Mary Had a Little Lamb

These pictures are mainly for Grandmama, because she loves lambs so much. Of course, none of thema re like seeing them in real life, but I hope they are enjoyed anyhow.

The Earth Spins On

Ah, hot tea, biscotti, snowy day, and the thought of soccer practice this evening. We started our indoor soccer season this weekend, after basketball ended Thursday night. Ben and Nathan's team came in third place, with lots of good games. Ben also got the Heart and Hustle award for his age level, so Yay Ben!

The snow has yet to melt, and we have several inches of packed ice over nearly everything. My aunt has posted pictures of her daffodils that are trying to make an appearance, we are no where near that stage yet. I just hope that this funny winter doesn't make for a weird spring so that we loose our crop.

Love you guys! -Hannah

Aqua

Well, aside from lots of snow and some extreme cold, nothing much has been going on here, except for one major discomfort. Some time about two weeks ago we had a pipe near the bottom of the pump in our well get a hole in it, so we have been without water for two weeks. Which is, by the way, no fun. It took forever to get somebody to come with the equipment because of all the snow, and it was quite miserable. We got the first water last night, while most of the family was in town. Daddy said he and Ben spent all evening flushing the tiolets and watching water run down the drain. :) I forget how blessed we are to even have running water, electricity, etc. I can not imagine what it would be like to have to haul water all year long to do all of your laundry, dishes, and to bathe. Of course, being like this was nice in one sense that it got Mama thinking about Africa again, and so she told us more about that, where, guess what, they have no running water. Where she was anyway. But then again, they weren't in 21 degree weather either.

The boys basketball is winding down, and it looks like they might get to play in the championship game! I have tried multiple times to get pictures of them playing, but I have yet to succeed. And then right when basketball ends, the girls winter sport kicks in again, indoor soccer. :) It looks like we will have a really good team this year, and I'm so excited!

Ah yes, the big news, I really can't believe it, but my brother (Nathan) has randomly decided he wants to take bagpipe lessons. This idea came on a while ago, and his first lesson was last night. He loves it, which is good, and bagpipes are absolutaly awesome. I guess this means he will have to go to Covenant College.

Enjoy the winter everybody, and Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Birthday to me!

This weekend I went with a friend to Virginia Beach. We had planned to go whale watching but he weather wouln't cooperate. And over the weekend I turned 16. My life is flashing before my eyes. Just kidding.

Megan(my friend) is trapped in a fishing net at the aquarium.

They had Komodo Dragons there. Why they were in an aquarium I don't know, but they were very cool.

The otters were my favorite part of the whole day.

This mama otter had babies behind the log pile. Cute!

The otters were great fun, but they moved so fast it was quite hard to get a picture of them.

Puffer fish!

Stingray.

One of the ugliest fish in the world.

Megan's new best friend!

The aquarium also had an aviary, which was neat.

A duck.

I wonder if these two are siblings. Somehow it looks like it. :)

More ducks. They had lots of them.

And more ducks.

And yet MORE ducks!

They also had a Great Blue Heron, one inside the cage and another out side, trying to get in.

A glareing owl.

Not much has been going on lately, but here are some of the pictures from the big snow we just had.

Daddy tried in vain to get the tractor out.

Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas everyone, and thank you Father, for your ultimate gift of Jesus Christ.



We had a massive snow last week. We couldn't get many pictures because Mama couldn't get off the porch very well. I believe the grand total was 28 inches. Ben measured 33 in one of the drifts. We had lots of fun. And for the first time in years we had a very white Christmas.

Katie got a hiking backpack. She is thrilled because of the backpack. I am thrilled because we won't be fighting over the other one we have, next year at camp.

Ben got a basketball and a million legos. Literally.

Nathan's face mask.

And what did Hannah get? A new camera! Yes, so now I don't have to wait on Katie to supply pictures.

Ah yes, I nearly forgot, I got my hair cut last Tuesday. It was quite a shock to have all of it off, but I like it this way. It was getting heavy and kind of hard to take care of.

Katie and I made a gingerbread house this morning, we got a set from our cousins, along with matching aprons. Here is the final product.

Just kidding, this is the picture shown on the box it came in. Unfortunately, ours was not that perfect.

We begin.

The directions used these candy colors for their snowman, but the red eyes do look a little demonic don't you think?

We finally decided to switch colors with the eyes and buttons.

Behold, the American Taj Mahal! ( drum roll)

We had to cheat though, and hold our snowman up with toothpicks.

TADA!! We are very proud of our chimney, which managed to defy gravity all the way up to consumption.

Here is Katie with the finished product.

I thought the masterpiece needed ears. Don't you? It looks much better with ears.

And here are the Kitchen Queens. We are all alive and the house is still intact.