Philippians 4:4

"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice." ~Philippians 4:4

I love this verse!
Ok, that's it.. haha♥

P.S. -This is my officially official blog signature. yay!

Pittsburgh ♥

I woke up this morning in the lovely Pittsburgh, PA to about 3 or more inches of snow! (more or less- but probably more than 3in. lol!☺) I went outside to play with Jaclyn & Rosie {Frankie & Jaclyn came home with us last night because we were going to meet everyone else in town...}and got to wear my new my new furry hat & rain boots [that froze my feet off because I forgot to wear my new socks to go with them. oops!].

While we were out in the snow, Jaclyn decided to see in the the little pond in Baba's [my grandma] backyard was all frozen...and she fell in &almost pulled me in with her! Funniest thing ever!! hehehehehee☻ Gotta love that girl!♥ [She is such a blessing, right Kristen? haha!!)

Then we all REcurled our hair and did our makeup  and listened to some great songs [like the "Put one foot in front of the other and soon you'll be walking out the dooooorrrr!" From the Santa Claus Is Coming to Town movie. lol] because we had nothing better to do!

Then we ate...A LOT.

Painted our nails...while we ate some more.

Watched a movie and drank slushies.

Ate dinner.

Then Me, Rosie, Si, Levi, Jesse, Frankie &Jaclyn played [1 round!] of sardines & decided to all go on a walk. So we walked up to the school and played/rolled/pushed each other/ran/tripped/crawled down the big hill. It was great!!

Frankie rocked in my lovely coat and purple scarf while I wore my dad's leather coat. Honestly, I have no idea why Frank didn't wear dad's coat &I wore mine! haha☺

After we got back, we ate some more and drank tea.

I seriously have the greatest family ever! Even though we were all supposed to meet with everyone in town (we couldn't because of all the snow! there is so much here! It is so fun!) & hang out there we still had such a great time today!

Yay for family!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!! &Happy New Year! {2013! booyah!}

Look What I Found!!☺

I LOVE YOU GIRLS!!!! ♥ UR THE BOMB! 

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas, everyone!!

I hope you are having an AMAZING day! (I know that I am... as I sit here on my laptop with my new blingy mouse, and zebra laptop case.. while listening to Owl City with my new silver leopard print head phones and trying to figure out how I can pull off wearing shiny silver tights, a bright yellow fedora with a blue bow and a really awesome leather jacket with a fur collar... HA!

God is so good to me. Thanks, Lord- you have blessed me with so many people and things. Thank you that you love me- even though I am worth less than dust. -Please help me to not get so carried away with things that I have gotten, but to remember what this day is all about and why we celebrate it!

Again, Merry Christmas, guys!
Love you all -Valerie

Merry Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone!!

This has to be a short post because my room is in need of some major cleaning before my Grandparents get here. haha! ☺

♥- Valerie

Yay for (the day before) Christmas Adam!

My mom just came home with the cutest new rain boots for me!  TA DA:

And, we all got new pajama's, too. (This may not seem like a big deal to you, but try living in a big family... new pajama's are RARE! hahaha☺)

So... yay for the day before Christmas Adam!

Tally-ho and all that!

~Vallie

Also, isn't it totally cool that we get to celebrate Christmas Adam on a Sunday?!
Awesome. 

With Loud Singing.

Ok so... you know the verse in Zephaniah?  [Wow, Valerie.. that was real descriptive! sheesh.]

Anyway, there is this verse in Zephaniah (Zephaniah 3:17, to be exact!) that says:

"The Lord your God is in your midst, a might one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quite you with his love; he will exult over you with loud singing." 

I LOVE that verse! LOVE IT! ☺ It is so amazing and it shows how much God loves you.

But, for some reason the part where is says "he will exult over you with loud singing" just kinda makes me laugh! For some reason, every time I read that, I get this cartoon image in my head of God singing really loud- Like this:

If you can't see this picture, all I can tell you is that you are missing out! LOL ☺ 

I'm tellin' ya, it gets me every time! ☺

Ok, that's it. haha!!!

Merry 2 days and 11 hours [according to my handy dandy Christmas countdown I have here...] 'till Christmas!! yay!

100% more better (haha)

Well, it now feels 100% more like Christmas time!
Yay for snow!! ☺
I was so excited when I woke up and found out there was snow on the ground! I can't believe that is is still snowing and blowing like crazy, though.
It's pretty much totally awesome!!

Also, [in case your still wondering] the world didn't end today.
Sorry.
I know your probably terribly disappointed... LOL ☺
Merry Christmas, guys!

~Vallie

Almost there!

Four days until the most wonderful day of the year. [-Or one of them anyway. I happen to think April 23 is a pretty schnazzy date, too. Just putting it out there... Not like it's my birthday or anything like that. *cough* LOL]

I really can't believe that it's almost Christmas, though! I am pumped!! =)
I have a thing for shopping for gifts for people. I have had such a great time making gifts & Christmas shopping! It's great!

Yesterday, I was at Walmart with my mom and Silas. We all split up so that we could get presents for people w/o the other knowing.. I'm not gonna lie, Baba (my grandma) I can totally see why you like to go to Walmart. I think I am going to become a 'Walmart Hobo'. It was totally great when I heard tobyMac come the radio. I may or may not have called Silas just to let him know that tobyMac's song was playing... *cough*cough*☺

I can hardly stand the wait. Please Christmas, don't be late! hahaha☺

I found a bunch of great things, too! I think I'm going to burst with excitement!

Baby Augs. =)

So excited about the new addition to the Augsburger Family!
My uncle & aunt just adopted an adorable baby boy!
Thank you God!!♥

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Merry Christmas, everyone!

9 Days

Can you believe that there are only NINE more days until Christmas?!
I am seriously bursting with excitement!!
-If it would start snowing about now it would be perfect! ♥

On that note: Praise the Lord for Christmas Break! Seriously. =)

My last class ended yesterday at 3:30. I'm officially on my 23rd hour of Christmas break [Or something like that.. I'm on break, so I'm not going to use any math skills to try to figure that out. HA!]. It is totally blissful.

Today, mom decdied that I get to plan our Christmas Adam dinner this year. I'm totally psyched!
(Yes, our Christmas Adam dinner. Adam came before Eve, right? It was Rosie's idea-- I think we are on our 3 or 4th year of celebrating it! LOL)

Ok, that's it. haha(=

P.S.- I really need to go Christmas shopping, too... just so we all know.
P.P.S.- I can't wait to go see the Hobbit!!!!!!!!! I'm probably going to explode with excitement!! It's so tinsel! 

School Poem

Today, I wrote a poem.

I decided to call it "School Poem".

I know you are all dying to read it, so here you go:

"School Poem"
By: Valerie Alexis Augsburger

I hate school.

A lot.

It is gross

And it will make you sick,

Probably.

Everyday, when I get up

I think to myself,

"Self, you really just need to retire.

This school thing is really hurting your bran cells."

I hate school.

A lot.

It is gross

And it will make you sick, 

Probably.

That is as far as I got. LOL ☺

For Megan...

Megan Barthauer: here are the banners I made for you. =) TA DA!

They are a lot bigger in real life- but at least you get the idea =)

Is It Christmas?

So, I accidently found this website yesterday.

It is called: www.isitchristmas.com

It made me laugh pretty hard.. I'm not going to tell you what it is, just go look it up for yourself!

Ok, that is it.

The dishes are calling for me. haha! ☺

P.S.- Only thirteen more days 'till Chirstmas! yay!
P.P.S.- Wow. I really need to go Christmas shopping...

Candy Wrap

Hahahaha (= I LOVE Chris August!! 

Funniest thing ever... well, maybe not ever, but still! LOL

Live Life.

Hey guys,

I want to encourage you all to do something..

Live life. Live it to the fullest.

But don't just live your life to bring happiness to yourself. Live your life to bring honor, glory & praise to Jesus Christ!
Do it every second, every minute and every hour of every day. 

I think that sometimes we take life for granted... I mean, I know I sure do!!
But I need to realize that:

1). We are called to live a life of giving our praise, glory & ourselves to God.
2). We're not actually guaranteed another second of life! -Every breath we take should be considered a wonderful gift from God! 

Wow. That's a HUGE statement right there!


God has really brought this to my attention these past twelve months.

It started when my friend's (Hannah) brother died.
Then, my friend's (Matt) sister died.
Then, my friend's (Sarah) dad died in a car accident last night.

Honestly, this has got to be the hardest year I've ever gone through!

I don't understand why God has brought so much suffering into the lives of my friends... but I know that he has a perfect plan. (I repeat, a perfect plan!) And I can give him all of my sorrow and my shattered heart, and he will help me get back up. What a mighty God I serve!


I gotta go because my laptop is about to die and I am 2 lazy to go get it.

Please be praying for Sarah and her family!

LIVE LIFE.

Count it ALL Joy

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." ~James 1:2-4

Dear Lord,
Please help me count this "trial" all joy, because right now I having a hard time doing that.
Love, Valerie

I will yet praise him...

"Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God." ~Psalm 43:5