solar eclipse and daddy's birthday || my best friends are gone (but i had so much fun!)

We witnessed the solar eclipse!! It was so neat!!! I really wanted to get some eclipse glasses, but they were all sold out by the time we actually were going to buy them, so Daddy made an old time eclipse box, that actually worked very well!! It was neat!

 

We celebrated Daddy's birthday!! He requested pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans for dinner!!! We also surprised and made him hot wing dip and chocolate chip pound cake!!! It was all delicious!!

My BEST friends came and stayed from Tuesday to Saturday with us! I had such a good time. The worst thing about their visit was that it didn't last long enough. It flew by. But I am so happy that they got to come stay with us!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went to a bookstore on Friday!!! They had a deal where you filled a bag of books as full as you can for $7.00!! I got 30 some books for $7.00!!! I was SO EXCITED!!!!
We rode on the gulf cart for hours (which was so much fun!!!) while we listened to music and talked!!

I am so blessed to have friends like Abigail, Joe, Stin, and Anna!!! They are so much fun to be around. I feel like we're like family (I actually feel closer to them than some of my real family! lol!)! We have fun being crazy together (we certainly did some crazy things this past time) and I love it that we're making wonderful memories together!! :)
Can't wait til next time!!! :D

 

what have you been doing lately? did you watch the solar eclipse? when do you start school? what grade will you be in? 

my 4th of july || hot weather + learning the bass

I had the best 4th of July EVER!!!! :D
Some very close friends of ours came and celebrated with us!
Here is just a sneak peek into our fun days together!






I had such a wonderful time with my family & friends!!!



Please be praying for Jason, Katy, and the girls as they have moved out west. They left last week. They are quite a ways away from us now and I miss them a lot, but please keep them in your prayers as they search for a house and for Jason's new job at Chik-Fil-A.

It has been really hot here the past few days. We had a heat advisory and the heat index was 105 degrees. I've been getting the garden watering done in the morning when its cooler and spending my afternoons inside the nice, cool, air conditioned house reading books and playing piano.

Since Jason's not at church anymore, we don't have anybody to play the upright bass. So I have decided that I will learn it. On Wednesday I practiced a little and I can already play "Jesus Loves Me" and "It Is Well." I'm having a lot of fun with it though, and I cant wait till I get better!!!!



 

 

 

how did you spend your 4th of july?
did you do fireworks?
what's the weather like where you live?

a graduation + busy days

I have been SUPER DUPER busy lately. Everything about June so far has been busy. It started out with my going to my best friend's graduation! It was so much fun! She asked me and a few other girls to play "How Great Thou Art" with her for her graduation. Even though I was really, really nervous, I felt so honored that she asked me to play with her at her graduation!

(This picture was taken right before the graduation (sorry its so blurry))
While we were eating lunch together on Sunday, I was asked to come and stay with them from Wednesday through Saturday since my Daddy and Abigail's Daddy were going on a Baptist History tour and Daddy would be going to their house anyway. I was SOOOOO EXCITED!!!!
Wednesday didn't come fast enough. Finally, it was Wednesday morning and Daddy and I were on our way to my best friend's house. I had such a fun time with Abigail and her family!!! I don't think they will ever know how much fun I had!!



(while I was there, we went four wheeling. EEEPPP!!! :D )

I've been reading a lot of books. Abigail and her brother filled me up with tons of books to read. I'm going to try and read them all before July 4th, which is when Abigail's whole family is coming up to stay with us! YAY! I CANT WAIT!! :D

I might be starting to teach a new girl piano! Its up in the air right now on their end, but if they want to do it, I'll probably be starting sometime in July. I have mixed feelings about it. Most of me is really excited, but some of me is quite nervous. I mean, she is a beginner and I will be building her foundation for piano. But she seems like a real nice little girl and I hope it works out.

We've been really busy with house hold work. Getting things done that we haven't been able to get done because of busy times.
We've been doing some deep cleaning inside and outside, mulching, filling some ditches around the house with stone, pulling weeds, and etc.
Us girls spent the whole morning in the kitchen today, and quite possibly will be spending our whole evening in there too, because of our Father's Day meal tonight! It is going to be delicious! (Maybe I'll do another post on this on Monday. We shall see. ;) )



 

 

 

what have you been up to lately?
have you been doing a lot of reading?