Snow!

By Amanda

We have at least a foot of snow, which makes for pretty good sledding. 



When asked if she was scared going sledding Hannah replied, "No, I just close my eyes."
"Why?"  Daddy asked
"It's to scary."
But that didn't stop her from going down the hill constantly.



Daddy and Hannah wiped out

Santa Claus Hold-up

By Megan

Here's the lastest installment in our famous series of Life is Good pictures.  This one is drawn by myself and Christmas themed.

Throw them Away

Amanda

Tonight we opened up ornaments from Grandma and Grandpa Siebert, after we had opened, the little ones got up to go, leaving behind the wrapping paper strewn all over the floor.   So Mommy calls "Wait, what do you do after opening presents?"
Ben looks around and declares, "Throw them out."
He meant throw out the wrapping paper, but he failed to specify that. 

Snowman Day

By Amanda

Now you are probably wondering what snowman day is.  That is an excellent question.  So I shall explain.  Snowman day is a Nisly holiday, the day we all dress up as snowman and eat snowman food and be generally snowmanny.  Reference pictures for what snowman food looks like and how to dress as a snowman.

Amanda's snowman pancake



Ben's snowman pancake



Megan in costume, making pancakes

Amanda and her dinner snowman

Megan's snowlady

Invasion!

The Great Animal Invasion began on Tuesday when friends dropped their dog and 2 cats off for us to watch over Thanksgiving.  So now the total score is 8 humans to 6 animals, 5 cats and 1 dog.  Humans in the lead. 

The next day Mommy brought Daddy to work and then ran some errands.  Us children back home had a pretty typical day, until Mommy calls and tells us to open the garage door because she has a large stray dog in the car that she wants to put in the basement.  We all looked at each other and made a mad dash for the door, schoolwork forgotten.  Sure enough sitting in the car is a large dog who looked part english pointer part beagle.  Score 7 humans (Daddy being at work) to 7 animals, 2 dogs 5 cats.  Tied! 

The stray dog had a collar on so we called the number, but no one answered.  Since it was the middle of the afternoon the owner was probably at work, so we left a message.  Then we looked at the address.  The dog was from the far side of a neighboring town, 14 miles away!  This unfortunately leaving us with alot more questions than answers we settled down to wait for the owner to call back.  That night the owner did call back and explained the dogs presence.  The dog, who's name was Buck, was being trained by the mans son who lives right around the corner from us and had escaped while the son was at work.  The son was already looking for him.  So we gave him our address and he came and picked up Buck.  Score 7 humans to 6 animals.  Humans in the lead once again.

Amanda

Scouting News

By Nathan

Last weekend, my Boy Scout troop and I went backpacking at the Durland Scout Reservation in NY.  It was only two miles in to our campsite, which was right on the lake.  We hiked up to a nearby peak where you could see all the way to New York City.  After that we went on another hike. 
My Scoutmaster is obsessed with group pictures.  Whatever peak we come to, or whenever there's a nice view of the lake, he always makes us stand there and he always takes a group picture.
After every trip my Scoutmaster gives a long speech about how well we did and what we could improve on.  Sometimes he doesn't even talk about the trip, he just gives an inspirational talk on life.
We made two fires at camp and had a great time despite the cold.  We hiked up to the peak again that night to see New York City all lit up.
The next morning the wind was very strong.  We packed up and hiked out quickly.  Nobody wanted to hang around in the cold.

Also, yesterday  I earned the rank of Tenderfoot.  For the last requirement you have to attend a Board of Review.  A Board of Review is where the adults review the requirments with you to make sure you met them.  I went into a side room with three adults and my patrol leader introduced me.  Then they analyzed my uniform to make sure I was wearing it correctly.  Then I sat down and they asked me questions to make sure I had met the requirments and since this is my first Board of Review they explained how it all works.  I passed and achieved the rank of Tenderfoot!

May the Force be with you

  

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Sorry about the small pictures.  I had to shrink them to get them all to fit next to each other.  You can click on any picture to see it larger.