Quick Update!

Next Tuesday we're leaving on vacation, so i thought i would post before then.. well it's not like we'll be gone for ages .. we're leavin tuesday and coming back friday. We're going to the standard place - Gatliburg/Pigeon Forge...a lot of people once there a teen are so tired of that place, but since the first time I was there was in ... 8th grade maybe... I haven't had time to get tired of it yet... I love that place! There is so much to do and it's so much fun... anyways it's just gonna be mom, dad, and me.. my cousin was supposed to go with us (since the last 2 yrs it's been just my parents and me) but something happened and she couldn't go & all my other options are busy (seeing as how this week is AYC & Athens) .... so its just us 3 ... anyways that should be fun anyway and i'll post after we get back....

So, I got new sunglasses yesterday! Like em? They had biggers ones which I liked too but i settled for these ones....

Here is the purse I bought last week at the flea market! I like it... Anybody knows me know's my 2 colors are green (almost any shade but lime green is the best and bright/hot pink) in shirts i automatically go for green & pink

Thursday, Tonya, Mom, and I were gonna go to this outside mall place in Kentucky with Jess & the kids. We were going cuz Jess was gonna get pics of Brice at this place that develops them in 2 hours so you can shop while you wait and bring the pics home with you. Well we arrived at Jessica's house early (cuz i had drug test for school earlier and we had xtra time) and she's like guess what? Brice is sick! He had a fever, which he was just sick a few wks ago... so, i immediately had this feeling oh no! i got up extremely early for nothing cuz usually my bro in law Bill does not let his kids go out anywhere when they have a fever.... we decided to go on down to the mall place and just not take Brice's pics.... So we arrived down there but ate first, and rather eat at one of the pricey mall restauraunts, we found a Taco Bell.... the mall is one of those outdoor ones, not an outlet mall, but kinda like one.....it's one of those modern outdoor malls...which i thought it was really cool except almost all the stores were REALLY expensive!!! ... Well Sedona has been my buddy lately, and she sorta made a game out of goin in and out of the stores...i liked just looking around the expensive stores and she did too apparently..she was so cute like "Let's go in another store, Bubby (that's what the kids call me)"... so we were lookin at the clearance rack at this real expensive store..just mom, me, and sedona were in there and i look up and Sedona found a black hat laying on a display table thing and had it on her head...it just cracked me up, plus she just looked so adorable...i had stashed my camera in my purse so I whipped it out and the result is below! The only prob is she wouldn't show me her face for the pic but you get the idea :)

Later, when we were headed to the van to leave I decided to take Sedona's pic in front of the "pretty flowers" ... she decided to block the sun from her eyes (it was one of those extremely hot, humid, sunny days.....


So, i convinced her to let me take a pic w/o the hand and the result is below, I think it's pretty cute..Tonya frenchbraided her hair..it turned out pretty good although you can't tell from the pic..

Well, that's all for this time. I was gonna take a pic of my school bag and include it, but I haven't been feelin the greatest this afternoon and didn't want to make a unnecessary trip up the steps to take the pic, so i'll post it later.... well i have to go know, it's stormin and i don't want the electric to go off (including internet) b4 i get this thing posted....also i have to get ready for church :) so i'll write after vaca...

Randomness...

So... I don't really remember what I posted last time, but I think i know...(that made a lot of sense) not too much has happened I guess.....This weekend was our weekend to go to West Virginia (where my family on my mom's side lives)...I always love going back there, It's SOO much fun and kinda like my 2nd home! I usually hang out with my cousin, Sierra & we have so much fun together even though she's younger than me.... The bad thing about going this weekend was that so much other stuff here was going on that I had to miss... Friday night there was a Signature Sound Concert (my fav quartet) in Portsmouth, Ohio which isn't too far .. Saturday was my friend Janae's, from elementary school & jr. high, wedding and Friday & Saturday was our church campout and picnic...we can't change our weekend to go to West Virginia though because we go flea market weekend. Dad always takes Papa to the flea market, and lately me and Sierra have been taggin along! :) My Papa always looks forward to the flea market...he starts talkin about next months like the week after this months (if that makes sense) it's good for him just to get out of the house...see, he takes care of my Mama, who is in very poor health, and just getting away from her and out is REALLY good for him....so yeah... we left here Friday afternoon and arrived there Friday evening (it only takes 2 1/2 hours) we got back there earlier than normal, but once we got there we found out my aunt & uncle and cousins were gone to campmeeting... so me and mom and dad hung out at my grandparents house... see, my aunt & uncle and mama & papa live on the same piece of property, just across the creek from each other..mom and dad stay with my grandparents and i stay with my aunt & uncle... so, yeah..i was SOO bored i had NOTHING to do, so i just out my camera and took lotsa random pics, you know dairy queen cup, grass in sidewalk kinda pics...there was way too many to post here so i just put a few..to see the rest go look at my facebook...so finally they got home from campmeeting and i hung out at there house with my cousin till we went to bed (late)...we got up Saturday morning and went 2 the flea market with dad and papa... well we ride with them but once we get there we go on our own...so it was SOO hot outside Saturday, we kinda went throught the outside booths really fast cuz Sierra wanted to go inside the buildings which are cooler... so we did but of course dad and papa take a LOT longer cuz they eat (we ate b4 we got there) and look and lot slower and more thorougly than us... so we looked outside again more thorougly then back inside and eventually we just sat on some empty tables in empty booth in one of the buildings and just watched people go by... eventually dad & papa came in and we left like 30 min. later... after that we went 2 look at a motor & tranny dad had bought earlier (let me just say right now that we took papa's car and the drivers window is stuck down so a lot of our a.c. went out the window and it was hot in there so some windows were rolled down) so we parked in this guys driveway way out in the country and dad got out to look at the stuff.... so Papa, Sierra, and me stayed in the car... well Sierra was changing purses (she bought a new one at the flea market) well i don't know what i was doing but i heard Sierra scream and i looked up and saw a wasp in the car (she said later that she looked up from her purse and it was right in front of her face) so she opened her door and went outside (rather quickly) well the wasp flew on over to my side of the car (her window was open mine wasn't) and I screamed..well he got in between me and my door so .....*cough*cough*... i kinda dove across the seat and landed on my stomach (on the seat) with my hands on the gravel outside from there i crawled outside, laid on the ground for a minute then got up... from there we went and sat on a stone wall thingy till dad was ready 2 go..it was a very interesting happening and needless to say Sierra was dying laughing the whole time and everytime she thought of it later she laughed.... anyways.... we went back "home" later we (me and Sierra) went to walmart with her dad, uncle george, while he bought stuff for supper (we LOVE going to walmart!!!lol) and then later like 10 pm we went again with my parents... stayed up late again ... sunday we went to there church...they have a new pastor who is SOO Much better than there last one, i'm SOO glad!!! we hung out sunday afternoon at their house and left sunday evening... so yeah that was my weekend!...

Mom and Tonya have been going through tons of recipe magazines mom has gotten over the years and are cutting recipes that look good out and putting them on index card thingys!... well mom got a laminator machine thingy to laminate them...just a lil one but its SOO much fun! lol.. i could entertain myself for hours with it! lol..ok so i'm easily amused..seriously though, its really cool to send it through and it comes out so cool looking... we tried one of the new recipes last night (i cooked it) taco casserole, it had bowtie noodles, cheese, salsa, ground beef, etc it was REALLY good we all liked it... today for lunch we tried 2 new recipies dressing stuffed chicken and twice baked potatoes (i did the chicken, tonya did the potatoes) and it turned out really well too...

We're going on vacation next week to Gatliburg/Pigeon Forge... hopefully Sierra can go with us.... i'll post about it after it happens .. lol and post pics...

i got a cute new purse at the flea market and a cute school bag a few wks ago at the mall i'll try to take pics and post them sometime....

well i think thats about it for this time...sorry it couldn't be more interesting..enjoy the pics..

At papa & mama's house- Tom (the cat) was so happy that mom fed him! lol...

Dad reading a paper on the back porch

Papa feeding his dog (i think its name is Rocky)

Just me... like i said b4 I took lots more pics these are just a few...

A cute pic of "Tom"..

This is my Mama....its not the best pic, but...

My cousin, Joseph

This is my AWESOME papa!

Sierra! lol...

Me saturday morning waitin 2 go 2 the flea market- the lighting is weird here...

Sierra, Sat. morning

Me after the flea market... a got a lil sunburnt but it was gone within a day or 2

After church Sunday morning....

Why do these things happen to me??? .. and other such randomness

Have you ever got one of those "this is not a chain letter" chain letters that say if you send one of these things to this person and send out 6 letters you'll get 36 of whatever you sent out? Well i got one a few summers ago, that was flip flops....and what normal teenage girl wouldn't like 36 pairs of flip flops for the price of 1? so i did it! .. i didn't get 36 pair, but i did get 4 or 5!...Well i found most of these flip flops the other day while cleaning out under my bed..*cough*cough*..anyway i decided i would wear some and through others away... well this past Saturday I put a tootsie roll pair of flip flops on..dad dropped me and mom off at the mall so he could go to Harbor Freight... So i stepped out of the car...and my food/ankle turned sideways kinda... so i straightened my food and everything was fine..until i discovered this maneuver had destroyed my poor flip flop! It totally yanked the plastic thing that holds the shoe on out of the shoe! The sides of it were still attached, but the center thingy was loose! So a mixture of panic, embarrassment, and humor struck me! I think mom was just embarrassed! So i was standing on the sidewalk/entrance thingy to the foodcourt of Eastgate mall wearing one flip flop holding the other in my hand while trying to fix it...also, at this point I think i was kinda laughing...anyway mom was totally embarrassed. she told me "those boys are laughing at you" i looked over and 3 little maybe 10 year old boys were sitting on the curb all looking over at me...well of course i didn't care that the lil guys were finding my situation humorous cuz i was too, so this just made me laugh harder... well i didn't get the shoe fixed, but mom suggested we move inside and fix it there..so i scooted into the mall and sat at the closest table to the door...mom threatened to sit at another table but she stuck with me! So i worked and worked and FINALLY got the plastic thingy through the lil hole..but i soon discovered i had put it on twisted..so it was REALLY uncomfortable...so needless to say we headed straight to buy a new pair of flip flops..mom bought me this really nice, comfortable pair..which now she says i broke the shoe just to get new ones..but i didn't i promise! Oh, by the way....as soon as i bought the new shoes i changed and my old shoes in the new box went into the trash can at the mall!!! ... So why do these things always happen to me, while I did find it humorous.... mom says i'm like tonya (my sis)... one time a long time ago she had just washed her hair and it was down to dry (i don't remember this btw it's just what i've been told) so, her freshly clean hair was down and she was making a cake or something in the mixer..well somehow her hair got in the mixer all mixed up with the cake mix..needless to say she wasn't happy .. but then that reminds me of a story of myself..several years ago mom told me to sweep under the bird cage with the lil handheld "Dirt Devil" so i did it kneeling on the floor sweeping, but my hair was down...the sweeper somehow found my hair and when mom came in the sweeper was up to my head, with all my hair inside...mom started dying laughing and i was NOT happy...but the problem was easily fixed i turned off the sweeper and my hair came right out...anyway i'm sure i could go on for hours with these stories, but I know you don't want to listen for hours!

Well, contrary to what it my seem, I am a patriotic person! You should see my room at home, as much patriotic stuff as I can squeeze in...well not quite, but you get my point!... anyways we didn't do much this July 4th... it was a strange July 4th actually with all the rain...the day was pretty normal actually, the only out of the ordinary thing we did was meet in town (Eastgate) at ryans for a family supper (with all 10 of us) .. then afterward we all came back to our house where we just hung out. The "guys", Dad and my brothers-in-law, Bill & Craig got on the internet on my laptop downstairs and were watching tractor/truck pulls, cars, and monster trucks on youtube.... mostly, i played with the kids...i watched, actually, sedona and cam play with my old toys upstairs, which of course they wouldn't share with their lil brother, brice... later somehow sedona got interested in what the guys were doin on my computer and then cam did too...so both of them were occupied with that...actually for a while it was just them and their "uncle craig" who both of them are "scared of" so during this time my youngest nephew, brice took advantage of their being occupied by playing with the toys all by himself! ... There was fireworks at different places around us outside, but I didn't get to see any because i was watching Brice, and the kids were scared of them...like Cam (3 yrs old) said he was "scared from the fireworks"....

Wow...this post looks so long already..lol prolly cuz the font is bold..oh well...On July 4th after we ate I rode with my sis Jess & her husband Bill and the kids back to our house...we had to run past their house first to get the kids' pjs but i thought i would tell you some cute stuff Sedona (4 yrs) was saying... she was talking about when thunder woke her up in her bed, I asked her was she scared? She says "No, God helps me!" I said "God helps you?" She says, "Yeah, God helps me. Jesus doesn't help me but God helps me!" Another thing she told me was "They made us, so they like us!" I was like "they like us, huh?" also she said, "Jesus lived here once" and "I don't know what God looks like!" My reply, "neither do I" ... her daddy says her theology needs some help...but "out of the mouth of babes".....

Well..you've already heard some about my weekend... My dad, sister, Jess, and I sang at church Sunday night..i think it went pretty well considering..... well let's just say that God helped us!! Brother Eisenhart gave a wonderful sermon on Worrying! I think God is trying to tell me something because my Oswald Chambers devotional from Friday night was on worrying! Seriously though, I do tend to be big worrier! But for the record, God has helped me SO much this summer with it....

Well...I think this post is quite long enough..below are some pics from July 4th...

The kids usually have either umbrellas or sunglasses, depending on the weather! This is Friday night, coming out of the restaurant... I think this is a cute pic of Sedona....

Cam and his "brella" you can't see him as well cuz of the green color...notice his cowboy boots! Tuesday in Walmart Sedona wanted to try shoes on so (i had Sedona and Cam by myself, mom and Jess were somewhere else with Brice) i tried cowboy boots on both of them, Cam's - brown, Sedona's -black... well... they showed them to Mama and Mommy and ended up getting them! I'll try to get better pics of them later ... Cam LOVES his boots and wears them all the time!! Even after he has his bath he puts them back on....

I sat by Brice on the way to our house!...

A lot of the time she won't pose nicely for pictures, sometimes though she is in the mood to cooperate and this was one of those times...which resulted in this adorable pic!

Cam loves cheesin for me! lol

This is a VERY rare site, the kids with Craig, and even more Cam on Craig's lap...This is them on my laptop on the internet...

Isn't he adorable???

Playing "peek a boo" with the camera!

Takin advantage of big sis & bro being gone by havin all the toys to himself!..

Well, that's all for this time! Hope you've enjoyed this post! Have a good day!

Garden Happenings!!

So, Wednesday I was informed we were putting the garden in that night, and ALL of us had to help get it done!! Now you're probably thinking, It's July?? Why are you just NOW putting a garden in? Well i have perfectly good excuses for that!! If you live anywhere around Cincinnati, you'll know it rains just about every day here....(which gets annoying after a while)...the dirt where we live isn't very good and the field, where Craig wanted to put the garden just lays in water! Since it hadn't rained for a few days and was supposed to rain again the next day, we had no choice, but to put the garden in! Just to clarify, I wanted to go to church, but according to dad, I HAD to help with the garden! *grumble*....The guy down the road plowed it for us, which a charge of course. So Craig & Tonya (my sis & her husband), started spreading, oh i forget what it's called, but that stuff that helps a garden grow better lol... and then they stringed a line thingy up, well i'm sure yaal know how to put a garden in...anyway dad started planting that tomato plants while I sat in a chair and watched...Everyone else was working so I quickly decided that I should help too, so I started helping dad by handing him the tomato plants, which I got bored about halfway down the row...Tonya & Craig worked on planting the hot peppers, green bell peppers, and okra...after we got all this done we stopped for supper! We drove down to the hot dog stand (well it's called a dairy bar i think) not too far from our house, then came back and finished up... we in other stuff such as: corn, green beans, cucumber, squash, zucchini, onions etc... at this point i just helped fill up the water can and water the new plants...another guy down the road, Jeff, who LOVES to talk came down and kept us company! lol...that's about it... i caught this cute lil baby frog....and got TONS of mosquito bites, since we were in the field till after dark!...

Tonya spreading the fertilizer (see i remembered what it's called)

Dad plantin tomatoes!

Me with a tomato plant! See, i told you i got bored!! lol

Mom carrying water to water the tomatoes...

lol..this is dad...he found a way to shield himself from the sun apparently! See it was really hot and sunny out....

Tonya & Craig plantin okra ...

So i couldn't resist havin my pic taken on this tractor...it's not actually ours it belongs to Jeff, the guy down the road, dad says he'll buy it if he gets it running, but since it's been sittin there like a year i don't think he's gonna fix it! Anyway after i got off that thing my hands were like black! and I discovered it's a Ford tractor!

This is the cute lil froggy i found...i took this pic just as he plunged off my hand to the field below...

This is just me...I was trying to get a pic of me wearin a new shirt I had bought...this actually was a diff. day than the garden happenings, but I thought I would include it, I have several more (lol), but if you wanna see them go to my facebook....

Well that's it for now, hope you have enjoyed this post, a lil more interesting than last time i think.... I hope everybody has a good 4th of July, today!

I finally got a blog!!

So i've been contemplating getting a blog for a while now...I used to have a Xanga blog way back when and it was fun, so finally i gave in and got one...it might take me a while to figure this thing out, but eventually i will!!! lol... Summer is going good, i've been relaxin, readin books, spendin lots of time with my family!! I have piano lessons with Mrs. Martha Miller, and for the piano concert thing this fall i'm playing The Chariot Race from Ben Hur and some other gospel song..lol..anyway i just started practicing the Chariot Race today and it's the Coolest song ever!!!! anyway i know this is a pathetic post but it's a start! lol...so i'll be going now..if i can figure out how to post pics i will....later...