RECENTLYHi Everyone!
I saw a Christmas tag on my friend Laney's blog, and it looked really fun!! So, I am going to try it! :)
1. Do you believe Jesus is the reason for the season? Yes!! Jesus is the REAL reason for the season! :)
2. Have you ever been in a Christmas Play? I was in a few when I was little! We found the tapes of some of the plays, and...I don't think I was that good. lol
3.What is your favorite thing you get in your stocking? Hmm...I don't think I have a favorite thing! There is always surprise gifts in them...so I love the surprises! :)
4. What is your best Christmas memory? Probably when I was 9 and got my first American Girl Doll! I also remember every year when I was little visiting with my Great-Grandparents on Christmas day and then eating a Christmas Dinner that night with them and most of my dad's side of the family. :)
5. What is your favorite Christmas beverage? I just discovered a new Chrismas drink I LOVE, my mom found it at Kroger, and it is Vanilla White Hot Cocoa. It is SO good. :D
6. What do you put on your tree top? A really beautiful Angel.
7. Where do you get your tree? We don't have a real tree, but we get our tree out of our attic. lol :)
8. Do you go somewhere for Christmas or do you host? On Christmas day we stay home :)
9. Do you have any traditions? We put up a Christmas tree, We have two advent calendars that we put up and do every year during December, we make cookies every year and sometimes try new recipes, we paint little ceremic houses for our Chrismas village, we put together a Gingerbread house, and my dad videotapes us on Christmas day and doing some of these traditions too. :)
10. How much do you like Christmas? I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!! :)
11. What do you do on Christmas Eve? We used to have all of my mom's side of the family over at our house, but this year we are going over to my Grandma's house!! We will open presents together and eat yummy food!! :D
12. What do you do on Christmas Day? We get up in the morning and open presents together as a family! I always love for my parent's to open their gifts from Hope and I first, then Hope and I open presents we got for each other, and then Hope and I open gifts from my parents. lol Then my mom makes Breakfast for us and we play with the things we got. :)
13. What is your favorite Christmas song? That is a hard question! I really like Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and Let it Snow.
14. What do you really want for a gift this year? A New Camera! I want the Canon SXTi. lol :)
16. Do you usually have a white Christmas? Not usually, but we might have one this year! :)
17. How long did you believe in Santa Claus? Until I was about 8 or 9.
18. Who's your favorite reindeer? I think I like Rudolph the best, lol, I don't know much about the others.
19. The Christmas present you always wanted but never got? Probably a Horse. :)
20. Last one. What is the best thing about Christmas to you? Being with all of my family, and celebrating Jesus' Birth!! :D
I tag...anyone that has read all of this! lol :)
Today we are going to my Grandma C's and Grandpa T's house to celebrate Christmas with them! Uncle Eric, Aunt Lisa and my cousins Erica, Matthew, Christina, Simon, and Timothy will be there too! I am really excited! :D
Have a great day, and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas! :)
Love,
Liz
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! I decided to do this tag from penguinlover!
1.have you ever had chicken pox? Yes, when I was really little, I had one on the tip of my nose! LOL
2. What is your favorite color? Pink, lime green, oarnge, purple..bright, lol
3.Do You drink coffee? No
4.Do you read the Bible every day? Yes!
5. Whats the last thing you said? "Hello"? I don't know! lol
6.What is your favorite food? Chinese/oriental!!!
7.Does it snow where you live? YES! I live in Minnesnowta! LOL
8. Are you a tomboy? Mmm, kinda, lol
9. How many siblings do you have? 1
10. Is Jesus your Savior? YES!!!!!
Well, better go, I will tag whoever wants to do it!!
~Anna~
APPY THANKGIVING!!!
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!
Only 5 more days to Thanksgiving!
What will you all be doing? Well, our Grandma is coming here, and then we will take her with to our other grandparnts house, were we will meet my Aunt, Uncle, 4 yr. cousin and other uncle, at thier house.
And we will bring along Elsa too (our puppy)!! lol
What is you taditions? We usually watch the parads on TV but else we just meet at someones house, and eat turkey, ham and pumkin pie!! Nummy! lol
Better go,
Blessings,
Anna
p.s This is what I would be like - LOL!! I love all animals :) 
Hi everyone!
I am SOOOOOO sorry I haven't been posting! I couldn't log in! But now it is all fixed!
Updates:
We were on vacation, VERY FUN!
and our beloved boston terrier, Peanut passed away on August 25th 2009
Happy news, We got a puppy! (on November 13th 2009) The breed is called a Leonberger (click here to learn about the breed!) She is 7 weeks old. Her name is Elsa.
Here is a picture of me holding her!
A video!
She LOVES the outdoors!! lol
Okay, well, I will maybe post tomorrow or, soon!
Thank you all for still visiting and commentin!
God Bless,
Anna
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