Life from a Beanbag

Hi! I just got back from Mother-Daughter Retreat 2022 today. Here's what we did... ~DAY 1~ Friday We arrived at Shamineau! After chapel, a neon glow party in the gym started. Here's some pictures! Me, Grammie, Whitney, Ella, and Lily  Hattie and I in our neon clothes ~DAY 2~ Saturday We did a ton of crafts today. A ton. Some of the ones we did were... Wooden pallet signs and oil candles Scrunchies and pom-pom crafts (or maybe this was on Friday, I can't remember.) We also did a couple other ones, I just don't have any pictures. In the morning and later at night, we also had chapel.  ~DAY 3~ Sunday After breakfast, we got one last hour of open rec time. Once we were done with that, we headed to chapel. It was a really fun weekend for all of us. Hope we can do it again next year too! (and again and again!)

Yay! It's Easter weekend now!!! This weekend is going to be so fun! I think today we're all going to Grammie and Papa's house to see Aaliyah and Zyra and then tomorrow night we're having our Easter supper at my mom's side. Sunday is Hattie's birthday and also Easter, and we're going to Nana's house for a lot of day. I can't wait for Hattie to open up her presents on her birthday. All of mine to her are done. I don't really know what else to post about! Right now Dad and Hattie are making pancakes, syrup, and bacon for breakfast. Check soon for more Easter Weekend posts. See you later!

Hi again! If you haven't seen Merry Christmas!!! (Part 1) you should look at that before reading this. Anyways, here's what we did today! ~CHRISTMAS DAY~ (Picking up where I last left off) When we got to Grammie's house, we all had leftovers for lunch. And of course, more cookies. An hour-ish later, the Backward Christmas started! The reason we call it the "Backward Christmas" is because instead of getting, we give! This year the charity was WorldVision. All of us split up into teams of 2 or 3. My team was Mom, Willow, and me. We had to find as many 10 dollar bills as we could to win. Once we got three, all of us "bought" a drink at the drink table. Finding 7 dollar bills got us each 5 yummy drinks. It was really fun! Then after all the dollar bills had been found, you used your "money" to pick out things to give to WorldVision.  This afternoon was mostly just hanging around, millions of cookies and other treats, and some of us had a talent sho...

  Hi again! How's your holidays been going? Here's what we've been doing... ~CHRISTMAS EVE~ (Yesterday) Once we all ate lunch, we met up with Zyra, Aaliyah, Jill's family, Grammie, and Papa at ROL for a Christmas Eve service there. When we got back, we set out a bunch of cookies and snacked on those for most of the afternoon. Christmas Eve supper was delicious. There was a bunch of different kinds of salads, fruit dip, shrimp, grilled chicken, and maybe more, I forgot. After we had more cookies and just hung out.  ~CHRISTMAS DAY~ (Today) Well...we haven't really done a ton yet. Breakfast was hashbrowns and sausage patties. Yum! In about ten minutes we're leaving for Grammie's house. Guess that's all for now! I'll post Part 2 later today so you can know more of what we did/will do. See ya!

  Hi again! How's your December weekend going? Ours is pretty busy. Yesterday we had our Cookie Baking Day... Grammie came over yesterday morning at about 10:00am for Cookie Bake Day! Mom, Ella, Lily, Hattie, and I all worked a lot on a BUNCH of cookies. We made rolo turtles, peanut butter blossoms, lefsa, krumkake, biscotti, buckeyes, almond joys, butterfinger bars, and maybe more, I don't know. Can't wait until we can eat all of them at Christmas! Then later after supper we watched the Grinch. The other thing that makes this weekend busy is Christmas on Dad's side! It's tomorrow at Nana's house. Actually, it's also Thanksgiving, too. That's all for now. I'll try to post tomorrow, but I'm busy since you know, I have a Christmas celebration tomorrow. 😉 See ya later!

  Here I am again! For lunch some of our friends brought pork roast, squash, and veggies and Grammie brought over yummy soup and blueberry muffins. Mom, Dad, Hattie, Lily, and I just got finished watching a movie, but before that I did some of history and helped Ella set up her Christmas decorations in her room.  This is kind of random, but I came across this picture of Loki and she looks so cute! She looks so adorable, just sitting there like she's a book.  Gotta go now. I'll hopelessly try  (just kidding) try to post tomorrow!

  Hey again! I'm sooo glad it's the weekend. No school for two days! Sorry the title is kind of confusing. I was just thinking about how much cream cheese wontons sound good right now. Too bad I can't have dairy (most of the time 😊 ). Not everyone is awake yet. I only know for sure that Mom, Dad, Loki, and I are awake. And that Hattie and Luna and sleeping. I know that Hattie is still sleeping because...1. She sleeps in a lot (so do I). And 2. I slept in her room again. Tonight marked the seventh night I've slept in there.  Guessss what? Now Thanksgiving is only in twelve days! Can't wait for five days of fall break to start. This year it's Nana and Paul's Thanksgiving, which is just where they have it on the actually day of Thanksgiving. It goes back and forth from Grammie and Papa's house to Nana and Paul's house. I can't wait to see them again! And have yummy food too... It frosted a little bit today. The roofs of houses got a little dusting ...

  Guess what? I'm back from Utah! So...technically I got back last night, but I didn't have enough time to post about it until now. Here ya go! ~DAY 1~  First day in Utah We got back from the airport late, met Jamie (my uncle from Mom's side), and Ben went with him to job shadow the next day. The rest us of drove to the Air BnB and stayed up later than 1:00 in Utah time.  ~DAY 2~ Lots of hiking day Went hiking at Provo Canyon and took some pics there. Here they are! Then later we went hiking again on a mountain that had a great overlook. It was also kind of sketchy because the path was narrow-ish and slanted at some parts. Ben and Dad went up REALLY high.  I guess you had to be there to really appreciate the view.  Later for supper we went to CupBop, a Korean place, and went to see the Cougars play in a volleyball game. They won the first three sets, so the game was the shortest possible. Which was good, because we were all really tired. We got to bed pretty lat...

This weekend is so busy! Yesterday was Ella's birthday and also Super Soccer Saturday for Hattie and Lily.   All of the Hublers (minus Ben), the Kandells, Grammie and Papa, and Zyra and Aaliyah came. I also saw someone from my volleyball team! We all had lunch there and then went to Grammie's house. For Ella's birthday supper, she chose mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, chicken, biscuits, and pie. After supper (and a yummy dessert!) we watched a movie then went home.  Right now we're getting ready for church, and after Grammie, Papa, Zyra, Aaliyah, and us will all come back here for crepes.  Do you know what's sad though? I only have four more practices/games in volleyball left. I guess it isn't that bad, because the reason why I have to stop volleyball early is cause we're leaving for Utah the next day. I still wish I could finish volleyball though.  Gotta go now!

Happy Labor Day! My weekend has been pretty fun, what about yours? On Saturday we (Grammie, Papa, Noah, and the rest of the Hublers) drove down to Elk River and biked for little while, then went back to Grammie's house. For supper we had hotdogs and brats around the campfire. Here's a few pics! On our snack break at the bike trails Around the campfire (or what's left of it) Yesterday after lunch we  (Grammie, Papa, Noah, Owen, and the rest of the Hublers) drove to Big Stone Mini Golf, had a quick (as in like 10-15 minute) snack, got on our bikes and biked down to Lost Lake Creamery to get some ice cream.  After ice cream (I got mint chocolate chip in a sugar cone) we biked back and then walked to the mini golf place. It was really fun, and I would go there again if I could. Once all 14 mini-golf-golfing-places-thingamabobs were done, we went to look at the sculptures. Us with our golf clubs Nice picture Funny picture! In the donut-looking thing With the horse Hanging with t...

 In my last post I said I would post some pics of us camping, so if you look down you can see them! So on Sunday we biked about 5 1/2 miles, and then we stopped at a place called the Dollar General to get some snacks. I had Pringles, freeze-dried bananas and strawberries, beef jerky, and Gatorade.  Us on a bike ride Later in the bike ride Having a snack Hope you liked the pictures. It has been raining like C-R-A-Z-Y this morning, so I hope it clears up soon. See ya later! P.S. Loki is sleeping on a blanket right now and being all cuddly so I'm gonna go pet her!

 Well, here I am again! The last time I posted I said that Grammie, Mom, Ella, Aaliyah, Hattie, and I were going to IKEA, and we were there for like, 3 1/2 - 4 HOURS! It got a little  kind of long after a while, but on the bright side, we got to stop at Kwik Trip for snacks (I shouldn't have eaten that cinnamon roll)! So that was on Monday, right? On Tuesday (yesterday) I hung out with friends a lot and Night to Unite was also yesterday. I was with Adalay, Delaney, and Auden most of the time. It was pretty fun, and the orange creamsicle I had was really yummy (and sugary!)and good!). I don't really know what we'll do today (we might just hang around) but I'll post if we do! P.S. This is sort of random, but what's your favorite animal or animals? Comment what it is!  Catch you soon raccoon!!!

 So, this is kinda  really late, but here's my cabin pic from Shamineau! I need to go now since Mom, Ella, Hattie and I are going to IKEA with Grammie and Aaliyah (my cousin), but comment if and where you've been to camp before!

 Every year Grammie and Papa take Hattie and me out for a "Grand Adventure," and this year we went camping again with two of my cousins, Jory and Willow. Hattie and I just got back today. We camped at Burlington Bay campground, and here's some pics from the first day... Hattie and me in the car on the way there Quick car selfie Supper in the camper Now the second day... On the pier On a big rock thing Having GoGo Squeezers At DQ Can't forget the ducks! I don't have that many photos from today, though. I did take one of a pretty flower bouquet I made.  I'll try to post tomorrow and hope you have a great day!

 Yesterday (Thursday) I got to have my birthday outing/sleepover with my Grammie and Papa. For supper we ate at the Hong Kong Buffet. The food was really yummy, and so was the ice cream! After that, we went back to Grammie's house and watched a movie. It was a pretty fun birthday outing, and here's some photos of me at the Hong Kong Buffet and at my Grammie's house. Then today my mom picked me up to go to Shamineau to bring Ella, Lily, and Hattie home. Speaking of Shamineau, I get to go there for summer camp in only 5 days! I'm getting even  more excited every day.  I need to go now, but I'll try to post tomorrow. Later!

 Yay! I'm super excited, but also nervous, but super excited, but also nervous. I'm going to Shamineau for camp for the first time this year. Well, I've already been there before once for the Mother-Daughter Retreat. I went with my sisters (Ella, Lily, Hattie), my Mom, Grammie, Julie (my Grammie's sister), Clara (my second cousin), and Clara's mom. The retreat was really fun. The theme that year was seasons, so they decorated and had events that had something to do with spring, summer, fall, and winter. Like they had a Luau the first night for summer, and a fall festival on the second night. There was also a lot of other fun things for open rec, like the low ropes course and crafts.  Anyways, it was really fun. Here's some photos! The first photo is us at the high ropes course (left to right; Julie, Whitney, Grammie, Me, Ella, Hattie, Clara, and Lily), the 2nd one is Hattie, Clara, and me, the 3rd is us eating lunch the second day, the 4th we're doing some c...