Lilli went to town to get some stuff. On the way home she stopped at Arby's and got me a loaded curly fry and mint chocolate shake...(!!!!!!) IT WAS SUPER GOOD. thanks awesome sista!!! <33

And there's our New Years Eve and New Years day story. Who else can't believe how fast 2017 was over?? CRAZINESS. Sooooo excited to see what God has in store for us and all of y'all this year, it's gonna be an adventure!! <3 Click here to see my resolutions for this year. Lots of new ambitions, I thikn it' good to try something completely new every year. Who else wants to?? (FLUTE is my super new thing ;D I know hardly anything about it but have always loved how it sounded...soo..I'm givin it a go!!)

HOW WAS Y'ALLS NEW YEAR????

Fave pic?

Something new you would like to try?? (come on, LET'S BE ADVENTUROUS!!!)