My summer

Okay, this is going to be the first of many ( and closer between) posts!

I know lately they have been few and far between, but that is hopefully going to stop. 

Now, for the post.

Do any of you enjoy spring and summer as much as I do? Probably not!( Though I would have loved if this summer had more warm days!) Well, this spring I planted flower bulbs, and this flower just below is a gladiola. ( From the bulbs.)There were some purple ones too, but I kinda didn't get around to take a picture of it before it died. But the rest are just ones that I thought were pretty, except the blue one. It's called a hydrangea. I think those are just gorgeous! Well, I do hope to have a more interesting post coming soon.:) Maybe sometime next week!

( Sorry the yellow one is little fuzzy!)

Anyway, enjoy the pictures and tell me what you thought!

" I am the vine, you are the branches;he who abides in Me

and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing."

John 15:5

Mary

Book Review :Audrey(Cow), by: Dan Bar-El

This book was very cute, ( which is saying a lot because I usually don't like books about animals.) and I thought I might just tell you, so that if your brain is fried, you can just pick this book up and read! Its super easy to follow, but I still liked it.:) This cow, Audrey, ( I happen to love that name, after I read the book!) is destined to the meat section of the grocery store, (as her mother was, only her mother didn't escape) but that is not okay with her. So, with the help of a best-friend-from-birth kind of friend,Eddie the dog, and the grumpy pig, Buster, whose brain can hardly fit his head, she develops a plan to escape. When a purposely planted flat tire halts the truck that's taking her to 'Abbots War', as the animals call the slaughter house, Audrey slip's out the back of the truck, using a unlock-the-door-latch trick that Buster the pig taught her, and with the help of two crows escapes to the forest. In the forest she finds many different kinds of animals, some she wants to meet and others, well, you wouldn't want her to meet them...ever. You'll have to read the book to find out the ending. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
What books have you been reading lately? I'd love to hear about them!

Mary

Here we go again!!!

Hello there!

I really am going to start doing more posts, but I need some suggestions.( Meaning I need someone to comment and tell me some ideas;) This post really has no original plan, so I'm going to call it my catch up post, that will mark the beginning of more 'about one thing' posts. But I will do a little paragraph of each picture so that we are not reading a jumbled mess about a ton of stuff!

Lydia was so tired, she forgot to cry to be put in bed. 

Or else she was to cozy to leave. 

Cute, huh?

We have a silly bush in our yard that blooms in Dec., Jan., and Feb.

It was blooming when we had our only snowfall that was more than 1/2 in.

I like how its focusing clearly on the flower, but you can still see 

that the white stuff in the background is snow.

This child won't stop growing even though we have told her to. 

She say's 'bop' as she bops the balloon with her head. She loves it!

She also loves jewelry, that's why you see that necklace around her neck.

She loves attention too.:) Of course!!

She will dance, as in stomping her feet, and twirl if you will just look at her.

 She has a temper, and if you don't get her what she wants, she will stomp her feet and yell.

Quite a lady!!

It finally cleared up enough now that you can go outside without being drenched.

It has also cleared up enough that you can take pictures of the sunsets!

I think that the winter down pours are finally over, but here come the spring showers!

I went on a bike ride with one of my brothers, to a lake about 3/4 miles from our house, and I lugged the camera along.There were ducks and this heron at this lake. There were about 10 ducks swimming, and all this lazy heron was doing was sitting there!! Naughty little thing!:)

Well, I think that's about it, but I will post again soon. 

It won't be another 2 months!

Mary

Thanksgiving pies;)

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Or rather happy 'late' thanksgiving! I meant to post these thanksgiving day, but our schedule has been pretty crazy. So this are the pies we made. but these are about a quarter of the pies a family we know made. 24 pies!!!!!! And last thanksgiving they made 32!!! They were eating pies for the next few months! We went and visited them right after thanksgiving, and guess what? We ate pies!!:) 

So, why am I writing this post? Wait, I think... I remember! We're we talking about Thanksgiving? I can't remember!!!! 

So again, Happy Thanksgiving!;)

Hey, just for laughs, tell me how many and what kinds of pies you made!

Mary

Baby sisters: Awesome posts!

I would have given you some of her really baby pics., but they weren't taken on my camera, so its hard to download them! Okay, but seriously, isn't she the cutest thing you ever saw? And its just gets worse! She just keeps getting cuter, which means she is getting older! AAAARRRGGG!!!!! ( Hehe!)

Can you believe it, she is almost walking!!! Well... Almost. She is walking along the couch. She is one!!! So old, so big...*sniff*. I took all but the last pic. my brother caught her standing without holding on. ( Of course she was leaning in the basket, but we'll just leave that part out.) Now this is a problem, she loves the stairs. BIG PROBLEM. Though she is pretty steady, She has only fallen once, and she caught herself and waited until someone saved her. Enjoy these, I'll take more someday. 

Hmm, should I trust her?

 I'll trust her. Hugs anyone?

 There she is again! You came back for more hugs?

Really?( Sarcastically.)

Adorable smiles? Sure!

Please tell me what you thought about them!

Mary

Peace

Hey guys! Does anyone have any post ideas?:(

Come on, spill the beans, I need some help here! 

Try this! I close my eyes and the wind blows my hair! Talk about awesome! It's like I can feel God speaking to me, and saying,( when I had had a hard few moments,) " Peace, be still." Then I feel like all of the raging storms that had threatened to burst me, just disappeared! All my jumbled thoughts fall in to place and I can open my eyes and see that I have nothing that is not to hard for God to take care of. As I think about these things, I can literally feel like when I open my eyes, I can face life again. I hope you take this seriously and try it. Next time you have a fight with a sibling and feeling like ' There is no way I'm going back there ever,' try this. Its the perfect recipe!

Mary

THE SKY'S ON FIRE!!!

I have been totally obsessed with the sunset. :) These are the different stages of our sunsets here in 

WA. By the way, these were taken with the 'super vivid' color setting, they were not exactly as bright.

                                                                     So, take a look.

This one looks like the sky is on fire!

It gets dark at about 7:00 now so we get to enjoy the pretty sunsets. I know this is a short post but really all I wanted to say was enjoy the sunsets! They don't last forever. 

Tell me what you think!

*<3 Mary <3*