Olivia and Rachel where playing with Barbies. This game they made up is so weird:

Once upon a time...

Two girls were riding on their beloved horses.

Two weeks later...

Suddenly they saw a green light. They stepped off their beds and started walking toward it, helpless against its power. Then they touched it, landing dead on their beds. At the funeral, their parents decided to dress the bodies nicely and then have the horses drag them in their coffins, the coffins open (just like they did to Padame` on Star Wars: Episode 3). Even the horses could feel the sadness. Suddenly the two horses turned to fairies. Everyone gasped. "We were the ones that did this to the girls." said the horses/faries. "We wanted everybody to know that magic is real! And now we will bring them back to life!" And they did.

THE END

Side note: Barbies just laying down in an American Girl Doll's babie's stroller or on an upside-down basket don't look very dead.

Power Smoothie

3 c. orange juice
1 apple (cut up)
2 bananas
4 ice cubes

Blend well.


You can also add a peach or two and another banana; both recipes are really good.


Enjoy!!

Ok, ok! I'm just so sick having to wait for the pictures that I'll just write about our to San Clemente without pictures. And if I get the pictures later, I'll put them on. So here I go... Oh and while I'm at it I'll write about the trip to Knoll Lake...

Knoll Lake, AZ:

In June my family and the Ray family went camping a mile away from Knoll Lake. Most of you should know that we share a camping trailor... it's big, pretty, and only a year old. So we set up camp and were elated to find out that we borrowed quads and a Rhino. Later that day we went over to the lake, the Rays bringing there golden retriver Annie. The lake was beautiful. It was like so blue, with a reflection that sparkled. And it was a moutain lake, so there were mountains and pine trees surrounding it on all sides. No motorized vehicles were allowed, only the slow canoes. Although the trailor was big enough to fit all of us, the oldest four kids (Tyler, Rachel, Adam, and I) slept in a tent. The next couple days we spent quading, and riding on the Rhino. One day after canoeing we caught a fat lizzard that looked like half frog, half bearded dragon. On the third day it rained A LOT. Poor little Annie couldn't come in the trailor; she was all wet and had to stay under the trailor. The next day we fished (but caught nothing) and then found a gardner snake we named "Butter"! Later, my mom was a hero. She saved the forest and possibly some lives! While on the Rhino, she spotted some smoke. She looked for where it was coming from, and discoved that lightning had struck a tree! Brian Ray drove over to where park rangers would be, and when they saw the tree, they said that the tree was burning from the inside, and once the fire reached the roots, it could reach the roots of other trees and pretty much burn down the whole forest! We also made a fort on the trip, which was pretty fun. I'm telling you, it was a great vacation!

San Clemente, CA:

A two weeks or so ago we left for Cali. My grandparents had a condo that would be empty for five days, so we went and stayed there. On the trip we went to the beach, and I discovered I'm a great boogie-boarder!! :) The water was cold, and, being of Arizona blood, I was amazed that I would actually get in the water! It was seventy, eighty degrees, and since there was an Alaskan currant that ran into (or something like that) the beach. Every day we went to the beach. We'd have breakfast at the condo, then go to the beach. We'd play for a few hours, then have a PB&J sandwich for lunch. Then we'd play some more until 2:00 or 2:30 when it was Eric and Sophie's nap time. We'd drop them off at the condo, then go to the pool where we'd swim or relax in the hot tob for a few hours. For dinner we'd either go to Pizza Port or Padro's Tacos (the first day we went to Pizza Port, then the second day Padro's Tacos, then Pizza Port, then Padro's Tacos). The last day we stayed at the beach longer, and I discovered that it was fun to body surf, even on the big waves! We waited to go to the pool until dinner time, then ate at the pool. On the way home we stopped by at the Morris's house where we dropped Rachel off. I haved missed her terribly, and I am glad to say she is coming home today. I love California.


Thank you, summer, for making all our awesome trips possible!!!

Later my mom started researching English golden retrievers. Sure enough, we ended up getting two of them, a male and female, which we named Diamond and Zeus. Diamond is an extremely mellow dog. Zeus just likes to herd me. (I know. Weird.) We then gave our Nikki to my mom's dad.


Later that year we got another English golden, Jewel. She is one of those dogs, you know, not too crazy, not too mellow, but barks a lot. She is also a VERY great mother dog.




A couple years later we got yet another English golden. We named her Diva. She is a very crazy one.



Then we got Angel. She is a very cute one, and although she is more than a year old now, she looks like a pup. Let me just tell you. She has a long body and SHORT legs, plus a cowlick on her nose (If you click on the picture, you might, just might be able to see the cowlick that hasn't been able to go down since she was a puppy.)! She is Diva's best friend.



Then my mom decided it was time to get a smaller dog. She looked online and discovered the rare coton de tuliar (cootawn day tewleeair) breed. In fact, although the breed is hundreds of years old, they have only been in the country for twenty-something years! They are the clowns of the K9 world, and were even used to entertain pirates! So, yep, got a female named Zoe`. She is really cute. She is so fast, we call her a running mop! She loves other people and dogs, and might even think she's a golden retriever! She is best friends with Angel. Last night we got another golden (English) , Angel's half sister which we named Whisper. I know that she'll be a great pet!


We have also had a palomino horse named Princess, fish, lizards (one which was caught on my dad's b-day and named after him, and then afterwards Adam was obsessed with naming lizards after people on Dad's side of the family), and even for a few day or weeks had Diamond's daughter, Breezy, when her owner could no longer keep her. I'm sure I will have many more pets. Thank you, Ritz, Nikki, Abby, Jasmine, Barren, Diamond, Zeus, Jewel, Diva, Angel, Zoe`, Whisper, Breezy, Princess, Bubbles, Beta, John, Dave/Susan/Becca, Steve, and any other pets which I've forgotten (which I know I've forgotten some) for being my family's great pets.

Sorry about not having any posts here all the time... It seems as if nothing ever happens here at the Lundgreen home! That is wrong though... Since Sophie threw the camera in the toilet, we haven't been able to take pictures. What's a full blog without pictures?? Luckily we've been able to borrow a camera, so I'll post something about our night at the Rainforest Cafe when those pictures come in. I might also post something about our trip to Knoll Lake (which was more than a week ago), but if I don't get those pictures, well, we'll just find out sooner or later... Luckily my parents are trying to find a camera, and if I can save up enough to buy my own (babysitting, BTW, earns me a lot of it), that would be great!