Christmas time is so busy. We've had two concerts and my piano recital as well as going to my friend MIriam's voice concert. She had a beautiful solo with the highschool choir, it was an awesome concert. We also had another orchestra concert we went to as well as our annual church play which I got play music in =) I don't have any pictures from that because they all came out blurry.
This is a picture from our Christmas orchestra concert.
My piano teacher and I, afterwards.
That's all for now!
Merry Christmas!
~Ness
...Well, I've been given more than Regis ever gave away
I was a dead man who was called to come out of my grave
I think it's time for makin' some noise
~~~
Wake the neighbors!
Get the word out
Come on, crank up the music, climb a mountain and shout
This is life we've been given, made to be lived out
So, la, la, la, la, live out loud
~~~
Every corner of creation is a living declaration
Come join the song we were made to sing
~~~
Wake the neighbors
Get the word out
Come on, crank up the music, climb a mountain and shout
This is life we've been given, made to be lived out
So, la, la, la, la, live out loud
...Well, I've been given more than Regis ever gave away
I was a dead man who was called to come out of my grave
I think it's time for makin' some noise
~~~
Wake the neighbors!
Get the word out
Come on, crank up the music, climb a mountain and shout
This is life we've been given, made to be lived out
So, la, la, la, la, live out loud
~~~
Every corner of creation is a living declaration
Come join the song we were made to sing
~~~
Wake the neighbors
Get the word out
Come on, crank up the music, climb a mountain and shout
This is life we've been given, made to be lived out
So, la, la, la, la, live out loud
On the 12th, I recently had a birthday.
I am really sorry I haven't blogged in so long, but I don't think I can really think of any better excuse other than the fact that things have been a little busy lately, particularly a week or two ago.
For one, on Friday, it was possible that the weather would, unfortunately, show to ice on the next day, Saturday (my birthday, the 12th).
Had we known this earlier, we probably would've had my birthday on Friday.
I was pretty depressed that day (okay, I don't really like the word "Depressed", so I think I'll just go with "Melancholy")no one might be able to make-it for my birthday. :(
They said that it would probably clear-up by Sunday (the day I would have my Piano Recital [Oh, and Levi, tooit would be his first one :)]), but I was still pretty upset.
Luckily, it turned-out Visa VersaSaturday was fine, and I had a great birthday, while Sunday had some ice (luckily, we managed to get to our Recital, too :D).
When I can get a hold of the video, I will show you our (Meaning Levi and I) recital. :)
-Isaac Aaron Buckley
P.S: Oh! I almost forgot! Today, Mummy made me a new e-mail (I haven't had one for a long time)! :)
Hey! I have some really exciting [and a little bit sad] news!!!
So I woke up yesterday morning and mom talk me they were expecting 1-3 inches of snow. I was excitied because Lynnie and her sisters were supposed to come over and carol and its really fun to carol in the snow! Anyway... This morning when I got up I was told that we are now expecting 3 inches today, A FOOT overnight and 3 more inches tomorrow!!!!!! The only bad thing is that, since its snowing so much, Lynnie and her family can't come over... =( But the snow is great and I think I'm going to go out in it soon! Dad says we have about 3 inches now so we may get more!!!! WAHOO!!!
;-)Syd
Hey. I made another blog. Here be the link: The Art of Breathing
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Just wanted to let everyone (all three people that read my blog :]) know that I am done blogging until January...I'm going to extremely busy and won't have much time to get on the computer.
So everyone have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! :)
Just don't forget what Christmas is really about...remember why it's called CHRISTmas. :)
Peace, love, joy,
Hi hi hi! I hope ya'll are having a simply wonderfultasticifying December. It is so strange to think that Christmas is only a week away! Can ya'll keep a secret? *whispers* I haven't finished all of my Christmas shopping. I still need to get my mom's and uncle's, but at least I KNOW what I'm going to get them.
My sisters and I opened our presents to each other. I got Emma Super Llama (inside joke, but it was a llama stuffed animal that I put a cape on), and I got Hailey a watch (but she knew I was getting it for her, she told me to get it =P) Emma got me the movie Up. I love that movie, it's so sweet. Hailey is making our presents, and she isn't done yet, she's making us each an apron. =)
It snowed a little outside today! =D I'm excited, I really hope it will snow more later on.
Here, I found a little trailer type thingy for Little Dorrit. It doesn't give you much idea of what it's about, but I couldn't find any other one. *swoons when she sees Arthur* ;-) Silly girl moment, sorry.
Oh, I just thought of something to say. Surprise surprise, I'm taking Driver's ED in January. *scary music* I've been putting it off, but mom asked me if I would prefer to do it in January or April, and I don't know what came into me, but I said January.
I was just thinking, when Christmas is over, I don't really want to go back to my hobbit hole template. I really like it, I'm just done with it now. Any ideas as to what kind of template I should get next?
God Bless You,
Taylor
Question of the Day
What are your three favorite movies?
Quote of the Week
The Bookshelf
Julie from Maine asked us in a previous post if we could list the books that were on our shelf :-D So we decided that intstead of only posting about one or two books like we usually do, we'd give the titles of everything we have on that shelf : ) We love books and are happy to share the titles with you all! Beware...it's long!
Girl of the Limberlost ~ Gene Stratton Porter
Freckles ~ Porter
The Lamplighter ~ Cummins
Pollyanna ~ Eleanor Porter
Pollyanna Grows Up ~ Porter
That Printer of Udells ~ Harold Bell Wright
Little Women ~ Alcott
The Quiet Little Woman ~ Alcott
The Hidden Hand ~ E.D.E.N. Southworth
The Lost Clue ~ Walton
The House of Love ~ Elizabeth Cheney
"WE" ~ Charles Lindberg
Robinson Crusoe ~ Defoe
Hinds Feet on High Places ~ Hannah Hurnard
Mountains of Spices ~ Hurnard
The Wide, Wide World, volumes 1 and 2 ~ Susan Warner
Home Comforts ~ Cheryl Mendelson
Keep A Quiet Heart ~ Elliot
The Island Queen ~ R.M. Ballantyne
Evidence Not Seen ~ Darlene Deibler Rose
Dorie: The Girl Nobody Loved ~ Dorie Van Stone
The Basket of Flowers ~ Christoph von Schmid
Rosa of Linden Castle ~ Schmid
Little Faith ~ O.F. Walton
Princess Ka'iulani ~ Linnea
To Have and To Hold ~ Johnston
Colonel Thorndyke's Secret ~ G.A. Henty
Treasure of the Incas ~ Henty
The Cat of Bubastes ~ Henty
With Lee in Virginia ~ Henty
Captain Bayley's Heir ~ Henty
The Art of Illumintation ~ Patricia Carter
101 Motifs for Thread Crochet
Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs
Daughters of Destiny ~ Wheeler
Teatime Treasures ~ T.J. Mills
Come to My Tea Party ~ Sandy Lynam Clough
Let's Have a Tea Party ~ Emilie Barnes
The Very Best Christmas Ever ~ Barnes
Alone Yet Not Alone ~ Leininger
Before You Meet Prince Charming ~ Sarah Mally
Relic Quest ~ Robert Cornuke
Ark Fever ~ Cornuke
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23
So Help Me God ~ Roy Moore
My Utmost For His Highest
Then Sings My Soul ~ a book of hymns and their stories
Talks to Girls ~ Hunter
How to Be a Lady ~ Harvey Newcomb
Are You Liberal? Conservative? or Confused? ~ Richard J. Maybury
Beautiful Girlhood
His Lady ~ T.D. Jakes
With Christ in the School of Prayer ~ Andrew Murray
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
The Birkenhead Drill
The Stouthearted Seven
Cabin in the North Woods ~ Charles Pearson
Cabin on the Prairie ~ Pearson
More Hours in My Day ~ Barnes
Journeys of Faithfulness ~ Clarkson
The Grandma's Attic Storybook
Video of the Week
Dominoes...done in a whole new way!
The Recipe Box
More Christmas recipes!!!
Marshmallow Apple Salad
I specifically remember our Grandma bringing this to all of our get togethers, and we all LOVE it!
3 to 4 apples, chopped
1-8 oz. container of Cool Whip
approx. 1 c. grapes, cut in half
2 stalks of celery, diced
approx. 3/4 to 1 c. sour cream
3/4 to 1 c. chopped nuts (opt.)
1/2 to 1 bag of mini marshmallows
Mix all together in a large bowl. Keep refrigerated :-)
Farmgirl Favorites ~ Favorite Christmas CD's
Click here to hear some of the samples of "An Evening in December" :-)
Click HERE for samples of "The Majesty and Glory of Christmas"
Samples of "To God All Praise and Glory, Vol. 5" 
The older ones of us Seven Sisters are realizing how much our little sisters have missed out in hardly knowing what a film camera is, getting to be on the computer at a much younger age than any of us were (because computers were much different when we were their age!), etc. : D That makes us sound very old, but really, lots has changed in the past 15 to 20 years!
Mommy was cleaning and found a bag of undeveloped film. She laid it on her computer desk and Charissa asked, "What are those?!"
When we were looking for a Christmas tree, we stick a weed or an old branch in a promising evergreen so that we can find it again if we want to come back to it. After finding a tree that we thought was worth putting into our "favorites", Charissa asked, "Did we bookmark that Christmas tree?"
Noah and Isaiah were chasing each other, and Noah wanted to stop for a minute to take off his socks. He called out to Isaiah, "Pause! Isaiah, pause!" Mommy said that when she was little, it was "times", not "pause"!
There is this Christmas e-card that the little ones have seen, and they happen to think it is funny enough to copy...here's Noah's version of it :-) I personally like Noah's better than Daysprings :-D If you can't see the video here on the blog, click HERE to see it.
Note: The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things. We try to post a new one every Friday. Hope you enjoy! ~The Farmgirls