Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

I hope your day is blessed with the laughter and joy of family and friends, and delicious food, and the reminder of all of God's goodness to you!

"Every good and perfect gift is

from above, coming down from the

Father of the heavenly lights, 

who does not change like shifting

shadows."

James 1:17

"The LORD is my strength and my

shield; my heart trusts in him, 

and he helps me. My heart leaps

for joy, and with my song I 

praise him."

Psalm 28:7

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November 2018

Hi. I've arrived. I know I'm late, but better late than never. ;P 

Before we get too far into the Christmas season, here's what the month of November looked like for me, through pictures!

We went to a fun hog roast! The food was amazing, there was music, fires, and people. *happy sigh* It had a great feel. And I started dreaming about finding a country boy while standing in line for supper. *cough* xP

I voted for the very first time! ;) Also, my current read. ^^

Did you know they have these at Walmart?? I should try one sometime. ;P

All my sisters (except the youngest) and I stayed at our aunt and uncle's house for the weekend while they were gone. We took care of their animals and watched movies and ate food. xD Their place is so beautiful.

Got an ice storm, which coated just about everything, even the power lines. :P Sooo pretty. I posted a few of the pictures I got here.

*healthy vs. unhealthy* 

{what do you do when you like both? xP}

Thanksgiving dinner with the homeschool group.

Day before Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! <3

Had it at the aunt and uncle's, and it was a good day. We had two sets of aunt and uncle's + cousins there, my grandparents, and some friends.  

Good old traditional food, eaten out on the side porch. ;) We took our traditional walk down the road before having pie. {I did take pics of my pie, but they're on my mom's phone ;P}
Also, there was hot apple cider, which was so good!

I actually embraced Christmas season in NOVEMBER. After Thanksgiving, of course, but still. I was early this year. I also only have a little more Christmas shopping to do (like, rn)!! *gasping face* That's so not me.

Making lip balm... Shopping with my little sister. 

I got a table at a local Christmas Bazaar for free through our homeschool group. I'm still 18, so I guess I qualified. ;) A couple of my sisters and I went there and sold soaps and stuff the two days it was going on. I bought this delicious S'mores cupcake. ^^

HOW WAS YOUR THANKSGIVING? HAVE YOU PLUNGED FULL ON INTO CHRISTMAS SEASON YET?

30 things I'm thankful for || ice photos

"Happiness is enjoying what you got.

Never from what you want."

- a fortune cookie message I got on my 18th birthday

30 things I'm thankful for

1. Jesus

2. family (my parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins...)

3. friends

4. freedom

5. health

6. good foooood

7. my job

8. my passions (taking photots, etc.)

9. the fun of fashion

10. a home on 5 acres

11. sleep

12. a vehicle that I may drive

13. joy

14. love

15. laughter

16. spontaneous outings

17. dreaming

18. different seasons 

19. the countryside

20. flowers

21. the smell of pine needles

22. the sound of rain at night

23. the night sky

24. the ability to stay clean (indoor plumbing y'all)

25. adventures

26. beauty

27. birds

28. memories

29. stories

30. hope

WHAT ARE TEN THINGS YOU'RE THANKFUL FOR? 

FAVORITE PICTURE?

It's a Crazy Life

If I told you how my life has been lately, well, I might say a little crazy. Crazy as in a lot of firsts happening for me this month- some that, for me, can be a little (or very) scary.  I think I might save most of that stuff for my monthly highlights post. Then I don't have to repeat myself. *winks*

Plus there has been the business of Thanksgiving and family visiting, which was a blessed time. :)

This is just a post of recent life for me- mostly from Thanksgiving. :)

Being a farm girl... hanging around the cows and the hay with my boots. *winks*

I cleaned this calf up with the editing tool on Photo Gallery. ;)

A walk down the road with my skateboarding siblings during the time my grandparents were here. :) 

THANKSGIVING!!

We had my family, my grandparents, three sets of aunt+uncle+cousins, and a homeschool family we know for Thanksgiving this year. We had it at my aunt and uncle's house. ;)

My delicious Thanksgiving dinner. *hearts*

Hanging outside with my camera.

On the ladies' "Thanksgiving walk" before pie. *winks* Why am I always one of the people that are way behind on walks? Must be slow. xP

My sister did my hair. Yay for once-in-a-blue-moon cute hairstyles! ;D

Pie time! And there wasn't very much leftovers at the end of the day. xP 

My aunt and uncle have the most beautiful home. <3

Eating good food, hanging out with family, talking to cousins, standing my a big fire at night, eating more food... it was a good day. ^___^

One more thing that has happened recently...

We got a horse! Crazy us, huh? xP His name is Mousse, and he's a pretty nice horse, though he does need some work with listening to us and all. *winks*  I was the second one to ride him, on Thanksgiving morning. ^___^ Kinda fun to be able to stick your boot in the stirrup and pull yourself up into the saddle. I hope one day I'll be able to gallop across a field, wind blowing through my hair... *grins* We'll see how it goes. If he's not the right horse (or if we're just not horse people, ya know ;P), the former owners said they'd buy him back. Thought I'd better say that, just in case. *winks and sticks out tongue* 

HOW WAS THANKSGIVING FOR YOU? HAVE ANY "FIRSTS" LATELY? EVER ROAD A HORSE\OWNED ONE?

My Thanksgiving :)

   How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was enjoyable. :) The usual delicious foods... pies... cold, fall air. 

   Here's a few pictures showing my Thanksgiving.

    Everything packed in the vehicle. :)

    I went out and took some pictures of all the fall-ness. It isn't this pretty at MY house. ;) I took some of "my" little country boy, too- see them here.

  

   Sometime after lunch I went with my mom, aunts, and grandma on a walk. We went down a road full of Amish places. It's a good idea to take a long walk on Thanksgiving. ;)

   

   After the walk we had pie! :) I should've tried more different kinds- I only ate pumpkin pie and cheesecake (yea, someone kinda hacked the cheesecake :P) BUT I got to eat apple pie for breakfast Friday. ;)

   That's pretty much it. Besides hanging out, of course. :)

   The next day I went with my mom, aunts, and grandma shopping. We didn't get up early- just went around lunch. I had an enjoyable time, and even found a coffee drink I really like! ;D It was a peppermint mocha frappuccino. I had to figure out how that was all spelled- you can tell I'm not a coffee drinker. I like the flavor, but I don't like regular coffee, and I usually get sick of other coffee drinks after awhile. But this one was great! :) I know, it probably doesn't have much coffee in it, but it was the right amount for me. ;) Then when we went out to the vehicle, I was sipping a cold drink in the freezing air! ;P 

  Yesterday we decorated for Christmas! =D We usually take forever to finally do it (and we don't have very many decorations), but this time we got on it fast. :) There's a Christmas party with my homeschool group youth coming up, and I'm excited about that. :)

     Until we meet again... which should be soon, I'm sure. ;P

HOW DID YOUR THANKSGIVING GO? DO YOU HAVE ANY CHRISTMAS PARTIES COMING UP?