We gather with at least one other family almost every week to watch a live sermon and share dinner together. On one occasion, Caleb, Lisah, Gracie and even Dad fell asleep on the couch during the sermon. When he woke up, he looked around and took these pictures. I like the one of Gracie sleeping on Lisah, it’s hilarious.
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12-12-12
In our front yard we had two big dead almond trees. Dad decided to uproot them, but had no way to pull them out. He called Mr. Butler to help him pull them out. Mr. Butler, his brother, and son came with his big truck. They tied a chain from the tree to the truck, and Mr. Butler drove straight very fast. After a few tries of pulling, they succeeded. Then the dads and their sons chopped up a small pile of the wood
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02-01-13
Today I want to talk about my favorite colors. They are blue, deep raspberry, dark green, and brown. From these colors I probably like blue. There are different shades of blue, but sky-blue is my favorite shade. My favorite shade of brown, is not light or dark, but right in the middle. When I color pictures, I like to mix dark and light colors together. I might use light brown for the hair and deep red for the shirt. I also like to use yellow for the hair too, but I usually use brown.
What are your favorite colors?
ALS
2-21-13
About a week ago everyone came down with the flu. At first, I had a headache. Then my arms started to hurt. It was awful. I was sick for about three days, and then began to improve. A few days later Dad came down with the flu as well, but grew better after three days too! I still have a little bit of a cough, but it is going away now. The flu is one kind of sickness that I hope you don’t catch.
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2-8-13
Our family has a yearly tradition of drying persimmons. J We had so many persimmons, more than ever before! Were so excited that we would dry a record number of persimmons this year. Unfortunately, after hanging the persimmons, the rain began to pour for many days. Trying to keep the persimmons dry, we kept them in the garage for many days. The persimmons missed the sunlight. One at a time they grew moldy and fell on the garage floor. Now we have about 30 left! We started with about 750. We won’t be having many persimmons this year, but we always have next year!
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12-17-12
Have you ever heard of the “Joshy song”? While our cousins were here on their vacation, we played a song for our youngest brother, Joshy, on the guitar. He loved it! He even danced to it! Here’s how we did it. First, dad played a tune and would ask one of us to sing a line. Then dad would repeat what the first person said. Then he’d call on the next person to add another line to the song. For example, Aubrey said, “oh, no!” so dad sang, “And Aubrey said ‘oh, no’ and Caleb said,….” And so on. We all enjoyed it, especially Joshy.
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01-04-13
On the 13th of January 2013, Patches had triplets two girls and a boy. We don’t exactly have names for them, yet. When they are first born their legs are wobbly and they can barely stand. In a couple days they are running when they see you, and on about the third day they start jumping side-ways and jumping up and down. J Baby goats are really cute to have. If you ever need any, we have some here on our farm that you can buy. J A couple days later another of our goats, Amores, had twin boys. We now have three boys and two girls. Mary, the leader of the herd, should have at least two babies, since last year she had triplets.
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1-18-13
A couple days ago we went to the snow in Yosemite to go skiing. We left on Sunday and were supposed to ski both Monday and Tuesday. Unfortunantly, some of us fell sick Monday night and had to come back home early Tuesday morning. Tenaya Lodge has a swimming pool that is open from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and we went swimming from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00. Then the next morning we went to Badger Pass, to ski.
We had lots of fun.
ALS
2-1-13
This past few days it has been a little bit chilly. There has been frost on the roof tops and ice caps on the water, which is especially fun to crack if you are up early enough. Otherwise, it is just a thin layer of ice that breaks when you touch it. During the day it is semi-warm until about 5:00 p.m., and then it turns cold with the dark. :0 Dad said that on his way from work he felt as though he froze on his bike; I can’t blame him because it was freezing. Although I do like the change in weather, I would prefer that it would be a slightly warmer. But the weather would be nice if it could get colder so that we could have snow. J
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1-11-13
I thought it would be exciting to share with you what a typical week looks like in our home. When we wake up in the morning we do our chores and study our school books, which include math, language, history, science, health, spelling, handwriting and a little spanish. We play after we finish our school books, and sometimes help mom cook dinner. J I normally struggle with math, but recently it has become a little bit easier. I still prefer history and science. A fun thing that I like to do is write. One story that I have written is Jessica’s Philadelphia Adventure. Sometimes I like to write just for fun, but there is one thing that I do not like to write – book reports! J
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12-20-12
Two weeks ago our cousins came for a visit on their vacation. We had so much fun with them here. One special treat included our all going ice skating for the first time. Everyone had so much fun. Here are some pictures that mom took along with our cousins and family. Hope you enjoy!
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01-04-13
The subject “falling asleep at the dinner table” is common for our family, especially for the younger ones like Gracie and Lisah. One particular night, these two little rascals fell asleep holding each other’s hands. J I hope this never happens to you!
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12-12-12
