Sunday, July 31, 2011

What do to when its 100+ degrees outside


Start to make no-bake cookies, but realize you have no oatmeal.
So you're stuck with a pan of melted butter and four cups of sugar.

Filling up half a dozen water bowls [Half a dozen times a day]
for your puppies, because they like to play in the water and tip the bowls over.

Stare at popcorn and try to decide what the kernels look like [Besides popcorn]

Write. [Or do what I did and...] Sit in the closest and stare at a piece of blank paper.

Sit in a chair with one of your younger brothers and make weird faces at the camera.
{Mine}

Make weird faces at the camera, while you're suppose to be doing a serious photo shoot
{Mine}

And recently we started reading the bible in the mornings with the little kids. The three older kids have to have one of the three younger kids as their "Bible Buddies" I get fought over a lot ;-) But its been very enjoyable, and I look forward toward it every morning. Its cute seeing the little kids pray =)

And one more.

Don't look at the sun. [I decided not to post a picture, because like I said, don't look at the sun]

What are *you* doing in the 100+ degree heat? [Assuming where you live, the weather is like that ;-)]

-Anna

*note : all but two of these pictures I found randomly on Google. I do not read any of the websites from which they came.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

A photo challenge [For myself]

I want my readers to help me with a photo challenge. for myself. I don't want to go out and take pictures of flowers and weeds. I want to work with people more. but I'm having a hard time thinking of ideas. so I had an idea. it make not work well, so we'll see how it goes. but I want my readers to suggest one or two songs each, and I have to base my photograph off that song. in some way. does that make sense? So you'll..

[1.] suggest one or two songs
[2.] you'll have about a week to suggest songs [I'd like to start August 1st]

and then I will try to take a photograph based on one of the songs you suggested
and maybe go a month doing this. every other day. depends on how many song suggestions I get.
tell me if this doesn't make sense. if it does make sense, start suggesting!

-Anna


Sunday, July 24, 2011

fifty things

... I want to do before I die [These aren't in any order]

1. meet my best friend
2. go Sky-diving five times
3. ice Skate all day
4. complete Pirates of the Caribbean 'He's a pirate' on the piano
5. write a blog post everyday
6. and actually publish that blog post
7. go base jumping
8. listen to music while base jumping
9. go see The High Kings in concert
10. speak German fluently
11. meet Hailey, Taylor and Emma
12. watch Bleak House
13. drive a convertible
14. sleep on a trampoline
15. meet Hannah Grace
16. fly a plane
17. laugh until I cry
18. go skiing
19. visit Hawaii
20. live in Alaska during the Summer
21. go Scuba diving
22. finish a book I'm working on
23. sit in the middle of the road while its raining
24. learn shorthand
25. watch all three Lord of the Rings movies in one night
26. paint an entire house
27. go kayaking
28. own a grand piano
29. sit and do nothing but read all day
30. ride in a helicopter
31. own a four wheeler
32. ride a motorcycle
33. go to Germany
34. ride in a hot air balloon
35. walk the streets of New York with a snake around my neck
36. yell fire for no reason
37. become a professional photography
38. build a tree house like this or this
39. live in the tree house I built
40. swim in the ocean
41. sleep in a tree
42. say "smock" over and over to someone when they're being annoying
43. play the violin well
44. meet Willow
45. get my own bow
46. have a clean room for one month
47. go camping
48. memorize a book of the bible
49. ride the same roller coaster ten times in a row
50. paint a rainbow on a sidewalk

and now... I'm entering [and sponsoring] a giveaway over at Hannah Grace's blog.
{the questions}


1: Do you write? If so, what sort of things do you write {poetry, short stories, novels, whatever!}
[yep I write. mostly short stories and novels. I've tried poetry, but I'm not good at]

2: What are your five favourite movies?
[oh I have more than five favorite movies.. but I'll just do five. By the way, these aren't in order.
1. The Great Escape
2. Pirates of the the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl
3. The Caine Mutiny
4. Batman Begins
5. The Emperors Club

3: Five favourite music artists/bands? {Not in order}
[1. Tenth Avenue North
2. Frank Sinatra
3. The High Kings
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter
5. Bing Crosby]

4: is there a song that you could just listen to over and over again without getting tired of it? What is it?
[uh huh. oh yes. Love story meets Viva la Vida by Jon Schmidt. {I'm not a big fan of Taylor Swifts "Love Story" but I love what Jon Schmidt did to it.} I suggest listening to it ♥]

5: If you could meet one blogger {that you haven't already met!} who would it be?
[i want to meet... Emma, Hailey and Taylor and Hannah Grace. Yeah that's more than one...]

6: Who inspires you?
[people and such]

7: What are your favourite things about summer?
[hm. other than absolutely hating summer.. Kidding.. Poor Summer. I'm not a big fan of Summer though. Probably Swimming. And ice cream.]

8: What is your favourite season?
[fall or winter. when its cold or freezing.]

9: If you could chose a different day for your birthday, what would it be?
[ well I'm perfectly fine with the day my birthday's on.. but I guess February 29th ]

10: Your three favourite bloggers?
[i have more than three..]

11: If you could change your name, what would it be?
[Either Elisabeth, Ellie, Raine or Skyler]

12: If you could go back and change something about your past, would you?
[oh yes definitely.]

13: Coke or Sprite?
[coke and sprite. probably sprite? though I like both..]

14: Do you play an instrument? If so, what? And if you don't, do you wish you could?
[yes. I play piano and violin.]

15: Are you a city girl [or guy] or country gal?
[i suppose.. country gal. {that word drives me insane}]

alright. that's all for now. notice anything different about this post?
-Anna



Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Falling?

Catch me if you can

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^^ Not my best, I'll probably be re-shooting the second picture soon^^

Thoughts?

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Happy {One day late} 9th Birthday Abi!

Yesterday was Abi's (My little sister) 9th birthday. She's been counting down since... July 16th 2010 ;-) Anyway. I'm very sorry this is a day late!

Happy Happy 9th Birthday Abi!
I love you! ♥



[Below are some pictures of her I took in the pool yesterday, she's so cute!]









[Some of you might have noticed, I'm changing my blog around, I'm scheduling some posts, and then going to continue working on my blog template. I'll have an explanation post soon!]

-Anna

And a "Happy Birthday!" to Willow, one of my awesome friends, her birthday was yesterday also. Happy Birthday Willow! Have fun tomorrow =)

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Happy __th Birthday Mom

Today is my mom's __th birthday. (She'd kill me if I posted her age all over my blog. So I shan't do that. Just cuz I love her =) )

I just wanted to say Happy Birthday Mom. Today's a special day for me also. Because if you hadn't come into the world, I wouldn't be here right now. Thanks for being by my side through everything, and doing what's best for me.

Happy Birthday Mom!
I love you! ♥

"And I didn't know if you knew, so I'm takin' this chance to say
That I had the best day with you today."

-Anna

Saturday, July 9, 2011

3 tickets to Alaska please. {And two dog carriers}

So I have conquered screen shots. (Finally.) Its been incredibly hot here in Oklahoma. We reached a record (For that day) a few days ago. The number being 106. Well today its 107. But, it feels like 108. 107 is so much more bearable than 108. Good thing its only 107, though it feels like 108.

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And you wanna see what the rest of the week is going to be? But I'm thinking "ooooh no. that's not right. Its going to be 70 and sunny with a nice cool breeze tomorrow" Wishing.

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Wouldn't it be nice if on the weather site, there was a button titled "Change the weather" You click that oh so lovely button and change the weather to your liking. Wa-la. Its -10 degrees out. or it would be even nicer if you could just change the weather outside of your house. Wishing, again. (My mom was reading over my shoulder, her response "Negative ten degrees? No"

So if you're in Alaska, wait for me.

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-Anna

Thursday, July 7, 2011

July 4th {Part Two}

I decided not to post as many pictures as I planned in this post.
Enjoy and please tell me what you think of them!







{Anna}

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

4th of July {Part One}

I took *so* many pictures July 4th weekend, I decided to split them up into two posts. {Note : I didn't watermark the firework pictures, only because I took so many of them I didn't have time to watermark them all. Please do not use any of my photos without my permission. Thank you very much!} Please tell me which you like best, and I will be post the second post in a few days.

{Mom and Micah}


{Elijah}


{My parents}


{And I had to throw in some Bokeh photos}












{Anna}

Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy Happy Birthday Laura! {Hannah Grace}

Today is my very dear friend's birthday {Laura} . She's 18 today :-D
Have a wonderful day Laura! I'm so glad you're my friend! Enjoy the fireworks and all your friends and family today! <3

Go over to her blog and wish her a happy birthday =)

Happy Birthday Laura!

-Anna