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Too cute to Boot

2011-12-13T08:27:00.000-08:00

Aeris in her dress that Aunt Tiffany made. ^_^

2011-12-09T21:41:00.001-08:00

200+ cookies.

and its only the beginning . . .

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Ohio Renaissance Festival

2011-09-27T18:40:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday, Two Knapps and Four Bowmans went to the Renaissance Festival.

It was slightly chill and slightly warm, as well as loads of fun. ^_^

Upon our arrival, I was harassed/picked on by one of the greeters. He introduced me to everyone upon entering the festival by shouting out my "title."

The parade

Guido, of the Swordsman

Guido and Dirk

I'm so jealous of Aeris and Jeremy, I want a picture with Guido!

Mom in shackles . . .

Aeris being adorable

grandma and grandpa bought her a butterfly barrette

too cool not to take a picture of

cute stuff

i got in trouble for taking this one, because we didn't buy it , , ,

me and the Lady of the Lake . . . can you spot her?

mom and her crush

our knight (who won)

Aeris and grandparents! so cute!

alright, bye for now until the next fun family thing. ^_^

Nursery Pond Prints

2011-09-13T08:02:00.000-07:00

I was recently asked to design two prints for a lady at work. She is having a baby in October and she wanted to decorate her nursery in a pond theme so she wouldn't have to pick just turtles or ducks or frogs. She looked for children themed pond scene prints to hang up in the nursery to help tie her other decor together but couldn't find anything she liked.

So after asking her what kinds of animals she wanted in the prints, I drew up some sketches which she approved of and decided to execute them using Adobe Illustrator CS4.

My Adventures in Sewing

2011-09-13T07:02:00.000-07:00

About two Sundays ago, i decided to spend my afternoon making a stuffed Narwhal toy. Since i don't have one. This one is probably a little bigger than a beanie baby, i wanted to make it much bigger, but i couldn't because i didn't have as much white fleece as i thought i did. '~'

This past Friday, i made a simple dress by following a tutorial i came across online and with the assistance of my mother. this is only the second time using the machine to make anything and i still find it intimidating.

you can find the tutorial HERE.

have a great day!

My Birthday, 2011.

2011-09-06T17:56:00.000-07:00

I slept in until 9:00ish in the morning, upon exiting my room i was assaulted by some blue balloons taped around the frame of my bedroom door. My mother had led the assault and wrote the message of "Happy Birthday" upon them.

i ate some cereal, dropped off something at the library and read in my room for three hours. then ate another bowl of cereal before changing and heading off to work. though not before i said farewell to my niece and sister-in-law.

i pedalled off to work, where i ate some grapes and watched seven five-year-olds play on a playground, then sat in the near darkness and drew for about an hour around sleeping figures. then dealt with 28 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders who complained, made fun of each other, and begged for candy from me for three and half hours.i was also asked to stay later from a lady at work. but responded with a flat NO, not today.

pedalled home to find no parents there, but my amazon order of three fun picture books. my mother brought home an Oreo blizzard ice cream cake and some wal-mart chicken. yum. ate dinner with my parents, sister-in-law and niece.

helped move a futon back to it's room, ate some cake, watched some t.v. and am now updating you on my birthday.

ON SATURDAY, we celebrated my birthday and aunt joyce's. i finally made my

WOOKIE COOKIE!

he's a big softy, made of sugar cookie and chocolate frosting. YUM!

i hope my birthday was good to you. ^_^

The OHIO STATE FAIR!

2011-08-15T17:54:00.000-07:00

First Impressions

thinking of Tiffany

cakes

carved fruit (AWESOME!)

decorated toilets

watching the horses

butter cows . . . in SPACE!

Aeris pushing her stroller, she didn't want daddy to do all the work.

fair food.

all in all, it was pretty fun, though mostly because of Aeris. ^_^

ICING AGAIN!

2011-08-11T08:10:00.000-07:00

Mother and I had our last cake decorating classes. The last thing we did in class was decorate an 8" cake. Mommy practiced most of the flowers we had learned . . .

and I just practiced "elongated shapes" . . .

and made a dragon!

And now I'm OFFICIAL!

Aeris and Icing

2011-07-21T15:17:00.000-07:00

Cute pictures of Aeris . . .

Mother, Kristin, and I have been taking cake decorating classes together at Micheal's, here are the results thus far:

The Second Class:

mom's cake (it's a cupcake)

Kristin's cake (it's a fish)

my cake (it's a unicorn)

The Third Class:

some of my cupcakes

all of mom's

unfortunately, Kristin could not join us since she was out of town

Summer of 2011

2011-06-09T08:52:00.000-07:00

My Summer thus far (in pictures):

WORK! WORK! WORK!

Drawing . . .

Aeris . . .

Aeris . . .

Aeris . . .

and MORE Aeris!

To sum it up:

Pretty GOOD so far!

I hope your Summer is going well too. ^_^

One of these things is not like the other . . .

2011-04-14T09:56:00.000-07:00

RED PANDAS! HERE I COME!

2011-03-25T15:25:00.001-07:00

On Thursday, the much anticipated adventure began. I and my comrades were going to set out to search for the majestically adorable red panda. So I adorned my blessed red panda socks, in hopes that they would guide me to my heart's desire.

We traveled for an hour or so and entered a land known as Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, we were greeted by some creatures known as Gibbons and took their advice as to where the majestically adorable red pandas dwell.

We encountered camels, who seemed unconcerned with our quest and offered no help.
We three walked through the cave of nocturnal dwellers and met with some Vampire Bats, but they were to consumed with gorging themselves upon their feast of blood to offer any aid.

As we trekked through the cave, we came upon a hideous and scary creature. I summoned my strength and asked it for some help. But he stood and stared at me and my comrades with his cold judgmental eye.

At last, we reached an astounding creature who stunned us all.

It stunned us with it's beauty for a moment, but we quickly gathered our wits and began the quest anew.

We came across a baby wallaby, who was cute but not quite what we sought. We wished him well in his life.

We came across two kings and asked if they might know of the red panda, alas they did not. Nor did they know of the most renowned lion known as Aslan.

As we walked on and on we encountered more queer beasts.

and met some stubborn ones who refused to guide us towards our goal.

And then, a ray of hope, we were getting closer!

We encountered a few more beasts, who had similar coloring and were adorable as well, but none could compare to . . . .

THE RED PANDA!

our perseverance was rewarded, not only did we locate the red panda, we found four of them. They were curled up in the trees. Two pairs in two different trees.

they blessed us and rewarded us by showing their adorable faces to us.

After gazing upon their majestically adorable faces for many heart-racing moments,

my comrades and I made it through a magic bamboo forest.

and i was rewarded for my hopefulness during my quest by being able to take back my VERY OWN RED PANDA! well, the closest thing i'll ever get to hugging one.

THE END

Mom, Rich and I had a good time at the Cincinnati Zoo. Can i just say that i have the BEST parents EVER! We went to the Zoo in 40 degree weather, but it wasn't too bad since we dressed appropriately. ^_^ they let me go back and visit the red panda on THREE different occasions while we were there. They also bought me that cute stuffed red panda (though i intend to pay them back once i have a bit more money to my name '~') Rich treated us to a yummy lunch and a dinner at a cute little place in Lebanon and ice cream.

There were a few animals we forgot to see (which we probably could have if we hadn't of seen the red pandas three times. heehee . . . ) I also got two flattened pennies ^_^ and we were all amused by the random animal poop facts found on the bathroom stall doors at the zoo.

And other than witnessing something completely natural (yet still disturbing) between a male and female polar bear (which just might have ruined me to polar bears for the rest of my life), the day was WONDERFUL and i don't think i would change anything about it. except maybe being able to take a real red panda home . . . or two. ^_^

I LOVE YOU ALL and HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! ^_^

p.s. HAPPY BIRTHDAY judah and uncle george!

Flynn Rider meets Han Solo

2011-03-21T18:56:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I'm a HUGE dork. ^~^

I had the pleasure of attending a Star Wars marathon, where I fell in love with Han Solo all over again. While watching though, I started thinking that he slightly reminded me of Flynn Rider (from Disney's Tangled). So here is the silliness that resulted in my thought of if the two ever met.

And for why I think they are similar: They both have seedy occupations before they meet (and fall in love with) their princesses (princesses who have interesting hair, never knew their fathers during childhood, and have fathers who have high positions in government), they each have a furry companion (Chewbacca and Maximus), are wanted, and both are EXTREMELY good-looking. ^_^

ST. PATRICK'S DAY SOCKS!

2011-03-17T12:35:00.001-07:00

For all those who don't have the pleasure of running into me today to get a view of my AWESOME socks that i only wear once a year (it's because they're so EPIC!)

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

i hope you wore green, if not then this one is for you: PINCH! (mwahahahahaha) ^_^

COME HOME, PLEASE!

2011-03-05T19:01:00.000-08:00

Mommy needs her baby home, ASAP.

Am I At Child Care?

2011-03-02T14:21:00.000-08:00

I recently just got out of the bathroom here at school (you know, CCAD. that college, full of like early twenty year olds?) as i departed from my stall, so did the girl who was in the stall next to mine.

As you would guess, we both made our ways to the sink to wash our hands. We turned on the water, stuck our hands underneath it, BUT that was where the familiarity ceased.

Where I went for the soap dispenser (and squirted out a hearty amount of foamy soap), she went to turn off the sink. AH! I know she didn't use soap, there's only one soap dispenser in that bathroom, between her sink and mine!

Unless she has super human speed and i was unable to witness her use it. Or she carries a secret stash within her bracelet?

I had to bite my tongue because i almost said, "soap is our friend", something i find myself saying to the little ones at the child care.

why bother getting your hands wet if you don't use soap? maybe she thought she did a convincing job of fooling me (cause i'm sure she cared about appearances for my sake). She did a better job of it than those of whom i've seen here on campus before her, those that flush the toilet, leave the stall and then bolt for the door.

I don't get why people don't wash their hands, is there an increase in people who are allergic to soap? does it really take that much time out of your life? i don't know, i don't get it.

okay, just my rant. i thought i should update something on here. ^_^

Birthday and Dice

2011-02-25T15:37:00.000-08:00

This past Sunday, we celebrated Ti's birthday at the Felger house. Since she just purchased a car, i made her some orange fuzzy dice for review mirror (thanks for the idea Kar).

I made sure they were accurate, with the numbers on the side. I looked off a real die, because after all i am the sister of Jeremy Bowman, and i wouldn't want to put him to shame. ^_^

To see pictures and have a more thorough account of the gathering, go to Ti's Blog.

RIVERDANCE!

2011-02-19T15:29:00.000-08:00

For Valentine's Day, Rich bought us all tickets to go see Riverdance at the Palace Theater. So on Friday evening, we got all dressed up (sorry, no pics) and headed off to O'Charley's for dinner. We saw that it was too crowded so we went to a Sports Bar for quesadillas instead. ^_^

We arrived at the Palace Theater around 7: 30ish, Rich bought me a program (that's where the pictures are from). They let us in to get to our seats at 8:00, and my goodness, it was PACKED. i was a bit surprised, for some reason i didn't think there would be so many people.

The music was AWESOME, especially the fiddler, he was very talented. I can't imagine the calluses that guy has to have on his hands!

The singing was GORGEOUS, what lovely voices they have. ^_^

But of course, my FAVORITE part was the dancing. AHH! IT WAS SO COOL! The costumes were beautiful. And when they all danced in a line, their legs moving too fast to follow, and looking over at each other and smiling, WHAT FUN!

One of my favorite parts was the TAP OFF! they had to tap dancers accompanied by a saxophonist and then three Irish step dancers come on the stage with their fiddler. The dancers (and musicians) took turns show off their AWESOME school. The Irish dancers one the TAP OFF in my opinion. ^_^

Oh my GOODNESS, i could go on, but it's nothing compared to actually SEEING IT! What an experience!

Highlights of the evening:

1.) Going through the revolving door with Rich! That was REALLY fun!
2.) the guy who was selling DVDs, CDs, and Programs before the show and during intermission, just the way he was saying "programs", it was GREAT!
3.) The TAP OFF! ^_^ heeheehee
4.) The fiddler! AWESOME!
5.) SEEING RIVERDANCE!

p.s. it was AWESOME, go see it! ^_^

i should do homework . . . . .

2011-02-17T13:45:00.001-08:00

i don't know . . . . . . . . .

AH- BREAD!

2011-02-10T14:55:00.000-08:00

So on Sunday, Joshua Nice-Looking gave me a bag of Amish Friendship bread. After four days of mushing the bag of strangeness, i was able to bake it today.

It's YUMILICIOUS TO THE MAX! It's cinnamony and lip-licking good.

And I'm NOT sharing it with my friends. ^_^

have a great weekend, i know i will. i've got two loaves of bread to devour . . . yum. ^_^

i torture little girls . . .

2011-02-07T18:25:00.000-08:00

i was at work today, hanging out with the kindergartners and the first graders. i decided to sit with the girls in art area. i started to draw something and the girl beside me watched eagerly.

i was drawing a flying unicorn, and pulling out all the stops. curly hair, elegant legs, humongous eyes with curly eyelashes. this unicorn was smokin'

anyways, the little girl watching me says, "are you going to take that home?" almost squealing.

i respond in a nonchalant manner, "i don't know yet. probably."

she then says, "i'm going to have a unicorn party soon."

"oh that's cool," i say, adding extra curls to the mane.

"that's SO pretty!" she practically squeals.

"thanks" i say before asking her if she thinks it should be purple. she agrees.

"i love unisus's(?)" the girl says, watching me as i color in my picture with a crayon.

"a unisus? what's that?" i ask curiously.

"a unicorn and a pegasus. it's the first part of unicorn and the last part of pegasus."

"I made it up," she added.

"Oh, cool," i say, coloring in my unisus's mane and tail pink.

"You draw so good," she adds, bouncing on the balls of her feet.

"thank you" i say, making it's wings light blue, after asking the girl of course.

"can i have that when you're done?" she finally asks, unable to contain her excitement/desire for my picture.

"eh, i don't know," i respond as she tells me that the horn should be yellow.

i finish off my picture ("that's so pretty!") by coloring in the eye blue. and then ask what the girl's favorite color is; pink (surprise. not).

i secretly (by inconspicuously covering up a corner of the paper with my hand) write on it, in pink crayon;

For: Allison
From: Ms. Jeanette

and hand the picture of the purple "unisus" to the eager little girl who has watched me draw it (squealing and nearly jumping up and down in excitement) and say,"you can take this home." she smiles and takes it, showing it off to her friends as she takes it to rest safely in her cubby until she can take it home.

that's how i torture little girls, with uncertainties about unisus picture ownership. ^_^

i hope everyone had a fun monday! ^_^

The Cincinnati Museum Center (we went there FIRST Felgers!)

2011-02-06T12:33:00.000-08:00

Over Christmas break, mom and Rich took me to the Cincinnati Museum Center as one of our day trips. This place use to be a train station and is crazy! i would have gone for the architecture alone. it's a huge building with three museums in it. and an awesome dome theater, i'd love to see a full length feature film on that thing. ooo.

Anyways, i don't think i have it in me to explain/type about all that we saw, so i'm going to show you a few pictures instead: enjoy!

mom being afraid of the animatronic t-rex

me with the other t-rex. why is his smile so much better then mine?

this was picture taken inside the bat cave. which was probably my favorite part. they have a cave you can walk through, with waterfalls and craziness. all it was missing was bats flying about. it was too cool to express in words here.

poor little guy in distress . . .

awesome friendly big sloth thing. i would have loved to ride one of these things.

show no mercy!

they had TONS and TONS of train tracks set up in one area. here's Thomas the tank engine, and a disturbed boxcar behind him.

mom high-fiving this white guy on the boat

i don't know, this just seemed like an appealing picture

my pretty parents

this picture was taken for the sullivans, something about the sign in the window . . .

Rich being shot by a canon . . . that was hard to clean up

there was a sad little snowman to bid us farewell on our way out.

the building behind me is the place

a video for your enjoyment, it's a feathery t-rex. ^_^

have a GREAT week!

Computer Woes

2011-01-13T16:28:00.000-08:00

On the night of December 22nd, I went to turn on my laptop Zeke (little gateway guy). But alas, he would not turn on, instead his little blue power button flashed at me feebly.

I let him sit for a day or two (because he has been known to do so in the past) to see if he would recover. Around the third day when he still had not reacted, I became concerned and enlisted the smartest computer men I know (Brendan and Kevin) to see if they could give me a diagnosis.

Bad charger.

So I took it to a man on Broadway and waited for what the fate of my beloved Zeke could be. A week past, leaving me more worried an anxious with each passing day, when I was told what was wrong.

Zeke had been fried. May he rest in peace.

So I type this now on my first laptop, good ol' relieable Joho, who is going on six or seven years and still kicking.

I enlisted Brendan and Kevin's help once more to suggest new options for my NEW and third laptop. I ordered one of Brendan's suggestions from Dell on Tuesday night and eagerly await its arrival . . . maybe tomorrow? I can dream can't I?

THANK YOU THANK YOU BRENDAN and KEVIN for all of your help!

Have a GREAT week and give your trusty computers a little caress to let them know you love them. ^_^

p.s.
BRENDAN you are BEAUTIUL, MARVELOUS, GORGEOUS, INCREDIBLE and I know tiff knows how lblessed she is and i hope you know how blessed i am for inheriting the BEST brother-in-law EVER! ^_^ LOTS OF LOVE FROM ME!

CHRISTMAS 2010!

2010-12-28T14:53:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was spent at home, with two Knapps and a Bowman. Rich went out to get the pops and me an icee. After I read the Christmas story, we began!

I turned down our fireplace, the crackling was kind of loud . . .
A present from me to Rich, directions on how to watch a DVD.

My ornament to mom this year. I like buying her the tassel ones.

my AWESOME gnome pencil bag from Tiff.

gift for Rich

mom's earrings from Rich

My AWESOME wolf pillow from Tiff.

After opening presents, we ate breakfast. Rich had a yummy omelet and mom and I ate cinnamon rolls. Then we opened stockings, afterwards we got ready for having the Lopez family over later in the afternoon.

Helping mom prepare for the Lopez family.

The Lopez family came over, we stuffed ourselves on YUMMYNESS then opened presents, and did white elephant. And called Florida to say Hi to Grandma.

Tommy picked a white elephant for his white elephant gift!

We eventually got tired from such a day FULL of FUN and FOOD, so we decided to call it a MERRY CHRISTMAS! and hit the hay. ^_^

I hope everybody had a GREAT CHRISTMAS! ^_^

CrAZy Christmas Cookie Makin' DAY!

2010-12-23T20:06:00.000-08:00

Today was spent at the Lopez House making Christmas cookies. We began with unwrapping the many hershey kisses. It was the oddest thing though, while i was unwrapping them, a few just seemed to find themselves in my mouth all of a sudden. Quite strange.

No, they aren't rubbing thier palms together to just look cool, there's cookie dough between those palms.

i think Judah had the right idea; curl up on the couch in a cozy snuggie and watch T.V. with the dogs.

these are corn flakes . . .

This is when all the sugar started getting to some of us . . .

side project during cookie making, we found some time between all the baking.

here's just a FEW of the cookies we made.

can you find Jesus?

deciding what cookie cutters to use. these were the cookies Judah was looking forward to making ALL DAY. He frequently asked us if we had started making them yet.

Tommy decorating his Teddy Bear. ^_^

this is my leprechaun cookie . . . or Conan O'Brien in a dapper green suit.

"JESUS?

bat"

A random picture found on my camera, one of the upsides to sharing a camera with many talented and humorous people. ^_^

Katrina's eye cookie, notice the jimmy sprinkle eyelashes.

me and my awesome bat cookie!

some of our creations.

The CrAZy Christmas Cookie Makin' Crew

Aunt Joyce, Kari, Anna, Tom, Kat

Josiah Me

At the end of the day, I believe we had baked about eight batches of cookies?

AWESOMELY EPIC.

Merry Christmas Awesome People!

12 Days of Christmas!

2010-12-15T20:30:00.001-08:00

The Twelve Days of Christmas!

2010-12-14T19:35:00.000-08:00

The Twelve Days of Christmas!

2010-12-13T20:28:00.001-08:00

It's that time of year again. . .

2010-12-01T06:22:00.000-08:00

I awoke this morning to see this out the window . . .

I must admit that I have mixed feelings about this.

Though it did show up at a very fitting time, the FIRST of DECEMBER!

which also makes me go AHHHHHHHH! becasue that means I have

SEVENTEEN days until school lets out for break (BRING on the STRESS)

and then TWENTY FIVE days until CHRISTMAS! (BRING on the baking and gift buying)

so enjoy these little flurries on this December 1st, so

OUT with the OLD
and IN with the NEW!

Tiff, this one is for you!

Halloween Hullabaloo!

2010-11-06T09:00:00.000-07:00

Kari and I made plans to carve pumpkins, ones we got from her church's Harvest Party.

Kari tracing her pumpkin template.

Kari cutting off the top of her pumpkin

my pumpkin's face

guts galore!

EW! guts!

Kari bought a kit for our carving date, much safer. but i opted to use kitchen knives. MWAHAHAHAHA!

kari and her pumpkin, i can't tell them apart.

the two on the left are mine, kari on the right

us and our pumpkins! and yes, we're wearing matching Starbuck's aprons.

later we made haystacks (and ate most of them) had some yummilicious pizza and watched a movie. ^_^ i hope your Halloween celebrations were as fun as mine. ^_^ 'cause their's no way yours could have been better than mine. ^_^

LOVELY LEAVES!

2010-11-06T08:16:00.000-07:00

One Saturday morning (somewhere in the middle of October), we three (two Knapps and a Bowman) went off to Hocking Hills to go view the lovely colors of the dying leaves.

this is me stoked to see the leaves!

Rich, our faithful guide pointing out the leaves to us.

this tree grew in the shape of a "J" on the edge of a cliff. J for Jeanette! ^_^

Mom and Rich after climbing the steep rock stairs

can those colors really exist in nature?

mom being adorable holding up some pretty bits of nature

For lunch, we went to a cute little ma and pa place. i think it was called The Ridge Inn Restaurant.

Mom and Rich at the table, waiting for their food.

The restaurant was across the street from the Apple House, where they sell apples and apple cider. They even had cider slushies. We watched people (tons of people) coming and going. Everyone leaving with something. I saw one woman leave with FIVE gallons of cider.

So after our lunch, we went to the apple house and bought 1/2 a peck of apples (apparently 14 apples). half were granny smiths for me and half red delicious for Rich. THEY WERE SO YUMMY! I ate all mine within five days. '~'

i hope you've been enjoying your autumn!

I'm still alive, in case you wondered ...

2010-10-10T12:47:00.000-07:00

So i know that you've all been wondering what I've been up to since my last post, right?

So i decided to list off a few moments in my life you may have missed.

Here goes:

my hair became a playground for a flock of birds ...

i caught some curious creatures crawling about our abode ...
puppet jeanette played in a pile of leaves ...

mother and i ate many birthday/anniversary chocolates (i only helped a little) ...

and i got an unexpected but much appreciated birthday gift! (thank you kristin, jeremy, and aeris!)

So there you go, you're all caught up for now. ^_^

Guess Who?

2010-09-25T00:46:00.000-07:00

This is the watercolor I did this week in class. Can you tell who it is?

I giggled when I painted in the chest hair. ^_^ hee hee.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

The Beginning of the End ...... and Marching Band?

2010-09-06T08:28:00.000-07:00

This past Tuesday was my LAST first day of school. That's right, I'm a senior at CCAD! AH!

I have no idea how I got here, but I know I didn't do it on my own. ^_^

So, to remember this monumental moment, I asked mommy to partake in some silliness of mine and take some pictures of me before I headed out to school.

Walking down the sidewalk loaded down with a bunch of stuff. If you can't see it in the picture, I have two tote bags, a book bag (mommy made it for me, thanks ^_^), a lunchbox, and a drawing board (donated to me by Tiff, thanks!).

I'm waving farewell to my mommy as I take off in my trusty steed (my car), Charles Wallace.

After I finished my first week of school on Friday (which is only three days long, but for some reason felt like two weeks!), I went to dinner with my parents and Aunt Joyce at Fazoli's. Afterwards, we then went to go see Josiah perform in the Marching Band at Central Crossing.

Can you see him? He's in the right row, third one back.

Can you see him? He's in the left row, second from the back.

DO YOU SEE THEIR MASCOT?! He's supposed to look like a Comet, but appears to be a furry blueberry with gauze (?) flying in the breeze. I LOVE IT! I was really hoping for a picture with him, but alas I lack the proper amount of moxie to achieve something so AWESOME!

After the half time show, Josiah came up to visit us. ^_^ He seemed extremely happy, which made me even more happy. ^_^

So I got a picture with the AWESOME Josiah! ^_^

YAY! ok lovelies, enjoy your AWESOME Labor Day and your short week. ^_^

I LOVE YOU!

Oh, Summer 2010!

2010-08-30T17:37:00.000-07:00

Oh, 2010! What a WONDERFUL summer!

You were anything but a bummer.

So many wonderful memories you hold,

so many days where you left us anything but cold.

A new arrival, a beautiful baby girl,

far more precious then any gemstone or pearl.

A magical quilt was crafted and bestowed,

taken away to a grateful sister's abode.

Memories of this epic reunion make me grin above my chin,

even when I look at the scars forming upon my shin.

There was fun and sun-burn to be had one Flea Market day,

it was a day extremely well spent, I wish we had a longer stay.

So thank you for the wonderful summer, 2010!

I thoroughly enjoyed you, but now you must end.

For on the 'morrow, I must begin my senior year,

Here's hoping and praying it doesn't kick my rear!

the end!

LOTS OF LOVE TO MY AWESOME LOVELIES! ^_^

The Epps Wedding

2010-08-29T19:07:00.000-07:00

This past Friday Joe and Tiffany got married, I was able to go as Kari's +1. YAY!

The wedding was at the Franklin Park Conservatory, it was the perfect day for it too with the weather being so wonderful. ^_^Jesse did the ceremony and uncle tom made it official.

The center pieces were beta fish in a glass vase, which was lit from the bottom. Very cool. Little Joe spread the word that whoever wanted to take a fish home was more then welcome. There were thirteen fish altogether. I had half a mind to take this one at our table home. ^_^ Thankfully though, Sarah (Jesse's sister) took it home. I'm a notorious fish-killer.

Tommy was a groomsmen, he looked extremely dapper in his tux. ^_^

The Bride and groom. ^_^ i asked them for a picture for Jeremy's sake. ^_^

Jesse killing Ash with his cane. ^_^ just kidding.
The conservatory lit up at night. pretty, huh?

kari and i took some couple shots outside. ^_^

this is Ash, Tiffany's and Joe's son. He is so cute!^_^
All the groomsmen wore chucks, Tiffany did too. Though her's were pink. ^_^

Well, have a GREAT week! ^_^

FLEA MARKET FUN!

2010-08-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, the Knapp/Bowman trio went to Tennessee to help Tiff and Brendan out at the flea market. Since they are moving, they decided it would be easier to sell off most of thier things instead of moving them.

Brendan relaxing on his new truck, which is a BEAST and puts all the other trucks to shame.

I also obtained my coat of power that weekend and await the day it is cool enough to wear. ^_^

Tiff after her first visit to the Port-a-Jon

Getting some shade

Tiff back home, nursing her sunburn. We were all touched by the sun that day.

Tiff and Brendan's empty living room and Brendan and Rich relaxing.

It was a long day, but so incredibly fun! ^_^ i wish them well!

What the Parents Brought Back .....

2010-08-08T17:27:00.000-07:00

Since my parents were in Japan, they did some souvenir shopping. I gave them some ideas about what i would like, but they know pretty well. And since whatever they were bringing back would be from Japan, i was sure to like it.

Here's what they brought back for me:

This is the AWESOME clock they got me! It's SUPER CUTE, mom said that the bears on it are popular children's characters over there. the pendulum swings of course, and the little yellow bird in the window moves back and forth. ^_^IT'S SO CUTE!

The washcloth and the key chain in the box are characters from two different Miyazaki movies. ^_^ The little bear Batman key chain is from Jeremy.

This is a cricket made out of woven grass. A man was making them at one of the parks my parents went to, he's a neat little guy. ^_^

Mom and Dad also brought back my Christmas present from Jeremy and Kristin. It was this AWESOME colorful cat shirt. I wore it the next day to church. ^_^

here's a close up, it's like cat city! ^_^ It has cats, mushrooms, colors, and a clock! AWESOMENESS!

Jeremy and Kristin also gave me this little oddity that they found in their house. The owls are adorable, i kind of wish i knew what it said though. ^_^

So lots of fun things were given to me from Japan, it was like Chirstmas!

So THANK YOU VERY MUCH Jeremy and Kristin for the FUN stuff. ^_^

While Parents are Away, the Child will Play ...

2010-08-05T18:37:00.000-07:00

While mother and father were away in Japan, I planned some gatherings to host.

I planned a Tea Party, I've been meaning to have one for at least a year or so, ever since I bought my first Japanese tea set. So I had Ti and Kari and two friends of mine over for a Tea Party. I made mini lemon poppy seed muffins(using a mix) and some chocolate chip scones(from scratch). I made a pot of green and one of earl grey tea. Then had a pot of hot water and indiviual bags of tea for anyone who wanted to try something new. ^_^

I had so much fun getting ready for this and sipping tea with my friends(i wish you were there Tiff), hopefully we'll do it again soon. ^_^

I also baked cookies with a friend and later on in the week made donuts with him too. ^_^

I hosted game night for the first time too and put up many post its to help inform my guests. ^_^

I also enjoyed some lovely sunrise skies. ^_^ i also enjoyed two different movie viewings with lovely Kari, one movie marathon ran us until 8 AM. ^_^ It was EPIC.

I enjoyed the house to myself, but i also missed mom and dad. ^_^

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE! I KNOW I WILL! ^_^

REUNION RECAP Part 8 Good Bye my Loves

2010-08-02T17:13:00.001-07:00

The last day we all have to leave. :(

Ready and waiting to go.

Last hugs before next time, whenever that will be.

I hope everybody had a wonderful time during the Family Reunion. I sure did, i'm already looking forward to the next one. ^_^

LOTS OF LOVE TO ALL OF YOU!

have a GREAT rest of the summer!

REUNION RECAP Part 7 Gatlinburg

2010-08-02T17:03:00.000-07:00

On Friday we all headed out to Gatlinburg for some shopping of souvenirs and yummy fudge. ^_^

AWESOME people in AWESOME plaid
Jana in a pretty mask

We came back and ate some yummy grilled chicken, hamburgers, and hot dogs, all of which was prepared by Brendan. ^_^ Then we played some very silly and fun games organized by the Lyons, which were the cause of much laughter.

REUNION RECAP Part 6 Go Karts

2010-07-30T16:39:00.001-07:00

That was the hottest day and the majority of us went to the Nascar Go-Kart place. ^_^ After a long day of racing around in Go-Karts, we went home to rest and eat. The adults went out to dinner and the rest of us had a game night. ^_^

A good last day of our reunion.

REUNION RECAP Part 5 Donuts

2010-07-30T16:18:00.000-07:00

On this day we made GRANDPA DONUTS!

and it was EPIC!

Later on, we went tubing. No photos of that, but i'm sure each one of us has our own special memory of that outing. ^_^

We came back and had dinner and then enjoyed the talent show pieces of the Lopezs and Felgers.

REUNION RECAP Part 4 POOL!

2010-07-28T19:08:00.001-07:00

This was the day we spent SIX hours at the pool and where most of us got some serious sun. OUCH. Are you still pealing?

Grandma doesn't like to get wet hugs from Aunt Jo.

The day we learned that our family has some very talented divers.

and that Uncle Jim is Fabio because he's fabulous.

Later in the evening, the young adults went to The Japanese Steakhouse and then later witnessed Katrina, Kari, and Jana go on that crazy Skyscraper ride. ^_^

REUNION RECAP Part 3 Cades Cove

2010-07-27T18:33:00.000-07:00

We had a picnic lunch in the amazing smoky mountains.

This is the first of several deer we saw that day! It felt kind of like Jurassic Park, driving around in cars looking at all the wildlife. Though deer are a far cry from raptors ...

BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL!

We went home and sat and talked and some of us got a little more closer in our relationships. ^_^

REUNION RECAP Part 2 Pigeon Forge

2010-07-26T20:05:00.001-07:00

We began the day with breakfast, which was Cereal Heaven. ^_^ Then headed off into the dreary weather (well most see it that way, but not I. I LOVE the rain) to shop around Pigeon Forge. See how excited we are? ^_^

In the evening we ate yummy spaghetti and brownies and enjoyed the talents of the Leibbrands and Sullivans. ^_^

That day was also the day i received the coolest, cutest, bestest quilt ever! ^_^ THANKS TIFFANY!

Oh yes, we also did Take 1 of the Family Reunion pictures . . .

REUNION RECAP Part 1 The Arrival

2010-07-25T18:04:00.000-07:00

This time over a week ago, we were all collecting in Pigeon Forge to begin our long awaited and much anticipated LEI-LY-LO-BO-FEL-VAN-APP'S Family Reunion.

All of us excited and greeting each other, not quite knowing what the week would hold . . .

WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

2010-07-06T13:10:00.001-07:00

This past weekend on Saturday night, the Knapp Bowman trio went to the Beulah park fireworks with the Felgers and a friend of mine.

This is Beautiful Tania

Kevin and Tania

This was the grand finale.

After the fireworks, we played with the sparklers Tania brought.

mom and Rich playing with rings of fire

Mom and Tania writing with fire

mom and rich battling with sparklers (don't try this at home),

mom has a really nice stance.

Afterward we all came back to the house and ate yummy ice cream and watermelon.

On Monday, mom and Rich didn't have to go to work. But i did.

When i got there, there were three of us teachers and only two children, OUT OF SIX CLASSES!

After about an hour, there were six teachers to seven children out of six classes. my boss sent four of us home. SO YAY! unexpected day off for me!

mom and rich had planned on going for a bikeride that day and they let me come with. We went on the Olentangy Trail, it's by the Park of Roses.

we made a pit stop before we started our long ride.

we stopped to look at the river

on our way back to the car, we made a pit stop to get some water, raisins, and granola bars . . .

and enjoy the view, the path went by this beautiful lake

relaxing with the bikes.

Overall, we did about 14.5 miles of bike path. It was really fun, despite the mugginess that day, but thankfully the path had a lot of shade and we enjoyed the nice breeze we made ourselves by pedaling. ^_^

Afterwards we stopped in the Park of Roses for about five minutes. ^_^ We were tired and hungry after all. ^_^

I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEKEND TOO! But a better one is yet to COME!

REUNION TIME IS DAYS AWAY! would i sound crazy if i told you i'm mostly packed?

i'm just so SUPER-PSYCHED!

Aeris Noel is HERE!

2010-07-02T17:07:00.000-07:00

We received an e-mail from Jeremy this evening about the new arrival to the Bowman family, to all of those who aren't on the e-mail list, here's what it said:

Aeris was born on July 3rd at 1:03AM weighing in at 7lbs 3oz! It went faster than I could believe. I got the call from Kristin while I was at work in Nagato that her water broke and she was going to the hospital. I had to wait around and finish my last class before I rushed back to Hagi as fast as I could, in the rain, which makes it even more dramatic. When I got to the hospital Kristin didn't look like she was having a good time, but she pushed through it. She's Superwoman! After only about 7 hours of labor she had that baby out of there and she is beautiful, my opinion being completely unbiased and all. Right now she's resting at Tsushimi (?) hospital in room 620 for any who can and want to visit her. I know she'll be happy to see any visitors. God is good to us! Thank you everybody for your prayers.

and the pictures attached to it:

Look how CUTE she is! Check out those chubby rosy cheeks! ^_^ PRAISE GOD that she's here and healthy and so is Kristin, the new mommy and Jeremy, the proud daddy!

LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF LOVE TO AERIS AND ALL OF YOU!

PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY FOR HIS GRACE AND LOVE!

now to begin becoming the AWESOMEST AUNT JEANETTE YET!

Yes, mother

2010-06-30T18:12:00.001-07:00

here's me in our garden one sunday afternoon
here's me and mom in the garden

here is one of the lilies i planted earlier this spring, they finally bloomed! yay!

this little guy couldn't wait to grow taller, so he just bloomed instead.

have a GREAT rest of the week and happy 4th of july weekend. ^_^

i'll see you in less than two weeks! woohoo!

Good bye Katrina!

2010-06-21T14:16:00.000-07:00

This past friday, we headed over to Katrina's apartment to help her clean it up and pack up some stuff.

In the afternoon Katrina, Kari, and Jesse were there to pack up some stuff while the movers moved the larger things in to her U-haul.

The rest of us showed up around 6:00ish and after. There was me, my parents, judah, tommy, anna, uncle tom, aunt joyce, josiah, ti, and kevin. We moved some boxes and did some cleaning.

Katrina treated us to yummy pizza to show her gratitude.

Judah playing in an empty box

mom and judah

"this is how we mop"

mom and katrina

katrina locking up for the last time. :(

we miss ypu, but hope for your best and CAN'T wait to see you again in July!

LOTS of LOVE!

^_^

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

2010-06-20T15:52:00.000-07:00

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY everybody!

Rich got some cards, snazzy socks, awesome cups, good smelly stuff, yummy candy and cookies.

Me and Rich in our awesome plaid shorts!

I hope all the fathers were treated well today and that other fathers were remembered:

and maybe celebrating fathers to be:

have a GREAT week!

show and tell, pork, georgia, and LOADS OF LAUGHS!

2010-06-01T16:38:00.001-07:00

This past Memorial Weekend, my parents and I went down to Georgia for Jana's

Graduation Party. We left on Friday and made it to Tiffany's place and ate yummy pizza

with Tiff and Brendan before Tiff gave us a show and tell of her fabrics and sewing projects.

She is so talented at anything and everything she tries her hand at. ^_^

Sorry, no pictures from me about Tiff's going ons, but go visit http://www.sullivanrealm.net/

Saturday morning we woke up and ate a breakfast of delicious muffins while watching all

the birds come to Tiff's bird feeders. We sat there for quite some time watching all the birds. Sparrows pushing and pecking at each other for a spot, a few ravens and blue jays eating whatever fell on the balcony.

Then we left for Georgia, when we got there most of the gang was gone and the rest were heading out the door because the party was starting.

It was lovely, set up in black and red (the schools colors) with pictures of Jana from all stages of life on the tables. They also had a slide show of pictures of Jana going on the whole time.

The cake, it was marble and I suppose it was delicious (i didn't have any myself).

The line for yummy pulled pork, potato salad, and chips. Can you count and see how many of those in the line are relatives?

I would REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE to know what grandma was listening to when she made that face. ^_^

LOOK at your beautiful relatives! those boys are gorgeous!

The ladies talking of who knows what? I wasn't interested enough to stick around to find out.

fun and smiles.

this is back at the Leibbrands LOVELY house, there were about twenty two people sleeping in that spacious house and they were lovely host/hostess.

The little dog on Uncle Jimmy is Chloe, she's SO tiny and adorable.

I regret not taking a picture of Jana in her lovely dress, but I didn't want to bother her while she entertained her friends. But I've no excuse for not taking a picture of the quilt Grandma made Jana. It was all pink fabric and the pattern was called "Don't Fence Me In".

It was a Wonderful weekend even though it was regrettably too short, but it made me look more and more forward to JULY, when I can HUG and snap pictures of all my loved ones as often as I like.

SO BE WARNED

AND

READY YOURSELF.

(DUN DUN DUN)

I LOVE YOU ALL! ^_^

i wanted to name it "la carotte" . . .

2010-05-12T15:11:00.000-07:00

A psychology class doodle . . . don't read too much into it.

"Yes, master - uh, I mean mom."

2010-05-06T18:32:00.000-07:00

mother has demanded, i mean asked me to share photos from the moments of her life. her mistake was not telling me which ones . . .

so here you are:

mom exchanges her winter wear for summer wear in her closet and

we realize yet again that she has too many

the wonderful Mother's Day quilt Tiffers made for Mom,

proudly displayed in our living room on the back of Rich's chair.

Rich humoring me by trying to pretend to look asleep all cozified in tiff's quilt.

mom and Rich bought a new porch swing, doesn't it look lovely?

a friendly stray cat let's me pet it! YAY! i was so excited!

mom's crazy daisies bloom

the baby blanket mommy is making for baby bowman, to go along with kritin's nursery theme. ^_^

that's it for now, have a great weekend!

GREETINGS!

2010-05-01T11:19:00.000-07:00

I'm only updating to let you know I'm not dead, I'm just lazy and my life may not be as interesting to you as it is to me. ^_^ Mom has given me grief for not updating more often like Lovely Tiffany (no hard feelings Tiffers ^_^)

so here are some moments in the life of me:

boy scouts invade the park across the street! run for your life!

flowers i've planted, they've grown much more since this picture was taken

mom makes ravioli and uses prego! you know it's gotta be good! (and it was!)

my first time really seeing/noticing a mandarin orange that hasn't come out of a can! mommy was responsible for this learning moment!

mom's crazy tulips bloom

an illustration (you know, that thing i'm getting a major for)

i did for a story i wrote about a little ghost girl searching for a friend.

well that's some of it, sorry for making you wait so long for an update,

i know you were checking my blog daily to see if you could find out what's going on with me!

after all, i am the one and only

JEANETTE

BOWMAN!

^_^

i love you all, sorry about that last bit. ^_^

EASTER! HE HAS RISEN! HE HAS RISEN INDEED!

2010-04-06T18:47:00.000-07:00

hello everyone! this Easter, since the lopezs were without their dearly loved and missed Aunt Joyce and Josiah, they came over to the Knapp house for a grill out.

me and Kari in our Easter best!

the lovely lopez ladies

a fraction of the lopezs

the lopez ladies plus a bowman girl (the only blood bowman girl left)

there was some smoochin' love in the air

as you can see ... ^_^

we hid eggs for Judah to hunt, he was having a little trouble ......

so uncle tommy became his motivation in the form of competition

and then Judah was nice in letting us older kids hunt for his eggs. Judah, mom, and Rich hid them, and we all hunted for them. I had the most with ten eggs, they say i only won because i got to leave the house first because of being the youngest. but they're just jealous of my mad egg-hunting skills. ^_^

Judah hit some balls with Uncle kevin and uncle tommy.

these are our action poses for badminton, look at our perfect form!

then a game of four square! ^_^

so we did the typical Easter celebrations and had a BLAST!

HE HAS RISEN!!

HE HAS RISEN INDEED!!

Call me Squirrel Killer

2010-04-02T16:26:00.000-07:00

It was a lovely morning, the sun was big and orange as it slowly rose higher into the sky. I was listening to The Zombies as I drove down Kingston Avenue. I noticed without much surprise that a squirrel ran into the street, about two car lengths before me. This happens every morning on the way to school, many squirrels scamper into the road, they either run to the opposite side or hurry back the way they come.

So I wasn't concerned because the squirrel would run one way or the other. He didn't disappoint me, he decided to head for the other side (my right). But paused in the middle of the road and ran back the way he came. Which is alright, he still would have made it safely out of the road. But then he paused again and headed back the other way. That is when I became concerned, knew he wasn't going to make it. A second after that, I passed over him. I heard the thump and felt the bump of his little body as my front left wheel rolled over him. I looked in my rearview mirror to confirm his death and saw his little white belly facing heaven.

I felt a little bad about this, after saying aloud a few times, "I just killed a squirrel." I didn't cry or anything, but I still felt bad about needless slaughter of one of God's little creatures. Even if it was accidental, but I wasn't about to swerve or hit the breaks to save his life.

But I've heard it said that, "Squirrels are just rats with fuzzy tails." And now I get to add "Squirrel Killer" to my title. ^_^

LOTS OF LOVE FROM ME!

Art Museums, Seafood, and IKEA, OH MY!

2010-03-26T07:49:00.000-07:00

this week was my spring break, so mom, rich and i decided to have a family day.

we went to the Cincinnati Art Museum first. it was WONDERFUL! it was a large and beautifully built building, which had asian, african, egyptian, european, and contemporary art. one wing was devoted to American artists. we saw picasso (not uncommon though, he did a LOT of stuff), van gogh, monet, pissarro, renoir, cezanne, and quite a few i hadn't heard of. i wrote down a lot of names for future look ups. it was free and i highly recommend going.

while we were heading out, i was surprised by seeing my current drawing teacher there with his wife and daughter (i assume). he didn't see me though. ^_^

we then headed to Joe's Crab Shack on the Kentucky side of the river because mom wanted us to be able to see the river while we ate.

then off to IKEA. i'd never been there before, that place is crazy and awesome. I saw many things there that caused me to have visions of my distant future apartment. i'll definitely have to go back when i have money and am about to move out.

i did end up buying a cheap side table (i don't need now anyways), a laptop table (i kind of don't really need), and a laptop lap table whihc i am using right now. all of it was only thrity dollars. i would have LOVED to buy one of the many $130 chairs i found there, but oh well. ^_^

got home at 8:00. what a nice day it was, but i had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach when we got home because i realized now that i only have THREE days left! AHHHHH! and homework calling my name! AHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHHH!

oh well, i'll get it done. ^_^

LOTS OF LOVE TO ALL OF YOU!

2010-03-23T16:53:00.000-07:00

hello again my friends.

i'm updating on behalf of my mother. She and rich went to the Columbus Auto Show this past weekend and took some pictures of it to share. forgive my lack of knowledge about cars. so here we go:

this is mommy in her much wanted Sebring Convertible

this is rich in something blue .....
and rich by something blue .....

this is the car that can run on water (on top of water, like a boat)

something yellow

something gray

something strange

they took this one for me because it's green ^_^

rich in something red

this is a picture from today, i decided to clean the refrigerator and organize the cupboards where i discovered this. the green sprouting thing on the right is an onion and the thing on the left is a potato with a long white root growing out of it.

you know we eat our veggies at this house. ^_^

have a GREAT week!

tick, tock, tick, tock

2010-03-13T15:10:00.000-08:00

with daylight savings time upon us,

i thought about sharing my clock collection with you all.

here goes:

CLOCKS OF THE BASEMENT:

this one isn't really mine (it's Jeremy and Kristin's),

but it seemed so pretty and i thought it a waste to have

it sitting around and not ticking, so i hung it up. ^_^

a thrift store find, i thought about painting it,

but the post it note has started to grow on me.

two clocks waiting for a battery, the one on the
left needs a paint job, but i don't know what yet ...

also not mine, it's Jeremy's. it's cool because each number
is on a twelve-sided die.

a fly swatter clock that mom and rich bought for me

on valentinte's day.

here's a close-up of it. the little fly goes around the clock every minute

because it's on the second hand. ^_^ cool!

thrift store find, my dr. seuss clock

thrift store find

thrift store find, it's my bird clock. every hour, a different bird call is heard.

broken christmas clock number 2, mom bought for me for christmas
it was supposed to play a part of a christmas song every hour.

but does not.

CLOCKS OF MY ROOM:

modified clock of mine, i painted part of it. i originally

meant to paint all of it but didn't ...... for some reason ......

modified clock, used to be in our kitchen.

i redid the clock face with a bunch of doodles.

thrift store find, fun strawberry clock

thrift store find, a wonderful square clock. look at those lovely hands!

a clock that was in rich's condo. it's always slow though,

new battery or not. but as long as it ticks, it's fun!

broken christmas clock number 1,

thrift store find. it was suppose to play parts

of christmas songs at every hour, but no.

hobby lobby purchase, 50% off. i had my eye on it for a month.

pictures of loved ones and me!

dollar store purchase, i bought it because it has a pendulum! yay!

barbie clock from tiff for my birthday.

i don't much like barbie, that's why tiff bought it and made me hang it up .... so cruel

did you keep count?

it was (drum roll),

working clocks

2 waiting for batteries

along with two wrist watches, because i only wear them at work.

and my AWESOME cuckoo clock necklace.

that tiff brought to my attention because she's just that sweet! ^_^

thanks tiff!

i think i might be rubbing off on mommy.

this is the clock she bought today for her liviing room.

alright, have a good weekend and don't

forget to change your clocks forward.

which reminds me, i better get to that . . .

i've got a lot to do. ^_^

LOTS OF LOVE FROM

ME!

^_^

The Quest of the Cupcake

2010-03-02T14:22:00.001-08:00

This past weekend I was called on a quest,

a quest to find the rumored Sacred Cupcake Kitchen.

So I headed for the mountains, because with all good an epic quests they begin in the mountains.

I took with me a suave sage to navigate for me,

and a lovely jester to keep me amused.

Once we passed over the mountains, we trekked through the Mysterious Random Bamboo Forest, fighting off the foes that lurked within.

Once we made it out of the Mysterious Random Bamboo Forest, we were scathed but it was all worth it to gaze upon the beauty of the Lovely Princess. She fed us, sheltered us, and gave us much needed tokens of delicious chocolate. My comrades seemed to enjoy themselves so much there, that I decided to leave them and sneak away alone to continue on my perilous quest.

After three days and five nights, I came upon the Mastermind Brendanbear. I asked him to share his vast knowledge with me, in hopes that he would direct me to the Sacred Cupcake Kitchen.

He talked in riddles and then made me pass through his gilded door.

I came upon a stream, following the riddled advice of Mastermind Brendanbear.

I sat and dwelt upon the riddles that he used to direct me ...

going up and down, back and forth, on what he could have meant. Until, like lightning, understanding struck me. I ran, with new confidence, knowing now where the Sacred Cupcake Kitchen was.

When I arrived, I beamed at the detailed pillows ...

adorned myself in the Sacred Garb of the Sacred Cupcake Kitchen ...

and made friends with those who lived there.

My heart was happy, for at long last my quest to seek out the Sacred Cupcake Kitchen had been successful.

okie doke, my lovelies. I decided to be different this time. If you want a more realistic account of our weekend in Tenessee, or see more of Brendan's new office, visit;

http://www.sullivanrealm.net/

I LOVE YOU ALL!

^_^

that's SnOw weird...

2010-02-20T16:12:00.000-08:00

hello lovelies!

mom wanted me to share some snow pictures with you.

we've been getting some pretty wicked icicles lately.

this long one is just outside tiffer's old room.

the huge behemoth on the far left is on our neighbor's house.

a lot of larger icicles are forming around people's gutters.

even the bushes have fangs.

but the snow can be really pretty, when it isn't an absoulte nuisance.

this huge pile of snow is by my car, because mom and rich have shovelled off

the drive way many a times this winter.

this is me being a giant on top of the huge pile of snow.

and this is what happens when you leave a jeanette alone ALL DAY saturday, stuck in her "studio." she goes a little batty ...

i LOVE you all! ^_^ have a GREAT week!

from my mom to aunt joyce

2010-01-28T19:08:00.001-08:00

this is a homework assignment i did today.

tania was so nice to play model and let me take pictures of her.

mom liked it a lot and exclaimed, "i wish joyce could see this!"

so here you are aunt joyce:

please be kind, i didn't spend a lengthy amount of time on it

and i do see the flaws that could be tweaked.

i LOVE you all and have a WONDERFUL friday!

LOOK OUT WORLD! jeanette has a SCANNER~PRINTER~COPIER!

2010-01-24T18:47:00.000-08:00

Today my BEAUTIFUL parents and I went to Sam's Club and they got me a 3-in-1 printer! Whose name is Henderson Patrick (Henderson or Hendy for short)

Of course, I'll be paying them back in installments, rightly so.

BUT, i was SO VERY excited to finally get one (i've been thinking about getting one for like a yearish now) that i scanned some sketches from one of my sketchbooks to share them with you.

PLEASE be kind, these are from 2007-08. and YES, i see all the mistakes in them, so no need to point them out.

picture of a friend

picture of another friend (actually, they're brothers ^_^)

another picture of the other friend

this is a picture of my future cat, Ottomar (DON'T steal that name for anything, or else you'll have an enemy)

LOTS of LOVE to my LOVELIES!

THIS is snow, for all you non-ohioians

2010-01-08T13:22:00.001-08:00

We got some snow up here in Ohio.

I just thought I'd share some pics of real snow.

This is me shoveling the side walk, mom managed to guilt me into doing it.

Me conquering the snow, in my AWESOME green apple boots!

Mom's pretty house covered in snow.

Look at the snow on the railing.

One last look of all the snow, and my pretty car after I brushed it off after shoveling.

Mom got a snow day today and today was my day off, so we visited some thrift stores, saw a matinee, picked up some groceries and then had lunch. It was nice spending some time with her. ^_^

For Katrina

2010-01-07T18:14:00.001-08:00

THE ASSIGNMENT:

Design a Nationwide Insurance Billboard using a famous person who resembles

your "personal voice." Must be done with mixed materials and be a relief (the projection of forms or figures from a flat ground, so that they are partly or wholly free of it).

I chose Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss).

PART 1:

Research: KNOW your man

Part 2:

Composition sketches and color scheme

Part 3:

Technique Study: Play with different materials to see what works best.

The left Thing was done using sculpey(clay like stuff), paint, and a boa.

The right Thing was done using cardboard, felt, and marker.

The letters were done using cardboard, sculpey and felt.

Part 4:

Execute idea to full size (16x20") in finished form.

The final was done using sculpey, paint, paper, cardboard, and a boa (for the fun hair!).

Part 5:

Take photo of billboard with light source.

Kat only asked to see the finished piece, but I decided to show her the whole process. ^_^

I LOVE YOU, MY LOVELIES! ^_^

Shotguns and Shopping!

2009-12-27T15:15:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, Brendan took Kevin, Josiah, Tommy and Anna out shooting.

Today, he took ALL us.

What a courageous man we have in the family.

The the two at the top belong to Brendan and the bottom one belonged to daddy.

Brendan gave us a safety talk so we wouldn't end up killing each other.

Bundled up against the cold and mom looking crazy during her lesson in safety.

Tommy shot first demonstarting to us newbies, looking debonair.

Look how cute Kari is in her fancy coat.

Uncle Tom shot too, I believe for the first time in a LONG time.

We let Katrina shoot, going against the rule that says you should be taller than the gun is long.

Then I did, I didn't shoot a thing, but look at me own that gun! I kept the shell from my first shot.

Brendan giving a demonstration to Ti.

It was scary when Ti shot, who gave her the gun? ^_^

Tiff wasn't originally planning on shooting, but she did on request. She walked up and owned that gun, she even loaded it herself. Look how awesome she is in all her finery! ^_^

The Santa would be Aunt Joyce.

Rich went next, he went shooting with Brendan on the last time Brendan and Tiff were here.

Brendan and Kevin both shot at the same time.

Who would give that face a gun? though he did shoot his first three clay pigeons all in a row.

Josiah shot next for all of us, he shot the second clay pigeon, quite the natural.

Brendan was excellent, sharing his shotguns and being patient with all of us. He's a wonderful addition to our family. ^_^

After about an hour, all of us left Brendan, Josiah, and Tommy and headed out to Bath & Body Works because they had a sale. I believe all the ladies left with a bag.

Christmas, Christmas, Christmas starts with "C"

2009-12-27T14:52:00.001-08:00

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas morning started about 9:30 at our house, (they made me wait!)

We read the Christmas story and then the fun ensued.

King Brendan and his hoard.

Princess Tiffany and her gifts.

Mother's FAVORITE gift, she's caressing it.

Me with two of my favorite gifts, my green sweater that Rich picked out and my picture of Batman that Brendan had comissioned for me.

Later in the evening we headed to the Lopez residence and shared in a cuban Christmas feast,I have two words for it: YUM YUM!

We were sitting elbow to elbow to fit us all in.

Thomas and his healing smile.

Beautiful relatives.

Later the Lopez's exchanged ornaments, some of which were homemade.

Kari made an AWESOME ornament for Kevin,

while Kevin made an AWESOME ornament for Katrina.

I had a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS,

and I HOPE you lovelies had a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TOO! ^_^

Christmas Eve! ^_^

2009-12-27T14:24:00.000-08:00

The morning of Christmas, as we anticipated the fun evening to come, Tiff and I did a craft project she found online. One where you take old Christmas cards and turn them into ornaments.

Lovely Tiff cutting circles out of the cards.
For a more in-depth, tutorial post, visit;

www.sullivanrealm.net

It took a lot of circles.

The end result, isn't it lovely.

Later that evening, after my family went to our church's candlelight service, we had the Lopez's, those that could come, over for yummy soup and grilled cheese.

my beautiful cousin and brother (in-law)

laughter, yay!

kari, kat, brendan, tiff, and I played a game of Quelf, but those pictures are classified, izzle.

ONE MORE SLEEP TIL CHRISTMAS!

COOKIE, COOKIE, COOKIE starts with "C"

2009-12-23T08:31:00.000-08:00

hello my lovelies!

i hope everyone has been enjoying themselves so far this week.^_^

last night after work i headed out to the Lopez house, where many members

of the Lopez clan had joined in on the baking bonanza, making almost

every cookie known to man!

i got to share in the fun by decorating sugar cookies with aunt joyce, katrina,

kari, and Judah.

HERE'S what we made:

do you like the crazy bright colors? katrina and i mixed them up!

here's kari and her Hulk Hogan cookie.

apparently the lopez's own a Hulk Hogan cookie cutter?

just when you think you know people, geez.

it's got butterscotch nipples in honor of jeremy's He-man cake.

an example of our artsiness.

some finishing touches

the bell in the picture has been named the

"Sponge Bob Square Bell" or some such like that. ^_^

the aftermath

kevin and ti came over later and decorated some cookies, though kevin only did one. he seems to be a one cookie kind of man. and that's chocolate chip!

here's judah eating the Sponge Bob Square Bell cookie, after he asked so nicely for my permission. ^_^

I LOVE YOU FAMILY!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

i'm so excited, it's only two sleeps away! ^_^

because my sister said so

2009-11-30T19:36:00.001-08:00

I hope everyone had a splendid Thanksgiving!

I'm updating because i actually have something to share (and because my sister said so). My Thanksgiving was WONDERFUL, I spent it with my parents and Brendan and Tiff. ^_^

I decided to share all the different ways my family members act around and

effect one another when we spend time with each other.

So here goes:

We play with guns

we EAT!

We get a little crazed,

we laze and computer gaze.

We share,

and grin,

and get a little sleepy as we take each other in.

We strike some crazy, silly pose

and pretend that we're hoboes!

Well, i LOVE you ALL!

have a GREAT week!

^_^

Update on me!

2009-11-12T08:00:00.001-08:00

My friend (a forty something year old man who goes to our church and who i know through the youth group there. we've also taken a class together at ccad, the college i go to.) is doing a series of paintings. He is asking about seven people from our church to pose as their favorite bible character.

He does the painting twice, that have slightly different arrangements from each other. SLIGHTLY different indeed. The color scheme is a LOT more noticeably different.

When the two paintings hang on opposite parallel walls and are viewed through two angled mirrors, the two paintings merge together and it gives the painting a 3D effect and the colors mix together.

Hard to explain but to sum it up, it's a 3D painting.

Anyhoo, I chose Jael as my character (found in Judges), the woman who killed the enemy army captain by driving a tent peg through his temple while he slept. Hence the reason why I'm holding a steel peg and a hammer.

Both are about 2' by 4', that's a rough estimate, and are painted in acrylic.

My friend said he still wants to work on my face in the purple sweater painting.

Alright, bye my lovely family!

Hell to All!

2009-11-12T07:36:00.000-08:00

HELLO

you BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!

I know it's been some time since we saw each other for Tania's and Kevin's wedding.

I love you all and look forward to seeing you all again. Pictures are worth a million

words so I leave you know with some that sum up our time together, with thanks

to grandma for making this post possible. ^_^

And now a special picture of my mother and Aunt Joyce

describing how we felt at the end of our time together.

I LOVE YOU ALL!

House of Japan!

2009-09-20T13:11:00.001-07:00

today, we all (two knapps and a bowman, the lopez clan+ adopted lopez's) went to the HOUSE OF JAPAN to celebrate Katrina's birthday(which was the 17th). one where they cook the food in front of you on the grill. (mom thought it might be like the sugarmill in florida, thankfully she was wrong ^_^).

our party was too big to sit at one table, so we got to sit at two tables next to one another.

i ordered chicken yakisoba and alaskan rolls, yum yum! i thought of my wonderful sister (in-law)

and brother as a ate yummy food. ^_^

it was A LOT of fun!

no one brought a camera, so no pictures. but luckily i have a photographic memory, so i drew a picture of my table using microsoft paint. ^_^

from the left: the chef throwing an egg in the air, kevin, ti, aunt joyce, katrina, and uncle tom

kari is in the bottom lefthand corner, i was sitting beside her and she snuck into my photographic memory! silly kari!

2009-08-23T18:15:00.000-07:00

good bye summer, see you later.

i'll miss you like i miss darth vader.

i must be gone to school tomorrow,

but thankfully i'm not too full of sorrow.

i saw some people i enjoy,

and stayed away from all things soy.

i hid in my lair from the sun,

never once did i excercise or run.

i enjoyed my family a bunch,

i even sat with them once or twice for lunch.

but to sum up summer for this old absurd cowbird

would be relaxation, sewing, snotty nose chillins and a delightful nerd blizzard.

thanks for reading my crummy poem of summer!

LOTS OF LOVE FROM ME TO YOU,

MORE LOVE THAN THERE ARE MONKEYS IN A ZOO!

FAMILY FUN IN JULY!

2009-07-11T16:31:00.000-07:00

hello, dearest family!
i know you have all been dying to know what the northerners
were up to this past week, so i've decided to enlighten you.

FRIDAY 7/3:
Thursday, tiffany and brendan came in to town and spent their friday with mom.
Friday night we all went to the Lopez house to await the arrival of grandma and
the lyons. we ate yummy sandwhiches for dinner, and later that night, after grandma
and the lyons arrived, we kicked off independence day off right by playing with sparklers.
some of us getting too giddy.

SATURDAY 7/4:
We spent day at the knapp/bowman house, where we had a large grill
out as we waited for the local fireworks display.
it started sprinkling, so as we set out to see the fireworks (which were within walking dstance), we all grabbed umbrellas. the 18 or so of us must have looked amusing walking
through downtown grove city with all our umbrellas and fold up chairs.

SUNDAY 7/5:

went to my church first service, then lopezchurch for second, then

to fazoli's for lunch. spent the day at knapp house and played a rousing game

of wiffle ball. later that evening we called jeremy and kristin and were able

to hook up the computer to the t.v. so we could see their

beautiful and glorious faces in the large.

MONDAY 7/6:
everyone seemed to go their seperate ways, many were at work.
janice, joyce, mom, and grandma went out together for a special mom/daughter date out shopping and for lunch.
in the evening everyone hooked up again at the lopez place for spaghetti and fun.

TUESDAY 7/7:
everyone went to homestead park. we brought a lunch of egg salad and tuna, played
with water guns, badminton, volleyball, catch, and basketball.
we spent 7 some hours there.

went to lopez house and had little caesars.

WEDNESDAY 7/8:
went to bethel road, visited a pet store and saw many darling puppies,
kittens, birds and other cute critters. visited half price books and then went to the dollar
movies. the majority saw mall cop, a few saw the soloist (me), and a couple saw the
ghost of girlfriends past.
went back to the lopez house for tacos and attended lopez church, which uncle tom preached on marriage. ^_^

THURSDAY 7/9:

went to slate run park, an old farmhouse where there are a few animals and

an area where one can try out walking on stilts.

tommy made stromboli's for everyone and aunt becky, uncle dave, and andrew stopped by the lopez house to join in on dinner and an incredible dessert of sundaes (kari's brillant idea).

then finished off the evening by playing katrina's threesome game, an elaborate take on taboo, charades and something else all mixed up.

it was a wonderful week now i must wait until october to see some of you again! i hope it comes quickly.

i LOVE you all!

have a GREAT week my pretties!

^_^

ZOO!

2009-06-30T17:58:00.000-07:00

i found out about Tania and Judah going to the zoo, so i asked if i could come along.

she said i could.

^_^

flamingos!

Judah checking out the turtles

SNAKE ATTACK!

Ti and Judah with the penguin statue

Judah and i went on the carousel

the pretty lorikeet let me take his picture and even posed for me! ^_^

a gibbon goin' WILD!

Judah LOVED playing on ALL the animal sculptures at the zoo.

i think he enjoyed them much more than seeing the actual animals.

gorillas, one of Tania's favorite!

the okapi's were darling!

this cool researcher guy and his gorilla let us pose with him.

they were really nice!

the flying foxes! one of my favorite.

RED PANDA!

MY FAVORITE!

i even wore my red panda shirt to the zoo in honor of them.

Tania and Judah were nice and ate a snack so i could fawn over the red pandas for a long time.

the one kept pacing and wouldn't let me get a great picture. these two are the

best pictures i got out of at least twenty-some tries.

cutest thing!

i was able to get my picture taken with a really friendly tiger, he was so tame.

we had GREAT weather and saw a lot. we ended our visit by

going to the gift shop. Tania got a tiger keychain, Judah got a truck,

and i got a tiny red panda plushie. ^_^ and my traditional flattened penny,

of a red panda of course.

well, i had an AWESOME time and am so happy Tania

took me to the zoo with her and Judah.

art stuff

2009-06-28T20:49:00.001-07:00

here's a blog i started that i hope i can keep up with.

i'm displaying some of my artstuffs.

right now there isn't much though.

oh well. ^_^ if you're interested:

http://rednettie.blogspot.com/

HAPPY (belated) FATHER'S DAY!

2009-06-22T16:29:00.000-07:00

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

TO ALL WHO ARE FATHER'S,

MAY BE FATHER'S, OR ALWAYS WISH YOU COULD BE,

AND THOSE WHO REGRET BEING ONE

FROM TIME TO TIME!

Rich opening a gift from tiffany

rich modelling off his tie

a closer look at the tie

rich showing off his other tie

a closer look

tiff and brendan's card was being passed around for all to read

mom calling tiff to thank her.

Along with two snazy ties and a card, rich got two boxes of raisinets from tiff and brendan.

mommy bought him a nice green polo shirt and some yummy smelling cologne.

i made him a card and bought him a speedometer for his bicycle

and some new york peppermint patties, that mommy DID NOT steal for herself.

on sunday, the three of us went out to O'Charley's for lunch, treating rich to a yummy steak.

i hope everyone treated their father's right this father's day.

if not, prepare to feel my wrath!

father's are AWESOME so hopefully you let yours know it. ^_^

LOTS OF LOVE FROM,

me ^_^

HAPPY DAYS, MY PRETTIES!

AMISH COUNTRY!

2009-05-25T16:07:00.000-07:00

mom and rich abandoned me so they could run amuck in Amish Land.

i wasn't there, so some of the captions are true and others are not.

i'll let you decide which to believe in. ^_^

The buggy that beat rich in a fast paced race,

i hear some sheep were thrown into the bet.

a painting on a building, which little people

crossed the bridge every so often like clock work.

rich chasing a bunny rabbit just for the heck of it.

look at him move.

Glorious Amish Land!

mom and rich lack the skill to take a picture of the both of them together . . .

so they had to go it alone . . .

and take turns taking the other's photo.

an Amish Landerer made a grill in tribute of his

prized hog Betsy after she had passed away.

the Amish Landerer's locked mom up after she

tried to pocket a hunk of cheese. They eventually

set her free though because she kept eating up

all their homemade bread.

in case you were feeling sorry for me because my parents

abandoned me, don't.

not only did they leave a nice cozy house in my care,

but they also brought me back a nice humk of mozzarella.

HAPPY DAYS, MY PRETTIES!

Memorial Day!

2009-05-25T15:50:00.000-07:00

All the Lopezs, Jesse, Joe, Tiffany, Ashton + hotdogs and hamburgers=

YUM YUM YUMMY MEMORIAL DAY!

beautiful sweet couple!

Ashton

(Joe and Tiffany's son)

THOMAS!

Kari lovin' on Ashton

REAL MEN play CORN HOLE! GRRR!

ASHTON!

This one's just for you, Jeremy.

Katrina lovin' on Ashton

i'll leave you with the cute sleeping baby.

HOME UPGRADES!

2009-05-25T15:27:00.000-07:00

This spring, mom and rich have been working in the yard quite a lot,

making our house the preetiest one on the street.

here's a picture of the porch

here's the house, you can't tell in this picture,

but mom painted the front door green.

here's a close up, rich polished the

brass door knobs and the mail slot

here's rich polishing away

we cut down our tree because it was all rot inside.

mom and rich bought a new baby tree, it's

a red maple.

mr.robin (the one on the left)

is usually seen hopping around the bottom of our new tree.

we thnk he's staking a claim on it and waiting for

it to get bigger so he can actually sit in it.

in this picture,

he had to guard it from that other robin.

a close up on mom's daisies,

they're crazy, they seem to double every year.

our lilacs earlier this spring

we got the two middle bushes pulled out,

one was a rose of sharon and we're not sure

what the other one was but it blossomed little white flowers.

mom's day!

2009-05-10T18:01:00.001-07:00

HAPPY MOMMA'S DAY!

Mom decided she didn't want to go out to a fancy restaurant

on mother's day, she wanted to get a

bucket of chicken and go to a park.

so we did. ^_^

mom and Rich eating up their chicken and

mac and cheese before the wind took it's heat away.

Rich was in need of some moist towelettes

after lunch we all played catch, here's Rich catching it all fancy like.

mom catching

here's a video of the two of them playing catch

i surprised them both by displaying my awesome form

that's the stuff legends are made of!

while we were at the park, there were two rangers(?)

they had a few stuffed (real) animals and several animal skins

laid out on tables to show people the animals sizes and so people

could feel their fur. they had skins from a bear, wolf, skunk, bunny,

weasel, otter, and a lot of others. it was cool. they said they got the

skins from animals who died of natural causes and from roadkill.

i must admit, i was kind of disappointed hearing that.

one of the tables with fur on display

skunk and weasel?

stuffed beaver and skunk

a wolf head

later on we went for a walk,

doesn't really compare to those pretty pictures of Japan we get from kristin.

this is me being . . . . . . me?

a creek. cool.

mom and rich

mom's triunph over the tree

the infamous two knapps and a bowman

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERYONE! I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT!

LOTS OF LOVE FROM ME! ^_^

Here's an update on your FAVORITE red head!

2009-05-09T18:03:00.001-07:00

About four weeks ago on a fine saturday afternoon, i decided that it was high time to get myself another animal familiar. so i thought a fish would be fine enough, cheap and easy up-keep. So about three weeks ago, i took my trusty friend Cory to help me buy a fish.

This is Balthazar, he is a red wag platy.

I meant to only buy one fish, but Cory persuaded me to by my fish a friend.

So i bought this cute little golden twin-barred platy.

I let Cory name him, so his name is Alan (after Alan Grant on Jurassic Park ^_^).

Here they are together.

And here they are at home. ^_^

Exciting, yes?

LOTS of LOVE FROM,

jeanette ^_^

CATCH UP!

2009-04-30T09:33:00.000-07:00

forgive me family, i've done a bad job at keeping up, so i've decided to play catch-up.

so here's the first installation:

JUDAH'S B-day party!

Kat all happy and pretty!
some crazy party animals!

the big boys playing with the 5 year old's present

Judah's sand/water table, a gift from his grandparents.

a video of Judah being surprised with his gift

mommy and Judah

the envious older ones who wish for their own cool sand/water table . . .

or are they waiting to get back inside so they can eat some cake ?

the happy and proud garndparents

Judah and his cake

sheriff Judah

Kat's interesting way of giving presents . . .

don't wrap them, keep them in the bag, make the recipient

close their eyes, pull gift from bag and hold it in front of them, let recipient

open eyes and watch their delight brighten thier face.

alright, look forward to the next installment,

what could it be . . . .

LOTS OF LOVE TO MY AWESOME FAMILY!

bye from nette ^_^

Terrific TENNESSEE!

2009-03-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

The two knapps and a bowman clan drove down to

Tennesse to visit with the two sullivans for a fun

weekend trip to the mountains in pigeon forge.this is the rental car we took, a toyota rav 4.

i hope to own one someday.
on the way to see those lovely sullivans!
can you find me in this picture?

one of the many mountain views from our cabin balcony.

we stayed in the cabin called "bear hugs."

there was bear decor everywhere.

another mountain view.

mom and rich in a rocking chair on our balcony.

the wonderful sullivans!

a windy and slightly rainy walk through Gatlinburg.

fudge that was bought in Gatlinburg . . .

person who ate the fudge bought in Gatlinburg.

tiffany with the bear.

we had a lot of fun eating yummy food, talking, laughing,

relaxing, and getting to see each other again.

we missed having you there kristin and jeremy.

there weren't any hot tub incidents this time. ^_^

mom stealing my camera because she's bored

in the car as we make our way back to ohio.

AH! Rich took his eyes off the road!

mom under the effects of cabin fever.

alright, this has gotten scary, let's split.

bye family, i love you very much!

have a great april! ^_^

FLORIDA!

2009-03-15T19:41:00.001-07:00

Are you ready for this?

This is Grandma learning to get gas, it was quite thrilling.

look at that excellant handle of that nozzle.

It takes three to figure this gas pumping thing out . . .

This Lady is AWESOME!

She is the Warmer of food, the Setter of the table,

the Lady of the Kitchen, The feeder of the Masses!

THANK YOU SO MUCH AUNT ANA FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID!

Justin = Cuteness all over. ^_^

We were all so exciting for Uncle Jim that he had to fall to sleep,

i'm sorry to say i woke him with the flash it took to take this picture.

Listening to sweet serenades by Kari Jean.

Joshua being himself, so sheek. ^_^

Uncle Harry invited us to the Blue Springs Park (manatee place),

and here we are doing what we do best. ^_^

a manatee. that gray line thing in the water.

some fish (garr?)

Adorable cousins!

Isn't James beautiful?! i love it!

There's some of us.

Lovely Leibbrands;

Justin, Uncle Jim, Aunt Ana, James

Jana and Joshua

Two Knapps and a Bowman!

Some lovely Lopez girls.

The Lovely Lyons;

Aunt Janice, Jeanne, Uncle George

( i need more adjectives that start with "L")

The Lovely Leibbrands;

Ian and Aunt Joanne

all of us at Stetson Baptist, where we had Grandpa's first service

and where Grandpa and Grandma's Sunday School Class fed us lunch,

a grand undertaking. it was yummy. ^_^

Kari's head on the water. ^_^

i believe every day consisted of a trip to the pool.

Uncle Tommy and little Judah playing at the pool.

Guess what legs belong to what relative!

Here's the answer, from the left:
Jana(maybe?), Ian, Tania, and Aunt Janice

What to say . . .

here we are about to seize McDonald's and

the poor people within.

Table 1

Table 2

Table 3

Table 4

Table 5

Table 6

Table 7

Table 8

Uncle Paul and Aunt Dot.

This was after the second service for Grandpa,

at the Alliance Community Church

Grandma with her 5 children

The Grandkid line up!

(notice Jeremy and Tiffany the empty gaps left for you!)

Coming done on a jump, don't we look cool!

SMILE!

And now i leave you with this cuteness!

We all 5 bought the same hoody from

Wal-Mart, but each in a different color.

We had document our great stlye and

love for each other to willingly match one

another and go outside matching. ^_^

gotta LOVE it!

Well, i had a fun time seeing all my beautiful relatives

in Florida, (TWELVE years is TOO long Aunt Joanne and

Ian!) though the circumstances for such an event were

not the pleasant. But the gathering was needed and helped, for

me at least. ^_^

i LOVE you ALL

and can't wait to see you ALL again!

LOTS of LOVE from,

jeanette #8

^_^

2009-02-23T18:26:00.000-08:00

It was a beautiful Sunday when the Two Knapps and a Bowman

went over to the Lopez household to celebrate Tania Lopez's

(soon to be Felger) birthday.

here we have some of the yummy food spread, we're waiting on the

hamburgers and hotdogs.

Kari, eating something yummy, no doubt.

hee hee, she's cute.

can you tell there's a lot of food in here.

mom and rich relaxing with beverages

Tania's birthday cake

The happy engaged couple;

Kevin, Tania . . . . and Tania?

YAY! Presents. Ti's presents were mostly, or all, car related.

She got a new light green Honda something or other, so

everyone got her cool car gear.

What is it!? What is it!?

Ooooo, zebra print seat covers . . . . .

or quite stylish hats?

All righty then, we'll leave

it here then. ^_^

LOTS of LOVE MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY

AND

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

FABULOUS FUN at FLOWER FACTORY!

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Are you looking for some fun? Need to entertain those relatives or friends? Need some cheap (maybe) FUN?

Then come on down to explore the FABULOUS FUN of the FLOWER FACTORY!

Come enjoy the feather boas, one in every color of the rainbow!

enjoy them by yourself . . .

or with some friends!

look at the fun they're having!

Pose in the rainbow of boas!

Oh, so coy!

Enjoy our posable parrots!

or catch some Z's!

Heck, bring the dog, we've got the treats!

Put on a puppet show!

Or enjoy our selection of fun hats!

Pizza!

Hot dog?

Ole!

Moose?

So, come on down to the FABULOUS FUN FLOWER FACTORY,

where FUN is guaranteed!

WE LOVE YOU! ^_^

THANK YOU!

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FANS

KRISTIN AND JEREMY!

We LOVE them, and so

to show you that we do,

we decided to pose with them. ^_^

Mom thought herself very coquettish in this picture.

WE LOVE BUNCHES, AND THANKS AGAIN!

CHRISTMAS CARDS!

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In case any of you were curious about what everyone

did for Grandpa and Grandma for their christmas cards,

i took pictures of them, all proudly sticking to their refrigerator. ^_^

The six at the top, spelling out Merry Christmas, were done by the Leibbrands. ^_^

these two were done by Brendan and Tiffany

these were done by a Bowman and two Knapps

these three by the Lyons

those two are by Aunt Joanne and Ian ^_^

Kevin and Tania

the Lopez clan

and those two kids in Japan ^_^

ALL TOGETHER NOW!