I love when company comes over. It's one reason to keep the house clean!

Merry Christmas!

In "A Charlie Brown Christmas", Charlie Brown is picking out a Christmas tree for the Christmas play. The one he picks the littlest one but, the only living one. When he brings it back everyone is mad at him for picking such a scrawny tree. He starts to wonder what Christmas is really about. Whenever I would watch this movie I always felt sad because Charlie Brown gave that little tree a chance. I know that there have been times where I wish someone would have given me a chance.
Linus quotes the story of Jesus from Luke. At the end he says "That is what Christmas is about Charlie Brown." The Peanuts gang realizes that they were to hard on Charlie Brown and end up going and decorating his tree. As the credits roll, they gather a round the tree and sing "Hark the Herold Angels Sing"

Jesus gave all of us a chance. Tomorrow as we celebrate Christmas, remember the TRUE reason that we are celebrating. The birth of Christ.

Great-Grandma

My great-grandma pasted away on the 9th. A week ago he had the funeral in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We all had a good time. There were tears and sadness, but all together it was a wonderful day. All of my family from my moms side of the family were able to be there. We all had a fun time being able to catch up on all the things that had happened in about 5 years. During the funeral they talked about my great-grandmas trip to Maryland. I was able to find out many new things about her and her life. I was truly blessed by the weekend. The picture above is of Rebecca, Jenna, my cousin Rachel, my cousin Nickie and Me.

Matthews Christmas List

Matthew made a Christmas list for the first time this year. The top thing on his list is a John Deere Combine. As you can see from the picture below that combines are big. Huge, in fact. But Matthew is convinced he is going to get one. He has even said to us "I'm getting a combine for Christmas, and it's under the tree right now in wrapping paper". I don't think he knows that a combine would not fit under the tree.

Another combine.

Also on Matthews Christmas list....

-A lawnmower the goes Forward

-More Mike and Ikes

-Carmap ???

-A little white tree

-Christmas Books

-A little house

I love Christmas time!!!

Frequently used sayings...

I am so starving I am about to die! -Meredith

Pa! say draw! -Matthew

Mommy! But I didn't finish my breakfast. -Matthew, when he doesn't want to take a nap.

Babes in Toyland

Some pictures from backstage. Spencer the Teddybear.

Benjamin and Alex

Rebecca and Benjamin. Laura, Jorin and Jenna doing Brooklyns pin-curls.

Becca and Mo.

Jorin, Becca and Jantzen on White shirt day.

Madison and Rebecca

Jorin and Me!

"I'm a Mount Sinai boy!"

Today Matthew, Meredith, Rebecca and I went on a walk while we were at my grandparents. Matthew was walking with me and, being the sweet little boy that he is, was holding my hand. After we had walked some he found pine cones. He had to pick three up. Later, he droped my hand to hold his other pine cones and our conversation went like this:

Me: Hey! I was holding your hand!
Matthew: I have to hold my pine cones!
Me: Now I don't have a hand buddy. You're going to make me sad.
Matthew: *Takes hold of my hand again* Here, now you don't have to be sad!

On the walk he also started talking about Mt. Sinai.

Matt: I'm walking to Mount Sinai!
Me: Oh really? It's really far away. To get there you would have to fly in an airplane.
Matt: Well, I'm going there. I'm a Mount Sinai boy!
(Later)
Matt: Sissy.
Me: Yep?
Matt: I'm not going to Mount Sinai.
Me: Why not?
Matt: It's to high.

I love Conway, Arkansas. It has the coolest looking shops!

Giving away puppies is not very fun at times.

Love

I love this girl. God has blessed me with her friendship. I say "Thank-you God!!!

Why???

Why are they so cute??? I don't understand where thy get it.

Last chance to see Babes in Toyland today! 2:00!

I love mondays.

Why is it that whenever I what to enter one of the Pioneer Woman's contests for cameras, cooking item and other things, I aways find out about it the day after it has happened. Or the contest winners are just announced. I don't understand.

Mother Goose/Babes in Toyland Part 2!

Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
    And can't tell where to find them;
  Leave them alone, and they'll come home,
    And bring their tails behind them.

  Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
    And dreamt she heard them bleating;
  But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
    For still they all were fleeting.

  Then up she took her little crook,
    Determined for to find them;
  She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
    For they'd left all their tails behind 'em!

  It happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray
    Unto a meadow hard by--
  There she espied their tails, side by side,
    All hung on a tree to dry.

  She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
    And over the hillocks she raced;
  And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,
    That each tail should be properly placed.

-Little Bo-Peep, Tess Hamacher

Little Boy Blue, come, blow your horn!
  The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
  Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep?
  Under the haystack, fast asleep!

-Little Boy Blue, Erik Baur

 

Simple Simon met a pieman,
    Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
    "Let me taste your ware."

Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
    "Show me first your penny,"
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
    "Indeed, I have not any."

Simple Simon went a-fishing
    For to catch a whale;
All the to look
    If plums grew on a thistle;
He pricked his fingers very much,
    Which made poor Simon whistle.

He went to catch a dicky bird,
    And thought he could not fail,
Because he had a little salt,
    To put upon its tail.

He went for water with a sieve,
    But soon it ran all through;
And now poor Simple Simon water he could find
    Was in his mother's pail!

Simple Simon went
    Bids you all adieu.

-Simple Simon, Jorin Larson

Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
Stole a pig, and away he run,
  The pig was eat,
  And Tom was beat,
And Tom ran crying down the street.

-Tom Tom Piper, Benjamin Wegner

Babes in Toyland opens tonight! These are some more of the Widow Pipers children.

Mother Goose/Babes in Toyland Part 1!

These are some Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes that are about people in the play Babes in Toyland. Enjoy!

Little Miss Muffet, sat on her tuffet. Eating of curds and whey.
There came a big spider who sat down beside her.
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
-Miss Muffet, Rebecca Light



Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea. With silver buckles on his knee.
He'll come back and Marry me. Pretty Bobby Shaftoe!
Bobby Shaftoe's fat and fair. Combing down his yellow hair.
He's my love for evermore. Pretty Bobby Shaftoe.
-Bobby Shaftoe, Trustin Dinsdale



Lucy Locket Lost her Pocket. Kitty Fisher found it.
Nothing in it. Nothing in it.
But the Binding round it.
-Lucy Locket, Eve Dilly



Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and Cockle-shells,
and pretty maids all in a row.
-Contrary Mary, Clarissa Light (Me!)



Jack and Jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after.
Then up Jack got and off did trot, as fast as he could caper.
To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob
With Vinegar and brown paper.
-Jack, Marcus Baur -Jill, Jantzen Larsen

More to come later!

Thomas's Song

Jesus you were all to me, why did You die on Calvary?
Oh Lamb of God I fail to see, how could this be part of the plan?
They say that You're alive again. But I saw death and every sin, reach out to claim their darkest win. How could this be part of the plan?

If I could only hold Your hand, and touch the place where nails were driven.
I would need to feel Your side, where holy flesh be spear was riven.
Then I'd believe, only then I'd believe, Your cruel death, was part of a heavenly plan.

Holy presence, holy face, a vision filling time and space.
Your nearness makes my spirit race. Could this be part of the plan?
I see the wounds that cause the cry, from heaven ocean earth and sky.
When people watched their Savior die. Could this be part of the plan?

Reaching out to hold Your hand, and touch the place where nails were driven.
Coming near I feel Your side, where holy flesh by spear was riven.
Now, I believe. Jesus, now I believe, Your cruel death was part of a heavenly plan.

I proudly say, with blazon cry, You are my Lord and my God!

Babes in Toyland rehearsal today! From 10 to 6 I will be at the theatre. And since we are going to the ball tonight I have curlers in my hair. I love going places with curlers in my hair.

Tomorrow we start rehearsing for Babes in Toyland.

Today is the last day I don't have anything going on for four weeks.

Before I know it the play will be over and it will be Thanksgiving.

After that comes Christmas, and it comes quickly.

I think about all I have going on in my life. I have school, the play, teaching at pre-school, work, helping around the house and other stuff. I think about how really, life is very short. We should treasure all the time God gives us in life, not waste it on things that don't matter. What really matters in life is loving, praising and teaching others about God.
Praise be to the God who has blessed us. -Ephesians 1:3
As we aproach Thanksgiving, think about how God has blessed you and how much He loves and cares about you

There's Something About That Name

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus;
There's just something about that name.
Master, Savior, Jesus, like a fragrance after the rain.
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, let all Heaven and earth proclaim.
Kings and kingdoms will all pass away,
But there's something about that name.
-William J. and Gloria Gaither

Meredith

Puppy Pictures

WoodstockPeppermint Patty

Sally

SallyWoodstock

Linus and Sally

Meredith and Lucy

Schroeder

Meredith and Lucy

M and Lucy

Woodstock

Lucy

Meredith and Lucy

I didn't get any pictures of Charlie Brown because he was always moving. They will be ready to give away around Thanksgiving.

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny,

But we can have lots of good fun that is funny!

-Dr. Seuss

Dress

I love this dress!! I would to have a wedding dress like this. It's so detailed!!

I get to play volleyball tomorrow almost all day. Fun!

Puppies

This is only 5 of them. There are two others. :-)

Poor Cardinals, poor poor Cardinals.

1950's Dress

This is a dress that I found on Etsy. I absolutly LOVE it! The only problem is that it was $300, and I don't have $300. I would like to make a dress like this for the ECD ball but I don't have a pattern. I will just have to find something else to do.

Cute Pictures

These are pictures from my grandparents 50th anniversary party. Davin and Daley

Daley

My family with my Grandma and Grandpa

Grandpa and Grandma with all the Grandkids

I LOVE this one of Meredith


These pictures were taken by Mrs. Angie Parrett

Washing Dishes

If you have a dishwasher you are blessed. My fingers are all wrinkly from washing dishes today because our dishwasher is broken. I really admire anyone who does not have a dishwasher and has to do them by hand. I really would like our dishwasher to get fixed or I (being the dishes person this week) will have to wash all the dishes this week by hand and have wrinkly fingers every day. I don't like wrinkly fingers.

Learning that your dog just had 8 unexpected puppies is a pleasant surprise!

Matthew

Matthew dressed-up as Russel from Up. I love this boy.

Matthew: *smells my arm* "You smell like cookies"

Me: "Oh, well that's nice"

Matthew: *smells my arm again* "You smell like daddy, and that's nice too".

Me:"Matthew, who is your favorite??"

Matthew: "Daddy."

Me:" Who else?"

Matthew: "Well, Mommy and then you, and then Jenna and Meredith and then Rebecca."

There's a stirring deep within me
Could it be my time has come?
When I see my precious Savior
Face to face when all is done.

Is that His voice I am hearing?
Come away my precious one
Is He calling me?
Is He calling me?

I will rise up
I'll rise up
I'll bow down
Lay my crown
At His wounded feet

I have so much going on this school year! I am playing volleyball again this year. I made Varsity which is a new adventure for me. I have also auditioned for two different musicals, Seussical and Babes in Toyland. Seussical is a Fine Linen show and will be happening in April. Babes in Toyland is a show by OAT and is their Christmas show. Day School has stared up for this year and Matthew is attending this year. What a big boy he has grown into. He makes me laugh every single day. Life without Matthew would be so boring. I am helping/teaching in a 4 year-old class again this year. This year in school is pretty crazy too. I am a freshman. It's so scary to think that in 4 years I will be going to college. Jenna is also leaving next year. I will miss her so much. God has blessed me so much by giving me Jenna as a sister. I love you Jenna! So, with everything going on in my life I have no idea when I will have the time to blog. I will try to post as much as possible.

HAPPY FORTH OF JULY!!!!!

Seen on a bumper sticker on the way to Pike's Peak...

Being this high in other states is illegal.

14,110 ft. Pike's Peak

I thought it was really funny. With an elevation of 14,110 feet at the top of Pike's Peak, it's pretty hard to breath but the view was gorgeous!

Colorado Part One!!!

I love Colorado!!! I had such a fun time this week at Deer Valley Ranch. It's a Christian dude ranch just outside of Buena Vista, Colorado. I made two new AMAZING friends named Caroline and Kathryn. They are sisters and By the end of the week we had spent so much time together everyone thought we all were sisters. I also had a great time horseback riding. I did have a very stubborn horse one day named Buttons.....But I won't talk about it. :-) I also met Maddie. She is one of the girls that work at Deer Valley. Maddie is awesome. And she can play the spoons very well! She made me pinkie promise that I would look up a video on 'how to play the spoons', learn how to play, make a video of me playing and put it on her Facebook wall. Lets just say I have another summer project! More to come later!

Clarissa

I love Summer!!! It's so pretty!!

Camping!

Our family is going camping!!! We always go twice a year with some friends of ours. We are leaving tomorrow and I can't wait!!! This is a picture from our last trip.

Snoopy

Some pictures from the recent show Snoopy!!! the Musical. Kelsey, Me and Rebekah

Tess and Rebecca

Peter, Me and Gabe

Me and Isaac

Me and Peter

Me and Gabe

Me and Rebecca/Frieda, the awesome pianist.

Me and Meredith. This was Meredith's first play.

Me and Kelsey

Me and Jenny

Me and Adalie as Lucy and Peppermint Patty.

This sign was on the boys dressing room door.

Katie Bruno and Rebekah Toddy.

Before the show, Joy, Maggie, Anna, Rachel, and Kelsey.

I will be uploading more later. :-)