Hi Everyone!

Wow, it has been quite a while since I last posted. I have a some updates for you, so keep reading on! :)

On Tuesday we had our first snow!! It was just a dusting, but it was still snow! lol :) It looked beautiful!!

Here is what our backyard looked like! :)

And here is our front yard, from my room's window view.

On Wednesday, it was my Mom's Birthday! My dad bought her a cake and for her gift we got her lots of pretty yarn, because she knits now. :) The cake was so beautiful and yummy!

It is also beginning to look a lot  like Christmas, because I have made my Christmas Cards for family and friends! I got a Christmas stamp set at a yardsale this summer for $5, and it probably was the best $5 dollars I have spent! The cards turned out great!

Here is the card's design! I think the stamp on it is so cute! After I stamped the stamp onto the paper, I used colored pencils and colored in the stamp. :) The inside of the card has a stamp also, that is Luke 2:11.:)

Here I am making cards! I always make a mess while making them. It helps me to have all my materials in front of me. lol :)

Tonight my sister and I are going Christmas shopping with my Grandma and Aunt. We are buying gifts for my parents! Hope and I have some ideas...:)

Also, do you like my new template? I needed to make it wintery. :) I have been wanting a little more room for pictures, so I stretched this template a little bit. Do you like it? :)

Have a Wonderful day, thanks for reading!

Love,

Liz

Hi Everyone!

This week is our Thanksgiving Break! We didn't get a fall break, so my mom is letting us take a week off for Thanksgiving! :)

During the break, we are painting my room! I am really excited! We painted it yesterday, and today we are touching up the paint, and putting my furniture in my room! This is the color we painted it...

The color is really pretty, I think.  I am aiming for an Old-fashion Victorian looking room. :) I will be sure to post pictures when my room is done!

Also, on Thanksgiving we are going to my Grandma's house! I can't wait to eat the yummy food! :)

What are you all doing for Thanksgiving?

Have a great day!

Love,

Liz

Hi Everyone!

A few weeks ago we went to a friend's football game, and near the football field was a park. The leaves were so beautiful there, and my dad has his camera with him! We just had to take a some pictures! :)

Here Hope and I are together. :)

Me standing by the beautiful leaves! :)

I loved the yellow leaves! God is so amazing! :)

They had a little bench, the pefect spot for photo-taking! :)

Ahhh, playing with leaves! ;)

Leaving a beautiful fall day....:)

Love,

Liz

Hi Everyone!

I am sorry it's been quite a while! I still have been looking at blogs, just not typing on my own. lol :)

A lot has been going on!  A few weeks ago for school we made our own bread for the very first time! It was so cool! We watched a video called Homestead Blessings: The Art of Bread Making by the West Family , and we just had to make our own! You can read about our bread making at our Family Blog! Here is sneak peak of our bread!

Also, I have made a new blog! Since I love to write Book Reviews for The Backyard, I created a new blog for Book Reviews. I would love it if you stopped by, You can go to it HERE.

I hope you have a great day!

Love,

Liz

Hi Everyone!

Our garden did pretty good this year! We got a bunch of Green peppers, more than we ever have gotten! We also got sweet potatoes, which were so yummy! We got a lot of veggies this year that haven't grown well in years! Especially.....Pumpkins!

We got two very nice pumpkins! They actually grew from our compost accidentally! We carve pumpkins each year, so we put the pumpkin seeds and pulp in the compost. We have always tried to grow pumpkins, but they always have gotten eaten by an animal! We picked these a few weeks ago, so nothing would get them! :)

It is really nice to get veggies even in October! My dad has built a greenhouse too, so he is planting things in there for the winter. :)

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Love,

Liz

Hi everyone!

Thank you everyone that entered my 3rd Year Blogoversary Fall Giveway! I loved hearing what your favorite books are! Now, it is time to reveal the Winner!!!

The winner is......

Bluejane!

Congratulations Bluejane on winning the Card and Bookmark! I have sent you an email already! :)

Thank you again everyone for entering! It was so much fun!

Have a Happy Fall!

Love,

Liz

Hi Everyone!

3 years ago today, I started this blog!! I can't believe it has already been 3 whole years! I first started this blog during the first week of being homeschooled, and I have loved Homeschoolblogger! It has been and still is fun writing posts and making online bloggy friends! God has blessed me with the ability to blog, and meet other homeschooled girls too! :D

So, since this is a very special day this calls for a GIVEAWAY!!

Like last year, this Giveaway is Fall/Autumn themed! I am giving away...

A Fall/Autumn Greeting Card made by me with envelope included, and a Fall Bookmark made by me!

How you can enter:

1.Get your parent's permission, you have to give me your home address if you win.

2. Leave a comment saying your name and what your favorite book(s) is/are!

During this giveaway you can also get extra entries! You can get extra entries by...

1. Announcing the Giveaway on your blog. You don't have to have a HSB blog, you can announce it on your blogspot blogs, wordpress blogs, typepad blogs,ect. If you announce it on your blog, please leave another comment with the link to your announcement.

2. Add the Giveaway button on your sidebar. If you do this, please leave another comment saying you have done so. :)

Here is the Giveaway button! (You can find the code for the button on the first comment of this post!)

This Giveaway ends October 10th, 2009 at 12:00 AM EST.

I hope you all enjoy the giveaway! Thank you all for being such great blog friends! It truely has been a blessing to have been blogging here at HSB for 3 years! I am looking forward to my 4th year blogging with you all! :)

Love,

Liz

Hi Everyone!

Fall has arrived, and it looks like Fall has come to my blog too! With the new season, I just needed a new look! I got the banner from thecutestblogontheblock.com, I LOVE that site! :D

The leaves have started to change color a little here, but everything is still green. It feels like fall today too! It has been rainy and wet. I have heard that a lot of other states have been getting rain! I like rainy days sometimes, but they just make me tired! lol A good day to curl up and read a book or...blog! :)

I have something extra special planned for Saturday, so if you are reading be sure to come here Saturday! :D

I hope you all have a great day and Happy Fall or Autumn! :D

Love,

Liz

Hi Everyone!

This past weekend we visited with my Uncle Eric, Aunt Lisa, and my 5 cousins! It was a lot of fun! I wanted to show you some of the things we did during our visit...

We talked and saw their animals, like their chickens...

We played games...

Played on their Zipline (yes a Zipline!!)...

Had a cookout, over a fire...

Played on the Trampoline, even with our 1 year old cousin Timothy...

Went in their woods and climbed some hills...

...and most of all just had FUN! :D

Thank you Uncle Eric and Family for having us, we love you! :D

Love,

Liz

Hi everyone! :)

 We heard some weird noises around 9:00 this morning and Hope and I thought it was just geese flying over. We found out later when my dad got home that it was the chickens because, when my dad checked on them as he usually does he saw that...they laid their first eggs! They laid  three little brown eggs, and they were so tiny and cute! We were really surprised, because we thought they would start laying later in September! It was a big surprise, and I am really happy! :D

Here are pictures:

The cute little eggs in the nesting box. (The bigger one is the false egg that we put in there. :)

We think just the Buff Orphingtons laid eggs, because there are 3 (we have 3 Buffs) and they all looked the same. We don't know for sure though. :) Here is Mama Lucy! lol :D

Here is another one of our chickens, Haddie. She is so pretty! :)

It is so neat how chickens lay eggs. God is amazing. :)

Here are the small yolks! :) I cannot wait until we get eggs that we can eat! :)

So, there is our surprise for the day! :D

Love,

Liz