My, how the time does fly...

...In between blog posts I mean! :)

This morning I snuggled down in front of the fireplace with a heavy fleece blanket, to finish up my homework, and study for a test, and before I knew it Elsie and Eloise had decided that it looked like a comfy place to sleep! It was pretty cute, they snuggled up, and kept me VERY warm:)

BTW, anybody notice anything, hmm.. shall we say different? ;)

Have a blessed Monday all!

~Emily

I want it to be said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle, and planted a flower, where I thought a flower would grow.

~Abraham Lincoln

Hmm... what to post....

I think I'll do another of our family's favorite poems out of that same book, this one is really cute,

Mom said when I was just 7 or 8 years old I used to read this poem, and it was a favorite!

Do you carrot all for me?

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Do you carrot all for me?

My heart beets for you,

with your turnip nose, and radish face,

You are a peach.

And if we cantalope,

Lettuce marry;

Weed make a swell pear.

~Anonymous

Isn't that the cutest thing? :)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Love,

Emily

Homework oh, Homework...

After I got home from class today, I was thinking I would blog about my English class, and the dreaded homework I have, and I instantly remembered a poem I used to read when I was little, and it made me laugh out loud because of it's funny words, and I could only remember the first line!! Being the only other one in the room, I do believe Ali thought I had finally gone crazy! :)

I looked around for the poetry book it was in, and finally found it, it is very thrashed, frommany readings, and it's even book-marked as a favorite! I think we all loved this book as children:)

So I definitely don't feel this strongly about it, even though it's not my favorite thing to do! ;)

Homework Oh, homework! I hate you,

you stink, I wish I could wash you away in the sink!

If only a bomb would explode you to bits.

Homework, Oh, homework! You're giving me fits!

Homework, Oh, homework! You're last on my list!

I simply can't see why you even exist,

If you just dissapeared, it would tickle me pink!

Homework Oh, homework, I hate you, you stink!

~Jack Prelutsky

Sweet Baby Lydian

Melissa came over today, so I FINALLY got to hold my precious niece, Lydian.

She is so tiny, and I could hold her aallllll day. She is so content to lay in your arms, and to be passed from person to person.

Grandma and Grandpa.

Auntie Samantha.

Uncle Brad.

Aunt Ali

I'm Back...

I know Summer is long gone, but then I had the excuse that fall started, and I got really busy:)

So I thought I would blog about a day trip we took about two weeks ago.

Dad had the day off on a Thursday a couple weeks ago, and they told us early on in the morning, that we were going on a mystery day trip, and to wear walking shoes, and to bring warm coats.

So we get into the car, and head down Chuckanut Drive, which is especially beautiful this time of year due to the beautiful red, orange and yellow trees all along the road.

And then mom and dad took us all to Larrabee State Park , where we had never been before.

We went down to the water first, and found lots of star fish, and climbed on the rocks, and just had fun exploring. You could get right down in the water, and there were star fish all over the place!
Purple ones, pinkish ones, orange ones and red ones...

There were some huge rock faces you could climb up, and the view got even better!

Mom and dad are so sweet:)

When we started to walk back up to the main park area we heard a train whistle, and dad told us to run up to the bridge we had walked under on the main trail, because the train would go right over our heads on the bridge! And sure enough, we got to the bridge and all stood underneath it and listened to the very loud train go right over our headsCAUTION: ADULTS ON THE PLAYGROUND!

While we were waiting for a couple people in the restroom, Brad and Ali started playing in the play ground, and then (I'm not sure how it happened..) but soon we were all being silly and playing on the playground, even mom and dad!

This is a game where you stand on a bar that you rock back and forth, and try to shake the other people off...

I fell off..:)

The park has an outdoor stage where they sometimes hold concerts and things

We had a WONDERFUL time there, and I can't wait until we can go again sometime.

Happy Fall Everyone!

Summer Vacation

Some close friends of ours invited us to join them for a week of vacation in Canada at Paradise Lake this summer. And so this entire last week we were up there with them, and we had such a wonderful time!

We stayed in beautiful log cabins right on the water front, and had so much fun swimming, fishing, and boating on the lake, that my parents decided that we are going to go back on our own next year for a week or two. So anyway here are some pictures for you to see.

WARNING: If any of you tend to go into cardiac arrest at the mere sight of "a big bug," then you might want to skip this post......

I could've taken pictures of the lake all day, it was so beautiful.

The floating dock was lots of fun, dad had us swim out the with life jackets the first time to see how we did, since we haven't been able to swim for so long, and then we were allowed to swim without them when we passed his test.Lots of cute little tadpoles

You had fair warning! These things are pretty common up there, and this particular one measured about 4 1/2 inches! I thought they were pretty cool, but needless to say, my poor mother did not! (she didn't know untill we got home that we had found one IN the cabin! :)

These sweet little chipmunks were all over the place, one even found its way into our cabin!

Lots of fishing was done by this handsome fisherman...