*happy dance*

Hey, you guys!! I'm finished!

That's right. 

Finished with Highschool FOREVER. :D 

I graduated yesterday. 

It was pretty much the best day ever.

Emilee and me. :D <3 Em has been one of my best friends since I was about three years old. LOVE her.

Me, Micah (brother), Joshua (brother), and Kathy (orchestra director and former private teacher)

My sister Joanna accompanied my solo pieces on the Piano. :D and Jonni turned the pages for her.

My Daddy and me after diploma presentation

Friends!

Games and hangin'. :D <3

 Of course, I was scared to death at the actual ceremony. I always am right before I perform. I did kind of a mini violin recital, with two solos and a quartet piece. And after that was my party and it was a ton of good friends and we just had a great time hanging out, playing games, and laughing our faces off. Afterward we all went to Andy's Frozen Custard for ice cream and a good deal more laughing, but I don't have any pics from that. :( 

It was SO much fun. 

The only thing missing was my Bestest Bestie. :'( 

I missed you like crazy soup NoniJoy!!! <3 <3 <3 

Thursday was pretty amazing too. :D We and a bunch of the same friends, plus a few, all spent the entire day at Silver Dollar City and had an AMAZING time. Noni was there for that. Which made it perfect overall. :D lol. <3 

(I have quite a few pictures for this post. I hope you don't mind!!)

this is "my" group. lol. we all stuck together pretty much the whole day. Left to Right: Micah (brother), Me, Noni, Aerial, Emilee, Sydney, Daniel, Daniel (Brother), Thayne

Me e Noni!!! xD <3

Almost the whole group. xD

My favorite ladies!! These girls are the best. Left to right: Emilee, Jonni (sister), Noni, Aerial, Me, Sydney.

 :D yes, that was good times. 

Annnyways. 

I've had an amazing weekend! 

I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with or commenting on all you guys' blogs! I have to take the ACT in about a week that I'mma be studying for during pretty much ALL of my free time, and I have work most mornings....So, hopefully in a week or so I'll be back more regularly. Life is crazy beans right now. lol. <3

xx

{Rachel}

So....I pretty much had the most amazing weekend ever. 

Photo from Noni

My gorgeous Bestie got to come visit from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. We had the greatest time! Ice skating, caffeine, talking, shopping, orchestra, mall walking, people watching, laughing, gushing over our nephew, and plain ol' hanging out is what most of the weekend consisted of. It was so much fun. Seriously though, I'm not very good at ice skating. I prolly would've fallen a million times if Noni hadn't saved my life over and over. ehehe. :)
Anyways, She left Sunday afternoon, like I said. And I miss her like crazy. I can't wait for her to come back again (hopefully for my birthday in a month!).

Photo from Noni
^^Our Skating group!

Photo from Noni
^^ {Us and our pretty Nephew!}

Noni's  post is way better than mine and has more pictures. :) I only stole a few from her....I wish I had taken some. I usually do, but this time it didn't happen. Oh well. Her pictures are pretty, anyways and mine ususally stink. :D <3 

Photo from Noni
*Besties*

Have a fabulous week, people! <3 

{xx}

Parties and whatnot

I had pretty much the funnest weekend ever....

Parties literally every evening, lots of very good friends, games, hanging out, ect.,. :D <3 

I hope you were expecting pictures! 'cause here they come! :D I narrowed it down to just a few...

Friday night was the party at our house. It was so much stinking fun. <3 <3 

A lot of my epic friends got to come and we had so much fun together! 

We played games and jumped on the trampoline in the dark and got wet 'cause it was raining and chatted about eveything and had loads of caffeine and laughed *so* much. 

I'm sure I have the best friends on the planet. 

Jonni pointed the camera at us and Emmaline (left) and I (right) hid while Ameron was her regular adorable self. haha. <3

here we go. :D 

the littler boys playing x-box in the boy's room...

Trampoline!!

Thayne, Daniel Dean, Me, Jon, and emmaline

Thanye, Daniel Dean, Daniel B., Me, Jonnah, and Hannah

so much fun. 

Saturday afternoon we went to the Springfield Symphony Matinee that they do. It was all pretty good music except I'm never fond of children's choirs, and The opera lady was awful. :/ 

Anywho, Wednesday evening was a party at s friend of ours' house. 

It was awesome! :D We played lots of Ninja, Around the world Ping-pong, Catch Phrase, and Capture the flag outside in the dark. It was a blast. except for that time when I tripped on the gravel road and skinned my hand on a great big rock....:P 

Catch Phrase!

NINJA! I'm not very good at that game, but it's terribly fun. 

I took this today and you can't see it very well, but that's my injury. lol. It looks quite a lot worse in real life...and it hurts like the dickens still...

Sunday afternoon/evening was my church's party. A pretty small party, which is expected since I come from a tiny little church, but it was fun! :D A bunch of us got together and played around on our instruments for a while, and one of the guys from church put together Jeopardy. 

Other than that it was just hanging out and some games and such. good times. 

Jeopardy! :) 

 Good times. Good times. :D 

Today I just babysat my little siblings all day wile Mum did her Christmas shopping.

it was boring. and a very long day. but It was nice not to have to get dressed up and prettied for a party. lol. 

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Right now I'm just chatting with Noni and watching Prince of Persia with my family. 

Mum just got home and she brought me foods. goodgood foods! :D 

So I'm gonna sign off. 

Even though this post feels slightly lame...I just can't figure out why. O.o 

{xx}

Thankful for...{A-Z}

Happy Thanksgiving, bloggy world! 

I hope you've all had as fantastic a day as I have. I'mma throw up some pics (most of which don't pertain to thanksgiving....just so you know. lol) and some random things that I'm terribly thankful for and leave you with wishes for a fantastic weekend! 

our desserts today after baking *all* day yesterday: Pecan pie bars, Pumpkin pie, Apple cranberry pie, cranberry almond rugalach. :D 

{Link-up with Hannah Nicole}

Avocados. I adore avocados. lol. pretty much in any version
Beauty! There's beauty everywhere. if you just take the time to notice it...
Chuck taylors! Best shoes evah...pretty much. I wear them with everything casual.
Doctor Who. silly? yes. but I am. :D It's fantastic. and I'm a Whovian all the way through.

Every single one of my friends. I have so many amazing friends. 
Family!! my family is beyond epic. and food. I love food. ;)
Guitar! I love playing guitar. I'm not very good at it, But I'm so glad I decided to learn! + the color green!
Hands. really. and I notice people's hands all the time...I love pretty hands....

Tom Hiddleston's hands....prettiest hands I've ever seen.....<3 <3

In-law siblings!! I have three sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law, and I just wanna say that I love them all to death. :D They're amazing. 
Jesus! I'm forever thankful to My savior for saving me! He's my Rock and my Salvation. <3
Knowledge. I'm thankful for being homeschooled by my amazing mum and for the chance to learn! so many people in other parts of the world never get the chance....
LOVE!!! Enough said. :D oh, and Laughter.

love this quote. :D 

Music. Couldn't live without it. Ever. 
Nieces and Nephews...<3 I have seven of the most beautiful, funny, adorable nieces and nephews on the planet. I'm such a blessed Aunt. ^_^
Orchestra-Almost every Friday of my life for as long as I can remember. :D I always look forward to it. I love playing in my orchestra! 
Pumpkin pie!! :D I'm having my second piece right now. piiiiled with cool whip. mmm...

lol. so been there. 

Quirks in people. those little things about them that define them so clearly and that can either make you hate, or love them. lol. 
Rain...I love rain...<3
Sparkles. Shoes. Science Fiction. Stargate. Super heroes!!! ;) 
Time. {ecclesiastes 3:1-15} <3

Unique-ness....:D Be "you-nique" ^_^ 
Violin...I'm soooo thankful for my violin and for my mother for making me continue with it when I wanted to quit because now it's one of my greatest passions. <3 <3
Water. :) I'm definitely thankful for clean clear water to drink whenever I want it. 
XoXo- Kisses and hugs!! So thankful. <3

You!
Zzzzzzz...Sleep. ;) <3

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There you have a few of the things i'm thankful for this year from A to Z. <3
I hope you've all had a fabulous Thanksgiving and continue to have a beautiful weekend.

{xx}

Lifey stuff...

This week has been crazy. Ever since Lovely Asa got here. It seems like we haven't had a day to just breathe in much too long. I'm falling behind on school, I can't seem to find time to practice my violin and when I do I'm so sucky at it it frustrates me, and the busy isn't gonna stop....

*sigh*

I'm just trying not to let it get to me too much. (see how well it's working? :P guffaw) Life will slow down eventually. for now I just need to keep going getting whatever I can finished along the way. :) 

Saturday was my Granee's (great grandmother) 90th birthday party! My amazing mum and Gramma put it together for her and she was so surprised! A bunch of family got to come and it turned out so wonderful. 

Granee holding her seventh great-great grandchild. Asa Matthew. ^_^  

me (in the short brown skirt and brown boots) and some of my siblings and one of my nieces. 

Friday was This epic girl's ^^ 18th birthday! 

She was able to come hang out at orchestra with me all day  and in the evening we had some girlfriends over and watched The Amazing Spiderman, ate food, played some games, and laughed our hearts out. 

I have the best bestie ever. <3 ^_^ 

Spidey! I loved that movie. I've always kinda hated Spiderman until now...but that was Toby's fault. Hideous human that. :P Loved this guy though! :D 

Anyways, It's deer season here in good ol' MO and with a whole family that loves to hunt we're staying busy...We process and butcher all our own venison. I hate it. every time. lol. Oh well. I'm pretty good at it after a few years of doing it and deer season'll be over soon. :)

I don't think I'll be blogging much more until after new years....I may be wrong, but it feels like I'm going to be really busy. lol. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it up pretty well, but if you don't see many comments or posts from me, don't worry. I'll be back to my ol' self when life settles down. 

Signing off for today. I hope you all have a safe, happy week! 

{xx}

{P.S. Is anyone else *psyched* about Thor 2 that I'm pretty sure comes out next year??? That and Iron Man 3. :D gosh, the preview for that makes me wanna cry. anyways. yah. :D} 

"Was a-splishin' and a splashin'!"

My week was pretty darn amazing. My bestie, Noni,  came down and we got to hang out way more than last time! I was so glad. <3 It was amazing fun. I can't wait until she comes back when our nephew is born! :D Here's a summary of my week with some random pix outta my folder thrown in. 

I made this the other day. :D It was totally fun to put together. And, it's the gospel truth. That's exactly how I felt the night after we watched that! lol. xD 

{Avengers}|{exploring around the farm}

{Shopping}|{Hanging out at the mall}|{Taco Bell}|{wearing boots}|{Thrift stores}|{Antiques} 

{Church}|{Singing along with Bobby Darin}|{Ketchup! ;) }

{The Mall again}|{chinese food}|{Touring Elfindale Mansion}|{Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks}

{Baby Shower for Baby Asa}|{Pizza}|{Swings}

{Orchestra}|{Babysitting}|{Bowling party}

{Starbucks}|{great friends}|{Dr. Who}|{Staying up all night}|{Piles of mattress and pillows on the floor}

{Sneaking out of the house to get food out of the car at 4AM}|{daddio lighting the cozy wood stove}|{Pool}

{Trampoline}|{Tire swing}|{Freezing weather}|{Kitty cats}|{Sayin' goodbye to Noni}

{Awkward orchestra performance}|{driving down new roads}

{Church}|{Chili}|{Bowling with Dean}|{Salted Caramel Mocha from Starbucks (If you haven't had one, YOU MUST.)}|{chilling out at home with cozy wood heat and coffee}

<3 <3 <3 {I just *cannot* get over how cute this picture is. Makes me smile my face off. xx} <3 <3 <3 

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Anyways, It was prolly close to the most epic week ever. :) It's so lazy here right now. It's lovely.

I hope you all have had a great week too. <3 

xoxo

{LovedThisWeek}