New video

We just finished making a video about Andrew's visit this summer.




Used Sony's Vegas Movie studio and a whole lot of still frames.

Kirsten - 7-11-08 - Dogs get a bath

Yesterday I did my list and then I went to the library. I was very upset because the holds I had requested had vanished. I was very upset. I was however, able to get Ben and Matt some books.

Yesterday I also went to the store with Jennifer. We got groceries we would need for the next few days. I was also able to get some stuff i needed.

I also gave Donald and Daisy baths. It's kind of funny, Donald's bath is usually much longer than Daisy and he doesn't mind it as much. He'll actually enter the bathroom (without being carried) while Daisy will run and hide. In general they are easy to give baths because they're tiny and their fur is pretty short.

Ben - Triple park day

Yesterday I got up. I then worked on my list. Matt and I finished our lists at the same time.

Then Matt and I went to the park. Or so I thought. I actually went ahead. I had to turn around and go back home. Matt and I tried again. But we argued and had to go back to our house.

Kirsten helped us out with our lists. We were going to boy scout camp. We went to the park again. We came back and watched a movie. We ate dinner and went to bed.

The End

Matt - Going to the park

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and did my jobs. Then, I ate breakfast.

Ten mins. later I was heading to the park. But Ben left later than I did. So then I went home and Kirsten got Ben.

Next, Ben and I watched Star Wars #1. After that, I ate dinner. Finally, I watched Star Wars #2 and went to bed.

Kirsten - The completion of the "Lord of the Rings" Trilogy

Yesterday I completed my list and then I went and worked on my homework.

When Jacob got home he took a long time trying to get his list done. Once his list was finally done, he helped me with dinner. We made spagetti and meatballs. The meatballs were a little weird. Oh well.

Then I watched "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." we finally finished the trilogy. Hurray! After that Dad and Jennifer went for a drive while I watched the dogs and fed them dinner.

Jennifer/Mom - The Lord of the Exhausting Rings

Tonight we just finished the Lord of the Rings trillogy. I agree with Chris. By the end of the last movie I just wanted him to get on the Blankety-blank boat.

Jacob - Take me to the camp

Dad, can you take me to the camp on Friday? Can you? (Yes.)

Oh well.

Kirsten - Homework and Boy Scouts

Yesterday, I completed my list and then worked on my homework. I had a lot of time to work on my math homework because I had to take Jacob, Ben and Matt to boy scouts and stay there with them during the meeting.

When we got home, I watched "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" with Dad and Jennifer. I got tired really quickly though.

Ben - 7-9-08

Yesterday, I got up. I worked on my list. I didn't finish for a while so it was pretty boring. I eventually decided to write my blog. I didn't finish until lunch.

I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I watched TV with Kirsten for a while. It was mostly boring because Matt would not finish his list. Soon I decided to take the dogs for a walk.

I met two kind people playing tennis. I got to try tennis a bit. I also gathered their tennis balls for them. Afterwards, they gave me three balls. What nice people they were! I went to boy scouts. Then we went home and to bed.

The End

Matt - Goofing Off

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and goofed off. Then I goofed off, to end with more silly goofing off.

At 3:30 pm I FINALLY finished my list. Next, I finially finished Andrew's and my roller coaster. After that I ate dinner and went to boy scouts. Finally, I came home from boy scouts and went to bed.

Jacob - Scouts Tomorrow

I woke up and I got dressed. I went eat breakfast. I ate breakfast.

Soon, I waited for the bus.

Soon I went into the bus. I went into Kirsten's school. I did learn birds.

Soon I got into my big home. I did my list. Soon, I went into Cici's pizza. I went into the bed.

That's all for now...scouts tomorrow.

Kirsten - 7-8-08 - Cici's Pizza and "Lord of the Rings"

Yesterday, after I completed my list I waited around for everyone else to be done and then we went to Cici's Pizza. I ate a whole bunch of the macaroni and cheese pizza. I really like that stuff.

Later I watched "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (the extended version) with Dad and Jennifer. I had ice cream while watching.

Other than that I really didn't do much because I slept in. I did find out that I passed my IB Exams though. That was a huge relief.

Ben - 7-8-08

I woke up. I didn't want to work so I played with Matt. Soon, I decided to eat so I hurried through my list. We changed jobs so I had to clean the kitchen.

I wrote my blog while I ate breakfast. Matt wasn't doing anything so I read. Soon Matt decided to finish. Afterwards we went to Cici's.

After Cici's we went home. Dad soon came back. We watched the end of the Bee Movie. then we went to bed.

The End.

Matt - 7-8-08

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and messed around. Then, I messed around, to end with more messing around. Next, I got my jobs done.

Then we went to Cici's Pizza. After that I played around and I got showered. Finally, I ate dinner and went to bed.

Mystery Blogs and Blog Backlog- Jennifer/Mom

The blog backlog is finally cleaned up. We are now current with all the posts that the kids have written. We had a few "mystery posts" that had no date and were out of order and we couldn't quite place them in the proper chronology. Hence, the "Mystery Posts".

Matt - Mystery Date - Mystery Blog #5 - Another Day of Goofing Around

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast and then messed around, then I had lunch at the park. Next Jacob, Ben, John-Michael, Kirsten and I came home. After that I did nothing for three hours. Then I took two showers (the first time I didn't wash my body). Finally, I ate dinner, got in pj's and went to bed.

Ben - Mystery Date - Mystery Blog #4 - Nim's Island

Yesterday I woke up. I helped watch for Jacob's bus. Afterwards I ate breakfast. It was mostly an ordinary day for me until later.

I did most of my list except blog and daily job. I played around with Matt until I ate lunch.

I then went with Matt and took the dogs for a walk. We came back, ate dinner and watched Nim's Island in the theaters. Then we went home and went to bed after taking care of my laundry and reading.

The End

Kirsten - Mystery Date - Mystery Blog #3

Yesterday Jennifer said she would take us to lunch if we got our work done. Sadly I was the only one who did this. I was the only one who got a nice lunch. Everyone else had peanut butter sandwiches.

I also read a lot of "Angels and Deamons" by Dan Brown yesterday. I was going to play Wii, but the controller was weird. Oh well, Jennifer said I could try again tonight. Instead of playing Wii, I watched a British television show (from BBC) called "Thermoman" (I think). It was actually pretty funny

Jacob - Mystery Date - Mystery Blog #2

I woke up and I made my bed. I ate my breakfast. I waited for the bus.

Soon, I went to schoo. I did reading and work. I went to the park and it was time to go home. Soon I went into my home, then I was going to finish my list.

That's all.

Ben - Mystery Date - Mystery Blog #1

Yesterday I woke up. Not wanting to work then, I played with Matt. After I played with Matt I ate breakfast and played some more. All I really did was play with him yesterday. I ended up cleaning a little and went to bed.

I would have preferred to have done other fun stuff. I would have rather got to play Wii. The others even got to watch Mr. Bean and A Bee Movie. That was fun things others got to do. Jutst not me. I just ate my root beer float ice cream bar and went to bed.

Kirsten - 7-4-08 - At the fountain with Andrew

Yesterday we spent the day with andrew. It's really still surprising that he and my mom actually came out. I was extremely shocked.

Yesterday Andrew spent a lot of time playing with his toy train, puppets and with the roller coaster thing. He seemed to have a good time. After everyone played for a little while we went to the fountain. There all the boys played in the water for a little while and then we went back home. When we got home Dad and Andrew left for their meeting.

For dinner we had really long sub sandwiches that Jacob and I put together. It was pretty great!

Ben - 7-4-08 - Andrew is here!

I woke up with excitement! Andrew was here! Soon Dad and Jennifer woke up. We had a family meeting. After the meeting, we finished our modified lists.

After our lists we ate breakfast. We cleaned the kitchen and started playing with the toys. Soon we went over and played at the fountain.

Back home we played some more. I went to the store with Dad and Andrew. We got dinner foods and went home. We made dinner then we showered. I showed Andrew how to play chess, then we went to bed.

The End

Kirsten - 7-2-08 - Cookies and Boy Scouts

Yesterday I woke up and I did my work. Ben was the next one done with his list. Matt and Jacob had a hard time doing their lists. After I talked with Matt he put himself in gear. Jacob didn't get back on track no matter what I did.

Eventually Jacob just went to bed. Meanwhile I took Matt and Ben to the store and we got frosting so we could make sugar cookies.

When we got home we made lots of sugar cookies. then we had Chicken Sloppy Joe's for dinner.

After dinner, I took Jacob, Ben and Matt to boy scouts. I stayed the whole time to help. After scouts I used the money Dad and Jennifer gave me to take my brothers to Dairy Queen.

Ben - 7-2-08 - July 2

Yesterday I got up and did my list. I watched the dogs for quite a while. Kirsten and I were the only ones who finished their lists. I felt proud.

Kirsten, Matt and I all went to the store. We were going to make sugar cookies with frosting! We spent a couple of hours making them.

We then went to boy scouts. We got to play a lot of games. Afterwards we went to Dairy Queen. I got some root beer. At home I played chess with Dad and went to bed.

Jacob - 7-1-08 - Yesterday

Yesterday I woke up and I was still tired. So I went back to bed with my pet dogs: Donald and Daisy. I slept for a long time.

That's all I can tell you.

Matt - 7-1-08 - July 1st

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and goofed off. The I goofed off with another dramatic ending of MORE goofing off.

At noon, I finally finished my jobs. Then I watched TV. Next I played a card game with Dad, Kirsten, Jennifer, and Ben. Finally, I showered, ate ice cream and went to bed.

Kirsten - 7-1-08 - A Grand Day In

Instead of travel to the Moon, Mars or even to the supermarket, I stayed in. Even so I still had a good day. I watched Arthur, Little House on the Prairie, Timone and Pumba and PBS Kids shows with Ben and Matt wen their lists were done. Jacob spent most of the day sleeping. He did his list shortly before dinner.

Earlier, (before Ben and Matt had completed their lists), I called my mom because she hadn't called for a long time and I wasn't sure if she actually is coming out. Her response was that she was coming out as long as some emergency that was out of her control didn't come up. (That is actually what she said.)

I suggested that mom take us to the store to get school clothes and supplies. I thoguht that was actually a good family activity that Jacob, Ben, Matt and I would enjoy. Apparently, my mom didn't think it was a good idea. So, instead we're probably going to go to Water World or some place "fun-filled and packed with action". I would rather go get school stuff. I thought the point was to do family things together as a family. That is why I suggested going shopping for school.

Oh, well.

Ben - 7-1-08

Yesterday I got up and did my list. After eating I watched TV. Matt didn't want to do his list.

Eventually he finished his blog. We watchedd all sorts of TV shows. I didn't like Little House on the Prairie though. We had macaroni and cheese for lunch.

We ate dinner. After dinner we played a card game. I didn't understand it really. Dad left for medicine for Jennifer. We ate icecream and went to bed.

Ben - 6-20-08 - Breakfast at Country Buffet

Yesterday I got up. I hurried through my list. Soon I learned that we would go to Country Buffet for breakfast.

Afterwards we went home. Dad went to work. Jacob went with him. We had rest time and I rested with Jennifer for a while.

We watched a couple of movies. Kirsten made enchiladas for dinner. I got the first haircut. We finished our movie and went to bed.

John-Michael - 6-30-08

I woke up. I did my list. So, we went to Country Buffet. When we got back we rested then we watched Sky High. Then we ate dinner and went to bed.

Matt - 6-30-08 - Brunch at Country Buffet

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and did my jobs. Then everyone went to Country Buffet for brunch.

Then Dad took Jacob to work. Next we had rest time.

Two hours later Ben, Kirsten and I watched some movies. After that, I ate dinner. Finally I got a hair cut and went to bed.

Jacob - 6-30-08

I woke up and I made my bed. I got dressed I got pick up the bathroom. I got my medicine. I brush my teeth. I cleaned my room. I did my daily job. I wrote a blog post.

Kirsten - 6-30-08 - Rest

Yesterday morning we went to Country Buffet for brunch. We went after everyone's list was done. John took the longest and would not focus. Everyone was done long before him.

Dad went to work with Jacob after we all went to Country Buffet. Everyone else went home.

When we got home everyone went and rested. After rest time everyone watched movies.

Then, when Dad got back we had enchiladas for dinner and all the boys got hair cuts.

John-Michael - 6-29-08 - Goofy

I woke up and goofed around with Ben and Matt. Then I did my list. While I was doing my list Chris and my Mom left. Matt and I ate lunch. When we were finished we all went to the park. When we bot back we watched Zoom, Johnny English, then we went to bed.

Matt - 6-29-08 - A hard start on my jobs

Yesterday I woke up and messed around until noon. At noon I got dressed, did my blog and did my jobs.

Then, I went to the park with Ben, John-Michael, and Donald. We stayed at the park for an hour and 30 mins. Next, I showered and ate dinner. Finally, I played in the toy closet and went to bed.

Kirsten - 6-29-08 - A Mess Around Day

Yesterday was a pretty slow day. Everyone took a while to get dressed and get their lists done. Because of that we couldn't go to Country Buffet. But maybe some other time.

Donald also decided to eat some chicken bones left over from some fried chicken. At first we thought it was Daisy (she can be a little piggy). It was evident that Donald was the one at fault. he threw up chicken bones last night. Thankfully, he is okay.

Last night my brothers were also turkies after Dad and Jennifer went out. Actually, it was just Ben. He certainly was a stinker.

Ben - 6-28-08 - Wii Party

Yesterday I got up and did my list. I hurried because I wanted to party. I ate breakfast. Soon, Matt, John and I went to the park.

We played this spaceship game until we went home. Matt and John pulled weeds until D. and J., our neighbors, came over. Then we went to the store.

After buying a ton of food, we went home. Then we played Wii. Soon D. and J. went home. We watched Vegitales. Then I played cards with Kirsten.

Matt - 6-28-08 - Going to the Park

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, did my jobs, and ate breakfast. Breakfast was very good (it was oatmeal).

Then, Ben, John and I went to the park. We stayed at the park for about 3 hours.

Next, D. and J. came over. After that, we got party food. Then we played Wii. next, I played with the legos and watched vegitales. Finally, D. and J. went home. Last of all I went to bed.

John-Michael's - 6-28-08 - Party Tiiime

I woke up. Then I did my list. Next I ate breakfast. After that, Matt, Ben, and I went to the park. When we got back Chris made an offer that we could have $1.00 if we weeded for 15 min. and we took the offer. Then D. came over and it was party time. So we went to the store and bought party food. Wen we got back we.......

P A R T I E D ! ! !

Kirsten - 6-28-08 - We had Visitors!

...and I don't mean space aliens!

Yesterday, I woke up early so I could take care of my neighbors two boys. I arrived at their house at 7:40, way before the boys woke up. As soon as they were awake, we went to my house to have a party.

A situation with the cabin came up that wore my Dad out and prevented my Dad from participating in the party. I was upset because the situation didn't have to happen if there would have been some consideration and planning by other people. I really wanted to spend the day with my Dad.

That was really it. We had a nice visit from our neighbors though and a fun party.

Jacob - 6-27-08 - The new blog of back to school?

I woke up and I made my bed. I got my medicine. I got dressed. I brushed my teeth. I picked up the boys bathroom. I ate my breakfast. I waited for the bus and then I went into the bus.

Soon, I went into Kirsten's school. I learned reading and bingo and cooking.

Soon, I went into the bus and then I went into my big home. I cleaned up my room. I wrote the blog post. I did my daily job.

That's all it is.

John-Michael - 6-27-08 - Two Parks

I woke up and read until my Mom woke up and got me started on my list. Then we went to the park. We played then we went to the park. then we ate dinner. Then I went to bed.

Ben - 6-27-08 - Double Park Day

Yesterday I got up and finished my list. Afterwards we played at the park. We made this cool spaceship game.

We came back and ate pizza for lunch. We watched TV for a while. Soon Dad and Jennifer came home. Then we read on our beds.

After resting we played with the legos. Soon we were fighting. So we were sent to the park to calm down. Back home we ate dinner, watched TV and went to bed.

Kirsten - 6-27-08 - Another Day

Yasterday I woke up and did my list. For my daily job I got to pick up the family room and pull weeds. My brothers actually got their lists done quickly. Since they were done so quickly we watched Kuzco's new School on TV.

When Jacob got home he took a while doing his list! He took so long that I was able to finish crocheting a hat I had been making.

Everyone went to bed early last night. When everyone was in bed I watched "So, you think you can dance?" and then I took a shower and went to bed.

Matt - 6-27-08 - Walking in the River

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, did my jobs and ate breakfast. Then I read for 5 min.

Next, I went to the park with Ben, John-Michael and the puppies. After that, I came home and ate lunch and played with the legos.

Then, I went to the park again. At the park I walked through the river. Finally, I showered, ate dinner and went to bed.

Jacob - 6-26-08 - Back to School

I woke up and I did maded my bed. I brush my teeth. I cleaned my room. I clean the boy's bathroom. I ate my breakfast. I got dressed.

Soon, I went into my bus.

Soon, I went into Kirsten's school. I did do learn reading and bingo and cooking.

Soon, I went into my bus. I went into my big home.

Soon, I did my list: I did daily job and write the blog post.

That's all.

Kirsten - 6-26-08 - Wednseday - A Wonderful Day

Yesterday I took Ben and John to the library after they got back from the park and I finished my list. John got a Star Wars book, Ben got Clive Cussler books, I got Jacob two "Hardy Boys" books and I got a lot of books on the French Armee for my extended essay.

I also worked on Crochetting most of the day.

Last night we also ordered pizza and watched "Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave". When my brothers were all in bed I played "Second Opinion" on the Wii and then watched "My Hero" (the BBC show about Thermoman) and "Myth Busters".

That was it.

Matt - 6-26-08 - A Day of Fun

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and did my jobs. Then, I ate breakfast.

Next, I went to the park for twenty minutes. After that, I read for twenty minutes and then played with the cars in the toy closet. Then I read for a little longer. Next, I played with the toy cars again. Finally, I showered , ate pizza, watched a movie and went to bed.

Ben - 6-26-08 - Fun Day

Yesterday all sorts of fun stuff happened. First I got up and did my list. Breakfast had been moved to the last thing so I zoomed throug the rest so I could eat. Because we all finished so early, we got to go to the park.

After the park we went home. Kirsten, John and I went to the library. We played with toys until unch. After lunch we read on our beds. Then we watched some TV shows.

Later Dad and Jennifer came home. We ordered pizza and we watched "Wallace and Gromit". Those were both my ideas of what we could do. Then we went to bed.

John-Michael - 6-26-08 - Spectacular

I woke up and started my list. I made my bed, I got dressed, I picked up the bathroom, I brushed my teeth, I cleaned up my room, I did my job, I wrote my blog post, then I went to the library. Then we ate lunch finally.

We played for a LONG time. Then we ate dinner and I went to bed.

Jacob - 6-25-08 - School

I woke up and I did making my bed. I ate my breakfast.

Soon, I waited for my bus.

Soon, I went into my bus.


Soon, I went into the school. I did learn food's and reading and bingo.

Soon, I went into my big home and then I went into my bed, I was sleeped in.

That's all

Kirsten - 6-25-08 - Crocheting

Yesterday I did my list and I even got my room clean (finally). When I was done with my work, I took Ben and John to the Dollar Stor to see if there was any crochet hooks and yarn. There weren't any.

Later that day, I made frozen chicken pot pies for dinner and then took Ben to boy scouts. When I picked up Ben, I stopped by Walmart to get crochet hooks, yarn, dandruff shampoo and a snickers bar for Dad. When Ben and I got back home, Ben went to bed and Jennifer taught me how to crochet. My Dad also tried.

When Dad and Jennifer went for a walk, I watched "The Late, Late, Late Show with Craig Furguson" while I crocheted. That was pretty much it.

Ben - 6-25-08 - Boy Scouts

Yesterday I got up and worked on my list. I goofed off mostly with the boys until Jennifer talked with all of us about us needing to stop goofing off.

Afterwards, I checked if the kitchen was done. It was so I wrote my blog. I let the dogs out and ate lunch. Kirsten took John and I to the the store with the dogs.

The piano tuner came and tuned Dad's piano. I got ready for boy scouts. When we arrived only four boys showed up, including me! I was the oldest scout there. We played dodgeball. I won twice! We went home after Kirsten took us to Walmart. Then I went to bed.

The end.

Matt - 6-25-08 - Set

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and ate breakfast. Then I goofed off and goofed off and finally to end with a "goof off".

Next, I went into the bathrooms and FINALLY cleaned them up. After that I did my blog post and talked with Jennifer. Next I showered and did my laundry as well as Jacob's. Finally, I ate dinner, played Set with Jennifer and went to bed.

John-Michael - 6-25-08 - A Long Blog

I woke up and just barely got jobs done before lunch. So, I played with my toys from San Diego. Then I had a lunch of peanut butter and jelly. Ben and I were finished with our lits early so we went to the Dollar Store with Kirsten.

When we got back the piano tuner came. Then I played with my toys 'till it was time for dinner. I took a shower and then played Set and went to bed.

John-Michael - 6-24-08 - A Bad Day

I woke up to play in the morning. I knew what I was supposed to do, but no one was up so I goofed around. My Mom woke up. I was in big trouble! I started my list then goofed around for the rest of the day. Then we ate dinner and I went to bed.

Jacob - 6-24-08 - Learn

I woke up and I ate breakfast. I wait for the bus. I went into the bus.

Soon, I went into the school. I did learn reading and work, swimming and I went into the bus.

Soon, I went into a big home and I was resting.

That's all of learn.

Ben - 6-24-08 - We go to the park

Yesterday I got up and did most of my list. I goofed off with John and Matt for quite a while. I spent most of the day goofing off.

We left to go to the park. So we were out of the way for a while. We couldn't figure out a game to play after eating so we wandered around.

Back home we came to a surprise. We were switching bedrooms! I ended up with Matt. I cleaned the kitchen. I showered, then I said "good night" and went to bed.

Kirsten - 6-24-08 - Bath Day

Yesterday Donald and Daisy had baths. They were starting to get really stinky, so one could tell it was that time. I've also realized that Daisy is gaining some weight so I'm giving her a little less food and she is supposed to "work-out" more. that's why I took her for a run last night.

Aside from everyone being sent to bed early, that was really the only exciting thing of yesterday.

Ben - 6-23-08

Yesterday I got up, made my bed, got dressed and ate breakfast. As I ate Matt said John was coming back today. I told him he was lying. I looked at the calendar and by George he was right!

After finishing my jobs, I was mostly done. I ate a snack, then went to do my blog. I ate dinner later. After dinner I finished my blog.

When done, we played Pit. Jennifer left to get John. We watched Eragon. We made popcorn and ice cream sundaes. I played a couple of card games with Kirsten and went to bed.

John-Michael - 6-23-08 - A Return

I woke up at my dad's house. I played with my legos all morning. Then I went to the airport with my dad. When I arrived home I went to sleep.

Kirsten - 6-23-08 - John-Michael comes home

Yesterday John got back home. Jennifer picked him up after we had the roast beef Jennifer made. Jennifer got home with John-Michael while we were watching a movie and playing "Pit!"

Yesterday I also practiced the piano. I practiced some of the songs I had been working on and also tried the right hand for Fur Elise.

I also drew some pictures and read some books, but that was really it.

Kirsten - 6/22/08 - A Pretty Good Day

Yesterday Dad and my brothers went to the cabin while Jennifer and I stayed home. At home, Jennifer gave me a two-hour long piano lesson and then we went to the grocery store and got lunch at chipotle. On our way out we saw that one of our neighbors was having a garage sale. They had a really cute jacket from Aeropostale there. I told them I might come back later and get it.

After we got home from the store and Chipotle, I went over to the garage sale and they gave me the coat for free because they were packing up anyway. They said they were going to donate the stuff to Goodwill. It was really nice of them to give me that jacket. Until Dad and my brother got home, I watched "Pollyanna" on the Hallmark Channel. When my dad got home, we watched "An Extremely Goofy Movie". Then we watched "Meet the Robinsons" while eating bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches for dinner.

Blog Backlog....

We got behind posting these so there are a LOT of blogs still to post. They will be posted oldest to newest with the dates they were written in the title. It may take a day or so to get caught up. Enjoy!

Everything breaks, but how come all at once?

Today the Corvette picked up a big nail, and the electric car blew a fuse, and a few other things got broken.

It seems to happen all at the same time, why is that?

Ben - 6/22/08

Yesterday I got up and started working on my list. Soon dad came out and said to get ready to go. I asked why and he said, "Because the boys are going to the cabin." We hurried to finish.

At the cabin we played quite a lot. I played pin-pong with Jacob. I beat Matt at Foosball and I was losing at Battleship against Matt. As we finished Clue Jr. we left after we finished watching Harry Potter.

Back home I wandered around until we watched a movie. We watched "An Extremely Goofy Movie". Then we watched "Meet the Robinsons". Then I went to bed after dinner of bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches.

Matt - 6/21/08 - An "I did nothing day"

Yesterday I woke up and ate breakfast. then I talked with Jennifer. Next I showered. After that I went downstairs to get lunch. Then I started my jobs again. Next, I took a nap. Finally, I ate dinner, took a shower, and went to bed.

Kirsten - 6/21/08 - Life

Yesterday Jennifer took everyone out to lunch while my Dad was gone. Of course, everyone had to have their lists done. Then we went to Walmart and picked up a new board game. I was hoping we could get some new books, but I was out-voted. Oh, well.

Then, when Dad got home, I made Hawaiian chicken with Matt. Eventually Jacob joined in. My Dad teased me during dinner because I've been trying to make my own recipe and he can't figure out why I don't just use his.

After dinner, we played the board game "Life" (this was one of the games we picked up at Walmart). We also watched "Chicken Run". Eventually "Life" got boring so I stopped playing.

Jacob - 6/20/08

I woke up and I made my bed. I ate breakfast. I waited for the bus. I went into the bus.

Soon I went in the school. I did reading, work, outdoor things, cooking and I went to the bus.

Soon, I got home. I watched Ben and Matt play the video game.

Soon, Dad is getting Jennifer.

That's all

Matt - 6/20/08 - Staying Up Late to Play on World of Warcraft

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast, showered, and did my jobs. Then, I played Wii, ate lunch, and then Jacob came home from that day's summber school.

Mins. after Jacob came home, Dad left. Next, I helped Jacob get his list done. After that, Dad came home with Jennifer. Next, we had a pizza party (dinner was pizza). Finally, I played on World of Warcraft for two hours and went to bed at 9:00 p.m.

Kirsten - 6/20/08

Yesterday I finished reading "Angels and Demons". It was a pretty good book. There were a few parts I did not like. But overall it was pretty good. However, my interpretation of the book is probably pretty different than someone who is very religious. I thought "Angels and Demons" showed how important fear is in religion.

I also played Wii last night, which was fun, but I had to spend some time remembering how to play the game. The game is called "Second Opinion" and is simply a long list of operations with a really weird story line. It's really pathetic though, I think the easy level is really hard. I only tried one hard one, but it is pretty ridiculous.

John-Michael called me yesterday. I felt bad though because it was the second time he called and I wasn't available to answer. (That's pretty abnormal for me.)

That's all that really happened yesterday. The summer is slipping away.

Ben - 6/20/08 - Wii Play Today

Yesterday I got up and did my list. I actually finished everything before 1:00! Today is going to be fun I thought. Jennifer was gone to some meeting I think. I don't really know. All I now know is that I was right about having fun.

Matt and I goofed off for a while. It looked like a normal day. That is, until we agreed to help each other with our blogs. Finished with our blogs, we ran downstairs.

Down in Dad's office we told him we were done. I asked if we could play Wii. Dad agreed. We played until Dad left to get Jennifer. Dad came back and we had a pizza party. We played Wii some more. I kind of cleaned the kitchen and watched Matt play Warcraft. Then I went to bed.

Jacob - 6/19/08

I woke up and I made my bed. I got dressed and then I ate my breakfast. I was waiting for the bus.

Soon, I went to school. I did reading and work, park and cooking. Soon I went to my home. And then, I helped Kirsten make dinner. I ate dinner and then, I went into my bed.

Kirsten - 6/19/08

Yesterday Jennifer and I re-organized the furniture in Dad's office. In the process of cleaning the basement we brought the DVD's upstairs. We didn't actually do much after that. No one really got their work done. So we didn't do anything.

Jacob and I made egg-salad sandwiches for dinner. Then while Dad, Jennifer and my brothers watched a movie, I went to the store to get face-wash for me and a Snicker's bar for Dad.

Then my brothers went to bed and I watched "Legally Blonde".

Kirsten - 6/18/08

Yesterday I wok up and the normal stuff happened (jobs, blog, etc.). Actually, didn't happen is more like it. My brothers couldn't go to boyscouts because their work was not done.

Last night I made dinner. It was pretty good. Finally, I watched "Stargate: The Ark of Truth" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" with Dad and Jennifer.

Ben - Father's Day Post

Yesterday I thought to myself that Father's Day was quiet until Dad and Jennifer woke up. Dad wanted to watch some movies. I read instead of watching movies.

Dad opened three presents. They were nuts and two fans! We watched some more movies and I ate a peanut butter sandwich since we were out of Jam. I showered and went to bed.

The End

Matt - Father's Day

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast and did my jobs. then I ate lunch.

After eating lunch I went into the family room and watched "The Witches" and "The Incredibles" with Dad and Jennifer. Soon after that we gave Dad his Father's Day gifts. Finally, I ate dinner and went to bed.

Kirsten - Father's Day

Yesterday I woke up and made Dad breakfast for Father's Day. I made a chocolate pancake, bacon, eggs, and other stuff. There was so much food that Dad shared it with Jennifer.

Then, everyone worked on their lists while Dad and Jennifer worked on the electric car. Then Dad took a shower. When he was done with his shower, we watched some movies and Dad opened his presents and cards.

ince Dad fixed the electric car, I was able to drive it down to Subway to turn in my application. Hopefully they'll get back with me.

After my brothers went to bed I watched "Star Gate: SG1" with Dad and Jennifer.

Jacob - Blog Story

This is me. I have a problem. First of all I didn't get my list done.

I ate my breakfast, but it won't work well. After I wake up and make my bed, take a shower, pick up the bathroom and getting dressed, I got my medicine and I'm ready to do my Jacob's summer schedule.

So, I brush my teeth, I did my daily job, write a blog post, cleaned up my room, and I have a problem. I'm having a hard time to take the poop. So I watched "The Incredibles".

The End

Jacob - Who also didn't provide a title

I woke up and I did my list. I did my blog, I make my bed, took the shower, eat breakfast, clean my room, I pick up the bathroom, I did my daily job, I got dressed, I did take the poop and I did brush my teeth.

I ate lunch and then I played with the video game. I ate dinner and then I went to bed.

That's it.

Matt - Getting Dad's Father's Day Presents and Father's Day Cards

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast, cleaned up my room, did my blog and cleaned the bathroom.

By 8:30 I finished my jobs and so I helped Dad with his work. then I got Dad's Father's Day gifts. Next, i ate lunch. After that, I played with my remote controlled helicopter and I ate dinner. Finally, I showered and went to bed.

Ben - Who didn't write a title for this post

I woke up. I did my list after taking three hours to do my blog. I watched Matt try his RC helicopter. After testing it, we went to the park. Matt played with his helicopter and I played with an RC car. We came back to a pleasant surprise; Jacob finished taking a poop.

We played Wii next. Soon we finished because Matt and I argued a little. So I went to bed after signing Dad's Father's Day card.

The End

Kirsten - A Busy Day

Yesterday, Jennifer, Matt and I went and took a fecal sample from Donald to the vet. They tested it to see if he was sick. It seems he's alright. We have to modify his diet slightly.

We also went to Walgreens to pick up stuff for Father's Day. Then we got Taco Bell and Subway for lunch. At Subway I picked up an application because they're hiring.

later Jennifer and I went to King Soopers to pick up groceries. Then we went to Chipotle. After my brothers had gone to bed, I watched, "Your's, Mine and Ours". I hadn't ever seen that movie before. Regrettably I started watching right in the middle. But it was really cute.

Matt - Going to the Library (Saturday's post)

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast and then I wrote my blog post. Next, I cleaned my room and swept and mopped the kitchen floor.

In the next 40 min. I was on my way to the library. At the library I checked out two books and I got a new library card. then I went home, ate lunch, ran with Donald, Daisy and Kirsten and then played with my remote toy car. After that I had dinner. Finally, I showered, got into PJ's played a tile game with Jennifer and Kirsten and I went to bed.

Kirsten - Saturday Blog Post

Yesterday I did my list and then I took Matt to the library. We checked out some books and then went home in tiime for lunch.

For lunch I made Ramen noodles.

After lunch. I went for a run with Donald, Daisy and Matt. I wore out Matt and the dogs. It was pretty funny.

For dinner I made this cassarole thing. After dinner Ben, Matt, Dad Jennifer and I played Rumikub.

That was really it.

Jacob's Saturday Post

I woke up and I ate breakfast. And then, I did my list, but the problem is I didn't take the poop and the problem is extreme because I was still can't take the poop.

And that is my problems.

Ben - Ben's Saturday Post

I woke up to the sound of a motorcycle. Suddenly, Jennifer came in saying if I did my stuff on time, I could go to the library with Kirsten. I hurried to finish. Sadly, I didn't have my blog written. Matt and Kirsten were the only ones to go.

Matt and Kirsten soon came back. I went downstairs to discover Matt and Kirsten playing cards. I got so excited, I ran upstairs working as fast as I could. I showered, played cards, got ready for bed. I played one last game before bed. It was called Rumikub. I lost and I fell asleep.

The End

Jacob's post (Friday)

I woke up and I ate my breakfast. I had cheerios for breakfast. I waited for the bus.

Soon, I went into the school. I learned gym, math and reading, work and reading.

I went into the big house. I did my blog. I ate dinner.

If it is time for bed. I went into the bed.

STOP!

Ben - Friday's Post

Yesterday I wished I was able to do something fun. Go with Dad to work, watch a movie, help Dad work on the electric car, etc. I wished I could play Wii, anything other than what I did.

Instead of fixing batteries, helping Dad or playing games, I did the teenage boy's worst nightmare. Okay, second worst. Yesterday, I woke up and actually did most of my morning list. The exceptions were making my bed, writing my blog and the worst of all...I had to clean my room. I was avoiding it mostly.

In the end I had no choice but to do it. I got everything done except writing a blog. I was tired so I convinced Jennifer to let me do it today instead.

The End

Matt - Getting my Jobs Done Early

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, ate lunch, cleaned my room, cleaned the bathroom and wrote my blog post.

45 min. later, I had FINALLY finished doing the last things. Next, I helped Dad put together a computer. After that, I ate lunch, watched Jennifer play on Marry Poppins and then ate dinner. Finally, I showered, played Rumikub with Jennifer and Kirsten and went to bed.

Kirsten Blog - Friday

Yesterday I really didn't do too much. I cleaned the kitchen and finished my normal list. That also includes taking care of the dogs.

Speaking of the dogs, Donald decided to chew up a pink pen and it turned some of his fur pink. It was pretty funny looking but not an enjoyable mess to clean-up form the carpet. The pink seemed to keep coming back.

Finally, that night we had egg-burritos for dinner and afterwards I played Rubikub with Matt and Jennifer. Then I stayed up to finish the kitchen and practice the piano. Instead I spent a majority of the time I was going to invest in those other tasks watching Jennifer play World of Warcrat with Team-Speak2 on.

Ben - Blog Post (Thursday)

Yesterday I woke up and tried my new list. I was about to eat breakfast when Kirsten told me to do my laundry first. I threw a fit. Eventually I gave up.

The rest of the story gets much more interesting if you imagine with me that after breakfast a man sat in my window saying if I didn't clean my room I would get $1,000,000.00. Stay with me now because that would be a great justification for what happened next. I spent the rest of the day messing around with Matt, because I couldn't very well mess up my chances of getting a million dollars now could I?

Eventually I went to bed. The next morning I woke up to discover that reality was reality and that I had messed around and wasted an entire day. Oh well, the man probably would have taken off for Texas or something anyway before paying up.

Kirsten's Post - Thursday

Yesterday I did even more laundry. There were mountains of it! But now it is done and we can begin our laundry schedule smoothly.

I aslo went to the mall with two of my friends yesterday. We practiced cheer-leading moves around the fountain and tried on some lotions. I had a pretty good time.

Jennifer and Jacob picked me up and we went and got dinner. I had a crispy steak sandwich from Griff's. It was tasty.

That about sums up my day. Oh! I almost forgot. I also gave the dogs baths. Now THAT sums up my day.

Matt - A goofing off day (Thursday's post)

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and then I goofed around with Ben. At 10:00 I finally ate breakfast.

After breakfast i goofed around with Ben untill 2:00. Then I ate lunch. Next, I goofed around with Ben until 5:00. Finally, I ate dinner, got in P.J's and went to bed.

Jacob's Post for Thursday 6/12/08

I woke up and I ate my breakfast. I had Cheerios for breakfast.

I waited for the bus.

Soon, I went to school. I did gym, reading and math, making pancakes (I ate pancakes) reading, and working.

I did my blog and then I got dinner. I ate dinner.

It is time for bed. I got into my bed.

The End

Matt - Ball Point Pen Day 6/10/08

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, made my bed, showered and ate breakfast. Then I did my jobs.

After thirty minuts of playing with Ben, I ate lunch. Next I played chess with Dad. After that I had pizza for dinner and went to scouts. Finally, I came home and went to bed.

Jacob - Wednesday's post

It was a boring day in the day.

I woke up and I ate breakfast, so I had Cheerios and then I waited for the bus. So I went into the bus. I went to school. (I learn in gym, math and reading, and I forgot to learn that.)

I went to big lots to get some recipies.

I went to boring house. I did my job. I ate dinner.

So it is time for bed. I went to bed.

That's it.

P.S. I played Jennifer a game and I won, maybe it is not boring.

The End

Kirsten - Blog - June 11, 2008

Yesterday was ballpoint pen day. Of course we all wrote our blogs in ball point pen (except me, I had already written mine in crayon before the announcement was made). Instead I am writing my blog in ball-point pen today. Hooray!!

Yesterday I spent time (again) doing laundry. The closets were also cleaned out. In short, I did a lot yesterday. I was planning on starting my extended essay and my other homework (I actually kind of have a lot). I'll have to start my homework later this week...I just really don't want to put it off. I have started my Theory of Knowledge homework so at least I'm somewhere.

I also talked with two of my friends on the phone yesterday. It was good to hear from them. Well, I'm done with THIS blog. Over and Out!

XOXO,
Kirsten

Ben - Ballpoint Pen Day (Wednesday's post)

Yesterday I was woken up. Today was our second day John was gone. I played around with Matt. Kirsten asked me to help her sort the whites. We spent part of the day doing that. We had a pizza party before we went to Boy Scouts. Afterwards, I went to bed.

The End

Ben - The Day Before Ballpoint Pen Day

I woke up because of Matt. He wanted to play with the Battlestorm legos. He and I played our own game. John and Jennifer left to take John to San Diego. Dad left to clean the fountain. So it was just me, Matt and Kirsten.

Afterwards, we were asked to clean the house. Later Dad, Jennifer and Kirsten left to get dinner. They came back, we ate and then went to bed.

The End

Jacob - Summer School

I woke up and I got dressed and then I ate breakfast. I had cheerios for breakfast. I was waiting for the bus in a while. I went to school.

I went to the circle. I went to the gym. I went to swimming. I share with Codey and I went back home. And then I ate lunch. After my job is done: (boy's bathroom). I did my job.

That's all

Matt - Helping Kirsten Fix the Boy's Clothes

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, ate breakfast and played with the legos until noon. Then, I ate lunch. Next, I helped Kirsten fix Ben, Jacob, John-Michael and my clothes for the rest of the day. Finally, I ate dinner and went to bed.

Kirsten - Laundry

Yesterday was Monday. We made a schedule for laundry and washed everything we could (of course, we're still washing). I also spend a great deal of time yesterday sewing clothes so they would still work. It took me a very long time.

Our laundry schedule looks like this: (everyone has their own laundry day)
Monday - John
Tuesday - Jacob
Wednesday - Ben
Thursday - Chris/Dad
Fruday - Jennifer/Mom
Saturday - Matt
Sunday - Kirsten

We'll see how this new schedule goes. Now everyone hets to do their OWN laundry.

Yesterday I also talked to my mom. But really laundry was the main focus.

John-Michael - A happy day

I'm travelling to my dad's house today. First I had to pack the night before. Then in the morning I got in my clothes and went off to the airport with my Mom. Oh, and did I mention that I got a phone to talk to my Mom with? It was fun!!

While I was flying on the plane I mostly watched TV. Then I got to my dad's house early in the morning. Then I sortof unpacked. After that I went to Target and bought some new clothes and two leggo sets. One of Indiana Jones and one Mars Mission.

Then I came back home and I built my Indiana Jones and Mars Mission sets. Then I decided to combine them into one LONG set.

Now I am going to dinner. I am going to have maccaroni and cheese with a side of fries. When I get home I am going to play with my big set and then I am going to take it apart, put it into two separate sets and go to bed.

The End

Incredible - Jennifer/Mom

At the last second the entire weekend was cancelled!

Although Chris and I are shocked, we are not surprised. The kids on the other hand...The kids are devastated.

The kids may or may not post today. We are doing our best to make the best of it. There is nothing else to say at this point.

Jennifer/Mom - Change in Plans

I don't know if we will get posts up from the kids today. We are a little bit excited here because Andrew is coming to stay tonight and tomorrow night! The kids are sooooooooooo (there just aren't enough "o's" to communicate the intensity) excited for him to be here. It is better than Christmas!

In case no one posts today besides me, I'll give a recap of yesterday. The kids got up and going then in the afternoon it was rest time for some and garage sale prep for others.

Kirsten made Hawaiian Chicken for dinner with help from 3/4 of the boys. She didn't use a traditional recipe and I thought it was tasty and so did most everyone else.

I guess we didn't really specify what holiday was yesterday and we didn't have a specific theme. We did watch a bunch more "Roadents" after dinner. The kids liked that.

Just life lifing along and we are doing our best to keep up. Life is really good when we can stay just a little bit ahead. Hmmmmm....not looking likely for the next little bit.

Jennifer/Mom - Muffin Day!!

That was fun! We didn't like any of the holidays for yesterday so Chris and I invented one! Kirsten was making muffins so we decided to have Runyan Muffin Day!

I went to the store and picked up some more muffins. It was Chris' idea to include English muffins. Once Chris got back we decided to use the English muffins for Egg McMuffins. I also got cinnamon, raisin English muffins so we toasted those. Everyone had a job getting the McMuffins prepared and we ended up with a pretty cool assembly process. A few glitches happened but overall it worked well.

We had an afternoon of reading which was nice and relaxing for the boys. I started reading "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and then Kirsten read Pinocchio (the "real" story).

After dinner we decided to play a game. Apples to Apples was chosen but we re-named it for the occasion...Muffins to Muffins!

Jacob - Making the Muffins

I woke up and I did my list and I ate breakfast. I had cereal with bananas for breakfast. Last year Jennifer made cereal with bananas. I liked it, so now I make it that way when we have bananas.

Then Kirsten, John-Michael and I made muffins. Then we ate the muffins. We read stories. We read Jennifer's story and Kirsten's stories. Then Dad was back.

We celebarated Muffin Day. We had a party and then we played Muffins to Muffins while I was waiting for bed time. And then I went to bed when it was bedtime.

The End

Kirsten - A visit from the Muffin Man

Yesterday was Runyan Muffin Day. Jennifer says I inspired the holiday when I made citrus muffins with Jacob and John. Although that event was the inspiration, the "Roadents" video was what the holiday was based on.

In celebration of Muffin Day, Jennifer bought muffins...many muffins! She bought English muffins, pumpkin muffins, apple muffins, poppy-seed muffins, blueberry muffins, and many other types of muffins.

With the English muffins we decided to make "Egg McMuffins". In order to do so, we made an "assembly line" (so everyone helped) to make the McMuffins. Once finished we had a feast of muffins and watched "Roadents". It was a blast.

Ben - Muffin Day

Yesteday I ate breakfast. Then I played a while until Jennifer called us all into her room. We read two books and had Orang-flavored Muffins. Then Dad came home and we made egg-mcmuffins and a variety of muffins.

Dad and Jennifer also showed us a silly muffin thing on Dad's laptop. We played Apples to Apples.

The End

Matt - My Blog

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed, made my bed, showered and ate breakfast. Then I cleaned the bathroom. Next, I ate lunch and listened to Jennifer, Ben and Kirsten read aloud some books. After that, we had a muffin party! We ate muffins and played Apples to Apples (we called it Muffins to Muffins). Finally, I went to bed.

Jacob - Fairy Tale Theatre

I woke up and I did my list. I ate breakfast. I had cereal, honey nut scooters. I did my jobs. I ate lunch. I listened to Pinocchio. I watched the fairy tale theatre. I watched Cinderella, the Princess Who Never Laughed, Aladin and the Wonderful Lamp and Puss in Boots.

I made dinner. It was Kirsten's secret recipe. Kirsten won't tell. I went to Scouts and I saw a dog door. I had never seen a dog door before. And then I had ice cream at Dairy Queen. Jennifer took us.

And it was time for bedtime and I was going to sleep to get ready for tomorrow.

Kirsten - Blogging

Yesterday we watched fairy tale theatre after jobs were semi-done and also read Pinocchio during "nap-time" (they were as bouncy as bouncy-balls)

Then I made dinner and Jennifer took Jacob, Ben and Matt to Boy Scouts.

John-Michael - Working and Movies

I woke up and did laundry. Then Kirsten, Jacob, Matt, Ben and I read Pinocchio and ate Apples with peanut-butter. After that we watched fairy tale theatre. Then we ate dinner, the boys went to scouts and I went to bed.

Ben - Title?

Yesterday I cleaned the kitchen and watched a movie. We also read a version of Pinnochio. Then we went to Boy Scouts.

Then End

Matt - A Small Blanket

Yesterday I woke up, made my bed, got dressed, showered and ate breakfast. Then I wrote my blog and cleaned the bathroom. Next I ate lunch and watched some movies. I was not happy that I got a small blanket and everyone else got a big blanket.

In addition I ate dinner and went to Boy Scouts. finally, I came home and went to bed.

Jacob - Blog

I woke up and I did my list. I had cereal for breakfast. I ate breakfast. I did my jobs. I did my blog. I ate lunch. I ate cake and icecream. I play the game. It was call apple to apple. so we play apple to apple and I went to bed.

That's all.

Matt - Cake and Ice Cream

Yesterday I woke up, got dressed and ate breakfast. Then I cleaned the boy's bathroom. Because everyone else was still doing jobs I waited on my bed. I was there for sort of a while because I kept getting off and distracted people from their jobs. While on my bed I wrote my blog.

Then we had cake and ice cream and then everyone played Apples to Apples. Finally, I had dinner, got in pj's and went to bed.

Kirsten -

Yesterday we had cake and ice cream. We also tried to play Apples to Apples but everyone was too loud so the game ended early.

At the end of the day, I gave Donald and Daisy their monthly medicine. We also realized that Donald is sick as a dog, ha ha!

Finally, Jennifer gave me a piano lesson.

John - Just John

Yesterday I woke up. I did jobs, then we ate cake and ice cream and played Apples to Apples. I went to sleep.

The End

Ben - Yesterday

Yesterday I got up and cleaned my room. then I had breakfast. I played around until lunch. We ate some cake. Then we played Apples to Appples. then I played until dinner. Then I went to bed.

The End

Kirsten Blog

Yesterday I watched my brothers and Joh for a while. We watched "Monsters Inc." and after I watched them Jennifer played Pit and Set with us. Then we watched "Fairy-Tale Theatre: The Little Mermaid." During the movie my mom called.

Yesterday I also talked to J. on the phone to check in, since he's graduated. I just wanted to know how his life was after graduation. It sounds like it was the same.

I also practiced the piano yesterday. Jennifer is still helping me out with it.

John-Michael - The first blog of Summer Break

I woke up and I did some jobs. Then I played pit and set. I think that is pretty much all that happened in my day. Oh, we watched some movies too.

Jacob's Blog: Jacob Runyan's Dad

Dear Dad,

I know I played the video game, so I will tell you I played the video game in Saturday. I play Nintendo Wii.

Jacob

Ben - Ben

Yesterday I got up and showered, dressed and ate breakfast. Afterwards I cleaned my room and ate lunch. Then I watched a movie until I went to bed.

Matt - Pit and Other Games

Yesterday I woke up, made my bed, got dressed and ate breakfast. Then I cleaned the bathroom. Next, I ate lunch. I played Pit and other games with Jennifer, Kirsten, Jacob, and John-Michael. After that I watched Monsters Inc. Finally, I ate dinner, got in pj's and went to bed.

Summer Vacation - Jennifer/Mom

Summer vacation is here and we are re-instituting our Celebration-a-day! There are plenty of weird holidays out there to celebrate! For instance today is Leave the Office Early Day, National Bubba Day and Yell “Fudge” at the Cobras in North America Day. These are either too weird (National Bubba Day? – I even looked it up) or impossible for/inapplicable to us (the kids don’t work in an office and I don’t plan on either seeking out Cobras or encouraging the kids to stand outside yelling at them generally).

Fortunately, the idea of celebrating bizarre holidays means we can move them around a bit if we want. So, today we are going to choose one of yesterday’s holidays and celebrate it.

Yesterday was Pen Pal Day. Ooops, we don’t have pen pals. Oh, wait we do!! Here on the blog we can be “pen pals” with the world! We are celebrating by reinstituting the “blog-a-day” with the kids and ice cream and cake of course!

Jacob - Special Olympics

Dear Everyone,

I won two times. See I was good! It was track and field, it was longjump, softball throw and running.


I won longjump and softball throw!

Letters

Kirsten and Jacob lettered this year.

We are going to try and make “Party Friday” work tonight! - Jennifer/Mom

Even though we are tired we are going to try and make “Party Friday” work tonight. Could be tricky getting everything pulled together, but I think we can do it and not have to postpone to become “Party Saturday”!

We’ll keep you posted! LOL

Homework - Dad/Chris

Homework…

On top of everything else that is going on I have to get my homework done tonight. Each week I plan to get ahead. Jenn is really good about reminding me early, but something always seems to come up and I put it off a little longer. Most of the time I get it done earlier than I would have in the past.

What a difference having support.

Math

You never know when some obscure thing you learned in math class will come in handy. I took Linear Algebra in college 15 years ago, and now I'm actually using some of what I learned to solve some of our problems at work.

Who would have guessed that all the larning would be useful.

The hole in the wall

Our kitchen has had a huge hole above the oven where a microwave should go.

Not just any microwave you see. A couple of years ago our oven died, I replaced the old oven with a GE Trivection oven. It is REALLY cool, or should I say hot? Anyway it can cook a full sized turkey in 45 minutes. (actually tried it) Oh, that brings of memories of failed thanksgiving meals in the deep and dark past, shiver....

So the oven had a microwave above it. The microwave was crap so it went with the oven. I have been looking for an Advantium microwave to put in its place. Together the trivection and advantium make a perfect pair.

Well a few weeks ago I found one listed on craigslist, we rushed over and got it right away. Now we have a matching pair, they both work great.

Bus money

It’s 5 something in the morning and Kirsten needs bus money. Good thing I’m awake. I just happen to have a whole bunch of ones in my wallet. I wonder where they came from.

More blog-a-thon

Jenn forgot to say that we are posting one blog post an hour each. I don’t know if I can keep this up. I just don’t have that much to say at 4am in the morning. Time to put in another Monty Python flick and fill up on some more caffeine. Ahhhh, diet Dr. Pepper, nectar of the Gods.

Boy Scout camp

Ben and Matt had to choose their classes for summer camp.

Matt is going to take Eagle bound classes and the Environmental Science and First Aid.

Ben is taking Emergency Preparedness, Small Boat Sailing, Communication, and First Aid too.

I bet they will have fun.

Party Friday - Jennifer/Mom

I don't exactly know how it started, but it has sort of become a "tradition" to have a party every Friday. Sometimes it gets moved to Saturday if the circumstances dictate but overall we have been pretty consistent.

So, today is PARTY FRIDAY if all goes as planned!

:D

Birthday’s

A few years ago, the boys and I went to Kmart for presents for Kirsten. We ended up getting five flashlights for her birthay. (ok, we all thought it was funny) But ever since then we decided that the best way for the birthday person to get things they want and need is for them to help pick them out.

So instead of the usual routine of buying gifts and wrapping them up. We all go together to the store and each person gets to, in turn, search the store with the birthday person and together they chose a present.

So far it has worked out really well, and this time Kirsten chose clothes, and more clothes.

This year I want a Corvette.

Chilli's

We all went to Chilli’s for Kirsten’s birthday. You can see the picture in an earlier post (by Jennifer).

It took a while for the waitress to take our order. And then it took even longer for the food to come. Now if it was just me and Jenn it wouldn’t be a big deal. But keeping 4 bouncy hungry boys occupied at small booth for an hour is a chore.

When the food finally arrived, everyone’s was great except mine. Mine was cold, I mean it might as well have been left overs straight from the fridge. Anyway, Jenn went and spoke with the manager and the meal was free. Hurray for Chilli’s!

Chris and Jennifer's Blog-a-thon

Ok, so Chris and I have decided to have a "Blog-a-thon". Both of us are always saying..."We should blog about that!" So, we are going to just do it. The idea is to have a post every hour for 48 hours.

Maybe we are being a bit ambitious but we are going to give it a go!!

Kirsten's Birthday - Jennifer/Mom

Well, Kirsten's Birthday was quite the adventure and took many days to celebrate!

On her actual birthday we went to Chili's. As I said in a previous post it was an interesting experience. (Still waiting for the post telling that story Chris!)

Here is the photo of that dinner
















Then we went to dinner at Golden Corral on Saturday, went shopping for Birthday presents (we'll explain the Runyan family birthday traditions later too!)...





And finally home for the party!!!



Kisten blows out the candles while wearing her new clothes and the giant "cookie cake" (Dad's idea) is ready to cut! Say "Cheese!"























It was a fun birthday!

Jennifer/Mom - The Birthday Dinner

We just got back from Kirsten's birthday dinner. It was quite the experience! (Chris will get to post about those details.) The official birthday party will happen later but we wated to do something to celebrate today.

Bedtime for everyone!

Jennifer/Mom - Fixing the window!

We had our Sunday relaxing plans scrapped by the need to fix a window. UGH!!

It was so cool to work with Chris and get it all fixed though. I have learned how to do a TON of things from him! It is great!

Here are a few pics of Chris finishing up the job.

How NOT to land a plane...

I was doing some "spring cleaning" on my computer and found this classic:

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.