To All My Fellow Relatives and Friends: Audrey Is Here! :D

Hey! This is Audrey. You might know me for being your cousin, niece, sister, daughter, granddaughter, friend, or some other relation. You will know this is Audrey typing when I type in this font size, most of the time. :D You can see my 14th birthday cheesecake on June 20 there in the picture, because I don't, at least not for family things, have a cake. Ewwww :D

Well, I would only be typing here if I had something big going on in my summer vacation. And, I do! I am heading off to Girl's Camp for 2008! Cool, I know! Though, some drawbacks occured before the start. Earlier last week my sister Alyssa and I were informed from my dad one evening that the camp we usually go to was double-booked. :( So the site said we had to either find another place for the same dates or continue with their site at a later date. The stake decided to keep it from July 28 to August 1 for less confusion but pick a different site. The site now is in Georgia, and is about the same distance as our previous site. Though we don't we any A/C. So we have a more down-to-earth experience in 100 degrees temps. I know. I'd rather do tent camping. But it's for the better and this time of year! :D

On an academic note, school starts rather early here in the Emerald Coast Panhandle. School resumes on August 18 for us grade school sibs and Ashley starts at BYU-Provo after Labor Day.

Aaron-2nd grade

Andrew-6th grade (middle school!!!!! :D)

Me (Audrey)- 9th grade (HIGH-SCHOOL :D)

Alyssa- 11th grade

Ashley- freshman in college(!!!!!)

As most of you know, I love to write (and type, too [just as much fun]) and have since second grade, I think. It's a great experience creating characters, plots, and most of all, the humor. I love describing the surroundings and such, so as to create an atmosphere that the reader can literally jump into instantly. I'm not nearly good as C.S. Lewis or Robert Ludlum or David Baldacci, though. But there will be the day when I write the story all can enjoy and get something uplifting out of. I just need more schooling, experience, and knowledge to do so. Thanks for all who hang in there for me!

As a request before I depart from the keyboard and finish my Girl's Camp packing, I'd like know my cousins' birthdays and how old they'll be turning this year. It seems I never can keep up with everyone of my cousins and their grades, ages, and qualities. And trust me, it will help tremendously when you do. It will help create a wider range of characters in my writing, and help me connect better with my relatives I don't see often. :D Thx 4 evrythg!

Love,

Audrey :D :D :D :D :D

Projects

When anyone finds out that Ken is a woodworker, they immediately ask him to build them something. His time is limited, but he just completed this cherry with maple wood shadow box a couple of weeks ago. The five stripes are not rank lines, they represent lines that airmen would paint on aircraft in WWII in remembrance of ?! Anyway, they're symbolic in AFSOC.

Another spring/summer project has been growing tomatoes. This year has been our most successful year. We have cherry tomatoes coming out our ears. The bigger sandwich style tomatoes, shown here, have been an other story. We've only harvested a few that have been of any worth. Bugs, end rot, and splitting, have plagued them from early on. We actually used Miracle Grow for Tomatoes and what a difference it makes!

Scouting

Last week Andrew received his Scout and Tenerfoot Ranks in a Court of Honor. He participated in the flag ceremony, carrying the American flag. He has lots of growth potential! His scout leader gave a summary of Andrew acomplishements and said that Andrew has improved the most in physical fitness.

Come Play With Us!

After being here a few years, you begin to take the beauty of the local beaches for granted. They're gorgeous! Fine white sand edges the beautiful aquamarine water of the Gulf. And the water!...it's nothing like those coastal cold waters of Oregon!

Once upon a time....

In the panhandle of the Sunshine State, where most people think it's lower Alabama instead of Florida, lives a family of seven--a Dad, a Mom, three girls, and two boys. Yes, all with the same last name from a family never divided. They often uproot and settle in various places around the world and nation as "Home is where the Air Force sends them!"