little brother...

this is Kyle. he is extremely cheesy in pictures and in real life. he hates chap-stick, hence the chapped lips. he loves legos and would play outside with his friends all day long. they found a large dirt pile in the empty field that they slide down. he comes up with the wildest ideas (i.e. making a 'railroad' track with all the books off of his bookshelf. he learned how to read last year and now delights himself in reading pretty much everything. 

he's my little brother and I love him!

p.s. don't forget to enter my photo challenge

a photo challenge {happiness}

I am so excited to announce to you the first ever photo challenge at Enchanted Musings!!

The theme is:

::happiness::

so basically, anything that brings you joy or happiness! 

rules:
1. the photo must be taken by you

2. each entry must link back to this post or use the button

3. link up your post, not your blog
4. the contest will last for 3 weeks (May 10)
5. you may link up your flickr, tumblr, photobucket, or whatever you want!
6. and have fun!

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when summer has arrived...

that period between spring and summer is defiantly here! so it's been lots of sunshiney days, and everything is a vibrant color of green.
I've been super busy, which explains why I haven't been blogging a lot. I'm trying to finish up the last of 9th grade before we go on a huge trip back East in June, so that has defiantly kept me hopping. And I've been dealing with allergies, and a lot of other random stuff that has kept me quite busy. And I have a very special giveaway winner to announce:

the winner of this giveaway is Nessima Tavariel!!
Congrats girl! I shall contact you asap! 

p.s. pictures from our trip to the Royal Gorge are coming!

*check check*

I'm delighted to say that I have been checking quite a bit of stuff off my 102 in 2012 and my bucket list! And I know this is a long overdue post.

::disclaimer: Sorry for the poor quality pictures,

 they were taken with my little ole' point and shoot. end of disclaimer::

101. buy a charm bracelet

I got this on sale over Valentine's Day for $2. :)

25. have a guest poster(s) on here
Thanks so much Jeminiah, and Grace!

30. get the last and only book I'm missing to finish my Anne of Green Gables collection 

Okay, so this is kinda funny, my aunt reads my blog (hi, aunt joni!) , and she read my 102 in 2012 list; well for my birthday, she told my grandma and my grandma sent me this book.
 :)

36. have a sunrise photo shoot

I already posted all my photos in >>this<< post.

53. buy more scarves (!!!)

I found the most adorable scarf ever at a thrift store for $2, I just love to wear it with my green shirts. And my aunt also sent me a awesome colorful pinkish scarf for my birthday! it is so pretty. 

 54. own another hat 

And again, thanks to my aunts and grandma... I now am the owner of a gorgeous knit pink beret.  And I got the second hat for my birthday from my other aunt.

55. organize my email account

I have finally cleaned out my email, it t'was a mess. I unsubscribed from emails I never read, and deleted most of my old emails I was keeping for nothing. 

56. organize my blogger account

yes, I had a spring cleaning on my blogger account as well. :)

74. post a tutorial on here

>>link<< 

36.win a photography contest

this photo won in Lily's photo contest!

8. read the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy 

I read these for my literature class, and I must say... The Chronicles of Narnia are way better. 

And I am not going to read the LOTR books for a long long long time. I was very tired of them by the time I was finished. (yes, kill me now, I know.)

9. buy a necklace

I also got this for $2 after Valentine's day

16. learn to sew

thanks to my aunt and mom, I now have officially sewn 2 aprons! yay!

70. make a friend via blogger

This should have been checked off a while ago, I have made many amazing friends through blogger! 

76. curl my hair (and have it turn out)

It worked. It was heatless. It was simple. >>here is the tutorial<<

80. eat a weird food 

I ate octopus! It was fried baby octopus, you could see the tentacles. And it was good! I'm serious, it was really good.

67. see a play

A couple of my friends are in a group called Lost Marbles Theatrics and they put on the play Persuasion //by Jane Austen// and Trish and I got to go. It was an amazing 3 hours, it totally made me love Persuasion even more, and now that I have seen the play, and the movie, I must go hunt down the book.

59. leave a comment on each blog I follow


3. see a movie in the theater
Two weeks ago, I went to see October Baby in theaters with 7 of my girlfriends. It was one of the best movies I have ever seen, just a good as Courageous except in a different way. I had tears in my eyes almost the entire time. Literally! And the only other movie I have cried in is Courageous. Go see it!!! ::NOW:: ;)

I'm so excited that I've checked these off, and I'm planning to check some more off really soon. :)







p.s don't forget to enter my giveaway

a little spring giveaway // CLOSED

Lily was wanting to sponsor some giveaways and I thought that it would be a perfect time to have one after all you (yes, all 71 of you) are super awesome!!!

Aren't these lovely?

Well, here is how you could win 

(2) 4x6 Prints of Your Choice 

{Mandatory}

leave a comment telling me what your favorite thing about spring is

{Extras}

follow Enchanted Musings {2 entries/comments}

comment telling me which of the prints above is your favorite {2 entries/comments}

like Lily Caroline Photography on Facebook {2 entries/comments}

follow Lily Caroline Photography {5 entries/comments}

leave me a comment telling me if you would enter a photography contest if I hosted one 

{1 entry/comment}

Well, get those entries coming!


the giveaway ends on april 21, and I shall draw the winners and hopefully have them posted by monday!