Working together - Chris and Jennifer

Today we all drove down to the fountain and removed the deck that covers the fountain during winter.

We were really glad we had such good helpers. The deck came off slick as a whistle!! It didn't even take us as long as we thought it might.

Here are some pics of the event!

Photo Album

I put a whole bunch of pictures up.

They are at Chris' pictures

Ben - Yesterday's Blog

Yesterday I got up and did my list. I walked to school and went to math. After school, I had an after school snack and finished my homework. After I finished, I cleaned up the kitchen and played on Super Mario Galaxy.

Jacob's Monday Blog - (Typist has been sick)

I woke up and I ate brekfast. I went to walk with Kirsten. I got groceries. I made dinner. I ate dinner. I almost had my list done. I cleaned my room.

Oh well.

Kirsten - Yesterday

Yesterday, we cleaned up the house a whole bunch. I was able to use the new vacuum to vacuum the whole house. It was great. We also watched Rumpelstiltskin. But not too much happened.

Jacob's Blog for Friday

I woke up and I ate breakfast. I wait for the bus. I went to the school. I went to music. I went to bowling. I went to lunch. I got home. I went into the car. I pick up John and Matt. I was talking in the car. I got the party stuff. I went back home.

and that's it.

Jacob's Blog

I woke up and I had my usual breakfast of cereal. I had lots of cereal. Lots of lots of cereal. I went to school. I went to team sp. I went to lunch. I went to math, so I got puzzled when I got confused. I went to the park when I'm going into the video game business. I went to taco bell. Soon I went to boy scouts. Went back home.

That's it.

Dad - Ouch

I just learned that the scout five mile hike was actually 7.5 miles and 1000ft change in the vertical.

My foot told me that days ago....Used a cane today.

Canes are cool, good for catching kids.

John-Michael - I have a stomach ache

Yesterday I woke up. I went to school then I had breakfast. I basically had a normal day up until lunch. I was feeling a little sick to my stomach ever since the morning. But then at lunchtime just as we were about to line up to go back to our classroom, I felt like I was about to throw up and so I DASHED out of the lunchroom without even asking for a pass.

Then I threw up in the toilet and someone came and said that when I was done I should go and go to the clinic. So they told me to lie down for a little while and then my teacher came into the clinic came into the clinic and told them that I had already thrown up and so they told me to go get my stuff and get ready to leave. And then my mom came to get me and I lay down in my bed for most of the rest of the day.

Later I came down to watch a chess game. I ate two fries and then I went to my room and I read for a while. Then I went to bed.

Jacob's post he wrote yesterday!

I woke up and I had breakfast. I had cereal for breakfast. I did my jobs. I had lunch. I had pizza for lunch. I went back to sleep. Soon I woke up. I got ready to go to Ci Ci's pizza.

That's all?

Missed Kirsten's Sunday post

Here it is!!

Yesterday, I went to the movies with two of my friends. We went and saw a movie called, "La Misma Luna" for extra credit in spanish class. It was so cute! But my favorite character was arrested and sent back to Mexico (he was an illegal immigrant) which was a shame.

When I got home, Dad and my brothers were back from their scout hike. Dad was really tired so he took a nap.

Jacob - Hiking

I woke up and I ate breakfast. I had cereal for breakfast. I got my backpack ready to go. I went hiking and I got sunburned because I wouldn't let dad put on the sunscreen. I had lunch. I had peanutbutter and jelly burrito. I had a good time at hiking.

I went home. I went shopping with Jennifer. While we were out we got dinner for everyone. I had burrito for dinner. Those burritos had beans in them not peanutbutter and jelly.

I wrote my blog and then I had dessert. Jennifer made strawberry shakes. It tasted good!

At the bedtime I went to the bed.

That's it!

Jacob's Blog

I woke up. I had breakfast. I had cereal for breakfast. i went to school. i went to gym. I make a snack. I went to team sp. I ant to have lunch. I went to math. I went to home. I got the party food. I went back home. At the home, I had party food for dinner, and I went to bed.

That's all.

Ben's Blog

Yesterday (Friday) I got up and hurried off to school. I had my ususal classes and then school ended. Chess Club was that day so I called Jennifer to ask if I could go. She said, "Yes," so I stayed. i beat some kids and went home. Jennifer and Jacob already had gone shopping for "Party Friday". We ate donuts, pringles, cotton candy, popcorn, and we each got a cheeseburger (Jennifer made them from scratch!). We watched "Mr. McGorium's Wonder Emporium" and "Stuart Little". After that, we went to bed.

The End

Kirsten - Thursday's post

Yesterday, I went to school. Not too much happened yesterday. We started/finished the unit on ecology yesterday. Ecology is such a broad subject though, I think we should've worked more on it. We didn't even get through that much. We're also reading Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka in English. Finally, we also watched the 3 episode of La Catrina; El Ultimo Secreto in Spanish. I also helped a friend of mine pass out coupons so he can get a free tuxedo rental for prom. That's really it though.

Jacob - I'm not very good at volleyball

I woke up. I ate breakfast. I had cereal for breakfast. I went to school. At Team SP I'm not very good at volleyball.

-soccer
-golf
-dodgeball
-baseball
-soccerball
-boxing
-tennisball
-tennis

I had lunch. I had a peanutbutter and jelley sandwich for lunch. I went to math. Soon I went to home. I did my homework. I had dinner. Soon I went to bed.

That's all.

Jacob - Good News!

Yesterday I woke up. I ate breakfast. I had cereal. I waited for the bus and when the bus came I went to school. Then I went to Luthren after choir and I worked with the papers. Then I had snack but not snack and I had lunch. I had a peanutbutter and jelley sandwich for lunch. And then I went to math but not math because it was a blue day.

I went home. I did my homework, my blog, cleaned the boy's bathroom, and made my lunch. Also, I laid out my clothes for today. I went to boy scouts. I played kickball, I learned how to tie the camping knot and the shoe and the camping for the square knot.

On the way home dad bought us ice cream cones. Then I went home to bed. I had a good day!

Kirsten - Spanish

Yesterday I went to school. In Spanish Class we watched La Catrina; El Último Secreto (episodio dos). It was very dramatic. It's the second episode of the second season of La Catrina. It's about Don Silvestre's attempt to get his revenge on Jamie and Carlos.

That's really all I did. It was not an exciting day.

Jacob - Good Day

I woke up. I ate breakfast. I had cereal. I went to school. I went to swimming. I went back to school. I ate lunch. I had peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I went to math. I went back home. I did my homework. I ate dinner. I had scrambled eggs and green beans. I went to bed.

That's all.

Jennifer/Mom - Snow!!

This morning it snowed some more! We couldn't resist taking some pictures!

...ok, uploading pictures isn't working right now...I'll try again later.





It finally worked!

Jacob - Poop?

I woke up. I almost did my list? I had dinner. I ate and ate? I tryed to take the poop. Oh, no, here we go. And then, I did my laundry.

Oh, well.

Kirsten - Blog

Yesterday I spent the whole day doing homework. I worked all day on my extended essay. I eventually decided my topic is, "How is the French Revolution and Napoléon's reign the turning point in French Warfare?" It's a good thing this isn't due until fall.

John-Michael also came back from CA. But other than that, nothing really exciting happened.

Matt - Cleaning Up the House

Yesterday I helped clean up the house. First I had to do my list. It took about one hour to do my list (I goofed off a little) and it took four hours to do the other jobs (there was more goofing around). Finally, after that I went to bed.

Jacob - Play Time

I woke up. I almost did my list. I did my reading. I had lunch. I had corn dogs for lunch. I had breakfast. I had cereal for breakfast. I had play time. I picked the toy. I had dinner. I had grilled cheese sandwich for dinner. I did my job.

That's all

Kirsten - Pep Assembly

Yesterday I went to school. We had a pep assembly that was two hours long instead of one. One of my friends also decided she was going to try out for cheer leading next year (she used to be cheerleader). I also did well on my last math quiz. The only problem I missed was the one I needed another 30 secs to complete. But that's okay, I got everything else right and I'll still get point for showing my work on the one I didn't finish. I just get around to actually writing the answer. Oh well. I didn't really do much yesterday, I was simply exhausted.

Jacob - Dinner

I woke up. I ate breakfast. I had cereal for breakfast. I went to school. I went to music. I went to bowling. I went to lunch. I had peanut butter and jam sandwich for lunch. I went to home. I did my homework. I played with Ben Runyan. I had Chinese food for dinner. I went to bed.

That's all.

Ben - John leaves while we play

Yesterday I got up and did my list. I had to move quickly, since I was a little late. After I ran to school, I did my math test, did some work in science, played in P.E., I had advisement. Then I worked on my persuasive letter that is tue on Wednesday or Thursday. Then I had to read in S.S. since I finished my work. Then I played Candy Land in Spanish class. Then I went home and worked on my homework. John left for California. So then I played World of Warcraft, Chess, had Chinese food and watched a movie. Then I went to bed.

The End.

Matt - The Interesting Yesterday!

Yesterday I woke-up, got ready and went to school. After the boring long day of school I went home. Next, I finished my homework and played on World of Warcraft. Then, I played Alice. After that I got in PJ's and went back on Alice. Last, I played some more World of Warcraft and went to bed.

John-Michael - A very normal day

It was normal, very normal. I had raman for dinner. We ate raman while my mom read Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. Then I packed and then I went to bed.

Jennifer/Mom - Coordinating

It was fun last night changing the website. Choosing what we wanted to put up and sending tweets. It gave us something to do while we took care of the kids that kept waking up.

Coordinating this many peoples lives with all the details that go with it isn't easy. Chris and I really work hard to keep on top of everything but it is one tough deal. Fortunately we have been keeping this blog and that helps us remember the fun and goofy things we have done. It helps us keep our perspective. The videos we chose for the front page also help us with that.

We love YouTube. It has been a real stress reliever. Last night we laughed and laughed as we went through all the possible choices to post. It helps us remember that since this is the only life we KNOW we have we should enjoy it along the way and not take ourselves too seriously!

John-Michael - A normal day

I woke up, did my list as usual and got ready to go to school. I went to school. Then I ate breakfast. I had a normal school day.

Then I came back I did my homework and sort of messed around. Then I had dinner and then I went to bed.

Ben - My Movie Day

Yesterday I got up and did my list. I ate my breakfast and ran out the door and then had to go back because I forgot my planner. Then I went to school.

After school I came back and worked on my homework. I finished a lot of my homework. After that I watched "The Incredibles" in Spanish as part of my Spanish project. I had to write down friendly words and cognitives. Then I went to bed.

The End

Jacob - Blue Day

Yesterday I went to school. I went to men's choir. And then I ate lunch. I did freetime. I did activity with one of my teachers.

And then I went to home. I did my homework. Later I ate too much. Way too much. And then I went to bed.

That's all!

Matt - A game of "Go Fish"

Yesterday I woke up and got dressed. Then I packed my stuff and went to school and ate breakfast. Once I got home from school, I sort of started my homework.

Then once I got nearer to finishing my homework and I had dinner. Finally, I finished my homework and I played a fun game of "Go Fish" with Jennifer. Finally, I went to bed.

Jennifer/Mom - Our Re-Designed Home Page!!

We just redesigned our home page... Welcome to the Runyan's website

It has a few YouTube things we really enjoy and we also put up our other tweets! The Runyan Family Tweets can still be found on the family blog page.

Check it out!!

Ben - No scouts

Yesterday I got up and got ready for school. I ate breakfast and made my lunch. I got to school and went to my normal classes. After school I went home and worked on my homework. I ate dinner which was like hamburger helper only Jennifer made it from scratch.

After dinner I finished most of my Spanish project, which was no easy task. After that I went to bed.

The End.

Matt - A school day...

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, then messed around a little. Then I started to make sure everything was ready for school. I packed my lunch, talked to Jennifer a little, then I got my ride.

After that I ate breakfast and went to class. Finally, once I got home the dogs were out. I petted them a little and then I went up to dad and Jennifer and told them that I was home. Then I sort of started on my homework and mostly messed around. Finally, I got my homework done and then I went to bed.

John-Michael - April Fools Day

Yesterday, I woke up, I got ready for school, I went to school and a couple of people tried to trick me. At lunch people were trying to trick me again and I was trying to trick them.

It was pretty much a normal day and...when I got back I had a small after school snack. I did my homework and went to bed.

Jacob - Funny and Ben is in doghouse too.

I woke up. I ate breakfast. I had cereal. I went to school: team sp., math, math and reading, and lunch. I did my homework. I past my homework. Ben and I are fooling around with dumb thing. I had dinner. I went to bed.

That's all.

John-Michael - The first day of school

Yesterday I went to school. I had a normal schedule and did my blog when I got home and for my after school snack I ate ice cream! April Fools!

I did have an after school snack but it wasn't ice cream. Jacob made us egg salad sandwiches with the leftovers from the night before and that's it!

John-Michael - Movies and Games

Yesterday, I woke up and went downstairs to eat breakfast. Then I played Monopoly. After that me, Matt, Ben and Jacob watched "Flushed away." Next I wrote my blog, ate lunch and played more Monopoly.

Finally, I went to bed.

Jacob - The Egg Sandwich

I woke up. I ate breakfast. I had cereal for breakfast. I did my homework. I wrote my blog. I did my list. I made dinner: egg sandwich. I got the prize. I went to bed.

That's all.

Matt - The last day of Spring Break

Yesterday I was sad because it was the last day of spring break. I woke up, got dressed and played Monopoly. then Dad took a test and we went downstairs to watch a movie while he did it.

Next we came upstairs and finished the game of Monopoly. After that we did homework. Finally, we had dinner and went to bed.

Jennifer/Mom - Haircuts

Today everyone got haircuts! Well, all the boys got them...Kirsten and I decided to keep our hair long.

Jacob - Bubble Party

I woke up. I ate breakfast. I had cereal. I got paper and I gave it to J-M. I did my homework. I wrote my blog. I helped Kirsten clean my room. I had the bubble party. I had dinner. I had pizza. I went to bed.

That's all.

John-Michael - Pizza and Bubbles

Yesterday I woke up and ate breakfast. I read while Jacob and Kirsten cleaned Matt and Jacob's room when they finished we had a bubble party. We blew bubbles and ate pizza.



When the bubble party ended we played games. We played Pit and Apples to Apples.

When we were finished we went to bed.

Matt - Bubbles

Yesterday, I woke up and took a shower. Then, I read all day. Next, we had dinner (pizza). We ate outside. We also had a bubble party. It was fun!



After that we played pit, then apples to apples. Finally, I went to bed.

Ben - Read-A-Thon

Yesterday I got up and did my list. They I played around until I had to read my book. My book was called, "The Hound of the Baskervilles". I read it until dinner time. We played with bubbles until the pizza arrived for dinner.



We ate dinner and then played Pit. I of course kicked butt in it. Then we played Apples to Apples until the others went to bed. I read for 15 minutes or so and then I went to bed. Before I fell asleep, I had a small argument with John.

Then End

John-Michael - Kirsten helped me a lot

Yesterday I cleaned my room. I took all my clothes out of their places and put them in new ones It was hard and tiring but in the end it was clean.

P.S. It took two days to clean my room.

Jacob - Bubble Party Tomorrow

I woke up. I did my list. I had my breakfast: Cocoa Crunchies. I wrote my blog. I had lunch: sandwich. I did my homework. I got a prize. I got a bubble for the bubble party tomorrow. I went to bed.

That's it.

Matt - Another boring day

Yesterday I woke up and ate breakfast. Then I did my list. After that I did my blog. Next I read for half the day. Then I had dinner. It was chicken nuggets. (They were good!) Last I got in PJs and went to bed.

Kirsten - A really clean room!

Yesterday I helped John-Michael clean his and Ben's room. Their room is really clean now, it just needs to be vacuumed.

Next I have to clean Matt and Jacob's room.

Yesterday my friend who's visiting Italy called me from Rome. It was really nice to hear from her. My other friend also called me and said he wanted to do something with my other friend. (Sorry, out of respect for my friends privacy I will not expose their names). We will see. We're still sort of doing spring cleaning.

Jennifer/Mom - Twitter!

You might notice a new addition to our blog! We added Twitters!

We found these a while back and decided it would be fun to add them to the blog. This way you get funny little updates in between the posts from the kids.

Hope you like them!

Kirsten - Pizza and Pretzels

Yesterday Jacob and I made pizza and pretzel dough. However, we accidentally mixed up the dough when making the pretzels and the pizza. It was still great making the food and it turned out okay. We even made a stuffed crust pizza.



While eating the pizza and the pretzels we watched a movie. I think it was called "It and Five Children". It was a weird movie, but it was really cute.

Also, a friend of mine from middle school found my e-mail address and now we have a means of contacting one another. Horray!

John-Michael - Two days in one blog...

Wednesday, I cleaned my room. I took everything off the floor and under everything and put it in four piles: not mine, trash, keep for Ben and keep for me. Then I put my stuff away.

After that we went to Country Buffet. I ate three plates of food, a bowl of chocolate covered pretzels and a cone of vanilla and orange flavored ice cream with four different kinds of sprinkles.

Yesterday I woke up at four o'clock am and went back to sleep for three hours. Then I woke up again at seven o'clock am and went down stairs to eat breakfast. I don't remember what happened next. But then we ate a lunch of cup o' noodles.



After that I had a rest, then I had another rest. When I woke up we made pretzels and pizza and we went to bed.

Ben - Combined Blogs

Wednesday I got up and did my list. Then I wrote a blog about movie day. After I wrote my blog, I made lunch which was PB&J sandwiches. Then I started cleaning my room. I went on a drive with dad. After the drive, I finished up the room. Then we went to Country Buffet. After Country Buffet, I read my book a little and then went to bed.

Yesterday morning I took Donald for a walk. Daisy couldn't come because she is in heat right now. John-Michael and I went together. When we got back I worked on my room until I ended up taking a nap on my bed. When I woke up everyone was making root beer and Jacob was programming on one of the computers. So then I wandered around and made pretzels for the party we had last night.



Then we had dinner while watching "Five Children and It". After that it was bedtime.

Matt - A Day

Yesterday we made and ate pizza! I did my list. Next, I started working on my homework. I read the whole time. Then I helped make dinner. At dinner we had pizza. It was GREAT! That was my yesterday.

Jacob - Our Lives

I woke up. I did my list. I ate my breakfast. I had cereal. I do my homework. I helped Kirsten make the banana bread. I went to King Soopers. I went to get dry ice. I made root beer. I helped Kirsten make pizza and pretzels. I made pizza and pretzels for dinner. I ate dinner. I went to bed.

That's all.



(Actually Jacob worked so well that he got to play a programming game on the computer...Here he is!)

Jennifer/Mom - My turn to post

Kirsten has been cooking today. The house smells great. She started with banana bread this morning. Actually the reason we had bananas for banana bread this morning is sort of a funny story.

Bananas don't last very long around here. I tend to buy them a little green or they probably wouldn't last more than a day. Two bunchs of bananas lasting three days and we are doing REALLY well.

At any rate, we went shopping sometime early January when it was extremely cold. When we got home everyone grabbed bags and took them inside. Somehow we missed the bag with the bananas. Three days later we discovered them frozen solid. We didn't want to waste them so we put them in the freezer just as they were.

Fast forward to March and there were bananas available for Kirsten today. Bananas don't hang around here long enough for banana bread otherwise.

Kirsten also used the bread maker and made pizza and pretzel dough for our party tonight!

Yipee!

Jacob - Country Buffet Party

I woke up. I did my list. I ate breakfast. I had cereal. I helped Kirsten do her jobs. I picked up the dog poops out of the backyard. I helped Kirsten do Kirsten's jobs again. I went to the Country Buffet. I got in PJs. I was still awake and I got medicine. I went to bed.

That's it.

Kirsten - Depressing Progress

Yesterday, Jacob and I made a lot of progress on his room. We cleaned out all his and Ben's papers. (Yes I mean Ben, not Matt.) I also cleaned the family room. I worked pretty hard on it but it doesn't look different. Oh, well.

John-Michael - Enchiladas

Yesterday I woke up. then I went downstairs to eat breakfast. After that my mom called every one to the livingroom then we started cleaning.

We cleaned the toy closet, the livingroom and the office. Then we went to see "Spiderwick Chronicles". When we got back we had Enchiladas for dinner and then we went to bed.

Kirsten - Not so big

Yesterday, our project wasn't nearly as big as cleaning out the garage. We cleaned out the toy closet. Now we have fewer toys than ever. We also finally (for sure) decided to get rid of the ROKENBOK. Which is good. No one plays with it. I thought maybe we could sell it, so I looked the price up. in order to buy every piece she did for us, my mom had to pay a minimum price of $250. It was probably much, much more. That was shocking.

I also made enchiladas last night. My brothers thought they were good, but I don't know.

I also woke up with some food poisoning this morning from something I ate yesterday....I have no idea what it was.

Jacob - Movie

I woke up. I did my list. I cleaned the toy closet. I wrote my blog. I went to the movie party. I had a enchiladas for dinner. I wanted to go to bed.

And that's all.

Ben - My day

Yesterday, I got up and worked on my list, then I studied my homework on Peru. Then I worked on laundry a little. Then we worked on Enchiladas for lunch.

We then worked on sorting the toy closet between choices for keeping, throwing out, storing, or selling the toys. Then I wrote a blog and took care of laundry after messing around for a while. After we finished, we went to the theater to watch "The Spiderwick Chronicles.

After the movie, we went to take the last toys to grandma's house. We had more Enchilada for dinner and I cleaned up the rest of the laundry. then I played Labyrinth with Dad and Jennifer. Dad won. then I cleaned up the kitchen, helped Kirsten find some stuff to sell and then I made cookies. I had one cookie and went to bed.

The End.

Matt - The Toy Closet

Yesterday, we picked out our toys for the toy closet. We each only got to pick 3 things for the closet. Each person got to pick three. I picked K'NEX, sticky blocks and Superman pinball. I put my favorite stuffed animal "Lion" into storage. Anything that didn't go into the toy closet or storage is going to the garage sale.

I cleaned (well sort of cleaned) the kitchen. For lunch we had homemade Enchiladas. They were the best Enchiladas I've ever had.

Our party for cleaning the garage was going to a movie. It was too late to go the day we did the garage so we went yesterday instead. We went to see Spiderwick Cronicles.

After the movie we had more Enchiladas for dinner and went to bed.

And that was my yesterday.

Ben - A big day

Yesterday, we had a big day. we cleaned up the garage. First, I started my list and homework. then I cleaned up my room and wrote a blog barely before we started. Then I had lunch.

I picked up the garage by moving stuff and organizing it. I also swept and took stuff to Grandma's house to have a garage sale there later. We put stuff back and had Bambino Burgers for dinner. then we got in pajamas. I played Go-fish with Jennifer and then I went to bed.

The end.

Matt - I don't know

Yesterday I started helping work on the garage. After a while I worked with dad on cleaning his office. Next, after dinner I was helping out in the garage again. Near bedtime we had finally finished. That was my long, long day!

Kirsten - Garage

Yesterday, we cleaned out the whole garage. That may not sound like a big deal, but really, it was. We took everything out of the garage and put everything on the lawn. Then, we went through everything. It took along time, and we got a lot of weird looks while we were doing it. We must have looked like red-necks.

At least we're done now. Yippee.

Jacob - Gold Medal

I got a bottle of bubbles as a prize for doing my list first thing in the morning and writing a blog. I like bubbles. So, I cleaned the garage and then we had to clean the front yard bacause all of the stuff that used to be in the garage was in the yard. So, I went to the Grandma's house. So, I finish cleaning garage. So, I got in the PJ. So I got the gold medal for being the happiest worker. I also got a giant bottle of bubbles. So, I got in bed.

That's all.

John-Michael - New Homes

Yesterday we cleaned the garage. We took everything out and worked hard to give them a new home.

Jennifer/Mom - Posting Pictures

The Commencement of the Cleanathon!!



Happy Chefs!


Roasting, blending, chopping, cooking...




Lots of work getting the Tamales ready to cook!



Preparing the Tamales and having fun!



The Tamales are finally cooked!



Everyone agrees the Tamales are tasty!
Yum, Yum!

Donald peeking into the room...."Can I come in?"

John-Michael ...Cont.

Sunday was a quiet day. We made tamales. I cut string while the others tied them together. I also got a giant Easter Egg full of candy from Mom and Chris. In the morning I did homework.

Jennifer/Mom - Posting again...

...Yes, we're posting again after taking a hiatus for a bit. Keeping track of everything certainly does keep us busy. I'll be posting some pictures of the first day of the Cleanathon and our Tamale dinner tomorrow.

Jacob – I ate 6 of them.

On Saturday, I wanted to go to the Runyan Spring Cleanathon! After we were done for the day I had dinner and then I went to bed.

On Sunday, I went back to sleep for a long nap. I did my list after I woke up. I helped Kirsten and Ben make dinner. Dinner was called Tamales. I had six tamales and corn on the cob.

While we made dinner mom called. I talked to mom but I didn’t get to talk to Andrew.

When it was bedtime I went to bed. And that’s all I had and don’t forget that.

Kirsten’s Blog:

Yesterday, we did homework throughout the day. This involved helping Ben make tamales for his Spanish project. The tamales took hours to make, and our mom ended up calling when we were in the middle of making them. At this point, Jacob had joined in the tamale making. Since Matt and John were the only kids not making tamales, they talked with my mom first. It was funny actually, John never talks to my mom.

The other thing I did yesterday was I moved all the furniture around in my room. It looks very different now. My bed is now on the other side of the bed-room. I also washed all my sheets. Which made it difficult to sleep last night, because my bed was wet.

Ben – Two day blog

For the Cleanathon Day 1, I started by working on homework, doing my list and ate breakfast. Then I set up the Cleanathon Banner. Then we had Bambino Burgers from Goodtimes for lunch. Then we picked up the front yard. The others pulled weeds and used the power washer to clean the front of the house. I raked the grass and leaves on both sides of the house. Then I got a turn on the power washer. Then we moved to the back where we picked up dog poo, rocks and a yo-yo I found. Then we got prizes for working and I got a medal for finding the funniest thing; the yo-yo. Then we had pizza. I studied a bit and then went to bed.

On Tamale Day, we spent the morning doing homework, eating lunch and breakfast and finding a recipe for Tamales. I had to make Tamales for a Spanish homework assignment. Then, Kirsten and Jennifer got stuff for the Tamales. When they came back Kirsten and I made Tamales, which were harder than they looked. Then we ate them and got ready for bed.

Matt – Something

Yesterday was really something. I made my bed. Then, I goofed around a little. After that I did homework. Then I did homework with mustard on top. Then, I did homework with ketchup and mustard. Then I did homework with mustard, ketchup and a cherry on top. Next I did homework, homework and homework.

Finally, we had a tasty home-made Mexican dinner.

John-Michael – Blog Posts…

First I did my list then I ate breakfast. After that my mom called me down to the living room. Then she said that we were doing a cleanathon and we were doing the outside first. I spent most of my time picking up trash and pulling weeds.

(To be continued…)

Jennifer/Mom - Cute doggies playing in the snow!

John-Michael 12-26-07

Yesterday I got a new Runyan money log. But I found out I was still in debt of four $! So I wrote a blog and did some other jobs and then I played webkins and WOW. I played WOW until it was time for bed.

Kirsten 12-25-07 (2)

I already wrote a blog today but Jennifer told me to write another one because I took some really cute pictures.







I took pictures of me, Jacob, Matt, John-Michael, Donald and Daisy. Aren't they cute!

John-Michael 12-25-07

yesterday I did a lot of things. I did my morning list. I did jobs and so forth. I had a yummy breakfast a wonderful lunch and a spectacular dinner. And then we learned how to play Blokus. Then I went to bed.

Kirsten 12-25-07

Today is Christmas. But that doesn't matter because we don't celebrate Christmas. Anyway, I did makea ham dinner today. That was pretty great.

I don't really know what to write about we haven't really done anything today. Well, yesterday I cleaned my room. That was a work-out. I also made a dress. Of course, I still need to add the finishing touches.

We also got our Christmas presents from Mom. She sent them even though we informed her we would have preferred a visit from Andrew. But for her to have listened now would have been inconsistent. I bet I can guesswhat she got me. She gets me about the same thing every year.

Anyway, Happy Winter Solstice and Merry Atheimas!