Pure Joy {Rachel}

First of all... spring is finally here! The sun is not only shining, but it is warm! My mom and I where just on our way to get a soda then enjoy lunch in the backyard.... oh spring is great!

Second, the other day I was having a little too much fun on the iPad. Kate and I where taking pictures, then adding stickers so the faces had mustaches, glasses, hats etc. We sure laughed hard so, I just thought I would share them:

Love,

   Rachel

Happy Birthday Darling! {Jessica}

Today is Rachel's birthday! She turned 13, same as me! Yesterday I went with her and her family down to their Grandma's house and to the Miss. Fairview pageant. I spent time with her all day and we had some pretty good laughs. We did our nails, ate really good food, watched girls walk around in their pretty dresses and texted pointless things to random people. Typical teenager things ya know. :)

The point is, she is always there for me. Ready to make me laugh, or listen to me vent, or to give me advice. She is an amazing person and always will be! She is so super talented, smart, gorgeous and kind. She always makes the right decisions and is always up for a challenge!!

Rachel, you are the bestest friend a girl could ask for. No way I could do everything I do without you here! You truly the greatest and I hope you have a wonderful day. I love your face girl! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Love ya!! Love, Jessica 

Froggy Lou {Rachel}

My Week Long Love:

On Valentines day (the day of love)

My parents gave us kids a dove.

No, no, not a dove but 3 fish and a frog.

the fish where as gold as gold, and the frog as brown as a log.

We also got a little fishbowl.

and filled it with rocks and water clear full.

Next we spooned the fish right in

And hoped they would use each fin.

We watched and watched their tails wave ‘round

For only a week until they all drowned.  

As you can tell thorough my lovely poetry we got 3 fish, and they died... then we got 3 more... died, but thankfully we still have our little frog Lou. In my English class (2 days after Valentines day) we where required to write a poem about anything, using any rhyme scheme, and at least 2 types of figurative language (Can you guess what they are in my poem?). All that was on my mind was the tragic (not at all... a little flush doesn't hurt the soul that bad.  :) death of our newest family members. I thought it was funny to make the hole thing into a poem, and I had a lot of fun with it!

This is a picture of the only survivor of the gold fish killing rampage:

Sorry, it is kinda hard to spot the little guy.

 Lesson learned here... just spend the 3 extra dollars on a nice fish that will stay alive for more than 36 hours. Just sayin' guys.

Love,

     Rachel

   

Get it together Grandma {Jessica}

I got an e-mail from my grandma today. It went something like this:

Jessica...Someone gave grandpa some tickets to a concert by these kids but since he didn't know them or what they were like, he gave them away. Do you know them?  -Grandma

Am I that gullible?

Thanks for ruining my day Grandma. Thanks.
Love,  Jessica

Spring vs Snow {Rachel}

The other morning when I woke up and I was planning on wearing flats to school, only then did my mom said, "Rach, you might want to look outside." I did and I saw 4 new inches of new snow and it was still falling... HEAVY. I was pretty disappointed when I pulled on my boots and scarf. Today it has been even worse. The snow has stopped (for now) but I started going through all the pictures on my mom's phone and saw baseball pictures, our trip to Lake Powell and Zions, going to to pool and lots of sunshine. Then I diagnosed myself with a bad case of spring fever.

I would kill for a warm day just hanging out at the ball park watching my little bro pursue his dreams with a cold 7up in my hands. I really do love spring, and it better get here fast! Spring is my favorite season, there is a lot of good things that come when spring does... baseball, my birthday, time to pull out the skirts and capris, sunshine and green grass, and a happy girl!

Don't get me wrong, there is and always will be a place in my heart for winter. But it has been winter long enough. Let's all agree, it's time for the sun to get crackin' and warm this place up!

Love,

Rachel

Cruising Along {Rachel}

Last Saturday at about 5am my parents left to the airport... then to another airport... then finally to Puerto Rico where they boarded a cruise ship and partied in the Caribbean for 10 days! This year in May will be their 20 year anniversary so they decided  they had to celebrate! They left us 3 stooges back home in the snow and cold for a little vacation of their own. I honestly think they deserved it... but I really do hope they take me next time! :)

So, what do you do when you leave your 3 kids home for 10 days? We have a little party with the greatest aunt, uncle and cousins ever! My aunt Di, uncle Matt and their 2 little girls spent 6 days at our house watching us. Not only did they watch us but they where our taxi driver, chef, cleaning lady, and mom and dad. I am really glad they could come!

 Ok, maybe we had a little too much fun!

Love,

  Rachel

Job Shadow Time (Jessica)

This Friday, all the 7th graders were supposed to go and "Job Shadow" someone to see what it's like to have a real job and experience what they do. You could have done a parent, Elementary school teacher, or a neighbor. I had the opportunity to go back to 6th grade to job shadow my 6th grade teacher. I graded tests, gave them a spelling test, put in grades, etc. It so made me want to skip 7th grade for forever and go back to 6th grade. I love it there! A bunch of kids from our school last year were there so it was like a giant reunion! Plus, my little brother Joseph is in that class, so I got to be the embarrassing sister. :) I made so many memories in 6th grade last year, and had the BEST TEACHER EVER! :) It was so fun to go back and see what I have been missing out on.
Love, a wanna be 6th grader (again), Jessica