a few of my favorite things

  Now that it is the weekend and school has died down a bit, I have decided to link up with Friday Favorite Things.

finishing school at 2:30

doing my work the correct way

having grandparents to stay for the weekend

watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with your insanely, amazingly, hilarious friend

fresh peaches



cool, quiet mornings

enjoying the weekend

having a clean and organized room

chocolate chip pancakes

taking random photos

exercising at the YMCA

your legs killing you afterward {so maybe that's not a favorite}

gazing at your D3000 and being so grateful for having it



friends who are totally, utterly, completely unafraid to be fabulously ridiculous

want to list some musings or favorite things from the week?

check out Rachel's blog!

Of Flowers, Wasp Stings & Various Other Things...

I was stung by a humongous wasp today. My mom and I had the windows in the van cracked and suddenly I feel this big "thing" drop on my leg, sting it, and then land on my seat (And yes...there was lots of screaming...oh yes).

Our beautiful Snapdragons have bloomed!

Our trees have begun to produce lovely flowers as well...





Have I ever mentioned that Sunday afternoons are the ideal times to bake? Especially these glorious little things....

By the way, never, I repeat never watch Breakfast at Tiffany's. It is the weirdest, most random, confusing movie I have ever seen in my life (Love you, Audrey Hepburn).

It's ok though, because I got to watch Tangled for the first time with my friends!

And wow - that movie is absolutely adorable. My friends and I have now created a fad of singing Mother Knows Best. ;)

If you need a belly laugh, watch this (it's only thirty seconds!):



Need a Smile?

(Yes, they are our lovely pets)

Belated Beach Photos! (Fiiiiinally!!!)

Folly Beach, SC June 12th - 19th

My birthday picture

Seth and me in the ocean

Cake that we would be having later...

Mom

The condo we stayed at!

Make a wish!

Horse and buggy ride

The Crab House!

Good-bye Folly Beach, we miss you!

Das Not Funny! Friday...

Hello everyone! Today I am posting a Das Not Funny! Friday. If you want to know all of the rules and 'stuff' for Das Not Funny, then simply click here and that will take you to Jessica Beaver's blog (she started Das Not Funny).

So last Friday was the last day of the backyard VBS I was helping at; and two siblings came home with us after it was over. One was my brother Drake's friend Keaton (age 12), and then Keaton's younger sister, Maison (age 7). Of course, Maison wanted to play with me in my room with 'barbies'. As we were playing barbies she looked up at me and said, (here goes the dialogue):

Maison: "Did you know that a monster lives under everyone's bed?"

Me (trying not to laugh): "Monsters don't live under people's beds...that's just silly."

Maison (looking very serious): "Uh, yea they do....and that monster is Jesus."

Me (laughing): "Maison, Jesus isn't a monster."

Maison: "Yea he is. He's really big and monsters are really big."

Me: "But that doesn't mean he's a monster."

Well, that's all for today (I think). Happy Blogging and happy Friday everyone!

~A.G.~ :D :O :)

Bible School...Day 3

Whew! Bible school is fun, but it can be pretty tiring. I have no idea if you are sick to death tired of reading funny stories about VBS or not; but even if you are, here is a pretty hilarious one from today.

So today I went to my station (the leather working) and my friend Beth, of course, went to her wreath working station (about two feet away where I am). A little while into VBS these two cute girls came to do some leather working. Their names were Brianna (pronounced Bri-AH-na) and the other one's name was Mary-Kate. The conversation with them was pretty funny. It all started when Beth said, "I'm married and have four children." Remember for once again, this is ACTING; if we were living in bible times, we really could be married anyway. So, enjoy the conversation.

Me (after Beth said "I'm married with four children"): "Yes, and I'm engaged."

The two girls look shocked with wide eyes.

Mary-Kate: "Uh, I think you have to be the age of twenty before your engaged or married."

Me: "Well, here in Rome, you start thinking about marriage when you're a little younger than I am. How old are you two?"

The girls: "We are nine."

Me: "Oh! So you could be engaged right now...are you?"

The girls: "No way!!!

Brianna: "Oh yea, what's your fiance's name?"

Bring it on missy.

Me: "My fiance's name is... (sudden mind blank...quickly think of biblical name) Daniel."

Brianna: "Well what's your husbands name?" (Brianna looks at Beth).

Beth: "My husband's name is Thace." (Lucky you Beth; you had time to think and get a cool name).

Mary-Kate: "Well, what are your kids names?"

Beth quickly thinks.

Beth: "My kids are named Thace after my husband, Daniel after her fiance (she is talking about my man), Claudia after me, and Rizpah since she's my best friend."

A.K.A. Her last child is named after me; I feel honored.

Mary-Kate: "Do you have any kids?"

Me: "No, remember, I am engaged."

Brianna: "Well where's your engagement ring?"

Me: "Oh, we don't have engagement rings here in Rome."

Brianna: "I see you have earrings though."

Me: "Oh yes, my husband is a jeweler...he made them for me."

There is a lot more dialogue; but since your retinas are probably already bleeding from reading so much, I think I will stop.

~A.G.~ :D :O :)

Funny Video...

Enjoy watching Ryan Seacrest and Paris Hilton dancing in High School Musical 3; just be SURE to turn off my ipod. :0)

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