Baseball

Every other week we participate in family sport's day, where we go to a park and play a certain sport.  One particular week we played baseball. Just look at the results:  Amy, Caleb, and Hannah climbed up the fence.  What fun! J

 

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Mischievous Grace

Grace decided that she was going to be mischievous today.  Mom has creams and sprays on her dresser. To Gracie these things are very appealing. Gracie uses the deodorant on her stomach, face and hands. In this case Gracie mistakenly began to use the lipstick as deodorant. Tip: during the video look closely at Grace’s stomach. J

 

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Stiches!

This is Kaileys second time getting stiches!!

The first time that she got stiches was on her finger and this time it was on her upper lip.

Kailey had a nice little hole, but the nurses at Med+Stop got that hole stitched up, but it took a little while. J

After about four to five days dad took the stiches out. And the wound healed very nice.

It was really funny because most of the time when people came over she would cover her Band Aid.

Well she’s better. That’s the good thing. J

 

How do the Bees Know What Flavor to Make

Our children enjoy a honey stick treat every now and then.  We have several different flavored sticks: cinnamon, apple, mint, and lemmon.  On one ocassion, the question popped up....how do the bees know which flavor to make? 

 "but Jesus said, "let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."” (Mt 19:14)

Bible Bee Bonfire

Wow! I can’t believe we reached the finish line.

 

For the summer Amy & I have been doing the Bible Bee. For twelve weeks we study passages of scripture and memorize 108 scripture verses (we memorized about 1/2 of them). Every summer the Bible Bee picks a book of the bible to study - and this summer was Second Timothy.

This picture is of Amy eating a marshmallow smore. Amy enjoyed smearing the marshmallow on her face, it was funny.J

 

My favorite lessons this summer were: 

1.  Being able to study more of God’s word with my family,

2.  Being able to memorize scripture,  

3.  Learning how to keep going even when the task gets tiring,

4.  Being able to work with my sister during the summer, 

5.  And finishing the Sword Study with joy and more of God’s word then when I started.

Of all the scripture that we covered over the summer, my favorite was Deuteronomy 31:6:

“Do not fear or be afraid of them. For the Lord is one who goes with you He will not leave you nor forsake you.”

 

Amy’s favorite lesson this summer was:  

1.  Memorizing scripture.

2.  Studying God’s word.

3.  Learning  new things with my family.

4.  Waking up at 4:00 AM.

5.  Doing my sword study with my sister.

6.  Doing a challenge very hard and completing it.

 

Amy’s favorite verse of the summer was 2Timothy3:16-17

“All scripture is given by the inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine for reproof for correction for  instruction in  Righteousness so that the man of God may be complete thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

 

Our Mating Frogs

We had mating frogs last year but this time we got two pairs of mating frogs this year.

But besides having mating frogs we have six individual frogs, so in total we have eight frogs.

We don’t really get the eggs because the fish in the pond probably eat them.

They also keep the bugs down around the pond to. J

Memorial Cake!

Yesterday was Memorial Day and mom maid this cake. J

Amy and I made brownies, and it was mom who came up with the idea.

She made the white frosting out of milk, sugar and cream cheese.

She also came up with the idea of putting on red licorice sticks as the red stripes.

And the stars are raisins. Even if the background is supposed to be blue and the stars white,

I think it was a pretty good idea. Don’t you think so?

Maybe you should try it sometime.

It was really good though! J

Gift Day!

We got gifts from mom and dad,

My brother got cars,

And all the girls got dolls.

But instead of a doll I got a very small violin.

We were going to open them after dinner, but dad said that we should open

Before dinner, so we did. J

Joshua Obed Shick

This is Joshua Obed.

We would sometimes call him Joshua O.

Because he would pretend to fall asleep and

Would start to cry when we put him in his crib.

(mom said that when he would pretend to fall asleep

He would be playing opossum. J)

Now we got him a small baby chair that can rock by itself.

(it needs to have batteries, and it also plays music!)

The first time we got it he slept for a long time.

He still falls asleep in it, but it’s a lot less. J

"A little Vanilla to Flavor the Day!"

 

I was taking pictures of our farmyard, when I caught vanillas face.

I sure was glad that I had my camera. J

She looked away for a second, so I had to call her name softly,

And when she heard me she made that very cute face.

I’m glad that trick worked!!!

Our Baby Brother

Joshua Obed is 19 days old.

He is beautiful and we all love him.

A New Member Of Our Family

 

Joshua Obed was born March 1, 2012.  He weighed 9lb. 10oz. and was 21 inches long.  He was born healthy and strong.

Girl's Tea Party

The girls were getting ready to have a tea party.  Meanwhile, Leanna Grace is playing with the nicely set table.  Then Amy comes along and catches Grace messing around with the glass dishes,  and she says “Grace what are you doing with those dishes?”   And Grace puts the dishes back on the table (the table is our coffee table) and runs away.  Amy chased her and catches her and says “ Grace what are you doing with those dishes?”  and grace just smiles. But you may wonder why she actually was so attracted to those dishes. Grace had seen some orange pieces on the one of the plates, and she had eaten every one of those oranges.  And that is the story of the girls tea party. 

This year's persimmons

 

 

 

Do I Have To...

...dress like this?

Learning to Type

Mike Shick
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sent from my iPhoneMy paws are still a little short, but I'll be a good typist, I promise!

First Day at Work

Mike Shick
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sent from my iPhoneThis was Vanilla's first day at work. She was quite helpful in getting some work out of the way!

Amyism 57

We’ve missed a few for a while..but had to post this one.  Amy asked about our new Frisbee…and stated that it didn’t throw too far, because it was really made for people in wheelchairs.  Can you tell why she might have thought that?

Mike Shick

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We Love You, Gracie!

 

18 New Additions to the Shick Family

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