Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Merry Christmas!

It is Christmas Eve!!!

One more sleep and its Christmas!!

I probably seem like a little child counting down the days and sleeps until

christmas, but I just love Christmas!!

Here are 10 reasons as to why I love Christmas.

1. All the family gets together
2. Everyone gets along well
3. It's when we celebrate the birth f Jesus
4. There is lots of yummy food to eat
5. Everyone gets a present
6. I love to sing and listen to Christmas carols
7. People decorate there houses with christmas lights
8. I love to look at different types of christmas trees and how they are decorated
9. I like the different christmas events that are on at Christmas
10. I just LOVE Christmas!

So that is what I love about Christmas.

Today we are spending the morning at home and then we are going to go and visit our Grandparents. Then we need to race home, scoff down some dinner and race off to church because Naomi, Elise and I are doing Christmas carols at our churches Christmas eve service. We are also preforming this song.

What do you think?

I hope I don't stuff it.

I'm a bit nervous about how I'm going to go, (I'm leading the song).

You can watch the live version HERE.

Well.... I probably won't be posting until after Christmas.

So...

Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year.

And lets not forget why we celebrate Christmas.

Once again, Merry Christmas!!

3 Days!!!!

I have been counting down the days until Christmas. I just think its a fun thing to do.

For us Aussies there are only 3 days till Christmas and 2 days till Christmas Eve!!!

I will probably be getting my first Christmas present for this year on Christmas Eve. We are going to visit my Grandfather and Granny (grandparents) on Christmas Eve. Every year my Granny gets out 8 big red stockings and stuffs them with little gifts and chocolates and lollies!!!! We really love getting our stockings and exploring inside of them.

I don't know what I want for Christmas, I have already got what I really wanted through the year.

• A laptop
• A brand new cricket bat
• And Money for a Hockey stick

Through the year I have been lucky enough to get all these things.

So I guess this year I will need to wait and until Christmas day until I have any idea of what I'm

getting.

This year my family are going to each chip in a bit of money and put it together and select a gift that people can use overseas. Like........ we might select a chicken and a chicken will be given to someone overseas who needs it. By spending money on people who really need it, we are sorta giving to Jesus in a way.

What do you guys want for Christmas??

Christmas Is Here!!

I love this painting.

Things

I think this is going to be a random post.

I haven't been doing much lately. We have had Annie, (some of you would know her) and her family, come and stay with us. They were here for about five days. We had heaps of fun. We went for walks, we played a lot of cricket, (including a game when CB was over at our place with his family) and Annie and I went swimming, poor Naomi couldn't join in because she hurt her toe.

Annie and her family left a couple days ago. The afternoon they left we set up the Christmas tree!!! We hadn't put it up earlier because we were having new blinds put in and the tree would have been in the way of the people who were putting the blinds up. Here is a photo of the finished product.

Sorry about the picture quality. The SD card from my camera would not connect with my laptop. Anyway, we used the colours blue, pink and silver. We usually do gold, green and red but we thought we would do something different.

To me it feels like we had Christmas just last month. The year has gone past so quickly.

Yesterday Naomi and I played U/14's, and our big brother played U/16's. Our big brother said his team slaughtered their opponent. Naomi and I also won our game. Naomi and I both went in to the game with injuries. Naomi was running on concrete the other day, and she kicked her toe against it. She bruised it really badly, so by the time she got out when she was bating she was limping of the field with her bat to help support her.

When we were warming up for the game by doing some catches, I went to catch the ball and I did something to my finger. It to was really sore and bruised, it still is very sore even though its the next day.

We have hopefully got U/12's on this morning, I don't know if it will be on though.

Well...... my stomach is growling at me so I better go fill the tank.

Voyage Of The Dawn Treader!!

I went and saw the Voyage Of The Dawn Treader today!!!!!

It was so good. We saw it in 3D. It was the first movie I had ever seen in 3D.

I found some of it a little bit freaky. But over all I really enjoyed. I'm not going to say much

because I don't want to spoil it for anyone. It was sorta new to me because I haven't read the book before.

I hope they make The Silver Chair!! It is one of my favourite books.

So it was a really fun morning. Besides the fact that the Jumbo box of popcorn that I had with Naomi at the movies broke at the bottom, so the popcorn fell around the two chairs we were sitting on. (LOL)

Voyage Of The Dawn Treader!!

It's finally here!!

The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader is being released in cinemas across Australia today!!

I'm so excited. We are going to go and see it next week in 3D!!

(I think its great how for once, Australia gets it before America!!)

I don't mean to gloat.

I'll do a quick post when I've seen it. I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

Is anyone else going to see it?

Wednesday Photo!

Here is my Wednesday photo.

This is a photo of a Clover flower. It was early in the morning so it still had dew on it.

I wanted to post a Christmas photo, but I had already used it in Wednesday Photo before.

Giveaway!

Bailey, @ ebaiwebcast.blogspot.com is having a giveaway!

She makes her own cards and sells them.

So if you want to have a look at the details, head over to her blog by clicking HERE

Update

I know..... I'm guilty of not posting in AGES.... (LOL)

I just haven't got round to it.

Ok. We haven't played much cricket at all this season!!!!!! It has been so annoying. On the days

that we play our games and train, it rains!! I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get a full game in

before Christmas.

It has been such a wet spring. It is raining right now.

We have been using the pool a lot. Even though it has been pretty wet, it is still

really nice to swim in.

Naomi and I have our Birthday next week!!!! I'm very excited. Unfortunately, getting older doesn't mean getting any taller for me. (LOL) (As some of you would know, I'm very short)

The year has gone past so quickly for me. It feels like it was Christmas day just last week.

I have started to read Ranger's Apprentice!!!!! It is so awesome. I'm up to book two, and I am really enjoying it so far.

That's just about all I have to say.

Hopefully we will get a game of cricket in soon!! I really want next weeks game to be on.

(It's just about time I bowled CB middle stump) (LOL).

Wednesday Photo!

Here is my Wednesday Photo

Wednesday Photo!

Tomorrow is the first Wednesday of November!! (The best month of the year)

Therefore we are having Wednesday Photo.

Here are the rules.

1.Take a photo of something really cool, random, unique, interesting, etc..........

2.No copying other peoples photo.

3.Title your post "Wednesday Photo".

4.Be creative.

5.You have to have your photo on your blog by the end of the day if you want to enter.

6. The winner of this week gets to judge next months Wednesday Photo.

Tully is the judge so leave a comment on his blog to let him know that you have posted your Wednesday Photo.

Tully has a private blog, so if you are not invited to his blog, you can tell me and I will tell him.

Cricket!

This week we only had on game of cricket. (Well half a game). We played U/14's, but U/12's had a bye.

We batted and we made a score of 5/145. It's not the best score but it's alright.

I retired not out on 5. I did alright, but I need more confidence.

Naomi and I nearly played 3rd grade. (Men's cricket). But all their players turned up

so we weren't needed.

Through the week, Naomi bought herself some wicket keeping gloves. They are so good.

She will be wicket-keeping in U/12's and U/14's.

That's just about all I think.

100th Post Contest!!

Yes, this is my 100th post!!!!

To celebrate getting this far, I am having a Caption Contest!

I did want to have a giveaway, but I couldn't think of anything to giveaway.

OK. Here are the photos.

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You can Blog about it if you want.

Have fun!

Update

Here is just a quick update on what I've been doing lately.

We started school work again yesterday. I have really enjoyed the school holidays. We did quite a bit of traveling with our cricket and, we've been watching a lot of the Commonwealth Games. I love watching all the different events in the Games. Australia has a total of 143 medals, we have 64 gold, 40 silver and 36 bronze. We're doing pretty well I think.

We start cricket this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it. Naomi and I are playing under 12's and under 14's. U/14's is really going to test us out, but I'm looking forward to the challenge.

Due to starting cricket this weekend, we have been practising heaps. I don't think our team is going to get a training session in, but we will see how we go.

It has been so wet where I live lately. It has been overcast and drizzly with a shower about once a day for about 2 weeks!!!

I don't mind it though.

The only bad thing about it raining so much is that it has been to cold to swim. Before it was raining so much, our pool was so nice to swim in. It was still rather cold, but it was just so nice and refreshing.

Well, that's about it. I need to do some school work, ***(groan)***.

I'm Back

Sorry I haven't posted for a while. I have been busy with my cricket.

I'll tell you how I went. The championship went for 2 days. On the first day we won both our games. I bowled and took one wicket in the first game, there was one run out off my bowling and I batted before I got run out. In the second game I didn't get and wicket, but there were two other run-outs off my bowling.

The next we had play offs. In the first game that day, I took one wicket and one catch, that game I was also run-out again. We lost that game so we went to our last game playing for 3rd position and 4th position. I didn't take any wickets that game, but I ran someone out. I opened the batting with another girl, on the first ball I faced, (for those of you who know your cricket) I played a forward defence. The ball went straight on to the ground after it hit the bat, but it must of bounced funny because it went straight back into the air like I had played some other silly shot. Anyway they caught it and the umpire gave me out.

So we lost that game and we finished 4th out of a possible 8 positions.

Wednesday Photo Winner & An Announcement!

Sorry I'm bit late with this one.

The Winner of this weeks Wednesday Photo is..............

Tully!

Well done Tully, you are next weeks judge.

Now, Naomi and I have talked to Annie about this and we think it would be a good idea if we keep the Wednesday Photo to something we do once a month. That way, people won't get so sick of it and it will make it more of a event. How about we make it the first Wednesday of the month, and I will post about it a few days before we do it just to remind you.

What do you guys think?

Wednesday Photo!

Here are the rules.

1.Take a photo of something really cool, random, unique, interesting, etc..........

2.No copying other peoples photo.

3.Title your post "Wednesday Photo".

4.Be creative.

5.You have to have your photo on your blog by the end of the day if you want to enter.

6. The winner of this week gets to judge next weeks "Wednesday Photo".

Please tell me if you have entered, and anyone can enter.

I am this weeks judge.

Wednesday Photo!

Naomi is this weeks judge, so she has the info for you.

Here is my photo.

It is a young leaf with a rain drop on it. You can even see tiny little rain drops in the water.

Hockey Grand Final!!

Today is the hockey GRAND FINAL day!!!

I'm so excited.

But........ during the week we got a phone call from the boss of the club we play for. She said that another grade, Ar3 (which is 2 grades above our normal grade!) were looking for an extra player. So they told us that the B grade coach was going to choose between Naomi and I to decide who will play B grade and who will play Ar3. (Their grand finals are on at the same time). The boss said that the B grade coach would ring us to tell us who is going to go and who is staying. We haven't heard anything and the grand finals are this morning, so we are hopping they picked another player.

Anyway, I'm sure we will have fun either way.

Wish us luck!

New Cricket Bat!!

Yesterday Naomi and I bought a cricket bat!!!

It is a early birthday present from our Mum and Dad.

Here is a picture of it.

We are very pleased.

Also, Naomi and I got in to a U/15's girls rep team and in a few weeks we are going to a place about 7 hours drive from us to play in the State Championship!! We are very excited. We are also looking forward to starting our local cricket where we are most defiantly playing U/14's and U/12's.

It is going to be a good year of cricket.

Wednesday Photo

Yep, today is Wednesday Photo day.

If you want the details or you want to join in, head over to CB's blog and let him know. (CB is this weeks judge)

Here is my Wednesday Photo.

It is a small quilt I started, but I haven't got round to finishing it yet.

Hockey!

Here is the Hockey update.

In C grade we lost our game 3-0, all because of the umpire. They made some really unfair decisions and I mean really unfair. Naomi scored an excellent goal, the umpire didn't allow it. People have been calling it a rip-off. We also found out yesterday that one of the girls who was umpiring us hates our hockey club, so that might be why she gave some many unfair decisions. But wait..........there is good news!!

We won in B grade!!!!!

It is so exciting. After we won the game the B grade coach came over to Naomi and I and he said we were part of the B grade team now!!!! So on Saturday we are versing a team that has only been beaten twice throughout the season. The girls aren't sure about how we will go, but the coaches think we can win since the team we are versing is all women, but our team is all girls. So I'm expecting a close game.

So that's the hockey update. I'll post about our grand final on the weekend.

Excitment!

Today we have our hockey finals!!! I'm very excited, but yet very nervous.

After further thought, it turns out I will not be going to the Drama workshop. :(

Although, after our first hockey game of the day we have some friends coming to visit, so that will be very good.

Recently at our church there was a Healing thing on with a guy called John Mellor. It was amazing!! John has a healing ministry. He has been to Europe, Scotland and other places too. We saw a guy who had had 5 years of non-stop headaches all the time HEALED!!! There was a lady who had had 20 years of on going pain in her back and she had been in a wheel chair for two years so the muscles in her legs were really weak, her pain went away and she got some movement in her legs. The list goes on.

You can check out John's website here.

Well, wish us luck with hockey. We will need it.

Wednesday Photo Winner

I have chosen a winner for this weeks Wednesday Photo.

CB!

Well done CB. Your photo was fantastic.

Here it is.

It was a really hard decision to make between Naomi's photo and CB's.

So now CB is the judge for next week.

Wednesday Photo

Today is Wednesday Photo day.

Here are the rules:

1.Take a photo of something really cool, random, unique, interesting, etc..........

2.No copying other peoples photo.

3.Title your post "Wednesday Photo".

4.Be creative.

5.You have to have your photo on your blog by the end of the day if you want to enter.

6. The winner of this week gets to judge next weeks "Wednesday Photo".

Leave a comment to tell me that you did it.

I'm this weeks judge.

If you can't do the Wednesday Photo this week, please leave a comment and let me know.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

This Saturday, we are having a very busy day.

At 10am, Naomi, Tully and I are all going to a homeschooling drama workshop. We are looking forward to it, we think it will be lots of fun. But sadly we will only be able to join in for the first hour. We need to leave early due to a.................

Hockey Preliminary Final!!!!! We won our game last Saturday, I scored 1 goal and so did Naomi. Since we won we are into the finals and if we win that we go to the Grand Final!!!! We play at 12:20pm Ok. I'm just going to tell you a few things so that you will understand what I'm going to say next. C grade hockey is for all year 7. B grade is a test for your skill, so there are some women in B grade but most of the players are about year 10. Ok so. Later on in the afternoon at 5:20pm after our C grade final, Naomi and I are playing for B grade in their final.

We played for them last week in Elimination Semi Finals. We beat the team 4-0, and I scored the last goal!! I was really happy about that.

We have our cricket sign-up day on Saturday too, but I think we are going to skip that.

Now the most important event on Saturday is.............. Tully is turning 11!!!!!

So that is my schedule for this Saturday.

Giveaway!

Anna is having a Anna Cabana Bash! This is the last day, day five.

She is giving away five different things too.

You have until Monday to enter. You can enter in all the giveaways.

Wednesday Photo Winner

Ok. Monica has seen all the entries for the Wednesday Photo and she has decided that the winner is.....

Me!!

Thankyou so much Monica.

So I will be judging next week.

Please leave a comment next week letting me know if you have done yours, if you are unable to do one next week, please email me so I know.

Wednesday Photo

Ok. Here are the rules

1.Take a photo of something really cool, random, unique, interesting, etc..........

2.No copying other peoples photo.

3.Title your post "Wednesday Photo".

4.Be creative.

5.You have to have your photo on your blog by the end of the day if you want to enter.

6. The winner of this week gets to judge next weeks "Wednesday Photo".

Monica is this weeks judge.

I'm posting Annie's photo, Tully's and mine since Monica can not view their blogs.

Here is Tully's.

Here is Annie's. (It has been edited on Photo Shop)
Here is mine. I was cooking last week and this is a photo of butter, golden syrup and sugar. I thought it all looked rather interesting together with the different colours. I also like it because all the ingredients are different. The butter is hard, the syrup is like a liquid and the sugar is like sand.

Another Update

Ok. Naomi and I lost hockey on the weekend. That is a good thing though. It means that our team has a better chance of winning the semi finals this weekend which therefore gives us a good chance on making it to the grand final. Last weekend we played the best team in the comp. We only lost 2-0, and one of their goals shouldn't have been allowed.

We went to church yesterday. We were there for a little longer then usual because the church computer was playing up and our Dad was fixing it up. Yesterday afternoon we played a little bit of cricket with our neighbour and another friend. When everyone got sick of that we started to play soccer. That was really fun. Then we did some goal shots. Naomi and our neighbour were the best goalies of the day. I was absolutely shocking.

And now I'm on my bed, with Naomi beside my still waking up and my little sister trying to get us to help her find her 'Dory Book' as she calls it, but it's really called Finding Nemo. This afternoon Naomi and I have hockey training, we are expecting it to be really full on with the semi finals approaching.

Beautiful Bedroom!

This contest is being hosted by igirl. If you want to join in with this fun event, you can visit her blog where you will find the details.

Here are my 5 photo's.

No. 1 This is a photo of the clock in my room. It has roman numerals on it.

This is a drawing that a friend of mine did for Naomi and I. (It's on an angle)

This is a close up of my hockey trophy I got last year fro being the 'Most Improved' in my team.

This a glass jar of special shells we have found at the beach.

This is my file where I keep different things and I keep my laptop on top of it.

Thanks for doing this igirl. It's really fun!

Wednesday Photo!

Ok, CB is the judge for this weeks Wednesday photo so if you want the info, head over to his blog.

Here is my Wednesday Photo.

This is a photo of a Christmas decorations.

And here is another Wednesday Photo.

This Wednesday Photo is Monica's. She has a private blog so I will be posting her photos on my blog as well as my own

Hockey!

I just wanted to update you on our hockey.

We are doing really well. We are second on the ladder out of 4 teams. This week we are versing the best team in the comp. (They have been for many years). This weeks game is our last game before the semi finals. If we win this weeks game or draw with the other team we will need to play them in the semi's. If we loose we will verse the team at the bottom of the ladder.

We are most likely going to loose this week, but we most certainly won't be disappointed if we do.

I'll keep you updated as the weeks go on.

Aztec Feast!!

Sorry I haven't posted for a few days.

Our Aztec feast went really well. The soup was not nice at all. It was really hot and it had way to much onion in it. So we didn't have much at all.

(Sorry I don't have a photo of the avocado dip). Anyway, the Avocado dip was awesome! We had it with corn chips, salad and some flat bread.

The hot chocolate was a big success. It wasn't perfect but the flavour was really nice. It was just right to finish of the meal.

So that's how our feast went.

Aztec Feast!!

I'm really excited because tonight, Naomi and I are preparing an Aztec feast for the whole family.

First of we are going to be having a Aztec Bean soup. (Beans were one of the Aztecs main food supply). The we are having some Aztec avocado dip with corn chips and tortillas. (Aztecs grew and ate avocados and corn was another one of the main food supplies, they also made their own tortillas).

Then to finish of the night we are going to have some Mexican hot chocolate. (As most if us should know, the Aztecs were the ones who invented chocolate).

So there you have it. Naomi and I found all the recipes in an Aztec history book we were using.

I'm hopping to get some photos so I can put them on my blog but I might not be able to.

Cricket!

On Sunday this week Naomi and I have another cricket trial!

We have been practising a lot lately. I think we will do alright.

We are hoping to get into the team.

This year I'm playing U/14's in cricket. I think I will do alright. I won't be a star

player but I will do well.

This is only a very short post.

Anyway. Wish us luck for Sunday.

(I'll post Sunday night and tell you how we go)

I Won!

I (by some miracle) tied for first with Vellvin in CB's Who Is It contest.

Thanks CB for hosting this contest. It was great fun.

Well done to Vellvin too.

Wednesday Photo!

Here is my Wednesday photo.I know, it's not very good.

You can head over to Naomi's blog to see the rules and what you have to do to be

part of this.

Another Update

I hope you guys aren't getting sick of these updates.

Over the last week we have been playing a lot of darts!! I'm getting better and better each day.

I played hockey today. My team won 1-0!!! We are really happy about that. Naomi and I only have 2 weeks of hockey left this season. This season I've been looking around for a stick that I could buy next season. I think I've found the one I want.

It's called the Mazon Fusion 1000. You can buy it in black or white. I would probably get it in black.

The cricket season starts soon too. We are not sure what age group we are going to play in though. My big brother who plays in U/16's says that Naomi and I have the size and strength fit for U/12's but he says we have the skill for U/14's. At this rate we will be playing U/14's but we are going to ask our coach from last year and see what he thinks. Here is a picture of the cricket bat I want to get.

It is called the Kookaburra Blade!! I really want to get it for this season because the bat we've got now isn't the best bat to be using in U/14's. Naomi and I have a cricket trial next week. We are a little bit nervous but we will do well.

My big brother has just got back from flying one of his remote controlled planes. By this sounds of things the prop snapped.

This has turned out to be more of a sport update hasn't it??

Grace

I've Been Awarded!!

I've been awarded.....................

Thankyou so much Vellvin.

I award...

CB

igirl

Katie

and

Rose

Grace

A Fantasy Tag

I've been tagged by Vellvin. Thanks Vellvin.

1.What is your fantasy name?

I don't have one

2. What would your fantasy novel be about?

I have no idea!!!!

3. If you could have one mystical creature as a pet, what would it be?

A Gryphon!

4. Do you believe dragons are good or evil?

It depends. Although I usually see them as bad on the outside because it works for someone evil, but the dragon itself is good on the inside.

5. Knights and castles or Elves and goblins?
Elves and Goblins

6. What is your favorite myth, and what is the origin?

mmmmm.............

7. Would you read Alyson's Asteria stories if they were on her blog again?

I don't know, I've never read nor heard of them before

8. Did you read them when they were on her blog?
No

BONUS QUESTION (has nothing to do with fantasy)

9. Are you a Switchfoot fan?
Not really, but my big sister likes them

I tag.....

Monica

Elise

Tully

and

igirl

Wednesday Photo

Annie is hosting this Wednesday Photo thing.

She has a private blog so I will put down what you have to do if you want to join in.

1.Every Wednesday you post a random photo on your blog.

2.The winner gets to be the judge for the next weeks photo's.

3.You can not copy other peoples photos.

4.You can title your the post 'Wednesday Photo'.

5.You need to have you photo posted on your blog by the end of the day. Late entries may not be accepted.

Anyway, here's my photo.

It is a close up photo of a dart in the bulls eye area.

I hope some of you will join in. Annie would love it if you did.

2 Giveaways!

Just letting you guys know that Lindsay is having a giveaway over @Content In Christ

Hannah is also having a giveaway @Aspire

I've entered in both.

I'm A Winner!!

I'm little bit late with this but last week I won Naomi's caption contest!!

Thankyou so much Naomi!

Naomi has a caption contest every Monday so if you want to have some fun you can jump over to her blog and have a look by clicking HERE. I'm sure she wouldn't mind some comments and maybe a few more followers.

I also won Elise's caption contest.

Elise has a Costume Drama Caption Contest every Friday. It is really fun so why don't you head over to Ribbons Of Light.

I'm late I know, but I thought why not.

What's Been Happening

Here is an update on what I've been up to lately.

I've been doing my usual amount of school work. Lately in my maths I've been working on geometry. I haven't been enjoying it a whole lot but it's OK. I've lately started a high school English book because I'm not that good when it comes to punctuation and spelling. I haven't been doing a lot for history lately but I think I will need to do more next week. I had a big science test on Friday. I got 27 out of 30 questions right which I was rather pleased about.

My hockey is going well. I didn't go to training on Monday because I was sick but I was all better and right to play today. My team was versing the best team in the comp and we lost 4-1, usually they bet us by about eight points or so, so our team was rather pleased with the outcome of that game. I scored on half time so the goal didn't count, I was a bit disappointed about that but it can't be helped.

Today I went up to my Grandparents house with my dad, my little brother Tully, my little sister and Naomi to bring our big brother home. He had been staying with our Grandfather while our Granny had a little holiday.

During the week my brother Tully bought a dart board. It is really awesome. It took me a little while to get the hang of it again but by the end of the day I had mastered it, but I still have the odd time where I throw the dart and it misses the board completely. (LOL)

Naomi and Tully also made a little cubbie sort of thing. It is really quite cool. It has been constructed in just the right position so it works really well.

Naomi, Tully and I have also been playing a lot of touch and tackle footy with our neighbour and another friend. We had a game of tackle footy and it was me and Naomi vs Tully and his mate. Naomi and I beat them 5-1. They got sick of the game and stopped playing. Then the next day we played another game of tackle footy and it was Naomi, Tully and I vs our neighbour and our friend. (Their always saying how good they are at footy and things like that, so we put them to the test). My team won 8-4. So that was really fun!!!

That's an update on what has been happening in my life this week.

Photo's

Here are some photos that my big sister and I have taken with my camera.

My favourite photo is 6th one. I like how the pink and the white look together.

Which ones do you like?