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Hey guys!

Well, if you have been paying any attention at all, you would have noticed that my blog is starting to look a little different. LOL

Well, I'm not done yet.. So just ignore the really weird things --like overly large photos and weird colors that don't match! LOL

And have not fear, it shall be finished soon! =)

♥-Vallie

A Very Important Detail

Well, folks.

I have learned a very important detail about this week:

Yesterday was NOT Monday-- It was Tuesday.

This detail may seem small, unimportant, very minor, or whatever it is that you're thinking right now.. 

But it is not! 

Your week sure can change a lot when you realize that today is Wednesday and in two days I have to finish a ton of school work!

SURPRISE!

Ugh.

Way to procrastinate there, kiddo.

Way to procrastinate. 

5 Very Exciting Things

Guess what?

I have FIVE very exciting things to share with you today! 

(..well, I think they are exciting anyway.. But that's not really saying much, is it?)

Number One:

This morning my adorable little brother, Jesse woke me up to show me "something just great!". (you know, it turns out he actually doesn't look all that adorable early in the morning when he is trying to get me up.. haha! just kidding!) 

Anyway, one I was half awake, he pulled back the curtains in my bedroom and.... Lo and behold there was SNOW!!

Honestly, if that doesn't make you like 100 times more awesomer (yes, i just said awesomer, don't judge me) than you already are (or would like to be in my case.. haha!), I don't know what does!

Here. I took a glorious photo.

This is outside my pantry window this morning.

This one is outside my bedroom window around 11:30.

Dear Christmas, 

Honestly, I don't think you can come soon enough!

Love,

Vallie =)

Number Two: 

Since it snowed today and all, I started getting really excited about winter.. Or things that happen during the winter, anyway. 

Like: WINTER JAM!!

I am seriously so excited!

I went last year with some awesome friends for the first time and absolutely LOVED it!

(Side Note: If you don't know what Winter Jam is.. It's just a big concert that has a bunch of christian artists and is $10.00 @the door. Greatest thing ever. Seriously.)




Number Three:

I just found out that you can buy UNRULED INDEX CARDS!

They look just like regular index cards, but with no lines on them.

How cool is that?
Very.

Also, you can get them in different colors, too..
So that is definitely plus!

Number Four:

Today, when we were listening to Christmas music, the song "Feliz Navidad" came on, I finally knew what they were saying!!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!

Who knew?

Thank You Spanish Class!! LOL =)

This is to get you in the festive mood....

Number Five: 

I had chocolate yogurt for the first time today!

Ok, well folks.. That is all of the exciting things for today.

I gotta go to bed now though because I have to babysit some super cute kiddos early in the morning! =)

Costume Party

Hey Guys!(:

Guess what?  I went to a costume party last night!!

I went with my my sis (Maryrose) and one of my friends, Caleb.

Rosie dressed up as a Leprechaun..
Probably the cutest leprechaun you have ever seen, too..
Like ever.
Seriously!

And I went as Cruella de Vil...

It was a pretty shnazzy costume, I must say!

(Thank You, Mommy! You are the best!)

This is me & Rosie goofing off while mom is taking pictures at home...

We bought black & white hair paint for my hair, and mom helped me put it on..

(I think she had way 2 much fun with that!! LOL)

It smelled horrible, though! 

GROSS!!

And it tastes really bad too, just so we all know...

-Not that I would know anything about accidentally breathing it in while mom was spraying it on my hair, or anything like that..

I must say, the hair look pretty awesome... Well, until it started turning my hands and face all blackish!!!! 

It took me forever to get the paint out of my hair! LOL

It was totally worth it though!

I won one of the prizes for my costume (yeah, baby!). And, I won the candy corn guessing contest, too.. Because I'm just that good..

What can I say? LOL(= JK

Ok so, anyway..
Here are more pics:
OH BOY!


This is a bunch of us piled on a wagon for a hay ride...
You can't see me because I'm in the back..
Depressing, I know.
HA! KIDDING!

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And, this is Caleb, Me & Maryrose when we first got there.

Ok, that is it. =)

Adios, Amigos!

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

Ok guys, guess WHAT?! 

Well, first let me back up so that you can fully appreciate why a am so thrilled...

SO.... I personally, seriously like LOVE Christmas like a whole stinkin' LOT!
I'm one of those people who would keep Christmas decorations up all year long (supposing that person's mother would give her the "OK"... which she hasn't.) and start playing Christmas music in July! (I am actually listening to it right now. LOL=)
Pathetic, right?
I know.
What can I say?

So anyway, now that you have a little background on the subject of me loving Christmas a whole lot, I would like to share this extraordinary bit of information with you!!

Did you know.... THAT LOWE'S HAS JUST PUT UP THEIR CHRISTMAS TREES AND TOTALLY COOL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS?!?!?!

Isn't that great?!

I know, that is what I thought too! haha =)


Ok, that's it.

Merry Christmas! LOL!!


P.S. Did you know that there are only 64 days 2 hours & 47 minutes 'till Christmas?!
Yesssss!!!!

Big Bird on SNL!

Guess what?! Big Bird from Sesame Street was on Saturday Night Live the other night! Funniest thing ever!! LOL =)


You can watch CLICK HERE TO WATCH IT!! yay! =)

Ok, that is it... =) lol

What if?

I've been think about life lately.
Right now, I am still in school.
Where will I be next month?
Where will I be next year?
In the next five years?

Then I came upon a scary thought: in the next five years, I will be twenty!
I could still be in my small town village, I could be in college, I could even be a wife and/or a mom! I could be half-way over with my life even!

After that thought, I started thinking about others things like: where will my family and friends be in five years?
Right now, my littlest brother Jesse is 11 years old (I think lol). In five years he will be sixteen and my big brother will be twenty-one, almost twenty-two. What if, in the next five years, I don't have a little brother Jesse or a big brother, Silas? What if I do? What if Si becomes someone awesome.. like the president! =) What if he is a hobo and cannot afford to buy his family shoes? What is Maryrose robs a bank and becomes on the top ten list of most wanted people?! (ok, now I'm getting kinda crazy!! lol)

What about my friends, though?.. my closest friends who I love very dearly and feel like I could never live without? Will I ever see them after we all go our separate ways in life? Maybe. Will we ever talk? Possibly. Will we ever go back to our little Subway booth on Wednesday nights or have random parties/bonfires, just because? Doubt it. Seriously, doubt it.

Life is full of "what if's" and "what about's".
Some are really cool amazing thoughts like: what if my brothers and sister all have an amazing life ahead of them? What if we have no more days of trouble to come and we "perfect" lives?
And some are not so good thoughts like: what is Levi gets in a car accident and has horrible brain damage, can no longer do anything for himself or think for himself.

You know what?
I have something awesome to share with you.


Matthew 6:25-34:

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?  Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.  Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."

If that isn't one of the coolest things you have ever read, I don't know what is!!

#1. Don't worry!
#2. God is totally in control, just look around you! You know those birds that you see everywhere? Go created them and takes cares for each and every one of them and plans out every detail of their life. To God, you are worth so much more than a silly 'ol bird!! God cares for you in more ways then you will ever know!
#3. Worrying doesn't add a single second, minute, hour, day, month or year to you life!
#4. Don't worry about your clothes.. that's just silly! Have you not see how your savior takes care of those pesky dandelions or those beautiful flowers your mom grows all around the house!! Think about how much more you are worth to Christ!!
#5, Don't worry!
#6. Don't worry!
#7. Don't worry!

Isn't it so cool to know that God cares so much for you that he makes sure you know that he will never forget about any detail of your life.. Even the tiniest thing like, how you are going style your hair tomorrow! God is in control of you life, so don't worry! It's in good hands! 

Plus, I have one more cool thing to share with you.
Ok, so.. You know how I was talking about "what if we have an amazing life ahead of us? What if we have no more days of trouble to come and we "perfect" lives?"

Well, guess what?

Ahead of us, we do have an amazing and totally perfect life. If you have trusted Christ as your savior, repented and are living your life for HIS glory.. You have an indescribable life ahead that involves praising and glorifying Christ forever and ever in heaven! How great is that?!

So, ya know? Even though I get frustrated and scared that I don't know what life holds ahead for me, I can be content in knowing that God does!

It's Purple!

I think I've just found the coolest thing on earth!! (for the next 15 minutes, anyway...)

Ok, so.. guess what we are having for dinner tonight?
I'll give you a hint: It starts with purple and ends in cauliflower.

Seriously though, we are eating purple cauliflower! Isn't that beast?!

Here, I have picture evidence! yay!

Ok, well.. that was fun..

I gotta go now.

Adios.

valerie(:

The Guys.

Brothers are the greatest thing ever- especially mine! They are all so different, but yet totally the same all of the time! They are huge blessings to me & they make me laugh AT LEAST 20 million times everyday!

Silas is in the middle with his friends Kyle & Drew.
"Getting ready for prom.." (yeah, right!)

Silas:  
Silas is the best big brother ever! He is super kind, loving & thoughtful to me and all of my siblings. He is the kind of guy who cares about his family and will stick up for us. Si is kinda quiet when you first get to know him, but that totally changes shortly after! He is always coming up with crazy ideas that are WAY over my head, but he cares enough about me to explain what he is talking about. Silas is always talking to me about the new things he learned in his bible- he is devoted to living his life to Christ & bringing glory to God... which I happen to think is the coolest thing ever! He is one of the most talented and creative guys I know.. he likes to draw, paint, read history books, dress up nice =) & reenact in Civil War reenactments  Silas is not only my brother, but one of my BEST friends EVER!

Levi:

Levi after riding

Levi is just about as tuff as they come! =) LOL He is ALWAYS wearing a hat and an adorable smile! (Don't tell him I said that! hahaha =) People are always thinking Levi and Jesse are twins, or the can't remember who is who.. They both try to come up with sneaky new ideas to try and fool people all the time! Levi has always struggled with reading because of his eyes, but he is totally BRILLIANT! (-So he really likes to learn about Albert Einstein because although he may have been one of the most brilliant men who ever lived, he struggled with reading, too!) Levi loves to do science experiments and math, and really likes to ride horses! He may be three years younger than me, but he is just as good a rider! He likes to do Civil War reenactments with Silas & Dad and he always wants to go camping, too. Levi is super fun to hang out with & he's always teaching me about the awesome science experiments he did and why they work. =)

Jesse:

Jesse's latest Lego creation.

Jesse is the "baby" of the family! LOL He is so funny & he loves making other people laugh. He has tons of cute little freckles & crazy curly red hair that probably no one in the world could figure out how to brush! He loves playing Legos & could care less if he never go to do school again! haha =) Jesse pretty much sings constantly- yesterday, we were in the car for fifteen minutes and he had already sung 16 different songs.. Rosie counted! lol (Don't worry, when he grows up to become a world famous singer, I'll help you get your own autographed copy of his CD & MAYBE you can get a picture take with him, too. hahahaha =) just kidding!) Jesse is the best fisherman I know! He is always asking me, "Vallie, will you go fishing with me today? 'Cuz sometimes I get bored when I am

Jesse with his 2 fish on 1 hook!!

all by myself." This summer, he decided that he was going to put two hooks on his fishing rod so that he could catch two fish at one time... and he did!! I never thought it could be possible!!!

Levi, Silas & Jesse

Jesse & Levi picking strawberries with mommy! 

We put Jesse in a Chicago style hot dog....

Levi!

Jesse & his awesome hair! LOL

      

October!

Happy October! (Yes, I do know that I'm four days late.. minor details..=)

So, (In order for me to find just one more reason to get out of doing more homework..) I found a website that lists "October 2012 Bizarre & Unique Holidays". Yay! (I just wanna know why I've never heard of these holidays before.. It's pretty sketchy guys... pretty sketchy..)

1 World Vegetarian Day

2 National Custodial Worker Day

2 Name Your Car Day

3 Techies Day

3 Virus Appreciation Day

4 National Golf Day

4 National Frappe Day

5 Do Something Nice Day

5 World Teacher's Day

6 Come and Take it Day

6 International Frugal Fun Day - first Saturday of the month

6 Mad Hatter Day

6 Physician Assistant Day

7 Bald and Free Day

7 Oktoberfest in Germany ends, date varies

7 World Smile Day

8 American Touch Tag Day

8 Columbus Day - second Monday of month

9 Curious Events Day

9 Fire Prevention Day

9 Leif Erikson Day

9 Moldy Cheese Day

10 Emergency Nurses Day- date varies

10 National Angel Food Cake Day

11 It's My Party Day

11 Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day

12 Cookbook Launch Day

12 Old Farmer's Day

12 Moment of Frustration Day

12 World Egg Day -  second Friday of the month

13 International Skeptics Day

14 Be Bald and Free Day

14 National Dessert Day - take an extra helping, or two! =)

15 White Cane Safety Day

16 Bosses Day

16 Dictionary Day

17 Wear Something Gaudy Day

18 No Beard Day  

19 Evaluate Your Life Day

20 Brandied Fruit Day    

20 International Newspaper Carrier Day -date varies each year

20 Sweetest Day Third Saturday of month

21 Babbling Day

21 Count Your Buttons Day

21 National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day find a recipe, too.

22 National Nut Day

23 National Mole Day

23 Tv Talk Show Host Day

24 National Bologna Day

24 United Nations Day    

25 Punk for a Day Day

25 World Pasta Day

26 Frankenstein Friday - last Friday in October

26 National Mincemeat Day

27 Make a Difference Day-  fourth Saturday of the month, an opportunity for neighbors to help neighbors.

27 National Tell a Story Day - in Scotland and the U.K.

27 Navy Day

28  Mother-In-Law Day - fourth Sunday in October

28 Plush Animal Lover's Day    

29 Hermit Day

29 National Frankenstein Day

30 National Candy Corn Day- WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL OF THE LIFE?!

30 Mischief Night

31 Carve a Pumpkin Day - no surprise here

31 Halloween

31 Increase Your Psychic Powers Day

So, there you have it. Yet another reason to celebrate every single day just because.

-Val