Time for a life update!!

~About two weeks ago we got our house ready for showing/ pictures. About nine days ago was the first day our house was technically on the market. Yesterday, we got not just one offer, but TWO. It is amazing that our house is sold and it's really starting to hit me. I have one more month in this home. I remarked to mom yesterday how apparently God really wanted us to move. So, between now and February 27, we will be packing, clearing, cleaning, and deciding what all we want to bring with us while we stay at Grandma and Grandpa's for three months. It's going to be hard. And not that I don't love their house, but I'm not thrilled to be staying there for so long. For me it is hard to focus there and I really want a home space that I can call my own. But I'll make the best of it. I'm sure they will be some of the fastest months of my life.

~In other less important news, I took the SAT this morning. I didn't think it was awful, just really long.

~I found my driver's license!! Nothing like one week without it to show me how much I really love driving myself around.

~Mom lost her voice, so communicating at my house is basically a never-ending game of charades.

~I think next week or something I may vlog a house tour or something. I want to have lots of memory of this place.

~My trust in God recently has become more prominent than ever. In everything that happens I am able to think positively and realize that God has a plan. It has really decreased my stress level, which is really essential right now. The more that I pray and read the Bible, the closer I feel to God and I can see him working in my life! It feels great.

~I have a huge paper due Monday that I haven't started. I have to go through eight books and write 6-8 pages. Ha. Wish me luck!

Hope you're having a lovely day! Adios :)

Lately I've really realized that it's hard to describe your family to someone. Sure, you can relay a couple of jokes or pictures, but for someone who has never been around them, it's not the same. That foreign person will have never heard the laughter of the cutest group of kids on the planet, seen them change from babies to hilarious middle-schoolers, felt a hug from their arms, held them in their lap, witnessed every humorous moment, seen their smiles, listened to their stories, and experienced their personalities. No picture shown or story told can convey the atmosphere of love that is present whenever everyone is together. It is a special feeling, a bond that is so strong it brings joy into your heart just experiencing it. It is knowing that no matter what happens, the love we have for each other, and for everything that each person is, runs deeper than the harsh words that are occasionally spoken. I have never loved so much as when I am together with my cousins. They are, by far, my most favorite people on the face of the earth, and I really can't imagine what life would be like without them.