HAPPY BIRTHDAY AASHA!!!!!!!

(On Friday Nancy brought up a dozen pink roses for Aasha.)

Yesterday (April 18) was Aasha's 18th BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!
Wow, the years have really rolled by fast. I can still remember when we would play dolls together as little little kids. And it seems as though it was yesterday.
On Friday night We took Aasha, Phil, Nancy and Cathy out to dinner at Cachina-Cachina's. (its an Italian resturant in Issaquae)We had to wait almost 1 hour to get a table for our group size. But while we were waiting a magician came by and showed us a few tricks. And than blew up an oragne ballone dog for Aasha. While we were waiting for our diner to come Aasha opened her presents. She got a really cute brown shirt, with some brown pants and a blue jacket to match. And than she got $175, so that she can go get her a new coat for when she goes off to college. And than she can also buy herself a couple shirts too.

After dinner all of the waiters and waitresses came over and gave Aasha a big bowl of icecream and sang her Happy Birthday in Italina. It was pretty cool. Before going home we walked around the lake thats behind Cachina-Cachina's.

The next day we all woke up early and went on a little day trip. We all knew where we were going accept for Aasha. She didnt guess where we were going untill we got to a gas station close to where we were going. We went up north and were going to go to the Tulip festival. ( In these pictures She really isn't standing by Tulips, its a feild of dafadils that were on the side of the road.)




(This one really is a Tulip)

But instead we just meandered around some of the old towns. It was so goregous up there. We went into one antique store and there was an artist in there who was making name posters for free. So Aasha, Tyra and Hanna got one. It was pretty cool watching him. Than we went to the Mount Vernnon street fair, where we got lunch. After that we went down to Dessption pass, walked around the beach. It was a ton of fun.

To get off of the Island we took a farry boat. But we had to wait in a really long line to get onto the farry. Well i had to go to the bathroom really bad, so Aasha, dad and i got out at the top of the hill and figured that we would just walk down to the car afterwards because the line was moving so slow. Well we didnt find a bathroom. Because shortly after we got out the line started moving pretty fast and dad was scared that we were going to miss the boat. So we started running as fast as we could to catch up with mom and the kids. I made it to the car first about 5 minutes before Aasha and dad got to it. But thats only because shortly after i got in the car the line started moving again and they had to run farther.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY AASHA! WE ALL LOVE YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!

Happy Easter!

Early Easter morning Phil and Nancy egged our front yard. Eggs were all over the yard. In the plants, on the rocks and suction cupped to our car windows. While Hyram Tyra and Hanna were outside hunting for the eggs, Aasha and I hid more eggs inside.






After church mom made her special easter rolls and then we headed down to Phil and Nancy's to join them and Aunt Cathy for a Easter barbe-que. On Saturday mom asked me to make a special Easter dessert that we could take to the dinner so i made two strawberry cheesecakes. (that were in pie tin's)And for my first time making cheesecake it tasted pretty good, if i don't say so myself.

Spring Break Recap

On Monday Hanna and Tyra invited their friends Jackie and Cora for a play date and a sleepover. That day we were going to go on a hike to Franklin Falls, but they had 4 feet of snow and we were not dressed for the cold. (because of the beautiful weather that day) So we changed our course and went down by the river. Hyram, Tyra, Hanna, Jackie and Cora all had fun building a rock/sand foot bridge out to a small little "island" that was about 1 1/2 feet away from the beach. The kids had fun soaking their feet in the water and getting very dirty.



This is a log that we found that was chopped down by a beaver. (we think)





On Tuesday Jackie and Cora took Hanna and Tyra to the Seattle Aquarium. Mom and Dad went to work and Aasha went to school. So Hyram and I were left home alone. The weather was so BEAUTIFUL that we just could not stay home. So we hiked down to the river. The water was so cool and it was a lot of fun spending some time with just my brother. (which i dont do often enough)

Hyram shows me the way to the river. He is very excited that he knows the way and I dont. Usually its the other way around.


After we got back, Nancy let us borrow her barbe-quer and we barbe-qued sha-bobs together. And than we ate our lunch on the proch together. Later when Mom and Aasha got home we went for a bike ride around Rattle Snake Lake. In the end the whole day was a BLAST!
After our bike ride on Tuesday we went to the library and than when we got home we found this HUGE wood pecker. I tried to get a picture of it but i think it has a fear of cameras. Maybe its not very photogenic.

Saturday morning mom had a scrapebooking party at our house, so she kind of kicked us out of the house. So dad took us kids hiking up Little Si. We hike the whole thing in 2 hours and 23 minutes. Hyram, Tyra and I were so anxious to get to the top we went ahead and Aasha, Hanna and Dad stayed behind. We both had phones. At one moment the phone that I had started rining and it was for Aasha, so i had to hike the phone down to her. And than we we reached the top the veiw was beautiful!


Tyra poses for me on the trail side.

Tyra and I were yet again anxious to get to the bottom so we hiked ahead again.

Gardening? Me?

Those of you who know me pretty well know that when i try to grow anything, and i mean ANYTHING i kill it. Either because I forget to water it a keep it alive or because I'm just cursed like that.
Last Saturday while we were shopping at Win-Co there was a stack of box's of flower bulbs for sale. Mom let Aasha and I choose one for us to grow. She chose a Dalia and i chose a Daylily.

There is only one bulb in each box, but they are big bulbs, and they turn out to be beautiful flowers.

On Friday my family and I went outside to do some yard work. After we got done with the yard work Hyram, Tyra and Hanna went inside to get ready to go out for dinner and go see the movie "Monster's VS. Aliens." Dad but away a few more things and Mom helped Aasha and I choose good spots for us to plant our flowers. It ended up not being as hard as i thought it would be but it was just a little dirty.


Now that the flower bulb is planted, lets see if I can keep it alive.

In Memory of Morgan Nicole Penry

Morgan died on Thursday, March 12. She was fighting lung cancer for about three weeks before she passed away. Early Thursday morning doctors told Morgan's parents, Heather and Jason, that there was nothing else that doctors could do for her, and that she would never be able to leave the hospitals. Her parents gave her the choice to either live her life in a hospital hooked up to machines or to unhook and slowly pass away. She chose to unhook. Later that night she turned to her mom and asked her if she was going to die that night, and her mother replied, "Yes. Yes you are."
"Although she lost her life Morgan never lost her love of life, her friends, her family and the world. she was and is a angel! Those of us who knew her are, and will always be, inspired by her warrior spirit, her kind heart and the gentle smile she had for everyone, we will never forget." -Written by her mother

I first met Morgan in first grade. About half way through the year she moved in and was in my class. During lunch recess i noticed her standing all by herself so i went over to her and asked her if she would like to play with me and my friends. She kicked me and than ran off. During the last recess of the day she came over to me and apologized for kicking me and asked if she was still welcomed to play with me. We have been great friends ever since. In second grade while she was over one weekend for a sleepover we decided to make some oatmeal raisin cookies. We were having so much fun pretending that we were amazing cooks that we didn't pay too much attention to the directions or the amounts of the ingredients. We actually were actually pretty good until...we got to the baking powder. Instead of adding 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder, we added 3 table spoons. We put one batch in the oven, and it looked beautiful and pretty normal. When we brought them out they still looked beautiful and normal, but they were cemented to the cookie sheet. We ended up throwing the cookie sheet away. After that we always made sure to very carefully read the directions.
For one of Aasha's birthday's we went to Illusions. Mom told me that i could invite one friend, so i invited Morgan. We went on a ride called the Froggy Hop. I remember freaking out the whole time but Morgan laughed her head off for the entire ride. Later we went into the lazier tag room. This room was two stories, and had a haunted house theme. Ghosts and witches would pop out on you, scary music was playing, fog was all over the room, and besides the occasional bright flashing lights the room was pretty much very dark. Aasha and her friend Crystal were having a blast tagging each other, while Morgan and i sat in a corner together scared to move... We both kind of lost that round.
Morgan came over almost every weekend for a sleepover and when she didn't come to my house i would go to hers. We spent almost every minute we had together in Elementary school. She was such a happy person, she smiled all the time and laughing constantly. Even when she was having a hard time she would put all of her worries and trials aside to worry about mine. She was always there to talk to and she knew exactly how to make me happy and laugh. I cant remember a single time where we both wernt rolling on the ground laughing together. She was my greatest friend.
If i had to choose one symbol that would represent Morgan it would be a sun. The sun rises every day giving happiness to everyone. It always starts the day out with beautiful pastel colors that start the day out right. And it closes the day with bright vibrant colors that surround everyone with love and peace. Morgan never started a single day without smiling at herself in the mirror. She said that she always did this to make sure that her smile still works. Morgan would smile at every one and say hi to everyone that she met. She would welcome everyone into her life and make them feel so loved. She came up to me many times giving me a hug and telling me that i am gorgeous. When i would ask her why she did that, she would always reply, "Because its the truth and i just thought that you needed to know that."

Morgan is one of the greatest friends that i have ever had, and i am so blessed to have known her.

VOILA!!!

This week for Young Women Activities we made magnet boards. We used tin Santa wall hangers (because they were cheap) than we covered them with paper. (Choosing paper was so hard, because Sister Malmberg brought this packet of like 500 super cute papers. But once we finally chose a paper we covered the boards and than got to choose a ribbon to use for a border (if you wanted) and a handle
Than we got could choose 4-5 clear square glass things and glued colored papers to the backside, and than when the glue dried, we glued magnets to the back. These are our magnets for our magnet board.
I meant to write out the letters of my name on the paper of each magnet, but i kind of forgot before I glued the paper to the square glass.

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