Trudy Rose the Blue-Eyed Snufflepuss!

Yay! =D We just got a new puppy! Her old name was Blue Wrinkles Terracotta but now we changed her name to Trudy Rose the Blue-Eyed Snufflepuss (a.k.a. Trudy or Trudy Love). She's a pure-bred Shar-Pei and she is absolutely adorable!!!!! (Here is a picture of Trudy. . .chewing on my shoe :P)

At first she was going to be for the whole family, but since mom has always loved Shar-Pei's and dad put the ownership in her name and she promised to share *phew!* she's our mom's dog.

Our other pets:

Daisy...

Popcorn...

And Edward Tulane...

...are all outside pets but Trudy is going to be our inside dog.

I'll end this post with a quote from my papa. "She is so ugly, that she's cute."

ESam

Viking Quest

Just so you all know, Risa made a new post but for some reason it turned up below my Mother's Day post :-/. But please do read it! :D
I have just finished a series of books called, Vikings Quest. This is a great Christian series about an Irish girl named Brianna (a.k.a. Bree) who is captured by viking raider Mikkel. Mikkel takes her back to Norway as his slave. During this time, Bree escapes bondage, gets taken back as a slave, makes a great friend, finds a long-lost sister, goes on a four-year voyage (most of which is with Leif Erickson), falls in love, and best of all, grows in her faith with the Lord.
I would recommend this five-book series to anybody! They are great reads filled with excitement and are also filled with Christian principles. It teaches about trusting in the Lord and the importance of forgiving our enemies. And these books are very historically accurate.

Definitely books worth reading!


{This is the first book ;-)}

Sam

Bible Bee

In September I’ll be competing in a Bible Bee. Don’t know what that is? Don't worry, a month ago I didn’t know what that was either! The Bible Bee (BB) is similar to a Spelling Bee but instead of asking you to spell words they ask you to recite verse, or answer bible knowledge questions. Early in May we printed out the Bee-liever’s hand book and started practicing for the Bee. We got the handbook as soon as we could and I’m so glad we did because there are over 1900 verses and I haven’t even started to count the bible knowledge questions!
I believe it is a wonderful thing to memorize God’s word. The more you study the Word, the more you see God wants us to memorize it. Psalms 119: 9-11 says, “9 How can a young man cleanse his way?By taking heed according to Your word.10 With my whole heart I have sought You;Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!11 Your word I have hidden in my heart,That I might not sin against You.” I believe it’s pretty obvious that if someone is searching something with their whole heart they are going to know that something pretty well. In Matthew 4 you can see that Jesus knows the Word of God and it helps Him to stay away from temptation when the Devil entices Him. It has not only helped me when temptation arouse, but it has also helped me when knowing how to live my life and witness to others. My ultimate goal is to magnify Christ. How could I if I didn't know Him? I couldn't! The only true way to know Jesus Christ is through the Word and payer.
The motto of the BB is "Learn it! Speak it! Live it! Building character. . . one verse at a time". The competition of the BB encourages you to memorize also. I believe that the Lord is happy when we get to know Him and spend time in His word, the same way a father is happy when his children spend time with him. I love the Lord and want to be as close to my Father as possible!

~Momo

Mother's Day

As you know, yesterday was Mother's Day and a good one it was. In the morning, we made our mom breakfast in bed (as is our tradition) then we gave her gifts (I believe they were a teapot, a purse, a tea kettle, and the little ones made her cards). Oh, and one gift that was from all of us was a video. The night before, Momo had us all film each other saying why we love our mom, then we put it on video.
Over all, it was a very enjoyable Mother's Day. =)


~ Sam

Faith like potatoes

We recently decide to rent a move that's trailer we had seen and that's name was so interesting, we couldn't forget it - Faith like potatoes.

http://www.tangle.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8ef3e04b9f4fd5fa47d7

Faith like potatoes is a powerful film which demonstrates the importance of faith and the power of God. Based on the autobiography of the same name about Angus Buchan, a Scottish farmer-turned-evangelist living in Africa, the film revolves around the Buchan family, especially Angus, as you follow them through a difficult move, a life-changing decision and many faith-testing testing trials.

At the beginning of the film, Angus's life is a mess and he has a serious temper; starting from scratch in South Africa is hard and Angus spends a lot of his time drinking. Tragedy plays a part in this film and adds a sad tone to the movie. Be prepared for a somewhat distrubing scene. Overall, however, Faith like potatoes has strong foundation and is a powerful and moving story. I would call this movie a must see!

~ Risa

Renovation

I completely agree with what Momo said! And like my sister, Momo said, we are doing a very large yard renovation. Our dad brought out his skidsteer (Momo called it a backhoe and I added a picture of it) into the yard to soften the dirt, mix in the manure, and smooth the dirt. Then we planted grass and tomorrow our dad (with the help of us and some of our cousins) is going to build a rap-around cement porch with the a shade screen on top. Also tomorrow, I will be working on a rabbit hutch for Edward. I'll post some pictures of the porch and my rabbit hutch when we're done with them.

Along with helping my dad laying the sod outside, I also gave Edward a bath. I smell very dirty now and should probably take a shower. :-p

~ Sam