On Sunday, I got baptized again at church! My mom did, too. We both were baptized as babies, but we wanted to do it again because we wanted to make it public that we were followers of Christ. It's not required, and it certainly doesn't determine if you're going to heaven or not, but we still wanted to do it in front of our church. I[...]
There is snow on the ground, so what better atmosphere for me to recap the amazing concert I attended a few nights ago in Des Moines? I went with my parents to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra perform at Wells Fargo Arena (same place I watch hockey), and it was so much fun. First off, sorry to my Snapchat friends who had to see at leas[...]
I love to travel, though I haven't very much. When my family went to Florida back in May, that was my first serious trip, and I want to do more of that. Here is my travel wish list with reasons why I want to visit all these places, along with links to beautiful pictures that are NOT MINE. But when I visit, I'll remake them, and then[...]
It's that time of year, and the seasons are changing! Before I start my fall bucket list, it's only necessary to go over the summer bucket list, so let's do it! - swim more often CHECK | We only went to our local pool once, but up when I was with my Gramps and Grams we swam lots, and my brother even learned how to go off the diving b[...]
May 3, The Day Before I am getting so excited to leave tomorrow morning! As of right now, we have to get up in 6 hours. I am totally stoked, I've had a blast at our hotel in Des Moines, and that's just a slice of what's to come this week. So, here's a little recap of the day (you can see most of these pics on Instagram, my main socia[...]
I love doing bucket lists for each season (and I try to keep them practical), but summer especially, because summer is my all time favorite season. Obviously time off from school is great, but it allows me to do more things as well. Travel. Visit family. Etc. I also love the thunderstorms, swimming, walks, shorts, flip flops, tank to[...]
Happy Halloween no more. I seriously can't believe that was my last post. It wasn't my choice. Well, it kinda was. I'm here to tell you I'M NOT DEAD and SPARKLES BY ASHLEE IS NOT DEAD either! In fact, my gosh, this is only the beginning of this new chapter in my blog's life. Right now, I'm at my Grandpa and Grandma's curled up in my[...]
Hello there! Welcome to my brand new blog! Wow, where do I start? I've been thinking up website ideas FOREVER, but with lots of complications with an actual website I decided to post pone it and design my own blog. If I'd had it my way this blog would've been up in June. But conflicts with a web designer lasted through July until my[...]