Happy New Years!!

Hi everyone! Happy New Years!!
This year has been pretty great for me and Faith, and even though our posts were a bit sporadic it will get better :D
I hope this year is truly blessed for you, and that you learn and grow and meet new people and have a wonderful time :)
Happy 2013
From, Caitlin & Faith

Merry Christmas!!

Hey everyone! I'm aiming to post more over break, as now I'm not totally swamped with stuff to do. Wooo!!
Anyways, Merry Christmas to you all!
Let's use this time to be with our families, appreciate and love one another. I know the holidays can be crazy but lets try to embrace it. Also, use this time to remember and praise the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ; He's the reason for the season! A truly blessed time.
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!
And if you celebrate something else, I hope you have a great holiday :)
~Caitlin and Faith :)

Halloween

Alright, I know this is a day late, but yesterday was busy :)
So. Halloween.
For me, it used to be about getting the coolest costume, and convincing my parents to take me trick or treating as early as possible to get the most candy.
But sadly, this is not so anymore.
I stopped trick or treating when I was about 12, it was no longer super thrilling to me. I could just sit at home and watch movies, and eat candy out of the bowl we had for the trick or treaters (hehe). But this allowed me to observe my peers, and I'm sad over what I see.

Sadness 1) Halloween for teenage girls is about showing off your body, not your costume.
Whattt?? But why?! Why do girls take Halloween as a day to dress trollop-y? Because no one can complain about it, "it's a costume, not who I really am". But if you choose that costume, it reflects your heart, your personality. Plus, it's awkward and weird to be trick or treating with cute little 7 year olds in a dress that doesn't cover your bum. The sad thing is, if you go to a costume store, all they offer are revealing costumes. It's like they encourage girls to bare all, and that's demeaning and creepy.

Sadness 2) Mooching Trick or Treaters.
We've all had them. Those teens that show up in either street clothes or pajamas, hold out their bag and say "Uh... trick or treat" all while daring you with their eyes to either give them candy or face the wrath of teens with eggs and great aim. *shudders*
Or when someone leaves a bowl of candy, and one kid takes allll of it. That's not fair!! Go out and buy your own candy! Trick or Treating is supposed to be fun and you hogging it all is rude.

Well... those are the only things I have noticed/can think of that really bother me, since they're the top irritations on my list. What do you guys think?

P.S.- Here's what I did for Halloween



















Bwahaha :D It's skull makeup for Dia De Los Muertos, I know it's on November 2nd but I liked the looks and decided it would be cool for Halloween. People at school said I look legitimately creepy. Goal made.

~Caitlin!

Underwhelmed

So....in the beginning of this month, I attended a christian summer camp:D I had a pretty FANTASTIC time. Well, I was just looking through my sermon notes and found something pretty convicting and I think I would like to share it with you guys:)

Our pastor said this (I'm pretty sure this is what he opened with, too): "...they became so familiar with God, that He was no longer overwhelming to them...they became UNDERwhelmed with God."

Now...who 'they' are, I can't really remember, but it was a point made for every highschooler and counselor in the room...that WE have become underwhelmed with God. We have had to memorize verse after verse, and read countless chapters of the Bible.(and, just so you know, those are part of the requirements to actually attend this camp)...have we become numb to the glory of the Living God because of our carelessness in our relationship in knowing Him? We learn ABOUT Him, but do we really understand His character? Who God actually is?? Think about that. What an awful thing we allow in our hearts. This state of lukewarmness. We should be so familiar with God that the fire burns greater, not fades. His love does not grow cold towards us. Us, the ones that don't deserve any of His love, grace, compassion, mercy, ect... So who are we to try to even claim the right to not to love Him? No one. That's who. We should be absolutely OVERwhelmed, knees to the floor, head bowed to the ground heart shattered pieces in awe and reverance to the Holy God. "God made Himself known in the cosmos" (another thing our pastor said and then used Genisis 1:1-5 as a reference). Mind=blown. Dude. That's incredible!!! Or the tides? Even they have their limits...how far they come in and go out...how strong they pull. Or the sunrise or sunset? Every. Single. Day. That alone is evidence of God's faithfulness. God is overwhelming. We should be overwhelmed.

Anyways....  I suppose that's all.  :)

Love,
Faith.

 

Hair Triumph Two!

Yay!! Another one so soon!
This time, I curled my lovely sisters hair :)
Seeee??

 

(Isn't she cuuute? :D)

So for this awesomeness, I used the Conair Youcurl. It's basically a curling wand. And curling wands are magical hair styling tools. They work sooooo good :)

If you use a curling wand and you like this, my tip is to start it waaaaaaay up top. That way you get maximum curlage through the whole strand. Also, use small strands. Like half an inch. They create more curls and it looks more fun :)


Hair Triumph Numero Uno.

Alright everyone! This is my first hair triumph :)
*sniffle sniffle* I'm... I'm so proud.
Anyways.
The gorgeous model seen today is my lovely sister. I like playing with her hair. A lot. Soooo... this is what I accomplished today!
(horrible picture lighting I know, I was using my cell phone :P)

 

Soooo... basically what I did is I started with her fringe on the left side, and I french braided it to like the end of her part, then just braided it straight down. Same on the right side, only I just started with the upper side hair since she has side fringe.

I'll probably post a How To French Braid guide later, since I realize not everyone knows how to French Braid. I only learned last month :D
By the way, this creation was inspired by Pintrest! That's where I first saw it :)

 

Wonderful Wednesday

Alrighty y'all! So, today is a day I shall call Wonderful Wednesday. Every Wednesday, I will post something I think is wonderful. Okeydokey?
Day 1.
ELEPHANTS!!

 

 

(The African Elephant is my favorite)

I've loved elephants since I saw Dumbo :) That one scene, where the momma elephant swings Dumbo in her trunk from her train car? Gets me and my mom every time. :')
They're incredibly majestic, intelligent, and I hate that people hunt them for their ivory. Some populations are endangered, and it upsets me to think that maybe future generations won't know this beautiful animal. They have memories, and when one of their kin dies they actually mourn. I think they're incredibly sweet and I love them.
(Source for the picture is http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/african-elephant/
I love Natgeo. They've got some great stuff on Machu Picchu, which is another Wonderful Wednesday in the future)
Okay everyone! Have a great Wednesday!
~Caitlin
(P.S.- something not so wonderful? The spelling of Wednesday. Does anyone else go wed-NES-day when spelling it? :D)

Intro

Well...she did it...Caitlin has talked me into writing an intro...  :) Although, I am not quite sure what to put into this little intro....I suppose I could tell you a little about myself.....maybe, possibly. My name is Faith, which, I'm pretty sure you might've already known from the last post (but that's alright;)) and I L O V E Jesus. He is my Lord and my Savior.  I could never deserve the love and grace He has given me. Also... I reallyyyyyyyyyyyy enjoy music:) It's definitly a passion of mine.  Playing the guitar, singing and writing. ummmm....what else.....*thinking*......well, I actually have a blog outside of this one, called Songbird .  I mostly write about songs.. what the lyrics are and what they communicate to the audience (or at least to me).  Although there are a couple random posts here and there:) But this blog? Probably more thoughts, ideas, stories and such. And I can't wait to share more! I hope you enjoy:)
~Faith :)

P.S. That picture up above of Caitlin and I?  Caitlin is on the left and I'm the one on the right...just in case you were wondering:)

Hi!

Hi everyone! I'm Caitlin, and I'm one of the runners of this blog :) The other one, my best friend Faith, shall be talked into writing an intro for y'all :D
This blog is something I just wanted to do for fun. In here, you'll find thoughts and stories about life, hair do triumphs, things we find awesome, reviews of medias and other things as they come up. I hope you enjoy it! I'll see y'all later :)