Exploring and Re-enacting

So, me and a friend when to the Exploratorium for the day and then just this weekend we were Civil War Re-enacting (which I didn't get a lot of pictures). I got braces on Wednesday which have been very painful and a mouthful. So I guess I should get on with the pictures. :) I will start with the Exploratorium and then move on to the Civil War. So here we go!

 Here's where we sat down to eat lunch and I had to take a picture because the of big fluffy clouds!

This guy had been working on this for I think about 30 years! It is all made out of toothpicks and he's still not done! Yikes!

 We were almost to the Ghirardelli place but we made sure we stopped to rest since it took us quite a while to get there!

 Waiting for our ice cream......

And it came! Yay!

Sorry there wasn't very many pictures of that day. :(

 I had to throw in this yummy milkshake that my mom made because it was so good!

 On the way to the re-enactment

 The clouds were amazing driving up there

 One of the pictures that I'm proud of! Even my mom said she was impressed!

 The sign on our tent

 This is where I hung out most of the two days

 Some games. Graces is the hoop and sticks and then the other one is cup and ball which is quite fun!

 Pots 

 Some cups

 Our lantern 

 Our camp

 I was playing around with different shots

And last but not least, a picture that I drew while I was there. I made it using pastels that I brought with me and I think I'm going to hang this one of the wall! 

So that is all for today, I will post again when I have more pictures! :)

-Kelsey

Other random things

Not much has been going on around here lately. We finally got some more rain for a couple of days which was a nice change from the always sunny weather. Apart from that, nothing else really has been going on.

In my play, we are starting to sell tickets! And we also have to get people to put ads in to our program. I have a couple people already who want to buy some tickets but for the ads I'm not quite sure who I'm going to ask. Hopefully something turns up soon!

Well, here are some pictures that I have taken over the week!

 Here is my chubby bunny! This was the first picture I took with my new iPod

 This is a little flower bush in-between our yard and our neighbors yard. It had just rained when I took this picture.

 This is another picture from the bush. 

 And it's my rabbit again!

 And again.... But look at how cute he is! :)

 Working on crowns for the play

 This is a Dalmatian Pitbull mix. Isn't it so cute?

 My Panda fortune that I got today

 My school

Just a random picture of a cute polar bear close up! 

 Instagram pictures:

 It rained for a long period of time finally!! :)

Oh Siri..... But she might be right!

That's all I have for today! Until next time!

-Kelsey

Instagram

So, I don't really have a lot to blog about so I thought I would share a couple of my Instagram pictures with you! So here we go!

This is the sunset view from my bedroom window

It rained! 

The polar bear I drew for art

The sunset on the way home from drama

I looked ahead a bit in our calendar and this was one of the holidays.. I couldn't help but think of the song "Do You Want To Build A Snowman." It would be do you want to burn a snowman! 

We had some fun with the pancake batter

Did you know that Esther 8:9 is the longest verse in the Bible? 

I have loved reading this devotion! It has been so much fun!

This was one weird holiday that I wouldn't want to celebrate

What do you call a seagull that flies over the bay? A bagel!! Lol

Just a little snack while doing school. Those s'more goldfish are addicting!

You can normally find little (or big) doodles on my school papers and work books

This is the case I want to get for my new iPod touch!


Well, that's all for today! Once I have more pictures to put up I will post again or if something exciting happens. Oh! That reminds me! My brother and dad both applied for jobs at Compassion International. As much as I think it would be cool I really wouldn't like to leave California to move all the way to Colorado. I would miss all my friends and church family! But I guess if it's God's will that we move there then I'm just going to have to suck it up and be okay with it. 

Until next time!

-Kelsey

Just A Little Post

So Matthew and my mom got home safely from their Compassion trip to Mexico! When they got back it was non-stop stories about different things on the way home. It was fun hearing about all their little adventures while they were there. The next day my mom showed us all the pictures she took on her camera. There was so many! But I loved seeing all the happy kids faces! And then their was our sponsored child who was just adorable! They said they knew who it was when they saw his hair! It was lots of fun looking at pictures and hearing stories.

I had to get back to doing my school this week and honestly it felt very very normal. Like I should be doing it for the rest of my life during my day. Although I know that feeling will go away once it gets closer to summer and I don't want to be doing school. My favorite subject right now is art. I love doing art and I love learning about how I can do it better! Second in line is writing. Although it can be confusing sometimes it has been very fun and I have learned a lot! Third I guess would have to be science. That sometimes is very very confusing and I have to go back and re-read a chapter to figure out what it was saying. Last would have to be math. Yes it's probably everyone's most hated subject but some of those things just don't make sense to me. Like why would you want to undo an equation? But I guess I will need to know it someday so I will keep on learning. I have to say though that my own personal bible time has been so much fun and my most favorite! I am going through a Sherlock Holmes devotional and it is very good! I might just have to re-read it after I'm done with it!

Sorry, I don't have any pictures up but it hasn't really been a picture worthy week... Oh well...

Today though we had Panda Express for lunch! It was so good and I'm so glad that we have a Panda here in town! After we were done eating we left the box out and soon the house smelled like chow mein! It was an amazing smell.

That's all I have for today but I will be posting again soon and hopefully with some pictures!

Oh and one more thing. I have been writing letters to a friend just recently and in one of my letters I had written a sort of a poem in it. It was about how much I love spring! So here it is:

I can't wait for Spring! I love the smell of the air and the gentle breeze of the wind passing through the trees. I love being able to stay outside all day long and hearing the chirping of the birds in the trees. The way the sun beams down on the trees making the leaves glow. The small delicate shoots of gem green grass pushing through the dirt. Oh and the day, the first day, that you finally get to wear a short sleeve shirt and shorts. The sweet smell of flowers blooming drifting through the air. The sound of a lawn mower next door and sitting by an open window letting the breeze through. And the first couple of rain showers making everything glitter and gleam.

And then of course once Summer comes to an end, I can't wait for Fall and Winter. The cripness of the air after rain and the smell of something baking and candles burning in the house. I'm glad God made Spring because it's the most beautiful time of year. I don't know what I would do without it! 

So there's my 'poem'! 

-Kelsey