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Re-Done by ME! But the origional base is Erin's.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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Yay! I got my template finished! One thing I like about it is that I can post my pictures bigger than before. I might change a few things someday but for now it's good enough. :-) This is the first template I've ever had that I used an image map for the header. It was lots of fun!
Later today we're going to the park with a friend. We'll bring our tennis rackets and balls. We're hoping that the firefighters aren't playing though, because I don't think I've ever gone to this park and they haven't shown up... And then after that, we are going to the library.
And lastly, here is a random photo that I took a few months ago at a park in CA. There was a whole family of ducks swimming around in the pond. The ducklings were sooooooo cute and fluffly that I wanted to pick them up and cuddle them, but of course that isn't allowed. :-) The mother duck probably wouldn't have been too happy with me...
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November 11, 2009
Wordless Wednesday: I Got You Baby!
He leaves me wordless! So precious!
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November 8, 2009
Happy Happy Joy Joy, Here's The Boy!
Samuel and Me
Isn't he just so handsome?! I'm taken yet again! :) He is so very precious and I am just so happy to have another baby brother to love and hold! :D I know that picture isn't enough, so here is more:
I'm In Love
Little Samuel
Isn't he the CUTEST?!
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Nov. 7, 2009
I've Moved!
Hello, friends. I'm not dead, can you believe it?! There's entirely too much to explain at the present time, but I have just today started a new blog. You can read about why I haven't posted since November and why I'm moving by hopping over to http://drgnfly1010.wordpress.com.
Thank you so much for reading my blog and keeping up with me and commenting.. I know I've been off-kilter not only since August, but even before that, but I'm hoping that that's all going to change now ;). So please check out my new blog and follow it! I'm still in the process of catching up on all of your blogs, as well, but I don't think I'm going to be able to catch everything, so if there's something particularly exciting or life-changing, let me know!
Goodbye for now,
~Bethany
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November 7, 2009
Tickled Blue!
I am so excited and very proud to say I am now officially the oldest of 9 children! :) Samuel Ira was born today! We are 20 years and 12 days apart. He is just precious and sweet! A true gift from God! I'm tickled there is another newborn in the house! :D Altho... there are so many people to share him with. LOL! Trying to snatch him anytime I can! ;) Will get some more up about him and pictures soon! :D I am just soo happy he's here!
I am so blessed by God to have another sibling to love, to watch grow up and to TRY to be an example of how to live as our Messiah did!
Thank you God for the blessing of this precious babe! Such an awesome Shabbat this has been!
©AmandaDixon2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
"Please Mom?"
That is what mom hears when I find another free download of a photoshop program.  So far, I have Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 (yes, it is really old...) and Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 (another older version), Adobe's Artweaver, and now Picasa. The other day I found out what neat things Google's Picasa can do. So I downloaded it. (if you do download it, be warned that it can be a headache and you might end up reinstalling it because you did it all wrong...) Probably my favorite feature is the handy "collage" button. You select the photos, and in one click you have a collage. It takes a few more clicks to get the settings right though. This collage was mady with 250 photos, or something close... The only problem is that with so many photos it makes them really really tiny! Well, they aren't tiny until you resize it... But there was no way I was putting a picture that was abut 5000 pixels wide on my blog! 
Here is another one I made with only pictures of Elisabeth's face.
Speaking of faces, Picasa has the neatest feature where it can sort faces! Its really hard to explain, so if you'd like to read about it, go here: http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=93773 Its really good at it too! Only once did it think that Alison was me. :-) Even the computer thinks we're twins! LOL!
This last one is just a few random pictures that I've taken that I really like. I'll probably make quite a few more collages with my pictures! It's really fun!
I've learned a few things about Picasa the hard way, but now that have figured a few things out not to do, I'll never never NEVER do them again! LOL!
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
It's Been Awhile!
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
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tennis Practice
The crowds cheered wildly as I sentt the ball flying back across the net to my dad. Wait--the "crowds" were the high school kids playing soccer, and they weren't cheering for me--they were cheering for their friends. Oh well.  The other day a friend of ours let us have his tennis equipment for a while. Today, after an exciting visit to the high school, (read Alison's post about this) we finally got the key but at the time, people were using the courts. So this afternoon we got Dad to take us to play. Well, you can't really call it playing. We had never played before. So dad taught us how. We still aren't very good but it was lots of fun! I can't wait till we get to go again! Sorry there aren't any pictures. Our mom didn't come along with the camera and I was either chasing balls, or hittng them.
I might not change my template soon after all. I think I'll make the header over again. So, keep checking back!
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November 3, 2009
Wordless Wednesday: Two Decades
Monday, November 2, 2009
Announcement
My blog might look crazy for a few days... I'm going to attempt a new template that has an image map in it--something I've never really tried before. So if it looks like a disaster, ignore it. I might start blogging soon, and I don't really like the template I have...
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