~YAY YAY YAY!~

YAY YAY YAY!

It is OFFICIAL!  We are going to have an Uncle Chad Nation!

It's pretty exciting (:

And then we'll have an Aunt Tiffany Nation. :D

Congrats Aunty Tiff & Chad! :D :D

=)

~GAHHHH!!~

ok, i know i haven't updated this in like forever, but i have been B.U.S.Y.!!
ever since mom & the sibs got back from ND we have been going NON-STOP!!
we just haven't had time to catch our breath..
i am sick w/ some kind of head cold or something. and i don't feel too well.  but tomorrow we get to sleep in and get some much-needed R&R.
as i am sitting here typing that i am sick, my brother just came up saying he took his temperature, and has some kind of 99* temp.  ugh we're all gonna be sick! 
this past week has been pretty awesome, though.  monday we did some school --not too exciting.  tuesday i had cornerstone co-op and then a GS meeting for kenzie (and i am a helper for her troop).  wednesday we didn't do much..  thursday i had learning tree co-op and shakespeare auditions (do NOT get my started on that topic!!)  and then friday we went to Newport Aquarium with the millers.  and today (saturday) we delivered all of our 1400+ weekend newspaper bags. so we can DEFINITELY sleep-in tomorrow! :D :D :D
i have not had anytime to keep up w/ either of my blogs. ( including my new one for my photography ..::  CassPhotography ::..  )  funny thing is, i haven't even had time to take pictures of all the stuff we've been doing!!  GAHHHHH!! lol
this coming week we don't have anything planned other than our tuesday and thursday co-ops, and we are hitting the school books ..  we need a good school week.  /: 
hope-fully we will be able to have a calm week, and then i'm sure it'll be back to craziness!  we are so run-down tho, and now all three of us kids don't feel good, that we need a good day of R&R. 
well i think i am going to retire this post and i hope to be able to update this sometime soon w/ what goes on.  in the meantime, my mom is better about updating her blog w/ what we do(:
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~Backyard Buddies~

OK, so I am a little jealous right now of my family in ND.  Didn't think that would happen.  lol.  It turns out the neighbor down the street has fixed the fence and done all that was needed to bring up the horses he wanted to use our field for. Well, today he brought the horses up to the house.  I'm sure my mom will put pics up on her blog soon, but she hasn't yet.  All I know so far is that they are four years old and there are two of them.  They are both females, and the one with the Red bridle's name is Missy, and the one with the Black bridle's name is Angel.  Both are very pretty!  And I wish very much to see them :) 
Until then...
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~Ohio State Fair~

so today my grandparents and i went to the Ohio State Fair.  it has been forever since i have been there and i had a good time.  i invited one of my friends to go, since my grandparents said i could invite someone so i might be able to enjoy it more, but unfortunately she was unable to make it.  besides, i had a good time anyway.

i was a little upset because there were so many people it was hard to get pictures as the day went on, but here were the ones i got...just a few but oh well. (:

the first pictures are of the lego village or something. /: lol  i'm not sure exactly what to call it...

the train tracks

the train

this next picture is of a HUGE-O pig! haha this thing was huge and i mean HUGE!

this is the sign that was on the pig's cage

i liked this little waterfall and thought it looked relaxing and picture-worthy.

this sign was in one of the old cabins

i liked the fact it said 'from telegraph to twitter' ! haha

just as we were ending our day a storm rolled in.  this didn't look too pretty so we started walking faster to beat the rain but instead the rain is what stopped us!  it was blowing 35+ mph winds and that is NOT normal for ohio!  definitely for north dakota, but NOT ohio! lol.  here are some pics...

preettttttttttyyyyy haha... ;)  it did look pretty sweet tho!

gorgeous grey/black sky...  LOVELY DAY!

the giant cardinal thingy before the rain...

the giant cardinal things IN the rain! (yea i know, it's kinda hard to tell it's raining. but believe me - it was pouring!)

this is a good pic of the rain i think.

wet pavement!

so yea that's part of my day at the ohio state fair.  wish i would have taken some more pics, but ya know, at least my camera isn't clogged with 50bajillion photos.

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~The Pizza Story~

We made pizzas tonight. . .
Here is the pizza story. . .

mushing it...or whatever it's called.

tossing it...and I didn't drop it!

final product...

me & my grandparents who have been feeding me, clothing me, and housing me... (:

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~Thomas Lloyd~

Check out my mommy's blog for pictures of my newest baby cousin!  <3 Thomas Lloyd Schmitt <3 born on June 14th!  He is soooooo cute!  I am sad that we live so far away!  I really want to hold him and spend time with him.  It's weird because we've always been around for any of my cousins being born (since I am the oldest over-all grandchild) and so having another cuz in a completely diff state it's weird not being able to go right over to the hospital and hold him, play with him, or just spend time with him!
Anywho - check out my mother's blog to see some pictures!

~Counsins~

Well, I've gotten to spend some time with my cousins (who live up in Dayton) a couple weeks so far through out the summer.

I enjoy spending time with my little cousins Lil' Man & Princess, as well as my older cousins Socks (he plays soccer) and Base (he plays baseball).

Me & Lil' Man

Me & Princess

We (my grandparents & I) brought Base & Socks back last week to hang out of a week.  So we went to the zoo on one of my days off 'so i could explain things to them & lead them around the zoo'. 

We had a lot of fun!  I have to say - I forgot how tiring it is to walk around the zoo whenever you come to enjoy it!  We walked for 6.5 hours.  I'm not putting all the pics up because I'm running short on time, but here are some pics from when Socks, Base, Gma, Gpa, & I went to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.

The Polar Bears (now, this picture wasn't taken when we went - it was taken one evening I worked an overnight - but here it is.)

Base & I

Socks trying to give Base the Lorikeet.

Gma & Base on the boat ride in Austrailia and the Islands.

Base, Socks, & Me with PePe the Penguin statue.

Socks & I on our way home from the CZA.

We had a ton of fun spending the day at the Zoo and I hope maybe we can go again sometime this summer.

~A Cousin-Filled Weekend~

Well, Mom & the sibs left Pickerington on Friday & we all (Mom & the sibs, Gma & Gpa Jackson, & me) went up to Dayton to spend some time with our cousins.  I spent alot of time with the youngest of the bunch (twins) 'Little Man' & 'Princess'.

Me & Princess

Me & Little Man.  I love his red hair!

Princess wanted to put my necklace on & take a picture. I couldn't get her to take that sucker out of her mouth!  =P

He's so cute!  =)

We went to my oldest younger cousin's soccer game. . .

Then we all stayed the night. 

Me, Princess, & Gma Jackson

Upstairs was Spider Man hanging from a vent. . .

Spider Man to the rescue!!! =D

I asked Princess to 'smile big' & this is what I got!  Too cute!

That's a smile!

She just loves smiling in different ways! lol!

We had a great time spending time with our cousins. There are four of them in that bunch, I spent all my time with the two youngests (twins) Little Man & Princess. 

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~Days Spent with the Miller Family!~

Before my mom & sibs left this morning to return to North Dakota, we spent a lot of time with the Miller family this past week!  We have had an amazing time with them & I can't wait to do things with them over the summer!

Erin, Lindy (my mini-me), & me...

Lindy (my mini-me-) & me...

We don't even wear matching socks!!!  =D

Erin & me. . .  isn't she just ADORE-able!!!

Kenzie, Lindy, & me. . .

After eating subs from Subway & hanging out, we decided to go upstairs & I let the girls do hair styles on me.  Let's just say in the end my head was sore from all the pulling & tugging to get my hair to go the way they wanted it to. . .

Lindy did this one on her own. . .

Then it was on to me. . . joy!  :P

The back of the first hair style.  Good job, Lindy! lol!  =)

Start of the second hair style. . . nothing major, right ? ? ?

. . . . . THINK AGAIN!  I have been told it's the modern 'Pippy Longstocking' look! hahahaha!  Good job, Paige, Kenzie, & Lindy!

Third hair style.  Lindy did a balet bun.  It looked really good!

Paige did the 'cute & colorful' look!  It was very cute & fun!  Great job, Paige! =D

Since Lindy helped with so many hairstyles on me, I did one on her!  You look cute, adoptive-little-sis!

Since we love hanging out with the Millers, we wanted to get together another time.  So we met up at a park in Westerville (I can't remember the name of it at all!).

From front to back: Erin, Lindy, Paige, & Kenzie

Erin did a balancing act while holding her mommy's hand!

So pretty!

. . . unless you're me & you 'accidentally' drop a water bottle on the other side & have to go get it because you don't want to litter!  DUH! ;)

From left to right: Erin, Lindy, Kenzie, Paige, & me. . .

Paige & I ;)  <3

The boys: Ethan & Zack. . . they were looking at fish & doing other boy stuff!

We had an awesome week hanging out with you guys!

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