It's High Time for "Tea"

Mary's surprise "Tea Party" for her birthday.

One of the funnest parts is setting it all up.
Mary was so surprised and overjoyed to have her sweet friend Anna come.

She hadn't seen her in a very long time, so needless to say, the day
was a perfect day :)
"Now, now, are we ready to have some fun?"

Mary and Mary

It's a good life!!

Mother and Daughter

Christiana with the best grandmother, ever!!

Here comes cinderella, oh, I mean, Ariella, I mean, Ariana.

Cheers

Ti's good!.

Is solace anywhere more comforting,

than in the arms of a sister.

What do we have here?

(The boys were left to fend for themselves for lunch. He's the wise one.)

We had mercy on them and shared.
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Games

How many paperclips can you find in this bowl of rice.

(It's not that easy.)

Not the face of a winner :(

This game is like "Hot Potato".

You wrap a gift in multiple layers, then you pass it to the music.

When the music stops, the one holding the gift opens one layer,

and does what the note says inside.

The note said, "Sing I'm a little teapot while doing all the motions".

(I obviously don't know how to do the motions,

because I look nothing like a teapot!!)

Now that's the look of a winner.

Sh..cones? Sh....elfish? Sh....eikra!!? Sh...abang?

"May we help you?"

(Can't escape the camera, never!)

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Umbrella Fun

Good food, real good food!!

How many mints are in this jar?

Who finds a faithful friend finds a treasure.

Remember the tea kettle -

It is up to its neck in hot water,

yet it still sings!!

:)

Thanks for stopping by....

Happy 12th, Jonathan

To our "One of a kind" Jon,

Happy Birthday.
Who despises getting his picture made!!

(Good thing he laughs alot. That's when we click :)

You're a special big brother.
Hard Worker

A Brother's Love = Just Being Together

(Momma's favorite Pic.)

Jon's Favorites:

Building Forts

Lego's

Driving

Hats

Ice Cream

Fishing

Swimming

The Ocean

Playing Football


Jon, you make life fun. Your laughter is contagious.
Your unique voices and faces are hilarious.
Thanks for all the hard work you do,
and for the special times you spend with the ones
younger than you. They'll never forget it :)



Happy Birthday

We love you,
Daddy, Momma, Gampins, Lem, Arinetcha, Kish, Tompkins, Maggie and Jayzo

Happy 11th Birthday, Mary

Happy Birthday,

sweet girl.

The littlest girl in the "P" patch.

One of Mary's favorite things in all the world,

Horses :)


All dressed up and no place to go,

except up in the tree,

with a step up from little brother.

She's been climbing since the day she could walk,

and hasn't stopped, yet!

Another one of Mary's favorite things is

cherished time spent with her Granny.

Mary's Favorites:

The color ~ orange.

Flocks and wildflowers

Balloons

Bike Riding

Adventures in the woods

Animals

Drawing

Mary, we thank the Lord over and over again, for you. We came so close to not having you with us, but, the God of all living knew that we needed you here with us.

What a blessing it is to see your sweet spirit and your sensitivity to those that are sick and hurting. The way you love to give hugs and kisses, just because. You're a little sweetheart

and we love you more than wildflowers love the rain!!

Love,

All 9 of us :)

Jeanette Takes the Wild

Once upon a time cousin Haley, for an audition at school, was required to make a video.
She knew that the cousins next door are usually up for anything out of the ordinary, so knowing this, she proceeded forth to gather her "victims".

The following video is the result.

Note: The reason Haley was not the main character was because she had broken
her leg. She did a great job with her video, hobbling around the swamp on
her crutches.



Hope you enjoy

January 2011

January in a nutshell.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!



You start sitting in 4 chairs.

Then you lean back and the chairs are taken out.





(Can't tell by the expressions if it's painful, relaxing or just plain fun.)

All the chairs are out.

(Now it's whoever decides to "fall" first.)

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New Years Jam Session.

This Ping Pong Tournament turned into Round Robin,

which was hilariously fun.

(Especially with 20 people.)

The girls trying their hand on the Hammered Dulcimer.

(Such a beautiful sounding instrument.)

Christiana and Brenda (Queen of the Hammered Dulcimer :)

(Thanks Brenda for lending us your instrument for a few days.)

Precious moments with daddy and his littlest girl.

The annual fire that always brings the fire department out

to join us for the celebration.

The fire's weakened. I think it's ready for marshmallows :)

(On the end of a six foot pole!!)

Super fireworks show as usual.

Wonderful time with family and friends.

Life is so good.

Ringing in the New Year with lots of

NOISE!!

"Did you say, NOISE?" Sisters and Cousins

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Liv has discovered green dye and she likes it!!

(You never know what you might find hanging around the kitchen.)

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Planting oats in dry ground.

One Dusty Farm boy.

(Right after the oats were planted, it rained and

it's been raining ever since. )

Thank you, Lord, for your many blessings.

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Christiana helping James with his practicing.

(What a blessing it is to have a grandmother that delights

in teaching her grandchildren piano all these years.

Just a walk down the lane.)

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Pick a color, any color, for another quilt.

The girls are at it again.

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A boy and his dog.

-Hershey and Tom-

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Why take load after load when you can take it in one.

Leaves aren't the only things they've been hauling away, Thank the Lord!!

(The girls are tired of the yard looking like the neighborhood junk yard,

so they're gonna do something about it. Glad somebody got tired of it :)

(Now if only we can keep the junk collectors from bringing more junk and

dropping it off in the FRONT yard.)

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Florida Gold.

(Nothing better.)

(There's not many of these left with all the freezes we've had.)

Christiana's new purchase.

$40
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Happy Birthday Ariana and Thomas

(Their choice of desserts and being it's strawberry season, it's a great choice.)

Time to blow out the candles.

(As Tom's eyes are closed, taking a deep breath to blow out his ONE candle,

Ariana's wheels are spinning as she thinks back on all those times when

she had unwanted help blowing out her Birthday candles before she could

get to it.....

And unbeknown to Tom, all that labor, getting that big breath ready, was for nothing.

Ariana is now quite proud of herself.

"That was pay-backs Tom."

New beginnings for a new year.

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May this year bring new dreams fulfilled,

new people to meet, new places to explore,

and most of all new truths from the Lord,

revealed in His Word, for that is what brings

real meaning to life.