I have a strong and perfect plea

Before the Throne of God Above - Robin Mark     I love this song!! It's been "running" through my head all evening. :)  We had a very nice Christmas... my brother came home and surprised us!! (just like you'd see on youtube! haha!) It's so nice to have him home though. We didn't think we'd see him until March.    (my enter button isn't working on this keyboard, so everything is kind of smashed together.)      I received a really neat book for Christmas called "Own It." It's a book about owning your faith. Super good read!! Mom and I watched the movie "Grace Unplugged" and that is where we saw this book. Then Mom gave it to me for Christmas! :) I recommend both the movie and book. As this song says, God sent a "strong and perfect plea" to save me from my sins. So thankful for Christ!!

Merry Christmas!!

I know life is busy when I haven't posted in a month. :) 

Oh, yeah, I have a blog!

-School. I had mostly history to finish, but I am "all set" in my other subjects. 

-Violin! I'm just doing various stuff. Ghost's of Brandenburg for orchestra, Bach double and a Handel sonata for kicks. I played the Handel sonata for my recital. It went really good which was surprising because I wasn't really prepared. :) So now I'm playing, not practicing, it for a music competition coming up in February. Just to keep it in my head! 

-Reuben! Reuben just turned one! Remember when he was born?? He is soo cute! Soon I will have a post of pictures, but first I have to edit all 400 of them. (I'm totally serious) 

-Christmas! Christmas music, Christmas cookies, Christmas shopping, Christmas cooking, Christmas projects, Christmas tree, (actually we haven't gotten our tree... yet!) Christmas packages, Christmas lights, Christmas....... You get the idea! 

-Projects. I made Christmas ornaments for my friends in orchestra. They were made out of acorn tops, marbles and haybale twine. And I made cookies. :) (see yummy cookie recipe below!) 

I "dressed up" a plain blue shirt by gluing a white lace heart on the back. It looks super cute, and I'll post pictures soon. Or sometime in November. 

Cookie recipe:

Make your favorite Peanut Butter cookie dough. Instead of putting the cookies on a cookie sheet, put them in muffin pans. With muffin papers. Cook about 7-8 minutes. While they are cooking, unwrap a whole bunch of mini Reese cups. As soon as the dough come out of the oven, press a Reese into the middle. Let the cookies cool, and remove from muffin papers. Papers can be reused a few times.

They are scrumptious!

Merry Christmas everyone!!