1-21-12 Pond Skating!

Yesssss!! It was great!!!!! Somehow I had this memory of long ago pond skating, and for some reason I remember it as being better than rink skating but I wasn’t sure how or why. Well, Dad said the ice was safe, so we headed down for awhile Saturday afternoon, and - - - - I had remembered right. I’m still not sure why, though; but pond skating is even better than rink skating. Maybe because it’s outdoors, with the sun shining (although once the sun went down it got a lot chillier very quickly, which surprised me). The fresh air, Rascal running around, beautiful surroundings, gorgeous sunshine - - whatever it was I’m not exactly sure. But, it was really really fun. And the kids thought so too, hooray! Levi & Jesse were gone playing hockey with some friends, Josh was enjoying his nap, and Dad was happily working on taxes :).  The rest of us had a great time in spite of a few cold toes and bruised knees.

First – our first cardinal.

Next – pond skating.

The kids were there before me.

We’re hoping to pick up a few more pairs of ice skates for the littles, but for now they were perfectly happy without.

Race!

:) the dam isn’t much good for sledding yet!

Heading home -

1-20-12 Friday

Ben found this neat chunk of ice down at the little creek.

 

We enjoyed an evening with the Keever clan. Surprise surprise – they liked the ipad too.

Nice hair :)

1-19-12 Wasted Years

Have you wandered along on life’s pathway,

Have you lived without love, a life of tears;

Have you searched for the great hidden meaning,

Or is your life filled with long WASTED YEARS?

WASTED YEARS, WASTED YEARS, Oh how foolish,

As you walk on in darkness and fears;

Turn around, turn around, God is calling,

He’s calling you from a life of WASTED YEARS.

Search for wisdom and seek understanding,

There is someone who knows and always hears;

Give it up! Give it up! the load you’re bearing,

You can’t go on in a life of WASTED YEARS.

WASTED YEARS, WASTED YEARS, Oh how foolish,

As you walk on in darkness and fears;

Turn around, turn around, God is calling,

He’s calling you from a life of WASTED YEARS.

Don’t you know Jesus died for all sinners?

He loves you and your guilt He gladly bears;

Come to Him! Com to Him! your sin confessing!

You can go on with a life of FRUITFUL YEARS.

WASTED YEARS, WASTED YEARS, Oh how foolish,

As you walk on in darkness and fears;

Turn around, turn around, God is calling,

He’s calling you from a life of WASTED YEARS.

[words and music by Wally Fowler, copyright 1959; taken from The American Country Hymn Book, copyright 1975]

 

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.  Matthew 7:7-8

1-19-12 Puppies!

by Tori

This morning it was cloudy and gray but now the sun is shining and it looks halfway decent out. Today Aunt Sarah came out for lunch, and after lunch we went over to Tim and Candi’s to see their six adorable puppies before they start going to their new homes. They are terribly cute and made us wish our dog would have puppies. Thank you Aberles for letting us play with Lucky, Teddy, Squeak, Squawk, Java, and Tiny Tank. We enjoyed it a LOT!!!

 

Josh got a puppy kiss!!

 

 

We love puppies!

 

 

Ben went too but the picture of him didn’t turn out. He liked them too though!

1-18-12 Ice

by Ben

This is a picture of where the water comes out of the tile that runs underneath the road.

This is the same picture but closer. There is a blade of grass in the middle of one of these big chunks of ice.

The water at the bottom is not frozen. Some of the water falling down from the tile is not frozen. If you look into the tile under the road, you can see steam.

Same picture up close.

This is ice that froze over the grass.

It’s pretty neat.

1-18-12 Ted’s Clubhouse

by Benjamin

One day Ted and his friends were playing in the woods when they decided to make a clubhouse.  So they cut down some twigs and made a pile of branches.  They hollowed out the inside and plastered the cracks with mud.  After that they sprinkled a half inch of sand on the wet mud.  Then they wove some grass together to make a door.

“Wow!” Ed said. “I didn’t know we could build such a nice clubhouse!”

“It was Ned’s idea,” said Ted.

They slept out in it for the next two nights.  for food they shot rabbits.  They cooked them over a fire to eat them.  There was a creek nearby that they got water from. At night they slept in sleeping bags in the clubhouse. 

“That was fun,” said Fred.

“You said it!” said Ned.

After that the kids said good-bye and they went home.

THE END

1-18-12 Overnight Rain