FCA camp stories + flower photography overload

  

GUYS I JUST WENT OUTSIDE FOR A NICE AFTERNOON WALK AND I REALIZED OUR FLOWERS HAVE BLOOMED...whhaaattt? Where has the time gone? It seems like we planted them yesterday?!?! I was soooo excited. As you know, I might get OVERLY BEYOND EXCITED about our flowers in the backyard and maybe spam your feed with LOADS of pictures of them. #unashamed
   This week my brother and I attended FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes). We've attended for 5 years. This was my 2nd year being a huddle leader. During the 3 days of camp the kids play sports, but most of all learn about Jesus Christ. As a huddle leader, you help them understand how we should honor God in sports and life and get the privilege to get to know the kids.
    My favorite part of the camp is firstly, getting to see their progress. The first day I had quiet girls who wouldn't answer questions, didn't want to pray, and would forget everything I taught them. As the days went on I saw their progress. Suddenly, I had to ask the girls to raise their hand so we wouldn't be talking all at the same time. I saw the girls desire to WANT to be a better Christian. I got to hear them memorize their verse which I heard dozens of times that week. It made me so happy to enjoy learning about Jesus :)
    Another favorite part of the camp was (of course) the competition. I mean, who doesn't? It's a blast to see the hard work (even when it's super hot) we all contribute in to. I also like cheering them on ;) and giving them tips. The week of FCA is always usually the hottest week of the summer so it's super exhausting to play outside. After you come in, you look badddd. I mean I defs did. Like I was walking in with frizz everywhere, a red face, and a sweaty shirt. I like it though, cause it makes me feel proud ;P
    So, I'm walking around inside and one of the competition directors (who looks just like Robert Redfern) asks me, "So what soccer team are you on?" It was SOOO funny cause I NEVER play soccer and I don't even like it that much. So I tell him, "I don't play soccer. I'm horrible at it and I don't even like it." And he was sooooo shocked. He told me everybody knew for sure I played soccer. hahahahaha I was like nooooooo.
     He also told me I run like gazelle and I have natural abilities. and as we sadly said goodbye to the camp he told me, "Get into a sport okay?" and apparently he told my brother the same of me as well. He's got me thinking about possibly looking into a sport that involves more running, throwing, and catching. BUT. I don't like softball. I don't think I'm good enough at basketball. I like soccer kinda but I don't think I'm good enough. I love football but...you know you gotta tackle people...nah. I'd love to go for tag football or flag football :P but I'm too old to be in a league like that. So I'm stuck. Any suggestions?
   
     I think that's all in my life other than right now while you's reading this, I'm at d3 Youth Conference :D Don't worry, I won't get a concussion. (You'll get that last sentence if you read this post ;P)

How's summer treating you? 
What's the weather like? 
Do you know a sport I could play that involves at least running, throwing, and catching?

bouncing in to say bye,
                                  Bernie

Behold our God

Who has held the oceans in His hands?
Who has numbered every grain of sand?
Kings and nations tremble at His voice
All creation rises to rejoice
Chorus
Behold our God seated on His throne
Come, let us adore Him
Behold our King—nothing can compare
Come, let us adore Him

Who has given counsel to the Lord?
Who can question any of His words?
Who can teach the One who knows all things?
Who can fathom all His wondrous deeds?

Who has felt the nails upon His hands?
Bearing all the guilt of sinful man
God eternal, humbled to the grave
Jesus, Savior, risen now to reign

You will reign forever
Let Your glory fill the earth


yeah I know I've already did a post about this song but I just wanted to do it again :D cause I love this song.

I thank God for my love of the outdoors and it's mostly because of Him. I understand that for sure humidity is horrid, there's mosquitos, i'll sweat, etc. but how can you go outside and not be amazed? How would you not want to spend your whole life out there? And to know that my awesome God made it all with the power of his word is even more breathtaking.

Who can fathom all his wondrous deeds?

It grieves me to know that some people spend all of their time inside glued to their electronics. It honestly made me angry when people go outside and complain about how hot it is and use it as a excuse to go back inside, or whine about the bugs and how they're gross. Oh, and don't get me wrong, I've been caught doing this too. Sometimes we fail to understand that without some bugs it'd be even more annoying. Bees sting, (I just got a bee sting last week) but they're unique in how they all work hard to make honey, something that is delicious and we use a lot in foods. Oh my, spiders can be scary but they eat flies and without spiders eating flies our world would be swarmed with flies. 

What I'm trying to say is, let us be reminded about the importance of everything outside and enjoy it. How without the sun plants, flowers, and food could not grow. How everything would be dry and would die if it didn't rain every once in a while. 

Get outside. Stand in awe of the wonderful Creator who made it all. Praise him. Let His glory fill the earth. 

bouncing in to say bye,

                                  bernie

My Very Late May Highlights

my birthday handstand ft. my new leo and my birthday hat from Sarah

 *this picture was actually taken on April 30th but I love it so much*

 I got to hold this tiny little bird at biology. Oh it was so cute!

 guyssss i'm going tye dye crazy!! I tye dyed three shirts and I'm going to tye dye a sweater soon AHHH I'm so excited!

 yup that's me :P

so, i'm bad. i'm finally around to getting around to finishing this post because we had a trip to see our family this weekend and then I wasn't in the writing-a-blog-post mood. So I just sat around not doing this blog post and now I'm super late and May is long out of our thoughts. June is a reality now. So yeah, I'm late, but it's okay. Right?  

ahhh the month of May is over and honestly I'm sad. May treated me well. I can't believe this year is almost half way done like whuttttttt?! crazy.

Let's so over May ;)

May Highlights
first things first...I FINISHED SCHOOL for the summer - YESSSSS
hiking without parents - hehehehe
finishing biology - like uhhhh the feels
finding my boots - post about it right here.
my birthdayyyyyy - so yeah I turned 15 this month. we celebrated by going on a bike ride. it was soooo fun. I always wanna go bike riding with my family but it's hard to go when we live by a highway. so for my birthday we biked. around our state park. the first part was sooo exhausting cause we were literally biking up hills but after all the hard work getting up, we biked all the way down the hill and we were riding really fast. IT WAS SO FUN.  Then, we got ice cream (and my ice cream scoop fell on the ground hahah it was so funny but sad too). I also had shrimp and chicken for dinner. Then, we went with our friends and got slushies' which were THE BEST. it was a reaaally fun day thanks to my friends and family :)
teaching my friend gymnastics - this is a great highlight. the week of my birthday I asked my friend if we could do what I call "Bernie's Fitness Club" where we work out :P and I take charge. hahaha I asked if I could teach them gymnastics and they hesitantly said yes. and it was loads of fun. Sarah, I've worked with her before. it ain't workin. Ellie, her arm was bruised so she couldn't put pressure on it. So I worked with Mila and it was soo much fun. hahahaha this is what makes gymnasts happy :P
baseball games - ahhhh this is a big highlight too :P watching my brother and his team play baseball is so fun. nerve-racking and maddening at times but most of the time it's loads of excitement. my brother is a pitcher and he's reaallly good. imma brag about him. He pitches super fast and with great accuracy. it's loads of fun watching him play.
ending our church youth band for the summer - it was super sad to end but awesome to go  over the year together and cherish the memories we made. It was my first year so I learned tons of awesome stuff ;) During that time I was introduced to harmony. Although it was hard at first, I've got a hang of it and it's really enjoyable to practice. 
my birthday party/danny's 8th grade graduation party - I can't tell you how long ago it was since we've had a birthday party for me. Actually it was around 2 or 3 years ago, but those other years never seemed to happen. My idea for my birthday party was literally playing games outside all day. Except on the day of the party there was an 80% chance of thunderstorms. WHYYYY? Basically, we let the party go on and had a plan B for if it rained. IT NEVER RAINED THOUGH. it was the best thing ever. So we played basketball, football, and whiffle ball all day. It was muddy and wet on the ground which was actually super fun cause we got to slip and get all wet hehehehe :P anddddd we had the best snacks too hahaha. 
I HAD MY FIRST STARBUCKS - honestly, it didn't taste anything like everybody makes it sound like, but it was good. I'm mostly just excited about this highlight because I feel so cool now hahaha. I also feel like a weirdo cause my first starbucks was super late for a teenager but I don't really care. Honestly, I like Dunkin Donuts better. but yeah it was a highlight since I'm cool now. 
I made waffles for breakfast - One reason I was sooooo excited for summer was because I was going to make myself waffles for breakfast every morning. I got this waffle maker a long time ago and never used it because whenever I get up for school I go straight to school not waffle making. ya kno? but now I don't have school!! so I can make waffles for breakfast. and they're really good :) 
shooting alice in wonderland - a hundred years ago you probably heard my friends were making an alice in wonderland movie and it's taking forever. but we finally shot another scene. *I feel so official and cool when I say we shot another scene haha*  I was the Carpenter and I got to get mad at my friend cause she ate oysters. mwahahahaha :P


May Goals

throw a the bomb birthday party YES I DID THIS  

get a camera for my bday - ugh no but I'm saving up for one

try Bible journaling - yeahhh noooo I never did this. I NEED TO THOUGH.

finish biology class strong - Yes, I think I did this. It was super hard and exhausting at the end but I finished strong. yayyyyy

June Goals

draw at least twice a week

play guitar at least twice a week

save my money 

Thanks for reading!! And I hope you have a fabulous June!!

bouncing in to say bye,

                                   Bernie