Beautiful Girlhood

Nov. 26, 2009 - Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday, Audrey!

Audrey is my sweet little sister who is now 4 years old. My, time flies.

I have four brothers but she is my only sister.

I you Audrey!!

Have a great Thanksgiving!

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Nov. 24, 2009 - My Birthday!!

My birthday is today!! I am now 12 years old.

This is me when I was a baby.

Serenity

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Jun. 15, 2009 - Sorry

Sorry, it's been a while. Tonight company is coming over. They are staying for five days and the fourth day that they are here we are having something at our house. It's a craft day for a homeschooling event.

I just wanted to tell you, "I'm still here". I won't be able to post this week.

Pioneergirl

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Nov. 15, 2008 - A Little Pie

My grandparents bought my brother some cherry pies, they were tiny. I used the little tin one of them was in and made a small pie myself. I used some extra pizza dough my mom had from that night. It was my own made-up version of a pomagranate pie. :) I love pomegranates. It was really cute. You wanna see a picture? If you do or not, here is a few............................................My sisterBefore it's cooked After it's cooked

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Aug. 19, 2008 - ST. Lucia Buns From: Kirsten's Cookbook

INGREDIENTS

1/3 cup milk

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup lukewarm water

2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast

1/4 cup suger

1 egg

1/2 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoons saffron (I did not use it)

2 3/4 cups flour

1 tablespoon cooking oil (you can use PAM)

1 egg

1 tablespoon water

24 raisins

DERECTIONS

1. Warm the milk in a small saucepan ocer low heat. Cut the butter into small pieces. Add the butter pieces to the warm milk and stir. Then turn off the heat.

2. Measure the lukewarm water into large mixing bowl. Sprinkle the yeast over the water. Stir Well. Set the bowl aside for 5 minuets.

3. Add the warm milk and melted butter to the yeast. Stir in the sugar, egg, salt, and saffron. Then add 1 1/2 cups flour and stir until smooth.

4. Add enough of the remaining flour so that you can shape the dough into a ball. Save some of the remaining flour for kneading the dough.

5. Put the dough on the floured cutting board. Dust your hands with flour and knead the dough. Add flour when dough gets sticky.

How to knead

1. Push the heels of your hands down

into the dough and away from you.

2. Fold the dough in half.

3. Turn the dough.

4. Push the dough again. Repeat these steps.

They will soon become simple,

and your kneading will have a rhythm.

6. After 5 to 10 minuets of kneading, you will have a smooth ball of dough. It should spring back when you poke it with your finger. Cover the dough with the towel and let it rest while you wash and dry the mixing bowl.

7. Spread cooking oil in the large bowl (you can spray it with PAM). Roll the dough in the oil until coated. Cover the bowl with the towl and set it in a warm place to rise. After 45 minuets, the dough should be twice as large. If not, check it again in 15 minuets.

8. Punch down the dough. Then devide it into 6 sections. Take 1 section and dicinde it in half. Roll ech half into an 8 - inch rope. Cross the 2 ropes in the middle .

Here it is finished,

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Aug. 18, 2008 - Wesley's Birthday!

Wesley's Birthday was yesterday. He will be 13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right now he is playing Risk (a game ) with Seth, Zachary, Anthony, and Andrew.

P.S. Zoe my cousin wrote this post. :)

Wes

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Aug. 18, 2008 - Seth's Graduation

Four days ago, we had a graduation for my BIG brother Seth here at our house. It was a lot of fun. He was graduating from high school. First we ate, then we had dessert, followed by some speeches. My dad sang a song (Maker of The Home), and we also had a slide show.

My cousins are here from PA and my other cousins are from Tucson. We had a bunch of other people come too. Today my cousins from Tucson left and my grandparent from Nevada. Tomorrow my other cousins are leaving (flying) to PA. :(

That is what is going on right now! :)

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Jul. 26, 2008 - 2 Tarantulas! WOW!

Do all of you know what a TARANTULA is? It is a huge hairy spider. Well the other day my dad found one in our grass. I have not seen one of those in a long time. We put it into our aquarium and fed it a grasshopper. Here are some pictures of it.

This is the first one we found. We named it Salsa!

Just yesterday my brother was walking and found another tarantula. We put it into the aquarium with the other one. We named him Sammy.

Here it is.

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Jul. 24, 2008 - Our Garden

We planted a garden this year; it is doing very well! Here are some pictures of us working in it.

OKAY WHO IS HOLDING ON TO THE OTHER END (A WORM).

We sure did pick a lot of weeds!

Me and my sister

There is my tiny cabbage

Yea!

We can eat it now!

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Jul. 23, 2008 - The Big Cookie

My mom sure does like cookies, And expecally BIG ONES so I made her a big cookie

Here it is.

My mom with her huge cookie

It even was not doughy! :()

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Jun. 8, 2008 - Some More Company

Some company came Friday night around 11:30. I went to bed but my brothers stayed up and played Wallyball (we have our own Racquetball and Wallyball court.) In the morning we went to a birthday party for one of my friends from our church. It was a lot of fun!!! We went to the park. We played games, played on the playground, ate cake and opened presents.

Sunday after church we had some African people from our church come over. She made the meal. The company just left a little while ago.

So talk to you later; post lots of comments! :)

Serenity

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May. 27, 2008 - Just Another Normal Day

Sunday night my grandparents came over. We talked a long time and then we watched a video called Amazing Grace (it just came out a little while ago.) While we were watching it we ate popcorn and ice cream. (We have our own popcorn machine.)

Monday we went to our music lessons. I play the piano and one of my brothers plays the cello. It went pretty well. After we ate and came home. When we got home I played racquetball (we built one at our house) with one of my brothers. I am not good at it but am trying to learn. I am not a very good learner.

Okay, I guess that is all,

Serenity H.

P.S. Leave lots of comments!!!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

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May. 2, 2008 - Yet Another Birthday

♥♥♥♥April 30 was my brother Justus's birthday; he turned 5. His presents were a slip-n-slide, flarp, candy and some laser guns. He is having a lot of fun with his laser guns. We played with the slip-n-slide but I think it is still a little bit chilly. We did it a couple times then came inside. LOL!! I made some cup cakes for him with buttercream icing (mmmm they were good!).♥♥♥♥ My other brother taught him how to ride his bike with no training wheels on his birthday.

♥♥♥♥Here is a picture of him with his cupcake............................................................................................

......... ♥♥♥♥

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Apr. 12, 2008 - This n That

A couple of weeks ago we went to Louisiana for a youth camp. That was a lot of fun!

I have been reading the Elsie series. They are pretty good. I am on the last book.

We went to a Bridal Shower today and afterwards I had a piano recital to play in. It was my first one so I was pretty nervous. It went well though.

In a couple of weeks we are going to 4-H were I show my animal and sell it. I love it. This is my second year. Oh! My lamb is very wild. But it's slowly getting better.

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Feb. 4, 2008 - Flash Flood At Big Bug Creek

♥ Recently we had a flash flood at our creek. When we went to church it wasn't flowing very much but after church we went out to eat and when we came back it had flash flooded(my friend was going to come over and spend the night). My brothers were coming back from Tuscon so they had not got to the creek. We ended up going over to my friends house to wait for my brothers so she never did spend the night. When the boys got to the creek, we met them there and my brother had to run home about two and a half miles. When he got back, whitch seemed a very long time, he had brought a rope and the car. Lol! There was a log that had fallen across the creek. My dad and brothers tied ropes from the tree to the car. We all crossed safely (Thank goodness).

The next morning my brothers had to go to Phoenix for a government class. So they had to get across it somehow. It had lowered a little bit; we could see some of the rocks. We started to go in but it was really deep and we got stuck.

My dad had to go to our neighbors to borrow their tractor. He got a chain, then pulled us out and smoothed the creek so we could get through.

Quite an adventure!♥

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Jan. 28, 2008 - 50 Foot Waterfall

A couple weeks ago we went a 50 foot waterfall with some friend (It is by our house.)

Hereare the pictures.

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Dec. 26, 2007 - Merry Christmas!

♥We had Christmas yesterday with my famliy. It was a lot of fun! This is what I got.♥

A scarf and hat for my doll, the same for me, a cat calendar since I love cats, a book by James Herriot that I am going to start reading in school, slippers that are sooo cozy, and Anne of Green Gabels DVD's Part 1 and 2.

A big thanks to Dad and and Mom for everything! xoxoxoxoxoxo