my life.

My life is snapping pictures of flowers whenever I see them. 

My life is having sleepovers every weekend.

My life is hanging out with my bestie. (ahem. haven.)

My life is church Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights.

My life is doing my chores and getting my homework done.

My life is chocolate chip pumpkin muffins and chocolate cupcakes.

My life is three crazy brothers and two awesome parents.

My life is a dog who is seventeen years old, and is getting deaf, but we still love her.

My life is never ending amounts of friends who are amazing if I do say so myself.

[havers.]

[i kinda love you. I LOVE YOU.]
My life is filled with happiness, sadness, craziness, busyness, awesomeness, and much more.

My life is crazy brown eyes, and brown hair.
My life is volleyball, volleyball, and more volleyball.

This is me and my friend Amanda. Amanda is getting surgery in 4 days. In 4 days she will be taller than me (probably). She has scoliosis. That means her spine is curved. Like really curved. Pray for her?

Me and my momma. :)

Soo..how's your life going? ;)

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?

a life filled with happiness

Life is like a big balloon. Every time something good happens, you let a little air out. Every time something bad happens, you blow it up a little bigger. Your balloon will never wear out, and your balloon will never pop, because life is up and downs. It's not just one straight line of happiness, or one straight line of sadness. It's all over the place.

Sometimes our lives are as colorful as this picture, sometimes our lives are like a black and white picture of rain. But, all I know is that, my life? It's wonderful. It's amazing, and I love it, and I never want it to go. I want to savor this life that God gave me. I want to live for Him, and make my life be the best. I want to live as a girl who encourages people, loves people, serves people, and most importantly lives it all for Jesus.

I want my life to be full of smiles, and laughter. Not frowns and sadness. I want to enjoy my life. So guess what? I'm going to. No more sad, grumpy Ali. More of a happy, cheerful Ali.

Okay, friends. Do you want to do this with me? Live the most of the life we have, and be cheerful and happy? Who wants to continue to let air go out of our balloons, and be free of stress? I surely do.

What is your life filled with?

it's so hard saying goodbye

As Haven and I walk down to my grandma's house we think about how fast time flies, how fast life can slip right through your fingers, and how fast Dakota's life was. As I heard my parents talking about my grandma putting her dog down, a sudden alarm went off in my head. So this is it? Dakota's going to be gone, tomorrow? Will I get to see him before he's gone? So many different thoughts went through my head at that time, but one that is most important is, How is Haven going to react to this? 

Dakota was a grey and white Husky, and lived with my Grandma for 15 years. He was a hard dog to deal with, he tore up everything, and always seemed to be getting into trouble. Yesterday he was put to sleep because he was getting old, he woke my grandma up at least 5 times a night to go to the bathroom, and he growled at people.

But, we all loved Dakota so much, and he became a huge part of the family. Especially Haven's. Haven grew up with Dakota, she even lived with him for some of her life. He used to be her best friend when no one was around. It was especially hard for her to say goodbye.

[these dead flowers remind me of dakota, how he used to be this young dog, and very playful and fun, now he's in his old age, and is now no longer with us.] 
But, then as I looked into Dakota's eyes one last time, a rock hit my heart. I started to get sad, and really mad that we had to put him down. Haven and I went back into the house at least 4 times, because it is so hard to say goodbye.

Dakota is now gone, and is past suffering. It is better for him that way. But, we will always love him.

*I'm sorry I'm using old pictures, it's just that my camera is acting up, and is not working. I'm so mad. Like I tried to take pictures outside, and maybe the heat did it. But, the pictures are all fogged up and stuff. So mad. //just tried to use my camera, and it works again. haha*

love,
Ali

P.S. If you still want to enter into my photo contest, enter a picture of a flower, HERE!