Christmas Lights

Well, we finally got our christmas lights up and working! We got these really cute ones to put up in the back, and I thought they would make a good picture. It would have worked better if it was a tad lighter outside, but hey. It still turned out pretty good. I love all of the colors! My camera seemed to focus best on the orange bulbs, which I thought was a little odd. I'm not gonna complain, though. I love orange! Anyway, just thought I'd share. Enjoy :)

Jane

Jane is usually the snake I talk about the least, so I thought I'd post a little update. I felt like getting all the snakes out today, and usually I don't take her out. You see, she used to be a biter and a pooper when you would take her out because she wasn't handled very often when we bought her. She doesn't do that anymore, but she still gets nervous, and her parts will pop out still. It's kinda of gross, which is why I don't like holding her. But I decided to just tough it out today, and to my surprise, she did really good! She kept trying to get out of my hands and back into her tank, but once I got out of the room and out of view of her tank, she just sat there and chilled in my hands. I got to hold her for about 10 or 15 minutes, so I was pretty excited. As long as I get her out more often and get her used to being handled, then hopefully we won't have to sell her. I was planning on taking all the snakes out and getting new pictures of them soon, so I'll try to do that this weekend, and I'll post them when I get them done.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The weather has been absolutely beautiful today. It was cloudy for most of the day, which gave me a good chance to take some pictures. I got some really cute ones of Kolsen and Lexi that are up on my photo blog, for anyone who wants to look. I had a really fun time with my family today, andI'm so thankful for them and all that they do for me. :)

Thanksgiving

Rainy Day

There was a little puddle left on our fire pit from the rain today. The reflection in it looked cool, so I took a quick picture of it. Enjoy :)

Lexi

It was really cloudy out today. The lighting outside was perfect for taking pictures, so I snapped a couple of Lexi while she was playing outside. There aren't very many, but they're cute. Check out my photo blog to see the rest.

New Pictures of Lexi

Twilight Trailer Spoof

Kim sent this to me on Facebook. I just about died when I saw it. I was cracking up so hard! Enjoy :)

I'm Esme

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You are thoughtful and care very deeply for your family. A loving home is of great
importance to you and you always try to make people feel welcome. Although you have a great capacity to love, you also have a great capacity to hurt, so at times you can be
sensitive. You're firm when you need to be, but people trust your judgment and
appreciate the kind way you always handle things.

Kolsen & Lexi

Kolsen & Lexi

We went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house after Jessica's homecoming talk. I got a couple of cute pictures of Kolsen and Lexi while we were there. The rest are up on my photo blog. Enjoy :D

It's finished!

I finally finished putting my book together tonight. I'm going to be using it in my lesson tomorrow, so I kinda had to get it all done today. I know - I'm not supposed to procrastinate. But I didn't even know I was doing the lesson this week until like the middle of last week. I'm glad it's finally done though. :)

Kolsen

So I know I've been lazy with my posting lately. But Kolsen was over today, and I got some cute pictures of him. The rest are on my photo blog. What a cute little boy! Enjoy (:

I finally have a name.. and pictures!

So here are the pictures of what Dewey and LaFern are going to look like. And as for the name, it's sorta cheesy, but I guess it works. It will be called, "The Plant and his Aunt". Haha.

Kolsen

Kids Book

Okay, so I've been writing a kids book for my FTA class and for my Young Women in Excellence project, and I finally got it done tonight. I'm so excited! It turned out WAY cuter than I would have hoped. I still have to put it into an actual book, but that should be easy now that I've got the story down. Anyway, there may be a few corrections that I'll make here and there, but this is it, for the most part. I hope you enjoy it! Oh, and if anyone has a good idea for a title, please share. I'm a little stuck on that little part.

Dewey is a short, silly plant
Who lives next door to his aunt
Her name is LaFern
And she tends to be stern
He wants to ignore her, but can’t

For their roots are twisted, you see
Reaching deep beneath a big tree
LaFern is too grumpy
Because she’s so stumpy
Dewey wishes that he could just flee

Since his roots grow so deep in the ground
He is almost entirely bound
But he won’t cease to try
‘Till he says his goodbyes
Oh, what a fantastic sound!

One day, while twisting and turning
Dewey felt all his roots a-moving
He pulled himself free
And crawled toward the tree
Then started a new beginning

He walked for hours and hours
Passing many types of flowers
He got very thirsty
And also real dirty
So he wished for an April shower

Dewey put his roots back into the soot
‘Till he could feel the water on his foot
He found it was rocky
And made him feel stocky
So his good mood just went “ka-put”

He sat in dry ground for a while
But could not even force out a smile
He missed his stern aunt
And realized he can’t
Leave her all alone in exile

Dewey made his way back over yonder
While trying real hard not to wander
He arrived there at last
And made it there fast
Then he instantly felt much better.

LaFern and Dewey rejoiced
They were glad that he’d made a good choice
Together again
Family to the end
They cheered with a jubilant voice

Photoshop

Wow. I think I may have found my favorite thing to do to with pictures. I got really bored today, so I decided to try out some new eye colors and edit up some pictures of me and stuff. I just took these pictures on Friday before my school's Incoming game, so I figured I'd use these. It is way more fun than you'd expect! I even had my eyes red at one point. Doing all this has made me want to get colored contatcs too! Anyway, I just thought I'd share these pictures. (: Enjoy!

Cool Dude!

Lexi loves putting these sunglasses on. They're way too big for her, too, so it makes it even cuter! She always says some funny things when she's wearing them. "Cool dude!" has got to be my favorite, though. It's hilarious. Anyway, just thought I'd share this picture with her sunglasses on.