Christmas

Wow, Christmas this year was amazing. It went by and came so fast though. I can't believe its now 2010.

Anways, here are the pictures from Christmas. WAIT!!! Why don't you just check out my Mom's post on her blog? I have other stuff to post about... ((: And, it would just be the same thing.

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HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Here are my pics from Haloween. This is a really bad picture of me... but at least you get to see my costume. Tell me what you think in the comments! I forgot to take pics with my friends that I went trick-or-treating with, Savannah and Shaye. :-(

Carving Pumpkins!

Here are some pics of us with our pumpkins! I wasn't very happy with mine though... lol Well here are the pics!

Leaving On Friday

I'm leaving to go to a island!!!! It is really awesome and I am looking forward to it! (From what I know from the pictures...) We are going with some of our friends!!! :-) Well, if I don't post for a week that's why... Just wanted to let you all know.

Back from Indiana

I just got back! I was my NaNa and she was helping me with my horse back riding! I ride Western. It was really fun!!! I have ridden before but I have a lot more experience now!!! It was for a whole week and I got to see my cousin Connor and my friend Kerrigan! :-) I will be posting tons of pictures soon! I got to take care of a mini pony named Pondy! :-) He is the CUTEST THING EVER! I got to ride a horse all week named Silver who is a Arabian and it was awesome! I also rode NaNa's horse named Susie Que. She has the smoothest trot ever! I will post videos also! So keep checking in to see them. Thanks!

Mom's Learning How To Sew

Hey guys! Mom is learning how to sew!!!! She got a Viking Sewing Machine today. She gets unlimited lessons with her machine and she is really excited about learning. If any of you have any experience in sewing, please comment. If you have some recommended books about learning how to sew that would be great. The reason she wants to learn how to sew is because we can't fine jeans that fit Tarenne so she is going to learn how to hem her jeans. Thanks for your comments!!!

Hospital Trip Cancelled

Mom got sick right at the last minute. We think she got food poisoning and was puking a lot!!!Now please keep her in your prayers also. She says she is feeling better now but we still couldn't take Emery to the hospital incase she pukes again later! :(

And if you haven't read the posts before this it will explain better, but Emery was dignosed with diabetes.

Dealing with Diabetes

Emery was just diagnosed with Diabetes today. We caught it early so she should be fine. Please keep her in your prayers. She will be going to the hospital tomorrow night and will stay there for 1-2 days. Mom and Dad will get trained on how to do the daily procedure. She is the one that won't care to have it as much as all of we would. (My sisters) Like today when our Doctor was about to leave to go test to see if she did have it, she was mad because she didn't think she had enough done to her. =] Little did she know, she was getting a prick on her finger in a few minutes. She didn't care and after her prick was done she said, "That didn't hurt at all!!!!!".

Marley was talking about what it was called and she said " What is what Emery has called? Dia..."
Emery proudly finished the sentence for her, "BETES!!!!".
Then Mom said, " Emery are you proud to have diabetes or something?!", and Emery just gleamed.

She will be okay and I am sure we will adjust it just was hard for us because we already have two other diagnoses to deal with, Down Syndrome, and Celiac Disease.
One of my best friends twin brother has diabetes and his Mom is going to help us and guide us through it. Just another help that will help us through this.

Tarenne's Delicious Ice Cream!

This is from about 3 months ago but I thought you would really like this. Here is Tarenne's ice cream that she made by her self. She used baby formula, water, milk and then put it in the freezer. How yummy does that sound?! Well she got it out the next day and tried to eat it. It was so frozen she could not even get her spoon close to getting a scoop. Here are some pictures.

TRY TO AVOID USING THIS RECIPE!

Low Muscle Tone, Just as Capable!

Today we were doing a craft and I was the teacher while Mom worked. We were doing the beads that you put on the different shape peg boards and then iron it. It was harder for Tarenne since she has Down Syndrome which means she has low muscle tone. so as the was putting the beads on the tiny little pegs she got half way through and said "This is to hard! I need help!" Then ran to Mom. Mom came out and asked me to help Tarenne and sit by her. So I told Tarenne that if any of her beads knocked over she could tell me and I would fix them because that was what she was getting frustrated about. She continued working and did great. Then Emery and her started fighting over the bead storing box. Tarenne got it but when she pulled it away from Emery she knocked over a bunch of the tiny beads on hers which she had worked hard on. She then got very frustrated and she said "I am done!!!" I finished hers up for her but then thought about how Emery had to have help too. I then thought about how patient Tarenne was because it was so hard for her, even though it is hard for us it was at least 5 times harder for her. She followed through a lot longer then I could have if it was that hard for me. Tarenne is so precious and I thought about how hard it was for her at school when her class did things like that. I love her so much and she has so much perseverance. I think that every body in the world needs to think harder about how hard it is for kids with disabilities to do things like that and how it is so easy for us. I am very blessed to have Tarenne in my life because she teaches me so much. There are so many blessing in Tarenne.

Mom is gone!

Mom is out of town for work. She is gone for 5 days. She was excited because she was staying at a really cool hotel. When she checked in the people told her Jewel had just checked out earlier that day. She was probably staying there while Nashville Star was going on. Mom is having a really great time and is happy because she gets some time to have quiet time in the nights. She was just gone for two days before that for the National Down Syndrome conference. She had so much fun seeing people that she types to almost ever day on her Down Syndrome board. It was in Boston. It sounded really cool. She was gone for two days then home for two days then gone for 5 days. She is really busy lately. We all miss her a lot and hope she is having a great time. I have been emailing her a lot and she is emailing back a lot. It makes me really happy because I can almost hear her voice in side my head when I read the emails. Chantal (Mom's sister) is babysitting us while Mom is in Nashville and Dad is at work. She is staying in my room. She is really nice and has taken us to the pool almost every day. She is from Indiana and thought that she did not spend enough time with us so she wanted to babysit us while Mom was gone. Thanks to her for coming out this far to babysit us. We have been good so far and I hope we continue to be good!

4th of July!

As you probably know, yesterday was Independence Day, a.k.a. 4th of July! We got to be in the big parade for the buddy walk. My friend Rachel came with us and it was a lot of fun. Jana and hr family was there in the grand stand and we met them after the parade. It was lots of fun. I will have pictures posted when Mom downloads them. She took a lot of pictures practicing with her new camera. Keep checking in to see the pictures. We also got to throw balls and dunk a bartender. They said, "Please don't pay and let us each have a turn for free. Then later they wanted us to do it more and more. Guess what! Tarenne made it on the first try, she hit is but it was not hard enough so they let her push it. It was really funny. We also have a few pictures of that you will get to see.

Horse Camp

For the last 3 days Tarenne and I have been having horse camp. It is really fun and you get to ride a lot. We also groom them and clean their hooves. It is usually 5 days long but since it is forth of July on Friday they did 4 days. Tomorrow we get to show our parents what we have learned and braid our horse's hair and put ribbons in it's hair. It will be so fun. I can not wait for tomorrow! My horses name is Sonny and I have a partner for my horse named Amber. Sonny got new shoes yesterday so his feet were hurting today. I love horses so much! Also this August I am going up to see my Nana for four days. She has a horse named Suzie Q so I will get to ride her. Nana also has a friend that has a riding rink and horses she said I will be able to ride. Okay, I admit, I am obsessed with horses now! I have had a great horse camp and am looking forward to August.

Back from Camping

It turns out we came back a day early so Dad could have a day off from work. It was really fun and it is a beautiful lake. The lake is called Dale Hollow Lake and I wanted to wait and tell you after for safety purposes because I know that the Internet is not a very safe place. 2 days we rented a pontoon since we do not have a boat and it was two level and has a slide. We went to get water to put on it so it would be slippery. We were using one of the clear water bottles with the wrapper torn off so you could see the whole bottle... it was as clear as the drinking water that had came in that bottle. It was a beautiful lake and our friends were really fun to vacation with. We had a great time and thanks for your patience since I could not post in a week.

Camping

This week we are going camping. We will be camping for 4 days and 5 nights and staying in a cabin for 3 days. So I will not be able to write for a week. Sorry! We got 2 buckets of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) that we are going to eat cold when we do not feel like cooking. It was fun last year and I think it will be even more fun this year because Oakley's family will be going with us. If we take some pictures I will try to put them on a separate post. Thanks for hanging on while we go camping! Wish us luck!

Friends come and visit from Florida

Mom's old friend from Florida came for their cousin's wedding and they have a little girl named Emily that is a year older then me and is very nice. I was very happy to see them and they are leaving this Monday. I also helped her create a private blog. We went to see them at a party which consisted of out 3 families. Jana's family, our family, and Emily's family. It was very fun to see friends we have not seen in about 6 years,. I have got Emily's email so we can keep in touch. I have emailed her before but had lost her email address and now we can talk more then ever. I did not know until the day we were going so it was a fun surprise.

Marley's Magic quotes

Marley earlier said,
" Why am I already famous and I am so little?"
I said,
"Marley, you aren't already famous."
"Yes I am. A bunch of people see me dncing to Apple Bottom Jeans on Mommy's blog."

Such a cute and funny questions!

Giving you a update...

I just wanted to give you an update of what I did today. Today I went to Muir Woods and also, Muir Beach. I was buried in that sand by Aunt Colette which was funny and fun. I have pictures that I might try to put on here. They are really funny. The beach is really beautiful and clean! I was really happy I got to go to the beach. I could not swim of course because it was too cold... but Aunt Colette's dog Daisy did! She swan into the ocean and big waves when we threw the stick to her. We tried to build a sand castle with our hands and it didn't work out to well. After that we went to Muir Woods which was really beautiful. I also took pictures of that which I also, will try to put on here. I am leaving tomorrow afternoon so pray for me to have a safe flight home. I have to go now! Bye!

Souvenirs

Here are the souvenirs I got my family from California.

Mom- red Chinese earrings
Dad- Mug from Muir Woods
Tarenne- pink Chinese purse
Marley- Polar bear stuffed animal from zoo
Emery- blue Chinese umbrella
Friends
Rachel- blue and orange Chinese purse
Sydney- keychain with name on it and I am getting her more

So those are the souvenirs!

Coming home soon!

I am coming home soon! I can not wait to see all of the girls and Mom and Dad! I have called them almost every day except for when they were out in a cabin where they don't receive phone service, I missed talking to them then. I would text message them a few messages though. Today my GrandPa (known as Papre') is sick puking which is not a very pleasant site!! We are going to the beach so we can get fresh air and not the stinky puke air, while he stays home. (He wanted us to.) We also are going to see Red Wood trees that are huge. I love the beach. The ones here are really clean too. Almost no litter except for one or two things. We go to the beaches that are not busy so we almost have it to ourselves and it is quiet and peaceful. I just talked to Mom on the phone and she is excited for me to come home. I am excited too. I miss my room, my hamster, my dog, my guitar, my music, and mostly my FAMILY! I can't wait to type all of my diary entries on here of what I did for you all to read! Well that is all I have to say for now! Bye!