A Song

Today I'm going to share with you a song. I love the Piano Guys so much, and I listen to them all the time. Every so often my favorite song of their's changes. Right now my favorite is "Moonlight". I didn't used to like this one,  I thought it was ok, but it wasn't spectacular or anything like that. However, when I listened to it again the other day I thought it was so good! I love Beethoven, and what they did with his sonata is just amazing! My favorite part is when the music dies away he's running and then the music comes back!!!  Anyway, you should give it a listen and I hope you like it!!!!!

Snow!

It's snowing outside so I decided to make it snow on my blog!! I hope you enjoy the 'new look'!!! :) I, personally, love the snow!!! Have a great week!

What I'm Reading

Can you make a guess as to what I'm reading??? Here, I'll give you a hint:

You would never have guessed that I've been reading The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien, right???  I'm actually planning on re-reading the entire series over the next few weeks. I try to read the Lord of the Rings trilogy every year around Christmas time, but this year I started with The Hobbit (because the movie was coming out) and so I didn't start them as early as I usually do.  However, after having read The Hobbit, and most of The Fellowship of the Ring I am beginning to realize how great of an author J. R. R. Tolkien was! He wrote such a complex story, with many different 'main' characters with a variety of different conflicts, but under all of that there is the main conflict that all the characters are connected with in some way or another.  All of that adds together to make a very interesting and exciting book/series!  I highly recommend you read this book if you haven't already, and if you have, you should definitely read it again! 

Buckeyes

Today we're going to talk about one of the most wonderful team in college football... actually we're not. We're going to talk about the most wonderful Christmas candy known to mankind! Buckeyes! (or Peanut Butter Balls if you come from some place up north where they don't like Buckeyes...) These are so good!!! Seriously, it's peanut butter and chocolate, how can you miss?? 

Doesn't it look just amazing?? I love these wonderful candies and I hope you can find a recipe that works for you! (of course I can't possibly share our secret recipe ;)) I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! I hope your day is full of wonderful things!!! This year, we're doing something 'normal'! It's crazy! Ever since we've moved we've done something different every year! This year, we're not going to New York, my brother's family is staying here, and we're just going to have a 'quiet' Christmas! 

Here is a beautiful Christmas song for you today! 

"Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace, goodwill to men"

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

More Christmas Music!

Christmas is right around the corner!!! Everyone is so excited!!! My mom took us to the mall today and we went shopping!! It took forever, but it was mostly enjoyable. (I don't really like shopping very much...) As far as I know, some people bought gifts, so it was a successful shopping trip! 

Anyway, the Christmas song that I'm going to share with you today is one that my wonderful brother showed me last year. It's on one of the Christmas CD's that we just have here at home, but we never actually listen to the whole CD. However this song was hidden and we had to discover it! It's called "A Strange Way To Save The World" and it's sung by 4Him. I really hope you enjoy it as much as we do!!!

Wanderlust

I've been feeling this great desire lately to go somewhere, and today I want to to go Ireland! It's so green and beautiful there with rolling hills and amazing views! I love countries over there because they have such old and interesting histories! You don't come across an old castle built in the 1300s in America!!!! But you do in Europe!!!! 

Just look at that!!!!!

It's just so beautiful!! 

I just want to stand on the edge and stare out at the water!

It's amazing, shall I say it's epic? :)

It's so beautiful!!!! I really hope that someday I can go there!!!

The Christmas Shoes

I'm not just trying to copy Michael, but I like Christmas songs, and it's only 8 days until Christmas so I just have to do some Christmas songs!!! They just happen to be the same ones that Michael posts because he posts good Christmas songs!!

Anyway, the song I'm going to share with you today is called Christmas shoes. This song is very touching and the first time I listened to it I cried so much! I don't cry so much anymore but sometimes when I listen to it I cry. Our old, old church from before we moved once did "The Christmas Shoes" as the Christmas play. I don't remember much, except that I was told to be quiet and not bother anyone, I was kind of young. Anyway, once we were listening to the radio on the way home from church here, and it played and it was so touching, I just loved it! Anyway, here it is, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! :)

'Till I Hear You Sing

A few months ago my brother and I were looking at the cd's in our library. We found so many that we wanted to listen to, as our library had an extensive collection of good music. One of those cd's was Love Never Dies which is a musical that was written as the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. Since The Phantom of the Opera  is such a good musical we just had to listen to the sequel. It turned out to be kind of a not so good story with all the cool characters turning into jerks and stuff like that, however, there was one really, really, good song in the musical. That is "'Till I hear you Sing! I remember the first time I listened to it, we were in the car on our way home from something in Indy and Michael was in the backseat and he just put the headphones on me and said "listen to this" I did, of course, and we've just loved it ever since! Another time we listened to it was at the Obermeyer's and that was memorable because (well because it was the Obermeyer's) but, it was late and we needed to get home, but then the cd got stuck in the cd player!!! But Mrs. Obermeyer loved the song too, so it was worth it!! It's such a passionate and beautiful song! I hope you like it!! "My broken soul, can't be alive and whole, 'till I hear you sing once more!" It's just beautiful!!!! 

Le Festin

A few years ago my family watched Ratatouille for the first time and we really enjoyed it! It's such a thought provoking film and of course Pixar makes the best animated movies! I remember watching it and thinking that the music was just amazing! So of course my sister went straight to the library and got the soundtrack and we just loved it!! We would listen to it while we worked in the kitchen and it fit perfectly with the mood! (hmm I wonder why?? ;)) Anyway, sometimes fixing dinner would be plain awesome! :D One of our favorite tracks from the soundtrack is "Le Festin" I hope you like it too!!!

Another Christmas song!

Christmas is just right around the corner! (If you follow my brothers blog, it's 18 days away!! Remind him that he's still a day behind!) So today I'm going to share one of my most favorite Christmas songs! (of course they are all my favorite... ;)) It is "Pat a Pan" by David Archuleta!!!!! I love this song and how he sings it, it's so fast and exciting!!! :) I hope you like it as much as I do! 

I'm dreaming today...

Today I'm dreaming of mountains. I've always loved mountains and have wanted to live in them for a few years now. They are just so big and majestic!!!! They make you realize how small you really are and how great and powerful God is! 

Isn't it just beautiful???

Breathtaking!!!!!

I want to go there!

"How Majestic is Your Name Oh LORD in all the Earth!" 

Anyway, I just love mountains and I wish I was there! :) 

Bugler's Holiday

Today I'm going to share a Christmas song with you all!!!! The song is none other than Bugler's Holiday!!! 

This song has very special meaning to me and my family. Our first violin teacher had an arrangement of this for three violins and piano and every Christmas we would play it!!! It was always so much fun! I have amazing memories of rehearsing and performing it with everyone there! Then after we moved we discovered the original (with three trumpets and orchestra) and I love it even more now that I've heard it!!!!! Every time I listen to it I just start smiling because it's so cheerful and happy!!! It is such a catchy tune we (my brother and I) sometimes like to hum it in parts in the car!!! It's so much fun!!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!!!!!