a goodbye {and winter better not take over my autumn}

hello friends! I hope you are enjoying this chilly fall weather...from inside. haha I am ;) But really its been really cold lately.  I think we even have a chance for snow sometime soon. Um, no thank you. I'm not ready for that yet. I'd like the blue sky, leaves, warm hoodies and such for a while longer.

On a more serious note, my great-grandma on my dad's side passed away early on thursday morning. We celebrated her 93rd birthday on the tuesday before. I'm glad we were able to be with her on that day. her passing was expected, she had been in a nursing home for a few years and her health was declining. I wasn't close to her but that doesn't make it easier. As far as we know she was not a Christian and neither are the rest of my dad's family. So we are praying that we(my family) would be good testimonies and reflections of Christ.

 here are some autumn photos for your pleasure...{except for the first one, I took all of these this morning. there was a really pretty frost.}

Well my little brother has had a fever since last night and we've been laying low(i.e. catching up on sleep ;) but he's feeling a bit better now and so we are off to do some things :)

So what's the weather like where you are? is winter beginning to grab your autumn-ness away?

Samarah♥

nobody knows that it took to believe. [Soul Surfer and other randoms]

Happy Friday friends!

 isn't that just a lovely saying right there?! "happy friday....".  well I've been ready for today since Monday ;) I haven't been feeling very good this whole week starting on sunday and I babysat the past 2 days and I'm ready for some down time. How was YOUR week?

Okay so a lot of you are wondering what I thought about Soul Surfer. Here's my two cents-- Bethany Hamilton's story is amazing and inspiring so it made for a good and inspiring movie. The actors did a really nice job and for Carrie Underwood’s first movie, she did pretty well! My only "downside" was that it didn't have a super strong "Christian" message like I thought it would have. Sure there were mentions of God and a few verses but not like I expected. And the other thing is that they didn't focus a lot on Bethany's struggles and frustration and how God brought her through it. I'm not saying it didn't have anything to do with God, He is definitely present in the movie but not as clear as I thought it would be. And I knew this a given, but there was so much skin showing.
 So all that said Soul Surfer is an encouraging, clean film. I think it’s neat that it made it to the big screen with a good "with God and the love of family and friends all things are possible" message.

 

While I was out with my friend on saturday I scored Batman Begin's for 7 bucks.  bam. remember Inception for $2? ;)

 

for the most of the past week it has been raining. nonstop. and its been cold. cold and rain do not mix. although i do loving wearing hoodies. today the sun and blue sky decided to show up. thank you Lord! :) My only love about those kind of deary days is that it makes the house cozy and all I want to do is get some tea, blankets and watch a movie. That rarely happens and so when i did just that(minus the tea) last night after I worked out and took a shower, I enjoyed it ;)

 

Speaking of movies my mom and I recently watched Emma. I have seen it about 15 times(no joke) in the past year or so but my mom hadn't seen it and she liked it! its a movie that I can seriously watch OVER and OVER again and not get tired of it.

oh and just because i haven't posted a picture of him on here lately. here's a recent photo of my animal :) Its not a great quality one but its cute.

 

so there's a random Friday post for ya! I'm gonna leave you with Runway by Mat Kearney. I can't stop listening to it. seriously.



happy Friday!

♥Samarah

sometimes its the small things...

like....

drinking peach tea on a rainy day while doing school

being super motivated by my parents about my getting healthy and fit ambition.

running 1.3 miles on the treadmill( it was the first time I've been on it) last night. 

reading this verse at the start of this week and pondering on it--

³ Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. ⁴ Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. ~1 Peter 3:3-4

thinking i had to write a paper and then realizing I don't. and being history/literature free for today and tomorrow. *happy dance*

this song.


watching movies with my parents at night 

sweet baby loves 

and all of YOUR sweet comments on my last post 

....that can turn into the big things. and those i love the most.


{all photos from pinterest.com}

saturday musings.

hey all! I hope you all are having a great weekend so far :)
i'm glad to have some down time. this past week was full. lots of babysitting, (attempting to ;) do school, working out,etc. but its all good.

So on thursday night i decided to bring some changes to my blog. i tried to make it a bit fall-ish. i made a new header, changed some colors/fonts and got rid of some things on the sidebar. what do you think? and before you ask, no that's not me in photo in the header. i wish it was. BUT actually i've been wanting dreadlocks for a while now and so my mom and i are gonna check around and see if we can find someone who can do it :) i'm excited about it. my hair is so tough to deal with and i wanted something new and different. anyway. :)

my sister had her last soccer game this morning. her team did well this year and i think they had fun :)
her game was at 10am and we were there around 9:30ish, the sunlight was so lovely and everything was pretty wet from the dew so I got these photos :)

and tonight I'm getting together with my friend and watch Soul Surfer! neither of us has seen it so we are excited :)

have a fabulous weekend!

♥Samarah

And this world may push, may pull, but your love it never fails.

here are some random bits of inspiration and encouragement. for you (and me ;)

I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." -John 16:33

You get glory in the midst of this
And You're walking with me
And you say I am blessed because of this
So, I choose to believe
As I carry this cross, You'll carry me

-Audrey Assad 

“The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

Frodo: I can't do this Sam.
Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding on to Sam?
Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

Lead me on... 

♥Samarah