Posts Tagged ‘Eliza’

The Talent Show

Eliza the ballerina takes the stage amidst the young talent

An aspiring country star

Leslie Banta – Art Exhibition at Eastern Mennonite University

Leslie Banta displayed her luminous paintings, stereoscopic photographs, and otherworldly sculptures at the Hartzler Library gallery. We met Leslie and her husband Rob when we wandered in to their art store in Staunton on opening day. It was a fortuitous meeting.




A Sunlit Patch at Grammy Nete's





Eliza – Red and Blue



The Abominable Snowball Thrower

Eliza the Unicorn

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A Candlelight Dinner at Grammy Nete's House

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Christmas Morning 2008

Christmas ornament

Christmas Ornament

Stocking Christmas ornaments

Christmas

Christmas stocking contents

The contents of a stocking

Christmas

Eating a cookie

Christmas

Cookie crumbs

Christmas Eve 2008

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

On the Road – Levitation

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Acts of levitation in the Huth’s livingroom

On the Road: Thanksgiving Swim

Swimming pool at Thanksgiving

In order to get the Carlson clan together, we met at the Comfort Inn where Anna Maria’s sister used to work.

Swimming pool at Thanksgiving

The girls loved spending time at the pool.

Swimming pool at Thanksgiving

Swimming pool at Thanksgiving

Ana (shown in her very pregnant state here) gave birth to a healthy boy on December 3rd

Swimming pool at Thanksgiving

Maggie after a swim

Swimming pool at Thanksgiving

The Carlson clan in the Comfort Inn lobby

Turkey Run

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

Turkey feather fashion at the Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

The girls ran an entire mile! Grammy Nete acted as a Coach. Butch signed them up.

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

Liza finished second for the girls.

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

Maggie kept running until she was finished. A lot of determination for a tiny legged person.

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

She was plum tuckered out.

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

After the race

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

Turkey feather hats were the order of the day.

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After the race, Maggie won a hat for her Turkey call. She traded it for Butch’s little trinket box.

Turkey Capital Turkey Run in Bridgewater

The Reader

girl reading National Geographic in bed

Liza reads constantly. This is what she was doing at 6:45 am on a Saturday morning.

Reading in Bed – Early on a Sunday Morning

Reading in Bed

Eliza. Anna Maria. Steven

The Thirteenth Pearl. Refuge. The Hidden Connections.

Carolyn Keene. Terry Tempest Williams. Fritjof Capra.

Bat and Bug

Bat and bug game

Eliza is “it” in a game of Bat and Bug.

Bat and bug game

Anna Maria’s turn

Bat and bug game

And Maggie’s

Bat and bug game