Ketchup

Lijah is going through this period where everything has to have ketchup on it. I made him pasta for lunch today and asked him if he wanted sauce on it.
"No, ketchup please." Ummmmmmmm, well at least he was polite about it. I tried to talk him out of it;
"Lijah, you don't put ketchup on pasta."
"But I put it on rice!" (That's a long story...)
"But you don't put it on pasta."
"Well then I want something that I can put ketchup on."
It was a long day...

-Autumn

Funnnnn

Hanging out with Steph, Raquel, Abigail, and unfortunately Dewey... :P Getting ready to watch Soul Surfer!! Yay!

Jason Gray - More Like Falling in Love

As this song points out, it's about a relationship with Jesus, not a religion.

-Autumn

Equnie Affaire

Yesterday I got to attend the Equine Affaire in W. Springfield, MA. It was held at the Big E fairgrounds. While it was from Thursday to Sunday, we only got to attend the last day with Josh and Abigail Paton. We got there in time to watch the Versatile Horse & Rider Competition Championship Round. Here's the decription from the Equine Affaire website: 

"The Versatile Horse & Rider Competition will be a timed race during which the performance of each horse and rider team will be judged on each obstacle for quality of horsemanship. For each obstacle, the judge will award performance points on a scale of 0-5 based on the horse’s attitude, the rider’s horsemanship, and the team’s overall performance. Horses and riders will be required to complete each obstacle within a given time in order to receive points. If an obstacle is not completed within the given time frame, the contestant will be flagged and must move on to the next obstacle. Times will be translated into points, and points from each obstacle will be totaled. The horse and rider team with the highest overall point score wins."

It was really cool to watch the different riders and horses compete. While I'm not a big horse person, I do enjoy watching others ride.
There were a bunch of booths and demonstrations in the different building. Daddy, Lijah and Josh enjoyed checking out the "manly" booths; the ones with the horse trailers, Bobcat©, and the barn and stall builders. Us girls - Hannah, Abigail and I - had fun going through the cowboy hats and boots, tack, and I personally loved the two photography booths that were set up.

-Autumn

You Know You're Bored When...

...You start going through Calvin and Hobbes comics starting in November 17, 1985...

-Autumn

♫ Music ♫

One of the highlights of my week is chime practice. Our church had a music program with, an ensemble, singing groups, and a chime choir. We have about 30 kids that participate. Everyone's in chimes, most everyone sings, and we have about 10 kids in the ensemble. We have practices on Thursday nights, and we perform about 2 weekend a month. We had practice yesterday, and we're performing at the Manchester, NH SDA church tomorrow. ♫

-Autumn

Irony at its Best

This is the season I dislike the most... ironic isn't it? My name is Autumn, yet that's the part of year I hate most. Whatever...

-Autumn

Dyslexia - Gurrrr!

I hate being dyslexic! Thankfully it's not to bad, but it drives me crazy when I do math, or I'm writing something. That's ironic, because I love to write. Most of the time it's little stuff like, when I just typed "thankfully" a few sentences back, I placed the "n" before the "a".

It's also embarrassing; when I read out loud I switch words; looking up bible verses in Sabbath School is a nightmare; then there was one time during Song Service at church... I play guitar for our song service before we go off to different classrooms; everyone had a song book, and they call out page numbers. Well someone had called out "song 96", but I turned to song 69, and started playing and singing. No one else was singing, and they were all like "Ummm, Autumn? That's the wrong song." Not fun.

-Autumn

My biggest pet peeve...

My biggest pet peeve? Running downstairs to check something on the computer, but mom just turned it off. Or maybe it's when Lijah (my 5 year-old brother) locks me out of my room. Or it could be when Facebook sends me notifications for every status update...

Noooooooo, I think this one tops the chart: When my little sister sharpens the lead in my mechanical pencils... Gurrr!! I sit down to write, and SNAP! The lead breaks off...

-Autumn