Hello 2014

Man, 2013 was a pretty great year.

Let's have a look at what I did in 2013...

In January I...

Settled back into life after months of chaos...
Made friends...
Dressed in faction outfits...
Adjusted to the littlest member of our household being around...

He had interesting food choices...

In February I...

Ran my first (and only) 5k...
^ My brother & I ended by saying it was a terrible idea and we probably should have stretched or trained XD ^
Wondered what I was doing here...
^That's my other blog :) ^
Helped my small group collect hundreds of boxes of macaroni for the Super Bowl competition... (We won)
Went to my last Believe conference... (Bittersweet)

In March I...

Started my Intagram... (Which makes this WAY easier)
Made egg-less cookie dough... (It was soooo yummy <3)
Got my ears pierced!...

In April I...

Argued with my brother... (This was a group effort)

Saw Oz: The Great and Powerful...

Watched the Cards win the National Championship!... (Basketball, gotta love it)

Celebrated my baby brother's first American birthday!...

Reunited with old friends... (If only for a little while)

Went to an Audio Adrenaline concert!...

Posted on Facebook by one of the bands that performed that night, not my photo.

In May I...

Celebrated birthdays, graduations, and marriages...
Spent a lot of time with friends...
Had a bonfire...
(We) Got a puppy!...

I found that accusing your father of not having a soul really helps your case.

In June I...

Got a needle stabbed though my fingernail while sewing... (OW, hurts just thinking about it)
Saw my brother home from Afghanistan for a few weeks...
Had one of the best weeks of my life at camp with my friends... (We have countless inside jokes from one week)
Went on vacation with my family <3...

My brother's girlfriend took family pictures while we were there, they're some of the few pictures of myself I actually like.

In July I...

Finished the Harry Potter books... (And changed my life for the better)
Made my parents a scrapbook (of sorts) for their anniversary... (Took foreverrrr. But worth it to see their reaction when I gave it to them, the day I left for Uganda!)
Left for Uganda!...

Shoes I got for Uganda :)

In August I...

Was in Uganda until the 19th...
Started this blog!... (Fun fact: While I was in Uganda!)
Hung out with my sister-in-law...
Watched little brother officially become part of out family... (Yay God!)

(As you can tell, my July and August were pretty consumed with my trip to Uganda, you can read more about that and see pictures on my other blog here, it was pretty amazing ♥)

In September I...

Got to hang out with a bunch of different group of friends...
Started babysitting at church every week...
Finally saw my brother home from Afghanistan... (For good this time)
Watched the Percy Jackson movie again...

BIG MISTAKE.

In October I...

Packed Christmas present for our kids in Uganda... (And watched my dad and brother take them without me... I only cried a little bit)
Lost the giraffe challenge... (long story)
Watched two of my best friends move away... (Miss them so bad)
Celebrated a VERY special FRIENDAVERSARY... (Read about it here, here, & here)
^^^ This girl made this year absolutely AMAZING. Don't even get me started ^^^
Dressed as Thor for Halloween...
Read some awesome books... (Allegiant and House of Hades!!! :O :O :O)

In November I...

Went on one of the best trips of my life... (Gatlinburg ♥)
Attempted (and failed) NaNoWriMo...
Watched Tangled & Saw Catching Fire...
Spent Thanksgiving with my family...
Celebrated my 14th birthday!...

In December I...

SAW FROZEN ♥♥♥...

Reminisced...

Was in a play with my friends at church... (I sang in the choir... but it was still lots of fun)

Had and amazing Christmas...

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So all in all, a pretty fantastic year.

God has blessed me so much with amazing experiences, people, and memories to be treasure forever this last year.

I can't wait to see what he has in store for this year, for 2014.

Please be as amazing as the last ♥

I didn't make any New Year "resolutions", as I don't trust myself to keep them, but I do have a list of things I want to do before my 15th birthday (in November) that I'll be sharing soon, and as you can see on my sidebar, I'm challenging myself to read 40 books this year, it's not really a stretch from last year's 34, so it may go up as the year progresses.

xoxo

Molly