Hmm..

I can't decide if I like this photo work or not. What do you think?

http://onelovephoto.typepad.com/heathergilson/

Seriously?

I came across this today and thought to myself...what a total, complete, awful waste of perfectly great antique-ish books!

so sad. so sad.

Daily Drop Cap

ello!

I just had to make a little post on this cuz it's sweet! You can put these cool drop caps in your blog from here: http://www.dailydropcap.com/

Vacation

Illinois Part V

Day 3

Once the whole shindig ended, we got to hang out and try to get a good picture of grandpa :) Here's what I got...




Playing harmonica again...


Loretta & g'pa


me & g'pa

Vacation

My Trip to Illinois Part IV

Day Three

The main point to this trip was my grandpa's 80th birthday. The whole family was there - it was great! So this all happened today.

I guess when you're 80 you get all sorts of things on your cake! ...


Grandpa still knows how to play 'O Susanna' on the harmonica which was really neat to see him do...



My little cousin Ethan, who is 5 now and adorable, really wanted to blow out candles, so he blew out the decorative ones on the table...


Marcia decided we needed ice cream to go with the cake, which I'm all for, but she decided this right as we were about to light the candles and sing happy birthday! So, we had to keep grandpa distracted for awhile, hence the tiny missing piece of cake...Oh, and grandma and Ethan helped blow out the candles. :)...



How the two little ones entertained themselves throughout the day...

Ethan collected acorns...



And Addison was just cute all day...

Vacation

My Trip to Illinois Part III

Day Two

The last thing to accomplish at the farm was to get a picture of me with Abby. And yes, to get a good picture of us is an accomplishment:







Matthew, my mom, and I then went to eat at a 7th Day Adventist restaurant in the closest little town...about the size of Pleasant Plains. It was interesting. I then drove to Springfield to visit with my dad who was in town that day for a dentist visit.



We went out to eat and hung out at his hotel. He was just telling me a story when I took this picture. hehe.

Vacation

My Trip to Illinois Part II

Day Two:

We took a walk around the property so I could see what exactly we own. This is a view from the spot they picked out for our future cottage...it looks out to our little pond.


Matthew planted some grape vines to start his own vineyard


Beautiful fall colors


One of our soybean fields


Here's our other pond:


My mom took me to see the Plasters Grove church, which was donated by my great great grandpa. There's only 11 members of the church :( So if it goes under the land goes back to us...what the heck would our family do with a church and cemetery?!


On the drive back to the cabin, there was a huge gross turkey vulture thing eating a dead animal on the road:


Pretty red plant: :)