eight things to be excited for

Today? August 29, Monday. What's so good about this coming week..I mean it's the end of August, early September. School's in a week. What can be so exciting about it? I'm pretty excited, wanna know why? ;]

volleyball starts.

School volleyball to be exact. Some of these girls that are doing volleyball with me, I haven't seen all summer. I'm so excited to get back on the court today, see my friends, and see if I've still got the skills. ;]

weather is cooling down.

What? I know, I'm weird..but I can not wait for the weather to cool down. And just yesterday I wore jeans. Yes, jeans. Yay! So exciting. :] You know what I just realized..this week is gonna be HOT. shoot nuggets. 

i'm packing up.

I'm packing up my room. Do you remember this post? Yes..my room had a flood in it, and so we had to move all of my stuff into the living room. We hung a curtain (so I could have some privacy), and moved everything in there. So guess what? I'm packing it all up, because I'm moving back in to my new and improved room. :]

bowling, trampolining, and grand slam. 

At my church they have this thing called Super Week. It's when all the middle schoolers do three pretty awesome things. This year we're going bowling, going to a really cool trampoline place, and going to grand slam. It's going to be fun! :]

fourteen? no way.

It's craziness..I'm turning fourteen on Friday, September 2nd. Fourteen. Holy buckets. And I thought thirteen was old. :]

celebrations.

Well..when a birthday comes, so does celebrations. Going over to grandma and grandpa's houses..lots of fun. Also celebrating with lots of my close friends. :] It's gonna be sweet. 

state fair.

My brother won 4 free tickets to the state fair, so all 6 of us are going. ;] It's also my mom's birthday on Saturday so it's kinda how we're celebrating her birthday. (P.S. Isn't it kinda cool how my birthday is September 2nd, and my mom's is the 3rd?)

school starting.

I know a lot of you (including myself) are really bummed about school starting in just 8 days. But I mean it's gonna happen, so why not be excited for it? ;]

So I'm pretty excited right now, but what about you? ;]

what you'll find at a little girl's birthday party

Party favors that come in little, colorful boxes. 

The cutest little girly plates on the planet.

Lots of gifts covered in pink wrapping paper.

A yummy lunch consisting of a roast beef sandwich with cheese, fruit, potato chips, and pasta salad.  

Party decorations.

The cutest cupcakes ever.

and..the cutest cake ever. (I got this picture right in time..)

a pinata.

 a lake. (just kidding..it was just at this birthday party..) ;]

and of course..the birthday girl! :]

Happy 1st birthday Sofie! :]

Celebrating any birthdays lately? ;]

i've been busy

These past couple of days have been crazy. Waking up at 6 am every morning, going to bed late because I've been babysitting, even waking up this morning at 5:45. I'ts been crazy. 

The reason I've had to get up early is because I am doing something at school called WEB {Where Everybody Belongs.} It's a program where around 50 of chosen 8th graders {me} get to have a special day where we help out the 6th graders, get to know our school and feel comfortable about it. It's really fun-but it is also very stressful. Having to practically memorize lots of activities, taking the kids on a tour, going to the store and getting different things for them to dress up as people in the 70's. It's a lot of work. Believe me. 

So now you know why posting on this blog of mine has been at the bottom of my priorities list. I'm sorry for the 4 days of absent me. But to be honest it may be like that for a while now. With me going to a public school there's lots of hours put into school and activities. So I'm going to take more breaks in between posting. I hope you all understand. :]

I just went to upload some pictures of yesterday while babysitting-but my camera was dead. Sorry. I will post some pictures soon! For now, here is a picture I took while in Duluth a while ago. 

I also have a winner for the black & white contest on this blog of mine. The winner is..Mary Ann! Congrats!

P.S. A friend told me about this website. Have you heard of it, or are you on it?

sunday

Yesterday was a fun day! Getting up early and going to my dad's half marathon, coming home and going shopping with my grandma and my cousin, Haven, going out to lunch, and shopping until we drop? What a fun day! :]

We woke up super early yesterday, so the sky was really pretty. 

My dad ran for team World Vision. So that's him in the orange shirt. 

Here he is at the 6 mile mark. So about half way. We went to see him at 6 miles, and at the finish line. 

Here he is running to the finish line! Yay! Good job dad! :]

He finished the half marathon in 1 hour and 54 minutes! 

Here is my lunch that I got at IHOP when I went for lunch with grandma and Haven. It was yummy!

Apple Juice!

Here's my grandma! We got so much stuff yesterday..I love everything. We got some floral scarves, long sleeves, sweaters, perfume, sweatshirts, yoga pants, camis..I think I'm ready for school! :]

So how was your Sunday? ;]

lately..

Lately I've been..

Baking chocolate chip cookies..

Hanging out with little girls..

Hanging out with friends..

Getting my hair braided by my mom..

Taking pictures of my cousin swimming in our pool..

Making dinner that consists of pizza rolls and grapes..(because it's my parent's anniversary today, and they went out)

Going clothes shopping with my grandmas..

and getting ready for school to start. 


What have you been up to lately?