My First Fish (15th blog post!)

I got a fish yesterday!

The story of how I got him...

    Last night at youth group we had a gift exchange.  I got a gift from my friend that said, "FRAGILE!!! DO NOT SHAKE!!!"
"Hmm..." thought I...
The fragile gift was a Betta fish!  I named him Mikey after our St. Michael's youth group.

( my sister thinks I should name him Red Skull. yay or nay... ? Nay.)

The gift came with:

1. the fish (obvy)
2. a tank
3. tank decor
4. fish food
5. reversible backgrounds

It didn't come with pebbles, so I collected some from outside.

Thank you, Eden!

P.S. My 15th blog post!

~Emma

Horses

 Pictures to share...

Horses are my favorite animals. This is Velvet, my BFF's horse

Me and Socks

Me and Charlie Brown.

Rocco, the dummy horse.

Sam feeding Charlie B. a carrot.

He loves attention.

MiMi and Hugo.

I love all horses, but C.B. is my favorite!

~ Emma

New Orleans

This fall my mom and I went to New Orleans.  It's a really cool city!

The Mississippi River

Jackson Square

The St. Louis Cathedral.

Here are some pictures inside the old church.

The alter and Tabernacle.

There were Frescos of the Saints on the ceiling.

This is the only copy os St. Louis's bible.

There were trollies all over the city.

We got a day pass and toured the city.

The old Usuline Convent.  Nuns still live there, and part of the building is a museum.

Sadly, it was closed for renovation, so we couldn't see it.

Once an old blacksmith shop in the 1800's, this building is now a bar.

This is the paddle boat, Natchez, which takes tourists up the river daily.

Behind this once plantation home is the battlefield of the Battle of New Orleans, hence the memorial.

We also took a carriage tour of the French quarter and the first cemetery in New Orleans.

Finally, we made sure we picked up some beignets before we headed back to the airport.

This picture was taken from the sky deck of our hotel.

New Orleans is such a beautiful city and there are so many things to do! I would go back in a heart beat.

~ Emma

Praying Mantis

We always have praying mantis bugs around our house, so I took some pictures.

I think this one was a baby.

Of course, this insect gets it's name praying mantis because it looks like it's praying.  A full grown mantis' favorite snacks are leaves, crickets, and butterflies.  Their colors of their long bodies can be green, grey, brown, or even pail pink, depending on where it lives and what it mainly eats. A praying mantis usually lives for about a year.


~Emma