Happy 9th Birthday, Nathan!

Yesterday was my little brother's ninth birthday!
It makes me feel so OLD knowing I was nine when he was born!
The Big Fella always keeps me laughing with his random comments and intense personality.
He loves Star Wars and anything that's electronic.
My family's life would be very boring without our Super Big Jim :)

Me and the Big Fella :)

ROAD TRIP

As part of my birthday celebration, my friend Lindsey and I went on a road trip to Sioux Falls (about 80 miles north) to go shopping!
We had a blast!!! It included lots of laughing, talking, shopping (duh), forgetting my wallet at home, borrowing money, laughing so hard you choke on your supper, singing to Michael Buble, and ending the day by totally owning our government debate.
This birthday was the best ever and I'm so thankful to all who helped me celebrate!! :D
Here's some pics of the trip yesterday:

Lindsey was the official road trip driver!

LOVED these heels!!! They made me about six inches taller. :D

Do they know how to spell Merry Christmas in Germany?

Adorable little puppy sitting in the back of an adorable little bug

T.J. Maxx and Charlotte Russe (yes!!!!)

On our way home!

Road trip soundtrack (happy)

This was pretty much the coolest thing ever.....

Two of my favorite purchases. I am in love with all things Snoopy. So, a Snoopy shirt and stationary. win.

I hope you're having a wonderful week!!!

Love,
Katie :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

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Birthdays are just awesome :D :D
This week two of my good friends from CollegePlus! (CP) are turning 18 and MY 18th birthday is on Sunday.
I actually already got my birthday present which was a roundtrip ticket to California in January to meet some of my CP friends in person!!! (I'm just a TAD bit excited!!)
So a very happy birthday to Kluane (check out her photography AND her "life" or whatever you wanna call it blogs :D), Collin, AND to myself of course :D
Hope you had a great Monday!!

Love,
Katie :)

song of the week: Group 1 Crew - iContact

Some Very Important Announcements

The first would be that it's my twin brothers' 15th birthday!
Click here to see pics and see how great they are! :D
I love you, Rye Bread and T-Bird!
You guys are some of my bestest friends and I'm so thankful for both of you :)

Also, I'm taking a break from all things online this week, so there will be no blog posts for awhile.
I love you all and you'll hear from me soon!
(prayers would be much appreciated!)
God is good.
Have a great week!

Love,
Katie :)

Happy Birthday to my favorite little sister!!

Yesterday was my little sister's 5th birthday :D
We had a great day celebrating her VERY first birthday in America.
It was an extremely memorable day filled with things that Meddie had never experienced before.
(you can go here to see one of those firsts)

Here are some pictures of her small birthday party we had last night.

 These cupcakes were made by my very dear friend Kaylee (from the blog henn house happenings)

 What five year old wouldn't love these balloons?! 

 Accessories fit for a princess!!

 She was SOO giggly and happy when she saw her little princess set-up

:D

 PRESENT TIME!

 She's opening up princess attire in this picture. 

That was pretty much the ongoing theme for the night.

Happy Birthday to my dear precious little sister.

I'm so glad you now have a forever family who will be here to celebrate your birthday with you for the rest of you life.

I love you, Meddie Grace!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while!

My mom was in the hospital this week after having emergency surgery.

I'll post about it soon.

Although, there's lots of posting that I need to catch up on.

So many stories to tell....

Please keep my family in your prayers :)

Love,

Katie :)