Awkward much? :)

Hello everyone! Forgive me, I haven't been home in 3 weeks, and so haven't had the time to sit down and write! :) But I did remember it was Wednesday and I will try and keep on top of that...


Awkward:

• When your alone at the office and somebody walks in un-expected....Your just like "uhh, can I help you?"
• Forgetting a person's name and it was an already awkward introduction.
• Listening to music really loud and singing along and then realizing you're not alone! Whoops..
  
  
  Awesome:
• Brothers. I am very blessed with 6 of them. I love the "in control" feeling I get around them. I know that they will always protect me, and they love me as much as I do them! :) :) :) (Of course, sisters are nice too!)
• Cap' n Crunch cereal... There's nothing like it in the world! :-)
• A good ol' country song that you haven't heard in years...
• Having long talks with the 10 year old neighbor boy about saving Faith, and the affects of sin. And then him coming to visit a few weeks later and asking me "Do you think God loves me at all? Like, would He be okay with me being a Christian like you? " ....Yeah, I can't really explain what that meant to me... God does answer prayers.

Well, here we are closing in on the last part of October, and I already can't wait for snow! I absolutely love snow. Although, I don't particularily like the 2 months (Jan and Feb) inside, with not a whole lot to do. They say in my part of the country we are supposed to get a lot of snow this year. But it's looking like I won't be spending those months in the house all day long anymore!! (More about that later!...)
I hope you all have enjoyed this beautiful week. Blessings!


                                                                Love,
                                                                  Madelyn

Awkward and Awesome days...

Hey,  So in honor of me getting back to my blog (and also deleting posts accidentally :p)  I have decided to do an Awkward Awesome post.  And maybe every Wednesday...

Awkward :

• Running through the local grocery store because they are shutting off the lights and closing down and they didn't know you were there... Yep, that was pretty bad.

• Running underneath your walnut tree playing in the leaves, and then 4 trucks drive past...At that point, you just want to melt into the floor.

• Having people look at your sloppy handwriting.

• Singing in the shower and company shows up. And your little siblings trying to tell you to pipe down, but you can't understand them so you just sing louder...
  
  Awesome:
                  
  
  
  •   Walking into the coffee shop and the guy says "Two large caramel macchiato's to go?" =)
  •  Laying in the leaves reading a book. It's like something form a movie...
  • My little parakeet's, Blueberry and Lemon. :)
  • Playing a song over and over again on the piano and finally it just clicks! And your teacher's like "Good job, honey. You must have been practicing so hard this week! " -.-  :p
    
    Yep, I have some pretty crazy awkward days...But I love them just the same.
    
    Anything awesome or awkward happen to you this week?
    
                                   Love,
                                              Madelyn

Slate . . .

Hey everybody! Can you believe it's October already?! I still have it in my head that it's Just now September.
My little siblings just bought this new slate the other day. (They love buying them and using them all day long.) and asked if I could take pictures of it. They think it's funny watching me struggle trying to make a picture turn out, apparently...:p
Anyway, I only had a few moments and so only got 2 pictures, but I hope you like them. :)

I have a pretty busy month planned out and of course, new month resolutions. BUT, I did do well in September as far as that goes...So we'll see. Do you have anything special planned for October?

P.S. Apparently I deleted a post. Sorry about that. Don't know what I did. :-)

                                                                    Love,
                                            Madelyn

My Summer..

First of all, let me apologize for not blogging for so long, and for my posts being so boring, I intend to do a better job at keeping on top of it. I had a hectic Summer and and finally have some time to post now.

Here are some pictures I took of my Summer, hope you enjoy!

                                          

Sunday afternoon at a local pond.

Mom canned some pinto beans

Camping

                                        Having a picnic at the park. :)

I had an awesome Summer, it was very busy with parades, swimming and grilling out. What did  y'all do this Summer?




                            Love,
                                                                  Madelyn

Awkward Awesome (2)

 So this is to take place for yesterday! I was a bit busy and forgot! ;p

Awkward:

• Listening to your own voice on camera.
• Playing the piano as loud as you can and then you look behind you and there's several people sitting there laughing to death! 
• Being in the shower and the phone rings. (To answer or not to answer?....) 
•  Jogging past people.

• Going into the changing room at a store and then your sister leaves you, and then you tip toe out past everybody in line looking for her over the racks of clothing!

Awesome:

• Coffee from the Coffee House! Mmmm
• New clothes that fit perfect!
• Home-made pizza!! :)
• Friends!
• Finding money in the pockets of  clothes you haven't worn since last Summer! (Especially if it's $30!)
• Pick-nicks in the park with all my friends and family! And going swimming afterwards!

 Anything awesome or awkward happen this week?!

 On a side note, anybody else love swimming!?! :)


Madelyn Grace

My music lessons and MY lesson.

Hey'a all!

 So my older sister Amanda plays the piano very well. She's been playing for almost 6 years!
I started taking lessons I think 2 years after her. Before she started  taking lessons I had begged and pleaded to take them as well. But by the time it was my turn to start taking lessons, I completely lost any .........any........want? to take lessons. In fact, I dreaded it!  I wouldn't practice at all except the morning before lessons. I bawled and cried begging my mom not to make me take lessons. But she was firm with me and made me keep at it. Maybe my teacher knew this....maybe not, but it was an awful problem. And not one so much in the past.
And this all went on  for nearly 3 years. In which time, Amanda grew great at it, and we started with a new teacher because our old one moved away. When we went places Amanda would play and people would tell her how much of a great job she had done. And she did do a great job too! (That may have made it hard as well.)

Finally, after sooo long of me hating this I found a song that I knew. One old classic called "We've only just begun" Now, this song was only 2 pages long, but I absolutely adored it!! I played it alllll the time. And even became a bother playing it! I was ecstatic!
 And then, one thing led to another and I started buying sheet music. ME! And found many songs and even hymns I knew and loved! And meanwhile Amanda was a big help! She found me old music of hers etc...
Then I found sheet music to the song "Edelweiss" and learned that too!!

And now, almost a year later, I loooove  playing the piano! It's one of my favorite past times! Now, I'm still not very good, and am only in level 4 but I have definitely learned my lesson.

Do you have any  fun/embarrassing stories like this from your childhood?

God Bless,

Madelyn Grace

Hey!
So I have seen several people do this  it looks like a lot of  fun, so let's give it a try! :)

Awkward:

• When you show up somewhere really important and realize your outfits filthy dirty.
• When you wake up early in the morning to a brother and his best friend standing in your room looking for something. Eek!
• The awkward silences when you meet someone for the first time. (You can only ask so many questions about their grade, age and family!)
• Having to run an errand so early in the morning you haven't changed out of your pajama's, and you have to bike across town....:(
• Dancing with someone you don't know.
•  When the car dies and you can't find jumper cables, and your dad's friend is in the car....Bad deal.
• Carrying  your niece or nephew (or anybody for that matter) and somebody asks if he/she's yours! :)
   

Awesome:

• Friends praying for you. 
• Having your little brother fall asleep on your lap.
• laying on the trampoline reading a theology book!
• Getting up early and going for a walk by yourself.
• Having long talks with good friends.
• Listening to a song that takes you back a long time!

 What awkward or awesome things have happened to you this week?
Have a great Monday!

 Madelyn Grace