Friday, December 28, 2012

A Year in Review- 2012

2012 has been a great year! (I know it is not over yet, but I thought I'd get a little ahead on blogging, since New Years' Eve is going to be crazy!) I learned so much and it was full of lots of memories. I have created a photo collage for each month of the year to see all that happened in the past 12 months. Enjoy! 

January
ok, so January was a pretty slow month. This is the only picture that I could find that was "blog-worthy." :)

February

March


April


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December


~Maddie

Sunday, December 16, 2012

// Pittsburgh //

hello everyone! sooo, this past weekend, my family and I went to Pittsburgh to go to PirateFest. First of all, let me jnust say that my family loves Pirates baseball. I mean, we're the kind of fans that drive 6 hours to stand in long lines just for a chance to say hi to our favorite players. We love going out to the city in the summer to catch some ball games. So anyway, this past weekend, we went to Pirate Fest, where you can meet your favorite players get autographs, eat, play games, and have a good time. It was a fun-filled weekend with lots of memories made!
us with ken tekulve, former world series pitcher




me and my favorite player, michael mckenry

my brother and I pretending to be tv announcers. we're cool. 


~Maddie

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Christmas Time

This is my favorite time of the year. When all the Chirstmas lights make an appearance, and the celebration begins. Chirstmas time means so much, and so much goes on in these few weeks. Today we set up the tree in my house and it was lovely. All the ornaments that bring back memories of years ago, and the pictures and traditions that only Christmas brings. One of my favorite traditions that my family does every Christmas Eve is we all sleep in the living room in sleeping bags and watch the movie White Christmas after coming home from the Christmas Eve service at church. What do you all do to prepare for Christmas?


(sorry about the blurriness, the tree kept moving)
Merry (very early) Christmas everyone! 

~Maddie

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Reality Factor Retreat 2012

I had been looking forward to this retreat since the end of the last retreat. It's such an amazing time and I can not wait for it to arrive every year. The Reality Factor was this past weekend, and I learned so much about Jesus and what He did for me and I just wish it could have lasted longer. Some of my closest friends were there to share the special memories that we made this retreat. I am already looking forward to next year!





~Maddie