Almost 2012

So weird!  Just like 3 1/2 hours left of 2011! 

Jessa

OK, so we went skiing with some friends on Thursday and Jessa fell and broke her leg. :(  It really stinks because she really can't walk at all so my Mom like has to carry her everywhere, plus she has to lay in bed because it hurts so much.  It so totally STINKS!!!

Lucy

Washington

I'm in Washington right now visiting grandparents.  I can't wait to go to the cabin...

Christmas

Merry Christmas!  Love you all!  And i love my new bath robe !  :)

Christmas

Christmas is in like 3 days!!!  Can't wait!

Merry (almost) Christmas!

Winter Break

Yea!  Winter Break has officially started now!  Two weeks without school!!!

Gingerbread houses

My Grandma just sent me this picture of making gingerbread houses in our house in Buffalo NY (in 2004)!

Clockwise Ian, Lucy, and Jessa.

Happy Holidays!

Christmas tree

We went and got our Christmas tree today!  We went to a tree farm that's like 2 minutes away and cut down our own Christmas tree!

Christmas tree helicopter

So there is a Christmas tree farm (well lots of them) like really close to our house and you can see the helicopters come and pick up the trees and move them to the trucks.  It's really cool!

Pics

Hey! So I know I like haven't posted any pics of our house (and we've lived here for like 2 years) so I finally went out and took some today. Here they are.

Front of the house

Back of the house

The hot tub

My room (I share it with Jessa and Abby)

The wall above my bed covered in posters and candy wrapers (don't ask me about them)

Well I'll post some more later!

Carter

Ian got a pet bearded dragon a while ago and here are some pics.

Tooth

Ugh I have a really loose tooth and I can almost turn it like sideways but I can't pull it out because it's stuck to my gum.  Arrr it's driving me crazy!!!  It hurts too. 

Lucy

Seattle

We just got back from Seattle.  We left yesterday morning and we went and saw Great-grandma Blanche, then we went to Bommy and Poppy's (Grandma and Grandpa).  We usually wouldn't drive 8 hours for a 2 day trip but our aunt uncle and cousin were up there (they live in Utah) and we don't see them very often, so we made the trip and got home alive.  Well i should go eeat dinner now but talk to ya later!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!  I'm thankful for all of you! 
Love ya!

Lucy

Jessa

Jessa is having some friends over then they are going to a play then one of them is spending the night here.  No fair, I can't go.

Activity Days

For activity days yesterday we had the Sister Missionaries com and talk to us about missionary work.  It was pretty fun!
L

Random

Oh great!  It's 9:31 I should go to bed.  Never mind I'm awake!

Hot Cocoa and Wreaths

I went to a friend's and spent the night there and in the morning we went to Pringle Elememtry School and stood in the cold and sold hot cocoa and wreaths!  We sold 2 wreaths and a couple of cups of hot cocoa.  Jessa (and her friend) was at the same thing but she was selling pendents and cards (that they made) for Abiqua School's  (that's where they go) trip tp Canada (no fair!).  After we cleaned up our booth Preslee and I went home ate lunch and watched a movie.  After that we went to the school and helped Jessa raise some more money.  They made $16 selling pendents and cards and we sold little Abiqua Cards ( they give dicounts on different places and raise money for the school) and we made $11 for them.  We almost made as much as the did (we missed it by $5)!  We sold 11 (well 10 but one lady gave us a dollar anyway), so $1 per card.  It was fun and cold!

LuLu

Anyone had...

Anyone had Jolly Rancher awesome twosome chews?  They are OK.  I can't decide if I like Watermelon Greenapple OR Cherry Orange.  I love colors!!

L

Sun River

We 're going to Sun River later today!  We are going to spend the weekend there.  We are looking for fun places for a family reunion, so we are going to check this place out.

L

Twin Block

I got a twin block on Wednesday.  It's like a retainer but it has blocks in it to make me bite in the right spot.  It hurts.

Lucy

Wow

I went to bed at like 10:30pm last night and I got up at like 2:30 because I had to help Jessa with homework.  so I go like 4 hours of sleep.  I'm TIRED!!!

Lucy

Braces

I'm getting my braces off tomorrow (Monday)!  Then on Wednesday I get a new thing that will move my jaw.  Ouch!  But hey, I get my braces off for a while!

Primary Program

We have our Primary Program today.  Yikes!  I barely know my part.  i can't even find it so I can memorize it.  I don't even know the songs that well.

L

Feathers

Jessa and I just went and got feathers!  I got hot pink and black stripes on one and the other one is just kinda brown stripes.  Jessa got like a pinkish red and black stripe one and a brown and cream colored one.  They are so cute.

Lucy

Trunk - Or - Treat

Our ward Trunk-or-Treat is on Saturday!  I can;t wait!
Lucy

Halloween

I can't believe Halloween is in like a week!  I'm gonna be a microwave, Ian wants to be an oven, Abby wants to be an angle (she's got the perfect hair :) ), Cooper's gonna be a little monkey, Ammon wants to be a cow (don't know where he got the idea), and Jessa is (most likely) gonna be Sadie Kane from Kane Chronicles (by Rick Riordan).

Lucy

Cells

I saw some of Ian's cells today.  Eww.  It's fine looking at onion cells but Ian's... that's just a bit weird. 

Lucy

Halloween

I can't wait 4 Halloween!  It's in 20 days!

Molly

I'm Skyping Molly now!  She's off at collage.  I miss her so much. 

Peaches

My Mom and I canned and pealed 24qts. of peaches in like 3 hours!  Fastest canning ever!

Peaches

We get to can peaches today!  We just finished school so we can start now.  I love canning (usually)!

Lucy

Jessa

Jessa is going rafting today for school!  No fair.  :(

Punkin Patch

I'm going to a punkin patch today!

Molly

My neighbor Molly (she used to babysit for us) left for collage a few weeks ago! :(  Happy and sad.  She is going to OSU (Oregon State University).  Luckily she is coming home for the day on Friday!  I miss her lots.

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General Conference

I can't wait 4 General Conference to start!!!   I love General Conference so much cuz we sit and eat candy and watch it!!!  It starts in like 45min. but I still can't wait!!!  TTYL!

Lu

I can't believe...

I can't believe it's fall now!  It feels like fall, it but still it's crazy!  I miss summer.  TTYL!  =D


Lucy

Violin

I started violin lessons today!  I like my teacher a lot,  she's really nice.  Well I've got to go finish up school now.  I'm almost done!  TTFN!

Lucy

guess what!

Guess what!  I just met Brother Rane from our stake (church) and found out that he painted the pictures in the American Girl books of Kit!  That is so cool!
Lucy

Daddy Daughter Campout

I just got back from the Daddy Daughter Campout!  It was so much fun!  It was really cold but it was still fun!  My friends Heather and Ellie slept in a tent with me. 

Lucy

Daddy Daughter Campout

It's the Daddy Daughter Campout tonight!  Every year our stake does a daddy daughter campout and this year's is tonight!

Lucy

Canning Applesause

We
 get
 to
 go
 to
 a
 friend's
 house
 today
 and
 can
 applesause
 all
 day!

Lucy

Canning Pears

We have been canning pears all day.  Luckily we don't have to do school to day if we help can pears.  I can't wait to get done with them, we are almost done.  Well I have to go make some more syrup for the pears!!!  I'll post more later!!

Lucy

Glasses

Here is a pic of me with my glasses I got on Monday!

It's kinda fuzzy but they are bright blue with a wavy navy blue line through the sides.   :)

Lu

Skype

I'm Skyping my Grandparents now!  They are in Guatemala right now doing dentist work.  I miss them so much!!! 

Lu

Wahoo

I'm havin a sleepover tonight!  i can't wait.  She's comin @ 7pm and it's now 6:23pm.  I'm extremly bored.  I still can't wait!! I'll post more l8er!!!

Lulu

Stake Conferance

We had Stake Conference today!  We got a new Stake President.

Grandparents' Day

Happy Grandparents' Day to all the amazing Grandparents!

Campout

We went to our friend's the Stuarts last night and had a campout in their fields.  They have 5 kids Kate, Ellie, Lydia, Sam, and Danny.  Jessa, Kate, Ellie, and I slept in a tent together.  Oops that may have been a mistake we stayed up till a little past midnight.  Oh well it was all fun!  We had like 30 glow sticks so I made a belt out of 4 glow sticks and Kate and I connected some to our shoes!  I also used my belt as a glowing stick I could wave around.  Kate and I did the Can-Can and it looked so cool in the dark with glow sticks on our shoes!  Next summer us girls want to do a 2 night campout in their yard, and like bring out a cooler with food and water in it and try to stay outside all day!  Now that would be awesome!

The Lost Hero

I'm reading The Lost Hero right now and it is amazing!  I love it so far and I'm not even half-way done!

Campout

We went to our friend's the Stuarts last night and had a campout in their fields.  They have 5 kids Kate, Ellie, Lydia, Sam, and Danny.  Jessa, Kate, Ellie, and I slept in a tent together.  Oops that may have been a mistake we stayed up till a little past midnight.  Oh well it was all fun!  We had like 30 glow sticks so I made a belt out of 4 glow sticks and Kate and I connected some to our shoes!  I also used my belt as a glowing stick I could wave around.  Kate and I did the Can-Can and it looked so cool in the dark with glow sticks on our shoes!  Next summer us girls want to do a 2 night campout in their yard, and like bring out a cooler with food and water in it and try to stay outside all day!  Now that would be awesome!

Oaks Park

We went to Oaks Amusement Park yesterday!  It was so much fun!  Ian and I went on the Eruption where you stand on a platform and it spins you really fast, then tilts over to it's side so it's almost compltely on it's side and you're spinning really fast still.  TTYL!
Lucy

The Oregon State Fair...

is this week!  Jessa is doing a booth at it with her friened Emily tomorrow (Tuesday).  They're doing a booth about bees.  I think we're gonna go tomorrow.  TTYL!

Luc

Braces

I was gonna get my braces off today but I have a big gap between my teeth so I might get them off in like 2 weeks if the gap is closed otherwise I'll get them off in like 6-8 weeks. :(  I can't wait to get them off.  They don't bug me too much but it'll be nice to have them off.

Luc

Tooth

I lost a tooth last night!  There was one tooth that was hurting me for like 6 months.  It was hardly loose last time I checked, but last night I pushed on it with my toungh and it just kinda poped out.  I haven't lost a tooth in over a year.  Odd.  I'm ten and I've only lost like 11 teeeth.  Odd again!  Talk to ya l8er!

Lucy

A.K.A. the tooth looser.

Another Birthday?!?!

Our cousin Annabelle is turning 5 tomorrow!  She's a year younger than Abby so they play well together well, but she lives in Colorado. : (
TTYL

Yay Cooper

Happy Birthday Cooper!  It's Cooper's first birthday today!  He turned 1 at 5:36pm.  We had a chocolate cake and he loved it!  Bommy came down from WA and is taking the girls up to her house then the Cabin this week!  I'll try an dpost some pics of him eating cake later! 
Lu

Picture

here is a pic of Ammon as a baby!

Catsitting

Jessa and I are watching some cats for some friends off ours!  There are three cats Bucky, Lilly, and my favorite Ricky Bobby.  Jessa has to do the litter box.  I only have to feed, water, brush Lilly and play with them.  Then again Jessa can play with them and brush Lilly as well!  Bucky and Lilly keep hissing at me so Ricky Bobby is really my favorite.  They are all cute but Ricky is the cutest!

Lucy

Wow

Cooper is gonna be one on Sunday!  Wow!  It's crazy how fast he is growing up (ok you know what I mean).  I'll post more later!

Lucy

Glasses

I'm getting glasses.  Luckily I only have to were them when I read or watch a movie.  I guess that pretty much sums that up to all the time, but I probably won't wear them all the time.  Excited Not Excited Excited Not Excited Excited Not Excited Excited Not Excited...
Lucy

Birthday Party

I went to a sleepover birthday party on Friday and we went to Detroit Lake.  Then on Saturday we went to a Wildlife Safari.  It was way cool!

TTYL

L

Cooper

Cooper started taking steps this week!  He took 4 steps on I think Thursday.  TTYL

L

NoOoOoOoOoOo

No we have to leave the cabin tomorrow morning.  But I think we're going to the American Girl store that just opened in WA.  Well the girls will and the boys would go to the LEGO store (of course). 

Lu

Isaac

My cousin Isaac is awesome!  He lives in Calfornia.  He has a dog named Sophie.  I know it's a lame post but I had nothing else to post about!  TTYL


Lucy

Cabin

We're at our Grandparent's cabin right now!  Our cousins Grant and Isaac (they have a sis named Kaylee who isn't here) and of course our Grandparents.  The cabin is in WA on lake Wenatchee.  We have to leave on Sunday I think and drive home.  Last night Jessa and I gave Grant and Isaac foot, neck and back massages!  I know it sound funny but it's all fun.  Afterwords they gave us foot, neck, and back massages.  Well TTYL!

L

Sleepover

I'm having a sleepover with my friend Marcella tonight!  TTYL!

L

Canoeing Pics

Here are some more pics from the Family Reunion!

                                                                   Pretty sunset!

                                                                    Jessa and I.

                                                              The moon.

Canoeing Pics

So at the Family Reunion we went canoeing and here are some pics my Mom's cousin took when we were canoeing!

It was so pretty!

The Red Pyramid

I'm reading The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan right now!  I loved the Percy Jackson series by him so, I hope The Red Pyramid is good to!

Lu

Sleepover

I'm going to my friend Faith's house to sleepover tonight!  We're watching Despicable Me!  Ian is sleeping over too with his friend (Faith's little bro).  I'll post l8er!  CYA!

Lu

Family Reunion

Yesterday we got back from a Family Reunion!  We had so much fun.  We went canoeing, went on a like 2 hour horseback ride, and got bitten by lots and lots of mosquitoes.  Other than the mosquitoes, we had fun!  For the 4th of July (we drove home on the 4th) (at home) we set of fireworks and watched fireworks from the driveway and the roof. 

Lucy

4th of July

It's the th of July!

Swim meet

We had our swim teem meet today!  I was in a relay but we had no one to race against so, we kind of did win!  It was so much fun.  Go Turner Tiger Sharks!

L

A picture I have on the computer.



L

Bearded Dragon

Ian is getting a bearded dragon today for free!  The Reptle Man (not the one in WA!) had it and said Ian could have it.  He is way excited about it!  He wants to name him Carter.  it'll be interesting to see what he's like.  I'll see if I can post some pictures of him later!

L8TER

L

SWIM TEAM MEET

WE  HAVE OUR FIRST MEET FOR SWIM TEEM ON WEDNESDAY!  I'M SWIMMING 25 METERS DOING FREE-STYLE.  IAN IS SWIMMING 25 METERS TOO, BUT DOING BACKSTROKE.

L

Swim team

We started swim team yesterday at TST (Turner Swim Team)!  And when I say 'we' I mean Jessa, Ian, and I.  It's fun being in the pool every morning and evening they work you really hard!  It's fun and all but it's tiring.  
I'll post how it goes tomorrow! 
L

Summer

It's the first day of summer!  I wish I could be done with my school work by now but really I think it's gonna take me 'till July or later to finish my math, other than that I'm done with school and am so ready for SUMMER!

CYA
L

Girls Camp

Girls Camp is this week!  Lucky Jessa she's up at Girls Camp, while I don't have all that much to do but jobs and enjoying the nice weather. 

L

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all you wonderful dads out there!

Luc

family campout

We had a family campout last night in our backyard!!!  I woke up at like 3:30am freezing cold and finally fell back asleep.  Jessa, Abby, and Ian all slept on air mattrasses and me, Mom, Cooper, and Ammon slept on the grass ( Dad slept inside!)!  :)  It was cold but really fun!

Luc

Family Reunoin

We have a Call (my Mom's side of the family) family reunion in like 3 weeks!  It's in Idaho and we have to drive there... but we'll have fun other than that! 

Mom's birthday

 My Mom's birthday is in like 5 days!  Hmmm what should I give her?  Any ideas?  My Grandma's birthday present to her was a day off so she came down from WA to watch us while my Mom took the day off.  Early present but oh well.

I'll post some more later! 
TTFN
lucy

Molly

My across the street neighbor Molly is awesome!  She and I walk her dog and hang out all the time!

Don't ask me why I'm posting this but she (Molly) wanted me to and was sort of pestering me about it so... here we are doing it. 

Summer

I can't wait for summer!
 5 things I like about summer:

• No school
• Warm weather  ( sometimes)
• Sleeping in
• Being outside                    and
• Sleeping in the fort on the playset or just sleeping outside  ( I know it sounds crazy but it's awesome!)

Just a few more weeks of school left!  Yahoo!
Summer!   
Summer!   
Summer!   
Summer!   
Summer!   


TTFN

Lucy  

Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day!  Sorry I'm kinda late.  On Monday we got together with some friends and a BBQ lunch.  We had a lot of fun!  Later we got together with some more friends and had BBQ for dinner.  We had a lot of BBQ, but we had a fun day haning out with friends!

Dad

My Dad had a stroke on Thursday.  He was driving home from work and he called my Mom and told her he was hearing weird things and he was like losing feeling in his hand.  So she came and picked him up and drove him to the hospital they did a test there and then took him to the Portland hospital (OHSU I think) and did some tests there.  He got home yesterday afternoon doing OK.  I think he's doing fine now but we're counting our blessings right now.  I'll post some more later!

Lucy

Sorry I haven't posted in a while it's been a busy week.  Any ways Jessa's birthday party is today she invited some girls from school and church and they're gonna have a BBQ.  Who knows if she'll let me do stuff with them, but I will get to have dinner and dessert with them.  At least I'm pretty sure I will get to do something with them...  Well I'l post some more later! TTYL

Lucy

Pancake Rocks

One of Jessa's friends Jaren from school went to New Zeland and got a picture of Pancake Rocks, it really looks like pancakes.

Cool huh?

13

Jessa turned 13 yesterday!  So many fun things when u turn 13 like Facebook and makeup, lucky her.
Lulu

Random

I like green*

Ian

Ian likes green and LEGOs.

Animals

I love animals!!!!

I'm bored.

Abby

Abby likes pink

Shopping

I love going shopping!  As my blog backround kinda shows!

Lucy

Random

I like jelly beans!

Guys and Dolls Jr.

Jessa is in drama this year at school.  She is doing the musical Guys And Dolls Jr.  She is having a good time.  It is a really fun play about gamblers in New York City set in the 1940's.  Don't worry its not just about gambling, there is a lot of love interest in it too.

Lucy

Easter

Happy Easter!  We did our Easter egg hunt today!  Cooper at 8 months got a hold of 2 peeps and ate them!  It was so funny I've never seen him so happy!  I'll try and post some pics. of Easter later!

Lucy

Easter

I can't belive Easter is in a week!  I love Easter.  Can't wait!

Cousins

My cousins Aaron, Lauren, Andrew and Ellie are here!  And Aunt Brittany and Uncle Ryan.  They are from Colorado.

Pics.

Here is a picture!  I made it on a program called like Paint.  Love ya!

Bye!

Sorry

Sorry! I know i haven't posted in like 4ever.  It's been crazy busy and everything going on.  I know some of you have been asking me to post some pics.  I promise I will soon.  Love Ya!

Lucy

Birthday

my birthday is in a month from 2day!  10 10 10

snow

It's off and on snowing today!

Cooper

Cooper sat up with my mom's help for the first time!  She lifted him up off his back and he was balancing by himself!  I'll post some pics and maybe a video I took of him sitting up later!

Lulu

An Ode to the English Plural

Here is a poem my mom got as an e-mail!

 

 

 

 

An Ode to the English Plural

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You  may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and there would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

 

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.  There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.  English muffins weren't invented in England.  We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? 
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship...
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
in which your house can burn up as it burns down,
in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and
in which an alarm goes off by going on.

And in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop? 

colors

                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                             

I Like Colors!

February

It's February!It's groundhog"s Day 2day!  12 days 'till Valentines Day!  12 days 'till Ian's birthday!

Braces

I just got home from getting braces!!! I got yellow and green bands.

bye!

lucy

hair

My mom jusy cut my hair!!! It was like 7 inches long (from my chin) now it's right below my chin. I love it! I'll try and post some before and after pictures a little later!
Well got to go!

Love,
Lucy

Braces

I'm getting braces for like 6-9 months then i need a retainer then i need more braces.

snow

It snowed here today!

Braces

I'm getting braces on January 20. I can't wait, but I don't really want to get braces.

Comment

I like it when you comment. :)

Any one played...

Anyone played Flapdoodle? it's so fun!

Lucy

School

I'm done with school for the day. I fineshed school a while ago. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Sorry, I'm a little bored.

Picture

Here is a cute pic!

I like cats!

Pictures

Here is a cute picture!

School

I just started school today. I'm not that excited about it.

I just Wached...

I just wached How To Train Your Dragon! Any of you seen it?

First Day of the Year!

It's January first! The first day of the year!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

It's 2011! I'm so excited!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! yEAH!!!
2011! 2011! 2011! 2011! 2011! 2011! 2011! 2011! 2011! 2011!