Georgia

So, since my little sister Georgia is so gifted at making trouble, I thought I'd write a post about her.

She is two-years-old. Her nick name is Turbo. This is her daily schedule:

7:00 Walk downstairs and make a HUGE mess in the living room.

7:15 Dump all her eggs off her plate and onto the floor.

7:20 Go to Mom and say " Can I watch Dora plora?" ( She is meaning to say Dora the Explorer )

7:50 Go ask Mom if she can watch " Deigo" because she "has a boo boo" (she thinks telling mom that she has a boo boo will get her whatever she wants).

8:20 Run upstairs and make the bedroom that was just cleaned a mess.

8:30 Run back downstairs, knock Jack down and go back upstairs.

8:31 Poke Abi in the face, then run back downstairs and knock Jack down again.

8:33 Come back upstairs and pull on the cats tails and say, " OHHH MIWWIE AND CAWVIN" (that is two-year-old speak for Millie and Calvin".

8:40 Go back downstairs knock Jack down AGAIN and jump from the arm of the sofa onto the sofa yelling.

8:50 Go try and give Jack a kiss and knock him down... AGAIN.

And I bet you can probably guess the rest of the day.

Also I would like to point out at 7:20 she had to make it all rhyme.

Join us next time when we feature........ Jack!

-SMK-

Kittens and Cocoa

Kittens and cocoa, they have almost nothing in common.

But I wanted to do a post on my wonderful, steaming, delightful, hot cup of cocoa and our new kittens.

It is finally cocoa weather!

I was ready for a nice hot cup of cocoa after I spent an hour snuggled up in a nice blanket reading Johnny Tremain, and now my mouth is filled with pure deliciousness. Ah fall is here!

Now for the moment I've been waiting for:

Calvin and Millie!

We got two kittens last Wednesday. One is a girl ( the calico in the picture ) and one is a boy.

( the white with orange spots on my lap )

We simply ADORE them! The morning after we got them Millie was chasing one of my little sisters Georgia. And of course Georgia was yelling " DON'T EAT ME! DON'T EAT ME!" over and over.

So now my family is blessed with two little kittens scampering about our home which is truly a miracle!

Here's the story:

If you know my dad at all you know he is NOT a cat person. I has detested them ALL his life! Well, a few weeks ago our neighbors' cat had three adorable little black kittens.

So I asked my dad if we could get at least one of them, and my dad (supposedly being anything but a cat person) said no, of course. But he did ask some questions about them. Then I started praying that if it was God's will we would be able to get kittens. And about one week later a good friend asked my dad if he wanted her to bring kittens when she came to visit. AND HE SAID SURE! I nearly fainted. Okay not really but I was soooooo exited! Are kittens are a gift straight from the Lord! Only He could have done this!

Blessings

~SMK~

Monthly Video: October

This video was made...far too late at night...with far too silly girls...likely with far too much sugar. :)

Blessings ~SMK~

Monthly themes?

My baby sister, Georgia

On her first Birthday.

I am happy to announce that I will either start a "Monthly Video" or "Monthly photos". The theme will change each month. One month may be things our family has done during the last month, or dresses I love, Cute bedrooms, Birthday party ideas, etc. You get the picture.

Blessings

~SMK~

Winner!

So for one whole week - well actually it was really over a week! But I have been taking entries so one person can win a copy of Andrea Carter and the long ride home ! ( by Susan K. Marlow ) So I am happy to tell you my winner is............

Thanks everyone who participated!





In my jar of skittels were 140 skittles!


Kathleen Guessed 143!








Again congratulations!





And thank all you who look at my blog!





Blessings ~SMK~

Give away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am very excited to announce my first GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!

* Nearly screams with excitment *

Since I have not posted in what seems to be forever I am going to make it up by giving one lucky winner a ( DRUM ROLL PLEASE ).........

Okay I'll tell you * giggles *

I'm giving one person the first book in the Andrea Carter series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Never heard of it."

* gasp! *

Well let me start rolling out my story of how I first found out about the series.

My parents were at a homeshcool conference. All us young'uns were at our friends' house. My parents were not going to be home until late.

So all of us kiddo's were sitting around the computer watching a movie

when we heard a car pull into the driveway. " They're here!!!!!!!!" we all screeched

We all ran out to the front porch ( even though we were all in our pj's ) and when my parents came to the porch we all tried to hug them at the same time, ( which did not work out very well...). When they got inside they gave us all our gifts.... And my gift was the first book of the series. It was awesome!

So here's how you enter! ( *smiles broadly *)

see those pictures of skittles up there?

#1 Well you simply have to guess how many skittels are in the jar *hint* ( there are more than there looks )

#2 Then with your guess you enter you name and Email address

#2 1/2 Tell a friend, post on your blog etc, ( if you you decide to post on your blog please link back to my blog )

also go to Amazon and the authors website and look at the rest of the series!

now I can breathe!!!!!!!!!

( This givaway ends september 22 )

Blessings SMK

A baby's thoughts.... maybe

Hello my beloved seven followers!

Today my freakishly adorable brother ( do I have the authority to say freakishly ?) was doing his usual army crawl. So I decided to try it out too! It was really fun until I whacked my knee on the trim and now I have a bruise.

Anyway to the point: WHAT WOULD BE YOUR THOUGHTS IF YOU WERE ELEVEN MONTHS OLD?

Would they be " Wow everything is so big! ", or ..... " big... big.... big....." or maybe, " Hungry.. food... need more "

Feel free to leave a comment to let me know!

Blessings-SMK

Chickens?

Well recently my dad got the idea in his head that we needed chickens. But at the time we had dogs... so bye bye puppies, hello uhh scrambeld eggs... ( personally i'd prefer an omelet ). So the dogs had to go and mom was relieved ( they were really bad they would rip the daipers off the little kids and eat them... GROSS! ). My dad got some books on how to build chicken coops and well..... we're going to have chickens! How exciting! I love chicks but we cant get them 'til the coop is done so... give it 'til next year at this pace. We have to get the garden finished first!

An intresting promise.

This morning my mom showed me that in Genesis chapter 5 there is a genealogy. The names listed are random, it doesn't list all of Adam's sons, etc. So the names had to be chosen for this geneology for a reason. Well it turns out that the name meanings create a promise from God.

Adam - Man

Seth - Appointed

Enosh - Mortal

Kenan - Sorrow

Mahalalel - The blessed God

Jared - Shall come down

Enoch - Teaching

Methuselah - his death shall bring

Lamech - Despairing

Noah - Comfort

Now you see the message

Man is appointed. Mortal sorrow ( which is when man sinned and was seperated from God). The blessed God shall come down teaching ( which is Jesus coming and teaching ). His death shall bring the despairing comfort.
AND THIS IS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT!!!!!!!! It's just one of over 300 Old Testament prophesies that Jesus fulfilled!

Pictures of my apple pie

The finishing touch.... EATING IT! yum

These are the ingrediednts. ( i only used five of the apples ) and those silver cans are flour and sugar.

Apple Pie

So, i decided that i would attempt making the apple pie. So, i got a great recipe from a really good friend and it turned out my appel pie was AMAZING!
Here is the story of the worst cornbread EVER! so long story short i was making cornbread and the recipe said something like " 2 1/2 teaspoons of salt" well i was just learning fractions at the time and thought that it said 2 1/2 cups of salt. Goodness i never want to tast anything like it again. It was terrible! all it tasted like was salt tomorrow i will post pictures of my apple pie and the recipe.

Topic of the week : Children are a blessing

Hi, this week I’m going to talk about how children are a blessing.

Verse of the week:

Psalm 127:3-5
“Children are a heritage ( heritage means something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth, for those of you like me who may not know what it means off the top of your head).
Okay, let me start that again.
“Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior so are sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man who whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies at the gate.”

Here is the story of how I came across that scripture. I really wanted to write about how children are a blessing because I knew that’s what the bible says, so I was thinking to myself, “Man, I cannot find any verses on how children are a blessing”. Well, the next morning (today) I flipped open my bible to a random page and BAM!! There it was!! AWESOME!

Well, since I’m really young and don’t have an children of my own I am going to try take better care of my little sisters. I want to spend more time with them and help them and ask them what they want to play. I want to do these things because when you learn something from the Bible you should try to think of ways to change what you do so that it matches with the Bible!

Topic of the week : Modesty

My converse high-tops

me and my sister Alexis ( also known as Lexi )

my hair after french braids.

the hair completes the outfit!

Overall look, when wearing pants consider a long shirt, or in this case a little bit too short of a dress.

This weeks topic is modesty.

Modesty is important. It seems like you can't leave the house without running into girls that when you see them you think " Oh dear" and feel bad for them or maybe think "wow, it's sad that she feels like she needs to dress like that to get attention." My dad and mom say that girls who dress immodestly would be even prettier if they brought attention to their faces with a smile, instead of to their bodies.

I hope that when i am older the Lord will be pleased with the way i dress.

Verse of the week 1 Timothy 2:9

Likewise also that woman should adorn themselvs in respectable apperal, with modesty and self- control

This week I want to show you outfits that are modest, but still super cute!

I've always dreamed of being a farm girl.

Me and my sister Hallee in the wheat feilds.

View from the house

Our barn.

We used to live out in the middle of nowhere. At least that's what it felt like, in the middle of wheat feilds, playing in the stream, taking walks to the top of the hill to see what felt like the whole world. We had to walk half a mile just to check the mail. That was the life for me. In spring we would run through the wheat that at that time came to our hips. And doing school under the big birch tree. ( shown in picture ) Oh and i almost forgot playing in the "woods" which in reality was just a bunch of trees on the top of our hill. But it was kind of the woods. There were deer and evrything. And i will always rember peep and tweety. ( those were the barn owls ) We would jump on the trampoline and hoot to them and pretend we were owls too.

Our old house was actually farmstead in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The owners farmed wheat and raised sheep and pigs! It was so much fun to explore the old barns and outbuildings for treasure. Once I found an old silver pillbox! We had a root cellar in the back of the house. The root cellar was a dugout into the hill where they would store their canned goods and stuff for the winter. There was not any food any more, Praise the Lord, but there still lots of cabinets and pie safes!

Once me and my sister Hallee found a room in the back of the house. It was old and dad wouldn't let go in but i got a good little peek in there and will never forget what i saw. There was a table and a chair, andi could see old books blankets. I wish i could have gone in there and seen it all. But at the same time i'm glad i didn't. It felt kind of ere when we finally got the door ( that was wedged into the ground quite a bit ) open.

I remember a lady who would come out there every summer to collect owl pelletts to sell to universities and schools. She paid us twenty-five cents per pellet. One day me, Hallee and our uncle Dan took apart an owl pellett and found mouse bones.

I always miss the country the most in the Spring and Summer. Those were the best two years ever!

I live in a dorm.

I am the oldest of nearly seven chirldren. At least five of us are girls. We share a room, all five of us!That is why I live in a dorm. My favorite part of sharing a room is that I always have someone to talk to. It's really fun. I can't imagine having my own room. This is what I would think all night, "Lonely, I'm so lonely (to the tune of that old song)" :) I love sharing a room. Sometimes, like when I just cleaned and my little sisters destroy the whole room, I wish I had my own room, but then I take it back. My mom and dad say that sharing a room helps people to not be selfish.