"Oh, you know, a little of this, a little of that..."

I make lists a lot when I write. In emails and things. Mari likes to tease me for it... =]
And I have a list of random updates, tidbits, and pictures for you today. Yay for lists.

1. Our cousin, C, just this week left for the Navy. We went out for ice cream to say goodbye, and he managed to give us a summer cold before leaving =P (which were are all passing around to each other). We appreciate everyone who will be praying for him there!

2. We like to read. This isn't really news, but we have a bunch of poor quality pictures (for some reason...) with us reading from the last month or so. Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

3. We also like hiking. We went on a nice hike just last weekend.

4. We may not be posting for a little while. Mari (our main poster) will be enjoying classes that will transform her into a CNA (certified nurses assistant)! Yay for Mari. And I will be a counselor at a camp (will post about it) pretty soon. It's a sad excuse for not posting since the camp itself is only three days, but any "vacation type thing" pretty much puts me in a lazy mood for a good week afterwards so I wouldn't expect any more updates until late August.

Sorry (but hey, this post is so long, it should tide you over for a while.).


On that note, goodbye!
Sam

Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh!

Yay! The day we've been anticipating, waiting for with such excitement! Okay, truthfully, you all probably did what I did and almost completely forgot about it!

Well our winners are . . . .


*drum roll*






*drum roll crescendos*




*silence*






Duh, duh, duh, Duuuuuhhh!




Second Place award goes to Sarah and Lady L! We had a tie!

And First Place prize to theliane!

Thank you all for playing and entering. I had fun and I hope you all did too!

"Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!"

Happy Independence Day!

My siblings and I put on a play this afternoon, called The Vote. It was a lot of fun to do and interactive play, and I must say, Goldilocks played John Witherspoon and she memorized all of her lines perfectly!

Fun Fact about the Fourth: Did you know that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both of whom had not only signed the Declaration of Independence but went on to serve as Presidents of the United States, died on July 4th, 1826. Another Founding Father who became President, James Monroe, died on July 4, 1831 becoming the third President in a row to die on Independence Day.

I hope you all have a blessed and joyous Fourth of July! In honour of this day, guess what I've got for you! A game! Who thinks they know some history? If you're up to it you can play, and earn a point for our giveaway. (To check out the prizes read this post.) This will be everyone's last chance to earn some more points and then we will announce our three winners! I'm very excited!
The giveaway will close July 10th! The winners will be announced Thurs, the 11th!

Okay, rules:
Pick any ONE question you'd like to that hasn't been answered and comment with your best guess! For example, if you like question 6 and no one in the comments has answered it yet, then you can comment with both the question number (6) and the answer letter (a, b, c, or d,).

1.Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) George Washington
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) John Adams

2.Which of the following was not one of the thirteen original colonies?
a) Georgia
b) Virginia
c) Vermont
d) Massachusetts

3.Which of the following did not sign the Declaration of Independence?
a) Samuel Adams
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) John Hancock
d) George Washington

4.Who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner?
a) John Philip Sousa
b) Francis Scott Key
c) Katharine Lee Bates
d) Samuel Francis Smith

5.The Second Continental Congress met in which city to draft The Declaration of Independence?
a) Boston, MA
b) New York, NY
c) Baltimore, MD
d) Philadelphia, PA

6. Which of the following European powers did not fight on the side of the colonists in the Revolutionary War?
a) Spain
b) France
c) The Netherlands
d) Germany

The title is a quote from the last verse of our national anthem.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

From all of us to you: 

"Independence now, Independence for ever!" (John Adams)

"This might be an adventure, and I've never had one before - outside of books, at least."

SO . . .
We've been a tad slothful, lazy slow to getting around and posting more about that afore mentioned giveaway. Please accept our humblest apologies.

In part I was waiting for one of you to post where a few of the quote titles came from. Thank you, Sarah, for being the only one to do so. Maybe it's our fault and you forgot that these strange titles to each blog post are quotes from a movie or book.

To earn points for our giveaway there are a few things you can do.
1) Comment on any of our posts with strange titles and tell us what movie we're quoting from. - 2 points
2) Comment and share your favorite joke, or any joke that you think will make us laugh. - 1 point
3) Win/play any other games we set up for this giveaway. (Specifically, the who said that game.) - 2 points for winners, 1 point for players.

The prizes will be. . .

1. A CD of your choice.

All of the Ludy's books.

You can choose from
Christian singers, like Andrew Peterson, FFH, Fernando Ortega,
Instrumental, Steve Rosen has some beautiful instrumental music, or there is a CD of instrumentals by Lily Feilds.

2. A Book of your choice.


These are the first two books in Carolyn's series.

We are giving away a singed copy of a novel by Carolyn. (The first book if you don't have it, the second if you have the first, ect.)


A few of Elliot's books.

Or one of the Ludy's books, or Elisabeth Elliot's.

3. A hand-written quote of your choice.
You can choose from color themes, quotes, even fonts.


One of the quotes I have made,

First place winner gets their choice of two of the 3 mentioned prizes and second place gets (the last) one.

 

And now a prize for all of you!

 

That's right something for all of you (and I'm not talking about something like the cookies I tried to share with you last time). A story!

This, by far, is one of the best stories (in it's genre) that I have ever read! It is simply wonderfully writ for a seven-year old. If you aren't impressed then the sky isn't blue and the moon isn't lovely!

(Can you guess he reads the Bible, and the King James Version at that?) Our brother certainly does beat all!


In the days of evil, a king was born. He would be one of the lands greatest heros. He was not the first born in his family, but the first born was a girl. The queen was very happy to have a son at last, for she had waited a long time for him. But still, she was sad because her husband was dead. Her son was the new king. So she decided to treate him good.

His name was Matthew. Matthew grew strong and when he was old enough she gave him the crown. So Matthew decided to make a law, he thought and thought sudently he had a idea! He called for his mom. When his mother finally came he told her his idea. His mother thought it was a great idea. So Matthew said that all the people will ruin all the idals. So after a week the idals were gone the king said to worship the one true God. So the people biult a church and asked a man to be their paster. The king soon got maried and had a son. The king’s land was being at atack and

the army was not ready for it.

　

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They lost the first year and Matthew decided to take all his spys and send them to the enemy when they came back they told them that the army was going to atack at night. So matthew took his army and set out to fight. It was very cold and when they reeched to the enemy Matthew’s army was loosing the war until finelly their only was him. Their was only one thing to do, fight, and thats what he did. And the most amazing thing hapenned he won! He ran home and made a party with games, crafts, and gifts. He was glad to be home.

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On sunday morning they all went to church. Now Matthew was stricken in age and when he died the people put up a statue of him in the place he was born. Now every day in March 18 bells ring canons fire all because of Matthew the great. The next king was not like Matthew but he did make good laws and took good care of his people. His name was James. James was 7 when he was king. Theirs not much to say of him because he had no victory, he won no war. But he was the king.

He is definitely an author in the making.

I hope you all like the giveaway and earn as many points as possible. And see that we obviously like more comments since we have made three excuses for you to comment and earn points.

Wishing you a peaceful day,
Mari

"Of course, I'd love to go to Mexico, yes! I mean- Sí!"

Happy Cinco de Mayo, for those of you celebrating and those of you who aren't!

 

 

Seeing as I don't really have anything to post about I'll just put some pictures of cute kids on the blog.

 

 

Dad and SquiRe built a rocket which they hung from the fan in the living room.
See it? Just look for that long, green streak of light.



Reaching for the rocket.



And watching the rocket. (Jack doesn't like pictures.)

 In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, Sam made some yummy and cute sugar cookies! I made some gluten dairy free ones too, but those didn't come out as. . . yummy. =(

 

Go ahead and take one!

 

 

Wishing you a very good  muy buen día,

♥ Mari ♥

 

"Ding, ding, ding! Give the boy a prize." or "Move on a Sunday Morning"

Camp NaNoWriMo is over *sigh of relief*, and we all won with a total of 45,052 words! Okay, not that impressive. But it was hard work and good fun. 

Also, remember the contest over on this post? Well, thanks to everyone who guessed! You all did good, though no one got all of them correct. The closest guesser was....Lady L! Who got everything right, except she flipped Mari and SquiRe's quotes. Ah well, good for you! Lady L shall receive 2 points to our future give away (yes, that really will be happening, we just...are being slow...) and every other guesser gets 1 point. Here's the answers:

I love that picture of Risa

And lastly...lately in the blogging world there's been this playlist quiz thing floating around. What you do is, you put your music playlist on "random". Use the title of the first song to answer the question, then hit "next" and continue. Some friends of ours did it, and Mari and I did it too. Since posting two full questionnaire's would be altogether too long and boring, I'll post Mari's, with a few of my answers in there as well. Mari's answers are in purple, and mine in blue.


If someone says "Are you okay?" you say… 
Coffee (Arabian Dance) - Tchaikovsky

Am I okay?  I guess I just need some coffee, or (more likely) I need to dance!

 

What would best describe your personality?
Thankful (Caedmon's Call)

Yes, I am very thankful at the moment.

 

How would you describe yourself?
Drifting to Far From the Shore by Aaron Weil Band (Basically an unknown singer who does Christian Bluegrass.)

. . . Um. Drifting? That's bad.

What do you like in a guy/girl?
All the Fun by Paul OverstreetI guess I like all the fun!
 

How do you feel today?
Crucified by Salvador
I feel that everyday. (Gal. 2:20)

What is your life's purpose?
There You Go by Caedmon's Call
To get going!

What's Your Motto? 
Somewhere North

Yes! Must...go...to colder...climates!

What do your friends think of you?
Don't You Want to Thank Somebody by Andrew Peterson

I guess they think I oughta be more thankful.

What do your parents think of you?
Prodigal Son 

Ooh. Sorry, mom.
  

What do you think about very often? For I Know the Plans by Word of God Speak
I'm always planning.

 

What is 2 + 2?
Beauty and the Beast from the soundtrack

Haha, the one song from that soundtrack I have on my ipod! Well, it is four words right? 

What do you think of your best friend?
Sinking by Michael Peacock

They're sinking?

What do you think of the person you like?
Shifting Sand

I guess they're shifty...which explains the wedding answers! Read on.

What is your life story?
Circles by Alison Brook
Spinnin' in circles!

What do you want to be when you grow up?
(I've Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo by Glen Miller
I want to be a gal in Kalamazoo! (Not really.)

 

What do you think when you see the person you like?
Come Back Soon

Aw, isn't that nice? Till the wedding day. Keep readin'.
 

What will you do at your wedding?
Daring Daylight Escape

Poor guy. But hey, I couldn't stand a lifetime with those shifty eyes.

What will they play at your funeral?
You'll Find Your Way

Hey, I'm not Catholic or in ancient Egypt, so this won't apply.

What is your hobby/interest?
He Will Come by Mandisa
I just keep " Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;" Titus 2:13

What is your biggest fear?
As You Therefore by Nathan Clark George

Um, speaking gibberish is a big fear of mine, since I do it quite often. "What is your biggest fear? As You Therefore!" Does that make any sense? Well, that's about how I speak somedays. =)

Big Fish
Hey, they ate Noah! Reasonable fear here, people!

What is your biggest secret?
Esengo by Selah
From what I could tell by searching the internet it means "glory". Which doesn't make much sense. . . again.

What do you want right now?
Fofar Sodger/ Trip to the Skye/ The Birdie by 25 Years of Celtic Music

I want the birdie, I want a trip to the skye, and I want fofar sodger? Translation please?

What do you think of your friends? 

God Help Me

Um...that sounds worse than it is. I have great friends...really.

What's the worst thing that could happen?
The Time That Is Left

Uh-oh. I guess it's only downhill from here.

What is the one thing you regret?
The Jug of Punch by Celtic Wonder 

Uh. . . yeah, hmmm. 0_o

What makes you laugh?
Michael's Ride

Yes, it does! (That's the soundtrack for a very funny scene from a very funny movie)

What makes you cry?
Carol Ann by Michael W. Smith

Carol Ann, you make me cry.

Will you ever get married?
Can't Take Me

Mwahaha!! Yes. B]

What scares you the most? 
Climb On (A Back That's Strong)

Well, it doesn't scare me, but I do hate being picked up/carried.

 

 Does anyone like you?
Here For You by Branded
My daddy! (It's a daddy, daughter song.)

If you could go back in time, what would you change?
There You Go
Hm. Apparently I would send you back.

What hurts right now?
The Chasing Song by Andrew Peterson

My legs are a little sore from running around.

What would you want to say to the person who tagged you (if you were tagged)?
Love Enough by Andrew Peterson
"In stubborn spite of our stubborn spite we are loved nonetheless, we are loved all the more and I believe there is love enough for the taking." 
  

What will you name this post?
Move on a Sunday Morning