My Wonderful Mom

Since Thursday our family has been fighting the flu that has been going around. I caught it Friday night and on Saturday and Sunday I pretty much did nothing except lay on the couch or my bed. On Sunday night I called my mom to talk to her about my dad’s birthday party this next weekend and I told her that we were all sick. The next morning she calls back to tell us she is on her way over (a 2 hr. drive one way) with a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup. I told her that she probably shouldn’t come because I didn’t want her to get sick but she said she wanted to come any way. Along with the soup she brought garlic bread, lemon lime soda, hard candy for sore throats, oranges, fruit salad, and a bunch of veggies from her garden. As you can see we were totally spoiled.

Austin, Karissa, Brendan, and I are all still sick today though feeling much better. Tyler seems to be totally better. Ethan and Aleigha are just now getting sick, and Jacob started feeling sick Sunday and still is today though it didn’t hit him very hard thankfully.  So please keep us in your prayers.                   -Angie

Point of view

Optimist : The glass is half-full.









Pessimist : The glass is half-empty.







Realist : Yep. That's a glass, alright.








Idealist : One day, cold-fusion from a glass of water will provide unlimited energy and end war.








Capitalist : If I bottled this and gave it a New Agey sounding name, I could make a fortune.







Communist : This drink belongs to every single one of us in equal measure.








Conspiracist : The government is fluoridating the water for mind-control purposes.








Sexist : This glass isn't gonna refill itself, honeybun...








Nihilist : The glass does not exist, and neither do I.









Opportunist : There's a funny t-shirt in here somewhere.







This came from http://chamyen.blogspot.com/

Monopoly

Hasbro just came out with a joint venture including Google to allow for an online Monoply experiance that is unique and in my opinion facinating.
You start out with 3 mil in Monopoly money and have the opertunity to purchase streets anywhere in the world then build on them and increase you wealth. This is a really cool game! You can find it at
http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/
If you sign up add me as a friend. My user name is The Wards

A great Visit

Today was a great day for visiting. My Dad, Mom, Grandma, and Nephew Matthew all made the trec over the hill just to see us (I think the grandkids are a big draw). We had a great time visiting and since this was the first time my Grandma has been here, we showed her around the house. It is funny that likely the next time she visits we will show her our new house as well (although we will own that one).
Of course since last time my parents visited we hooked them on the Wii, we turned it on again. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun playing even though I won everytime :).
Angie prepared an awsome feast including her famous (at least to us) BBQ pork sandwiches and those delicious seasoned potatoes. The cap to the meal was PIE! Blackberry and Apple WOW! I do belive this was the best blackberry pie I have ever eaten. Man she is amazing.
After they left we chilled for a while and then went to play tennis and work off some of those calories. Quite the full day.
As I write this I am reminded of just how much God has blessed me. He has provided me with a loving family, wonderful children, and most of all salvation and a real relationship knowing him. It pains me to see so many people wandering this world without him or maybe even worse telling themselves that they do know their god (little g) but not really having a connection to the creator by the ONLY way possible... Trust in Jesus Christ and his finished work on the cross. Yes that is right "It is finished" do not add anything else to it. It is not believe on Jesus and got to___ or believe in Jesus and do ______ . Romans 10:9 proclaims Believe on him and Confess and tho shall be saved. God is Good!

Exciting Changes

Well I know I haven't been blogging that much lately, but its been busy around here! For one we started school two weeks ago and that keeps me busy from 8a.m. till 3p.m. so with that and TRYING to keep my house clean (emphasis on trying) and my other responsibilities of being a wife and mom of 6 there hasn't been much time for being on the computer. For two on Jacob's days off and in the evenings we have been house hunting. We are most likely moving again, though not back to the Rogue Valley as we had planned, but instead we are staying right here in Klamath Falls. Now I know that may come as a surprise to you all after hearing us make so much fun of Klamath Falls but to tell you the truth it kind of grows on you. We all like it so much better here than we ever thought we would. So back to the house hunting, we found a house we really like and put an offer on it and it has been excepted so now all we are waiting on is the bank to appraise it and the inspections to all be done and if all that goes well we should have it buy the end of October or beginning of November. It is a newer house built in 2004 and has 4 bedrooms/2baths and a small den/office area that I am planning on making into our school room. It is on 1/2 an acre and the back yard is completely fenced and huge. Here is a couple of pics for now. More to come if we get it.

 

 

-Angie

Interesting

WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD TO LEARN

 

~ We must polish the Polish furniture.

 

~ He could lead if he would get the lead out.

 

~ The farm was used to produce produce.

 

~ The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

 

~ The soldier decided to desert in the desert.

 

~ This was a good time to present the present.

 

~ A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

 

~ When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

 

~ I did not object to the object.

 

~ The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

 

~ The bandage was wound around the wound.

 

~ There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

 

~ They were too close to the door to close it.

 

~ The buck does funny things when the does are present.

 

~ They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.

 

~ To help with planting,  the farmer taught his sow to sow.

 

~ The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

 

~ After a number of injections my jaw got number.

 

~ Upon seeing the tear in my clothes I shed a tear.

 

~ I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

 

~ How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

-Jacob

 

 

 

Movies we liked

Finally we are posting some of the movies we like as I mentioned some time ago. You MUST understand that we have a filter on our DVD player that removes bad language so there may be stuff here that has bad language in it. Also there are some movies here that were made for kids but we would not let our children watch until we are older.


1 A Trilogy of Parables
2 More Than Dreams
3 Ace of Hearts
4 Adventures in Odyssey: Baby Daze
5 Alaska
6 Amazing Grace
7 Another Perfect Stranger
8 Bella
9 Belle and the Beast: A Christian Romance
10 Between the Walls
11 Beyond the Next Mountain
12 Bible Challenge on DVD: KJV Old Testament
13 Brian Regan: Standing Up
14 Brian Regan: The Epitome of Hyperbole
15 Chonda Pierce: A Piece of My Mind
16 The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
17 Creatures That Defy Evolution: Vol. 1
18 Creatures That Defy Evolution: Vol. 2
19 Creatures That Defy Evolution: Vol. 3
20 Curious George
21 Daniel and the Lion's Den
22 Easter Story
23 Enchanted
24 End of the Spear
25 Ever After: A Cinderella Story
26 Extreme Engineering: Collection 1 (2-Disc Series)
27 Faith Like Potatoes
28 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
29 Fantastic Four
30 Flight 93
31 Flywheel
32 Goodnight, Mister Tom
33 Hangman's Curse
34 Hermie and Friends: Hermie
35 Hidden Secrets
36 Hometown Legend
37 Hotel Rwanda
38 I Am David
39 Icons of Evolution: Dismantling the Myths
40 In the Shadow of the Moon
41 Iron Man
42 Jane Eyre (2-Disc Series)
43 Jesus of Nazareth
44 Jonah and the Whale
45 Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
46 Kate & Leopold
47 Ken Davis: A Twisted Mind
48 Ken Davis Live: Good News
49 Ken Davis: Is It Just Me?
50 Ken Davis Live: I'm Not Okay
51 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
52 Kung Fu Panda
53 Little House on the Prairie (2-Disc Series)
54 Love's Unfolding Dream
55 Mansfield Park
56 Mark Lowry: Goes to Hollywood
57 Max Lucado 3:16
58 Mercy Streets
59 Miracle at Midnight
60 Miracle at Sage Creek
61 Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
62 Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
63 Moondance Alexander
64 Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend
65 Nancy Drew
66 National Treasure: Book of Secrets
67 Old Yeller / Savage Sam: Double Feature
68 Ordinary Miracles
69 Overcome
70 Pollyanna
71 Lightning and Other Forces of Nature
72 Roach Approach: Slingshot Slugger!
73 Sahara
74 Saints and Soldiers
75 Samantha: An American Girl Holiday
76 Saving Sarah Cain
77 Six: The Mark Unleashed
78 The 12 Dogs of Christmas
79 The Airbus A380: The Race to Build
80 The Animated Passion
81 The Book and the Rose
82 The Brooke Ellison Story
83 The Case for Christ
84 The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
85 The Clean Stand-Up Comedy Tour
86 The Count of Monte Cristo
87 The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold
88 The Genius Club
89 The Jane Austen Book Club
90 The Moment After
91 The Note
92 The Other Sister
93 The Reading Room
94 The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai
95 The Second Chance
96 The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
97 The Trial of Old Drum
98 The Wager
99 The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
100 The Way Back Home
101 Thou Shalt Laugh
102 Thou Shalt Laugh 2: The Deuce
103 Tonka Tough Truck Adventures: Biggest Show
104 Treasures of the Snow
105 Unidentified
106 VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's
107 Wemmicks: You Are Special
108 Where the Red Fern Grows
109 World Trade Center
110 Love's Enduring Promise
111 Love's Abiding Joy
112 The Cutting Edge
113 The Cutting Edge 3
114 The Bourne Ultimatum
115 The Bourne Identity
116 The Bourne Supremacy
-Jacob