I'm Still Here! & The Concert

Believe it or not, I really am still here...life has been kind of crazy, but I hope to start posting again on a regular basis soon...

On April 15 we went to the River Center for the Celtic Woman concert...but let me back up a bit. We (which includes Gabbi, my sisters, and myself) have been longing for "Jane Austen" dresses...and someone (I don't know who) came up with the brilliant idea of making them for the concert...

Next thing I know, we're buying patterns and fabric and chattering excitedly about ribbons and lace and hairstyles...

Unfortunately, the project kind of got put off--excuse me, postponed until the Tuesday before the concert...which meant we had five day to make four dresses. Need I say that we were rather late getting to bed all week?

Anyway, here are some pictures from the event

Our grand entrance to the River Center

(we were five minutes late and in a hurry)

Waiting outside impatiently as the music starts...

Gabbi's hair...isn't it pretty?

My hair...

Jess

Lainey

Gabbi

At Jason's Deli afterwards..

Mom managed to get a snippet of Lisa Lambe singing "Dulaman," one of my favorite songs...

:)

The AG Girls

Hello again it's "Redhead" here to post about ten American Girl dolls!!

1) Here is Josefina, Gabbi's doll that has been staying over lately.

2) And this is Rebecca, Mom's doll.

3) Kirsten, Catie's first doll.

4) Kirsten's sister Lanie girl of the year 2010.

(5)&(6) & Jess's dolls

Emily was her first doll,

and then Lizzy.

doesn't she look just like Jess

7) Kanani my fourth doll also girl of the year 2011

8) Felicity my third doll

she looks a lot like me

9) my second doll Ruthie

they always say save the best for last so here she is number 10.......

*drum roll please*...............................

KIT kITTREDGE my first american girl doll I got her off of ebay four years ago

with sara the "Build-a-Bear"

and her really close friend Emily having fun in jess's room with sara

Well that's pretty much it except for the house but that's another story for later

~lu

big things come in small packages

My sister requested (I imagine in part because of Jess's new blog here) that I allow her to "do a blog post." So, without further ado...

Hi this Lu my older sister Catie said that I could do a blog post, so here it is!

A while back we were watching the new Celtic Woman concert Believe on TV, and during break we found out that they were coming to LA in April to the river center in Baton Rouge tickets were 75$ for one and there was three of us plus an adult. After two more breaks Catie announced that that's what she wanted for her birthday after the concert ended we all went to bed. On Christmas morning, after everything was opened Mom and Dad handed Catie one more envelope which said, "Happy Birthday Catie!" There was four tickets to the concert! yippee! and we were told that our "sister" Gabbi also got tickets for her and her mom yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!

Soon we will be seeing Chloe Agnew, Lisa Lambe, Mairead Nesbitt and Susan Mcfadden yippee!!!!

love,

~Lu

So far the month has been really busy...I may not be posting again for a while, but in the meantime, here's some pics from around the house and from my grandmother's.

African violets...

Beautiful white rose...

Blueberry leaves. Aren't they gorgeous?

Berries from some shrub in the woods (I think it may be Ligustrum)

Holly...

*Squeal* Mushrooms! Aren't they cute?

My Pentas...

and...(drumroll please) my early Christmas gift...

BOWIEA! :)

Yesterday I started working on the formal herb garden I'd been wanting to do for a while. Dad marked out a 12' by 12' square for me, and I set to work. I wanted four square beds, with a path through the middle, wide enough so I could plant my new rosebush in the center. As soon as I had finished laying down the newspaper, I realized it was getting dark, so I dampened the paper with the hose and went inside, thinking that since it was supposed to rain anyway, the damp paper would stay put until I could work on it in the morning. Great idea, right?
Wrong. I looked out the windows today, and lo and behold, there was all the newspaper--ALL OVER THE YARD. I spent the first half hour just chasing newspapers. The dog thought it was great fun and tried to help by  scattering them even further. Then, after I'd finally manage to get them all back in place (after reading the comics, of course :), I went to go get some leaves to put down on top. The minute I turned my back the wind started up again, and I was once again engaged in a game of tag-the-newspaper. I finished with the leaf layer and went inside.

Well, I guess I should go and finish that herb garden. I'll post some pictures later!

Annie's Sweater

*Sigh*

She never seems to like the costumes I make for her....;)

More Silliness

If there's one thing that I've learned while keeping birds, it's that they LOVE anything CRUNCHY. Ordinary food is good, but if you bring it to the crunchy level...wow.

So when Noname heard about Snowcones...

...I could almost hear what she was thinking....

Crunchy WATER! AWESOME!