Florida

This year Florida was really nice! The weather was awesome, we only had one day where it rained in the afternoon. Practice was also a lot better this year, we did more running and one day we did an ocean swim/beach run! It was so much fun because we were divided into teams and my team won!




Here is sam collecting sea shells for her mom.


This was when we were on the Jungle Queen. The Jungle Queen is a boat trip that you can take and they show you all the large houses and then the trip ends at an island where they have a buffet. Very touristy. It was a lot of fun because the whole team hung out together.


The first day we came down to the beach, it was covered by man of wars like this one! they were pretty gross!

Christmas and pictures!

So i have been playing around with the new camera, however my finals started today, therefore I have been trying to focus on school.
Today I decided to take some fun christmas pictures of Majken that will be sent out to friends and family.
I cropped the pictues so that the surprise will not be ruined :-)



Here is a picture of Kajsa :-)
Majken has really earned Mikes nick-name for her "Far-Cat" over the weekend I caught her carrying a dorritos bag around.

Mom you spoil me...

... thank you for the more than amazing camera!!!

My birthday was two days ago and yesterday i received an email letting me know that my package from my mom was supposed to arrive. So i ran home and waited for the UPS truck to arrive. I got a new Canon rebel XS. It is absolutely amazing. I read through the manual last night and today i began shooting. So here are some pictures that i took. Naturally my first subject were none other than majken and Kajsa :-)

Snow? Already?

So it has been snowing here now for a little while. However, it does not stick to the ground for long.
I did get some pictures of school while there was still snow on the ground :-)

Känner mig nästan lite gammal för att ha en önskelista nu när jag nästan är 21 :-(

Önskelista:

Mikro lins
Kamera väska
Pengar till Florida/fast skin
Svarta vinter stövlar, typ uggs
Kläder eller presentkort till kläder
Scrappbook grejjer, framför allt punchar
Pilgrims smycke (charm necklace)
Svenska filmer
CD:
Panic! at the disco
Offspring
Pink
Lady Gaga

Rund stickor i olika storlekar
Bok om hur man stickar strumpor
Annat som ar med stickning

Majken har lagt på sig lite vinter hull :-)

Knitting

I have been knitting much lately, and recently i made a toy for Majken and Kajsa ( although Majken has made it quite clear that it is her toy).

It was very easy i just knotted two strips, one longer and thicker than the other and then i just put them together.

Majken now constanly carries her toy around everywhere and tends to drop it by my feet in an attempt to say "mommy, I want to play!"

-Elin

Fall, School, and Swmming.

So our pool is not yet open, but it is starting to look really nice. Today we had our first practice and it was held at the close by High school. I will post a picture of the pool once everything is completed.

It is true, College only gets tougher by the year. That is we get more and more readings and essays. My classes are very interesting therefore i cant complain.

For the past week I was finding these two cat beanie baby dolls in different places throughout my room, such as under my bed, under my covers, and behind my pillows. Eventually ieven found them downstairs on the couch. Well i finally figured out that it is Majken who has found two little friends. I caught her carrying one around and later found her playing with it. Her favorite one is even really dirty from her playing with it so much.

Majken also really enjoyes playing with any form of bags and boxes:

Sisterly love, Kajsa is saying "She stared it!!!"

Love,
Elin

School, but not...

So classes have yet to begin, and today was a total relaxation day for me. I played with the cats and crafted. I even got some sketching in!
I have been trying to make things for the house lately and so far I have made these little things:

This is something I made to keep my necklaces from getting tangled. All I did was to take a piece of wood, paint it, drill holes, and then take different fun doorknobs and put them in the holes. It was a fun and easy project that i thought of a few weeks ago.

This is something i got from my mom, and all i did was to paint, decorate, and then put it together. The letters are glittery, I actually got them at Walmart for like 7 dollars, a big pack of them! i would like to add something to it but I dont know what yet.

I also made a round card for my youngest sisters. I got them cute little shirts and wanted to send a card with it.

Majken and Kajsa are causing trouble, so I have to go downstairs and see what they are up to!

Love,
Elin