[music]

i need more of it.

something new and fun.

something that makes me happy.

a fresh new tune

that i haven't heard

a billion times before.

yep.

new music.

so tonight

i babysat the kids.

kinli & peyton.

they're so adorable.

and they're getting so big.

i love them to death.

kin is the sweetest little girl ever.

and peyton is so silly.

they bring back my inner child.

kin & i are princesses.

and she dubbed me her big sister.

:] and trace is a princess.

and my mom is a princess.

and we wear pretty dresses.

i taught her some new stuff tonight.

don't know how much she'll remember.

it was her bedtime.

i taught her what muscles were.

how they make your body move.

and i taught her about nerves.

and how they tell your brain stuff.

tell you to move things.

and they tell your brain what's going on.

and since we're princesses

i taught her what the difference

between a crown and a tiara is.

aaaaand...

i taught her about joints.

and how since mine are unhealthy

mine make cracking sounds.

she's such a cutie.

i love her to death.

we had fun brushing her teeth.

and we watched some of the little mermaid.

and we decided what color

our dresses are.

our imaginary ones.

mine is teal and silver.

and hers is pink and purple and green.

with a sparkly diamond tiara.

i told her i'd draw her a picture of us.

i need to get on that.

my aunt and i had a nice little conversation

about the situation with chris and i

and about life

and love

and happiness.

and we moved on

to talk about the gospel.

and how it's affected our lives.

i really look up to her.

she's come a long way

and she has such a loving, caring heart.

and she treats me like a fellow adult.

i think we're the closest aunt-niece pair.

it's awesome.

because she has like 3 sisters

and i have like a billion cousins.

so there are so many matches.

but i think we're closer than anyone else

in the family.

but who knows?

i don't pay much attention to the rest of them.

gah...

so late.

i need sleep.

goodnight, readers.