Short-ish update

 Wow, this blog has been silent for awhile. I decided to write an update on life right now.
 The first big news that is rather old now is that Emily is engaged!! Jeffrey and her are going to be married in April and I can't wait. I'm the first bridesmaid and sometime this week, my bridesmaid dress is going to get here. I'm the only bridesmaid that already is getting her dress just because Emily wanted to see how this style looked and to figure out if we liked it.
 Right after they were engaged, Jeffrey texted me and asked me to come over to Michael's house to take pictures of them. I came and I was feeling pretty happy that I got to be the first person to see them after they were an engaged couple.
 Besides being a bridesmaid for the wedding, my other important thing that I'm doing for this wedding is making the slideshow. I love working on that and I've already gotten all of Emily's pictures gathered. Now I just need Jeffrey's and I can work on organizing everything.

I thought this pictures was cute. This is one I'm using for the slideshow

Guess what I've already started working on? I'll give you a clue. It is a blog project that usually comes out at the end of the year. ;) Yep, I've already started working on my End Year Review. I love working on that blog post because I love remember all the fun times and highlights I've been through in the year. I can't believe 2015 is almost over! 

Another thing worth pointing out is that I'm now 17. My birthday was very special even though it was celebrated a day late. I got lots of candy and other presents and I felt very spoiled and thankful for my family. 

This past weekend, Mom, Dad, and Michael went to visit Papa. When they came home, Mom had a box filled with all our letters that we had written to Granny and Papa. Each child had an individual envelope filled with pictures, letters, and stories. I use to write to Granny and Papa every week (I still do, but not as consistently as I use to) so I've been reading those letters. I so wish that I could write a letter to Granny write now and tell her everything that I've been doing and whats new in my life. I miss her. 

Well, when I sat down to write this post, I was thinking of all sorts of things I could write about, but now I can't think of anything more to write about. So I guess I'll just leave you with this shorter update. 

Jeff and Emily

 Tonight I was randomly looking through all of my blog posts and thinking how happy I was that I posted all those posts/memories because I would have forgotten them by now. So I decided I should blog some more just for my own benefit. ;)

 This post is going to be about Jeffrey and Emily since I feel like posting about them. The other Saturday, I told them I had to work on my photography skills and I needed to use them as 'models.' ;) They liked that idea so I set up my tri-pod and started taking a bunch of pictures. It was a ton of fun being able to fiddle with the camera's settings and working with those two. Emily had the laughs but it made for some cute pictures. :) I put them all on the computer right away but then my editing program wasn't working so I decided to not edit them and just send them as they were. So here are some of my favorites. :)

This one is my favorite

and this one is another favorite. :) 

There were lots of goofy pictures but I'm only posting this one. :)

Memorial day camping trip

This past Memorial day, all of the siblings decided to have a camping trip in the woods behind Michael's house. It ended up only being Michael, Zach, the twins, William, and me staying overnight in the tents we had set up, but I even ended up leaving to go sleep at Michael's house around 12:30. So I'll try to tell what we did through these pictures. :)

We got to the campsite around 4ish and took several trips down the steep hill and through the brush to our 'campsite'. See that picnic table? We were wondering where we were going to set all our food and Michael was like, "I have a few boards up at my house that I can go get." So he went running off. Pretty soon I heard him come crashing back and when I looked over, he had this picnic table all thrown over his head. Zach was like, "Yep, that's a few boards!" We were laughing about that. 

Emily and Jeffrey ended up joining us for dinner so that was fun. 

After dinner, we headed over to the river to do some kayaking. I didn't kayak but Michael and William did. I took lots of pictures of Emily and Jeffrey instead. :)

Nooksack river

Michael and William

Hahaha, they wanted an awkward picture and I love this. They both look so funny and awkward! :)

Better

Then we saw an eagle with a fish...

Once we were done kayaking, we went back to have some s'mores.

The food table. Trust me, we had a lot of food...:)

Okay, I just think that this picture of Benjamin is sooooo adorable. Look at his little face. Oh ya, its an okay picture of Emily and Jeffrey too. ;)

The next morning! Tommy, Janeal, Emily, and Jeffrey left after we had s'mores because they were busy with other thing/didn't want to camp. That was okay because I ended up getting a whole tent to myself. Well...until 12:20. Benjamin started throwing up because he ate to much and I freaked out because I always do when someone starts throwing up so I went back up to Michael's house and slept there until morning. Anyways, I came back down and the boys wanted to go see the water so I took them there. We were playing a game where we had to hit that big rock out in the water that you see. That was actually where I was standing when I took those pictures of Jeffrey and Emily the night before. :)

These two. They are so adorable. Oh, here is a cute story. We went back and were eating breakfast and it had already started to rain but it wasn't to bad yet, and plus we were under a lot of trees so we weren't getting to wet yet. Eventually it started to rain harder so I found Alexander's baseball hat and put it on. He noticed I was wearing it and came and took it off and told me it was his hat. So I started to make up this sad story about how I was going to get all wet and how I really needed to wear his hat because I didn't have a hood like he did. I think he was starting to feel a little sorry for me, but it didn't last long because he wanted to keep that hat. Pretty soon though, Benjamin comes walking over to me and pulls out his hood so that we could both be under it. It was soo cute! He was like, "We can share!" It was so thoughtful of him. I love watching how those two act and trying to figure out their personalities. :) 

That was about it for the camping trip. After breakfast, we took several trips up the hill with all our stuff. I got pretty wet and dirty so I was thankful to go home and clean myself up. Later on in the afternoon, William, Janeal, and I went play games with some our friends and that was a lot of fun. Then I finished the day by watching YouTubes of military men coming home and surprising their families. I had a fun memorial day. I'm so thankful for the people who gave their lives for America's freedom. And here is a picture that really made me think of how some people who have lost their loved ones must feel on a day like memorial day:

Whats up?

Hello everyone!!
 I've realized that I haven't written a blog post in forever so I'm here quick to write one and make you all happy. ;) I'll give you a brief look on my life since I last posted. :)

First off...welcome to the world Dwight Ethan Arnhart!! He was born a month ago exactly. He is so cute with all of his different facial expressions.

some of his facial expressions...

 The second big news is that these two started dating. I'm so excited that they are dating. Jeffrey Balvanz is a friend we've known all our lives and we all like him alot. :)

Jeffrey and Emily

And here are some other pictures. Most of them are from Mother's day last Sunday cuz we were taking a lot that day. :)

I brought Charlotte outside and told her to smile the last time we had them over and this is one of the pictures I got. 

the twins. I love this picture.

BBQ at Zach's house. 

Benjamin was like, "Take a picture of me!" Such a cutie!!

this is what happens when I tell them to pose for the camera

This is also what happens when Dad and Tommy pose for the camera. hahaha

Waiting for Mom to come sit in the chair

All the siblings

Until next time! (which might be awhile...;)