Christmas/Birthday Gifts From One Of My Best Friends

Hi-ho!  It's highly unusual for me to post again so soon but I'm hoping to fix that.
So, the 16th is my 21st Birthday and, yesterday, I got a package from my 'sis', Monica, containing both my Christmas and Birthday gifts so I wanted to share pictures with you.

A gorgeous snowflake ornament!

Body lotion and shower gel which smell divine!

 Pumpkin pie candle (which also smells divine!).

A make-up brush set.

Gorgeous and soft afghan she and her Mom made for me.

Beautiful ruffle edge which her Mom did:)

Y'all don't reckon I LOVE pink, do you? ;)

God has blessed me with the best friends and family ever!

Hope you don't mind my short post.  Ciao!

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

I Changed My Blog Background For My Birthday!!

Hello, been awhile.  First of all, I just wanna say that I have the best friend in the world, we were chatting on Facebook and she got excited that I was going to write a blog post and is looking forward to it :)  She's awesome :)  Then again, there are many reasons why she's awesome :)
Anyways, I wanted to share with you all pictures of Christmas, my Christmas gifts, and snow.

Our Christmas tree.  The prettiest one we've ever had!

 

32 inch flat-screen HDTV Tommy bought us for Christmas :-D

 

Me holding Charlie :)

 

My Christmas gifts: 

 

Snowglobe my Aunt Nana gave me :)  To this day, I LOVE Winnie the Pooh! :-D

 

Aren't these boots adorable??!!  Can't wait to wear them!

 

Bracelet my cousin gave me :)

I hope you all had a blessed and wonderful Christmas with your loved ones!  God certainly blessed us and I look forward to seeing what He has planned for us in this New Year.

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Family

It occurs to me that I never did share with you all my Mommy's and my adventure down in Kentucky to our Family Reunion so I thought I would share it now and with pictures:)  
On October 15th, we went out for awhile to get some things ready for the trip and we had rented a car, we had a really fun day!  Then on the 16th, we finished up our packing and stuff and then headed down to where our Reunion is held, stopping a few places along the way and getting a few little things.  When we reached our hotel, we were amped because there's a Starbucks literally right next to it, in the same parking lot!  After resting in our hotel for a bit, we went to Cracker Barrel for supper (Mommy got chicken fried chicken and I got country fried steak, YUM!) it was SO good!  We ended up having to take some of it back to the hotel.
Unfortunately, it was warmer than we thought it was going to be so we had to go to Wal-Mart and get cooler tops and pick up a few other things too.
Back at the hotel, we decided to warm up our food (unfortunately, we had to use a microwave, blech!) in the little dishes we had gotten at Wal-Mart.  Well, wouldn't it figure, we didn't have utensils so we had to use our fingers to eat our meat and mashed potatoes, haha!  That was all just a part of the fun of it:)  
Anyways, the next day was the Reunion so after we got our showers and then everything all packed, we went out to the car and onto the Reunion.
We had a really fun time with everyone.  I just love listening to them all talk because they have that country accent and say some things that I don't understand (LOL!) but I love it!
Now onto the pictures:

 Our room:

 

Wonder who's bed this is? :p  My Pooh Bear and Nani bear 

   and camera case.

                          My handsome cousin, Dougy, and me.

 My cute little cousin, Randi Michelle, and me.

 I thought this was cool :)  I was gonna put my camera in there a little more to see if I could capture a picture of a little creature or something but was afraid there might be something in there and then jump out at me, lol.

                 Dougy's beautiful wife, Angie, and me :)  Spent most of the day  with her and we had a really good time together :)

 My Uncle Randy, Randi Michelle, and me.

I took LOTS of pictures of the scenery on the way down and back so, I really shouldn't look through those 'cause there are too many pretty ones.  I just have them on Facebook.  Maybe sometime I'll put some on here :)

I'm just so thankful to God for the wonderful family with which God has blessed me.  I never get sick of them and miss them TERRIBLY when we're not together.  I wish we could all get together more than just once a year!  

On my next post, I'll have to 'introduce' you to my new 2nd cousins in my Daddy's family:)  Charlie and Alyssa.  Please pray for them as they were born on November 16th and are still in the hospital.  I think they are improving though, praise God.

Talk to you later:)

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Long Day

Hi-ho!  So, I have like 4 or so ideas for a blog post so I don't know why I haven't written any of them.  I thought I would share with you my most recent idea since it just recently happened.

On Saturday night when Mommy was in bed, her left hand started itching really bad.  In the morning, she noticed her hand was swollen and red, and the left side of her tongue was swollen.  She called her Dr. but they never called back so she called the pharmacy and they told her to go to the ER because a swollen tongue would eventually lead to a swollen throat.  So, we got there and they took her back and got her all situated and stuff.  A little while later, we called Tommy and he came also.  It turns out it was an allergic reaction to some new medicine she had been taking but they were going to admit her overnight just to keep an eye on her. 

A little while later, Tommy and Chris left to get Chris' Birthday gift (we had planned to have Tommy come over that night to celebrate their Birthdays and we were going to make dinner but, obviously, our plans changed) while Mommy and I waited for someone to take her to a room.  After about 4 hours of waiting, Mommy decided she wasn't going to stay there overnight.  I went to get a nurse so that Mommy could tell her (apparently those people there are like stupid or something because it didn't seem like they really knew what I was saying) and it figures a few minutes after I did that, the dude came in to transfer Mommy to a room.  She told him she didn't want to stay overnight so he went and got the Dr. and she came and told Mommy she didn't have to stay!  OH MY GOSH!  So, we basically waited for four hours just to find out we could go ahead and leave.  So, yeah, Mommy was fine, the swelling was down completely and she's all fine and stuff now :) 

One cute thing about the boys was that while they were gone, they got Mommy and me Peppermint Mocha's from Starbucks:)  They're so sweet (speaking of our boys, not the mocha's;))!  Anyways, all was not for naught: when we found out Mommy could leave, we tried calling Tommy but his phone was turned off so we were going to wait in a parking lot but as I was pulling out (I had to drive), the boys were pulling in, thankfully they saw us and then got behind us real quick.  We went to an empty parking lot and discussed what to do about supper.  Tommy suggested we get Chinese and then go home and eat...so, we did:)  Oh, and by the way, for Chris' Birthday; Tommy got him an Xbox360, an extra game paddle, AND the new FIFA11!!  Chris and I have been havin' fun with FIFA:) 

Those weren't all the events of the day though:

Later that night, Mommy and I had to go to the grocery store.  Well, after we got home, we had just barely gotten out of the car when the neighbor's dog across the street bolted over here (the gate on their fence in their backyard was open) barking and growling at Mommy.  She was closer to the front door so she was able to run up there real quick after Daddy came outside with a bat ready to swing at the dog, however, I had to kind of hide behind the car so she wouldn't see me (it was dark outside) and when Daddy got her far enough away, I ran to the front porch whilst he guarded me (though, if the dog would've come near me, I had a grocery bag with two 2 liters in it and if I had to whack the dog with it, I would have even though I was hoping I wouldn't have to).  Well, she still wouldn't leave us alone so, when she ran back over to their yard, Daddy guarded the driveway while Mommy called the police.  A few minutes later, an officer arrived and between he and Daddy, the officer was able to get to the neighbor's front door (before, the dog wouldn't even let Daddy get in their yard).  The owner came outside with his daughter and she put the dog in the backyard and he closed and locked the gate.  Anyways, the owner apologized and said he was taking the dog to the pound yesterday. 

She had done this to us a few times before and finally she did it when the officer was actually HERE! 

Yeah, long day:-D  Praise God, everyone was ok!

So, looking forward to a wonderful Thanksgiving with my Mommy's family!  My Daddy's Mom (Mawmaw) will be joining us as well and hopefully my cousin, Rachel can make it too! 

Oh, please keep my new little twin cousins Charlie and Alyssa in your prayers.  They were born on the 16th but are still in the hospital.  Pray that they will be ok and will be able to come home soon, if the Lord is willing. 

God bless and keep you all!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Happy Reformation Day!

Yes, my friends, this is the day when, back in 1517, Martin Luther (the great reformer dude) nailed his 95 theses to the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, which started the Great Reformation.

Seeing as I love this song and video I shall add it to this lovely post:

"Reformation Polka"

  Enjoy, my friends!!!

"I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen."

-Martin Luther 

"I feel much freer now that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist."

-Martin Luther 

May we all learn from Martin Luther's courage and his trust in God to live our lives in a way that pleases God and brings honor and glory to His Name no matter what the cost.

I highly encourage everyone to watch the movie "Luther", it's an excellent movie about the start of the Great Reformation.

Once again, I wish you a Happy Reformation Day!!

God bless and keep you!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

GRRR!!!

Ok, I was going to write a review for Hayley Westenra's CD "Hayley Sings Japanese Songs 2" but, recent developments have caused me to write something else.

So, on Tweeter, Thanksgiving is a trendy topic.  Well, to be FUNNY, I said "Thanksgiving is a trendy topic & it's next month.  Might as well make Christmas one too for those that don't celebrate Thanksgiving". (meaning people in Europe!) Little did I know people would take offense at that.  These two Canadian chicks said something mean to me and I honestly don't know how I could've offended someone by what I said.

One said something about if I knew there are Countries other than my own and that they have holidays too and the other was like, "Ugly American.  Party of one.  I guess only the States celebrate Thanksgiving...my mistake...I'll go return my turkey".  What the heck?  Do people have no sense of humor??

I would never, ever want to offend anyone!  Honestly, I've read the tweet over and over and still cannot figure out how it could make someone think along those lines.

.......Later.....As it turns out, it's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, well I didn't know that.  You'd think someone would be nice enough to explain that to me instead of say cruel things to me.  If any Canadians are reading this, I am terribly sorry and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

I mean, like seriously, couldn't someone have thought, "Hmm, I wonder if she knows it's Thanksgiving here" and then tell me....in a nice way.  I do feel bad about saying it before even looking to see why it was a trendy topic but, still, can't people just say something nice.  I mean what the girls said was really rather cruel.  I shan't repeat exactly what one of them said, but it was very, very, wrong.

I'm just the kind of person that likes to be goofy and funny.  They just totally went overboard over what I said.

I know there are other Countries, I know they have Holidays and ours isn't more important. 

It's interesting to actually offend someone online.  It was never ever my intention and I'd never want to do it again or anything (never wanted to do it to begin with), but it just shows me how easily people can throw something way out of proportion.

We are all God's creatures and not one of us is better than the other.  I have nothing whatsoever against Canadians or anyone else.

If I ever offend any one of you, tell me....in a nice way!

Now, I am going to finish my Angel Food Cake, with strawberries, and homemade whipped cream while watching a Hayley Westenra video, so if you'll excuse me, goodbye.

God bless and keep you (no matter where you're from)!

Grace be with you!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah

Christmas

We had a really good Christmas this year.  It was Will's first Christmas and I took some awesomely adorable pictures of him!
So, Christmas Eve was spent at Mawmaw's, which was fun.  My cousin, Rachel, and I spent the whole time together!!  She's so fun to be with :)  Christmas Day, we went to Mawmaw's first, where Rachel and I spent the whole time together again :)  When we left there, we went to Memaw & Grandpa's and spent the rest of the day there where I spent most of my time with my little cousin, Randi Michelle, yet, I did not take any pictures for some reason.
Unfortunately, Tommy wasn't able to join us because he's sick :(
So, as I'm sure you've noticed, my background is now all pinky and Birthdayee, that is because my Birfday is in 17 days!!!!  Woohoo!!!!
Ok, here are da pictures:

Will & me :)  (The necklace I'm wearing, my cousin, Rachel, gave me for Christmas :))

Playing with his little turtle that we got him (I think his Daddy liked it, too, though I had to show him how it works, lol!).

Him and his Daddy playing with the turtle :)

Just looking around.

Rachel (his Aunt) feeding him.

I LOVE this picture!!  So adorable!

He started playing with my camera.

His little finger :)

So cute!

Close up :)

Rachel and me.

With my Christmas money that I got from fam, I put some awesome stuff in our amazon.com shopping cart that we will hopefully be ordering soon :)

Ok, bye for now folks.

Grace be with you!

God bless!

Alive because of His Blood,
Katie Bekah

Picture Post

I have a lot of pictures that I want to put on here, 17, if I'm not mistaken, lol, so bear with me ;)

A book I was reading just because it's Christmas-y.  It's romance stories and I don't like romance so I stopped reading it.  There were 4 stories in it, and I only read two.  The third one, I knew who she was going to marry in the very first paragraph, so that was it.

What I'm reading now: "To Have and To Hold" by Mary Johnston.

A list of books I want to get out of the library after the New Year.  Books on those certain subjects.

What I was listening to, whilst reading and taking the pictures.

Chris moved my room around for me, so this is what it now looks like.  No, my bed does not have bedding on it. 

My little table with books and journals and other stuff...and a coffee from McDonald's :)

At Mawmaw's putting up her tree, with my Peppermint Mocha Latte from Starbucks!

An ornament my Daddy made when he was little!  No one really knows what it is, I don't even think he does, lol ;)

Mawmaw's tree.

The angel on top.  It was on my Daddy's tree when he was little :)

Another ornament my Daddy made when he was little.  Once again, no one knows what it is, but we like it :)

An ornament my Pawpaw made when he was little!

A photograph of my Mawmaw and Pawpaw on their Wedding day.  Sorry the picture isn't very good.

 

A book I got out from the library.

What I was listening to while looking through and reading the book. 

I was also listening to it while making these:

Aren't they cute??  I think the little red ones look like Rudolphs :)  I made them yesterday for Christmas.  The Barlow Girls made them and Alyssa had a picture of them on her Twitter, mine aren't made like theirs were but I couldn't find round pretzels and anyway I think mine look cuter :)

Our lovely, uhhh, Christmas decoration that Chris did.  Candy canes on a chandelier, hmm ;)  I do like it :)

God has blessed us with some snow these past couple of days and there might be like an inch or so on the ground, I can't tell if it's still snowin, though.  I haven't taken any pictures of it, maybe I will sometime today, I don't know.  It takes so long ya know, so strenuous to take a picture, lol ;)

In the mean time, I'm watching an Inter Milan game now and we're up 1-nil in the 32nd minute :)  The goal came in the 15th minute :)

Hope you all are having a blessed Sabbath!

Grace be with you all!

Alive because of His Blood,

Katie Bekah