Snow!

Here are some pictures of the snow we've already had this year. It's so Beautiful! An today we finally get to listen to Christmas music! I was pleasantly woken up hearing my favorite Christmas music this morning!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's finally time for one of my favorite holidays! Thanksgiving! We are having family and friends over to our house to spend the day and have Thanksgiving dinner with us! I so much enjoy filling our house with people I love! I made apple pie today and mom and the littles made pumpkin pies.

Okay so what am I thankful for? Well the Lord has richly blessed me and my family! It would take so much space to tell of all the things I'm thankful for. But here are a few:

• My Savior Jesus Christ
• My wonderful loving family
• My dear friends
• My animals
• My imagination
• Cameras
• Pencils and paper ;)
• Warm fires to sit by
• The ocean
• Books
• Music
• Sisters
• Love

Just to name a few! Here is a song by Josh Groban called Thankful. It's on his Christmas album but I think it's a great Thanksgiving song.

Music

Okay, well in case you all haven't noticed I am one of those people who loves music. The one who couldn't do Algebra without listening to music, the one who works way better with music. And when the room is quiet, I turn on the music.

Music is a really wonderful gift that the Lord has given us. He created it in nature in the trickling of a stream, in the lilting songs of the birds, the whistling of the wind, the rushing of a river. . .
Music is beautiful, relaxing, fun, inspiring, invigorating etc.

I will start out by saying that my absolute favorite singer is definitely Josh Groban ;) I'm very excited about his new CD Illuminations and can't wait to get it!

It would take a lot of space and you would be really bored if I listed all my favorite bands and told you about each one. So I'm not going to do that, but I will list a few :)

Though Josh Groban is my favorite, a majority of the music I listen to is Christian. Some of my favorites are;

Derek Webb
Caedmon's Call
Britt Nicole
Tenth Avenue North
Down Here
Brandon Heath
Chris and Conrad
Newsboys

Non Christian artists that I like are;

Owl City
Enya
Michael Buble
Josh Turner
Celtic Thunder
Celtic Woman

I also really enjoy listening to soundtracks.

Titanic
A Beautiful Mind
Narnia the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion King Broadway version


Now, in case you're wondering, yes, there is music that I really don't care to listen to. Rap and Screamo music are two things I really dislike. I don't think they really qualify as music anyway, just so much noise. Rhythmic noise maybe, but noise just the same :P

So there's a peek into my love of music :)

Writing

Sometimes I have no idea what to write, but I really want to write! So I grab a note book, turn to a blank page and just start putting down words. Something about words on a blank page is so appealing sometimes. I don't consider myself a great writer, but I have been able to get my feelings on paper a few times.
Words are such amazing things! The fact that you can get a feeling to come out of your heart and soul, then translate that feeling to words so that others can understand your heart, is fascinating! It's the only way you can let someone into your inner soul so that they can feel what you're feeling, like you're feeling it. In a way, words are a miracle! They are full of power!