These pictures make me shiver!

Just some pictures from this last summer. Actually today wasn't too cold, but we've had some really cold days within the last week to remind us how cold, cold gets! I prefer WARM, windy, fall weather with the smell of leaves burning in the background, and bright colored leaves on the trees!

 Y-M-C-A! Love you, Aunt Jody!

 Love Ana's face!



Arm Wrestling!

One day we decided to try arm wrestling eachother! We won't go into who won against who, because is that really that interesting? No, I didn't think so. And sometimes we must keep things like that secret.

 Minte could not pass up the opportunity to show Luke who's boss. Sort of.

We also had Ethan and Ana try a round.

 Course Ana needed instructions on what to do... (By the way, never ask your opponent how the game works or how to win. It's sometimes not very reliable information!)

Ha Ha! Notice the tongue and lips. VERY hard!

Minte is ADORABLE in glasses!

 Min got a hold of Luke's old glasses a while ago...

 Isn't he super cute?????

And I'm sorry, but this is WAY too cute!

Okay.. the video. But only because I promised it.

As time has passed, my goofiness has passed and therefore I am no longer completely fine with sharing Rachel and my videos, but because I want to keep my promise, I will post one. The one I like most is at Rachel's and I am waiting for it to be sent to me, but you can get the point with this one.

The background behind this song. On the way to Iowa, Rachel had a couple c.d.s that they played on the trip. This song was one of them. In the beginning of the video you will see us look at eachother in confusion. That would be because the song was in spanish in the parts it was English before. So we tried singing in spanish and..yeah...

Oh, and the background of clouds stinks, but try to ignore the bad quality.

So... enjoy. And meet the Emily that's usually hidden. Sometimes. The Rachel part... is pretty normal. (I added that to make Rachel laugh).

P.S.(AND don't feel bad if you choose not to watch the video. )

P.P.S. When I watch the video, it speeds up our actions and not the song. And it ends early. So if the video is wacky, that's an extra good reason to turn off the video.

Back From Minnesota!

We are back!! I didn't mention our trip on the blog because it was a surprise to a certain person and since the person reads this blog, I obviously couldn't mention it!!
So, where did we go? Dad had a conference to go to in Minnesota. My mom spoke to an attachment specialist who said that Min shouldn't be so long without Dad. It could cause problems. So they planned on Mom and Dad and Minte going to Minnesota. Then they decided that they could take all the other kids but me with them. THEN they decided that if my class at Valley was something  I could miss, I could cancel my babysitting jobs, and the families at Battle of the Books could move the battle the next week, then I could go as well. Everything worked out, and we took the long, 9 1/2 drive to Minnesota, Tuesday.

While Dad was in his conferences, we stayed in the hotel doing schoolwork, swimming in the pool, and waiting for him to come home. One day Mom took the younger kids to the zoo. They had a lot of fun, even on the 2 mile long trail they got stuck on! It was fun to have some time in a new place to hang out in!

The biggest part of the trip for me though, was that I got to visit my best friend who recently moved to Iowa. (That's the person we were surprising!) We went to Applebees and met Rachel and her parents inside. I went first and walked in front of Rachel but she didn't recognize me so I started pulling out a chair next to her. She looked up at the weirdo and found it was me!! :-) Then she saw the rest of our family and was especially excited!!

 I went home with Rachel that night and we spent the next day being goofy, taking a walk, taking Senior(or rather Junior) pictures of eachother, and making green, red velvet cake. It was yummy. Just green!

We had so much fun. We made a few videos to a couple of our favorite songs. I'll share at least one with you next post!! You're in for a treat!!