birds, turtles, and frogs II

I said I would post pictures, so here they are: this is the birds nest in the lawn chair

we found both these box turtles on the same day in the same spot, but they are two completely different kinds, you can tell by the shell. we were gonna keep them for a couple days, but they both miraculously escaped...

these are the four frogs we found. The top left one was so cute! he was bright green on top and yellow underneath. and just so you know, yes, the blob in the top right corner IS a toad, not a chunk of who knows what...

this is the one that peed all over Dad:) we found him in the middle of the road. Its Dads twin!!!!!!!

look at how cute he is! this was possible my favorite one. I caugh him with my fishing pole :) He was by the shore so i put my bait in and would chase after it, but would swim away before I could grab him out of the water. Eventually I got tired and decided to just snag his shell with my hook.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!!!

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!
yesterday was moms b-day. I was gone most of the day doing a yardsale for girls' camp, but when i got back i babysat so mom, dad, and the neighbors could go out to eat. when they got back, we all went outside to eat the cake i made the day before (mom picked the flavors, chocolate cake with chocolate frosting) and ate ice cream. sadly we didnt have enough candles, but i think mom was grateful for that...

I LOVE YOU MOM! YOU ARE AMAZING!

Utah!!!!!!!!!

So i guess im coming down to utah for the summer! Yay! Ive been saving money ever since we moved to georgia. Im going to be there from June 29 to July 20. I will also be going to California and probably palisades. I cant wait to see everyone! the weather is going to be a bit different though... lately we have been going swimming every day! our neighbors parents have 90 acres of land, including a big pond and a swimming pool that they let us swim in. they have the cutest kids! i babysit for them, and they are mostly the reason i get to fly out. they have to boys, four and two years old, and a little girl that is a couple months old. they are also the closest people to us in our ward.
Grandma Simons has also helped a lot with the money for me to come, also. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! And of course my mom, who bought the ticket in the first place. Now i just have to pay her back...
and thanks to Alicia, for letting me come to the beach house with you! Oh, and the Smiths, who pretty much set the whole thing up and made it possible for me to actually come! I cant wait!!!!!!!!!!

Birds, turtles and frogs

A couple days ago we noticed that a bird was making a nest in one of our folded up lawn chairs. a few days later there was an egg! then another egg! then another egg! then another egg! so far there has been a new egg every day. Lily is in love with them and goes to check on every few minutes... and Shelby goes out to check for a new one every morning. I wish that i could post a picture, but guess what! the camera is broken! luckily this time I'm not responsible for its destruction... we can all blame Cassie for that.
Along with birds, we have been finding A LOT of turtles. Over all, we have rescued about 20 turtles from certain death in the middle of the road. we have mostly found snapping turtles, including one HUGE one that my dad carried to the lake after a few attempts to eat his hands. of course as a thank you for my dads kind act of service, it peed all over him the entire time...
Three days ago it rained like CRAZY! My mom and dad went to the store and came back with three toads and a frog. the frog was so cute! it was bright, bright green and looked like a tree frog. we let them go in our backyard. all night i couldn't go to sleep because some big old toad was sitting outside my window croaking at the top of his lungs ALL NIGHT LONG.
I will try to post some pictures that we took on my dads phone soon!

Snow Day!?!?!?!?!?!?

The other day Georgia had snow!!! Everyone was excited to get outside. School got out early because of an inch of snow, which would never happen in Utah. Luckily as long as we were in school until eleven am, we would not have to have a makeup day. Thank goodness we brought our snow clothes on the move!!!We all had fun playing in the snow, and Cassidy's friend Charlize came to play, too. Alyssa and Charlize

HUG TO STAY WARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pose for the camera!!! And get soaked in the process!!!!!!:)

Lily was SSSSOOOOO excited to be out in the snow! She wouldnt take this headband off, even though it was falling over her eyes the entire time.

CAKE!!!

As I said in my previous post, I have been taking cake decorating classes!!! It has been a lot of fun. For our last class we each got to design our own cake. Here is mine!!!!!!!

FINALLY finished!!! It was a lot of fun making this cake. It ended up looking pretty good!

Me adding leves to the top roses.

Making a rose. (Try to ignore the butt behind me:)

Half way there!!! I was going to leave it like this, but I decided it needed MORE FROSTING!!!

THE END!

I'm Back!

Hi everybody!! I know it's been a while since I last posted, but alot has been going on lately.
1: WE MOVED TO GEORGIA!!!
2: THE BLOGGING WORLD HATES ME!!!!!!!!
3: I havent cared enough to fix all the problems my blog has been having.
Anyway, like I said, we recently moved to Georgia. It has been a different experience, seeing as I grew up in utah, but I like it so far. One of the big changes is that I am now in MIDDLE SCHOOL! Not really much to celebrate, but hey, Im only twelve, stuff like this is exciting for me.
I also recently started taking cake decorating classes! It is very fun, and very messy, so, of course, I LOVE IT!!!! Another nice thing about it is that it's an excuse to eat LLLLOOOOTTTSSS of frosting. I'll probably be posting more stuff about that soon.
gotta go,
RYLEE!