Hurry up, It's true!

So GFC (Google Friend Connect) actually is shutting down...TODAY! Which means you won't be able to follow blogs anymore through Google.

Don't give up hope though!

You can go to bloglovin.com and make an account within 5 minutes. It imports all your Google blogs for you and you can still read new posts from the blogs you follow.

After today you won't get to directly see my new posts, and I would love for you to keep reading! I mean 54 followers is awesome! So you can click right here to keep following my blog via bloglovin'!

Us bloggers are especially sad to see GFC go.

xoxo,

~Michlyn

Right Now...

I've been a little busy with reading, enjoying the great weather (finally), and going to a wedding! (more on that soon)

So I thought I'd give you a small post to read for now. :)

1. Wearing - work out shorts & a t-shirt

2. Eating - pizza

3. Listening to - Mirrors by Justin Timberlake

4. Drinking - Water

5. Needing - a tan

6. Feeling - happy but have a slight headache

7. Thinking of - my friends that I miss so much & haven't seen yet this summer.

8. Weather - HOT & sunny

9. Doing - Relaxing after working all day

10. Wanting - to go shopping

11. Enjoying - just the summer in general. I've loved the break from school :)

Hope this post finds all of my wonderful followers well and that your summer is going splendid as well!

 Love to all!

~Michlyn

Celebrating My Dad {2013}

Wow. And Father's Day is here again already. 2013.

My dad is awesome. He works hard. He's a follower of Jesus. His sense of humor is unique and he makes me laugh everyday. He is loved by everyone. He's a helper. He's a good cook. He could fix anything. He loves old cars. He puts others before him. He loves his family & we love him!

Dad, I don't know what I would do without you. You're always there to cheer me up and give advice.

 You're the BEST dad I could ever have been given. Love you!

~Michlyn

Watch What You're Sayin'

You look within the small crack of your bedroom door, down the hall, and into the kitchen where you hear their voices.

Arguing. Mad. Yelling. Then you hear those words they tell you not to say. The extra bad words.

But they're setting that example for you. And now you're 17 yelling those words back at them because they won't let you go to a party. And you just run back into that same room you were in those nights you heard them fighting.

So instead what are you going to do? Change? Fix it? Because you know they regret that decision for you to hear those words. You don't want your teachers, your grandparents, your mentors, or your God to hear those words anymore.

You set the example. The example that may or may not have been set for you in the past. Be the one who can show others what to say.

Whether they are swear words, mean words, rude words pointed to others, or hurtful words. Don't say them.

Say the kind words, encouraging words, thoughtful words, and good words to lift other people up.

Because I know the more you don't say bad words, the more it becomes a habit. And then you forget them. Sort of. You know that they are there but you choose to no longer spit them from your mouth. Because you made the decision to not say them.

Watch what you're sayin'. Make sure you would want to hear your own words spoken to you, before you say them.

~Michlyn

What a Difference a Year Can Make

My bro's! 

Scout has different glasses & his big teeth are in.

And Jace is just himself. Shy and simple...Although it looks like he actually got some meat on his bones. :)

My sister Erin - I think it's hilarious how she wore the same outfit. (she didn't even do it on purpose)

No braces & different haircut and makeup. 

AND me! :) No braces, shorter hair, & I'm a little tanner. :)

Crazy how in just one school year (9 months) you can change. School's officially been out for 12 days! 

~Michlyn

Wish I'd Never Grown Up.

You're sitting in your room...playing Barbies or Legos. Crashing cars together or combing your favorite doll's hair.

Laughing and playing like the world will never end. Running around in your superhero cape or dress-up clothes.

Looking at your mommy and wishing that you were as pretty as her. Dreaming to wear that red lipstick or bright nail polish. Watching your daddy shave and lift heavy stuff. Hoping to be as strong as him one day.

Just an innocent little kid waiting for the day when you're big enough to drive around a real car or do your own make-up.

Then 10 years passes by like the wind, and you're a teenager learning how to fit in and get through life's crazy stuff.

The reality is that growing up is way harder than we thought. It's more than just hanging out with friends, driving fast cars, looking pretty, or watching TV like a boss. No...it includes actually becoming responsible, paying for your cell phone bill, helping to grocery shop, watching your little siblings, working hard in school so you can graduate, and maturing into the person that God wants you to be.


And did I mention innocent above? Oh yeah I did...There are so many things that we don't know as little kids. We don't know what drugs or alcohol are, we don't know that bullying even exists in school, or what suicide even is. We think guns are things that cowboys use in the wild west not a common weapon, or that music in the world can be so obscene.

Yeah there's puberty to go through and good hygiene to learn but that's just natural and normal stuff. Of course there are those awkward and funny moments about that stuff, but it's just part of growing up.


And it's hard and frustrating, good and awkward, humorous and exciting. We just have to make wise decisions and live in the moment. Realize that no matter what we go through will pass and we will grow to become mature people.


And sometimes I pretend that I'm a little kid again with no internet access, playing Barbies in my room with my little sister, or swinging with the wind in my hair. But to live without pretending is to take the hard challenges straight on and crush them!



Deep down inside we're still that little kid...Just a bigger version wishing to go back in time.
~Michlyn

Blooming

We have flowers that are actually blooming on our trees! They smell good and look really pretty.

A couple days ago I decided to go outside and see if I could get any good snapshots of them. Here's what I got!

~Michlyn