{A picture is worth a thousand words}

Spring, Summer and the beginning of fall. My adventures take me so many different places. Sadly, it's taken me so long to blog them. Feeling busy, is just about one of the best feelings ever. The last few months have been extremely busy. I thank God for the blessings he has given me and my family and can't wait to see what the remainder of the year brings. I will tell you this: Guys, Christmas is coming. Enough said.

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So, the highlights of spring/summer/fall. 

A picture is worth a thousand words.

{SUMMIT, March 2013}

{For Team registration day, they had this Volleyball type game. It was super fun! Each team would try to get all of their members in at the same time}

{Looking Nervous?}
-it was a great experience coming back for the piano competition. I played my classical piano pieces called Repentance, and came out with a gold medal. God is good-

{Practicing for Awana Games}

{Me and JC. You could call us the cheer leaders for bible quizzing, we were very enthusiastic... :D} 

{The GROUP. Summit was an amazing experience. As a team we got 10th place in Awana games (the top 9 got medals). The volleyball team did really well. I was also able to come home with a silver medal for the writing competition. While we had lots of 'wins', the most important blessing and provision from God was the friendships that were made. Everyone welcomed me into the group, and treated me like I was one of them. There is no better feeling then feeling welcomed <3 God's provisions were abundant this year, and I can't wait for next March}

{This may was the end of our Awana year. I'm SO proud of my siblings for what they were able to accomplish this year. With a lot of studying, we were able to finish seven books in one year. To God be the glory}

{Skating! They were brilliant to make those contraptions!}

{Ran the Sunburst 5k. I finished with a time of 27 something, I think, and Lia was like smack dab on 30. It was such a fun day, even though I had to wake up early ;) }

{We moved again this summer. Technically, house #3 in Michigan, #4 since we moved from Illinois. Yup. We move.}

{Notre Dame Summer Band! Every June I look forward to it! I'm blessed to be able to be apart of it every year <3}

{This Summer, we went to Michigan for a vacation, which wasn't really a 'vacation vacation' because we live in Michigan haha, BUT it was a vacation in the sense of  a 'relaxing event'. The Lord knew that our family needed time to rest after such busy summer. And rest we did, on the shores of Michigan, with a big black inner tube. (Or record was 5 people standing all at one for 5 seconds ;) }

{this year we were able to spend some special days at Life Action Family Camp. We were able to attend Revival week, and also use their lake for a change. This was at Sophia's birthday. Thank you Life Action! <3}

{This year our family took a vacation to Canada and Philadelphia. Sadly, I don't have pictures of Canada, because our cellphones didn't work there. But we were at another family camp, who again, were so kind to us. We were able to sing for services. Then on the way back down to Philly, we stopped at Niagara falls. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! Wow, still love that sight. Maybe I'll get a picture up in the future.
Anyways, most of our vacation was spent in Philly. AND O MY was it AMAZING. Uncle Jack and Aunt Sue were a gift from God. They were amazing hosts, and you could really tell God's hand and blessing was upon them. The last time were able to see them seemed so long ago, but we were glad to be reunited. It's pretty special when you meet such great people of Christ.} 

{The Lord provided for us to go see NOAH at the sights and sound theater. ITS WAS SPECTACULAR! Highly Recommended! We saw Joseph last year, and this year it was Noah. Whew. Talk about Christian Broad Way.}

{We were able to sing and attend Church at Uncles Jack's ministry. It's a church program for ex-convicts. We really felt the Lord's presence there. My dad was able to preach the gospel to these men, and it was all together and sobering yet amazing experience} 

{Lia's face describes it all. Ya'll ever heard of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives from Food network? Well this was one of those triple D's and man was it amazing. Hands down best Philly Cheese steak EVER! Highly Recommended, DON'T SKIP it if your in town.}

{Ohhhhhh boy. Well Awana takes up a good deal of summer, huh? Well this year, I was able to Start an Awana Clubs at my church. It was amazing to see the Lord provide opportunity and volunteers. He is SO good. So after a good deal of summer planning, I was ready as a commander to lead the club. We had our first week last week, and it was fantastic. We expected 25 kids and got 40!! As you can imagine it was a crazy night, but it was lots of fun and again, to God be the glory.}

{And Lastly, to close with Soccer. Soccer has been a huge part of my life these last couple months. Our girls season, we only lost ONE game, making it a 20-1 record in the past two years! During that time, I really began to love the sport of soccer, and would practice on my own outside of the season. This Summer, I went with my bestie to a soccer camp hosted by the Chicago fire, while doing VBS with her too! The things we learned were great! We were able to spend basically the whole week together which was awesome. :) So then, we decided to join the guys team this fall. So, despite what this picture may look like up there, its actually guys soccer even though you see us four girls up there, haha. Our guys season needed a little help this year, so me, Rachel (bestie), Grace (bestie sister), and Emma (soccer girly), all decided to help out. This season, we haven't really been winning...but we've all improved as a team :) We have a tourney this saturday, which I'm really excited about!
We also all play pick up soccer games at Life Action camp every week, and that has been SO awesome too! Such a blessing to have such great friends. I've met so many new people this summer its just crazy, but God provides in all ways. I'm just happy he chose this summer to really bring me close friends <3}


And so that's my catch-up, picture worth a thousand words, long post. <3 Hopefully more to come soon!

"There is nothing I can do that would make God love me more, and nothing I have done that can make him love me less." -JD Greear 
Have an awesome day and remember to do everything for HIS Glory!
~hannah