Sunday, July 5, 2009

Fourth of July picnic

Our fourth of July celebration went well, and here are just a few pictures from our cookout.
This is Stuart, with he and Tammy's dog, Sebastian. :)


Daniel and Ryan were giving Oliver a crazy ride on the tire swing.

me!


Katie and Ryan

Mark and Sarah!:)















And that's it! I need to finish packing for camp. I'll be gone for two weeks, so I'm sure I'll be posting when I get back!
Goodbye for now!!!!!

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Fourth of July

Happy fourth of July!!!!
Hope you all had a great Fourth! I know I did! I'll post some pictures tomorrow!

Friday, July 3, 2009

The True story of the Bat

Well, tonight was one of the WORST nights I've ever had!
As Martha and I got ready for bed, we heard a really weird noise, like a really loud chirping. I thought, "wow, that is a LOUD bird!"
I forgot about it though. and went to bed around 10:30,
and was awaken at 11:00 by my Dad, Sarah, and Lydia.
Lydia had found a bat flying around in her room, so there was quite a bit of screaming. They looked over Sarah's room, and didn't find any bats, so they came to me and Martha's room. After Daddy looked around with the flyswatter, he said that there were no bats in our room.
Finally, after being convinced that there were no bats, I went back to sleep.
At 2:30, I woke up (which is REALLY weird for me! I always sleep without waking up) and felt something light and feathery on my leg. I brushed it off, thinking that it was probably my cover of something. Then I heard a loud chirping right next to my face.
I have NEVER screamed that loud, OR jumped out of my bunk bed that fast! Of course, Martha was like, "WHAT???WHAT HAPPENED?!?!?!?!" And Sarah (who's right next door) was saying, "calm DOWN, Virginia!!!!"
Sarah went and got Daddy, while I tried to keep an eye on the bat, who was now sitting on my pillow!!!!! (GROSS!)
Anyway, Daddy came and killed it, and I went and scrubbed my leg! I didn't want to sleep in my bed then, but after I took off all of my pillows and sheets, I just slept on the mattress.
ooh, it was one of the worst nights I've ever had.
So, I've had my experience with bats, and I've discovered that I do NOT like night-creatures!
In my house at any rate!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

When the Sun comes after Rain

When the Sun comes after Rain
by Robert Louis Stevenson
When the sun comes after rain
And the bird is in the blue,
The girls go down the lane
Two by two.
When the sun comes after shadow
And the singing of the showers,
The girls go up the meadow,
Fair as flowers.
When the eve comes dusky red
And the moon succeeds the sun,
The girls go home to bed
One by one.
And when life draws to its even
And the day of man is past,
They shall all go home to heaven,
Home at last.


Monday, June 29, 2009

CRAZY-BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

Well, we've been keeping really busy!!!! It must get boring hearing me say that on nearly every post...but every time I write it, it gets truer and truer. :)
This is a picture of the box truck on Saturday morning while we were loading for market.
It was SO full!!!
Every thing's in all at once: all of the vegetables, cherries, strawberries(although they're going out), blueberries, raspberries, and more and more stuff each week!!!!

That's why it gets so crazy around here!!! and also why I don't blog as much as I'd like to!!!!!:)
I'll hopefully post something tomorrow or Wednesday!
Ta-ta!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

1940 Oldsmobile!!!!

Today I had a ride in the very first automatic car ever made!!!! :)
It was a 1940 Oldsmobile, and the owner said that next week I can drive it!!!!:)


Me and Laken in front of the car!:)
It was loads of fun!

Friday, June 26, 2009

Martha and Daniel's Engagement!

Everything is just as hectic as ever, but something exciting happened yesterday!:)
MARTHA AND DANIEL GOT ENGAGED!!!!!!!
:)
They came home from work and told us. Apparently Daniel proposed while hey were working at a job....How totally unromantic!!!!!!:)
I guess it wasn't much of a surprise since they've been talking about it for about a year now.
But I thought it was exciting, and I made them pose for some pictures!

I think they said that its a half carat!:)



So that was pretty exciting news to me! :) I've got one sister-in-law, one brother-in-law, and now two brother-in-laws-to-be. :)
YAY!!!!!!