Pure Bliss

No matter how much I say that I hate waking up before the sun, I've come to realize that I actually really love it. Today as I woke up 5:15, there was nothing going on. The world was silent. Almost as if life was still, for a second or two. As I walked the hallways at school, you could literally hear a penny drop. It was so quiet. All I heard were my steps. Step after step after step. Sometimes I forget how relaxing and peaceful silence is. It's beautiful all in itself. Thank you Jesus, for the moment of serene bliss you gave me today.

Life

Wow! It has been a long time since I've been on here. The business of life seems to drown me, lately. Recently we celebrated Christmas, and it was beautiful this year. The laughter, family, friends, good smells, delicious food, and giving. How could it not be wonderful?

Recently I started drivers ed. Where does the time go? I feel like just yesterday I was so excited to be turning 10 (double digits, it's a big deal!). Now in just 9 months and 15 days I'll be a licensed driver in the United States! I don't like this. This business! I miss just staying home, and hanging out with my family. I guess someday you have to "grow up", right?

My New Year's resolution is to learn more about football. That may sound dumb to you, but being smart at football some people admire. ;)

Our church's kids worship team (we are called FX) has recently been asked to do the worship for "Kid's Blast" the last weekend of February at the Kalahari. I am BEYOND excited. Worship is a huge passion of mine, and leading children into the presence of the Lord is all the more better.

Anyways as you can see there are a lot of exciting new things coming up in my life! 2011 will be a beautiful year. :)

(A picture from New Year's Eve with me and some of my best friends.)

Winter Wonderland

I really really do love snow.

Siblings

I hear people all the time say they can't stand their family. I don't even know what that would feel like! I love all of my siblings so much. They all have special gifts and talents, and I'm thankful for each one of them. 

~Andy~ Andrew Charles Mueller is my older brother, and my only older sibling at that. He is so talented. He can play the guitar and sing, and he can pretty much get any girl to drool over him. Seriously, I don't want to brag but once he played in the Culvers parking lot for 30+ girls. They loved him and added him on facebook the same night. He also is the sibling that I can relate the most to, and when  I'm bored I just go and hang out in his room. We have a special relationship, and I'm proud that I can call him my brother.

~Maddie~ Madeline Kathleen Mueller is my younger sister. We fight all the time, but when we do get along we really get along. I know that she'll be my best friend when I'm older, but really! I see no hope right now! Anyways, she's beautiful. Really she is. She is a lot stronger then I am, and I look up to her for that. I'm so thankful for everything she does for me. I love her.

~Simon~ Simon Wayne Mueller is my younger brother. He's strange but wonderful all the same. He knows how to make a joke, and he always seems to put a smile on my face. Sometimes, well more then sometimes, he bothers me. But he knows I love him more than anything! I can't wait until he gets older, and I can actually talk to him.

~Cito~ Jonathan Andrew Mueller is my younger brother, and by far my favorite sibling (I mean it's hard to pick a favorite, but if I had to it would be him.). He is HILARIOUS. When I'm at home I spend most of my time talking to him. I like to help him with his homework, and ask him if there are any new cute girls in class. He's the one sibling I'll be a protective older sibling to. He's so adorable and I love spending time with him. I don't know any other six year old that can recite whole episodes and movies. Seriously, this kid has talent.

Anyways family is really important to me. Especially my siblings. They are all special and unique in their own ways! What do YOU love about your siblings/family?

Snow!

SNOW. It's finally here. I hate to say it, but I almost thought we weren't going to have any this year. But alas, I was wrong. Isn't it beautiful? Snow is the signal of winter, coldness, warm fires, hot chocolate, and delicious smells. It feels like Christmas time again. Seeing the snow makes me feel warm inside, and chilly on the outside. I can't wait to make snow angles, and see the snow glistening in the sunlight. Oh how I love snow.

{and maybe, just maybe, we'll have a snow day tomorrow!}

Eye on the prize.

"Keep your eye on the prize." so I've heard a bazillion times.. But what is our prize? What are we keeping our eye on? "Don't lose sight of what's to come." but what is to come? I'm so excited for the future and everything that it holds, and has to offer. Being a freshman in high school, it's crazy all the different possibilities you have and the choices to make. Sometimes I lose sight of the [greater good]. But life always seems to catch up to me and oh yes, my eye is very much so on the prize.

Thankfulness.

So our internet was down for a about a week, but I still wanted to write about Thanksgiving.

~Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, next to Christmas and my birthday. The smells, the food, family and friends, it's all so wonderful. Everyone seems to be just a little bit nicer on Thanksgiving too. This Thanksgiving I had so much to be thankful for. A warm house, food to eat, a loving family, swell friends, and most importantly a gracious Savior. Thanksgiving isn't about the food, or traditions. It's not even about family or friends. It's about remembering to be thankful for the little things, that we so often forget. It's about seeing joy in the little things, and focusing on the positive instead of always focusing on the negative. I love Thanksgiving for many reasons, but most importantly it's a day to be thankful for anything and everything I want to be thankful for!