Birtday Party!

Yesterday, the 25th, was my dad's birthday. We made sure we had everything ready for him when he came home. We cleaned the house and made a cake.

For supper Mamma made roast beef, biscuits, potatoes and gravy. For desert: Cake, of course!

Natalie ices the cake

Mamma adds the next layer

The finished cake



Yummy! Icing!



Natalie after cake

That's all for now. Good bye and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Pictures

Here's a more recent picture of Oscar. This is my favorite picture of him.

Here's one of Nanny:

And here's Abigail:



I don't have any good pictures of me yet. I'll try to get some soon.

More About Me

The last post I wrote, I just told you about my family. Today I want to tell you a little about myself.
One of the things I like to do is play music. Guitar is the instrument I play most, but I also play a little piano, harmonica, and ocarina(a kind of flute). Guitar and piano are my favorites.
I got started playing piano when my dad bought a new Yamaha keyboard. My mom taught me how to play, and I learned quickly, even though for a while I didn't like playing that much. Now I enjoy playing the piano very much.
I got my first guitar when I was eight years old. My mom gave me a child-sized guitar for Christmas, and I started to learn to play it. But I gave up for a long time, until one evening, last year.
The Christmas musical we were playing in had just ended, and Emily and my dad had just gone to eat out with several other people from church. While they were gone, the church had a drawing for a new guitar. As you might have guessed, I won the guitar. If I didn't, there would be no reason to write about it. Anyway, I learned to play it, and took lessons from someone at my church. Ever since I have played and enjoyed guitar. (I have a better guitar now, though)
I also love anything to do with dogs. I have a growing collection of dog books, and, of course, dogs.
I have had Nanny since I was three years old. One of my earliest memories is of Nanny crawling onto my lap when we were at the breeder choosing a puppy. She is now ten years old, and still an important member of the family.
I got Oscar a few months ago when I was looking for a puppy to train. He seemed a little shy at first, and we were afraid he might not be very well socialized. But he became more friendly as he got used to us, and we decided to buy him. He is a very good dog, and is very friendly with strangers as well as with friends. He can be a pest sometimes, but I love him anyway.
Sorry that I don't have pictures right now. I'll try to have them soon!

My First Post

Hi! Welcome to my blog! This is my first post, and I'm having a little trouble getting started. I guess I'll start by telling you about me. You know my name, since it's in my profile, so I'll skip that, and most of the other stuff in my profile.
First, I'll tell you about my family. I have a mom and dad (of course!), and four sisters, Emily (my older sister), Natalie, Sophia, and Abigail (my younger sisters).
I have two dogs, Nanny and Oscar. Oscar is the dog in the picture under the title. I'll have pictures of Nanny soon.
We have twelve chickens. Some of them have started to lay. There were only two laying for a while, but this afternoon I found four eggs, so maybe there are more now.
I don't have much to post right now, but I'll be writing more soon!