The Big Storm

At least at our house we have been getting a lot of rain, especially in the evenings.(that's Velvet's tail in the first picture)

 I know this is kind of disgusting but... I admit, sometimes it's fun to get muddy!

P.S. It gets better, I promise:)

And then get a shower!(right away)

Beautiful FLOWERS around our house WET FROM THE RAIN

 Irises

Pansy

The back of a rose

Bleeding hearts

Something Star-like?

Our cousins were over this weekend and we had a campfire Sunday night. A funny thing that happened: My cousin Annika(6) sat on a cooked marshmellow that was on a napkin ready to be eaten, and got it stuck to her pants! My mom stuck a plastic bag over it so it wouldn't get on anything else, but it was really funny! And of course there is always someone who is leaning back in their chair to far and  tips over backwards!....

Dance

My dance recital was Wednesday the 23rd. All the dancers got a rose, and here is mine:)

So beautiful!

Mini Lights pictures

WILL BE COMING!!!

My family

Sorry, i almost forgot my hamster Popcorn!

For those of you who don't know my family:

                                                           Our cat Velvet

My brother Seth (9)

                                                               My parents

My sister Erika (7)

Serious Paper Airplanes!

serious paper airplanes me and seth(my brother) made from a old book(my dad's when he was little):

                                                        

Made of a straw

Most complicated

                                            Birds-eye view of all that we made

tonight we went strawberry picking! for the first time we went in the evening and Dad came with us. It was really nice weather! not to hot not to cold!

I think dad will open the pool soon! Seth and I made some paper airplanes but they are certanly more than your average paper airplane! hopefully i'll stick those pictures on tomorrow!

Longwood Gardens!

A red flower among blue flowers!

Ever seen the green wall at longwood?

It is a wall covered with green plants!

A flower in the children's garden

Spores on the back of leaves in the children's garden

Oriental lily

My cousin Kyra who came with us and our fieldtrip group

So cute!

                                       Grape thingy-mabobs that where pretty!

Pretty design above my head!

Sorry these pictures are so late! I was at a picnic and square dance with my co-op on Friday night and shopping Saturday morning and at my cousins go-karting Saturday afternoon and then church this morning!

Basically finished with my portfolio!...Hard work:(
Evaluation tomorrow morning!=Hard work finished:):):)
Scrapbooking with 4H tonight. Pictures of that later!;]
And I'm going to Longwood Gardens on Friday! Lots of pictures then hopefully!;]

We went hiking at Middlecreek yesterday afternoon!

A petal contrasting with the dirt

                 We crossed over the creek on a log and I found a fish skeleton!

This alligator is about to take a bite!

Hiking beside a creek adds to the beauty!

These are dead shriveled leaves:

I took this picture with flash and I thought it looked better because normally the background is green and doesn't stand apart.

Look what God did here! can you believe this is natural?!

It looks like the flower petals are stitched to the center

When we got home I found that our tree

  beside the driveway started blooming!  

Last night at the campfire Dad was trying to throw a marshmellow into Seth's mouth from ten feet away! and over a campfire! After like fifty throws he got it but Seth spit it out because it had fallen on the ground a lot.

This morning we visited a different house church and I held a week-old baby! and she was slightly smaller than normal even! really small!

Sorry I don't have pics yet, I have to get in the habit of carrying my camera along!