Jellystone Park (or days 4 and 5)

Well, I know I am still behind but I have not had a signal for a while. So, I’ll tell you about Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, we arrived around dinnertime at Jellystone Park in Estes Park, Colorado. We stayed overnight and then left Monday morning after playing a game of putt-putt. I think everybody enjoyed Jellystone. Here are some pictures from Jellystone.

After we played putt-putt, we left Jellystone and drove to Lander, Wyoming. We stayed overnight at a campground called Sleeping Bear. There is a cute dog here that is named Jill. Here are some pictures.

So, today we are driving to Jackson, Wyoming and the Grand Tetons. I can’t wait! Emma and I have these “passports” that you can stamp at the national parks. We brought them on our California trip and got some stamps. Anyway, we brought them this time and have gotten a few stamps and I know we will get more. It is fun to stamp them.

Well that’s all for now. Did you have fun on this ongoing Awesome Adventure with Abigail!

Yellowstone or bust!

Okay, so I am just going to say it now- I AM SO SORRY for not blogging for a while. I've just been busy. I know, I know, that's no excuse. I don't know how my mom (and other every-day bloggers) do it!

Ok, so now that my apologies are through, I'll update you on what's new. Some of you may already know, but my family is going on another RV trip. This time though, is going to be a little different. For one, we are traveling in my grandparents RV, not a rented one. Two, we are not going to Ohio or California, but Yellowstone.

Our destinations being chosen, Mom started on the infamous Blue Notebook! Now, thanks to her hard planning, we are in Colorado and going smoothly, but let me backtrack and tell you what has happened so far.

We left ahead of schedule on Wednesday night and boondocked (For all of you non-RVers that means staying overnight at a non regular campground.) at the Alabama welcome center. The next day we drove all the way to Grapevine Texas for Dad's airplane show. We arrived around 10:00ish. We camped at the show overnight.

The next day (Friday if you forgot) we went shopping at Grapevine Mills mall. We also ate at a place called Ritzy's. There they serve you salad in a medium mixing bowl and the kids get a free scoop of ice cream with their meal. Then once we got back, we went swimming at a nearby lake.

Saturday we left the show around 11:00. We then drove to Dumas, Texas and stayed at a cute little city park. They had electricity hookups, a whole playground and it was all FREE!

So, today we left the cute, little, free park with a whole playground and electricity we started driving. Our destination is Jellystone campground in Estes, Colorado. Mom says that there will be putt-putt and other fun stuff too.

I hope to post again soon and update you guys on what is going on. Please pray that everything goes smoothly and that none of us get altitude sickness ( a sickness caused by the changing in distance above sea level. The only way to prevent this is to keep eating and drinking)

Hope you had fun on this ongoing Adventure With Abigail!!!

Thanksgiving!

I know what you're thinking, is this girl crazy? It's already past Thanksgiving. Well I know it's past Thanksgiving, but I had to post about my Thanksgiving. Every year my family visits my grandparents in Florida. We had a lot of fun.

Here are just a few of the things we did:

We went to a Magic game. (The Orlando Magic are my grandparents' favorite basketball team.) Emma and I made signs to wave, and they worked. I was on the JumboTron (a big four-sided screen up above the center of the court) 6 times! We also got our faces painted at this thing called Fan Fest. It is before the game and they do things like face-painting and balloons etc. etc.

Another fun thing that we did that I will remember for a LONG time is my first visit to the Melting Pot. For those of you who do not know what the Melting Pot is, I will explain.

(loud drumroll)

The Melting Pot is a restraunt. But not just any restraunt. It is a fondue restraunt. The minute I figured that out I couldn't wait for, you guessed it, DESSERT!!!!!!!! Here is a picture from a memorable time. It was taken when we got dessert. We got a kind of chocolate called Flaming Turtle. It is chocolate with nuts and flambed at your table.

The last fun thing that I will list is a memory that my sister will remember for a long time. She has been wanting a guitar for a little while, and while in Florida, she got one. It is pink (of course) and plays very well. The only downside is that you have to tune it often. Here she is playing out on the porch at my grandparent's house.

Well that was a very Floridarific ( pronounciation florida-ri-fic) adventure with Abigail right? See 'ya next time when we get our Christmas tree. (Don't worry. It will be here on Friday)

Fall!

Well fall is finally here 'yall. Those pretty trees, pumpkins, and of course, HALLOWEEN! This year Emma and I decided to dress up as Egyptian Queens.(well I was a pharoah but nobody is being technical, are they?) Emma was Cleopatra (familiar?) and I was Hatshepsut. She was the first Egyptian queen to proclaim herself pharoah. Pretty neat, huh? Anyway, my wonderful mother made our costumes. Yeah, MADE them. Here are some pictures of their majesties.

(Yes, Mom DID use black hair spray. Yes, we DID shampoo it three times to get it out.)

Enough about Halloween. Let's talk about the beautiful weather and the TREES! Ok, I know the weather hasn't been totally great, but hey, at least we've had some nice days. Right? My family went to the lakehouse recently and for those of you who don't know, there area LOT of trees. Emma and I played in our leaf pile until Jake (our dog) had to mark his teritory which happened to be OUR leaf pile. Ewwww! Emma, Mom and I went on a walk while there and got to feed a few cows! Here are some pics.

(Yes, that cow's name IS Wendy. Hungriest cow i've ever met.)

Looks like even Jake had fun at the lake. Well hasn't that been an awesome fall adventure with Abigail? See ya next time!

P.S. Please pray for Emma. She has had a cough lately and she went to see the doctor today. Keep her in your prayers.

Finally!

Whew! Finally I have time to sit down and blog. Sorry to all of you guys I have just been a BIT busy with school starting and all.

Well, we started school an August 5th and it is going very nicely. I have finished my quilt and I am knitting a couple of headbands as well. Our garden is booming even though the zucchini has died. We have had at least 20 pounds of tomatoes and mom has been making sauce and canning like crazy!

Here are some pictures.

Guess who else visited? No, not any more tomatoes, our cousins! We did a lot of fun stuff like going to the zoo and Mayfield dairy.

Look at this funny picture of Chloe! She is a little chatterbox now and is growing, growing, growing!

Wasn't that a fun catch-up adventure? See ya next time!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July everybody!

Today we had a parade at my neighborhood. Emma and I decorated our bikes and helmets and went along. There were also some golf carts.

After that we headed back to the pool to swim and eat. We had little "burgers" for dessert.

Mom made them out of cupcakes, brownies, and icing.

The cupcakes are the buns, the brownies are the burger, and the icing is made into ketchup, mustard, and lettuce.

Here we are in the pool with friends.

Well that was a fun 4th of July adventure right? See ya next time!

Crafts and Hats

On Tuesday Emma, mom and I attended a knitting class. It was mostly for Emma and I but mom also picked up some needles and tried. Emma was REALLY into it and has been knitting ever since.

Here you can see the little worker at work.

The almost finished product

I have picked up a new possible hobby. Making quilts! One of our neighbors has offered to teach me how to quilt. I had my first lesson last Monday. I am making a doll quilt and have found it to be a LOT of fun. I am learning to machine quilt so now I know how to sew on a sewing machine.

Here it is. ( It isn't finished yet)

One last thing, we are going to my friend's VBS ( vacation bible school). Last night was wacky hat day. We had to wear our wackiest hats we had.

Here is my creation.

It consists of the following:

1. A long blue hat from last VBS

2. My Tinker Belle Mickey ears

3. An Orlando Magic baseball cap

4. A yellow lei

5. That alligator thing was my craft that we made

During the begining talk a man took me and two other people onto the stage and said that we had the wackiest hats! We also got one dollar each.

Whew, that was one crafty wacky adventure 'yall. See ya next time!