It's Snowing!!!

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It's snowing!!!  This is our first snow of the season, and I am so happy!  It started snowing around midnight last night, and it hasn't stopped.  We have about 6 inches so far, and counting.  It's so pretty outside with the snow on the trees, and it is very special because all of the Aspens are still yellow and orange, so they look absolutely beautiful with the snow on them!  

Our dogs love the snow, so they are very happy, too!  Our German Shepherd, Kaptain, LOVES to play in the snow!  He runs around, plays with his sticks that he finds, and does other doggie things!  Kooper loves the snow, too, but he can't go out too much for two reasons:  1) He gets snow and ice all balled up in his fur that are hard to get out.  The 'snowballs' cause him pain (they pull at his fur), and make him super cold!  We just groomed him, and I got him a sweatshirt and jacket, so hopefully that will help.  2) He loves to eat the snow.  This wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact that he has potty accidents in the house after eating so much snow.  We're hoping that this year, he will not be so obsessed with eating snow, and that he will be able to go out more!  

Here are some snowy pictures:

We use our deck railing as a gauge of how much it's snowed!

My 'slipper-prints' on the deck! :D 

When it rains or snows (particularly snow) the sky gets very ominous, so you can't see the lake all the way across.  I call it the 'Ocean Effect.' :o)

I love the snow in the trees! 

I was trying to capture the snow coming down, but it didn't work that well!  You can kind of see it on the right a little. 

An Aspen tree with a little bit of snow on it; isn't the color beautiful against the background?

Has it snowed at your house yet?  Have a great day!

~Grace

This Weekend

Hi Everybody!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend.  On Saturday, my dad and I groomed Kooper; it took several hours (we do it ourselves), but it turned out well.  We then gave him a bath (he hates water, so therefore, he hates baths:) and then we gave Kaptain a bath.  Kaptain, on the other hand, loves water.  Which would be good, except when we wash him, he tries to eat the water.  He is such a dork!

After that, we got in the pool.  We had a lot of fun, and the pool was really warm, so it was great!  We ended the day with burgers, some ice cream, and a movie.

On Sunday, Lindsay and I were playing Barbies and decided that the Barbies wanted to go swimming too.  We made a little pool for them, and it was a lot of fun.

We noticed while we were in the backyard that there was still a diving toy in the pool from the day before, so Lindsay got to swim a little bit.  I was about to leave to go shopping, so I just took pictures.  I had a ton of fun just being able to snap away with my mom's awesome camera!

My mom and I went shopping, and we found some good stuff; not a lot, but enough.  I'm having a really hard time finding clothes right now because I don't fit into the juniors department stuff yet, and I really don't like most of the stuff in the girls' department.  We were gone for almost 7 hours (which was waaaaay too long).  Just shopping.  We didn't have lunch, or even stop to go to the bathroom!  It was a long day.

We had a nice weekend overall, and I'm glad for that.

Here are some pictures:

The Barbie pool.

 Lindsay did this crazy hair style on this Barbie, and I thought it was really cute.

Kooper relaxing.

Kaptain getting his bath.

Big shake!

You can tell how much Kooper loves this :)

Lindsay swimming underwater... I think this picture is really cool!

Lindsay thought this was a great photo idea, and she made sure I would put it on my blog.

Pretty water!

82 degree water in the shade is a little chilly!

Bundled in the towel!

I love, love, love this picture of Kooper

I think this is really cute.  Lindsay is reading the "Mother-Daughter Book Club" series right now, and she loves it!

Rock-climbing dog!

After such a beautiful weekend, we now have rain today.

:( Bummer!

~Grace

Nice To Meet You!

Hi!

My name is Grace, and I am a 12 year old homeschooler.  I love American Girls, animals, dancing, bike riding, hiking, and baking (especially cupcakes).  I live with my parents, my younger sister Lindsay (9) and my 2 dogs; a German Shepherd named Kaptain, and Kooper, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (long name, I know!).  Kooper is my special little dog, and he is the sweetest dog in the world!  I love him so much!  I also have a beta fish named Royal.  I named him that because he is a "Crowntail Beta."  I will post pictures of my pets later.

Reading is my favorite "quiet" activity.  I read A LOT, and I mainly like to read fiction.  I think books are the coolest thing; when I read I am completely immersed in "another little world," and I feel like I know the character.  I was in my bed the other morning, right after I had just finished a book when it occurred to me that this is why I enjoy reading so much.  I have to say, as weird as this may sound, I was utterly fascinated!

I have a very good friend Claire who has been blogging for a few years (please look at her blog here) and she inspired me to create my own blog.  So, I started a blog when I was 9, and it was a lot of fun, but I lost my motivation to keep posting (don't ask me why - probably because I was 9) so I just kinda stopped.  I've been following several blogs (you can check out my blog list), and I have really enjoyed looking at their posts.  They have really inspired me, and I hope that my blog will do the same for you.

I have been thinking about starting a new blog up for awhile now, so today is the day!  This blog will be about life; so I will be posting stuff about me, my family, my dogs, my thoughts and experiences, and things I find interesting and inspiring.   I will try to post regularly, and I think this "blog adventure" will be really fun!  So, here we go!

~Grace