July Highlights // My Vacation and Other Cool Stuff ;)

Heyyy August. I'm not superrrrr excited for you because school is starting and the weather is very hot and humid in August but I'm excited for a new month ;)

  I feel like July went by really slowly. Like was the fourth of July really only 4 weeks ago? And did I really get back from my vacation two weeks ago? Whattttt? July was reaaaaallly fun though. There was a lot of exciting things that happened so you should read on to find out what they are ;)

July Highlights

I hosted a waffle party at my house - haha so yeah I invited my friends over for blueberry waffles. They were delicious. (Sad to say I think ever since then I haven't made waffles since haha.) uhhh but they were so good with whip cream on top. *im drooling right now. aren't you?*

Fourth of July was the bomb. (ahahaha that's a pun I'm laughing so hard rn) The fireworks were pretty awesome but being there with my friends and family was better ;) We played a game of football before the firework show and it was really fun. Usually no one ever guards me (which idk why because I'm a good player and I can catch a ball real good and even after I show to them that I'm a threat, people still don't block me. weird right? or am I just weird. idk.  it's really fun when always get the ball and scores runs for the team ;)

I made really good soda popsicles hehe my dad got them for me since he knows I like popsicles so much. (Thanks Dad!) I also made yogurt flavored ones too and they were sooooo good. Mmmm I'm craving them now.

WE WENT TO THE BEACH - won't really go into big detail about it because I'm writing a post about it in full detail (and it's gonna be THE BOMB post jsyk. check it out when I post it ;P) but let me just say IT WAS AWESOME. and right now just thinking about it makes me want to go back in the salty blue ocean water and be pulled into the mighty waves that beat on me. *add some dramatic music to that sentence* anywho, stay tuned. we'll talk more about this later ;)

we made bracelets for our friends who will be going to Guatemala on a mission trip. They're going to give our bracelets to little kids. It's awesome to know that even though we can't go there we can still help a little :)

bubble tea - I drank bubble tea two times in one week like uhhhh... so awesome.

reunited with our friends after vacation - we hung out at the library while Sarah and her friend volunteered. we drank bubble tea (for the 2nd time that week haha) and took artistic photos with our plato creations. (haha and we had a white piece of paper that we set up for our backround.) #aestheticnessatitsbest

VBS - ahhhhhh this was so fun. I helped with the 1st and 2nd graders with one of my friends and it was soooo fun. The first day, we basically followed around the kids and didn't really do anything but after a couple days we were busy helping the kids. It was super fun. Especially the music. haha I'm just going to add the links to these awesome songs (check em out. they're the best) One of the funnest songs to dance too and one of my favorite songs ever, Say Yes to VBS. Another really cool song, Sin Messed Everything Up. And Over the Moon another favorite ;)

Our family set up a surprise party for our Grandma and it was soooo sweet. She was sooo surprised. It was very enjoyable getting to take a little trip up the visit our family. I played around with my little cousins a lot. They're the best ;P

The Bomb Stuff

we went to our friends house and got some vegetables from their garden and there were LOADS of tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, egg plant, and blackberries too!! they were sooo good.

I changed my bedside billboard pictures (finally) and I'm so happy with how they look now. eeek!

I just got two new sweaters and I can't describe how much I'm excited for winter. AHHH I WANT TO WEAR SWEATERS AND JEANS SOOO BAD. *I know I'm weird*

AHHH so the flowers are finally up and butterflies are coming. I can't describe how beautiful it is. I'm so overwhelmed every time I see it. I thank God about a million times for making flowers. (Don't you too?) and btw, I just made a new hashtag on my Instagram photography account #elliesflowerspam haha I love it.

we drove around my dad's hometown where he grew up and it was so enjoyable. it was very fun to drive around and hear him tell me stories about when he was young.

I'm obsessed with Running Home to You by Grant Gustin and I can play it on the guitar and it sounds THE BOMB. it's the best love song I've ever heard (which is saying a lot because I don't really like any kind of love songs.)

We're obsessed with The Flash right now. Does anybody else love that show? *looking out for any fan out there to talk too* btw, that picture up there^ of me that's all blurry hehe doesn't it look like the flash? haha

Goals

paint the cabinet in the kitchen

make my last weeks of summer really fun and awesome

sleep outside

stay off technology so much

Thanks for reading guys!!

Comment below what you did this month cause I'd love to hear from ya'll ;)

bouncing in to say bye,

                                   bernie

My Obbsession Over Stuffed Animals

low quality picture of a strawberry lol :P

okay so I don't know if this is weird (comment below if it is) but I have a obsession over stuffed animals. lol I have them all together on my bed, they're named, and we're all just a little happy family. and if you're laughing at me right now, IT'S OKAY. Honestly, I am too.

So seriously I have 18 stuffed animals (Ellie (the elephant), Brownie and Brownie Jr. (both bears) Wolfie (a wolf duh), Piggy (a pig), Ellis (another elephant), Steph (a bear), Peyton Pako (a panda), Spaghetti (a monkey), Rudo (a dog), Jesus Loves Me Bear (a dog. he has a really interesting story behind him), Kevin (he's a minion), Jesus Love Purple (a weird bear I guessss?), Tiki (I don't even know what animal she is), Fatball (he's a hamster), Lamby (a lamb), Timber (a dog), Ralph (a mouse), and finally (my new edition) Pigella Smith.

Literally I'm laughing right now. Well not literally but in my mind I'm dying in laughter.

Okay so Jesus Loves Me Bear (even though he's a dog) has been abused by our dog Rudo. Lol it sounds horrible but sometimes Rudo (our REAL dog, NOT stuffed animal) likes to chew on him. And he chewed both of his ears off. So really Jesus Love Me Bear is Sarah's, but he has to go on my top bunk now so he won't get abused by Rudo anymore. Oh and also, his name is Jesus Loves Me Bear because his paws say Jesus Loves Me on it.

And my new edition like *a bajillion heart faces* I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. My friends and I did a swap where I gave them some of my clothes that they liked and they did so to me too. They also added that little cute pig in the gift to me too :D and I love him so much.

I love ALL my animals a lot, but my favorite animal has to be Ellie the Elephant. I've had her for the longest time. And you press one of his paws and you can say something and then press his other paw and she'll say WHAT YOU SAID *mind blown*. Everyone of us siblings got one, but mine is the one that's microphone has last the longest. Yeah I take care of my stuffed animals.

Okay enough about stuffed animals.

ME AND SARAH MADE SMOOTHIES TODAY. Like, it was homemade. Oh my goodness it was sooooo gooooodddddd *I'm like drooling right now* so yeah. :P

I hope you enjoyed my crazy randomness and didn't die of boredom.

bouncing in to say bye,

                                   Bernie

How many stuffed animals do you have?

Have you made a smoothie before?

 

October Highlights and November Goals

My October Highlights

1) Well, the right in the beginning of October was my sissy's birthday. I really enjoyed giving her my present which was a shirt that said "just keep swimming," and it had Dory on it. :P Also for her birthday party we had our friends over. We first hang out Friday night and did Bernie's Fitness Club (I'm getting them in shape). Then Saturday morning we met with donuts and coffee and went to the library. Then we played football and went hiking. It was very funn!

2) This month our youth group went to a town by us and did a service for teens. Our youth led the songs and our Pastor preached. It was very fun! Which leads me to another thing our youth group has been doing this month. Every Sunday night the youth lead worship which I just got into this year. It's been super fun to learn. I sing. Also, we've been learning on harmonizing which is really fun for me!! I'm starting to get good at it and it's so fun to do!! Sarah is learning to play the piano for the band and Danny has been learning the box (pretty much a bongo which is a drum).

3) Our fall photoshoot with our friends. This was super fun to do!! Like literally we planned EVERYTHING out from where we'll meet to what outfits we were wearing. It was so fun to do that. That morning I texted them and after all this work I go, "guys pray for me, I'm feeling non photogenic today." But right when we got there I couldn't stop smiling. I guess it's what best friends do to you. ;) Anywho, it was awesome. The only thing was....it was like 80 degrees and we were all dressed in fally sweaters and boots. it was hot. btw, why isn't fally a word. Fall-y? c'mon dictionary. I wish I could show you all of our MANY photos, but I can't. I have some handstand pictures though...and that picture my best friend took of me taking a picture of the leaves. :P Oh and Sarah's beautiful crown. hehe and Ellie's converse because I was obsessing over them. I literally took like five pictures of them...;P.

4) Pizza and the Arcade with my family. Every year all of  my mom's family goes out for pizza and then goes to the arcade. Who doesn't love spending time with your cousins, grandparents, aunts, and uncles?! Then....we played laser tag!! I've never done that before. At first, I was scared. literally. But then...I just started hitting people. That was totally fun. Our team won!! Oh and my name in the game was Jack something. All I remember is Jack. figures. Anybody been just dying to see season 4 of When Calls the Heart because you see so many posts about it on Instagram? Am I the only one? Seriously dudes...follow Erin Krakow on Instragram!!

5) Getting to play outside. This month when Sarah had to do her mid-term me, mom, and Danny went to the park. We had a obstacle course. First he won, then I won. Then she had to go there again, and went to the park again, and I won both games!! Next step is training for American Ninja Warrior. hehe no. Also after our history class on Thursday night we always go outside and play football. It's super fun. My abs really got stronger after that too. :P And also getting to do my gymnastics outside on my mat is always the best. It's so awesome to have so much space.

Which leads me too...........

6) Gymnastics. This is always my highlight, but this month was really awesome!! This month I did a backhandspring by myself like a bajillion times!! I landed a front flip also!! I also did an ariel (aka cartwheel with no hands). AND...I did a roundoff backhandspring ALL BY MYSELF this week!! I was so happy!! Now with some of these skills equipment helped me accomplish the skill, but I'm so happy about what I did. A lot of skills you can probably do by yourself, but the nervousness of your doing it by yourself messes you up. Don't be afraid though. So that was awesome!! I'm also getting to know my teammates and coaches well. So that's also good. :)

7) The zoo! This month we went to the zoo! We got to see the elephants (my favorite animal). At first we were walking and there were no elephants out, but then we walked more and there they were!! I was so happy!! We also went to Chickfila because that's the only time we can go there. That was the best... Who loves that place? Hey and guess what?! Our town just got a Panda Express. I was so happy!!

Of course I could say about another billion highlights, but I'll save you!!

My November Goals:

Wear boots

Get good grades

 Do a backhandspring in my backyard

Get better at harmonizing

Have a sleepover with my friends

Eat a lot for thanksgiving

What are your October highlights?

What was your favorite highlight of mine?

What your November goals?

Thanks for reading!!

bouncing in to say bye,

                                    Bernie

P.S. I have this survey here. If you could please give me some advice! thanks! :)

Piano Festival, Lasagna Dinner, and WCTH.

Today, in this post you will read about my exciting last weekend.

Hi guys! What's up? As you can see above you what I'm posting about.

Last week we had some exciting things going on and I wanted to share them to you.

And I quick rambling about today. I just went outside and played on my homemade beam and I was going to do a one handed roundoff on the beam. Well don't try it. I got to scared and ended up tripping and falling into the BIG mud puddle. And also I just wanted to say if you have Windows 10 (which we just got) get the free Spotify app. You can select ANY song on there on demand for free. I'm amazed! So there are my ramblings for today. on to this weekend.

LAST WEEKEND STARTING ON FRIDAY

 Friday consisted of school. (of course) Then, at night I flipped (of course).

 After that we enjoyed watching Woodlawn (the movie). It was good.

On Saturday,

Me, my sister, and my brother got up early to play in front of judges and perform two piano songs we've been playing for about four months. I was kinda nervous but at the end of all my songs I actually was sad I had to stop. It was kinda fun playing on the cool grand piano. hehe :P And at the end, we went to Golden Coral. I'm serious I've never seen that much food. And that was my little breakfast desert. The food was great! didn't have waffles though. or smoothies.

And On Sunday, hehe my favorite part.

We went to church but then we went to my great grandma's house and prepared a lasagna dinner for lunch. It was our late traditional valentines dinner. We got to eat it with our great grandma and grandparents. We enjoyed lovely lasagna, fruit ball, cheesecake, garlic bread, and salad. Mmm...I want some more. Especially since we don't have a lot of snacks right now. I've already ate an apple too. Anywho, after that we read a love bible verse and went around saying how we see love in our lives. It was pretty awesome.

After that we traveled to go and see our great grandma's homestead. It was so cool to see our grandma's house when she was my age and see where my grandpa live as a kid. That consisted of me and my brother fighting over my mom's camera to take pictures and having handstand competitions. It was really fun though!

And after the night I'd been waiting for for about three or four months. When Calls the Heart Season 3 Premiere. And must I say, I LOVED IT! It was so good. I have to say I wasn't so like, "oh I gotta watch the next one" until the little clip after the show. Once I saw Jack's mom I was like, "Please let these videos go on youtube." I think I'm going to hate Jack's mom. She looks bad weird to me. Comment below if you want to be my When Calls the Heart venting buddy? Cause I love to do that.

So there's my weekend for you! I forgot to say all of my siblings and me got superiors on our piano songs. I've got a superiors on all of my songs for five years straight and my brother and sister four years straight. One more year of another superiors and I get a second gold cup! Yay! :)

Thanks for reading! Hopefully more posts coming! Thanks guys! ;)

What was something excited that happened to you this week or last weekend?

Did you watch When Calls the Heart? Thoughts?

Would you like to be my When Calls the Heart venting buddy?

Sincerely,

             Ellie R.

 

Daily December / Winter Essentials

TODAY IS WINTER ESSENTIALS!

So, I don't have a lot of Christmas Essentials so these are kinda going to be Christmas Essentials and Essentials Right Now. Okayyy!

 

/SWEATERS/

Sweater are awesome. This week I've worn one almost every day. I love my cardinals sweatershirt (doesn't look like that one) and my almost warm sweaters.

/CHRISTMAS MOVIES/
Christmas time is Christmas movies. I love snuggling up with my family and watching Christmas movies. Yeah and if anybody has any Christmas movie suggestions tell me. Our family has been looking for some good ones. Apparently, Netflix doesn't have many good ones.

/FRANCHESCA BATTISTELLI/
You heard a couple posts ago I love Francesca Battistelli's Christmas music and this is an essential. I don't know if I've already told you this, but listen to it. It's awesome.

/MY BED/
These weeks have been busy and tiring. After all the math and school I'm tired. And I like the moment I get to climb in my bed, turn on the Christmas lights in my room, get in my covers, and read a good ol' book. After that I love to snuggle up with my elephant and annoy my sister about liking Gale in Hunger Games and flicker the Christmas lights. Lol ;P We love big sisters don't we! :D

/ICEES/
So, I know. It's December. It's cold. But our family is like yeah it's cold, but ice cream. Oh we'll take that sacrifice. So, I'll take the sacrifice of freezing, but the taste is oh so worth it! :) I love icees! Especially around 2-5 where I get $1 larges. And when I get to get free refills on Tuesdays while doing school with my Mom and brother. Oh and I love surge. I think it's green apple, but it's called Surge. I call it deliciousness though. hehe ;P

/FAMILY/
Family is like my number one essential. I really can't do any of this stuff without them. And if I can do them they wouldn't be fun at all without them. They make me laugh. And they make me crazy. They make me LOVE Christmas time. THEY'RE AWESOME! Everything you do or say is AWESOME! Lol sorry Everything is Awesome though :P

Thanks for reading!
Tune in tomorrow for Christmas Playlist.
See ya guys! :D

                       ~Ellie R.

Things I'm Thankful For

1. God. Every time I pray I ask to be bold so I can preach the gospel, to have self control, to love others, and many other things and I know I can't do anything without him. He helps me in so many ways!

2. My mom. Even though she lives a life of her body always hurting she loves me, teaches me, and provides for me. She is the best bus driver EVA! I love her so much!

3. My dad. He is always working for me and my family. I've realized sitting on a chair and looking on a computer is not what he'd want to do all day, but he does it to provide for us and give us a nice home and food.  

4. My sister. She always makes me happy and never leaves me with a frown. She's funny and I always got someone to talk to with her. She loves me so much and me too! :) I always can talk to her about books and movies and that kind of stuff. ;)

5. My brother. He is always someone to play with and joke around with. He ALWAYS keeps me laughing and enjoying the hard things. He's got me into football and baseball and I love it. We're class clowns together!

6. My friends. They always talk to me and keep me happy. I'm always me when I'm around them.

7. My church. They always encourage me to be closer to Jesus and to love others. It's awesome to have friends who encourage you in everything you do.

8. My bible. Without that thing I'd be nothing. I love reading the bible. It comforts me and makes me realize how much I need Jesus in my life.

9. Food. It's so yummy and good. Without it I wouldn't be healthy and I couldn't be the energetic person I am.

10. My body. Me and my brother have been reading the Human Body for science and I realize how much God designed every one of us so we could do even the simplest things like bending our knee and opening our mouth. He has made us to run fast and do cartwheels. He's awesome. No one can make any kind of body better than him. No one. Not any kind of technology either.

11. My school. Yeah I know I'm saying this, but I want to be someone someday. Someone who is smart and has a good job. And I realize I can't do that unless I have my education. And with education you need books. God has provided these awesome school books to teach me.

12. Clothes. They keep us warm. And cool. And they are so cozy.

13. My bed and blankets. I always like getting up in my bed and having sleep. Who doesn't.

14. My house. It keeps me safe.

15. This blog. My blogger friends. You guys. I'm so glad I could have this blog. I'm a shy person so I can't always go and share the gospel in front of people, but I really want to get better at it. It's awesome that I can share God's love here to all of you guys. Thank you everyone for listening! Commenting and encouraging! It means so much! ;) 

16. Photography. I love being able to share pictures of God's BEAUTIFUL creation. It's awesome!

17. My country. It makes me so sad to think that ISIS is killing innocent people in different countries. I'm just so glad we live in a country where that isn't happening. I know they are very bad things going on in United States to, but God has gave us a country where we can read the bible freely. Some people don't even have those things.

18. Books. They're cool. :P

19. Art. For markers, coloring books, and pencils.

20. Communication. It's awesome to be able to make friends with people all around the world. :)

We need to realize we have A LOT.

Many people are very poor.

They're people with a hut for a home.

Only one pair of clothes.

No shoes.

Food on the table is rare.

They are hungry.

Clean water is also very rare.

And here we are wanting more and more and more.

We call Thanksgiving Thanksgetting now.

Why do we long for more?

Be thankful for what you have today.

Because we don't deserve any of it.

We don't deserve a penny.

But God is giving this to us.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Hope you like!

AWESOME FOOD AWARD!

My warmest welcomes to my fellow bloggers!

How do you feeleth this splendid Friday afternoon?

Haha did I do good.

Just working on my fancy talk.

SO GUESS WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

I just heard that I won Jamie's giveaway!

Go and check her blog out!

It's awesome!

I will get a lovely button from Maddy!

I'm so excited!

AHH!

I won!

I never win giveaways!

I guess I have terrible luck.

Once I did 10 out of 10 things you could do to have entries and I still didn't win.

I thought I was almost sure I did!

But anyway!

YES!

So today I'm going to do the......

AWESOME FOOD AWARD!

First, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Katie and Trinity for nominating me.

I was waiting for someone to because I really wanted to do it.

So thanks!

LET'S GO!

Trinity's questions

Cake or icecream?

Icecream. I don't like cake much. To dry. Although ice cream does make my mouth dry. I like ice cream!

What is your favorite dessert?

Let's see........Popsicles I guess.

What is your favorite fast food restaurant?

ChickFila! Did I spell that right? I think so..

 

If you could only eat the same meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? 

Shrimp. Or tacos. I'd say shrimp because I don't eat it a lot, but I like it a lot. So it'd take a little longer to get tired of it since I don't eat it as much.

Chocolate or vanilla?

Chocolate! It's rumbling in my tumbling. Pooh quote lol.

What is your favorite pop(or soda)?

Sprite! I love it! I drink it whenever I can. Although I like 7up a little better. Not a lot of restaurants have that though. I love 7up though. It's awesome!

Do you like gum? If so, what is your favorite flavor?

I LOVE GUM! I like watermelon. The layer ones. Yea! That!

Apple pie or pumpkin pie?

Pumpkin! With whip cream please!

Do you like mashed potatoes plain or with gravy?

I like with gravy, but I'll eat it without.

What is your favorite Mexican food?

Tacos! TACO TUESDAY YA'LL!

Katie's questions

1. Absolute favourite food of all time that you couldn't live without?

Tacos!
2. Do you like spicy food?

Yeah. It's pretty good. I don't like really spicy. I'm trying to get it like it.
3. What's something you refuse to eat?

Cabbage. Sweet potatoes. Yas.
4. What's your favourite pizza topping?

Ham and Pineapple. YAS!!!
5. What did you last eat for breakfast?

Honey Puff! YUM A YUM!
6. What did you last eat for lunch?

Peanut butter and jelly. Cause who doesn't eat that for lunch?
7. What did you last eat for dinner?

Chickfila sandwich and waffle fried! YUM!
8. Do you have snacks?

YAS! Snacks is my life!
9. What's your favourite ice cream flavour?

Rainbow Sherbet! I LOVE IT SO MUCH!
10. What's your favourite restaurant to go to?

I don't know. Chickfila!

I tag......

Maddy

Abigail

Jamie

Lydia

Ashley

Hannah

And.............

Emma!

My questions for you.

1. Can you remember ever having tacos on Tuesday?

2. Is their a show where you eat like crazy while your watching it? If so, what show? And what snacks?

3. What's you favorite sea food?

4. If you could be a food for a day. You could go into the belly and have a big party with the other food in your belly? Would you do it? If not, why?

5. A food that starts with the letter b.

6. Favorite food network show?

7. Favorite food?

8. Least favorite food?

9. Are you a picky eater?

10. One food you don't like that everybody thinks your crazy because you don't like.

 

Thanks for nominating me! This was super fun! You have fun too!

 

 

10 Things I LOVE!

Hello peoples! So my friend Shelby from Country Christian Girls made this picture and invented this challenge! Isn't is awesome! YEAH THREE CHEARS FOR SHELBY! WOOOOHHH!  So my other  friend Trinity from Lord's Girls did this challenge and she told me I could do it too! Yay! If you want to do it! DO IT! It's especially good if you having bloggers block. I might not do every post because some of them I don't know how to put into a long post. Today is 10 things I love.

1. My family!
2. My friends!
3. FOOD!
4. Nature!
5. GOD!
6. Being Homeschooled!
7. Blogging!
8. My church!
9. Lord of the Rings and Hobbit!
10. And this is kinda embarrassing and weird but HOTWHEELS!

So there it is! 10 things I love! They are not in order either.

P.S. Shout out to Trinity for making this sign off for me!