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Hope it brightens your day:)!!

American Honey

The first time I heard this song I fell in love with it!! It makes you think back to those days when life was so free and simple.. when there wasn't a care in the world!

She grew up on a side of the road

Where the church bells ring and strong love grows

She grew up good, She grew up slow

Like American honey

Steady as a preacher

Free as a weed

Couldn't wait to get goin'

But wasn't quite ready to leave

So innocent, pure and sweet

American honey

There's a wild, wild whisper

Blowin' in the wind

Callin' out my name like a long lost friend

Oh I miss those days as the years go by

Oh nothing's sweeter than summertime

And American honey

Get caught in the race

Of this crazy life

Tryin' to be everything can make you lose your mind

I just wanna go back in time

To American honey

Gone for so long now

I gotta get back to her somehow....to American honey

I had to post some pictures that reminded me of "American honey." Hope you enjoy:) Please disregard my poofy hairstyle and 'stylish' clothing!!!

Silly smiles after a hot, summer day while enjoying some corn on the cob...

Trying to follow in the footsteps of someone you will always look up to...

Time to feel the breeze blow across your face and enjoy the world around you...
Attitude and personality that passes down with each generation..
Love, care, and humility learned from mom & dad..

Being a helper to someone, even though you may not be the best at it..:)

And finally, remembering who you are and where you came from when life tries to knock you down!!

~JM~

53rd Birthday

Well here it is... today you would be celebrating your 53rd birthday, most likely with homemade ice cream and angel food cake, and you would talk about how old you're getting while we would laugh at the thought of you with gray hair and wrinkled skin. Sometimes I think that it's more of a blessing that I never had to see you grow old and weak, instead I remember you living life until it knocked you flat on your back- I wish I could be more like that!!! You have inspired me to chase dreams that I never thought I could accomplish and to be confident in myself no matter what (which I'm still working on). I wish now more than ever I could thank you and tell you that, yes, you were right about everything you ever taught me:) I find it truly amazing that God arranges special things to happen on special days. Today I turned in my complete student teaching application, which will take place next spring. I had to laugh when I realized my advisor had asked if today would work for my appointment and as I walked out the door she told me to be very proud of myself for maintaining a 3.9 GPA for the past 3 years. I think you would've hit the floor had you known this (in high school I was more into the "social life" of things instead of my studies:)!! It's astonishing to me that you are celebrating another birthday in heaven... I've wondered all day about what you are doing at this exact moment. Probably something my mind cannot even imagine.... Right now I want to be wrapped in arms so tightly and tell you how much I love you and miss you, but I know that everything happens for a reason, and one day I'll never have to tell you good-bye ever again... Instead we'll be praising Jesus together, hand in hand, forever and ever... I love you daddy, I miss you sooo much! Happy Birthday...
I thought these turned out really neat!!! (What's Your Sign in Wash designed them)

Sisterhood Is..

*SiStErHoOd IS......

LoVe...

Laughter...

SeCrEtS...

DEPENDENCE...

Giving...

Fun, Silly, Magical, prayer-filled, and sharing, But most of all....

*SiStErHoOd is POWERFUL!!!!

~Brittany, Briona, & Baleigh 2010~

~JM~

New Years!

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

~Hal Borland~

~JM~

Christmas 2009

My Christmas was filled with lots of love, laughter, great food, wonderful family, and lots of presents! Although, I wanted to share my most favorite present with you- my memory blanket. This blanket is made out of my dad's tshirts that were special to our relationship with him. Of course, he had enough shirts to make tons of blankets, but my mom picked out just a few that held a significant meaning to us and our favorite memories of him. I thought this was the absolute neatest idea my mom could've come up with for a gift!! Many times it's easy to get wrapped up in the expense and number of presents that have your name written across the top, but someday those presents will tarnish, fall apart, and break into pieces. It will be thrown away and replaced with something newer, bigger, and more expensive. But this present will never tarnish or fall apart, because it holds some of my fondest memories of my dad while we were living life together, and that memory will never die, it will forever live on in my heart.

From the very top (left to right)-

A picture of my dad & I on our last Florida vacation together during a baseball game

The shirt worn while he & I coached together in 2008

Our last family picture taken during the summer of 2008

The shirt worn while he chaperoned and participated in my Senior Post Prom

The K&K shirt he wore everyday to work to provide for and take care of his family

The shirt I bought him on a trip to Paris, France

One of my favorite pictures of him and I as a young baby:)

His "Walk to Emmaus" shirt which was very special because he got to sponsor me when I went on the "Walk"

Another Post Prom shirt that he helped host

One of the many Barr-Reeve shirts that he had:) But this one was of my Senior year basketball sectionals that I cheered at (I'll never forget seeing his face in the crowds)

And finally a softball shirt, which he adored playing and coaching. The Gasthof team took many years to build, but we were finally able to bring home that 1st place trophy- I'll never forget his coaching voice coming from 3rd base or the huge grin on his face after we had finally won it all:)

Briona's blanket

Baleigh's blanket

Grandma:)

Wagler grandchildren

Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!!!!!

~JM~

Christmas Outing!!

Today, Steph & I took our 12 cheerleaders to Evansville to go eat at Gatti-town, shop at the mall, and attempt ice-skating at Swander Arena! We had sooo much fun and I'm so glad that we got to spend some fun moments with these girls! I must share one episode of our trip because it's just too funny to keep inside:) As we were walking into the ice arena, a couple girls came up to me with wide, worried expressions and said, "Brittany! Why are we going here? That sign says no socializing!!!" I quickly looked at the sign, tried to keep my laugh hidden inside, and said, "Girls- it says, No Soliciting!!" It was soo funny- their worried looks were so innocent!! Here are a few pics from our outing:

~JM~