Gingerbread House

A couple weeks ago my family and I bought a kit...

A kit to make a gingerbread house AND train. 

Of course, Nate was pretty thrilled with the train idea. 

(Or was it the candy? Hmm...)

Even though the instrustions seemed like they came from Ikea...

and it never got to that "just like the picture on the box" level...

it was still pretty fun to make with mom and Nate.

After we were done decorating...

 

Nate was being a perfect little angle next to the house when...

 

Nom!

 

He kept acting like he was going to take a big bite out of  both the house and the train. 

 

  

And even though there was no hole in the side of the house...

notice the missing candies on the roof?

Hmm... suspicious.

Kiko

This is Kiko, the new baby giraffe at the Greenville zoo.

He's about 7 feet tall...

And looks just like his dad, Walter..

And his mom, Autumn

Walter and Autumn seem to really enjoy Kiko. 

 

And Walter and Autumn seem to like each other too. 

Seems like a sweet little family...

Congrats to Autumn, Walter and the Greenville Zoo.

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If you want to see more of Kiko and his family you can visit the Giraffe Cam.

Happy Halloween!

Wow, it has already been about a month since I last posted. 

Time seems to really fly. 

Just thought I would stop by and say "Happy Halloween!"

Unfortunatly, there are no costume pictures this year...

there seems to be a cold going around.

Here's some jack-o-lanterns though!

The kitty is mine and the "creepy face" is Nate's.

(Of course, Nate only did the design, not the cutting!) 

Hope everyone has had a fun night!

Apples

It's already starting to feel like fall...

and when I think of fall I also think of apples. 

A couple Saturdays ago (I meant to update then) my family and I went Apple picking.

The following are some pictures from the little trip. 

My two little brothers. haha

Nate wanted to try to pull me in the wagon. It didn't work out so well.

Nate sees and sits on a pumpkin.

Nate explains why he wants the "pumpkin pumpkin."

Nate riding with him new pumpkin friend in the wagon. haha

Apples.

Superhero Birthday Party

 Last Saturday was Nate's 3rd birthday!

 

It was full of balloons, cake and superheros!  

We had Captain America shield cupcakes (they were actually pretty good!)...

And even Captain America himself!

 It ended up being a pretty fun party. 

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Also....

I tried out for the Youth Symphony Orchestra last week and got in!

I will be starting practice this Monday.

I'm pretty excited about that. 

Hope everyone is having a nice day!

Mindy Smith

Well, unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from strings camp...

Although I will say that it was a blast!

At the end of the week, mom and I went to a Mindy Smith concert. 

I have been listened to her since I was little and it was really fun to finally get to see her perform live. 

She not only has a great voice but also acts normal on-stage.  

(By normal, I mean she didn't act like she was better than anyone else.)

She joked around about how she really doesn't like crickets in her house, how she bought a box at the Goodwill because she thought it might have some great treasure in it, and how she had a hole in her stocking that was bothering her. 

In all, she seemed like a really nice person. 

Here's one of her songs, if you have never heard of her. 

Strings Camp

First day of strings camp and so far... it's a blast. 

I may or may not be able to post pictures later. 

When the week ends, I'll say if I will be able to or not...

and maybe when I do that I will go ahead and post more pictures of the trip out West. 

Sorry for the lack of post... I'm trying to get back into a routine with this blogging.

Yellowstone

Ok, I have decided to split up the trip pictures because there are a lot..

Too many to put onto one post.

Today I will post a few pictures from Yellowstone National Park. 

Mom and I in front of the Yellowstone sign. 

 Liberty Cap

Mammoth Springs 

Isaac in front of Old Faithful. 

Another view of Yellowstone. 

It's a very pretty and cool place and I would definitely suggest going there at least once.

Back from the trip out West... finally. 

I will be posting photos later but there are so many of them that it will have to wait...

I have to sort through them first. haha

I mainly wanted to say that I will be posting again.

Hopefully I will have some pictures up by next week!

Posts

I just wanted to say that I probably won't be posting for a while.

It could be another week... could be 4 weeks. 

However long it is... I'll be back at some point. =]

Bye for now!

Junior Marshals

I know I haven't posted in about two weeks...

I've been busy with junior marshal/ graduation stuff.

Now it is summer though! Yay!

Anyways, time for some updates. 

I had a blast at graduation...

and I feel a little bit more prepared for next year. 

This was the uniform (plus white shoes).

Here come the graduates.

At the beginning of graduation.

Me waiting to tell my four person row they can go.

Even though I was trying to avoid the camera... I still think this is a pretty good picture.

The lovely orchestra seniors (going to miss them) and my teacher.

The mess that junior marshals had to clean up. haha

 In all, I had a pretty good day...

I'm glad it is summer though. 

Moons and Floating

Junior Marshals (includes me) got to help with the Senior Picnic...

then we all got to sign yearbooks yesterday. 

That was pretty fun. 

Other than that, not much has happened. 

Today, I was experimenting with a few things (as in photos).

The first is "Levitation Photos." 

This is the tutorial for it...

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/levitation-photos

and this is my version.

I think I might try that one again to make it better...  haha

Also, I tried taking some pictures of the moon.

This one turned out the best.

Anyways, have a nice weekend. 

Only two more weeks of school for me!

Birthday!

Today was my birthday... =] 

First mom, Nate and I ate at the Flat Rock Bakery for breakfast.

Then we headed up to Asheville downtown and went to some of my favorite stores.

It's got pretty windy at times.

We also tried Zoës Kitchen for lunch...

 

 thought it was very light and nice food. =]

Then I came home to presents and some muffins that Isaac made. 

In all, it was a very nice birthday!

Mothers Day

I just wanted to say...

Happy Mothers Day! 

I hope everyone has had a nice day. =]

SAT

 Today I took the SAT for the first time! 

It actually was not as bad as I thought it would be... =]

Afterwards, for a treat, I got some sushi and a caramel apple from Kilwin's.

In all, not a bad day...

not bad at all. 

 This would be Kilwin's.