Oi Vey... Sisters.

I think I almost died laughing when I saw that Esther had made this video.  

Seriously VERY funny!

Love,

Han

Learn Something New Every Day. (Ice Cream)

Wow, I love ice cream!  And for all of you who are asking right now, "then why don't you marry it."  My reply is...  Because I'm not old enough.  :P  (big joke in our family)

Alright, now on to the important part.  This post is for my good friend Rebecca, in remembrance of all the times that we snuck ice cream in the middle of the nigh, or... Come to think of it in the middle of the day too.  Remember when it got all over my pillow because Josiah came in when we were eating it?  Ya, good times.  

Anyway, I hope you enjoy these few tidbits about ice cream.  :)

Seriously making me want some ice cream!!

1. Twelve gallons of milk is needed to make 1 gallon of ice cream.

2. 50 licks are required to finish off a cone with a single scope of ice cream.

3. Immigrants were served ice cream as part of their welcome meal at Ellis Island.

4. Air is the most important ingredient in ice cream as it is needed to keep the ice cream soft.

5. President Ronald Reagan declared July as national ice cream month in the United States.

6. More men (13%) admit to licking their ice cream bowl clean than women (8%)!


7. Kids aged 2-12 and adults over 45 eat the most ice cream!


8. The 3rd Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day!


Love,
Han

Christmas Tree. Oh, Christmas Tree.

I am behind in posting...  I guess that is a good thing though because that means I have been busy doing things to tell you all a about, right?  I sure hope so anyway.

Well, every year we go up in the mountains with a bunch of friends and get christmas trees.  This year was no exception, we got very, very, very, wet.  It was raining, big surprise there huh?... Not, when is it ever not raining here?  Oh well, without all of our lovely rain we couldn't go out and pick a lovely, perfect, christmas tree (they call this the evergreen state for a reason, it is literally green forever).  I have to say that it just wasn't the same with no snow up there this year, I was sad, I might have shed a sorrowful tear or two, but shhhh.. don't tell anybody, that's just embarrassing.

I wasn't able to get very many pictures of our wet adventures, but the ones that I did get I will share with you.  :)  Do you feel special?  I hope so.  :P

I think I took more pictures on the way up there than I actually did while we were up there.

Mesh and Seth...  Being cheesy...  Don't tell them I said that.  heeheehee

I love my little bro!

Good friends.

SO CUTE!

Theres our Smurf man. That sounds so mean but...  Seriously.

Eureka!  We found it!

A very wet Liberty.  :)

Wow...  He looks great *cough* *cough* in this picture.  I had to get one of him putting the tree on the van ok?  Don't get mad at me.  :)

Lydia is always so photogenic!  I am so jealous.  I don't think I have ever seen a picture that I didn't like of her. 

Dad coming to run me over for being in the road...  I probably deserved it.  I do think that the light looks cool in this picture though.

Best Friends...  Almost sisters!

Loooook, it's my baby brothers.  Awwww, aren't they cute?  Ok...  Don't answer that.

Some of the best people in the world!

Later that night after we had gotten all dry and everything like that, Naomi and Izzy decided to sleep under the tree.  It was soooooo...  cute.  

Just for kicks and giggles, here is a picture of THE cutest pig I have ever seen.  Ahh, I want one!  Isn't it cute?  I love pigs!

Ok, so that was our christmas tree expedition!   We had so much fun!  We love going out into the wilderness and conquering one of it's most  fearsome adversaries....  The pine tree...  Yes they are dangerous, but it is as they say...  "Veni vidi dorfi"  translation, "We came, We saw, We dorfed."  Ok well maybe that's not exactly how they say it but I like it that way better.  

Happy New Year Everyone!!  I hope you all had a great christmas!  and I also hope that I did not bore you too much with out christmas tree shenanigans.

Love,

Han 

Family Photo.

Merry Christmas!  And a Happy New Year! 

Zach, Tammy, Josiah, Hannah, Meshach, Seth, Esther, Keziah,
 Lydia, Naomi, Israel, Liberty and Justice!

"There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you."
                                                                 ~Deuteronomy 12:7~


Love,
Han

Thanksgiving.

Oh my, I am a little late in posting this but...  Oh well, you will just have to deal with it.

I thought that with this post I would write down a few things that I was thankful for since I didn't get to do it earlier.  So, this will be two posts very mixed and mingled into one, so much so that you wont be able to make out which post was supposed to be which.

So for thanksgiving we had oh so much food, and oh so much fun, and an oh so huge turkey, actually we had two huge turkeys.  It was yummy, it was fun, it was a lot of work, it was in short wonderful.  And man oh man, that tryptophan sure did a number on me.  :)  I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open!

I think though out of anything my favorite part of the meal is the dessert!  Seriously, sweets are my thing, I love sugar and candy, so when dessert rolled around I was very happy, and believe me we had a lot of it.  What is your favorite part of the thanksgiving meal?

1. I am thankful for wonderful fathers that love the Lord, and their families.

Dad was cutting up the turkey and he couldn't resist having a little snack while he was at it.

2.  I am thankful for precious time spent with friends and family.

They worked on this puzzle so hard ad didn't even finish.  It was sad.  

3.  I am thankful for little boys that make me smile and laugh, like this one.

Little Bradley is quite the cowboy.  Him and Naomi get along very well.  hehehe.

 4.  for long fun conversations with dear sisters in Christ.  It was great catching up with the A. family.  :)

We had so much fun laughing and talking with these girls. 

5.  For growing up sisters who get to be better and better at helping around the house all the time.

Lydia was very tired by the end of the day.  

6.  For the time consuming art of putting together puzzles.  I am afraid I am not very good at it, I don't have enough patience to ever finish one.  :)

I think Charles was there at that puzzle most of the evening.

7.  For childhood buddies, that turn into life long friends.

These guys are so cute.  (Yes, Naomi is in this picture)

8.  For mama's that take care of and love you forever and always.  And cook awesome turkeys at thanksgiving.  :)

This turkey weighed 34 lbs.  It. Was. Huge.

I know, these guys were the center of attention that night.  :)

 9.  For precious babies, that grow into godly (in this case) young men.

Just to put your mind at ease.  No he is not dying, that purple stuff on his mouth is from 'gentian violet' and it is for thrush.  I can't believe how big he is getting!

I think that they were doing cheers here.  It was so cute to watch them.  :)

 10.  I am thankful that God provided the means for us to have a thanksgiving feast.  God is indeed good.

What is a thanksgiving day without sparkling cider anyway?  

 11. For huge tables that everyone can fit around.  :)  Dad and Josiah built this table for mom last christmas.  It is pretty awesome!

This is our table picture.  Usually for thanksgiving we set the table really nice but we didn't do that this year.  I think it had something to do with not wanting to break anymore nice plates.  Hopefully we will do that for christmas.  I always love eating out of pretty dishes, it makes the food taste that much better.  haha.

He was drinking Apples Cider out of the bottle.  I had to get a picture.

Alan looks very creepy in this picture.  On a side note...  He did make some very yummy food for all of us!  It was delicious.

 12.  I am thankful for Dessert.  It has seriously saved me from having a complete mental breakdown.  Ok, so maybe I exaggerated a little but, ya know.

Robyn made a really yummy pumpkin pie.

Charles made this.  It was kinda like a fruit pizza but not.  It was really yummy!

Mama and Lydia made this. One of my personal favorites...  Lemon Meringue Pie.  

Keziah and I made a cheesecake!  It was so yummy.  I don't know why I have never made one before.

My beautiful sis.

The A family!  Thanks so much for coming we had a fun time visiting and catching up with y'all!

13.  And last but certainly not least, I am thankful for Gods providence, I am thankful that He sent His son to die for us on the cross, and that He is in control.

Love,
Han

¹⁵And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
~Colossians 3:15~

LOLZ.

They posted this on a friends facebook page for their birthday.

Because my bros are awesome like dat.  

Love,

Han

P.S.  I can't believe I just did that as my title....  Oh well, as some one very special to me once said, "If that offends than, God will give you the grace to get over it." :P

Learn Something New Every Day. (Coffee)

Today I am going to tell you about something very near and dear to my heart...  Coffee.  Getting to make coffee for church in the mornings every sunday has definitely given me a much greater appreciation for the drink and on top of that I just love coffee.  Only when bought pre-made though I don't do the whole, coffee at home thing, unfortunately for my wallet.  


I am going to dedicate this post to Shay, because she just loves coffee.  I also dedicate it to Josh S.  Because I am so sorry that my brother handed you that first cup, hopefully someday you will be able to loose yourself from  it's evil bonds, I have hope you will return to your former happy self that you were before you tasted the stuff. 

1. Caffeine Can Kill You
But you'd have to drink 80 to 100 cups in a hurry, health experts say. I advise not trying.


2. Coffee is actually the second most widely-traded commodity in the world, behind oil.


3. Decaffeinated coffee sales are at their highest in January of each year, partially due to New Year's resolutions.


4. While coffee is best known as a beverage  of choice, coffee also can be used as a moisturizer and fertilizer, among other unconventional uses.


5. One coffee tree yields only about one pound of roasted coffee each year.  Which would explain why it is so expensive,


6. Coffee can lift your mood, make you happier, and make you feel better. It alleviates depression.

7. Coffee can protect your teeth from cavities.

8. Coffee can be used to dye paper and fabrics. If you put the beans in hot water their colour will start to come out. You can use that water to dye fibres.

I hope you enjoyed these few tidbits of info.  Merry Christmas Everyone!  (just pretend that you can see me waving...  OK?)

Love,

Han

Do I Really?

As I sit here applying my red lipstick for no particular reason, wishing for a cup of tea (yes in a tea cup :)), coloring on a tee-shirt, and listening to Sara Bareilles.  A thought...  A question actually, occurred to me, one that has frequented my frontal lobe quite a few times during my very extended stay on this planet we call earth...

The question is...  Do I look like my mother?

 I have never thought that I really looked like my mom really at all, I had always thought that I looked more like my great grandma.  So, to settle a long disputed argument, please help me decide who I look more like.

(I did them all in black and white because the oldest one was in black and white so I couldn't really change it.)

Me.

My Great Grandmother

My Mother.

Please vote on the poll in the sidebar!