Why I Blog // I want to be here for you

I've been thinking a lot about why I blog. The ultimate reason why I blog is to be a light for Christ. Talking face to face with others about Christ is something I always struggle with and while I still need to work on that I feel like I can do that on here much better.. I want to encourage and help people become closer to Jesus. And encourage me. Lol  most of the time I talk about a particular spiritual topic on my blog is because I NEED TO HEAR IT TOO.
   We all have struggles in life and I just want to be there for others and be an encouragement. I've had many instances where a little encouragement from a friend made sooo such a difference. It's funny how such a small deed means soo much more to that person than we think. I want to do that for others. I want to encourage them in their faith.
   I feel like I haven't been doing much of encouraging and uplifting on this blog lately. Well firstly, I feel like I haven't been blogging as frequently as I used to a year ago. I feel like whenever I finally post it's just about me and what's going on. And that's totally okay, but I've realized that's not my whole purpose in this blog. Although I love talking to you guys about my life and exciting things I want to do more. but I also want to help and encourage you. I want to get to know you better. I want to have a relationship with you. Be a friend to you. Help you with your relationship with God. And it not only helps you but me too.
    And even if I don't get much viewers I won't care. I'll be happy that I could give encouragement to just one person. Cause it means SOO much more than you think, ya'll.
    So there's my little rambling of what I've been thinking about lately. I'm thankful for every viewer and commenter on my blog. Let me just tell you, YOU BRIGHTEN MY DAY UP. Every comment means SOOO much. It encourages me soooo much. Thank youuuu!!
    I hope in exchange I can encourage you. If you just need someone right now, I'm here. I'm definitely not perfect, but my Father is. Everything I say is inspired by Him and He gives me all the words to say.

If you have any prayers or comments I'd love to hear them.

Thanks for reading guys!!
bouncing in to say bye,
                                   Bernie

My When Calls the Heart Thoughts

  random picture my limited edition st. patricks day lucky charms. HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY. I love this holiday because I love green (it's my favorite color) jsyk ;P

  okay any when calls the heart fans out here? *proudly raises my hand as high as I can* yup I'm one of those proud fans.

   We just started watching the episodes of season 4 and I'm like "woahhhh. It's totally normal that Jack's just so likeable. and then Elizabeth and Jack's relationship is *a bijillion heart faces*  AHHHH I love it. I'm also enjoying Bill aka the bessttttt umpire eva lol and the bestttt cooker ever. I'm always laughing whenever he's in the scene. I like how there's finally a married couple in this show (Lee and Rosemary). I like their relationship a lot. I especially like Lee trying calming down Rosemary (cause she doesn't even know the word calm). So what about you? Who's your favorite character so far? mine's Jack if you didn't know *tears of laughter*

   Which makes me think of a random question? Do you emphasize your feelings about a show, movie, etc. Because whenever I watch when calls the heart my face is as straight as a line but like in my mind I'm thinking, "AHHH THIS IS SO AWESOME. IM DYING." So who are you? Someone who tells your feelings about that show aloud while it's going on? Or someone who keeps it to yourself?

   Anywho, back to my thoughts. Everything is going so perfect and WOAH there's this random (he already looks like a horrible person) dude who just comes up and says "I'm the new teacher." WHAAAAT? ugh so now we all have to wait for ONE WHOLE week to find out what's going to happen.

   Which makes me think of something else. You might say, "well we all know what's going to happen. Elizabeth is gonna get her job back. duh." And yah I'd agree with you, but it's still cool because we can see how it happened. Sure Elizabeth will probs get her job back but HOW? And yeah this random dude in this random movie might die but HOW? and how's everybody going to react to it? so it's still cool to see shows and movies even when they're predictable =) do you agree with me?

   So, SHOOT ME YOUR THOUGHTS guys. If you want to be my when calls the heart buddy (txt me or Instagram direct me or something) Literally I always send random videos to my friends (who don't care about the show really) but YOU CAN BE MY FRIEND.


   Heyyyy guess what? Me and Sarah share our blogger account. That's why my name always pops up as Sarah and Bernie when I comment on your blog.  but Sarah got her own account so now I have my OWN name. Yayyyyy. It's Ellie (or Bernie) cause you can call me whichever :P yayy I'm excited about that =)

do you like when calls the heart? if so, who's your favorite character?
do you express your feelings during shows?
what's your blogger account name? hehe
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?

 

Bernie's Random Ramblings // My life right now.

 look at that adorable face. AHH. he looks so worried though.

that's our smiley face water tower that we live by :)

Hello everyone.

Well it's kinda been a long time since I've posted. Dudes, everybody's getting sick these days.So for about 2 weeks our family has been taking turns getting all sick and bleh. And for 2 weeks I've just had a mild cold. But then Monday I got a headache and stuffy nose. Today it's getting better, but still music, math, and biology make it hurt. Anywho, I'm here. yayyyyy :D

Anywho, last Tuesday we started school after about 2 weeks off. It seemed a LOT longer. I was pretty excited to start and get back in the schedule, but then came a snow storm which made us stay in the house for two whole days. TWO WHOLE DAYS. Lol I'm used to always getting out. So, that was big. Although the snow was pretty, there wasn't enough to play in so I was just stuck in the house. Currently, school isn't bad, I was just spoiled of doing whatever I want, whenever I want, and you can't be like that with school. It has to get finished.

Oh, and weather around here is pretty awesome. Sunday it was 5 degrees pretty much all day. AWESOMENESS. But then, Tuesday warmed up (like high 50's) and SUPER windy. We also got some rain. But this weekend we might have an ice storm. I'm pretty excited about that. I mean, as long as church isn't canceled. If there is snow to play in, I'm a happy girl. Who loves snow and total coldness? Cause if you do, fist bump. You're cool.

Also, enjoy the beautiful pictures of my dogs, cause they're adorable. The  beagle is Rudo, he's our dog.  The other dog is our piano teachers dog, Cooper. So yeah, they're cute.

I hope you enjoy my random life :)
Stay healthy.
bouncing in to say bye,
                                   bernie

17 Facts about my Sissy

Welcome to Bernie's Random Ramblings

Although Sarah's birthday was a week ago, I wanted to make a special post about her like I always do.

17 Facts About Sarah (my sissy)

1. She has a love for mustard.

I hate mustard. But she loves it. She even puts it on her ham sandwich guys. ew.

2. Sarah doesn't really care about what shoes she wears.

Sarah has two pairs of shoes. One she adores and wears all the time. Yesterday we went out to town and I saw her coming out with a striped shirt and polka dot sneakers. lol that's okay though. I won't judge anybody who doesn't match.

3. She ALWAYS has either a notebook or book in her hand wherever she goes.

Even when we go to church she brings a book with her "just in case."

4. She's like the best big sis ever.

Seriously big sister's out there, you don't know what it's like to be a little sister. ANYTHING and she'll do it for me.

5. She has a love for Hamilton.

Has anybody heard the musical Hamilton. Don't look it up if you don't. Life will be so much pleasanter. She loves it though. It's history, in a song, and they're rapping. ugh.

6. Sarah loves her dog, Rudo.

I walk into my room, "DO YOU LOVE RUDO?"

"NO." (just to annoy her.)

"Ahhhh!"

7. Sarah is writing a book with her best friend.

A fantasy book, I think.

8. She is very responsible with her school. And gets great grades.

Sarah is the smartest out of us all. She's very responsible. :)

9. Sarah is messy.

You might of heard me say this already because I'm an organized person so she annoys me sometimes.

10. Sarah is an awesome cooker.

My nickname is Cooker. I used to love cooking, but Sarah has taken that over. She loves to cook delicious dinners for us! You'd think I messy person wouldn't be so good at cooking, but she's great at cooking. :)

11. She is ALWAYS at our library.

She literally goes to the library 3 times a week for 2 hours or more. Everyone knows her there.

12. She is always busy around 9ish.

This morning she had to handle doing her school while helping me with math and helping Danny with piano. Helping Danny with piano is not the easiest thing.

13. Although Sarah isn't the best at doing exercises she always does it with me.

About every week me and Sarah work out. Now, my workouts aren't the easiest, but she always does them with me. She's getting better thanks to me. ;P

14. Sarah loves soup.

Even in the winter she eats soup. Sometimes she even tries to cook us soup for dinner in the middle of July. I'm like, "I don't want to turn into a fireball today."

15. She hates our rap.

First Danny loved rap, then me, then mom, and now Sarah is just sitting in the car hating everything she hears. We don't always have the same opinion about music, but we try to balance it out.

16. Right now she has a $60 gift card for Barnes and Noble.

yuppppp....that's a lot. If only I had that, except in money.

17. Sarah is giving piano lessons.

She's a great teacher. Originally, I was going to do it, but I gave it to her because I knew she'd be better at it.

You're da best sissy ever Sarah.

I wuv youuu. have a great year.

bouncing in to say bye,

                                 bernie

Bernie's Random Ramblings // Carmi Trip w/ Youth Group

Welcome to Bernie's Random Ramblings. 

A couple weeks ago we went to Carmi. It was my first year going with my youth group but they've went plenty of times. Carmi is a children's home for teenagers. It's also a Christian place. Firstly, Friday night we came up there. We first went to Cracker Barrel. When we got up there we played basketball. It was hot, but I love basketball especially with my friends.  Then, we took a shower and hung out. About 30 people stayed in a house with about 6 bedrooms. The living room was small but we managed to fit almost everyone in there. I loved just hanging in the living room. 

Saturday, we got up early and got outside to work. About 15 people got to weed eat *is that how you spell it?* I was a little nervous because I've never done it before. So they just literally handed me one and I was like " I don't know how to do this thing." And they're like talk to Caleb. I go to Caleb and he just starts the thing for me and leaves. I'm like " I don't know to do this." So he shows me, then later it's not working. I go and tell my friend and she's like "Go and talk to Caleb" 

"But I don't want to talk to Caleb. He doesn't help me!" Well we fixed it. Anywho, there's my little adventure. These weed eaters were very powerful sometimes pine cones would hit you really hard and it would sting. We weed eated a lot. Finally we were done. 

We had lunch, took a shower *hallelujah* and got ready for meeting the kids. The girls made fleece blankets together and the boys played games outside. I was nervous about doing the blacker because I didn't know if it was this complicated project. Someone also told us we had to say 3 facts about us. My friends were horrified about that so we prepared like 30 minutes before. My three facts were:

I like playing the guitar.

I love playing football and gymnastics.

And my favorite color is lime green. 

While we were in our room planning our facts we almost got forgotten. We were laughing so hard being super loud. Finally I hushed everyone because I didn't hear anyone in the living room. We go into the living room and everyone was gone. So we ALMOST got forgotten. 

  

Anywho, the blankets went well. It was so easy and fun. We got one partner to do the blanket with. I was nervous, but we talked a lot and it was very fun. After that, we went back to our house. I would tell you all the hilarious things that we did, but it's just so hard to explain. 

 

That night we held a service for the kids. I didn't do anything but it was still fun. Then we got to pray with some of the kids. It was very awesome to pray with the kids. Then we had brownies! 

Bright and early Sunday morning we got ready to go to church at 10. Of course it's hard to get 30 people out of a house at 8 so we can get to church. We were only 10 minutes late though. That was awesome. 

The trip was very fun. 

Oh and wait,

I got a funny story. 

Friday night in the living room we're all talking about sleep walking. I don't sleep walk so I'm not worried about doing it that night. Well that night I get up. I literally jump off my bunk bed and bolt out of the room. I thought I was late for getting up so I go out to the living room and see nobody. I look at the clock and it says 2. So, I go back to bed. And that's my story.  My friend who was up saw all this. I'm just totally amused when I sleep talk to sleep walk this time. 

Thanks for reading!

 

Have you ever went on a mission trip?

Have you ever slept walked?

bouncing in to say bye,

                                bernie

Bernie's Random Ramblings // September Highlights

Welcome to Bernie's Random Ramblings

Today I thought I'd do another September Highlights.

Firstly, I can't believe September is already gone.

I'm happy though!

1. Me and my friends finished our movie.

We've been making a mystery movie these days. Every Tuesday we meet at the library and shoot it. It's really fun because we can make really funny personalities for all of our characters. I'm Director Bernie. Sup. Now that we've finished that 20 minute movie we're doing a prequel which is around 20 minutes long. We haven't finished it though. We could have a show!

2. My family went to the Apple Festival.

Every year we go to the apple festival with all our mom's family. It's super fun to go on the rides, hang with our grandma and grandpa, and go to the parade. This year we had to babysit some kids so we got to go to the parade with them and take them on rides. I got to go on the dumbo ride. I was a flying elephant. :P It was super fun! I also went on a ride that took you upside down. Very fun also :P

3. Play Behold our God on the guitar.

We've been doing guitar for about a month and now we're playing Behold our God. So far we've learned the G, A, C, D7, D, EM, and F. It's very fun. I love playing guitar because I can praise God and also be doing something else. Like playing the guitar and singing to God. :)

4. I got a 92% on my biology test!

Yay! My first test and I was very satisfied with my score. Tomorrow I have another one that I'm a little tiny bit worried about. I can do it though! ;) I enjoyed this chapter because we talked a lot about bacteria. That was fun.

5. Enjoying church history.

This class has been so fun! I love it. I'm dying this week because we don't have a class this week.

6. Getting really close to doing my backhandspring by myself.

Right now I just need to work on not being nervous when I do a backhandspring by myself because when I'm nervous I don't think about doing my backhandspring right. I can do it though. I'm really excited. I THINK in a couple weeks I'll have it by myself. Hopefully. Please pray!

6. Went on a mission trip!

I'm excited about this one! This week we went to a Children's home with my youth group. It was very fun! I'll have to do another post about it. Basically we did weed eating for them and also made fleece blankets for the girls. We also did a special service for them. Anyway, you can hear about it soon. STAY TUNED!! :P

7. This isn't a highlight because I wanted glasses (reading glasses) but we went to the eye doctor and I don't need glasses.

I love glasses because I look good in them. Even the girl said, "I owned those glasses." :P I'm going to buy myself some fake glasses cause I won't too. Don't judge. The girl said me and my mom should be glasses models. I'm looking into it. You don't know how much times I work on my smile in the bathroom. :P lol

8. I wore a long sleeve shirt!

yay! It's finally getting cool out. :) YAY FALL!

9. We've been staying up late!

YAYYYYY!

October Highlights

1. Get up earlier. September Highlight 9 is still gonna happen though.

2. Get my roundoff backhandspring.

3. Drink apple cider!

4. Go to more high school football games.

yay! hope you liked!

my dad said I should say bouncing out to say bye, but I like bouncing in. what do you think?

bouncing in to say bye,

                                 bernie

Bernie's Random Ramblings // Photography

Welcome to Bernie's Random Ramblings

this is a picture of our grill. duh I really didn't have to say that.

I've been trying and trying to take a good picture of this flowers and it never turned out good.

Finally I got it.

when you're waiting for your mom to pick you up from piano so you just take a picture of their beautiful flowers.

this cobbler guys was awesome.

a picture of my hair.

so my friends had a party where we ate brownies and sprite and watched spider man.

those brownies were really good too.

most all of these pictures are of food. lol

this is a picture of my chair, but it had a really cool look to it.

and this was Rudo when he was terrified of the thunderstorms going on.

I hope you enjoyed my photography.

I really have nothing to say.

But yayyy!

bouncing in to say bye,

                                bernie

Bernie's Random Ramblings // Gymnastics!

Welcome to Bernie's Random Ramblings

Hey everyone!

Today I sat here wondering what to write about and I thought of gymnastics.

Basically, I'll be writing about how I started and what I'm doing now.

I started getting interested in gymnastics about a year ago. I became interested because I watched a lot of Youtube videos and a channel I started watching was a gymnastics related channel. I found some videos on Youtube and started learning simple skills like handstands and cartwheels. One thing I love to do is take pictures of my handstands behind a lake, just in my living room, or at the zoo.

A skill I learned early this year was a roundoff. It's a pretty easy skill, but super important because gymnasts use that skill in everything. One day I was just practicing in the house and I got my roundoff. Once I got it, I JUMPED IN THE AIR. I did tons of roundoffs after that. Then, a month ago I learned I was doing it wrong. It was a little hard learning the right way to do it, but I got it now. A lot of skills like cartwheels and handstands when you're done you are facing the same direction you started in. A roundoff is different because you do a twist so you are now facing the opposite direction you started in. If you are facing the other direction you can do back flips. That's why roundoffs are used a lot. I hope that's not confusing. It sounds like a hard skill, but it's actually not. You just have to run into a handstand and once your hands are on the floor you PUSH your arms UP and then your legs land at the same time. When you push up, your body does a twist that makes you land in a different direction.

Handstand are cool because you can always work on them. Once you get the standard one you can do a handstand while splitting your legs. There are other skills like double stagger, single stagger, or a scorpion that you can do, but it's a lot harder. You can also practice walking in a handstand. It's a easy skill, but very fun. I can do a hundred thousand of those a day and I'll never get bored.

I WAS BORN TO BE UPSIDE DOWN GUYS!

Okey dokey. In order to do these gymnastics skills it's VERY IMPORTANT to exercise to make your body strong. One time I was trying to do a front limber. Basically that a handstand then go into a bridge then get up from the bridge . A friend told me to not be so focused on getting my arms up, but lifting my hips up. In order to do that I needed a lot of ab strength. Everyday I did 60 crunches in two sets. In about a month I got it. My point is: if you exercise you can build up your muscles to accomplish these skills. So exercise guys! Who out here is a exercise freak like me? My enthusiasim for exercising has encouraged my brother and dad to start running with me. My sister and our friends participate in Bernie's Fitness Club (my fitness club;P). I just love doing exercises!

Right now, I'm working on a backhandspring. Basically a backhandspring is a back flip but you use you hands to lift you up. A back flip is with no hands, but a backhandspring is with your hands. I haven't done it successfully yet by myself, but I'm going to get it soon. I've had some fails, but it's okay. Last week I was at gym and I was doing roundoff backhandsprings. THAT WAS FUN. With a spotter, but still. IT WAS AWESOME. I'm also working on a front handspring. You go into a handstand and once your hands hit the ground REALLY LIFT your arm and arch your back. It's really fun. A couple weeks ago I was really bad at it, but last week I got A LOT of practice at an open gym. I was doing so much better. Then, I did it in front of my coaches. I could see he was expecting me to not be so well, but I was like, "I got this." It was pretty awesome!

So, right now I should be at my gym class, but unfortunately I'm not. My back has been hurting me for about a week. And we're talking to a friend about it. He told us some things I was doing that might hurt it. I skipped my class tonight because arching my back hurts it. Please pray that I get better. I can still do some gymnastics, but it's hard not to be able to do everything. I know this is all part of God's plan though!

I HOPE YOU LIKE!

If you'd like to hear more tell me!

Any specific things you'd like for me to talk about, I'd LOVE to hear!

Are you an exercising freak?

Can you do a handstand?

If not, are you maybe gonna learn?

bouncing in to say bye,

                                   Bernie

Bernie's Random Ramblings // Photography Lately

Welcome to Bernie's Random Ramblings. 

Hello. Hmm...*thinking of something to post about* 

Okay today I'm going to show some photography! woo hoo yeah yay woo! These are just some pictures of my life. So look on my friends. 

 bestie. rudo!

 I've been learning this song. I love it so much. Anybody?

 so, this is my I'm an artist picture. that's pastel. I was making a birthday card.

 hiking with the fam. woo hoo!

 Pictionary with the fam.

 our little dinner. got it all with 10 dollars. yep. it was good.

so, um all I got to say is party city is awesome.   

So before I leave I gotta say three things. 

1. THANKS EVERYONE FOR ENTERING IN MY GIVEAWAY! 

2. I will be announcing the winner soon. I'm have some difficulty but it'll be here soon. 

3. If you could comment below a post you'd like to see in the next Bernie's Random Ramblings that'd be awesome. Some people want to see gymnastics, I'm not sure what to post about that. So if you want to see gymnastics. Tell me either a post about what I'm working on, a tutorial, or some exercises and stretches. That'd be awesome if you guys could just comment that because I'm not sure if you'd be totally bored if I told you what I'm working on. So please comment below what gymnastics post you'd like to see or just any post you'd like to see!

Thanks guys! Sorry for not posting Friday. I just had a busy day and I didn't really know what to post about. You'll see one this Friday though! Thanks for reading. 

Comment. 

And thank you again! 

bouncing in to say bye, 

                                     bernie

Bernie's Random Ramblings // A Look At Summer

Welcome to Bernie's Random Ramblings.

Okay hey guys!
 Today I'd like to give an overview of my summer. It was a good one I must say. First I'll go over my goals and the ones I did and did not do.

1. Read and Learn.
I read, but I can't really tell you any class or something that I learned from. I read though.
2. Read 2 books!
Yay! I did this. Both of the book were a little short, but I read. So that's good.
3. Have a sleepover with three of my friends.
 Unfortunately I couldn't do this. I had my friends over at my house a lot though. HEY WAIT. I actually did have a sleepover with two of my friends. So, kinda. I wanted to have a sleepover with my church friends but I didn't. Maybe soon.
4. Get an iPod.
YES, FINALLY. YAY!
5. Learn how to do a roundoff backhand spring.
I knew this was going to be hard. I didn't get to do this. But I'm training guys. I'm gonna get it soon hopefully.
6. Learn how to do a front tuck.
So, I practiced mostly in a pool this summer with this, but I do feel like I could maybe do a front tuck in the gym with some practice.
7. Develops pictures to put in photo books.
Yes, I started doing this. I was on a role when I realized I skipped a lot
of pages. I did a little but I am going to work more on this.
8. Keep having Tuesday as my No YouTube Day.
Yes, I did this. Yay! I also got to read some good Christian books. One Live Smart. It's awesome. Look it up.
9. Blog two times a week.
I think that I did this really good. I did sometimes not do it two times a week but that because I would have something that would take up my whole day. I like that I need to post, but it's also not a BIG DEAL if I can't.
10. Take pictures outside with siblings.
Sadly, no.
11. Draw more.
I kinda failed at this. I did make a lot of birthday cards for my friends though. Does that count as drawing?
12. Have a great summer with my family and friends.
ABSOLUTELY. I DID SO MANY FUN THINGS. It was awesome!

Now, I'll just say some highlights of my summer.
1) I went on my first rollercoaster.
2) I visited friends that I haven't seen in a long time.
3) I went to an awesome camp with my youth group!
4) I also got a concussion.
5) Started doing tumbling classes.
6) I actually swam A LOT GUYS. We usually don't swim a lot but this year was different.
7) I got to be more comfortable with the people at my new church. I also made really good friends.
8) I WATCHED THE OLYMPICS!
9) I learned how to do a backbend kickover. Oh guys I was so happy to get that.
10) I HAD A GREAT SUMMER.

This summer was awesome. Lots of
laughs. Lots of love. Lots of family. And I thank God everyday for the family and friends who made this summer awesome. It was awesome guys. We are all so blessed.

Hope you had a great summer too!


If you have not please enter for my giveaway. You will get a chance to win a beautiful watercolor card set. Please enter guys. It'd mean a lot. And if you have. You're awesome!

Did you accomplish some of your goals? What were they?

How was your summer?

Are you excited for school? I AM!

When did you start school? I started last Monday.

And to all you winter lovers like me. I want school to start school just because I want the cold weather. You call me weird for loving winter, I call you weird for not loving winter.

bouncing in to say bye,

                                bernie

Bernie's Random Ramblings // Tags

Welcome to Bernie's Random Ramblings.

Sadly life is tuning down which means blogging block. I had nothing to write about until I thought. Well what about some tags. I haven't been doing a lot of them actually. We're taking these all the way back to May 9 guys. Yeah I haven't done tags in a long time. I kinda miss it though. I love thinking about tricking questions about me. And then seeing what you say to the questions.

So, I'm just gonna jump right into it.

Just like today when we were talking to my mom's friend RIGHT by the pool for so long and finally when we said bye I was sweating so much I just jumped in. It felt good too.

First is The Text Tag! Thanks Mikayla from The Bugglegum Ballerina for tagging me!

Rules

-Thank the person who nominated you and give a link to their blog.

-Answer the original 6 text-themed questions.

-Add a typography/word related question of your own for those you tagged to answer.

-Tag 6+ bloggers, and let them know.

-Include these rules in your post.

1. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?

I like E just cause of my name. I also like S just cause.

2. What are three words that you love?

Adventure, Elated, Jump.

3. What are three words you hate?

Fail, Uncomfortable, Hate.

4. If you were to create a word, what would it be, and what would it describe?

I don't know a word, but something that described how you feel when you eat something SOO good.

5. What is your favorite three punctuation marks?

, ? .

6. What are three of your favorite fonts?

7. What word do you most often misspell? (Mikayla's Question)

Spaghetti. I spell spagetti.

I think almost everyone has done this one, but I'll nominate some.

I nominate:

Maddy

Kiley

Michaela.

Next one is the A Few of my Favorite Things.

Thanks Emily from A Purpose and A Promise.

The Rules

-Write down ten of your favorite things

-Tag at least three others!

1. Jesus.

2. Family.

3. Barbeque Chicken Pizza.

4. Playing The Entertainer.

5. Staying up late doing nothing.

6. Watching Olympians do gymnastics.

7. Doing front flips in the water.

8. Church friends!

9. Good bible verses.

10. Crazy car rides with the family.

11. Mocha Lattes.

12. Getting surprises from you family.

I nominate:

Shelby

Allie

Emma.

And the last one The Infinity's Dream Award.

Thanks Kiley from The Country Gurl for tagging me!

Rules

1: Thank the blogger who tagged you :)
2: Tell us 11 facts about yourself
3: Answer the 11 questions given to you
4: Tag 11 bloggers and give them 11 new questions. (I will try to tag 11!) 

11 Facts About Me.

I txt in all caps a lot

I sleep with two pillows

I can't barely not wear athletic shorts except for at church.

I almost always have my hair in a ponytail.

My little baby hairs often frizz up, but I actually love it when it does that.

I always wear headphones when I'm on the computer even if I'm not listening to anything cause it's comfortable.

I don't eat breakfast most of the time because I want to get right into my bible study and I'm usually not hungry.

Right when I get on the computer I always check the email.

I always make homemade cards for people and at the back I have a logo that says BCC for Bernie's Card Company.

I bite my nails a lot.

I think sucking your thumb feels really nice.

There's 11.

Now the Questions.

1. What is your favorite thing about blogging?

Meeting friends. Lovely comments. And showing my photography to others.
 2. Hot chocolate or apple cider?

I like apple cider more I think ;P
 3. What is your favorite blog?

I can't just say one...
 4. Would you rather live out in the country or city?

I love both. Could I live in the country right by a city? ;P
 5. Whats your favorite app? 

Instagram.
 6. If you had to live in one room for your whole life where would it be?

My living room. Or our church sanctuary.
 7. Heels or boots?

Boots.
 8. Whats your favorite candy?

I love starburst. And jolly ranchers. And skittles. I love fruity stuff. I'm not a big chocolate person.
 9. Gymnastics or basketball? 

Gymnastics. But I'm very fond of basketball.
 

10. Whats a tradition that you will never break? 

Christmas and Thanksgiving meals with our family.
 11. Whats something funny that you will laugh at your whole life? 

I really can't think of anything. I usually laugh at stuff a coupe times and after that they're old.

My questions.

1. Favorite pizza topping or toppings?

2. A rare sport your good at? Like hockey, pool, table tennis, card game or board game.

3. If you had to sleep somewhere else in your house where would it be? (Like living room, brother's room, on your hammock.)

4. Braces or glasses?

5. Pen or Pencil?

6. Favorite app?

7. If you had to take on of the season away which one would it be?

8. Run or bike?

9. Favorite kind of dog?

10. One quote you hate?

11. One word you love?

I nominate:

Nabila

Katie

Hayley

I know I didn't get to 11, but it's just because I've already nominated everybody else for my other tags

Hope you like and learn some more about me!

bouncing in to say bye,

                                 bernie