Epic Fail

OK, maybe not EPIC. But, it was pretty big. Recently, mom bought a cooking stone at goodwill. A great find, considering it was only $10. AND, it was still in the box. Which means, we had instructions, and we now have three. Totally excited, because I love cooking with these things. Technically, this one is a pizza stone, but it can be used for all sorts of things. Pizza, bread, and cookies!! Now, every time we get a cooking stone, we have to make something greasy, so that the stone can be cured. Mom suggested bacon, but the last time we did bacon on one without sides, we had grease in the bottom of the oven. NOT GOOD!! I suggested a large cookie, you know, one of those huge circular cookies. I proceeded to make said cookie. 

Now, the only problem is that I made it as large as the pan. And said cookie decided to expand, therefore I was greeted with a burning smell. I then realized that the cookie was now in the bottom of the oven. 

I was a bit over whelmed, so I called mom in for help. She proceeded to laugh at me. I guess it is a little funny. 

Life #1

OK, so on my to do list is to wear a shirt that says life and hand out lemons. I did this on the Fourth of July. My sister and I were having a lemonade stand to raise money for National Fine Arts Festival. I will backdate a couple of posts later about fine arts. I made the t-shirts that said life and had a verse. The design was my mom's idea, but we all kind of worked together on it. I was pleased with how well the t-shirts worked out. Here is my picture proof.

Fine Arts Begins

OK, so we have been preparing for our local fine arts festival since about January. I entered nine things this year. NINE!!! That' s a lot, but considering their goal is to help teens discover,

develop, and deploy their gifts, I think that's OK. Anybody curious what I entered? Here goes...

Visual Art 3-D. 

I made the heart out of paper mache. The chain represent how we are with sin, we must be set free, and God is the only one that can do that.

Visual Art 2-D. 

Yes, the girl is actually cutting. I wanted to show that no matter how bad you are hurting, God can heal you, He can help you get through it. 

T-Shirt Design. 

I love this. I also love that I can now wear a T-shirt that I designed.

I illustrated a Children's book that my sister wrote. 

Yes, the illustrations are actually done in construction paper shapes! It was hard, but in the end I liked the end result. 

Digital Photography. 

This picture was taken after a long day of doctors appointments. Angelica had just had an echo, because we were just figuring out that something was wrong with her, and they thought it was the heart. We came home to a beautiful sunset, and I climbed the tree. We were all worshiping God, in awe of His wonder and knowing that whatever happens, God will take care of us.  

This was my short sermon. 

The theme this year was relentless.

Our troupe dance. 

We danced to "Orphan" by Rachel Scott

My solo dance. 

I danced to "Beautiful, beautiful," by Francesca Battistelli. I love the dress!

And, last but not least, my human video.

Viewer discretion is advised. Parents may want to watch this before letting their children see it. For those of you who don't know, a human video is effectively a drama to lyrics. You must mouth the majority of the words, and you can make no sound.  

So, it being after the festival, I can tell you that two of the things got to Nationals.  I will post later about what made it.  For now, you can enjoy pictures and video's of my performances. 

Hair Cut

Ok, so I wanted a new style but still long.  (ya know, since I'm trying to grow it out.)  So I came up with Bangs.  Oh yeah!  Way cool.  I think, it may be the best idea I've had yet!

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Happy Veterans Day

For Veterans Day, we made Mr. D cards and a centerpiece. It was cool. And now I want to say:

Happy Veterans Day!! Thank you to all who have served and are currently serving our country!

art, art, and more art!

Today, we went to the art museum!  It was way cool.  I remebered the camera, and took tons of pictures.  Unfortunatley, not very many of me.  This one was my favorite girl.  The picture doesn't do her justice, in the painting, she looked almost real.  Every detail is very good, right down to the hands and toes, which I may tell you are very hard to get proportioned correctly.

Here are a couple others.  Have you ever looked at a painting and just thought WOW.  thats what I did with these.  They are absolutley beautiful!  These two are about cincinnatti and the river front.
Then, there was the castle and the water around it. Absolutley gorgeous!



These were by far,  I tkink my favorite.  Abstract Art.  Totally cool!

And that concludes our tour of the museum.  Actually, there is more, but that's all I will show you.

(OK, that took a while to publish. I wasn't done, but I will enjoy having the memory. I wouldn't be able to add to it now, so we will leave it at this! 10-4-14)

Happy Halloween

Last Night we went trick or treating with Songbird and friends. It was so fun. We walked around and had a bunch of laughs together. I was a Vampiress. Loved the costume. We sprayed Black into my Hair and I made the mask. Not a very mean vampire. Hmm, I should fix that.

FigNewTon was a rock star. Lovin it!!

The eyes are the best, you know, since I helped with them. :) lol

Ok, Here is my mean Vampiress.

Here

OK , after getting three hours of sleep, saying goodbyes, and a change of planes, we have arrived at our destination. I am so not ready for this. Too late, we're here.

We are now getting settled and unpacking for a month at Mrs Autumns house.

Feeding the Ducks

We took FigNewTon to feed the ducks last Wednesday.

When we gave the ducks the bread, they all refused it.

Even the mom and her babies wouldn't take it.

I guess they were just being "ungrateful retches." :D

So... we moved on to the geese.

They were really hungry!

I think this one needs to work on his ostrich impression!

FigNewTon showed us the duck walk

that she had to do to get her mail at camp.

Then I did it, too.

We had tons of fun!

Bubble Fun

I figured out how to make "the biggest bubbles ever"

one day while doing dishes. The thing in our hands is the

top of a two liter soda bottle that we use as a funnel. We now make bubbles every time we wash it.

My bubble is bigger than FigNewTons!

At least...

... I think it is!

Happy Fourth!!!!

OK, so, as my title says, HAPPY FOURTH everybody! I could do a really boring, long, hard to understand post like my mom did on our homeschool blog or I could be short, sweet, and to the point.

hmmm...

I think I will go with the latter.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, EVERYONE!

When FigNewTon's Away...

... Mom and I will play.

We worked in the garden... ...a lot!

I played dress-up.
We found a fountain.
Went to see Mall Cop.
And fed the ducks and geese.
We went wading at the lakes with MissH.
Found a butterfly in the grill of Mr.B's jeep.
Found some really big "dandelions."
(MissH says they are thistles.)
Put together a really hard puzzle.
And mostly just enjoyed hanging out together.
Looking forward to FigNewTon coming home tomorrow (but don't tell her :D)!