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Pro-Life Music Video

Check this touching youtube music video.

Valentines Day & Snow!

Happy late St. Valentines Day wishes everybody!
We have had snow since it started snowing three days ago. By now it is so high that it goes over the top of your boots, even past it! We have had lots of fun making snowmen, snow angels, and of course sledding, sledding, sledding, and guess what..
..more sledding!
For St. Valentines Day my mom got a delicious recipe from another blog. What you do is you get pretzels, put Hershey's kisses on top of them, and then put them in the oven for five minutes. After they come out we pressed pink, white, and red m&m's on top. Yum! Yum! Those were really good. Watch out for pictures because when we get Picasa fixed, I will have boatloads of pictures for you!
Anna Mae

Workout

lately i have been into exercising. i have been walking one mile a day for most of this week, on my mom's treadmill, and i have been trying to eating healthy foods such as salad, and green stuff like that. i wish i had a picture, but there is something wrong with picasa, (the place we download the pictures on to, off our camera) and so any pictures taken cannot be put on the computer. once we do get it fixed, i will definitely have pictures for you. please leave a comment about your exercising experiences. : )

Tippett story of the Day
The Continual Honk

Mama was driving to pick up the older kids (Athan, Gianna, Me, and August) from LRSH, our homeschool group. She turned a sharp left and the car horn gave a little honk! She was surprised, she didn't push that button. It was something to forget about though, and she kept going. A minute later she turns another corner and the car honks. No, not just a little honk, once it started it didn't stop. The car was on automatic honk. Not a bunch of honks, but one loud honk that kept going. She pulled over to see if that would stop it......it kept going.....she pushed the honk button to see if that would stop it......it kept going......she turned off the car.....it stopped. Ok what next? She had to get to LRSH to get the kids. She turned the car back on, hopefully, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.........There it was again. She would have to just drive as fast as she could to pick us up. She drove all the way to LRSH under lots of curious people's stares. She pulled into the parking lot and pulled out the key. Whew! Once she had got all the kids in the car and she was ready to go, she braced herself and turned the key. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........She still had an orthidontist apointment and shopping ahead of her, and so far the automatic honk had not turned off. As she cruised down Pheonix Lake Rd., trying to ignore the stares pointed in their direction, she had a sudden thought! She was driving by her brother Raleigh's house, and guess what, he was a mechanic. : ) She turned up the road to their house, and asked if Raleigh was home. No. He was at the store with Cody. Then, thankfully, his car pulled up. No he didn't fix the continual honk that fast, but he did disconnect the wires so that it wouldn't honk the whole time. If we hadn't been driving by their house at that time and mama hadn't thought of that just at that time, or it hadn't been for Raleigh, we would still have automatic honk on our car. And that is the Tippett story for the day. Stay tuned next time for another episode on Tippett Story for the Day.

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busy

Bustle, bustle, rush, rush, I forgot my backpack, were are my shoes?
That has been life at our house recently, especially on Wednesday mornings. (That is the day we go to our homeshool group-from 8:45am to 3:00pm-or something like that.) But in the last few days it has been raining constantly, day and night. It is extremely cozy at nights though, with the wind howling and the rain pitter-pattering on the roof, while I am curled up under the blankets on my bed reading. my Mom thought of a good way to keep the younger kids quiet while they have to say inside while it is raining. She brought over the dollhouse that was hers when she was little from the storage shed. Lately if you can't find Mary Autumn anywhere, look in our room, and sure enough she will be laying on the floor in front of the dollhouse, absorbed in a game of her own imagination. One time I was reading my book, and I overheard part of her conversation-
Apparently the dollhouse couple are getting married-

"do you want to marry this man?"
"yes"
"do you want to marry this lady?"
"yes"
"you can kiss the bride"

I have no idea how she picked that up, but it was really cute. It would be fun to just sit there sometime and listen to her game.
We watched the Inauguration and I thought that it was very interesting. We pretty much had it on all day, and after the Inauguration he went to lunch, a parade, and in the evening he showed up at 10 of the dances they held!
Well I was up late reading my book last night and I'm tired so I'd better get to bed. Bye.
Anna Mae

So Much to Say!

Hello everybody...I don't know where to start!
Well my last post was about me hoping for a white Christmas. We got one downpour of snow on Christmas, at church, but that was pretty much it. We had a great Christmas day! My mom has a tradition to make a chocolate ice cream cake for Christmas, and for as long as I can remember she has made one for Christmas day. Usually we have the cake in the afternoon which is what we did this year. Also I think it was either last year or the year before that that my mom has made a cheese cake also along with the chocolate cake. (By the way she loves cheesecake. : )
As soon as we had finally caught our breath, New Years appeared out of nowhere! Our friends, the Templeton's, from North Carolina, joined us at my Aunt and Uncle's house to celebrate the New Year.
There were a bunch of kids there...banging those pots as hard as they could, (some even broke some of the spoons that they were banging the pots with), so we must have been pretty loud! They even had those party poppers that you pull, and they BANG!
We had one week to settle down before...back to school again! Whew! What a schedule!
But it was a great time to celebrate with both friends and family, to bring on the New Year!

'i'm dreaming of a white christmas!'

tonight we decorated our christmas tree!
and just as we were decorating...it just decided to snow!
read about how my mom is hoping for a white christmas also.

Christmas Slippers

Today we went to a Christmas Party at Dearma's (grandma's) Mobile Home park Clubhouse They had games (decorating cookies, and ornaments, plus a game of Wiffle Ball), Chocolate Fondue, and of course all he cousins enjoyed being with each other at Christmas time. The grandparents passed out a gift for each grandchild...youngest to oldest. Me and my cousin Taylor (we are the same age), both got two pairs of earrings, one, loops with little diamonds dangling down the centers, and a pair of small earring...mine had shells with small pink beads on the sides of them. We both also each got a pair of slippers. Mine were fleecy dark purple, LLBean slippers. The insides were smooth and soft. They also seem like really good quality, (knowing LLBean.) Above is a picture of my wonderful slippers. Thank you so much Grandparents!

snowing, and snowing, and snowing

We are getting loads of snow!
Even at this moment it is snowing...
We all woke up and just one look at that snow and we were immediately pulling on snowsuits, gloves, hats, and mittens! Mama was inside giving cold people mugs of hot chocolate and cookies...I really liked that because, after you have been outside for about an hour or so, and your fingers are numb with cold... it's really nice to come in to that! Above, are pictures of the snow, and how cozy it was inside!

SNOW!!!

Let it Snow

We just got a short cloudburst of snow! According to the weather report, it's supposed to be snowing a lot in the next few days. Yay! The first snow always is fun, also it is Clare's first snow : ) It always makes you start feeling like Christmas! I definitely feel that way, because the minute it started snowing, I popped in the nearest Christmas CD I could get my hands on! It would be really nice if we woke up to a bunch of snow in the morning! Me and Mary Autumn are having lots of fun making forts, making up games to play while it's cold outside, and playing with some of the toys she got, for her birthday. Like her magnetic paper dolls she got, (she really likes playing with those.) Well, if we wake up with snow in the morning, I will definitely have pictures for you.

Oh! It just started snowing again, just as I was getting ready to post this!

Mary Autumn's 4th B-day

On December 5th, Mary Autumn turned four! Since she has a December birthday we made her a snowman cake, which we did last year too on her 3rd birthday. On that day I looked back to when she was a tiny newborn, just brought home from the hospital. She was the only one in our family that was not born at home. The reason she wasn't was because while my mom was in labor Mary Autumn decided that she was not going to come out. She put up her elbow, which made it impossible for her to come. That really showed her personality...she is the same as she was then, determined, and headstrong. In the morning of the day Mary Autumn was born I woke up and was surprised to see, my aunt (who is the assistant), Dody (midwife), and Dearma, all there. I mean you don't usually wake up to see a bunch of relatives and friends standing there! But the minute I saw Dody there I knew what was going on. It was a pretty long birth (all day), well at least compared to Clare's birth (July 8th, 2008.) Andrea who is a cooking expert, (and loves it), immediately got on an apron and started simmering onions for soup, while setting me up dipping uncooked rolls into oil, which were to be cooked to go with the soup. By lunch time, Andrea had soup bubbling in the stove, and warm rolls cooling, ready to eat. I remember her insisting on Mama having a bowl of soup, and a roll. then by sometime between late afternoon-evening, they went to the hospital. All he kids sat down to watch the cartoon 'Lord of the Rings', until at 9:00 the phone rang... we had a new baby sister! I remember the first thing I asked was 'what color is her hair?' She is now four though and not the baby of the family any more, now we have adorable little Clare, for a baby. But I still remember the day as though it were yesterday. She is getting so big! But now I'll just sit back and watch 5 month old Clare grow up! (not that I'm that eager for her to!) : )

Food

Check this out!

These are people around the world and how much they spend on food

per week! It's real interesting!

The last one is really amazing! Imagine spending that little a week on food.

1. Germany - $500 a week for food

2. North Carolina, USA - $341.98 a week for food

3. Japan - $317.25 a week for food

4. Italy - $260 a week for food

5. Great Britain - $253 a week for food - I wonder if the dog on the table is part of the diet?!?

6. Kuwait - $221.45 a week for food

7. Mexico - $189.09 a week for food

8. California, USA - $160 a week for food - Apparently it’s cheaper to eat on the West Coast of the U.S.A than the East Coast. See North Carolina above.

9. Beijing, China - $155.06 a week for food

10. Poland - $151 a week for food

11. Egypt - $68.53 a week for food

12. Mongolia - $40 a week for food

13. Ecuador - $31.55 a week for food

14. Bhutan - $5 a week for food

15. Breidjing Camp - $1.23 a week for food!!! {Sudanese refugees in Chad}

Our cutie!

Watch this video to see how big our little cutie is getting!

Awwwwwwww!

Gingerbread Cookies

Today I made Gingerbread cookies (known in our house as Gingerman Bread). The recipe made three dozen cookies! So we have lots of leftovers. Everybody enjoyed them, and I made frosting, so my siblings got to frost their own cookie. The younger kids slathered enormous quantities of frosting all over their cookies, but I liked how Gianna took her time and carefully frosted her cookie, and carefully put on little eyes, buttons, and a mouth, with a toothpick. Everybody enjoyed the crispy, crunchy cookies, and I'm glad I made them.

A Good Thanksgiving

Clare, propped up with pillows, at Thanksgiving dinner, watching everything going on all around her.

There was a rocky hill along the trail that looked fun to climb, We stopped for awhile to climb all over it.

Hope that everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our family, after church, went on a bike ride along the old railroad grade in Tuolumne, and everybody had a great time. It was pretty cold at our house but (since the railroad grade has lots of space) it was pretty warm there and so, with everybody speeding all around on bikes (boys racing, girls at normal speed), we all made our way up the trail and back again. Dearma came with us to help my mom, and just be with her grand kids on Thanksgiving Day. After that we rushed home to prepare for Thanksgiving dinner at my Aunt's house. After a filling dinner we all climbed into the car, eager to get home. With my stomach full and my mind content I happily tumbled into bed and fell to sleep. I had a great Thanksiving Day!

Pumpkin pie and more!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Pumpkin pies, turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes! It really is a time to give thanks for all you have. I think that I am thankful for my house, family, food. Imagine the people who sleep in cardboard boxes, have no friends or family, and have to beg for money to buy food. Above is a picture of a pumpkin pie that I made for my family for Thanksgiving. Dearma (grandma), came and helped me make the crust. She was a great help, I would have done it absolutely wrong without her help. I also made cranberry sauce, and my mom is making a cheesecake (her favorite!) Leave a comment saying what you are thankful for.