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Wow, has it sure ever been a long time since I've posted on my blog. I hate to say it, but I don't think that there's anything interesting in my life to post about- so I just feel like I don't want to bore you all to death, when I post something totally random.

But I feel that I should post, because I don't want you all to think that I'm not around anymore, and that I don't want to blog. I really enjoy blogging, when there's something to post about.

But I hope that I'll have something to post about more often~ so it doesn't seem like I've dropped off the face of the earth.

If you have a facebook, add me as a friend, because I'm on there more than on HSB. :)

Well, at the end of last month, my family went to Williamsburg, Virginia for a long weekend. It was a lot of fun, but it did rain a little bit- but we got to do a lot of fun things, and I took lots of pictures.

Since that gives me something to post about- I'm going to post some pictures from our Williamsburg trip.

A picture of me, before we hit the road, toward VA:

Ian with my i-pod. Yeah~ he stole it from me. How rude!

When we got to Williamsburg- we went straight to the historical area. Here is a picture of a sign, welcoming Homeschoolers:

Me, waiting to go into the Historical Area;

The beloved Williamsburg sign:

Mom, Gracie and I, inside a museum:

Pretty water, at Jamestown:

Random water picture: (I LOVE random photos):

The glassblower:

A picture of Me, Gracie and Ian:

me, Gracie and Ian by Pocahontas:

Mom and Dad:

Mom and me (we look alike, I know! Don't bother telling me that!)

Ian and me, on the way home:

The day after we got home- we got a pug puppy. Here is a picture of our little pug, Sallie:


I'll post again soon!
Love,
~Ashley

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The other day, my family went to the Pennsylvania Rennasciance Faire. It was a lot of fun- and we took many pictures- I thought that I could post them- since I haven't posted in a while. But I'm doing better with posting more, aren't I? Oh....so much better! :)

Here is a picture of a barn, that you see, right when you come in:


Gracie and me, right after we got in (sorry about the copyright thing, that's my mom's blog, and I took the pictures from her):


I tried on this really cool mask, while I was there- and now I wish that I would've bought it, because it was so cool!:


Mom in a mask:


Queen Elizabeth- she was SO pretty:


During our time there- we watched the glass blowers, and they were awesome. I could've watched them make stuff the whole day!




Then, we watched one of the "Mud Pit" shows. These guys were so funny- and made us laugh so much!



Here is a guy on stilts. Check out his baby shoes:


A picture of me:


Gracie:


And this sign was on a barn on the way out:


Alright, I hope you enjoyed the pictures! Be sure to comment!

"Fare Thee Well"~
Ashley

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On Friday afternoon~ I went to  my Aunt and Uncle's house~ because we were going to NYC the next day. So anyway, I went there, and on Saturday morning~ I had to get up at 5:45 in the morning (that's a record for me), so that we could get to the bus (like a bus tour bus) by seven. Well, I was up and ready to go~ so we headed to NYC.

I had a wonderful time there, it was so much fun. I saw the Empire State Building, and I went in Macy's. That place is HUGE! I was all the way up on the ninth floor~ where all the Christmas stuff is; and even got to take a peek at Santa! LOL

Anyway...I only took one picture~ and that was of a billboard in Times Square. I just got it really quickly, so it's not great quality, but I had to take a picture of the Jonas Brothers in TIMES SQUARE! Anyways...here's the pic:

And...here's a video of Ian singing "Lovebug" by the Jonas Brothers~ and just being weird, after he sang it. Enjoy, and make sure to laugh :D

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Like I said on Friday, I went on a weekend trip, with my grandparents. I'm sorry that I didn't get a chance to write yesterday, but I was at a friends.

But anyway, here are some pictures.

This is me on the way. Can you tell that I was bored?

This is Friday. We went to Bennezette (it was really far away) to see the elk. It was really interesting... We saw quite a few.

 Here are some pictures:

Here is another male elk......notice how close it was to that car,,,,,,

Here is a picture of Gracie with a 'fake' elk, in the visitor's center:

Here is a picture of me in the visitor's center:

Here's one my my Mimi, Gracie and me:

Then on Saturday, we went to the Kinzua State Bridge. What happened with this bridge, was it was rebuilt (not well, may I add), and a tornado came through, and broke the bridge right in the middle.

Here are some pictures of it:

Here's just a picture of the bridge:

Here's a picture of the 'stuff' that collasped (or however you spell) from the bridge:

Here's a picture of all the trees that fell when the tornado went through:

Here's a picture of the bridge, through the guard rails:

Here's a picture of my grandparents, standing beside a sign that says when the bridge was built, rebuilt, and stuff like that:

Here's Gracie:

Then in the afternoon.........we went to the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. Here are some pictures from that:

Here's a picture of Gracie and me:

Then we went up this 'tower thing', and could see a great view of things...lol. When we were up there, it said that you can see for a hundred miles! It's so cool.

Here is a picture of Gracie and I at the top of the tower:

Here is a picture of my Poppy, on the ground, taken by me! You can barely even see him! LOL:

Here are just some other scenic pictures, that were taken from there:

Hope you enjoyed the pics.............

Ashley

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This afternoon, my grandparents are taking Gracie and me, on a little trip. I'm going to be gone from this afternoon, until tomorrow afternoon.

We are going to look at some historical stuff, and the pretty fall leaves,,,that we have here!

I'll be sure to take lotsa pictures, and post some on my blog, when I get home tomorrow!!!!  I think that it'll be a lot of fun, and that I'll have some good pictures to post.

Check back tomorrow evening, and I'll probably have them up!!!!

~~~~Ashley~~~~

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Hello~ it has been a long time since I got a chance to come on to my blog. We were away all weekend.

Thursday morning we left to head to Ohio to meet some friends. We stayed with them overnight~ and had a really good time~ here are a few pictures that we got there:
This one is of me, holding there youngest~ he will be one in the middle of November:

Here is one of me reading stories to their oldest daughter and son:

Here is one of the whole gang of us kids~ 9 of us! Boy was that hard to get a good picture~ they just kept taking until they got a good one!

We had a really good time at our friends house, but we had to leave the next morning~ so we could head to Kentucky~ to meet some more friends~ we were all going to meet up there, and go to the Creation Museum together the next day. There was a whole gang of us~ twenty six I think. My penpal was one of those, and I was so excited to meet her. We had a wonderful time together~ Here are some pictures!

Here is a picture of the whole gang of kids: I am in the back~ in the purple shirt.

Here are a few of me and my penpal Taylor: I didn't like this one too much, because I had " horns", so I got mom to take another one.

Here is me and Taylor ( notice that I don't have horns)

Here is one of our family outside of the Creation Museum:

Here is one of the whole group~ all twenty six of us:

We stayed at a hotel with an indoor pool~ so we got to swim~ We had cannonball contests ( I am not very good, LOL), and just had fun splashing each other.

My family had already met some of the people that came along, and I had some pictures of them on my blog before, so if they look familier~ that is why! But most of them we hadn't met before.

Well~ that is all that I really have to say, today, was just another school day~ it was kind of hard to get back into it, since I had been gone for a few days!

God Bless,
Ashley

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Hey~ I thought that since it was Sunday, i should probably show you the pictures we took on Wednesday!
Here is a picture of Jessie ( Crystal's daughter) and Gracie:

Here is one of the four girls~ From left to right is~ me, Ansley, Megan and Elle:

Here is one of all of us kids~ In the back is:
Phoenix, Elle, Alex holding Avarie, Sawyer and Isaiah
Megan in the middle
In the front
Ansley, me holding Ian, Jessie, Madi, and Gracie in the way front

Here is one of Dad and Gracie:

Here is one of Gracie, Ian and me~ in front of the Liberty Bell: