Throwback Thursday, July 31st, 2014

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Well, it's almost that time...school time.  As for the next 5 days, though, it is summer, and I will make the most of it!  However, I am a strong believer that we should go back to school in September, not the hottest and most summer weather month of the year.

I wanted to share this picture I made last year as a reminder to myself and hopefully an encouragement to lots of other people to remember that we are lucky to be here.  Each and every town and life has its bad spots, that's for sure, but we also have to remember how miniscule those things are in the grand scheme of things.  God has given us life to live to bring Him glory.  He said, "..I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." in John 10:10. In 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, God's will for our whole life is spelled out in the most simple way it can be put:  "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."  This words in my picture are from a song by Jason Gray called Good to be Alive.  It is kind of a throwback song, too, but it is wonderful! 

I just found this picture on my mom's phone yesterday.  On the 4th of July, it would be "un-American" if there were no fireworks.  Actually, it would be un-American to not have fireworks for the whole week before and after July 4th.  It is so strange that my dog will go nuts over a storm that is so far away that we can't even see clouds yet, but fireworks don't even phase him.  Sophie, on the other hand, is not bothered by storms, but does not like fireworks!  That night we had to let her inside the house because she stood at the back door crying and scared, wanting to come in.  I am not a late night person, so I was in bed.  Sophie doesn't care.  If she sees that door to my room closed she actually sees neon lights that say, "Come in!  Kenzie would love for you to wake her, purr, and walk on her face!"  My room is the first place she heads every time.  I love her, though!  Mom came in my room when she heard me talking to Sophie and took a picture of us cuties. 

Throwback Thursday, July 3rd

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Sometimes, I post #ThrowbackThursday pictures on Instagram, so I thought, why not make a blog post where I can share more?

This one's for my buddies Chantal and Cherie who are in Colorado at Team Prep USA running camp.  We've been gone so much this summer, I haven't seen them in almost an entire month now.  They will get back the day after Katlyn and I leave for Furman, so it will be until our team camp over another week from now until we will see them!  It has been odd without them here all summer.  They are two of my other best friends, and we always have so much to talk about, but we have hardly been able to talk!  We have sent snapchats and occasional messages back and forth, but I know we will have boatloads to talk about when we get together again!

This was last year at our team camp at the very tip top of Mount LeConte!

This is zucchini bread that I made last summer from my neighbor's recipe (she also gave me the fresh zucchinis to use!).  I used this same recipe as a guide as I created my apple cinnamon bread recipe that I have been eating on the past week!

I just love hearing crazy stories of things I did as a little kid.  Today I found out that I once spilled chocolate milk everywhere, and somehow, it splattered even on the ceiling of my parents' room and is still there.

Another milk story Dad told me today:  Once when I was little, Mom was not at home, but Dad heard me laughing and giggling up a storm back in my room, so he came to find out why.  I had my sippie cup spinning around spraying milk all over my room.

This is in honor of the "redneck water slide," because we won't get to do it this year because the water is so low.  There isn't grass that goes into the lake.  Rocks, clay, and dirt would make for a bumpy ride.

That's me on the tube and my life-long friend Preston being his athletic self and jumping over me as I slid down.

This one is for my kittycat because she's cute.

Last summer, I made a tasty chicken stir fry dinner for Mom, Dad, and me that we enjoyed out on the back deck.  Sophie wanted to join, so she took my seat before I even got started.

 

I was going to end this with a picture or at least words about what I did last Thursday, but I really don't know what I did!  I think that was the most relaxed day I had last week, so we just stayed at home.