Nicholas Makes His First Holy Communion!

Sweet little Nick made his First Holy Communion today! I'm so proud of him! Here is the handsome little man before we left for church!

Isn't he so handsome in his little tuxedo?!?! 

All three of us together!

Me, Savannah, Nick, and my parents (my dad is dressed in his special cassock because he served as an acolyte at mass)

The whole "fam" together in front of the altar at our church!

Nick and his godparents, our Aunt Kelley and Uncle Chris.

Nick and our Grandma and Grandpa.

Nick and one of his best-est buds, Joey. (they are so cute together!)

Party Time!!!!

Food!

Bundt Cakes!!!! YUM YUM YUM!!!!!!! My absolute fave cake!

I'm so proud of you, Nick! I hope you had a wonderful First Communion!!!

Me and Chocolate

I LOVE CHOCOLATE.

It's true.  I love, love, love chocolate.  Don't you?  I love everything about it!!!!  From it's wonderful taste, to it's wonderful, rich, creamy-ness.  Just talking (or in this case, typing) about it makes me hungry!   So, why am I posting about it?  I actually don't know.  I had a sudden inspiration to just post about it.  If you're a blogger, you know what I mean about sudden, and often random inspirations.  If you're not a blogger, you probably have no clue what I'm talking about.  Oh, well. That's ok.  Maybe someday!!!  Anyways, here is a picture of some chocolate.......just because.  ;)

YUM, YUM, YUM!!!!!!!!! 

My Little Savannah-Banana

Here are some pictures of my little sis, Savannah, when she was little:

 

I love you, Savannah-Banana!!  You are growing up so fast! I wish that you could stay little forever! I love looking back at these pictures, when you and I used to dress alike, and look alike, and I miss those good old days! You're beautiful, sweet, funny, loving, really awesome, and so much more!  You're the best little sister EVER!!!  You ROCK!!!!!

The List

This is a list that I found on a blog that I follow.  It's a list of 30 things to blog about.  Each time that I blog about one of the following, I will put a link back to this post so that you aren't wondering where in the world I got the idea to post about that particular thing.

THE LIST:



1. List 20 random facts about yourself.

2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears.


3. Describe your relationship with your parents.


4. List 10 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could.


5. What are the 5 things that make you most happy right now?


6. What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?


7. What is your dream job, and why?


8. What are 5 passions you have?


9. List 10 people who have influenced you and describe how.

10. Describe your most embarrasing moment.


11. Describe 10 pet peeves you have.


12. Describe a typical day in your current life.


13. Describe 5 weaknesses you have.


14. Describe 5 strengths you have.


15. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?


16. What are your 5 greatest accomplishments?


17. What is the thing you most wish you were great at?


18. What has been the most difficult thing you have had to forgive?


19. If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?


20. Describe 3 significant memories from your childhood.


21. If you could have one superpower, what would it be and what would you do with it first?


22. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 15 years?


23. List your top 5 hobbies and why you love them.


24. Describe your family dynamic of your childhood vs. your family dynamic now.


25. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?


26. What popular notion do you think the world has most wrong?


27. What is your favorite part of your body and why?


28. What is your love language?


29. What do you think people misunderstand most about you? 


30. List 10 things you would hope to be remembered for.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!  

Here is a special Mother's Day Video:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!  so funny!
Happy Mother's Day!

Jesus is Worth Blogging For.

Jesus is worth blogging for.  He is Amazing, Perfect, Just, Loving, Patient, Kind, Beautiful, and so much more.  Jesus, I love you!!!  You are my Alpha and Omega, my Life and Soul, You are my Everything!!!  I love You more than anything!!!

Nicholas

Little brothers.
We all know what it's like to have one, whether it's your brother, or your friend's brother, I'm sure you've experienced what it's like to have a little brother.  They can be annoying sometimes, I agree.  I happen to have a little brother, Nicholas, or Nick for short.  Here are some things that describe Nicholas:
funny, sweet, caring, joyful, thoughtful, talented, giving, cute, amazing, crazy, handsome, loving, awesome, smart, and so much more.
Annoying, weird, gross, smelly, ect.  When it comes to Nick, all of those things don't describe him. Am I saying he is never annoying?  No.  But even when he is a little annoying, he is still all of the things that I listed to describe him.........to sum all of those things up, he's the best brother ever!

Here are some pictures of him:

Yup. That's Nicholas for you.... :D

20 Questions: Claire Elise

This is one of my BFFs, Claire Elise!

Now for the 20 Questions... :D

1.  What is your favorite color?  Turquoise. 

2.  What is your favorite thing to do?  Ummmm.........things.  Duh. :)

3.  What color is your toothbrush?  I am not allowed to tell you that it is dull and yellow......I know, strange right?

4.  If you could meet a Saint of your choice, who whould it be, and why would you choose that Saint?  St. Clare or St. Francis because first of all I was named after St. Clare (even though there is no "i" in her name) and second of all, St. Francis was chosen for Pope Francis' name.

5.  What is your flavor-ite ice cream flavor?  Mint-Chocolate-Chip or Cookies n' Cream........just thinking about it makes me hungry!

6.  What type of shampoo do you use?  Do you really want to know?  I get it from Kroger......how's that?

7.  What do you do every Monday, on a regular basis?  #1: wake-up. #2: remind myself what day it is. #3: eat breakfast......I know, not normal.  #4: school.  #5: eat lunch.  #6: spend the rest of the day waiting, and waiting.......by the way, what's for dinner?  #7: Go to sleep, dreaming about tomorrow's dinner.

8.  What is your most favorite-est thing to sing in the shower?  How did you know I liked to sing in the shower......are you stalking me?  How dare you! (p.s. I like to sing just about anything......anytime, anywhere........even in the shower.)

9.  If you could have a super-power, what would it be?  Flyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-iiiiiiiing!!! (translation: flying.......I think, unless it's to be able to randomly break out in song and dance.......if so she has already been given that super power!)

10.  What color are your neighbor's living room walls?  Hmmm.......green-ish?

11.  What's your biggest pet peeve?  Realizing that something that fit me last year, won't fit me this year.......especially when I've planned my entire outfit around it.

12.  What's your favorite thing about yourself?  Everything, of course!

13.  How old are you?  Are you sure you know what you're asking?!?!

14.  What is your favorite nickname?  Claire-Bear.

15.  How about your least favorite?  I don't think I should say that in public.... ;)

16.  What would you do if you saw randomly Taylor Swift at the grocery store buying poppyseed-bagles?  I would walk up to her and say, "Don't worry, I won't make a big scene but can I secretly get a picture and an autograph?"  Then I'd run into the parking-lot and scream, "I just met Taylor Swift!!!!!"

Then, I'd run away, and pretend I was crazy, so no one would know she was in the store.

17.  If you could go anywhere, where would it be?  Wherever the weather is nice and I can see something cool. (preferably, Rome)

18.  If you could play an unusual instrument, what would it be?  French horn.

19.  Why would you choose this instrument?  Because it would be super cool and it sounds slightly scary.  (refering to "Peter and the Wolf")

20.  Why is Madi the most best-est friend you could ever have?  Because she is so like me and the most AMAZING greatest best-est-est-est friend and she has a great laugh and she is great at anything she picks up (including photography) and she seems to never ever ever EVER EVER EVER stop at anything she is determined to do. We have a couple movies that she is editing, and so I am told, it is tedious. Last, but not least, she is just the best-est-est-est-est-est-est-est-EST-EST-EST-EST-EST BEST FRIEND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (did I mention that she is the nicest person I have ever ever ever...etc.... met!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Madi is my best friend!!! 

So, to sum it all up, Claire Elise is the greatest best friend to ever live!  You ROCK!!!!  I love you!

Three Totally Hilarious Videos

Video #1:

Sail: Cat Video

Can't stop laughing........tears streaming down my face..........hahahahahaha!

Video # 2:

How Animals Eat Their Food

SOOOOOOO funny!!!  I love it!!!


Video #3
The Ultimate Dog Tease Video

This is Awesome!

I can watch these over and over and over and over and...........well, you get the point.  They make me crack-up every time!

No Cast!

I finally got my cast off!  I'm so excited!!!!!   I can't type much, because it is so weak, but I just had to spread the good news!!  Thank you, all of you who were praying for me!  I greatly appreciate it!

Something to Make You Smile......

These are great.....

Working out. . . . . Jesus style.

It says, "That must suck, having your birthday on Christmas . . ." (sorry it's blurry........)

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Easter Celebration

Happy Easter!!!

For Easter, my family and I went out to our lake house with my aunt, uncle, cousins, grandparents, and my great-grandmother.  Here are some pictures of the event:

My Easter basket.

My cousin Kerry's basket

Savannah and her basket

Easter Egg Hunt!!!

My cousin, Courtney, looking for Easter eggs.

Kerry, hunting for eggs too!

Here's me!

 Nicholas

Kerry and Courtney
 (and yes, they are identical twins...) 

Time to open up all of the Easter eggs and take out all of the candy!!! Yum, yum, yum!

What a wonderful Easter!!! Thank you Lord, for resurrecting from the dead, and for saving us!!! I love you, Jesus!

Good Friday: The Passion of Our Lord

The Passion of Our Lord

John 19:

¹ Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged; ² and after this, the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on his head and dressed him in a purple robe. ³ They kept coming up to him and saying, 'Hail, king of the Jews!' and slapping him in the face. ⁴ Pilate came outside again and said to them, 'Look, I am going to bring him out to you to let you see that I find no case against him.' ⁵ Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said, 'Here is the man.' ⁶ When they saw him, the chief priests and the guards shouted, 'Crucify him! Crucify him!' Pilate said, 'Take him yourselves and crucify him: I find no case against him.' ⁷ The Jews replied, 'We have a Law, and according to that Law he ought to be put to death, because he has claimed to be Son of God.' ⁸ When Pilate heard them say this his fears increased. ⁹ Re-entering the Praetorium, he said to Jesus, 'Where do you come from?' But Jesus made no answer. ¹⁰ Pilate then said to him, 'Are you refusing to speak to me? Surely you know I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?' ¹¹ Jesus replied, 'You would have no power over me at all if it had not been given you from above; that is why the man who handed me over to you has the greater guilt.' ¹² From that moment Pilate was anxious to set him free, but the Jews shouted, 'If you set him free you are no friend of Caesar's; anyone who makes himself king is defying Caesar.' ¹³ Hearing these words, Pilate had Jesus brought out, and seated him on the chair of judgement at a place called the Pavement, in Hebrew Gabbatha.  ¹⁴ It was the Day of Preparation, about the sixth hour. 'Here is your king,' said Pilate to the Jews. ¹⁵ But they shouted, 'Away with him, away with him, crucify him.' Pilate said, 'Shall I crucify your king?' The chief priests answered, 'We have no king except Caesar.' ¹⁶ So at that Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified. They then took charge of Jesus, ¹⁷ and carrying his own cross he went out to the Place of the Skull or, as it is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, ¹⁸ where they crucified him with two others, one on either side, Jesus being in the middle. ¹⁹ Pilate wrote out a notice and had it fixed to the cross; it ran: 'Jesus the Nazarene, King of the Jews'. ²⁰ This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place where  Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the writing was in Hebrew, Latin and Greek. ²¹ So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate, 'You should not write "King of the Jews", but that the man said, "I am King of the Jews". ' ²² Pilate answered, 'What I have written, I have written.' ²³ When the soldiers had finished crucifying Jesus they took his clothing and divided it into four shares, one for each soldier. His undergarment was seamless, woven in one piece from neck to hem; ²⁴ so they said to one another, 'Instead of tearing it, let's throw dice to decide who is to have it.' In this way the words of scripture were fulfilled: They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothes. That is what the soldiers did. ²⁵ Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. ²⁶ Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.' ²⁷ Then to the disciple he said, 'This is your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. ²⁸ After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed and, so that the scripture should be completely fulfilled, he said: I am thirsty. ²⁹ A jar full of sour wine stood there; so, putting a sponge soaked in the wine on a hyssopstick, they held it up to his mouth. ³⁰ After Jesus had taken the wine he said, 'It is fulfilled'; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit.

Holy Thursday: The Last Supper

The Last Supper

Mark 14:12-26

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 13 So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 15 He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” 16 The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.

17 When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. 18 While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.” 19 They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, “Surely not I?” 20 “It is one of the Twelve,” he replied, “one who dips bread into the bowl with me. 21 The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.” 23 Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them. 25 “I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.” 26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

My New Camera!!!

Today, I got a new camera!!!  I am SOOOOOOOO excited, I can barely stand it!!!! I am taking pictures like crazy!!!  I have been waiting for three LONG days before it finally arrived!  I had dreams about it EVERY night.......no joke!  Unfortunately, I can't take a pic of it with it so here is a pic I got online of the camera:

I am so excited to use it to take pics for my blog!!!  Pretty awesome, right?!?! ;D

Holy Week

Thank-you Jesus for dying on the cross and for all that you have done for me!!!  I love you!!!

Below are some videos for Holy-Week.  The first one is about Jesus' Passion.  The second one is about Jesus' life on earth.  They're really cool!

I hope you have a blessed Holy-Week!!!

My Super Stylish Fashion Statement

This is me . . . . . . . .

Sometimes, I wonder about myself.  Does that look normal to you?  I would hope not. 

The picture above is me, making a fashion statement.  Yup.  Pretty darn fashionable, right?!?!  I totally dig that crazy fro!!! Now, you may be wondering where this amazing ensemble came from, so if you are, I'll tell you.  You see, I was at my grandparents house and was doing my normal routine, which is going through all of my mom's old belongings, which means every drawer, closet, box, bookshelf, or any other place that I might find something cool to look at.  My Grandma keeps some old costumes in my mom's old closet, and while I was going through them, I found an afro.  I immediately put it on, with out even thinking about what I was doing.  Then I thought, "WOW.  This is a groovy fro!"  It looked so stylish, that I had to wear it around!  I just couldn't resist!  So, then where did the rest of my unbelievably wonderful wardrobe come from?  Well, I went back to the closet, got an old jersey, fake glasses, a hat, put ribbons and bows on the back of the afro, and put lots, and lots of necklaces on!  Then went downstairs, and showed off my discoveries of amazingly fashionable attire.  So there you have it!!!  Like I said before, I worry about myself sometimes.  Now hopefully, you understand why.  Now that I have shared this with you, you will most likely worry about me too.  I understand your concern, but don't worry too much, because unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about it.  Actually, there's nothing anyone can do about it.  That's just me.  That's who I am.  So I'll make a deal with you.  If you promise not to worry too terribly much, I'll be the best me I can be.  The only problem is that, well that picture is the worst me.  Usually, I at least have more stylish attire.  I wonder what it would've looked like with more afros on top of this one?!?!?!?! ;)

You are Christ (Prayer)

You are Christ (Prayer)

You are Christ, my Holy Father, my Tender God, my Great King, my Good Shepherd, my Only Master, my Best Helper, my Most Beautiful and my Beloved, my Living Bread, my Priest Forever, my Leader to my Country, my True Light, my Holy Sweetness, my Straight Way, my Excellent Wisdom, my Pure Simplicity, my Peaceful Harmony, my Entire Protection, my Good Portion, my Everlasting Salvation. 

Christ Jesus, Sweet Lord, why have I ever loved, why in my whole life have I ever desired anything except You, Jesus my God? Where was I when I was not in spirit with You? Now, from this time forth, do you, all my desires, grow hot, and flow out upon the Lord Jesus: run... you have been tardy until now; hasten where you are going; seek Whom you are seeking. O, Jesus may he who loves You not be an anathema; may he who loves You not be filled with bitterness. 

O, Sweet Jesus, may every good feeling that is fitted for Your praise, love You, delight in You, adore You! God of my heart, and my Portion, Christ Jesus, may my heart faint away in spirit, and may You be my Life within me! May the live coal of Your Love grow hot within my spirit and break forth into a perfect fire; may it burn incessantly on the altar of my heart; may it glow in my innermost being; may it blaze in hidden recesses of my soul; and in the days of my consummation may I be found consummated with You!

Amen.

Puppy Screen "Cleaner"

This is SOOOOOOOOOOOO cute!!!!  Found this on Pinterest and just had to put it on my blog!!  So funny! 

Isn't he just too cute?!?!?! 

Awesome Planet Earth Video

This is a super cool video about planet Earth.  It's actually a trailer for the planet earth series on Discovery Channel..... :D.  This video blows my mind every time I watch it! It's so cool!

I love this video!  What fun God must've had creating the Earth!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!!  Those of you who aren't wearing green as you read this, please note that I am imaginarily pinching you right now, so I hope that you are wearing green.  Funny as it is, I'm not wearing green right now, so you are welcome to imaginarily pinch me as well......just not too hard!  I hope you are having a wonderful St. Patrick's Day!  

Happy Feast-Day St. Patrick!!!

Jesus Loves Me....

Jesus is soooooo AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!  I love Him more than anything!!!!!!  Think of what He has done for us......He gave His Life for us!!!!  We totally owe it all to Him!!!

Jesus, I love You!!!!

Cool Crayon Craft

This is a super cool craft that one of my BFFs, Natalie taught me how to do.

Here is what you need:

• canvas
• hairdryer
• crayons (make sure they are ones that you don't mind not using again. use new crayons if possible)
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• a space that can get a little bit messy......just in case :)

Here are the directions:

• bring your supplies to your "get a little bit messy place"
• put the glue in your hot glue gun and plug in. let it heat up
• as quickly as you can, hot glue the crayons to the top of the canvas as high as you can without the backs of the crayons going off the top canvas, so the tip/side that you draw with facing downwards. glur them all the way across the top. try not to leave any space between each crayon. (tip: putting the crayons in rainbow order is an awesome way to do it! it makes it look so super cool!)
• before the glue hardens, stand your canvas up so that the bottoms of the crayons are facing upwards.  plug in your hairdryer and turn it on. blow downwards on the crayons. the hairdryer will blow the wax down on the canvas. slowly move the hairdryer back and forth about an inch away from the canvas. 
• once the glue alomost completely hardens, you can turn off your hairdryer.
• clean up all of your supplies, except for the canvas with the crayons. leave it out to dry.
• once it's dry, put it on display and enjoy!!!!!

Here is a picture of one:

Here's another neat idea:

Isn't that so awesome-ly amazing?!?! 

Awesome Bible Verses

These are like the awesome-est bible verses ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!  When I read them, the first thing I thought was, "I absolutely have to put these on my blog!!!!!!"  I hope you like them!!!

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

-Matthew 7:7

"Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples."

-John 13:35

"I am convinced that nothing can ever separate from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."

-Romans 8:38-39

"The Lord is my light and my salvation-whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life-of whom shall I be afraid?

-Psalm 27:1

"I have told you this, so that you might have peace in your hearts because of Me. While you are in the world, you will have to suffer. But cheer up! I have defeated the world."

-John 16:33

I absolutely LOVE those bible verses, don't you?!?! They're SOOOOO inspiring!!!

Welcome, Pope Francis!!!

WELCOME, POPE FRANCIS!!!!!! 

WE LOVE, LOVE, LOVE YOU!!!!!!!