July 4th

For the 4th my family and I decided to spend the day at Kings Island, and took a few friends along too. It rained all day long, which in actuality turned out quite nice, as so few people were there! The only problem was that the fireworks were postponed until the next night. So on the 5th we went back over in the evening to watch the fireworks. So beautiful! The park at patriotic music playing in the background as well, completing the beautiful experience.

We spent some time  on the 6th celebrating in our own way. My dad managed to find some pretty exciting stuff for us to do! 

Rockets :)

And what we thought were bigger rockets: we accidentally set off a few fireworks in our backyard. So pretty though!

Morning at the Arboretun

Granny came up for a short visit! We decided to spend a morning at Cox Arboretum and walk around. It was a beautiful day, but got hot quick! We had a lovely time :)

This turtle was enjoying the sunshine.

So many bumblebees!  

This one was so cute, scratching himself with his foot :)

I love waterfalls.

Sammy's Day Out

The homeschool moms had a planning meeting - that day of the year when they all decide what is going to happen to the students of next year while the kids run wild.  One family lives on a farm, and kindly "donated" it's front porch for planning, and the property for the kids to explore! I was disappointed not to be going, until I had a brilliant idea - Sammy needed to come! Sure enough, Sam loved his field trip to the farm, and the car ride there (he yelled, "Go! Go! Go!" for fifteen minutes.)  He ate [my] pizza and watched llamas and walked the quarter mile driveway all by his little self - and then walked back!  Squirt was tired by the time we were done . . . and so was I!  Still, we had a good day exploring the great outdoors :D

Myself and little Squirt

Walking together :)

Walking . . . not as together ;) 

We went down to a little creek :)  Michelle was nice enough to let him play in the water a little bit.

Walking back from the creek. It was a lot of walking!  Riley tried to carry Sammy boy back for me, but he got mad. This was the look he gave Riley. 

It's been a long, fun day!  We slept well that night!

December 21

December 20th was the other day I missed taking a picture on, so here is a photo from the 21st

The first real snowfall of the season!  Also the first day of winter.  This was the day the world was supposed to end, according to the Mayans.  Obviously it didn't... ;)

Boston (Day 2 - Evening)

We walked a lot this night.  Trying to find the Boston Commons was an adventure!  We went the wrong way several times (or so it seemed) XD  I have some fun pictures and some of the gorgeous scenery (even though it was getting dark by the time we found it, lol)

From a gate at Trinity Church.

I thought the lampposts were pretty.

Notice:  That sign says Do not Enter. We are entering.  That other sign says don't walk.  We are walking. ;)

George Washington statue against the skyline of Boston.

Beautiful tulips.  And two stray red within the yellow.  Funny enough, they weren't there when we returned to the garden the next day.

Lovely willow tree...

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Boston (Day 1)

Wow.  Boston was crazy.  There were a lot of people there!!!  Yet it was also beautiful, specifically the historical parts.  here are some of the pictures I took :)

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Niagara Falls

We stopped by Niagara Falls on the way to Boston!!!  It was an amazing surprise *grin*  Aren't the falls beautiful?!?!

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First glimpse of spring break!

Here are some pictures of our first few days at Granny's :D

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Random Portraits

This afternoon Elizabeth and I went outside to take some pictures.  It was very cold, but we still had so much fun!  These were some of the results ^_^  (these are all portraits of her that I took.  The portraits of me I have yet to play with/look at as closely.)

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