Just A Little Post

So Matthew and my mom got home safely from their Compassion trip to Mexico! When they got back it was non-stop stories about different things on the way home. It was fun hearing about all their little adventures while they were there. The next day my mom showed us all the pictures she took on her camera. There was so many! But I loved seeing all the happy kids faces! And then their was our sponsored child who was just adorable! They said they knew who it was when they saw his hair! It was lots of fun looking at pictures and hearing stories.

I had to get back to doing my school this week and honestly it felt very very normal. Like I should be doing it for the rest of my life during my day. Although I know that feeling will go away once it gets closer to summer and I don't want to be doing school. My favorite subject right now is art. I love doing art and I love learning about how I can do it better! Second in line is writing. Although it can be confusing sometimes it has been very fun and I have learned a lot! Third I guess would have to be science. That sometimes is very very confusing and I have to go back and re-read a chapter to figure out what it was saying. Last would have to be math. Yes it's probably everyone's most hated subject but some of those things just don't make sense to me. Like why would you want to undo an equation? But I guess I will need to know it someday so I will keep on learning. I have to say though that my own personal bible time has been so much fun and my most favorite! I am going through a Sherlock Holmes devotional and it is very good! I might just have to re-read it after I'm done with it!

Sorry, I don't have any pictures up but it hasn't really been a picture worthy week... Oh well...

Today though we had Panda Express for lunch! It was so good and I'm so glad that we have a Panda here in town! After we were done eating we left the box out and soon the house smelled like chow mein! It was an amazing smell.

That's all I have for today but I will be posting again soon and hopefully with some pictures!

Oh and one more thing. I have been writing letters to a friend just recently and in one of my letters I had written a sort of a poem in it. It was about how much I love spring! So here it is:

I can't wait for Spring! I love the smell of the air and the gentle breeze of the wind passing through the trees. I love being able to stay outside all day long and hearing the chirping of the birds in the trees. The way the sun beams down on the trees making the leaves glow. The small delicate shoots of gem green grass pushing through the dirt. Oh and the day, the first day, that you finally get to wear a short sleeve shirt and shorts. The sweet smell of flowers blooming drifting through the air. The sound of a lawn mower next door and sitting by an open window letting the breeze through. And the first couple of rain showers making everything glitter and gleam.

And then of course once Summer comes to an end, I can't wait for Fall and Winter. The cripness of the air after rain and the smell of something baking and candles burning in the house. I'm glad God made Spring because it's the most beautiful time of year. I don't know what I would do without it! 

So there's my 'poem'! 

-Kelsey

Saturday

 My mom and brother got home safely from Mexico on Wednesday! Both me and my dad were happy to have them home again. They had a wonderful time meeting all the kids at all the different centers and had a fantastic time meeting our sponsored child Felix. The next day my mom showed me all her pictures and all the kids were so sweet and looked very happy! It was great to see that my mom and brother had a great time there.

So here is some pictures from this morning.

My mom and brother have almost finished packing all the stuff that they took with them to Mexico.

This is the Welcome Home sign that me and my dad made for my mom and brother when they got home. We also got a little pot of flores amarillas (yellow flowers) for them. 

One of the girls at my drama class had a good idea of how to practice her lines. She record herself saying the other persons lines and then said her lines in her head and then continued. It has been helping me a lot! It helps me know when to say my lines and know some of the lines before mine.

I also made a mask and showed it to our costume person to see if that is what one of the girls in the play wanted for her costume. She loved it and we are going to make masks one Friday so we can use them in the play. This one isn't finished yet but I wanted to make sure that the half mask would work before we make them.

I have been loving the one of the little calenders that we have. The quotes have always made me smile!

This is how I feel when it's Friday! :)

So yes it is a short post but the past week has been crazy busy with me being gone from the house almost all day and then having to go pick up my mom and brother. I hoping that I can get another post up soon!

-Kelsey

Movies!

So yesterday me and my mom went out on a mother daughter day! We thought we would do it that day since my mom is going to be gone for a week and even though I get to see her 24/7, I'm going to miss her lots. So we decided that we would go to the movies, get some lunch and then run some errands. So here is a couple photos from yesterday!

We didn't really go to a Regal movie theatre but I still thought I would take a picture of the awesome gift card that I got for Christmas. :)

We listened to The Piano Guys on the way there and on the way back. My mom got this CD for Christmas and she hasn't stopped listening to it since! But it really is a good CD!

On the way there and on the way back I was also reading my lines for the play that I'm going to be in. I've almost got them down but still have a couple hiccups...

I told myself that I wasn't going to mess up my papers. I was going to keep them really nice but I was wrong.. The edges of the pages are all bent and the paper is crinkled. Oh well! I guess it means I have been practicing!

On the way home there was a beautiful sunset! I couldn't pass up taking a picture of it. Oh! Lol, I didn't notice but you can see me in the mirror at the bottom left!

Here is another picture of the sun going down behind the hills

And I would put a picture of my lunch at In-N-Out Burger but blogger won't let me upload the photo for some reason... oh well..

So I have another drama class coming up and I can't wait! I'm so excited to see all my friends again! And then most of my youth group went to winter camp and I didn't and a lot of people were bugging me about it. (I didn't go because I didn't have the money and didn't really want to go) So one of the days we had a big dinner with turkey, cranberry salad, green beans, gravy, stuffing and mashed potatos. I took a picture of it so if anyone asks why I didn't go to camp and I'll just show it to them and say 'my mom was cooking. I couldn't miss her cooking for the world'. :)

That's all for today! Thanks for reading and I will post again soon! :)

-Kelsey

New Years Day

So the pictures on here aren't in order and I apologize for that. Like I had said in my last post my computer has been acting up. But here are some pictures from today!

Today was just a relaxing day. We just hung around the house and outside. My mom was knitting, my dad took a nap and me and my brother shot the BB gun and the bow outside.

So here are some pictures of what we did today and just some random things :)

 These are my glasses which I lose all the time. I didn't know where they were 3 times yesterday and then once today. Thankfully I was able to find them all the times I lost them.

 And here is just a cool shot of my computer... I was messing around with the flower setting on there.

 Here is what we had for breakfast this morning! Pancakes! Pancakes are probably my second favorite breakfast. Waffles would have to be my first because they are just so good!

 Here is also another part of breakfast. Now I think this is a really good shot. It could almost be in a cookbook! ;)

 We started our new calender! So of course the first day is New Year's Day. But I'm excited to see what comes up next!

 We love lighting candles during the winter time! This one is special though. We put melted wax into some of our teacups and put a wick in there and now my mom uses them around the house.

 This year I was able to use pastels and I learned about how wonderful they are! I love being able to mix them together with other colors and be able to make a whole new color. So here is one of the first pictures I did. It was for the art book that I am going through for school and I didn't use the same color for shading so the nose is a little dark looking... But it's alright. And I liked it enough to put it up on my wall.

 Here is all the things that I am going to be using for my 'hoofs' for the play that I'm in. Now you might be wondering how I'm going to do this so I will post a picture of the finished product when I get them finished. I'm excited to see how they turn out!

 Now this is a cool little thing that I have started. I don't remember where I had heard of it but I thought that it would be fun to write letters to my future husband. So when I get married he can read them. I thought it would be fun to do! I just write about how my day went and what has been going on that day. I have been enjoying it but the thing is that I have to remember to write them! Oh! And I numbered them so that they are in order, since I have just been sticking them inside my hope chest and I don't really have a special container for them.

 My socks don't match! I do this all the time because I have all my socks in one drawer and they aren't all with their pairs. So if you see me I just might be wearing non-matching socks. :)

Here is my brother's Red Rider. This is what we were using to shoot boxes out in the backyard. It's a fun way to get good at aiming and to get some fresh air! I had fun kinda hanging out with my brother this afternoon.

And I'm sad to say that Vinnie, my rabbit, died this summer. We had to put him down because we think he may have had a stroke and he couldn't move his whole left side. We will miss him very much because he was my first pet and he was a very kind one.

So that is what happened today! Again, I hope you enjoyed reading about my day and what I did! I hope to post another post again soon. Hopefully it doesn't end up being months before I end up doing another one. :)

-Kelsey

Its Been A While

So it has been a while since I have uploaded a blog post... Sorry, it took me so long to put something up. I have been on Instagram a lot and my computer has been acting up lately. I am going to try and post on here more often if I can so all of you who read my blog can stay posted :)

Again, I'm terribly sorry it's been so long. I've been really busy with drama class and memorizing lines. I'm going to be Mr. Tumnus in the play! I'm so excited and can't wait to start the play. We are going to have a tea in January and we are all going to be in costume and it will be so much fun! So I have been busy memorizing my lines and hoping that I can memorize them in time. I have made wonderful friends while there and have learned so much about theatre. I'm so happy I had a chance to do this this year for 'school'.

Then my mom and my brother are getting ready to go on their Compassion trip to Mexico. I'm also so excited for them! They are going to have a wonderful time there learning about what Compassion does in different countries. They only have 8 more days until the trip and I know I am going to miss them like crazy when they leave but I'll be so happy when they come back. So me and my dad are going to have some time together while my mom and brother are gone which will be fun and I'm looking forward to hanging out with him.

So here are some pictures from around the house today. Today is New Year's Eve and I can't wait to get to stay up until midnight! I can't believe that this year has gone by so fast! I only have a year an a half until I'm driving and it seems like just yesterday I was saying five years! This year was a pretty good year though. I'm glad that we did some day trips to different places but also got to hang around the house a bit before things got crazy busy again. It feels werid that I'm 14 now. Being 13 was pretty short but it was a special time.

I'm so thankful for my family! They are the best family anyone could ask for and I'm so happy that I am apart of them. I'm also thankful for all the new friends that I have made this year! They have been awesome and have always been there for me and I'm so thankful for that! So anyways, let's get to the pictures!

Here are the new calenders that my mom got for this year. We like to do them at the table for a conversation starter. Can't wait to do these ones!

Here is all the candy that we got this year! Some of it is gone and already eaten but there's still a lot more! Yikes! 

 Here is the Sparkling Cider for tonight! I really like this bubbly goodness!

 Here is all the stuff that my mom is going to take with her to Mexico. I'm starting to make bets with myself to see if she can fit it all in her suitcase!

(But she's the best. If anyone could fit all that stuff in a suitcase it would be her)

 Despicable Me 2! Our family really enjoyed watching this movie so we got it for Christmas and watched it Christmas day. This is on my favorite movies list :) I mean who doesn't love the little minion guys?

 Here is my mom's Kindle that she got. We never thought she would get one since she loves books and would normally not get something like this to read books. But she got it for a really good price and she loves it. Although I know for a fact that she loves the feel of books and its pages still. :)

 On to the decorations! Since my mom and brother are going away in about a week we decided to put the Christmas stuff away ealier this year so that they didn't have to worry about it after they got back. Here is the first one. This one hangs up above our tv and we have one for almost every season and one for Christmas. My mom made this so we would have something to put on the wall right where its at. I really like the little snowman in the middle. Who's your favorite snowman on there?

 I love this little snowman that we have! He is the softest snowman there is and I can't wait to put him out when we put up our winter stuff.

 Here is a snowman that my dad made! He used to make them and sell them but he doesn't stay with one thing for long. They sure were cute though! :)

 We have been making little drawings to go on our chalkboard in the dining room. We do one depending on the season or holiday. This time I was the one that drew it on the chalkboard and I'm pretty proud of myself. Do you like it?

 Let it snow! Here is the last decoration that we have put up this year. We are going light on the decorations this year because as I explained, we don't want my mom to have to worry about a lot of stuff after her and my brother get back from there trip. I like this little guy! He is pretty awesome. :)

 Here is our 'fire' that we made for when it's Christmas time and winter time. But we have had in our fireplace all year.... We might want to think about taking it out of there in the summer time since it will be a little too hot to have a fire in the house. ;)

And for the big shocker! I cut my hair! Short! I have had it long for well so long. I decided it was time to change it up a bit and cut it short. I'm really liking it like this since it is easy to wash and brush. Although I can't do much with it since it's short I really don't mind that much. I'm hoping to keep it this short for a while and then I think I will grow it out again.

That is all I have for today! Hope you enjoyed reading a bit about what has been going on and seeing some pictures! I'm thinking that if I don't really have anything to take pictures of I will just write about some stuff that has been going on but when I do have pictures I will be sure to show you!

Hope you all had a wonderful year and I hope that you have a even more wonderful this year! :)

-Kelsey

More Random Stuff I Have Been Up To :)

So, we went to a drama info meeting last week and it was really cool! I learned some more about what they are going to teach us. I will also get to see some friends next week that I don't see very often. I am so excited! Oh! And I got a loft bed yesterday and me and my mom put it together so I got to sleep in it last night. It was so much fun! It was weird though waking up and seeing the ceiling so close to me. But, I really like it and it opens up my room a little more. So I will start putting up some pictures. :)



My mom went to Spirit West Coast, so I had to go into work with my dad one day. I watch Lord Of The Rings while at his work.


My rabbit had never really been able drink out of the bottle we have for him so we put some water in a dish for him but when I went out there, he had his paws in the water dish and was eating his food like that. Silly rabbit.


I got to go riding with a group of friends one day and I had a blast! I got to ride at a lope (or canter, whichever you perfer) and I love riding at that speed. I also got to see a friend which I hadn't seen in a while.


I started watching the BBC Sherlock and it was really good. It made me want to read the book so I started reading them and I love them! They have been really fun to read. And if you like the classics, I would recommend Sherlock Holmes.


We got to do a BBQ with a couple of friends on Sunday. It was really fun and I also got to have a friend stay the night! We had a blast playing Just Dance and talking and hanging out. It was fun!


This has started to be my P.E. It's hard to keep it up but it makes working out really fun by doing games. They also have yoga and strength which I love doing. It's really cool and I enjoy doing it. :)


After the BBQ, me and my friend roasted marshmallows over the fire in our fire pit. After burning a few and then dropping a few on the ground from the bag because I was trying to move, I was able to get a really good roasted marshmallow.


The next day me and my friend played the DVD version of Clue. We played the normal version first since she had never played it before but she really enjoyed it. We both won two rounds.



When we were driving home from the drama info meeting, the sun was going down and I was trying to take a picture of it while we were driving. My mom pulled over for me so that I could get a good picture but then I accidently deleted it so we pulled over again and took another picture.


And when you get two of my friends talking about a book or movie (normally Harry Potter) they don't even noice how weird I can be. Hahaha!


My mom for the BBQ got a big bunch of yellow flower to put around the house. She was able to split it up and made a few vases of flowers. After the BBQ my mom asked if I wanted a vase in my room so now there is a bright vase of yellow flowers in my room. It is very cheerful. :)


We didn't really have dinner last night because my brother was at college group and my dad was doing his brakes with a friend, so it was just me and my mom and we watched Heartland (our new favorite show) and had banana splits for a late dinner.


That's all I have for today! I will post again when I have more pictures. And I am also doing a guest post on my mom's blog, so make sure you check it out!

Thanks for reading!