Okay, so, Nana and I are in Scotland! Yay!

So far we have enjoyed London, Oxford, Stratford and Warwick before hopping on a train to Glasgow to meet our tour. The next day, we saw a Stirling Castle, a bunch of Lochs, the Trussocks and a lot more! Today we moved from our hotel on Loch Lomond to our hotel in Inverness. We saw the Loch Ness monster! Yay! Well, okay, she was in a swimming pool.....okay! She was a statue! But that counts doesn't it?

Tomorrow, Nana and I will explore Inverness, I am really excited!

Will write later,

Onedaymore

post scriptum,

Thank you Luke, for being loyal enough to comment. No one else did, grrr.

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Hi, everybody! Well, my flight to the UK boards in an hour or so from now. Nana and I are *so* excited! I cannot wait to post pictures! Hope you all have a good week! Onedaymore

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Here are the photos I mentioned in my last post!

This is the dog I found while running. Sorry that the shot is blurry, but she (and Caleb) would not hold still.

This is Atticus (RIP)

this was his favorite spot to sit on (my shoulder)

And this is one of the photos I took at H and M's wedding! They were being pelted by H's brothers armed with bird seed.

onedaymore

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So, Where to start!

I rescued a baby Mockingbird. Who died. I cried.
I'll post photos later. He (Atticus was his name) loved to sit on my shoulder and be hand fed, squawking all the while. I miss him...*sigh*.

The dog that I caught and tried to find a home for, got to live with a good family! She was living under her owner's trailer with a collar too small for her neck. I think she must have jumped the fence, or something (I would!) because I found her in the road while I was running. Anyway, she went to stay with a Pastor and his family for a while, until the owner came to take the dog back. Long story short, the owner couldn't keep the dog and gave her to the loving family! That news made my day!

I did a wedding video for some friends of ours. I'm still working on it, though!

I am leaving for the UK on the 22nd. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Scary, but fun! I am *so* very excited!

Father's Day is this weekend, but everybody knows that....


Hope you all have a good week!

onedaymore

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Today is my Parent's Anniversary! Woot! Woot!

They have been married for...wait a second...ah, 18 years! Whoo-Hoo!

We love them so much! We recorded a song for them too. Those are the basic lyrics on the title of this post...

Yay!


We love you Mom and Papa!

onedaymore

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You know, I really wish I could get these Shabbat Meal photos up sooner...

This past week, we had Miner's Camp Pie, It may sound really strange, but let me tell you, *the picky boys loved it*! Which was great for me, the cook:) No one likes noses turning heavenwards or snarls...

Ah, asper-a-gus!

...onion...mmmm!

Mister Onion, meet Mister Asparagus and Miss Olive Oil.

Mom's famous bread:)

This is what the table looked like when everything was all ready to eat!

Hope you all have a good week!

onedaymore

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This is a pretty pathetic post, but I thought I should write up something new...

I think I shall ask a very interesting and ground-breaking question to anyone who drops by!

Q: What is your favorite Poem/Limerick or Nursery Rhyme?

I like East is East and West is West by Rudyard Kipling myself. And if you are in the mood for something goofy and whimsical, look up The Jabberwocky  by Lewis Carrol.

I can't wait to hear what you have to say!


onedaymore

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Thank you for all the comments in the last post! I love reading and returning comments, so thanks for dropping by!

As I mentioned in my last post, we have been up to visit the Historic Triangle: Williamsburg, Yorktown and Jamestowne. And anyone who knows me knows that a camera had to be involved during this daring set of expeditions. I'll only post a few, since I took about 300 total(heh).

this was a very passive ox that we visited in the Farmer's area of Colonial Williamsburg.

The gate to the British representative's Mansion.

Ever heard of a Jack-In-The-Box? I made a Josh-In-The-Stocks!

Yes, yes, those are real tears....

This is Red Pawed Jill. She is our, uh, roaming kangaroo...This year she is going to be visiting the UK.

All of us at the Carpenter's Workshop.

Then there was this guy plucking a pigeon....

I found the costumes fascinating, everything was so neat!

Well, That was a lot of pictures, but they were the highlights of Williamsburg I guess.

Have a good rest of the week!

onedaymore

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Sorry for the delay, we were touring The Historic Triange of VA this past week. Fun times:)

Here are some New York City photos!:

check out those blue skies, eh wot?

the parents in Time Square

Times Square! Ode-Lally!

Hey, Katy, look at the Twizzler sign! I thought of you when I saw it.

and of course....Lady Liberty....

That was fun:)
Now I have to post all my Williamsburg, Jamestowne and Yorktowne photos...always behind.

onedaymore

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Sorry it has taken me so long,
And Sorry that I am only posting one photo in the entry....

I am busy:)


more later:)

onedaymore

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After days of driving, being stuck in a car for hours and hours on end, we made it to Arkansas!

It wasn't that bad really, we had plenty of entertainment (ie. Adventures in Odyssey, The Last Chance Detectives, tobymac, dctalk, Nickel Creek, even our own singing at one point:)

Yesterday was my Papa's 40th birthday! Yaay! He says he is getting old, but tell him that, like wine and cheese, he gets better and better with age:)

It was loads of fun to see some of our old friends, I got to see inkblotter and her family for the first time in about 4 years. And my good friends the Twins, Sara and Emily and I whooped it up together watching comedies and finding stashes of chocolate at 2 in the morning:)

But back to being in Arkansas,

Yesterday, we were sitting at a Ckick-fil-a, when Nathan started screaming. When Nathan screams, he is *really* hurt. So, I run back to the playground area, and there he was, blood coming out of his eye. It ended up that he had split his eye lid right along the edge of his lashes (go figure) on the bench just outside the slide. He's fine now, after being babied by us and the Chick-fil-a employees.

I'll post pictures later:)

Hope you all have a good week!

onedaymore

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Sorry for the lack of updates recently, our beloved mac crashed a couple weeks ago, and I have been traveling so....you get the picture.

Our vacation has officially started. First, we were off to VA o visit my UFO and AW, then good old New York (not an ideal place to relax, but was really cool none the less). Then, back to UFO's and AW's house, and then to close friend's house (Uncle Peter and Aunt Barb).
Tommorrow, we leave for Atlanta, GA(yay). And from there to Arkansas!

Will post pictures, later:)

HAPPY EASTER!

Hope you all had a good weekend

onedaymore

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Okay peeps, you all need to comment!

anyhoo, I've been waiting to post these pictures ever since I took them, so, here they are.

This is Hercule, my trusty artist's assistance. He even has his own little props when he is modeling for me (no clothes yet, but a mustache is in the near future:)

this is my new lap desk (isn't it cute!) the front is brown (it is what Hercule is standing on above)

And now, a preview of some of my Macbeth work.

this the...ah, cover, I guess for my Macbeth Comic/Graphic Novel.

this is what a semi-finished page looks like (in this particular scene, the witches are preparing their icky brew and awaiting the hapless Macbeth)

this is what a practice sheet looks like. I lay out what I want the scenes to look like(sloppily, obviously) and then I redo the entire thing on a new piece of paper. (this is the scene where Macduff finds Macbeth and they begin to fight)

this is Macduff (I forgot to draw on his jerkin over his chain mail *oops*, not to mention his sword is missing...)

those are the 3 apparitions that the witches reveal to Macbeth. The Talking Head, The Bloody Child and the Crowned Child with a tree. They each have a secret meaning(mwahahahaha!) that lead to Macbeth's undoing....

these are the Three Witches (shocker). They are really odd people, really. That head up in the right hand corner is just a doodle, so ignore that:)

Well, that was a long post! Hope it attracts enough comments!

Have a good remainder of the week!

onedaymore

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Okay so maybe it was just a *staged* food fight, but hey, it was fun anyway:)

from left to right: Caleb, Aubry and Sara

Cedrych giving Nathan a knuckle sandwich....

Of course Josh, Mom and Caleb had to Duke it up as well...

Great fun, eh?

Hope you all have a good weekend!

onedaymore

Post Scriptum,

As most of you must know, the actress Natasha Richardson died this past week of a skiing accident. Even though we don't know these people, I believe that we should keep them in our prayers all the more, and that during this sad time, that her family and friends would seek comfort in Christ.

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So sorry everybody, for not posting in such a long time. It has been busy and we have been having computer troubles:(

I have an update about our friend Maria. She does indeed have cancer and will have to undergo radiation in the next few weeks. Maria and her family would greatly appreciate your prayers.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

onedaymore

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Oh, don't worry! My mom didn't have a two week pregnancy, nor did we get any puppies or kittens. We (mom and I) got iPhones.

 They are white, mom has a pink case and I have a green case (shocker!)

We are really enjoying them:)

Will post pictures soon.

On a slightly less happy note, a good friend of ours, we'll call her Maria, has recently had brain surgery to remove a tumor from her brain. We are still unaware of what has caused this growth, but what we *do* know is that the surgery went well and everybody has been very sweet and helpful to them. We would really appreciate you guys' prayers, as she is still in pain and in the dark about the cause of the tumor. Thank you:)

Hope you all have a great week/end:)

onedaymore

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So, I am officially back in the old U.S. of A. Needless to say, I miss Israel. We are going to start growing our own vegitables, since it is almost $2 for a single bell pepper (lah!).

anyhoo, here is my tag:)

1:what time did you get up this morning?: 5:30, one of my later mornings with jet lag

2:Diamonds or Pearls?: diamonds, you'd have a hard time getting me to wear them, though:)

3:What was the last film you saw in cenima: ah, the Dark Knight, I think.

4:what is your favorite tv show: I like the most eXtreme on animal planet, Father Knows Best, Andy Grifith and the Dick Van Dyke show:)

5: what do you usually have for breakfast?: recently, it has been KASHI's heart to heart cereal (yurm)

6: what is your middle name?: Grace

7:what food do you dislike: most American food (ie. hamburgers, hot dogs, sloppy joes, french fries....ugh, just gives me the creeps)

8:what is your favorite cd at the moment?: probably Starkindler by Michael Card

9:what kind of car do you drive?: an imagionary one:)

10:favorite sandwitch: not sure, I don't usually eat sandwitches...

11:what charicteristic do you despise?: probably saying things before you think about what you are saying, or thinking they are better than everybody else.

12: favorite item of clothing?: my keen shoes!

13:if you could go anywhere in the world for a vacation, where would it be?: gee, England, I guess..

14: favorite brand of clothing?: Old Navy!

15: where will ou retire to?: I don't know...

16: what is your most recent memorable birthday: my last one in Israel, when I urned 16, we had a Christmas Pageant:)

17:favorite sport to watch: football (what you all call soccer:) and American Football and free running and martial arts!

18: furthest place you are sending this?: sending? huh?

19:skip it...

20: when is your birthday?: Dec. 16th

21:are you a morning person or a night person: Night Owl all the way!

22: what is your shoe size?: depends on the shoe, anywhere from 71/2 to 9!

23:pets?: one dog and one cat

24:any exciting news you'd like to share with us?: I'm in America! woot woot!

25:what did you want to be when you were little: a director, and  hey, I still want to be now!

26: how are you today?: sinus infection...yeah...

27: what is your favorite candy: don't have one

28: what is your favorite flower: tulip!

29: what is a day on your calender that you are looking forward to?: friday, goung to town!

30:what is our full name?: ---- Grace ---- (mwahahaha)

31:what are you listening to right now?: my cat meow

32: what is the last thing you ate?: cucumber, I think...

33: do you wish on stars?; no...

34:if you were a crayon, what color would you be?: probably black, the most wanted one:)

35:how is the weather right now?: cold

36: first person you spoke on the phone oday?: no one, its pretty early in the morning...

37: favorite soft drink?: don't have one really..

38:favorite restarant?: Peking Gourmet:)

39: real hair color?: chocolate brown

40:what was your favorite toy as a child?: my stuffed cat, Tacey

41: summer or winter: both, I guess.

42: hugs or kisses: hugs

43:chocolate or vanilla: right now, neither...

44:coffee or tea: both!

45: skip...

46:when was the last time you cried?: I just got teary when we left the house in Israel...but I haven't really cried yet.

47: what is under your bed?: nothing

48:what did you do last night?: toss and turn:)

49: what are you afraid of?: The jonas brothers! nah, just kidding (sortof) I am scared for my siblings when they wander off!

50:salt or sweet?: ugh...

51: how many keys are on your key ring?: none, I don't have a key ring:)

52:favorite sound: baby laughter:)

53: your hero?: Well, Jesus, of course, Paul and my parents, and all sorts of people!

54:how many owns have you lived in?: ah, 11, I think...

55:do you make friends easily?: I'm not sure...

56: how many people will you send this to?: whoever wants it!

57:how many will respond?: I don't know:)

*****

well, that was fun! thank you LiveForEternity!

onedaymore

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

ahem.

This might be the last blog post I write in Israel! *tear* I will miss this place. I've done a lot of growing here, and it will always be significant to me.

I can't post any photos right now, because the internet is sloooowwww...but I will post an icon (does that pacify you all:) And it must be something Katy will like, haha.

haha, gotta love the piffy quotes

so true

(Shakespeare joke)

Thanks to whoever made these!

sorry for such a loopy post, but it is 8:14 pm:)

onedaymore

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The movers came yesterday to pack up our house! My room is so bare now, just a bed, an empty dresser and an empty side-table. Nanny Jo's old room (The Chamber of Secrets) is where the boys sleep, and all the suitcases reside. That room is a huge mess!
We will look like a traveling circus with about 17 suitcases, 7 back-packs, 2 pet carriers and a pram!
Oh me.

During the move, we all have school, of course. Right now, I am reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I just finished Macbeth, but I am still working on one of the sessions. I have to do a Macbeth comic book, of either one scene or the whole play. Right now, I just have to figure out what Duncan should look like....he is supposed to be a bit of a dotty old fellow, not too hard huh? ug.

Anyhoo, I will post pictures of our house (and Macbeth:). Hope you all have a good week/weekend:)

onedaymore

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I am so happy! I got to pick the location and set the whole thing up! Yay!

original...

...the Black and White...

There were all these terrific dunes all about...

...we kids just had to sit on one....

...and a more muted tint...

I love taking photos in this country!

onedaymore

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