Saying Goodbye to 2019

I'm saying goodbye

To 2019

This year held a lot

I said a few very hard goodbyes

I had to let go of someone

I wanted to hold onto forever

God led me to the best job

With a dozen kids to love on

I got to travel and see new sights

I spent nights staring at stars

Staying up to see an eclipse

I spent so much time

Just hanging with my family

God led me to an amazing bible study

With the best girls to share it with

I spent nights crying

Trying to figure out what's going on

I found peace in a loving God

I found provision as He sent me what I needed

So as I say goodbye

To this year of highs and lows

I have to thank God

For all the things He's done

Cause in the good and bad

I know He's working it all for good

Even if I can't see it yet

I will see y'all next year! In January I'll be sharing my top ten books of 2019, my highlights of the year, and my goals for 2020! It's been a great decade.

Five Christmas Songs I'm Loving

It is getting so close to Christmas! I wanted to share with y'all five songs that I've been listening to on repeat this month. These are all songs that just make me excited for Christmas, and remind me of the reason of the season. There is also one that's just an epic version of Carol of the Bells. ;)

Just as a note, all of these videos lead to youtube and all copyrights belong to their respective owners. 

How Many Kings by Downhere

(Probably my number one Christmas song of all time)

It's About the Cross by Ball Brothers

(If you haven't heard this, do it now. It's amazing.)

One Small Child by David Meece

I Heard The Bells by Five Strings

(This is the best version of this song I have ever heard)

Carol of the Bells Alala

(A fun dramatic version to shake it up.)

What are your favorite Christmas songs? Drop them in the comments below and I'll check them out and tell you what I thought!

Currently... Christmas Edition

It has been a super busy week over here of Christmas prep. With everything from sending out presents, going to parties, and writing cards. So I thought it would be fun to do one of the "Currently" posts I used to do a lot on my old blog. So here we go!

Currently, I am... 

Reading... A Very Bookish Christmas. It's a delightful collection, you should check it out before it's gone at the end of the month!

Watching... Christmas movies! My favorite being The Christmas Card. <3

Listening... How Many Kings by Downhere. One Small Child by Aaron Pelsue Band.

Writing... Christmas cards and gift tag labels. Both super fun to do. 

Trying... To keep Christmas gifts a secret. It's getting harder the closer we get to Christmas cause its just. so. exciting!

Crafting... Painted Christmas cards. It is so much more fun then I thought it would be and I may have spent three hours doing it one evening. ;)

Doing... Lots of laundries. With Christmas comes parties, more outfits, which means more laundry. 

Loving... All the time with my family at Christmas events, and getting to hang with freinds!

Hating... How fast the month is going. Like how are we already almost halfway???

Discovering... New music. I got Music Unlimited really cheap, and I've been enjoying getting to try out a lot of music. (If you've got any recommendations, drop them off in the comments!)

Enjoying... My little Christmas tree on my desk. <3

Feeling... Happy. =)

Thinking... About my last job of the year tonight. I've got some super fun kids I'm babysitting. 

Hoping... To get some more Christmas cards written so I can send them out on Monday.

Considering... Making myself some tea. 

Starting... To get into full-blown obnoxious Christmas mood when you won't be able to get me off topic for long. ;)

Finishing... Up Christmas shopping! I did the last of it today!

What are y'all up to? Are you ready for Christmas? 

November Highlights

It was such an awesome month! 

My parents, Grace, Rebekkah, and I went to a gospel concert together. We saw so many good groups, and found some new favorite songs. I got to see Legacy Five, Ball Brothers, Greater Vision, Ernie Haase, and more. It was incredible. I felt so filled up by the amazing music, and the testimonies. I had fun doing NaNo in between the concerts. I got to hang with my sisters, and do some book shopping. It was a truly amazing weekend.

Both of my consistent childcare jobs ended for the year. It was sad saying goodbye to all of them until January, but it's a really nice break.

I got to go to tea with the awesome Abigayle Claire. It was such a fun morning hanging with her.

My sister and I filled a shoebox for Samaritans Purse. I hadn't done one since I was a kid, and it was so much fun.

NaNo took up a huge part of my month. I thought the story I had picked would be 50k, but it ended up only being 15k. That threw me through a loop, and I had a bit of burn out as I scrapped together some flash fictions to keep me going. That ended up being pretty fun, and I got stuck with inspiration to finish a story I had tried to write a few years ago. Overall, it was a bit of a roller coaster, but I had a lot of fun. This was my seventh year completing NaNo, and I broke my all-time record for how much I wrote in a day. I did 6k. =D

My dog discovered hanging his head out the window. My heart is happy.

After a whole year of taking off, our Frisbee group started up again! It's harder right now, cause I am out of shape, but it's fun to push myself again.

Our septic went out for a bit, so we had to be very limited on the amount of water we used. It made me realized how grateful I am for normal running water!

These are slips we wrote throughout the year with things we are grateful for on them.

My family went up to Dallas together. We got to see two of my Great Aunts, so many cousins and had a lot of fun time just hanging out in the car for nine hours out of the day. ;D

I decorated for Christmas!! My sister and I have a little three-foot tree and a Christmas village. =D

I attended so many good Bible study's this month. I have been so blessed to find girls who are eager to dig into God's word. I got to go to one where we sat around a campfire, roasted marshmallows, and it was great.

I reread some really good books this month, so my favorite re-read was Wren. <3

Etcetera A Farm Girl's Life

Fading Chasing Moonlight 

Dear Boy Sunshine and Joy

Not Giving Up Fifth out of Ten

Twinkle Light Photos Aria Lisette

November Wrap-up Now All I Know is Grace

Reading Problems Book Tag Little Blossems for Jesus

Book Review: In 27 Days & My Shoes Have Bows Once Upon an Ordinary

How was your month? And your Thanksgiving?