Year in Review: 2012

2012 has been a great year for our family.  We have grown and changed, made new friends, and done new things .  One of the biggest things to happen to us this year is to add a new member of the family.  Twitch died in middle of January, after being with us for almost 12 years.  We weren't planning on adding another cat until one of the others kicked the the can, but as He so often does, God had other plans. 

At the end of June, while making a regular trip to our local Publix, we noticed a kitten run across a side road and into a storm cauldron.  Mom decided that a tiny kitten needed to be rescued and so thirty minutes, a half a can of wet cat food, and a lot of prayer later, we had a new cat.  At first while we played the it's-a-boy-it's-a-girl game, we called her Stormy since we found her in a storm drain and she is grey and white.  Once the vet confirmed that she is a girl "Stormy" didn't seem to fit.  We finally decided on "Milli", short for Millimeter since she was and is so small.  Later "Milli" changed to "Millie", short for "Millicent" although Jacqueline still insists on Millimeter.

 

This cat was from the first wild and crazy.  Don't believe us?  Here's the proof she inhaled to many car fumes... 

This one makes us giggle like crazy.

 

In this picture, Millie is playing with her tail while draped over the back of a chair.

 

The rest of the year has been full of smaller but still enjoyable things.

  In January, Ron Paul made a campaign stop 30 minutes from our house and we HAD to go.

 

 

 

 

   March meant an Aquarium trip.

 

 April saw all new windows in our house.

In September we spent several enjoyable days visiting Miss Laura and her kids. We also took a day trip to Madison and stopped at a local tea house.

 

 

(photo credit)

All the other days are filled with friends, silliness, projects and just enjoying the time that God has given us with each other. We pray that next year will be another year of growth and enjoyment.

Friday Night Fun

 

 As Mom and Dad spent Friday night at a church function, Jacqueline and I decided to have some fun while they were out.  We made ourselves one of our favorite dinners, watched a chick flick and tried some hairstyles for a party we are going to soon.  We had a lot of fun just hanging out having girl time, and we think that we will make Mom and Dad go out more often.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost done...

 

 

Jacqueline also decided to clean our makeup brushes while she was at it.

 

 

 

She said I wasn't holding still enough.

 

Even cleaning the kitchen can be fun if you know how to go about it.

 

 

Catch-up

So... I'm behind in blogging, again. I guess it means that I have a real life and don't spend all my time tied to a computer :0)

  At the end of October our church held a  Reformation Day celebration complete with pie and chili contests, feasting, chit-chatting, a three-legged race and other games , a presetation of some of the more un-known but justly deserving of fame mayters of the Christian faith, and the finally the  no-party-would-be-complete-without-activity: dancing. I'd never danced before, so it was really fun to try.  I am quite positive that I could have danced until dawn if I only had someone to dance with!  One of these days we will have to try that. ( Just in case anybody was wondering Posties Jig is my absolute, all time favorite.) 

 When you get a gaggle of girls together, there is always plenty to talk about!

 

Spectators of the ...

Egg and Spoon race

 

Me and Marta

Decorations

 

Isn't this a gourgous picture?  My friend Corina took all the pictures of the Reformation Day celebrations and was kind enough to let me use them.  If you want to see more of her amazing pictures, you can go to her blog, For His Glory. 

 

 

 

But, life isn't all parties and visiting.  Besides schoolwork, facinating books that beg to be read, and my job at the library, there are also my projects.  I have been working for most of the year off and on making blankets to take to the local NICU.

 

 

 

 

We have also been making a ton of soap to give as Christmas presents. We decided to make five different kinds, a goat's milk body soap scented with gardena, a peppermint and teatree wake-up bar, a rum and coconut shaving cream, a espresso bar, and a sandlewood bar.  We started making soap a year ago and loved the results. So we have spent the last year trying different recipes, finding the ones we like the best, and getting the process down.  I didn't realize until not that long ago that you can make landry and dish soap! Definatly a project for the new year!

 

 

 

 

So, I think I am caught up, for now that is.  

 

Thanksgiving

 

 

For the beauty of the earth,

For the glory of the skies,

For the love which from our birth, Over and around us lies, Over and around us lies
Lord of all to thee we raise, This our joyful hymn of praise


For the beauty of the hour, of the day and of the night
Hill and vale,

And tree and flower
Sun and moon and stars of light





( Me and Jacqueline, ages 2& 6)

For the joy of human love
Brother, sister, parent, child
Friends on earth
And friends above
For a gentle thoughts and mild, For a gentle thoughts and mild
Lord of all to thee we raise, This our joyful hymn of praise

For each perfect gift of thine
To our race so freely given
Graces human and divine
Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n
Flow'rs of earth and buds of heav'n


Lord of all to thee we raise
This our joyful hymn, our joy ful hymn of praise
This our joyful hymn of praise

 For the Beauty of the Earth- Words by John Rutter

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