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Frog

If you look close enough, you can see a little frog. I spotted it when we were heading back to our hotel room while staying in Florida. He only stayed for a few seconds before hopping away.

Psalm 147:7-8

Psalm 147:7-8

7. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
make music to our God on the harp.

8. He covers the sky with clouds;
he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.

We're Back!

Hi! We're back! We had a great time down in Florida where they just got over 2 straight weeks of rain. The last 2 days that we were there it was 100-110 degrees outside, plus humidity!

Every afternoon after browsing around Clear Water or swimming in the pool, we would come back to find that the maid had struck! The place was completely clean, dishes washed and put away, and (my favorite part) there were towels folded into animals! Below are the ones that we found during our stay. The elephant is my favorite!

Here are those little lizards that were EVERYWHERE in Florida. Mom was obsessed with catching one but they were far too quick. I was actually surprised that Jake was able to take a picture of this one.

Comical Eggs

While having a boring afternoon after working at Blue Berry Hill, I decided to design faces on some of the eggs in the fridge. I tried using markers, crayons, and coloring pencils and found that the pencils work the best.
My favorite egg is the scared one on the bottom left!

A Day At Hershey Park

When Did Americans Begin To Celebrate Father's Day?

People in Spokane, Washington, celebrated the first Father's Day in 1910. Louise Dodd, who lived in Spokane, thought that fathers should be honored with a special day that would bring father and children closer together. She talked to her minister about it. Then she, a few other ministers, and the YMCA persuaded people to celebrate Father's Day. The idea spread to other states. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge asked people all over the country to honor their fathers with a special day. Ever since then, Americans have celebrated Father's Day on the third Sunday in June.

Taken from "Charlie Brown's 'Cyclopedia, Holidays Around the World".

Horses At Autumn Charm

The new foal Dewy, laying down and sunning himself while his mom Duchess is keeping a watchful eye on the neighbors mower.

Caught In a Thought (Cate) grazing, after attempting for the thousandth time to jump the fence.

The one-eyed Radiance (Radar) grazing in a flowery pasture.

Sand-dollar (Dollar)

Ezekiel (everyone calls him Zeke) who is retired, walking toward me in hopes of getting grain.

(Photo by Jacob)

Pysanky Eggs

Last Thursday evening, Mom and I went to the library to take a class on how to make Pysanky eggs.  We had a great time!

The the egg above is mine and the red egg below is Mom's.

Below, are some of the many eggs that were used as examples.

Amy On A T-shirt

Amy

Amy being too lazy to get out of her bed to get a drink.

Here she is barking out of frustration at me in hopes that I will give her a pancake.

How Hard Can It be to Draw On An Etch A Sketch?

VERY!

How Congress Violates the Constitution

Congress voted on the health care bill yesterday and it passed by 7 votes.  One of the things that the bill states is that health care insurance must be purchased.  But in the Constitution under Article 1 Section 8 (which outlines the powers of Congress), Congress is not granted the power to mandate health insurance.

Congress refused to call a convention even when over 500 state requests were made asking for a convention to make proposals for the amendments.  In the Constitution under Article 5, it says that if we want to propose amendments, the states must ask Congress to do so, but Congress ignores the states' requests.

St. Patrick's Day Fish

Click on the fish tank and feed the fish!

 

Why can't she just lay IN the bed?

Sledding in the Mountains

Designing Cards

Super Snowdrift

We Built A Snowman!

Amy's Doggy "Acquaintance" (not friend)

 

On Monday Mammaw came over with Lexi (whom Mammaw is "dog-sitting") to drop off something, so I seized the opportunity to get Amy to at least stand next to a dog without having a heart attack.  I got to take them on a walk while holding both of their leashes in one hand, and we only got tangled up once!  This picture was taken after the walk when Amy came to the conclusion that Lexi wasn't going to eat her.

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