"What Has Happened To The Girl?"

What happened to the girl that used to blog AT LEAST once a week? What happened to the girl that thought about blogging so often? What happened to the girl named Chasity?

To answer those questions in detail would take a while and frankly would probably bore you to no end so I will briefly tell you what has happened "the girl".

She lost her motivation for writing.

She took a break from blogging.

She made new friends.

She spent more time with God and His word.

She led a lady to the Lord.

She spent more time with her family.

She became a senior in high school.

She turned eighteen.

SHE CHANGED. And for the better.

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She's Arrived!

Piper Ann McGuffey arrived safely from God on Saturday night around 9:00 PM to my sister Rebekah and her husband Isaiah. She weighs 8 lbs. 2 oz. and is 20 and a half inches long.

Mother and baby are doing great!

My dad is once again a proud grandpa.

My mom loves having a another granddaughter. 

My brother Kirk likes being Piper's uncle.

Kirk's girlfriend Jeri will one day be her aunt.

My sister KayleeBeth thinks it's cute when Piper sticks out her tongue.

My brother Ryan didn't quite know what to do with the little baby.

She likes to be all bundled up.

Isn't she so beautiful?

P.S. I took all the pictures except for the one with me in it (KayleeBeth took that one).

So Far This Month . . .

I've been doing good at keeping the few resolutions I've made (particularly the exercising).

I've read three books already: Embers of Love (Striking a Match, #1) by Tracie Peterson, Petticoat Ranch (Lassoed in Texas #1) by Mary Connealy, and Michal (Wives of King David #1) by Jill Eileen Smith. I'm currently reading A Bride in the Bargain by Deanne Gist.

I won the book The Tutor's Daughter  by Julie Klassen in a giveaway on goodreads.com and Season 3 of Downton Abbey. Sooo excited about them!

I got sick with the flu last Saturday and Sunday and then on Monday and Tuesday I had a cold. =/

I went ice skating last Monday with some family and a few friends. I forgot to take off my skate guards before going on the ice and slipped and fell. Twice! It was sooo embarrassing (but now it's just plain hilarious)  and I have nasty bruises on my knees! Some guy there told me it happens to him at least once a year. But still, I rarely ever fall and always tale my guards off . . . except this time I wad distracted by one of my nephews and totally forgot I still had them on. That won't happen again I can tell you that!

I went snow shoveling today and made some money for missions and to send one of my friends a late Christmas present. =)

I put up some polls on my sidebar for you to vote on.

What have you done so far this month? Anything exciting (or embarrassing)?

Gift Exchange - What I Got

My friend Kari had a gift exchange a couple weeks ago over on her blog. I'm linking up to her with pictures of the gifts I received from my gift exchange partner Sadie. 

These three candy bars were gobbled up in two days (I have absolutely ZERO self control when it comes to Snickers)! o.O 

It was torture to take a picture when all I wanted to do was eat it!

Sadie made this adorable ruffled scarf!

Isn't it cute? =) 

Little notes inside the package . . .

. . . and then a week later (today) I got what she promised!

Haha! Okay so funny story, my mom was looking at the back of the cd case and was like, "None of them are even cute." I laughed sooo hard! 

I've been listening to them this whole evening. =)

♥ THANK YOU VERY MUCH SADIE!!!!!! I LOVE MY GIFTS!!!!!! ♥

The Pearl of Great Price

    If you've looked at my blog recently you will have noticed that it's recently been redesigned. I decided to redo it the other day. Normally I've had Britt do it but this time I felt like doing it all by myself this time (though I had her make some new buttons for me). It was fun to do and I think it turned out pretty well, how about you? There's a poll on my sidebar that you can vote on if you'd like to. =)
    Also, what do you think of the header (I took the pictures) and the verses I chose to go along with it? Here are the verses I chose to use: Matthew 13:45-46, "[45] Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: [46] Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." 

Many people are like that merchant man in verse 45 who are looking for "goodly pearls" -good things that will make them happy and rich. But there is only one pearl that can do that fully which is "the pearl of great price." 

    The pearl of great price is Jesus Christ and indeed He is! In verses 46 we see that the merchant man found that "pearl of great price" I've searched through many "goodly pearls" but never have I found any like "the pearl of great price!" He is the most precious and rarest of all! If you have found "the pearl of great price" (talking about salvation here) but haven't yet fully "sold all that you have, and bought it" (completely given your life to Christ) I fiercely encourage you to do so! I spent many years knowing where to find that "pearl of great price" and indeed I held it in my hand but only a few months ago did I really grasp it and took it and "sold all that I had, and bought it." Isn't funny how we trust God with our souls but yet we cling to our lives. Don't be like me and wait, telling yourself that you are okay by yourself and don't really need give your whole life over to God. He's been waiting so long for you to surrender yourself to Him. He's given so much for you that the least you could do is give your life, stock, and barrel to the Lord. If you want to make Him truly happy you'll do just that.

Snow? Already??

It's the end of October and here in Montana we got snow! 

That's right, snow! 

This was taken out my bedroom window

Taken from our back stairs/balcony -this is our backyard

Technically we got our official first snow the beginning of this month but I was on vacation in Nebraska so this is my first snow that I've seen. I'm glad that it's melting away though because I'm not quite ready for the snow to stay! I mean, I was just getting used to it being fall and enjoying it (I just did that post about taking walks in the fall with my sister you know) and then bam! It snows! At least it's pretty much all melted by now. =) My favorite song right now is Let- er DON'T Let It Snow (since we've got places to go)! =D Because if it keeps snowing now, it will be an extremely looooong winter for us! I'm just not quite ready for it to be full blown winter and snowing yet. =/ 

How is the weather where you live? Most likely it's warmer where you are and no snow in sight but who know, God could send some snow your way! Well if you live in down South that would be really crazy but you know what I mean . . . right?? ;P

If you would like to see more snowy pictures you can see them at my photography blog by clicking here.

My Crazy Day and the Happenings Therein

Hello friends! 

How was your day? I hope it was good.

 How was mine? Here, let me tell you about it . . . 

So my mom, sister KayleeBeth, brother Ryan, and I went into town today (we live about seven miles from town or the "city"). Kaylee and I had to get our teeth cleaned at the dentist so we went there and got that done which took about an hour because we also had to get a couple of sealants (see picture below).

Sealants are kind of like a filling but not quite -they help reduce the possibility of  your tooth decaying.

So that was fun! I actually like going to the dentist. Oh on the way I'm thinking it will be horrible and everything will go wrong but then I get there and I feel calm and trust that they'll do a good job and it never hurts (the numbing needle pinches a little but it's not that bad, for me at anyways)!

After the dentist my mom dropped Kaylee and I at a bookstore where we wandered around for a bit while our mom and Ryan went to Costco (which is a warehouse store kind of like Winco's) to replace a tire that a screw had got into. o.O 

Well, we walked over to Costco (on our way there we stopped by Michael's (which is a craft supply store) and got a few things there) and ate a late lunch at the cafeteria there while waiting for our car to get done. We didn't think it'd take very long but they hadn't even gotten our car in the tire place once we were finished eating because they were so busy! My dad  needed Ryan to help him with fall clean up (my dad owns and operates a lawn care business) so we grabbed our car (which is a minivan by the way) and dropped him off with our dad and came back to Costco. 

We shopped around a bit in the store but we didn't have much to get so it didn't take very long. My mom talked to the people at the Verizon kiosk for a while and even charged her phone there because it was dying and she needed to be able have it charged so the people from the tire place could call when the car was ready. 

After that we went and looked around at rug mats, some coats, and then ended up in this random aisle with Christmas decorations (already! it's annoying how everyone pretty much skips Thanksgiving and go straight to Christmas!) on one side and some hunting stuff and toys on the other. There were two hunting chairs out so you could sit in them to see if you liked them and we took turns sitting in those since our feet were tired of walking around for so long. We pretty much "camped out." People were looking at as funny as they walked by us. I guess it's a little strange to see people lounging around in Costco -er, in any other store then Walmart I guess it would be strange to see people doing that. =P

Here is my mom "sleeping" in one. ;)

This is Kaylee with a stack of boxes just about her height. =)

 And here I am squashing this poor angry bird. =D

We had been at Costco for two hours (Kaylee was calling it our new home) and we still hadn't gotten a call from the tire place. Kaylee went and ran outside two times to see if they were making progress and both times they had the tire off but no tire on. Finally, we all went to ask them what was going on. They didn't have my mom's number (the guy forgot to ask and we thought they had it already since we've had them do tire stuff for us before) and they didn't have the tire we needed. My mom had them put on a different tire and within a couple of minutes were FINALLY good to go! 

We quickly stopped by at the library to pick up some books and then came home. After running around all day it's home sweet home indeed. =)

A Walk With My Sister

Today I was feeling in need of some fresh crisp air. I hate feeling cooped up in the house so I decided to go for a walk but I wanted somebody to go with me so I asked my sister KayleeBeth and after much persuasion she agreed to go with me. 

It was a refreshing walk. The leaves on the trees were such a fiery color of red, orange, yellow, and some green. Fall, I'm pretty sure is my favorite season. =) The sky was overcast and it's supposed to snow tonight -which I'm non too excited about- but I'm glad we were able to enjoy the autumn weather today and talk, well she talked mostly and I listened. 

Times likes our walk together when we hang out and have a good time are my favorites. It's nice to be able to spend time with my younger sister and hear all the stuff she to say. I'm very thankful and blessed to have a sister that wants to talk with me and do stuff together. My prayer is that it stays that way and that we both grow to be the ladies that God wants us to be and always live for Him and please above everything else.

Have a blessed week!