Last night I went to a friend’s house for a Christmas party, yep before Thanksgiving! That’s what I liked about it. My friend is so funny and so different in a GREAT way! Her name is Shannon Wade.

Josh

Last week my lovely Aunt Andree came to visit from Salt Lake City, and stayed with us for five days.  I really grew to love my Aunt Andree more then I had before while she stayed with us. Three years ago her husband died of cancer, leaving her with 4 young children.  She has remained strong, faithful, and determined through this hard challenge.  I really look up to her, and admire what she is doing, day after day.  So “One Thing I Love” is my Aunt Andree.  Here is a picture of my  Mom (right), Aunt Andree (middle) and me (left) after eating a beautiful lunch at our favorite restraunt, Seasons 52 in Atlanta.  Such a wonderful time! Can’t wait until she comes back out!

I love my little sister Ashlyn.  Sometimes she won’t leave me alone and sometimes she makes my room a mess.  But I still love her and she will always be my best friend.

It’s Thanksgiving! That doesn’t mean JUST school out for a week, turkey, uncles and aunts coming to visit… It means more. Give thanks. Thanksgiving is a great holiday for turkey–but we should all share it with our family, friends, and neighbors.

–Josh

When I am bored, or am doing work, or just watching a movie or something, I pull out a piece of gum. Gum to me is something I really love. It calms me you could say. My favorite kind of gum is Winterfresh. The taste is awesome and I just love chewing on this kind. Every time we go to the grocery store I pick out some Winterfresh gum. It is just something that I enjoy.

Jake out..

 Every summer we grow a garden as a family.  It takes a lot of time starting with refreshing the soil, planting the seeds, installing the water pipes, tarping the boxes, pulling the weeds, and so on. But in the end it is always rewarding and fun.  We are able to eat our own tomato sandwiches (mmm so good just thinking about that makes me hungry), watermelon, dip our own sweet strawberries in sugar, user our onions and spices in our soups and salads, pour our gravy over our own potatoes. And every year we have always had too much for our family that we usually end up selling a lot of our garden or giving bags away to our friends and neighbors.  It’s great to enjoy what you have worked hard to earn.  I think that’s why Dad sometimes makes us earn what we want even though it wouldn’t be that hard for him to just give it to us.  Okay I’m heading to the kitchen to make a tomato sandwich, no joke, ; ) Brittany Out

One thing I really love is writing. It could be poems, stories, or novels. I have finished about two made up stories and I am currently working on one, it’s called The Time of Swirlz. I definately like writing FICTION stories more than non-fiction. I plan to keep on making stories as I get older and even publish a few! Try writing a story sometime! At least 2 pages! See where it takes you.

Josh Out

 One thing I love is having a cousin exactly 5 weeks younger than me.  We are as close of friends as we are close in age and I love my cousin Cassidy so much.  Even though we live thousands of miles apart now we are still close and keep in touch.  She is so great and I really look up to her. 

~A cousin is a sister you never had~ (were cousins because our parents couldn’t handle us as sisters) Love you Cass!

 I have two favorite places in all the world so far that I have been to. The first one is my house and the second place is at the Gaylord Hotel Resort. I don’t know if you’ve been there or not but it is fantastic. I love it!  I like the Texas and the Florida one the same and our family tries to go every year.  Many of the staff and people from the great HDI conference have made our stay there so memorable and maybe that’s why I like it sooo much! ; )  It is the best hotel I have ever been to from the rooms to the octopus slide.  Brittany Out

A couple days ago Jake and I went bowling with some friends to end our summer and celebrate starting a new year at school. It was a lot of fun.  But we realized that it wasn’t bowling that made it fun, but instead, it was who we went with and what we talked about. Brittany is Out!