Happy New Year, everyone! How many of you stayed up till midnight to officially welcome 2021? My sibs and I attempted it after our parents and the four youngest kiddos went to bed. We popped popcorn and several of us curled up on the couch to watch an episode of I Love Lucy and another of Little House on the Prairie. It was fun, even though I knew ahead of time I wouldn't last until twelve o'clock. Only my two brothers made it that long. 😂
Some other fun highlights from the week included Mom's and my trip to Books-a-Million, reaching The Newlywed Game episode in the Sue Thomas TV series (Jack and Sue were everything I had hoped for, BTW), and celebrating my sister, Sadie's, third birthday. (she wanted a princess party . . . talk about making me feel nostalgic.) 😄 Over the weekend, I watched God's Not Dead 3, but while Dave and Pearce made me laugh, I wasn't too impressed by the film overall. The second movie remains my favorite. 😃
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| I love this little girl so, so much!!! 😍 |
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| Ruby and me. (her mouth is covered in chocolate ice cream and vanilla birthday cake frosting. 😂) She'll be a year old at the end of this month! (Crazy, I know.) |
That sounds like such a fun week! Happy, happy birthday Sadie! I can't believe it's been three years! How is that possible??
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Thanks, Caleigh!!
DeleteIkr??? How swiftly time flies. 😁
So sweet!!!!! 😍
ReplyDeleteHappy 2021 Ellie!
Thanks, same to you! 💜
DeleteMy sister and I stayed up 'til midnight on New Years Eve. We watched some I Love Lucy and read. I pretty much stayed up just to finish my book and 'white rabbit' several friends.
ReplyDeleteFun!! New Year's Eve is a great time to catch up on reading, since no one can really blame you for staying up so late. 😂
DeleteHappy New Year, Lilly!
I most certainly did stay up till after midnight! I couldn't live with myself if I didn't! Lol! We watched The Redemption of Henry Myers - which was really good! Aww happy birthday Sadie! And Happy New Year's Ellen! The 2nd God Not's Dead movie is my favorite too!!
ReplyDelete*heart eyes* That's one of my favorite movies, Autumn!!! (The Redemption of Henry Myers) Fun fact - the actors who played the MCs met through the movie and were really married last year. <33
DeleteJust had to fangirl a bit when I saw your comment. XD
Sounds wonderful, Autumn!! Thank you for sharing! And happy New Year to you as well! 😃
DeleteIt is amazing! Ahh I saw that! So cool!! 😍
DeleteI stayed up with my sis 'till midnight the rest of the family went to bed though. Happy new years Ellen! 💜
ReplyDeleteGood for you! 😄
DeleteThanks!!
All of us stayed up until midnight (my brothers went to a party and celebrated the New Year there). My mom, dad, sister, and I watched The Sound of Music while we were waiting for 12:00 AM to come. :D
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Awesome!! I haven't watched The Sound of Music in a loooooong time, but I'd love to see it again at some point! 😊
DeleteHappy 2021!! I did stay up till midnight, but that was mostly becuase I was already out at a party with my young adults group until 11:30 so it wasn't much more. XD
ReplyDeleteIsn't The Newlywed Game awesome?? I love those episodes so much. =D
One of my main goals for 2021 is to spend more time in devotions. Also to finish a few of my writing projects!
Haha, I actually fell asleep soon after eleven o'clock. 😂🤣
DeleteSue Thomas is amazing! I'll be sad when we reach the end of the series.
Love your 2021 goals! Thank you for sharing! 💙
Your siblings are SO cute!!! <3 Happy 2021!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!! 💜 Happy 2021 to you too!
DeleteRuby is so adorable! I can't believe she's already almost 1!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laura! I can hardly believe it either. 😉
DeleteLol, I couldn't stay up that long either. All of my other siblings did though,(except my oldest brother and sister in-law) because it was one of my older brother's 18th birthday and they were watching a new movie. Happy new year!
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DeleteHappy New Year to you!!! I'm excited to see what 2021 holds. 💜
2021 seemed to come up all of the sudden! :D I wasn't even going to stay up - I had gone to my room to go to bed around ten, when I ended up getting sucked into a really good book (the first page grabbed me, and I just didn't stop for a while . . .). No one else in my family could/wanted to go to sleep, so I stayed up with them. :D
ReplyDeleteAnd guess what??? I went to BAM today!!!! We were out of town, and my family wanted to go to a clothes store. And guess what I happened to see right beside the clothes store? *heart eyes* So - my cousin and I bailed out of the clothes store and ended up with four books. XD <33
Ooh, nice! What book was that? 😊
DeleteYay! So glad you could go to BAM. I hope you found it to be as awesome and inspiring as I did. 😄💙
Called to Protect by Lynette Eason! *heart eyes* I finished it a day or two ago, and it was amazing!
DeleteIt was pretty awesome. <3
I was up till twelve, but unintentionally... We were out till about 10:30 at our church's watch service. Sadie is so big now... So crazy to have watched her grow up. I pray one day I meet her in person! (Along with her amazing family!)
ReplyDeleteSandrina! Seeing you IN PERSON would be, like, the greatest gift EVER, m'friend. 💙💙💙
DeleteAww, that episode is one of my favorites of Sue Thomas!
ReplyDeleteIt's really good! 😄
Deletep.s. Thanks a zillion for writing the book series that helped inspire my watching Sue Thomas for the first time. 💜
DeleteLovely post Ellen! And GREAT pictures!!! <3 Have a wonderful 2021!
ReplyDeleteThank you sooo much, Brooklyn!! 😊 Same to you!
DeleteMy mom had to work, but my dad and brother and I stayed up. We played Clue, then watched Pixar's new movie Soul :) It was a fun start to a new year.
ReplyDeleteAww, Sadie is such a cute three-year-old 😍 And I can't believe Ruby is almost 1!! It seems like such a short time ago when you announced her being born. ❤
Sue Thomas F.B. Eye sounds like a good show! I might have to check it out :)
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Ohh, fun!
DeleteSue Thomas is great. If you check it out, let me know! 😄
Your siblings are adorable!!
ReplyDeleteAww, thank you! 🥰😀🤗
DeleteI love love love I love Lucy, and Little house on the prairie.
ReplyDeleteGod's not dead 3 Is a little too deep for me.
I prefer 2 and 1... Oh well.
Have a great day Ellen!
Hi, Live4God! Welcome to my blog. :)
DeleteI Love Lucy and Little House are amazing...two of my favorite TV shows. =)
Thanks, you have a great day, too! <3