Emma and I

This is a picture of us when were about eleven and twelve. It doesn't feel like it was that long ago, but we look a lot younger!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The title speaks for me. ;)

Our family's less dignified side

I decided to let you gals have a glipmse of the weirdos we are. (I think Christine already knows ;-) After we played BrainQuest, we decided to take pictures of all of us in goofy poses, like "thoughtful" and "strong". They turned out really weird, and I decided to share them with you. My mom in not in them, because she is soooo dignified. ;)


Papa picked this one, also.


Abbie chose this pose.



Elijah chose this one. "Thought"

I guess you can tell that this was a strange evening.

~Emma

Fun with make-up.

On Thursday we went to Christine's house, and once again tried to act out a scene from a Cadfael book. Can't say it worked very well, but we had fun, especially putting eyeshadow all over our faces. (We were supposed to be dirty.) Though it looked as if we had been beat up rather than just gotten dirty. And I found out something about her - guess what? She can't pick me up! (Well, to be honest, I can't pick her up either). When she was supposed to be rescuing me, I had to walk.


Here we are, looking as normal as possible:



"I got beat up and you didn't"


Smile!


Well, maybe I did get beat up a little bit.... ;)


~Emma

Emma and I

This is Emma and I at her church talant show. Thanks for inviting me ,Emma, I had a blast! I love this pic!

Christmas Lights!!!

Captions below the pics!



Papa putting them up - he had no idea that I was watching him through the window. :)


Not very impressive in the daytime!


At night.

We had fun :)

Purse I Made

This is a purse I made for Emma's sister for Christmas.

A cool dress and other stuff

I put together a kind of Renaisannce/Elizabethethan/1800's looking outfit today. I had it all: hoopskirt, corset, hairstyle, lots and lots of underskirts. I've been re-reading the Brother Cadfael mysteries lately, and I guess that inspired it. Christine, remember when you had just read One Corpse Too Many, and we dressed up and did the Aline/Godith scene? You came across as insane, and I acted like a zombie ;) We were like:

Christine: Ahhhhhhhh!!!! EEEEEEEEEKKKKK! Heeeeeeellllppppp! The King Steven's soldiers are after meeeee!!! (falls on knees at my feet)

Emma (with no expression at all): Oh no. Godric. Come in.

Christine: I'm not GODITH, I'm GODRIC!!!! I mean.....um..... urrrrr! I forgot again!

However, maybe we could do it better now, if we both read it again. We watched one of the movies today, and now Elijah is going around saying " I'm Hugh Beringer, under-sherrif of Shropshire, etc.....". He was sick yesterday, and we thought it was the flu, but no one else has it as yet, which is good. Our talent show is this Sunday, and I'm in about six different things. 8-O Skits, magic tricks, and piano playing. Elijah decided to play Redwall BY HIMSELF, for which I and infinitly grateful to him ;D Anywho, here's the pictures:





Sorry about the ramble!

~Emma

Papa's Christmas present......

From Pepe le Potter! We picked it up today, and I'm very happy with it. Yes, I admit that I copied your tecnique on the handle, Christine ;)

A Birthday!

My sister Abbie has a birthday today! Here are some pictures: (sorry there's so many!)


Her cake in the making:


One on top of the other...


I decided not to frost the sides


Abbie with her cake


Right now they are watching The Return of the King, and after that, we're going to Burger King (Abbie's favorite place to eat). Then she'll open her presents :D

Personality Quiz

You Are An INFJ

The Protector You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity. Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is. You are an excellent listener, with almost infinite patience. You have complex, deep feelings, and you take great care to express them. In love, you truly see relationships as an opportunity to connect and grow. You enjoy relationships as long as they are improving and changing. You can't stand stagnation. At work, you stay motivated and happy... as long as you are working toward a dream you support. You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher. How you see yourself: Hardworking, ethical, and helpful When other people don't get you, they see you as: Manipulative, weak, and unstable

What's Your Personality Type?

*addition from Emma* Here's mine:

You Are An ENFJ

The Giver You strive to maintain harmony in relationships, and usually succeed. Articulate and enthusiastic, you are good at making personal connections. Sometimes you idealize relationships too much - and end up being let down. You find the most energy and comfort in social situations ... where you shine. In love, you are very protective and supporting. However, you do need to "feel special" - and it's quite easy for you to get jealous. At work, you are a natural leader. You can help people discover their greatest potential. You would make a good writer, human resources director, or psychologist. How you see yourself: Trusting, idealistic, and expressive When other people don't get you, they see you as: Bossy, inappropriate, and loud

What's Your Personality Type?

I started a fire......

I did something REALLY dumb the other day - namely starting a fire in the kitchen, by lighting the burner under a rack holding a greasy paper towel. (We had been frying taco shells earlier). Talk about flammable! I put my pot of organic mac and cheese on the back burner, turned on the front one, and walked out of the kitchen. Then I looked up, and the rack was blazing merrily. I freaked out, but fortunatly my mom was there, and she threw the rack in the sink, and poured water on it. Phew! That was a scare! Here's some pictures from afterwards:




Also, here's some pictures of Levi, five weeks old!



SOOOOOOOO cute!

Giving While Receiving

Give food to the hungry while improving your vocabulary. What could be better than that?





This is what Emma posted earlier, but I thought it would be cool to have a link to it. I stole the pic from my mom's blog.

My apron

An apron I made in sewing class.



Sorry I haven't been writing. For some reason Blogger wouldn't let me sign in!

*Edit from Emma* I gave your post a title, because when it doesn't have one, pretty much the whole post shows up as the title in the list of posts, which looks wierd.

Church Picnic!!!!

We had a great church picnic today, at an REALLY pretty state park. Fried chicken (welcome after years of barbecue!), games, hiking trails, and so on, made it enjoyable, but tiring. Sorry you couldn't make it, Christine! However, you can see some pictures from it. ;D

My Latin teacher wins the sack race. (Girl's race, and eliminations!)


We won the water balloon toss, twice in a row!

Cool cups!

We went to this REALLY neat place for Christine's birthday, and we just now got the results. You're allowed to paint a wide variety of ceramic objects (we chose cups), and they fire and glaze it for you, and you can pick it up in a few days! Here's some pictures. Cups with their respective owners.



We look SO proud, don't we ;D



My cup^ (It's not really lopsided like that)



Christine's cup^ (her's isn't lopsided either)

A cool apple...

This was the most interestingly marked apple that I've ever seen.

Poem

Here's a poem I wrote today, to post on the Rebelution forum. Inspired by 
Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology, chapter 10. :D

God is good and great and holy -
how much do these words express?
Not enough to tell us fully
of Him and His great goodness.

God is perfect, just in power,
infinite, and wise as well;
yet he saves us, sinful, lowly,
with mercy that no tongue can tell!

Swinging

Abraham pushing his little sister on our swing in the back yard....notice all the leaves!


Jump on!


Come on.....take the picture!


Around again.....


Oops, lost your hat!

A reader in the house!

Today my little brother, Abraham, read eight pages out of a spelling book! Here's a picture of him with it. Looks proud, doesn't he? ;D



~Emma

I made some strawberry cordial today. Yummy!! It's really good, and I decided to share the really simple recipe with all you gals. (I'm sooooo nice ;D) Note: the captions describe what's going on in the pictures ABOVE them. I just though that might be a bit confuzziling ;D


Here's your ingredients: Frozen strawberrys, and some cans of ginger ale. Equipment: a blender and large pitcher.


Pour half a can of ginger ale into the blender, and add 3 to 6 large frozen strawberrys. Three will give you a nice clear cordial and a faint flavor, and six will give you a stronger flavor and more pulp. Choose what you prefer. *Note: Don't be tempted to add more strawberrys, or the results will be more of a thin smoothie than a cordial*


Press liquify (and study all the gross dust on your blender!)


Let it whiz!


After whizzing.


Pour the results into the pitcher....


...there should be only a small bit at the bottom.


Start pouring in cans of ginger ale.


I use about six.


There will be lots of foam on the top! Most of it should settle down, but you might have to....


....scrape tha last of it off.


Enjoy! You can add sugar if you want.