one lovely december day // the z family

One lovely December day, I was picked up by Mrs. Z with my camera bag slung around my shoulder, off to shoot her family.

The Z family is pretty adorable. Don't you agree?

 

 The shoot didn't last long, what with there being three little ones all under the age of 5, but it was so much fun. Which shot is your favorite?

xo,
hannah

playing around with wizarding skills

So, we were hanging out with the neighbors the other day, playing double dutch and other what-not with four jump ropes, and since nobody was really around, we decided to have a little fun with our magic:

There's me zooming off on my broom! I was trying to jinx a cat that was attacking a baby bird. 

It turns out some of the neighbors are pretty good at magic themselves!

Kate and Erin dueling. Visit Erin's blog here!

Oh yeah!

Finally, we decided to break out our quidditch stuff. We didn't let the bludgers go, though, we were afraid they would hit a muggle ;)

Kate was pretty good at catching the snitch. Not nearly as good as me, though ;)

So, we had some pretty good duels. Nobody got seriously injured, but once I hit Kate's foot with an inflating charm and I had to act fast to get the swelling down! :)

Whats your specialty in magic? ;)

-hannah

The Lakehouse

The day before his birthday, Luke went with our neighbors up to their lakehouse. He stayed overnight and we came the next day. It was so awesome!!!

I went swimming in a lake for the first time and tubing for the first time. Swimming in the lake was cool but tubing was amazing. I'm a huge roller coaster fan and tubing is sort of like a flat roller coaster with an occasional big bump. It wasn't a windy day so the lake was pretty flat with only a few waves here and there. Photos are soon to come! 

We had hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch and went back out on the lake. Kate wasn't sure if she wanted to tube at first but after our neighbors (ages 13 and 9) and us persuading her she changed into her bathing suit. All-in-all, it was a super fun day but when we got home we were all so tired and this morning I was practically asleep while eating breakfast :)

And yesterday it was my mom and dad's anniversary! Yes, the same day as Luke's birthday :)

Happy anniversary Mummy and Daddy! Love you!

A new addiction!

I have a new favorite summer/fall/spring sport:

>>>ULTIMATE FRISBEE!!!!!!!<<< *screams*

Yes, dear readers, I am now in love with ultimate frisbee. Very in love. We have been playing frisbee instead of rundown (which was my favorite) and honestly, I haven't missed rundown at all. Now, if you've played rundown you'll know how amazingly awesome it is. Frisbee is that and then some. Here's how to play:

1. Get your siblings and a bunch of neighbors

2. Get a good frisbee

3. Explain the rules to your neighbors

4. Have fun!!!

Ultimate frisbee is sort of like football only there's no tackling and instead of a football there's a frisbee. There's a kickoff (or rather, in this case, a throw off.) and the receiving team tries to score a touchdown. If the receiving team drops the frisbee then the other team gets it. Also, whoever is holding the frisbee they can only take three steps towards their end-zone and then they have to pass it. Whoever is blocking the person with the frisbee has to stand at arms length (this rule is often broken but no one really cares).
Thats basically all there is to it. If I didn't make myself clear enough then just google "ultimate frisbee rules" and I'm sure it'll come up!

And one more thing (not concerning frisbee):

My left eye has been bothering me for a few weeks now, it being swollen and sometimes  pink and sore, and I have to get it checked soon. We're pretty sure that it's not pink eye and I'm a bit concerned. So say a prayer and cross your fingers that its not some kind of infection. :(((

Until next time!

I am going to the theater! (I said that with a british accent :)

Yes! Tomorrow night at seven with my two neighbors and one of the neighbor's moms. We're seeing "Hairspray"!
At first I thought it was a little weird that they asked me and not someone else because the neighbors are 17 and 16 but, hey, I'm not gonna pass up a chance to go see "Hairspray" :)
I'm so excited! Going to the theater means getting dressed up and I rarely get an occasion to wear my nice dresses :)
I will post pics of my dress. I just have to decide if I want to wear my blue polka dotted one, my brown one with the cream flowers or the pink one with the very interesting design. I don't think I'll be wearing the pink one though because m mom thinks its too short :P but I love it! :D
Have you ever gone to see a musical in a theater?