Fall Has Arrived

Well, I'm not actually sure what to call it. Fall? Winter? Spring?

We don't get the usual seasons around here. We have Hot, Very Hot, Extremely Hot, Cool, and Cooler.
Ok, so maybe that's a bit exaggerating but...I'm not gonna get technical, I just wanted to tell how beautiful it's been outside these days.

Sunny and cool. NO HUMIDITY! Oh, it's truly AHHH-mazing! Makes me want to get out Christmas music and light candles and bake something seasonal. Hehe. While mom on the other hand claims she's got "Spring Fever". See what I mean? Florida living is confusing!! :p

Trapper's loving it!! Today we went for a walk and he was pulling at his leash just all hyped and adorable. (He's ALWAYS adorable) We went out in the back yard and I tried to get him to chase some bubbles for pictures but all he cared about was chasing the poor lizards around while they scrambled around looking for cover.

However, when I brought out his ball he focused on it for a few minutes and I snapped a few shots of his adorableness.

Oooh! Ball!

How dull...

Forget this, I'm huntin' lizards!!

I think I hear something over here...

*sniff*   *sniff* 

Come out, come out, wherever you are!!

That's all for today! But Trapper's birthday is coming up... ;)

I Just Can't Give Up Now

There will be mountains that I will have to climb

And there will be battles that I will have to fight
But victory or defeat, it's up to me to decide
But how can I expect to win if I never try.

I just can't give up now
I've come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy
and I don't believe He's brought me this far to leave me

Never said there wouldn't be trials

Never said I would't fall

Never said that everything would go the way I want it to go
But when my back is against the wall
And I feel all hope is gone, 
I'll just lift my head up to the sky
And say, "help me to be strong!"

I just can't give up now

I've come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy
and I don't believe He's brought me this far to leave me

No, You didn't bring me out here to leave me lonely
Even when I can't see clearly
I know that You are with me

I just can't give up now
I've come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy
and I don't believe He's brought me this far to leave me

Anna & I

Found this picture on a friends photo sharing site. I loved it and wanted to share! :D

Change of Plans

Ok, so yeah. A while back I posted ideas for redoing my room, right? Right. And it was a really cute idea, right? Right. And it totally matched Bobo, Bubba A., and Bongo, right? Right.

But alas, I have had a change of heart. So!!

Behold the new!!

With owl/bird accents.

For the bed:

For the walls:

So yeah! Mom already bought me the cutest owl canvas. 

So I've got my mind set this time! I love owls, y'all! :p

And hey! I still love Elephants too so why not have them also? 

Who cares if elephants and owls don't go together.

They're both adorable and it would just make my style more original! :D

Let's go for it!!

Birthday Fun

Here are a few pictures from last night! :)

Autumn

Fred, Paula & Autumn

Abby, Michelle, Sis. Sue & Sis. Diana

Isaac and I helping Autumn open her gifts

There was a cow on the card and I asked her "What do cows say??"

 Together we answered, "Moooo!"

What's inside?? Socks! :D

The newly weds

Beautiful Gabriella

Autumn looking at a piece to one of her games

Wow...this is my nephew...he's...

special

BUT! We all still love him. ;)

Birthday Cakes of October

So my nephew and niece had their birthdays last month but we are celebrating tonight! :D

Here are the cakes!

Three year old Autumn's Hello Kitty:

The cake is strawberry lemonade. I used a rectangle glass pan and just cut out the round shape of her head, then with the corners left over I made the ears and bow.

The eyes are special dark chocolate melted down, shaped then frozen to save the shape. :) The whiskers are straws covered in the same chocolate as the eyes. :)

For frosting it's a light vanilla spread. I made some frosting from my head then added a container of Coolwhip. It just just made it light and fluffy-ish.

The bow and nose used simply the same frosting, just colored with red foodcoloring. :)

Thirteen year old Isaac's Prowling Gator:

I wasn't sure what to make for Isaac, him being a teenager now and all. I thought of a guitar maybe, but to be honest, the idea of all that complecatedness scared me!! 0__o

So then I remembered how he's a huge fan of the Florida Gators so LIGHTBULB! I didn't really think I'd do a Gators cake but I thought I'd just browse online to see what they had out there. I found a really cute website with a bunch of cakes people had shared and I looked through. It was nice. But mom's the one who thought this idea was a good one. 

Now the original was a cartoon gator. We went for a more realistic touch though. 

The cupcakes are chocolate, and the frosting is Hello Kitty's leftovers glorified and colored.

You may have to use your imagination to see this so I've put an actual picture of a gator in the water so you can maybe relate the two better. 

Behold, real gator.

This jokers got some CREEEEPY eyes. 0__o

Behold, cupcake version.

See? 

blue cupcake = water

green cupcake = gator

It's got eyes and nostrils too...

See it?

No? Maybe?

LOOK HARDER! 

-____-

Hehehe! Anyways, that's what I've been up to lately so...YEAH!

I'll post again soon. :)

Looking Back

Well, as I'm sure y'all know, I've got the most adorable pup in the history of mankind. He won't be a pup for much longer cause in about a month he will be having his first birthday! :D

I was looking over photo's I've taken since he first came home with me and wanted to share with you his adorableness. I say I want to "share" with y'all but to be honest? I might just maybe want to "show off" his adorableness. Hehehe! So...

Here we go!!!

Trapper's first things

This is him now! :D 

Still adorable,

still spoiled rotten,

still the best Trapper Boone in the whole wide world!

<3

Becca

Have you ever met someone, and just a few hours later you feel like you've known them since forever?

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of her but I want to just tell you about her a bit. I miss her so much sometimes it makes my heart ache. Literally.

Rebecca Peris is an amazing, sweet, beautiful young lady that I love with all my heart. I had so much fun with her this past summer. So many wonderful memories I can look back on and smile.

She would come over randomly during the day and sit in the recliner while I sewed curtains for the cabin. Or she'd walk with me down by the little creek to find berries.

We used to run as fast as we could up the hill in the front field at camp and then at the top we'd try to get as many wild cherries as we could from the cherry trees. They were so tall and many times we only got a few. :)

One Sunday, we went to the field and just laid down in the grass. Not saying a word, just that comfortable friendly silence. She's played with some grass and I drifted off into a quick catnap. I remember hearing birds and a bee. The sun was warm and I can still feel the feeling of it's warmth spreading over me.

I remember laughing with her about the silliest things and we would constantly sing. Doing dishes, cutting fruit, traying rolls. Sing, sing, sing. The warm dish water all soapy, and I'd wash while she rinsed and sanitized. We would sing song after song. Harmonizing.

I remember playing the old piano in the dining hall. Wearing our work uniforms and aprons. Killing time while we waited for serving time to come, or maybe after we were all done with dinner and clean up. I'd play and she'd pull up a chair beside me and we'd sing together.

Sometime's we sing those same songs here in church and I get so lonesome for her I feel like my throat is caught in my throat and I can't make a noise. I close my eyes and see us there at that old piano singing and trying to remember the words. Then laughing about it.

She's amazing and I miss her very much. But I thank the Lord for putting her in my life and blessing me with yet another friend...or should I say sister.