October 14

One of the cars was music one. It played music
and the people danced around.


An animals car.


Camp has lots of pines.


I like this picture of the power lines reflecting off
the lake at camp.


On the way home from camp we stopped for lunch,
and fed the seagulls.


We wanted Levi to stand in-between the two bush
things at Lake Geneva. He as a little confused.


One of my favorite cars from the circus train.




Hi!
I'll try to give an accurate account of what we have done in the last month.

The weekend of Sept. 12, we went up to camp for the work weekend. We all had a good time and it was a productive weekend.

Sept. 26-27, Mommy went scrapbooking. On The 27, we went to Bright Lights, the first meeting of the this year. We started going through a book called His Chosen Bride by Jennifer Lamp (Neef). It is the authors idea on how Proverbs 31 can apply to single ladies.


This month we have worked on the Room, went to the library, went biking on a bike trail, went to Bright Lights again, Mommy went scrapbooking again, went to the Midwife(all is doing great), visited a few churches, went to Lake Geneva to see some old circus cars that were being shown, Joy went to get her lab work done at children's, and she is going back today to the Endocrinologist.(the person who checks her labs)


We have also been working for the neighbors, doing school, and other regular activities.


This past Tuesday, Daddy took us older girls, along with the Babiak's older girls, to see Firepoof. It is an excellent movie! We all really enjoyed it. It has a good story-line with a great message--Never leave your partner behind, not in a fire, and especially not in your marriage. It was made by the same people who made Facing the Giants. Also a excellent movie!


Anyway, that is all we have been doing here lately. We have been kept quite busy!


Paige

September 10

Hey guys,
The reason for this post is to tell everybody that She (the baby) is actually not due until February 20. :( When they did the ultrasound they can tell how big She is, then decide when
She is due. Sooo, we will have to wait another month.

Anyway, I'll also update you on what we have been doing!

Saturday, my dad worked on "the room" some more. My mom brought some food to our friends the Sierts. Mr. Siert had surgery on his shoulder and they own a scrapbook store.

Sunday we visited a church we used to go to in Janesville. We stopped because it is too long of a drive. After church my dad helped our friends reposition their school satellite. We hung out with the kids. Samantha went with their two oldest, to play volleyball with some other teens and young adults from the church.

Monday I had piano.

And we have been doing school and enjoying the cool weather.

That's all,
Paige

September 5

Hey everybody!
As most of you know, we are going to have a new sibling in January '09. Today my mom went for an ultrasound. They told her whether it is a boy or girl. And the results returned favorable for us girls...IT'S A GIRL!!! The boys are a little disappointed, but... We are really excited now! My mom's mom (my grandma) guessed it was going to be a girl as soon as we told her my mom was expecting. And she was right.

Anyway that is all I have to say for now! Please post a comment telling what you think!
Paige

September 2

Hey guys!

Yesterday I got a Sansa 2GB MP3 player! I charged it overnight and now I put my songs on it! It is only about the size of a tic-tack container, but thinner!

Anyway for the rest of life...

Sunday we went to the fair, again. We watched the harness race. Then we did ice cream eating contest, butterfly garden, fake farm where the kids picked toy veggies, then got free milk, cheese stick or potato chips. We also looked at some animals, rode a few rides, and attended Banker's Night. Banker's Night is for giving out awards to those who got Grand Champion or Reserve Champion in their sections. Samantha got one for her pictures and one for her recipe food. All the other families in our group got at least one.

Monday we stayed home and Daddy worked on the "painting" room. It is close to finished now! Then Daddy, Mommy, and Levi went shopping.

That's it. I try to post some pictures soon.
Paige

August 30

My rock from Kaila.


Joy at the Children's parade.


Levi was using Mommy's hairspray. He thought it was really funny!


My painting from Alena.


My plant.


Michael and Levi eating corn at the Thelen's party.


Wow! We have had a very busy summer!

Grandma came July 25! She stayed a few days then took Samantha back with her to VA. While she was here in July we went to the CHEA fun fair. We entered a few photos and baked good in the contests, and bought a few things at the auction.

Grandma and Samantha came back August 6. The 8-10 Daddy, Mommy, Joy, and Levi went on a trip to Madison. Everybody else stayed home with Grandma.


Grandma left the 12. We started our pre-fair judging then. Also it was the last softball game of the year. :( Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we did pre-fair judging too.


Friday the 15 we went to the Children's Parade at the Kenosha County fair. I was an ipod, Emily was a tv, Pete and Levi were roman soldiers, Daniel was a WWII soldier, Joy was a cowgirl, and Laurel was a cook. We then ate lunch in the van on the way to the Walworth County fairgrounds were we had pre-fair judging. After judging Mommy went scrapbooking. Everybody else hung out at a park with the Babiaks. Then for supper we went to the Thelen's for a end of softball picnic.


The next day Mommy went scrapbooking again. Samantha's 55 gallon fish tank cracked on Saturday too! The basement flooded and water got under her laminate wood floor. We took all the fish to the pet store, took up the floor and used a lot of towels cleaning up water.


Tuesday the 18, Mommy and I drove to pick up my friend Alena and went to see the Kit Kitridge movie. Then she came home with us and stayed the night and Wednesday night. Thursday we met her mom and "gave her back". Wednesday night we went for a bike ride in Lake Geneva, then to McDonald's for ice cream.


Friday (August 22) we went to Beloit to pick up a 29 gallon fish tank, stand, and accessories for free. A lady my mom was scrapbooking with offered it to us. Then we went to a scrapbook store. We ate supper at Pizza Hut. After supper we went home and ate ice cream cake and I opened my birthday gifts. I got a tea cup flower pot and a pothos, gum, lemon drops, and a magnetic dry erase board. Samantha gave me her framed picture of a dragon fly. I also got from my friends a inscribed, decorative rock, cookies, and a painting.


Saturday we went to a welcome home party for Sarah at the Babiaks' house. She had been up in Michigan for a few weeks. While we were there Miss Hannah and Mommy took a "quick" trip the the ER. Rachel cut her ankle on a pole sticking out of the ground. She got 5 stitches.


Sunday we had home church. The week before our pastor send out a letter telling of his resignation. Since our church was so small it is now no longer a church. We are hoping and praying we will find a new church soon.


Monday was 4-H. We also started school then.


Tuesday we dropped off projects at the fair. We had to go twice because I forgot one of my plants. :(

Thursday Samantha, Emily, and I, with our 4-H group worked in the "House of Pork" at the fair. It sells pork sandwiches, soda, and water. We did that from 10am-1pm.


Friday we went to the fair and watched the Thelen Family Band play. Then Us girls (with our 4-H group) worked in the Youth Building at the fair. We just had to watch the 4-H projects, sell quilt raffle tickets, cookbooks and 4-H picture frames and bumper stickers. That was 12:30 to 1:00. Mommy took the other kids to ride rides.


Today we are helping the neighbor, Daddy is working on the room we are painting, and doing not much.


Hopefully I will start posting more regularly now.


Paige

July 14

I took these flower pictures in our yard.



These really cool pictures I took after a large
storm had just blown over. The sun was setting,
but the clouds were still there.

It was a great reminder of how awesome our
God is. And of all the amazing things He has made.


Hello,
This is what happened at our house the last few weeks...

On the 2nd Joy left the shower spraying out of the tub for 5-10 minutes so the whole bathroom was flooded. It was pouring in the dining room window. We ended up tearing the soffit apart and taking out the insulation.

On the forth we went to a show at a church near us. It was really neat. They had their choir, brass band, childrens choir, and some men from the color guard. We know the one man that was in it. Then we went to Target in Lake Geneva to watch fireworks from Grand Geneva.

This Friday we went to a surprise party for Mr. Bob. Mommy made enchiladas and fruit pizza to bring. She ended up staying home with Levi because he had been sick. The rest of us had a lot of fun!!

Saturday Daddy, the boys, and Emily bought Samantha home from camp. Everybody else went shopping for some garden plants for our neighbor.

Yesterday after church we went to our neighbors', the Browns, house to give him a surprise party. Our other neighbors, Miss Margaret, Miss Celest, and Xandria came too. We planted his garden for him, and had cake and ice cream. Mr. Brown turned 91 years old.

That is all our exciting adventures from the last few weeks. But more are sure to come!!

Paige

July 1

Hello,
We are busy, busy, busy!

The 20-21 Mommy went scrapbooking while the rest of us went van shopping. Daddy's car decided now was the time to start overheating. :( Since it would be a few thousand to fix the problem(only the overheating one; not all the rest) they decided to buy a replacement vehicle. The best type is a mini-van, so we looked for one the worked well and was a reasonable price. Daddy found on online located a half hour away. Saturday night all us kids and Daddy drove to look at it and buy it. Sunday Daddy, Mommy, and some of the kids went to get it. In the afternoon on Sunday Daddy and Daniel went to the Chicago Train Museum. Everybody else went to a graduation for our friend in Janesville.

This past week we:
1. Went to piano
2. Went to softball
3. Went to shots
4. Went clothes shopping
And #5...
We "went" camping with the Babiaks in our yard! They came Friday afternoon and stayed the night then left Saturday afternoon. We played red rover, Simon says, red light green light, tag, and many other games. We went swimming in our pools. Had a campfire, smores, and thousands of mosquitoes attack!(they were only bad Friday night after dark) We had tons of fun and made lots and lots of memories with our friends!

Sunday we went to church. Then Daddy, Pete, and Daniel took Samantha to camp. She will come home the 12. It seems strange when one of our siblings is gone. It is almost as if something (or in this case someone) missing. Oh well, guess you have to get used to it sometime, seeing as we won't always be together.

Yesterday we went to Aldis, K-Mart, the doctors, and Sentry. Then Mommy took me to piano, went to exercise, got milk, and went to Pick 'N Save. After piano Daddy and the kids picked me up then we went to Office Max (or Office Depot, I'm never sure which is in what town)

Today we didn't do any thing, except Emily and I went on a bike ride. This summer we have been given a "challenge" by Daddy and Mommy. It is this; bike 10 1/2 hours and do other exercise 5 1/2 hours and they will give us a DVD of our choice. This challenge only applies to Samantha, Emily, and I. We are allowed to combine our hours to get a DVD sooner. Amongst the three of us we have enough for a movie now. We chose the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for our first movie. We aren't exactly sure what the other two will be.(we are only allowed to get 1 per person, even if we do more than the required hours)

That sums up or past two weeks.

As Independence Day approaches I will leave you with this thought:
The only way to have true freedom is to realize that Jesus' sacrifice and punishment, His stripes brought us the only way. And to keep all freedom we must always depend on Him alone.

Paige