So I haven't posted here in a while... I'm sorry, I've been really busy!! However, today I have something special to tell you because, today is a very special day!!! It's my dear sister Melissa's birthday!!! Yay!!! :) She is such a wonderful person!!! I love her so much!!! She is so patient, sweet and kind! I am so blessed to have her as my sister! So, in her honor, I'm posting a blog post for her! :) Here are my 23 favorite things about her:
1. She is a Christian and strives daily to grow closer to God.
2. She loves gardening and farming! (Because of her hard work and determination (even when we make fun of her) we have lots of delicious things to eat!!)
3. She likes playing music with Michael and I! She often is the one who says "Hey! Let's play this together!" and we always have tons of fun!
4. She buys cute clothes!! (So I can borrow them right? :))
5. She doesn't mind *that* much when I come into her room and just take clothes... :) and never give them back!! :D
6. She likes doing special things for people!
7. She made me a special drink for me when I wasn't feeling very good!
8. She is really sweet! :)
9. She likes playing 'big girl' dress up!
10. She sews really well!! (She always has a HUGE pile of articles (not always clothing) that people have given her to fix!)
11. She and I can look at things on Pinterest until midnight... and still be ready to keep looking!
12. She fixed lasagna on Monday night!!
13. She likes designing things.
14. If she could, she would be an amazing interior designer.
15. She is ambitious!
16. She isn't afraid of hard work.
17. She's sympathetic... when I'm not being pathetic...
18. She has a servants heart.
19. She's beautiful! :)
20. She's really good with kids!
21. She is such a great teacher!!!
22. She likes costuming!
23. She's my sister!!!!!!! :)
As you can see, Melissa is just wonderful!!!! I love her so much! I have no idea how I would survive if she wasn't around!!! Here is a song that when I asked her what her favorite song was, this is what she said... I think she likes other songs better... but I'll share this one for grins and giggles!!!
Last night I was sitting in my room reading when I looked out the window and saw a gorgeous sunset! I went down and got the camera out and took a picture. As usual it didn't look as beautiful in the picture as it did in real life, but it was still pretty!
So then I went inside and did a few things and about five minutes later I looked out the window and saw this:
It was so beautiful!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!
"Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever!" Psalm 111:2-3
I want to start by saying I had an amazing weekend! (by the way, this post is gonna have a lot of exclamations in it... to make up for the last post which had none! :)) My weekend started out with a Side-By-Side concert on Friday night for which four of our best friend family members came up for. It was a long but fun concert! I really enjoyed every part of it!!!! The Friday night I stayed up talking to my bestest friend until 3 am. It was awesome!!! I think I almost died laughing!!! (we learned that I can't lay down and laugh really hard at the same time, I have to sit up!) Needless to say, for like the first time ever Bekah and I slept in!!! It was weird!!! But then on Saturday we just had a great time all morning while the boys mowed the lawn, and then we fixed lunch. After lunch we went into town and had an AMAZING time!!! We didn't buy any chocolate at the chocolate store but we did buy ourselves some ice cream!!! We put our sunglasses on and people watched! We are so awesome!! :) (Michael thought we were crazy, but we were sooo right!!) There was also a wedding going on right downtown but Melissa and Casey wouldn't let us go down there to watch... :( The best part of the afternoon though was when Melissa, Casey, and Carl went into the antique store and Michael, Chad, Bekah, and I stood out on the sidewalk and waved at all the cars that drove by!! It was so much fun!!! Some people were really weirded out but a lot of them laughed and waved back!! One guy even honked!!!! It was awesome to say the least! Then we went home and played badminton in the backyard until dinner! After and kind of during dinner we played Setteler's of Catan and Bekah and I won!!!! I've never won that game before and neither had Bekah!! We were pretty happy!! Then we danced!! We had a blast dancing, we had to teach Carl and Casey the new dance and that was fun!!! On Sunday we (of course) went to church, but we visited a new church and I thought it was really good! :) After church we went home and ate and then we (Michael, Melissa, and I) had to leave for orchestra concert. It was weird to leave when our friends were still at home! Haha! The orchestra concert was sooo much fun!!!! We played Mendelssohn Octet in the lobby before the concert started and it was so fun but exhausting!!! I'm so glad we did it though!!! The concert itself wasn't that amazing, but Josh played well!!! After the concert I didn't get any cookies!!! For the first time EVER!!! I was too busy talking to everyone and getting signatures on my program!!! :( Sad. Speaking of sad, I hate it when things end!!! Like orchestra, it's over until September!!! Noooooooooo!!!! There are so many people I know from there that I might never ever see again!!! :( Why do things have to change??? On a lighter note, it's so nice outside!!! I just finished a super busy few weeks and now I'm gonna sit back and finish school!!! I'm also planning on spending my summer doing some awesome practicing!!! :) Oh yeah, this should be good!!! Haha!!! Well, this post was really long!! :) I hope you all have a great week!!!
Tonight there was a battle in the kitchen. I stood there and faced my enemy, it sneered back at me. I made the first move, we struggled while I stood and eventually we fell to the ground and yet I still did not win. Sitting would just not do. I rolled on the floor and my enemy still did not give. He refuse to budge. Finally I set him upon the counter and said "my timer is going off on ten minutes. I don't have time for this." he only smiled in reply. Bracing myself I entered into the battle with all my might, grunting and protesting all the while. Finally my hands couldn't take it anymore. I needed an ally fast, Michael wasn't here, what else could I use to help me? In a flash it came to me. Mr. Green Grippy Thing. I pulled Mr. Green Grippy Thing out of his place in the drawer and he did his job. My enemy was defeated.
And what did I learn from tonight's battle? Caramel Sauce Jar > Julia.
