pre-birthday/anniversary post

hey guys, just wanted to let you know that tomorrow is not only Luke's birthday, but my parents anniversary! Give 'em some love and leave a comment sayin' happy birthday and anniversary. (of course, you don't have to, but it would be a nice gesture ;])

-hannah
p.s. eeep! School starts on Wednesday!

three days of cuteness: day two+happy birthday to the best dad in the world!

And now ladies and gents, it's time for me to inform you that it is my dad's birthday. Yeeeah buddy!
Let me just tell you this:

My dad is amazing!

Here are 10 awesome things about my dad:

1. he can think up the best answers for "scategories"

2. he's fun

3. he's smart

4. he's just about the best pancake/french toast/waffle maker in the world (if anyone who works at a waffle house or something is reading this, you should be disappointed  he's not working for you)!

5. he's a great teacher

6. he's very serious about his faith

7. he's a hard worker

8. he can make anyone laugh easily

9. he's honest

10. my dad cares about and loves everyone in his family. How do I know this? Because he shows it each and everyday. And thats why he's so awesome :)

Happy birthday Daddy! I love you!

-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!

I'm BAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!

Yes blog world, I have returned! My vacation was amazing, relaxing and just generally fun.

At first being by myself was strange, but after the first day I was perfectly fine.

Did I cry when my family drove away? Almost.

Did I cry when I had to leave my aunt's? Almost.

Did I cry when I saw my family waiting for me in a parking lot? Did I cry when I saw Mark hanging out the window waving and then dancing around like a maniac when we pulled into the parking lot? Did I cry when they all came running towards me? Did I cry when they gave me a huge group hug?

Of course not. :)

I didn't snap too many photos at my aunt's but when I was at the mountains with my family I went crazy :)

Above is a picture of Pink Piggy. I've had her since I was a baby and of course she had to come ;)

When me and my grandma and my other great aunt were driving to meet my family we stopped at a bead store. 

It. Was. So. Beautiful. In. There.

And then in the mountains:

"I'm the tin man!"

For a week I read, wrote, drew, took photos, watched TV and enjoyed my peace and quiet. I said to my mom, "I could easily have stayed for another week." (Just because it was so relaxing, nothing against my family!)

I hope I get to do it next year!! And I got a very special gift from my aunt. I don't feel comfortable posting the gift here so if you would care to know, just shoot me an email!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

From tennis to pancakes your willing to teach me everything you know. Everything. And not many dad's do that =) I love you Daddy!

A Party and Aunt News =)

My mom is hosting a going away party for my grandma's friend. It's actually going on right now and I haven't gotten any cake yet so I better hurry up with this post before it's gone. Most of the people I don't know so it's kinda boring, which is why I'm upstairs writing this post :)
My mom talked to my great aunt the other day and they thought that I might be able to go there next week *squeals*! I wasn't originally able to because my dad's birthday and my grandma's birthday are next week, but I can go after my dad's b-day because we are probably going up to our mountain house during his and we aren't celebrating my grandma's as soon as I thought we were so.................. yeah :)
I'm so excited I hope I get to go! But my mom told me so suddenly that i was like, "Wow, umm okay..........." I was not expecting it at all! But it was a very nice surprise!
Ok, I'm going to get cake now ;)
And don't forget, if you ever need me to make you a blog button of some sort, I can do it! I think I might start selling the buttons that I make if the first few go well =)

Annie

Annie was amazing!! The actors and actresses were great, the set was really cool and the songs were absolutely INCREDIBLE!! Miss Hannigan was probably the best, but Annie was still great. My all time favorite song in it was "Easy Street", because Lily St. Regis and Rooster were so funny! Rooster stole the stage when they were dancing and the orphans were fantastic too. 
The only problem was there was a 3 or 4 year old behind us who talked during the first act. But during the second act (after the intermission) she was pretty wound up. And i was especially annoyed when she kicked me in the back of the head. Finally, Kate got fed up and asked my dad if he could please tell them to take her out. I'm glad he did because it was getting bad. But other than that it was great! :)

I'm so Excited!!!!!

Tonight Kate, my dad and I will be going to "Annie" on stage! YEA!!!!!! i love that movie and I can't wait!!! I'll post pics later :)

Caption Contest Canceled :(

I'm so sorry but I had to cancel the caption contest *sad sigh* something went wrong with the pictures. An update on things going on around here: Luke almost broke my dad's foot, Luke himself pulled a muscle in his leg and Mark is sick.
haha Luke did not try to break my dad's foot, my dad was pitching to him and Luke hit a line drive right at his foot D:

Baseball Season

Don't ya just love watching little league games? I do. My brother Luke plays on a team with kids we've known for about four years now. I used to play baseball when i was eight so I love going to the games and watching my old teammates and Luke. He has a game tonight at a field my dad played on when he was a kid. My dad calls it "the new field" because it was new when he was a kid :) 

He hit two homeruns on the new field and i know Luke's gonna try to do the same tonight! I think they're playing a tough team so it's going to be exciting! I can't wait! 

Another thing I love about baseball games: the candy stand!!! 

A random quote: 

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

I Have Returned!!!

So I'm finally back,

and I have a lot to tell!

About two weeks ago my family went to our mountain house.

It was so so so beautiful up there! 

I took like, a gazillion pictures and had a very hard time choosing which one to put into this post :)

The snow was melting which meant that there were those little rivers on the side of the paths and I just had to stop and look at every one!

When it was time to leave, we were hoping to be able to sled down the driveway but weren't getting the hang of it, so Luke decided he would give rides on his sled:

We had a blast!