Spring time, with a twist...?

Yes, it's spring down here! The grass is green and leaves are appearing! The weather has been nice and warm along with a cool breeze. We have started to work on our garden, I've also fixed my bike so I've been riding with a friend up and down our road.



We the other night had a small earthquake around 4:30 in the morning. I happened to not sleep all the night except for 2 hours.
I also happened to be on the floor trying to sleep while the earthquake appeared. I first thought it was the wind because I had heard it blow up against my window a moment before the quake started. While it was going on I thought the washing machine? But it was 4:30 in the morning there's no way it would be on, sometimes our washing machine shakes the house a little. I then thought earthquake? Then it suddenly stopped, but it was not over, no. It appeared again a second time. This one was a little larger then the last and lasted longer. The second one shook things in my room, while I lay there on the floor thinking what's going to fall on me. I look up to see my light above me. Frightened, I look to my left and decide it would be a good thing to seek shelter under my desk, by this time the quake was over nothing had fallen or broken. I still thought it would be a good idea to sleep the rest of the night under my desk, I push my desk chair out of the way and pull my covers under with me. I fell asleep within minutes, it was a good thing that I went under my desk because for the first time that night I got some sleep, it just so happened that after the earthquake had happened I would have to get up for work in three hours.


After work my Brother, Matt and I went up to Bowling Green KY to hang out before the movie we had planed to go see with our boss/kung-fu teacher, Josh my other Brother came up for the movie as well. We all went to see the Jackie Chan and Jet Lee's new movie The Forbidden Kingdom, it was a great film, getting to see Jackie Chan and Jet Lee fight against and with each other was just plan awesome. Around seven to eight o'clock that night I finally started to crash from the lack of sleep.
Well that's what has been happening with me as of late.

Video of Branson

Hey! My Brother Josh finally got a video together of Sunday afternoon in Branson.

Snow

This is like the first Snow day that my friend has had this Winter. (I think)
My Friend Leta calls me this morning around 9:00 am asking if I wanted to hang out, I'm like yeah sure since you don't have school, so she found her sled that we've only used once, which happened to be the first Winter she got it. There was just enough snow to barely cover the grass so we tried to make a baby snowman. We used her sled to get snow from other places along our road. The neighborhood dog came out to greet us and climb all over us wanting to lick us, we tried to get him to help us dig, but sadly that failed. :( By the time we got enough snow to make our snowman the snow became to hard and wouldn't pack nicely to other wads of snow, so in the end we wound up giving up. We had fun over all, and it was funny to see my friend that hasn't been around a lot of snow interact with it. I did manage to give her a white wash :P *laughs evilly* Hahahahaha! Anyway here's some pictures of what happened this morning. Also the snow is already mostly melted.... yeah that's Tennessee for ya!





Our snow balls we made! Ha Eric I can make a good snowball!



Out in front of my house.



Neighborhood doggy!



Me with my Doggy hat!



My friend Leta



Leta's SnowAngel!



Paw Prints!

lookie lookie lookie!

Lookie It's Snow! wow! the first snow of the year down here, can you believe it!
that's really all we get till Jan or Feb (sometimes a little more) but then only like 2 inch at most, and you still can see the grass through the snow...... -_- I don't like how it snows down here!

Upton's Tabernacle

Hey! I just got back from the Upton's Tabernacle. It was a lot of fun! Lai and I slept under the stars the last two nights. The first night was the coldest out of the two, but it was the clearest night. Oh, so many stars. *sigh* I think that was the first time I've ever just slept on the ground without a tent. I kept waking up in the middle of the night about every hour or so. I got to see a lot of stars and how the night changed into morning, also I saw 3 shooting stars! The first one was when everybody was at the camp fire, and my brother Josh pointed it out everybody had time to turn and look at it. It was huge! Saturday night the teen's/kids danced we did the posty dance and the virginia reel. Before my family and I left to come home, I got to ride Lai's horse barebacked. Then I got Lai to hop on with me. The horse I guess didn't like where I was sitting on her. So, she lightly bucked us off. Lai, I think got a foot down and I was holding on to her, so I think she slowed my fall. I still landed on my butt and then hit my head. All I saw of hooves I got up as fast as I could.

Our sleeping spot!

Neina

Me on Neina trying to get her to walk around without stopping.

After the fall Lai telling Neina "That wasn't nice!"
Lai and I trying again after the fall.

Our Creation

Well, my Brother and I made lunch today. We kinda just made it up on the spot. It was some kind of beef stir fry. It had Chuck beef steaks, All colors of bell peppers, carrots, onions, mushrooms, jalapenos, and serrno peppers. Everything was sliced thinly. When we added the serrno peppers in to the mix, the smell was so strong in the air, that I had to open the window. If you stood in the kitchen for more then 30 seconds you would start to cough your head off.
My Brother went and got a mask so he could finish stirring it up. It was a lot of fun.
It was really spicy too. We added Szechuan sauce and it made it even more spicy :)
We also had some rice with it. Yummy! My Brother and I love to go buy fresh food and then cook things like this and we always have to take pictures of it. Anway I hope this looks really good to you! Ja!

Shaina's Wedding

Hey! Sorry it took me forever to get this up. I've been busy working almost everyday at my job. My boss went out of town so, I've had to take care of the shop with the designer. Anyway enough about me. I hope you guys enjoy this. It starts out with the day before the wedding. I watch as they practice out where and what they want the family's to do in the wedding.
I think Shaina and Ryan's wedding is the best wedding I've been to.








How the boys spent their time before the wedding.


the main table


The women and young girls helped alot getting the table ready before the wedding.

Ryan's Parents

Ryan's sister, her hubby and baby.


Richard

The Ring bearers

The flower girls

Jim walk Shaina half way down and then walks with his wife April the rest of the way.



Shaina readies herself as she awaits for her bridegroom to make his way to her.

The flower girls wait as Shaina pins on Ryan's Bouquetier

2 out of 3 flower girls

Shaina's Vale blew off and she made a face like "Oh well" she said she wasn't about to run after it.

On there way back down the path... the two family's followed.

Picture time! Shaina forgot Ryan's wedding ring, but they found it later and retook the picture.



Shaina's Family

Ryan's Family

Aww... so sweet :P


Shaina's face she always makes when she's thinking about something.
Shaina and Ryan dancing after the meal.
Shaina and Tom her father-in-law.