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

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

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