Oklahoma Trip in June

Hello! I'm Sarah. You all know me as "Girl One." In June of this year Boy One, Boy Two, and I went on a road trip out west with Grandma N. and Grandpa. We had a great time and visited with some family at a family reunion we went to while we were in Oklahoma. We went to eleven (I think) states in total on our trip. Here are some pictures:

Us right before we left.

Here we are at the Casey Jones museum in Jackson, Tennessee.

This is our great-great-Grandmother Lancey's grave outside of Pink, Oklahoma.

Grandpa and Boy One at the marker of the Battle of the Washita.

Grandpa and Grandma N. at the Chalk Mountains in Kansas.

Here we are in the elevator going up to the top of the St. Louis Arch in Missouri.

The only down side was that I was gone for the first time ever on my birthday and I got really homesick. I was glad to finally be back and Mama was glad to have me. :)

We had a birthday party at 11:00 PM as soon as we got home. The main gifts were my hope chest and a purity ring.

And there were still raspberries left to pick and make pies out of when we got home. 

Over all we had a really good time and we got to meet lots of new people. :)

Blessings,
Sarah :)

March to May 2010

Hello!  Long time no blog - about ten months.  Well, here I am again and ready to give a whirlwind picture summary of our March through May of last year.  Whirlwind is all you can do when you're this far behind.  So, here we go, and by the way: Happy New Year!

March

Wow, Daddy must be getting old.

 Maybe this is why some people use a root cellar to store potatoes.

April 

The next few pictures are from Resurrection Day, April 4, 2010.  First, Girl Two and her dear friend.

 My youngest boys.

David and me.

My oldest boys.

My girls.

May

This is just something our neighbors had out with the trash.  Hmm, kinda weird.

 A day at the playground.

Boy Four.

 Our friend Joy is a joy.

Girl Two looking cute as usual.

Boy One's 15th birthday.

 At the end of May, we went on a quick trip to the Henry Ford Museum complex in Michigan.  Here are the kids waiting to go inside Dearborn Village.

Boy Two inside Thomas Edison's lab.

Boy Two and Girl Two outside the Village again.

Boy One with President Reagan's limo.

Boy Three about to get on the Rosa Parks bus.

You can play human hot dog at the museum.

The girls with an important piece of Americana.

Back at home, Boy Three loses a few teeth at once and needs some help to display the holes.

Coming up very soon . . . June 2010.

February

 

First of all, sorry to my blog followers about the test posts earlier today.   And now, on with the post, which is only about a month and a half late. (I was waiting on a video of our Boy One singing at our Christmas Eve service, but I still don’t have it yet. Maybe next month.)

Our family was able to come in from Pennsylvania after Christmas, and here we all are.

Here are our children showing off some of their gifts from Grandpa and Grandma N.

Grandpa had his 72nd birthday while he was here.

Hear us sing to him:

Now here is the aftermath, looking like a forest fire went through.

As you know, we got a cat for Christmas (named Christmas), and we have some questions.

Do all cats climb into things, like boxes?

Do they all pretend they’re the bride?

Imitate Boy Four?

Harass Boy Four?

Make themselves look as small as possible RIGHT under where you walk?

Perch in your Christmas tree?

Get on a chair so they can play with their tail?

Sit on your school book while you’re trying to work?

Intimidate you during math class?

Climb up the windows?

But besides being odd, she is also so sweet and cuddly.

And she makes the things that are already fun, even more so.

She made the ride to Tennessee much more fun.

Awww.

Here’s our whole gang in Tennessee at Grandma J’s house:

And finally . . .

Boy Four just before his first haircut . . .

And after the deed is done:

OOPS! I thought I had a picture, but I don’t. You’ll have to wait for next time!

Well, thanks for visiting our blog once again. Blessings to you!