~Bizzare~

sooooooooooooooooooooooo i was outside earlier today and found this spider.  yea, it's yellow & green.  apparentally, according to my mother (who i just spoke with lol) said they found them all the time in the front yard, which is where i found this one.  NEVER did i know about them, tho!  weirrrdddd!!!

i think i'll name him 'John'...  'John Deere' lol (:

Meanwhile, some pretty flowers (idk what kind) are blooming away. lol

aaaahh i LOVE summer! (:

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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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~Liberty, Justice, Freedom, and No-Name~

This is a picture (screen shot) of the bald eagle nest we've been watching...

Mom -Liberty- has been sitting on the nest and today the second egg hatched.  The first one hatched a day or two ago, and they took a name vote.  The name Freedom won.  The second one has yet to be named, so I have dubbed him/her No-Name until then...

The dad -Justice- came to the nest for a brief moment and I took the shot.  I was hoping mom would get up so we could see the babies, but she didn't.  =( 

They are so neat to watch!

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~Photos, Yet Again~

I've been trying out my Macro setting, to blur things either closer to the lens of farther...

Snowboarding in shorts!  :)

Zack was posing today, as well....

We have been hanging out on the swingset alot lately...

Then we were really excited to see GREEN GRASS!!!

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~Bird Update~

As I'm sure most of you know, we have been watching Molly the Barn Owl and her little owlets.  We have also been keeping and eye on Liberty the Bald Eagle and her two babies.  Molly still only has three owlets -Max, Pattison, and Austin, and it looks like there is a pipping hole in another egg.  Well, Liberty (female) and Justice (male) are two Bald Eagles, also in California, sitting on a nest of two eggs.  Today they had their first egg hatch.  The eaglet blends in with the nest, but if the momma gets up, you can see him/her squirming around.  Mom put a picture up on her blog of the baby.  People post them under the feed attatched to comments, so we have been using those pictures. (meaning, we didn't take that picture).  Check the links out!

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~BABIES!~

Well, as I was awake at 2:00 or so in the morning and watching Molly, two of the three hatched owlets were wriggling and squirmy.  I don't know which two these are, but they are right there poking out of their mommy's chest.  Two tiny heads.  I'm upset that this picture isn't in color, but the night cam doesn't show color.   ): 

The third egg hatched Thurs. night, and they named it Austin.

So now we have: McGee (dad), Molly (mom), Max (1st egg), Pattison (2nd egg), and Austin (3rd egg).  We can't wait for the other two eggs to hatch. 

Click here to see Molly and the clan...or clutch, as the babies are called. lol

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~We are SO Glad the Nice Weather is Back!~

We were excited to see that the digital thermostat said it was in the 50s!

Kenzie and I went out to take some more pictures...

Chloe was spazzing out!  Every time she gets to go out and play she gets so hyper!

Kenzie hollered at me: 'Cassie, get this picture!' 

Then she wanted to get the chance to take some pictures...

She then wanted a picture of her jumping off the swing...

Yes, there is still snow on the ground, but it was warm enough to go hang out on the swingset and around the yard while wearing shorts!

I SEEEEE YOU!

So Zack found these long pipe thingys in our field. 

I am Darth Mal! lol (if that's even how you spell his name.)

Kenzie used it and pretended to be 'Noah' and was calling the animals!  These were her words:

"I am Noah!  Come, my dear animals!"  She's such a nut! lol

Then they wanted me to do something.  Guitar!

Them rocking out...

I took the picture while sitting in the wheel-barrel and Zack was like:  Are you serious?  And then he took my camera and said he was going to take a picture.

He looks super tall here!  I know he's not green, but...Green Giant! :D

Kenzie looks so innocent...  :)

WE LOVE THE NICE WEATHER!!

Peace out, everyone! 

So Zack took this picture and the next after.  I thought they came out REALLY awesome!  Great job, bud!  :D

We have so much fun being outside! Forget being cooped up in the house!

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