Merry Christmas!.. And A Happy New Fear

My little cousin Juno ( left) got this cool
tent for Christmas.  Does anyone else see that creepy
invisible elf in the background spying on us? 

It's been Christmas ya'll! I'm so pumped. So, you know how all sorts of blogs have Christmas posts? Well, this is kind of one of those. A Christmas post. Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year.
Okay, so here is the big question. Are you ready? You sure? You really super duper sure?
Great, you guys are awesome. So... here it is. Does... anyone else... think... that elf on the shelves are creepy? No seriously! They make eye contact from whichever direction you look at them.
It's like their creepy camera's monitoring your every move. And with their jolly little hats, and huge round adorable " you can trust me" eyes. Don't let them fool you. Their probably all just smugglers who work for this big band where the leader is Santa, and they smuggle out all your presents and valuables. See what I'm getting at? Maybe Elf on the shelves are actually trying to dominate the world!? And renaming it " Whoville!" Ahhhhh! Okay, I need to pull myself together.
It's up to me to defeat them.
So here's my plan.
I take over Santa's job, after disguising as an elf that works for him, and getting him to trust me.
Then, deliver the presents to the houses and communicate in elvish to the elf on the shelves that I can get them to world domination. Yeah... yeah, and then I'll lead them to my secret lair and
and  right into a trap... Muahaha. It's the perfect plan. I'll collect all the elves on the shelves, and then send them to Mars!

Tight fit. Cool game. 

Oh man... I think we need to change the topic before I explode. How about some Christmas Carols?
One two three four!
Sing silver belles sweet silver belles
Elves are near, world domination. 
No oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh elves. 
and they are smugglers and they are smugglers. 
Oops, I don't think those are the words
They see you when your sleeping. They know when your awake. 
They steal from you at night so put up security alarms so they won't take.
uhhhh... whoospie. my bad. hehe...
let's try one more time.
Jingle belles Jingle belles, elves take all your stuff. 
World domination is near, they should be in handcuffs.

Okaaay, that was a fail...but it doesn't matter.
What I really want to say has nothing to do
with smuggling, conniving, incredibly creepy elves on the shelves. I'm here to say this...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to all of you. I hope it is filled with joy, and not elves.
I hope everyone reading this agrees with my elf theory, and enjoys their Christmas.
Wishing you a merry Christmas from Ginger Spice and Cocoa

I look over, and that's when mom snaps the
picture.

My cousin Elah's house
of graham crackers. Watch out Hansel
and Gretel!

When I got my leather jacket.
We call ourselves the Awesome Gang!

                                                                                        

My uncle Josiah ( Middle) me ( Left) and Sage ( Right
posing for a picture that mom was taking. Holding and wearing our new gifts.

Juno, admiring the graham cracker houses.

My grandma ( also known as Nonny)
opening up a gift that my uncle gave her

Various Photo's Of Mine Part 2

Pictures are fun. They are REALLY fun!!

Here are more I'd like to share with you, so behold...
Various photo's of mine PART 2  (Ooh dramatic. Just imagine while I was saying that, that there are lights flickering on and off and suspenseful, adventure music playing. Then it would be like the best thing EVER.)

I think I like taking pictures of flowers. It's so easy. God did all
the hard work in making them beautiful, and so all you have to do
is point and shoot and they almost all turn out the way I want them to turn out!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
( I actually don't see any kittens, but... it works...somehow.)

This is Eva's eye,  isn't it pretty?

EXPOSURE! EXPOSURE! EXPOSURE! I LOVE
EXPOSURE! :)

I really hope my camera didn't get wet well taking that.
I know I got wet, but not too much. It's a fountain at a garden store so....

Is it a cello? or is it a violin?

Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater...Or Was He?

So, I'm here to talk about my late pumpkin, Shadow Hopkins. (Before Halloween, I bought a pumpkin and named him.)


He was a good pumpkin, with a black belt in karate. He was also a master of disguise.
Shadow even dabbled in art a little bit, and piano. He was a fan of Mozart.
And so I kept him longer then I should've. Shadow Hopkins was a strong pumpkin. He resisted the urge to soften. Sometime after Halloween, I finally had to throw him away, but before we get to that fateful day, I shall tell you how this began to happen.

One day, I realized that he had begun to smell bad, but I paid no attention. The next day, he was softer, and had a black spot.

Still, I let him live.

He began to shrink. I know, weird right? A pumpkin, shrinking. I couldn't believe Shadow Hopkins
was shrinking. I knew he was beginning to rot, BUT I COULDN'T LET HIM DIE!!!!
Sorry, got a little dramatic there.

Then, a few days ago, I realized he was falling apart. Oh, my dear Shadow Hopkins! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I ignored it still... (Can you blame me? I mean, he's a pumpkin with a black belt in karate. How can one throw him away? I even named a book character after him in a series I'm writing.)
Then, I picked him up and realized I could see inside him... not a good sign. WARNING.
He was seriously fluffy. White and fluffy on the inside. I would've taken a picture for you... but I just couldn't...I seriously would've but... I'm sorry, but pumpkins aren't supposed to be fluffy! It's abnormal.
Let me give you some advice. Before a pumpkin gets fluffy... THROW IT AWAY!

Shadow Hopkins 
was a good pumpkin. 
black belt in karate. 
defeated James Moriarty. 
traveled back in time and met Mozart. 
Was capable of so much more.

Rest in Peace. 

Various Photos Of Mine

This is water I caught falling from a little
waterfall at a flower shop.

Hi group, I said I'd show you some of my photography pictures. So I will.

I took this at my summer camp. My teacher told us
to  use exposure, and so I tried. This was the result.
Makes me feel happy that I can capture images
such as a bright rose. 

This is my eye. I took the picture by putting the camera right under
my bottom lashes and snapping it. It's kind of cool in a creepy
sort of way. Like the beginning to an adventure movie.

The black  background is actually a
chair. I had to prop of the flower just right
to make it seem like I edited it and made it
so that the background could look as black as
I wanted it to look.  

I LOVE THIS PHOTO! I can see every part of the butterfly.
And it makes me happy. Does anyone know what kind
of Butterfly it is?

This was nearly impossible to take.
The background is leaves, that I again had to use
exposure to blacken.

Here's that same butterfly. 

Neighbors With An Alligator

Jealous anyone?

Hello folks,
I'm back, and better then ever. So in this post I'm going to be talking about my
Beautiful Enthusiastic Amazing Cool Happy vacation!
Also known as THE BEACH VACATION.
I had a lot fun, except for the moments where I went underwater for a long period of time and my eyes stung.
My fault by the way... I wasn't acting very smart. I won't go into details, but my cousin Eva and I went out a little deeper then we were suppose to ( On accident of course)
and couldn't touch. Out there, were the HUGE waves.
Not saying I was freaking out or anything... Ok ok! I was a little bit!
There was a big wave and the only way Eva and I could get out of it, was by swimming, which also meant sacrificing are breathing for like ten seconds! Alas, we saved ourselves with our death-defying skills (that, and the fact the wave got smaller when it came over to us was also helpful.)
That's a little more dramatic then it actually was by the way, but still! It was scary at the time, but now I'm just like " Wow! That was awesome!" Eva and I had a buddy system, because we weren't allowed to go into the deep water alone. We stuck together, except for one time while we were sitting and the tide pulled us apart. I had to run to rescue her... but that's a story for another time(:

Next, I want to tell you about my neighbor Patrick, who was an alligator. We had a lake in are backyard and ever so often, we saw Patrick swimming close to our deck! It was super cool! And at the same time a little scary. "Ahh! My neighbor is an Alligator!"
So... yeah, mixed feelings.

Meet Patrick, great animal, good with kids

Then there was the horrible hurricane, Hurricane Micheal! We had to leave a day early to escape it! It was hard to leave early, but when I saw how hard it rained the next day, back in Charlotte, I was glad not to be on the coast anymore.

The vacation was so fun! My mom loved taking pictures of me when I wasn't looking. When I saw them, I remembered how beautiful the ocean is, but also noticed how windblown my hair was, no seriously... the wind was so crazy it felt like the sand was stinging my legs. Sometimes, it was hard to see.
Family trips are always fun, am I right?

This is my model shot. 

Buddy system ( In shallow waters)

My family, best part of the trip

Sometimes I wonder why I was itching my head in the middle of a big wave.
Can anyone tell me? 

Closer then two peas in a pod

Two peas in  a pod

I've decided to do a post on why I love my cousin. Eva is an inspiration to all. 

No matter what she does, she always gives off that " Oh wow that girl's so cool" vibe. 

Or maybe the " World's best cousin" vibe. 

Anyways, what I' trying to say is we're 

pretty close to each other. 

Ever since we were little, she's been there for me. We take a writing class together and

it's pretty fun. We sometimes act out eachother's

stories while the other reads aloud to the class, to enhance the performance.

does anyone else think Eva's style is out of this word!?

My cousin Eva and I have always been super close. No matter what, even after fights we still hold hands. We still smile at each other, and still comfort each other when one of us is sad.  We have a special relationship. She's so unique, and the best cousin ever." Like I said, we get into fights sometimes, but does that really matter? We're still blood related, no matter what. Even if we try to stay mad at each other, we can't. it's impossible to stay irritated at Eva. She's cute, amazing, and pretty darn smart. We're absolutely going to do something amazing in the future. She inspires me!

She likes to work on singing with my sister. I love to hear them sing together. 

Cousin Eva is perfection. I feel like a million bucks when I’m around her. 

Love you EVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We found these yummy foods together at a restaurant, Score!

Sweet! Mama snuck up on us and took a picture!
Best mother ever!

Yummy! Chick Fil A!

Cute! 

Gagging In Sync

Brave Cousin Eva

I went to a Mexican Buffet the other day. My cousin Eva and I got bored, so an intense game of Truth And Dare broke out.

Rice pudding was our first choice. It tasted like chewy sugar with a watery liquid on top. We decided to keep looking for something even worse, to thicken the plot. We found what looked like sticky noodles coated in a gooey mess. 

We each took a scoop. That was a mistake. When we both smelled it, Eva said, "Ah! it's cream cheese!" We both HATE cream cheese! We weren't brave    enough to try it, and I mean who would be? It's cream cheese noodles    for goodness sake! And how is that even Mexican? 

Finally, Eva picked up a single, diced tomato with her fork and lifted it to her mouth nervously. She looked at me as if saying " I'm gonna vomit." I brought a noodle to my mouth too (Bleh!) and we held like that for some time.

Then, mustering up as much courage as we could, and together took a bite. For a second, we sat stunned, looking at each other with wide eyes, and then began to gag, in sync. I could feel the throw-up inching up my throat. I had to shove it back down so I wouldn't puke all over everything. That would have been really embarrassing. I could already hear my mom saying,  "Hey waiter, my kid just vomited all over the table. Would you be a dear and mind getting a towel and cleaning up this mess? Sorry, she just isn't careful with what she eats sometimes. Is that a noodle?" I didn't want that to happen so with much effort, Eva and I spit out the noodle poison, and then spit out the spit that it had corrupted. 

We had to eat Jello to get the taste out of our mouths. It didn't really work for me though. That taste would not leave my poor mouth. Those cream cheese noodles with forever haunt me, FOREVER I'm telling you! It was the grossest thing! We learned our lesson, a very valuable lesson indeed, "If you see or smell Mexican cream cheese noodles, avoid immediately, and you won't be stuck with the taste forever."