Some Pictures and Something To Reassure You (Layla's Post)

So, I'm going to start right off the bat with the promised pictures. They are AWESOME. So, here:

Totally epic, yes? You may admire my photo editing skills;)
but, i'm supposed to tell you who awarded me/us that i will do the awards soon. Promise. On another note, i recently finished David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and it was the new longest book I've ever read, coming in at 1001 pages exact!!!!!!!! And, it might be my new favorite Dickens book... but I'm not making any promises. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...  

Which pictures(s) are your favorites? If you've read Dickens, what was your favorite book by him? Least favorite? 

Over and out. ~Layla.  

P.S. Would you like if i started doing an occasional book review? 

Two Interviews and a trip to the beach

First, I must warn you: there are going to be a LOT of pictures in this post. You have been fairly warned.

But first, two interviews must come. First we were able to interview our Aunt Hanna, who is sadly gone currently, but will hopefully come soon:) So, without further ado...

1. if you had to stay one age for the rest of your life what would that be? 14
2. what are your three favorite books? Hunger Games trilogy, The doctor's wife, night road.
3. three favorite movies? Titanic, Christmas Vacation
4. if you were stuck on a deserted island, what would you most want with you? A man, quick wits.
5. What is the most important thing you want to do before you die? own the most incredible ship ever and help kids in Africa.
6. If you could dis-invent one thing what would it be? guns.
7. If someone were to break into your house what would you least want stolen? old cards and letters I have gotten in the past.
8. If you were to be one book character who would it be? Katniss Everdeen (behind the scenes: Our Uncle Davey, when hearing this said" No way. Hanna could not do that, because katniss is the awesome, tough person")
9.What would you consider your greatest downfall? I worry to much.
10. What is your most defining trait? My humor. (many objections from Uncle Davey followed.)
11. If you could go anywhere , where would that be? Somewhere in the Caribbean.

Now some pictures of her:

 I set these two up...

WE also got to interview "some crazy New Zealander" who you may recognize from "Hearst Castle and horse castle  . Here we go...

1. three favorite books? Robinson Crusoe, James and the Giant Peach, Voyage of Madmen.
2. If you were to stay one age for the rest of your life what would you want that age to be? 23.
3. If you could have one super power what would that be? The ability to use any super power.
4. Would you rather have a dragon or a griffin? Dragon with golden scales and super powers.
5.  What are you best at drawing? Combinations of different animal parts (scroll down to view picture)
6. If you could change anyone's mind about anything, whose mind would that be and what would you change? your mind about asking me that question. (blast it, Conr- Crazy New Zealander.)
7. Would you rather jump off a cliff onto jagged rocks or a moat full of crocodiles? Moat full of crocodiles.
8. If you could be one person who would you want to be? The person my dog thinks I am.
9. Are you more brainy or agile? Neither. (many protests follow.)
10. would you rather be an action figure or a stuffed animal? Stuffed animal.
11. What is the most important thing you want to do before you die? Fly with my dragon and defeat bad guys with little Josiah teddy bear on my dragons tail.

He drew us one of the pictures he most likes drawing:

And a picture of him...

So, as for a trip to the beach...

That is just a sampling of the photos I was planning on putting but, eh, I was getting bored of watching all the pictures upload.
I was seriously debating posting this because I was not sure what I thought of the rhyme scheme but I am giving in. Please be honest and tell me what you think. i enjoy criticism, it helps me learn:)

The Beach

The blues and greens of the ocean deep

Sea foaming up against the sandy shore

Only a fool would choose to weep

Then the waves draw back again and roar

Overhead a seagull does screech

The waves crash up against the rocks

Seagull swoops near to the ground yet does not quite reach

The water, I fear, has forgotten to knock

A crab scuttles across, speckled red and white

A starfish nearly washed away with the water

Crab shields from the sea, squeezing between a rock tight

Starfish holding on, afraid that it might have caught her

The sun is setting below the hills

Sea otter pops his head up, then down

Such a beautiful sight, mine own heart it did fill

The beach falls asleep without a sound. 

So, what do you think? 

ANd a few random pictures because it makes me feel good:)...

   Which is your favorite? I'll be back soon.

Layla. 

Interview with our Uncle & More

Our Uncle Davey is awesome and we got a chance to interview him. Here goes:

1. What are your 3 fav. movies? : Hook, Independence  Day and Rookie of the year.
2. 3 fav. books? : The Giver, Crime & Punishment, The Stranger.
3. What do you want to do most of all before you die?: Make a miniature replica of Stone Hedge out of Now & Laters and feed it to the president of the USA while he wears a bib.
4. What's your fav. holiday? : Christmas.
5.  What are your hobbies? : Hanging out with friends, reading, listening to music.
6. Who do you like better me or Jo? (you must answer Layla or Jo) : Layla or Jo.
7. Do you want to get older? : Nope, I want to get younger.
8. What's the weirdest thing you've ever seen or heard? : My Mom asking me to marry her.
9. What's your fav. color?: Black.
10. What's the coolest wild animal you've ever seen not in zoo?: When I fed a racoon in Berkley peanuts and he came onto my porch. 11.   Coolest person you know? : Grandma ( great-grandma) and Amy (our mom).

Thats it. Here is a picture of him:

 and another:

I, Layla also started an Etsy shop. Please check it out. Here's the link. 
And a poem I Layla wrote:
My Philosophy:
Do not whine nor cry nor complain
Not that Santa's on his way
But that it drives people
Nearly insane.

How do you like it? By for now.

We got awarded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ireland at A Pearl of Great Price awarded us this award. 




                        

  So, the rules are:  You must post eleven facts about yourself.                                                                                 2.  You must also answer the eleven  questions that the awarder has given you and create eleven questions for your awardees to answer in turn.  3. Tag 11 fellow bloggers. 4. Notify them that you've awarded them. 5. No tagging back. 6. And the 11 blogs that you tag must have less than 200 followers.                            Our eleven facts:                                                                                                                                            1. Layla: I am writing a fantasy book right now and hope it is good. Jo:  I own Sanctus Reals cd.

2.  Layla: I am outside as often as I can be. jo: My b-day is feb. 18.

3. layla; I have not been to Disneyland since I was like 4. jo: When Layla is writing I put a bunch of random letters that she has to delete.

4. layla: I am a carnivore (meat-lover) Jo: One of my favorite books is The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster.

5.  Layla: I am in a race with my brother ian to own the most books by Charles Dickens. Jo: I love pizza.

6. Layla: I am horrible at telling and making up scary stories and am always trying to get better. Jo: I draw funny pictures.

7. Layla: i am trying to get better at photography and think i am succeeding. Jo: When I fake laugh i make myself laugh.

8. layla: i went and saw The Avengers in the theater. Jo: so did i.

9. Layla: I make the best chocolate chip cookies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jo: Sometimes our dad accidentally call's me Mo.

10. Layla: I always play along with people (almost). Jo: I like the book tom Swift. 

11. Layla: I love ice cream. jo: so do i.

Now we answer Ireland's questions:

1. On average how often do you blog? At least every other day.

2. How many siblings do you have? Not counting us 5.

3. One older, four younger.

4. do you like to swim: i,layla love to, i,Josiah like to.

5. what is your favorite season of the year? Layla: Fall and spring, definitely not summer. jo:  I don't know.

6.Favorite holiday? Layla: Not sure, Thanksgiving, St. patricks day, Christmas. Jo: No idea.

7. Favorite band/singer? um... J.J. Heller,joanna newsom,audrey assad. Jo: Jeremy Camp, The Afters. 

8. Do you have any pen-pals,if so how many? Layla: two. jo: one.

9. Since mid-may.

10. What is your favorite thing to do outside? i,Layla like watching birds,climbing trees etc.

jo: Playing on the tire swing.

11. what is your favorite thing to do inside? Layla: read, play piano and guitar etc. jo: Not sure.

Our questions for who we award:

1. are you a christian, if so have you been one you whole life?

2. What are your favorite hobbies?

3. if you had children what would you name your first girl and your first boy?

4. what is the most important thing you want to do before you die?

5. What is the longest book you've ever read and how many pages did it have?

6. How old is the youngest in your family and what is their name?

7. What is your favorite movie (or one of them)

8. How many siblings do you have?

9. What are your 5 favorite blogs? put links to them.

10. What instruments do you know how to play?

11. what do you long to get better at?

While, those were the questions we were going to ask but we just started blogging so we don't really have anyone to award.We can at least award Ruby. Here is the link to her blog: Life.Please go check out her blog.
 But if you read this and would like to put links to people's blogs to award we would be so happy!!!! or if you want to answer our questions in the comments you can. We do hope you enjoy reading this though we are so sorry we can not award anyone :(  Please remember to vote for us at Makayla Warrens blog Ladybug's Footprints . PLEASE FOLLOW OUR BLOG IF YOU HAVEN'T. THIS IS IMPORTANT AND IT IS EXTREMELY DISSAPOINTING NOT BEING ABLE TO AWARD ANYONE. IT MAKES US NOT THAT EXCITED WHEN WE GET AWARDED :(  while goodbye for now. i think we made our point clear.

By

layla and Jo. 

QandA with Ian

1.  What are your three favorite books?  A:  David Copperfield, Great Expectations and Kidnapped.
2.  What is your favorite color?  A:  Red.
3.  What instruments do you play or are learning and what do you want to learn?  A:  Know guitar, learning mandolin, want piano.
4.  What are your three favorite movies?  A:  O Brother Where Art Thou, Wolverine Origins, The Princess Bride.
5.  What is the most important thing you want to do before you die?  A:  Rescue somebody who is drowning,after jumping from a plane that was shot down by a giant eye of death.
6.  Who are your three favorite bands/ singers?  A:  Relient K, Anberlin, Switchfoot & more.
7.  What are your two favorite foods?  A:  Panda express and licorice.

   Ian is our 17 year-old brother.  

Questions For The Blog readers

                                       Josiah's  Questions
1.   Do you like pizza?
2.   Do you like ice cream?
3.   Do you like broccoli?
4.   Do you like tofu? ( I've never tryed it )
5.   What's your favorite thing to do?
6.   Have you ever seen an agate?

     That's all for me.


                                    Layla's Questions               

1.  What are your five favorite books and/or book series?

2.  What are your two favorite colors?

3.  Who is your favorite band/singer?

4.  What are your five favorite movies?

5.  What are your three favorite things to do outside?

6.  Do you know or are learning how to play one or more instruments? If you do what are they?

7.  How many siblings do you have and how old are they?

8.  What is your favorite food?

       Answer these questions in your comment.  If you want you can ask us the questions you would like.