Banana

ba·nan·a [buh-nan-uh]

–noun

1.

a tropical plant of the genus Musa, certain species of which are cultivated for their nutritious fruit.Compare banana family.

2.

the fruit, esp. that of M. paradisiaca, with yellow or reddish rind.

use Banana in a sentence: The banana was in the pine tree.

Happy New Year!



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i have the most FREEZING-EST room in the whole wide world! both of my pinky toes just went numb because of it. :(

Get smart!!

Look what i got for Christmas!!

:)

Sleigh Ride

I love this song! listen to the " giddy up" part! haha

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Gingerbread Houses

Last weekend we made gingerbread houses.............They were pretty hard to make!! they turned out very interesting!

Step 1

Step 2

voilà!!

This person probably did not want to have

his face shown so I blotted it out

Comparing to the box!

Here are all three! Guess who's is who's!

Joe, Me, and the little boys made them.

which is your favorite?

1.

2.

3.

Random Pictures!

Here are some pictures from the last month or so

Today it actually started snowing!

9 days till Christmas!

Finally got a picture of Naomi smiling

Christmas stockings.....we hadn't gotten Naomi's stocking yet in this picture

Christmas tree!

Thanksgiving (not the best picture)

Old Rag Mountain Hike

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWINS!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIEL AND NATHANIEL!!!!!

my favorite tv shows!!!!!!!

1.I Love Lucy (1951-1957)

2.The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)

3.Hogans Heroes (1965-1971)

4.Get Smart (1965-1970)

5.I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970)

6.Bewitched (1964--1972)

7.The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)

8. Leave it to Beaver (1957-1963)

9.The Brady Bunch (1969-1974)

10.The Cosby Show (1984-1992)

Making fruity pebbles rice crispy treats!

Me,Matthew and amanda made fruity pebble rice crispy treats!

Amanda!

Matthew with his!

thats how much we started with!

Thats how much ended up!

Random videos from our NY/Bermuda trip!

this was on the way to NY!

this was at 1:00 in the morning!

We were very excited! haha

I am such a nerd in this video!

THE LAKE!!!

Every summer my grandparents host something we like to call cousins camp! All of my cousins (on my mom's side) and me and my siblings go down to my grandparents lake for a week!I just got home from this year's cousin's camp two days ago! It was really fun!

Maddie Playing Ninja on the dock!

Katie and Jamie on the Swing

On monday we went swimming but we couldn't go tubing because someone stole our tube! We met a girl named Clara and her brother. We swam with them and had a jumping-off-the-dock competition! For dinner we went to a little restaurant in Mineral Va where we got pizza! And for dessert we went to get ice cream at Scoopers. YUMm!

Me on the dock

On tuesday we swam in the morning and in the afternoon we went to a friend of our grandparents swimming pool! That was really fun! And when we got home we went tubing because a neighbor let us borrow his tube!

Lily at mini golfing!

Wednesday we did our Charlottesville day! First we went mini golfing! i think joe got first place! And then we went to Bodo's Bagels! The best bagel place in the world! I even have a bodo's bagel's t-shirt! After Bodo's we went to Walmart,where we each got five dollars to spend.I got a giant goldfish and a mini notebook! When we got home we went swimming and tubing!

Us playing in the water

On Thursday, we swam and lily and I went tubing with Clara! That was so much fun! Then in the Afternoon we went tubing with her again but this time her uncle was driving so we fell of a bunch of times! For dinner we made our own pizzas!

Twins Playing Baggo

Friday we just swam and I tried to ski but i didn't get up. Then I went tubing with Katie and I fell off again! That evening Joe and Noah went with my grandpa to a car cruizing thing, and the rest of us stayed home and watched a movie!

Jamie!

Matthew making his Pizza!

On Saturday we left the lake and met at sheetz with my dad and my aunt, and everybody went home!

Unfotunelately, I lost my glasses. On wednesday when we went in the water, i put them down somewhere (which i thought i put them on the dock) and couldn't find them when i got out. :(

So right now i am doing everything with out them. which is very tricky!

Life Magazine Pictures!

Here are a few old pictures from Life magazine! Google has almost all of the pictures from them!

To see the pictures, you just google, "source:life."If you want to google anything particular, just put it before source:life.

-Miss America sometime in the 40's-

The accordion just makes this so awesome!

-1946-

Why they did this? I do not know.

I wonder if that was a real squirrel!

-1947- (i think)

some bike thingy!

It looks dizzying!

-1949-

Nothing gets better than this,

Squirrel and Man Playing Piano!

The Banana is in the Pine Tree

One night while we were on the cruise, Abbi and I were playing giant checkers outside! We were both really really tired! And when I get tired, I start saying random things! so while we were playing,I randomly said, "the banana is in the pine tree!" And for some reason which i do not know, We thought that was the funniest thing ever! And we still do think it is funny!

4th of July!

Its the 4th of July! We celebrated it yesterday at the lake! Today we are just hanging out at home. Hopefully i can see some fireworks tonight!

Haha

Haha I love this!!! I have a weird fear of squirrels so this makes me happy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtBVG09b-i0&feature=related

WARNING: RANDOM!!!

This is really random! and it's backwards!

Bermuda Cruise!

I am sooooooooo excited for the cruise Katie and I are going on with the Karrens! We are leaving in 12 days!!! I AM SOOO EXCITED! AND first we are going to NY! it will be sooooo super awesome!

Heres some of the super awesome things on the ship!

Cinema and auditorium!

Fitness Center!

Spa!

Galleria Shops!

6 Hot Tubs!

An Internet Cafe!

Jogging/walking track!

Lap Pool and Jacuzzi!

Chapel!

Library!

An Oasis Pool!

Writing and Reading Room!

And there's A lot more things too!!!! I AM SOO SUPER EXCITED!!

First Post on my new Blog!

Heyyyaa!!! when i went to the zoo a couple of weeks ago one of my favorite animals was the llama! i don't know why i think they are so awesome!