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Contest

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Alright, so I’ve gotten a couple of good comments about the This Picture, so I thought we’d have a Caption Contest.

You have until Next Friday to come up with a good caption for this picture:

The winning caption will get their own personal bag of HopeSuds.

What is HopeSuds?  Well, as we speak, the blog that I stalk like all get out because I’ve never met them…yet and her life is just a mirror of mine with one less child (for now) read has it’s writers in Uganda adopting their daughter!  She and her husband created HopeSuds to help fund their adoption.  Hopesuds is all natural laundry detergent and, in my personal opinion is wonderful!  We purchased several to give as Christmas gifts.  Ya know, because we have dirty friends and family.  We also got some for ourselves and I truly enjoyed it.

So, caption away and by Friday, midnight, our family will decide who the winner may be!    And, while you’re brainstorming about the best caption ever, click on over and pick up some HopeSuds for yourself.  Lora Lyn is blogging while in Uganda and from her posts, God is definitely at work, although it takes some time to see it through all the tears.

I will count the two posts that were left on the previous day’s blog too!

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Skating and Tubing

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I did get to venture out to do activities two days.  On Monday, I went snowboarding…okay, well, let’s just say I took a lesson.  The only way I could stop was to fall down so I stayed on the bunny slope and since I didn’t have any ski pants/or ski bib, my rear was numb for hours (I’m talking hours) afterwards.  Then Friday, the day before we left, I got to go skating and tubing.  That was fun!  I’d never skated outdoors. 
And several of our kids had never skated at all.

But that didn’t stop them from trying…

And falling…

And trying some more…

Ace got really good before we left.  I was proud of how hard he tried.  He fell pretty hard a few times too but he got right back up and tried again.  Josiah was more interested in building a snow castle for a long while.  I was so glad we didn’t have to pay for him to skate!

 Let me just say that snow tubing is a blast and is really physically demanding.  My arms were sore for three days after we went.  But it was so worth it!

 Yes, this is me.
 And this is Papa!
 Zoe…she flipped her tube once, laughed, got back up and went again.  She thought that was really cool.
Even Grandmere tried it out.
I missed posting pictures of J, O, and G going but they were with us and had a great time too.  We were able to race down some of the runs.
At the end of the day, it’s all about chillin’ and relaxin’ dude.  I took a breather for a few minutes and watched Zoe and my nieces and nephews go.   If only I had a video of me trying to get up out of that knee high snow drift.

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Back at the Ranch…

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Well, with several little ones that couldn’t take being out in the cold and snow for long periods of time, I and the grandparents and Aunt B did a lot of indoor maintenance.  So, we got lots of fun pictures of the kids…Oh, before I start…want to know how much luggage and stuff one has to take to be snowed in in the mountains with our six kids???  No, well, tough, I’m going to show you.
Visiting cousins…
Bryant was about to launch an attack because K had his toy!

This is O with her little brother K and Ace holding Bryant.
Getting ready to just take our five out (Bryant never went out but once briefly for pictures), took a good 45 minutes.  No.  I do not want to live up north!
Zoe and I learned to crochet thanks to Grandmere!

With a winter storm looming and temps getting way low, we had a morning inside with everyone.  We split up into groups.  I grabbed some extra sugar and flour I had brought and mixed it with peanut butter to make playdough.  It was great fun, except that I forgot the twins were allergic to peanut butter and we were all stressing trying to make sure they didn’t grab any (Way to go Aunt Abbie)!

Another group played Monopoly with Papa!
Climbing on cousins is a treat!

Sometimes brothers are just way too comfy.

It’s easier to play a game if you stick your tongue out.
Quick Daddy has the camera…make a silly face.
Tic Tac Toe with Grandmere.
Best Cousin buds!

Just a few shots of the getting ready chaos.  There was always someone missing a glove, hat or boot at some point during this time.

Another day, we had the little ones inside and to keep them busy, I filled up a sink full of bubbles and they wen to town.  They did really good keeping it in the sink too!

Papa was watching the kids while we were getting supper ready!

“What is that thing in your mouth, dear cousin???”

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The Great Outdoors

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Since the biggest part of our trip was the snow.  I’ll post those first…

Another bunch of Characters!
Skiing…
 Grandmere and Zoe getting ready.

 G & H ready to learn from Uncle B.

 Liam enjoyed going fast.
 O did an amazing job and enjoyed the beginner slope.

 It’s cold!!!

 This is how you stop.

All ready to go!
Sorry that I don’t have more pics of Zoe.  I was able to go out and watch her briefly one time, but didn’t get a lot of pictures.  Not sure why they didn’t make it here…there’s a lot of pictures though!

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Are You Ready for This???

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I apologize to my adoring fans, well, mostly family, about not my ever so sporadic blogging.  No we are not deathly ill, nor are we fighting, nor am I leaving Mark…we’re just living.  And blogging has had to take a back seat to life right now.

But, it’s all about to change…cuz, have I got some snow pictures to share…

So, let’s get to it, shall we?

Up above are pictures of the house we stayed in.  It was a two story round house.  How cool is that???  Those were taken after the first of two snowfalls…which dropped about six or so more inches on top of what was there when we got there.

Still after the first snow fall.  Know what we did with all that snow on that picnic table???  SNOW CREAM!  Oh yeah, and we added some fresh yummy strawberries in it too.  It was delicious if I do say so myself.

A view of the mountains on a trek to the ski resort.  This was after the large snowfall and the mountains were white because the trees were covered in snow.

Icicles on a resort building.  They were touching the ground!
 Beautiful!

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Review: God Gave Us the World

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God Gave Us the World

Take beautifully illustrated work and add words of truth from God’s Word and you get God Gave Us the World by Lisa Tawn Bergren and illustrated by Laura J. Bryant.

God Gave Us the World, follows Little Cub and Mama as they discuss why God made different bears and why God made everything and made it all so different.  Mama, with the wisdom from the Bible, always supplies Little Cub with the answers to her many questions.

We’ve enjoyed at least one other book from the “God Gave Us” series.  Our children truly enjoy the art and stories and we’ve read them time and again.  You just can’t go wrong with adorable cuddly polar bears.

It would be nice, though, to see Papa Bear, as one of the main characters.  In both of the books we have, Mama Bear seems to be the one with all the answers while Papa just smiles in the background.  

We truly recommend God Gave Us the World.  Go here for more information about the author, Lisa Tawn Bergren.  You can also check it out on Facebook and at Multnomah Publishing.

God Gave Us the World can be purchased for $10.99 and can be purchased at Random House.

Disclaimer:  This is a MamaBuzz review. The product was provided by: Multnomah Publishing for this review.

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Happy Birthday Liam!

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Okay, I’m still sifting through the three hundred plus pictures from our ski trip…they should be up next week.

So, to keep from getting even farther behind…here’s Liam’s birthday.

I got in on one of the Daily Deal websites and was able to get a party package for six to the bowling alley for half price.  We got two because with our family, well, you just need two to accommodate us and our friends!

This was the first time bowling for all of our kids (unless you count Wii practice before we went).

Pre birthday celebration at Ge & Granddaddy’s!

 Trios make Liam happy!
 So do Transformers!
 Celebrating on birthday day with Papa and Grandmere!

 And on to bowling…

 Getting help!
 If you hold your tongue just right, you’ll get a strike.
Super Wy!

 Humor me…it’s supposed to be a bowling ball out of chocolate sprinkles.  At least it tasted good.
 Posing for the camera.
Present time!

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Reading List 2011

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While we wait on the pictures to upload, etc, I thought I’d share my reading list for this year.  I decided, after reading another blog, that I could come up with twenty four books I would like to read.  Some of them are books that I had started but haven’t finished yet.

Now, this does not take the place of reading through the Bible.  Our family is reading through the Bible together this year following a chronological reading.

Anyway, here’s the list:

Non-fiction books:
1.  Radical by David Platt (I’ve actually already finished this and wanted to read it because of all the hype about it.  Pretty good read and I’ll delve into that more for a review later).
2.  Genesis of a Legacy by Ken and Steve Ham
3.  Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit by Teri Maxwell (I soooo need to read this soon)
4.  Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half by Steve and Annette Economides
5.  Ten P’s in a Pod by Arnold Pent III
6.  Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald
7. Lies Homeschooling Moms Believe by Todd Wilson
8.  The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
9.  John Calvin:  Commentary on Romans
10.  Sermons on Proverbs by Charles Spurgeon (these may take more than a month.  or two.  or years)
11.  Bonhoeffer:  Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas
12.  America’s Cheapest Family by Steve and Annette Economides

Fiction
1.  May Cooler Heads Prevail by Teri Dunnegan (loved it!)
2.  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3.  Elsie Dinsmore by Martha Finley
4.  The Puritans by Jack Cavanough
5.  That Printer of Udell’s by Harold Bell Wright
6.  The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart (okay, they’re kids books, but I enjoyed the first one and they’re just plain fun kids books)
7.  The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
8.  Fury by Bill Bright and Jack Cavanaugh
9.  In the Company of Others by Jan Karon (Who can resist the lovable Father Tim???)
10.  Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent
11.  Grace:  A Christmas Sisters of the Heart Novel by Shelley Shepard Gray  (every needs a little fru fru fun book)
12.  Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (I’m just going to confess right now that I did not read this book in high school or college so I’m going to give it a go now!).

So what’s on your reading list???

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