What's in a Name? ;-)

For the purpose of remaining (somewhat) anonymous on my blog, I've always been careful to share little personal information about my family--including the real names of my three sisters.  In the past I've referred to each of them by number (Sis #1, Sis #2, Sis #3... you get the idea!)  Needless to say, I figured it was time I come up with something a little better than that.  So, while the new Blogger names I'm giving them are not their true identities, they will have to do. ;) 

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Introducing

Without further ado

Shelly

currently 16 years old

{previously known as Sister #1}

Eliza

currently 13 years old

{previously known as Sister #2}

&

Samantha

currently 11 years old

{previously known as Sister #3}

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Photo Credits

Yours truly - taken by Eliza

Shelly - taken by Mom

Eliza - taken by Yours Truly

Samantha - taken by Yours Truly

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There.

It's officially official. ;-)

Have a wonderful Friday, everyone!

♥

Ah, Spring is in the Air!

And I have pictures to prove it. ;D

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I'm so thankful for this lovely spring weather. It helps to make my days so much more enjoyable! :) Don't you just love it? ...I hope you're all enjoying it as well!! ~ Have a blessed Friday, everyone!


All photos taken by: Me. :)

Birthday Blessings

Yesterday we celebrated Sister #3's eleventh birthday! On Friday, she and a friend of hers got to go to a Family Fun Center nearby. They had a really good time together. Then that evening we had our grandparents come over for presents and cake and ice cream. This year she decided that she wanted an ice cream cake... so we bought one! (No, we didn't make it ourselves!) It was very delicious, though! :)

This is one of the gifts she got from our grandparents:

... Isn't he so cute?!


Here she is (on left) playing the "ticket version" of Deal or No Deal with her friend at the FFCenter. They ended up with about 1,500 tickets to spend on prizes! Good job, girls! (Sister #2 helped them out a lot with that! ;)

Anyway, it's hard to believe the youngest in our household is now 11 years old! My goodness how time flies. :) She has been one of the biggest blessings to our family and I love her so very much. May the Lord bless you and keep you, dear sister, throughout this next year!

I love you!

A New Hairstyle

My sisters and I have always enjoyed playing with each other's hair. It's a lot of fun, especially now that all of our hair is so long! A few days ago Sister #1 decided to experiment trying different hairstyles with Sister #3. They had a lot of fun doing that together. When they showed us what they came up with we just had to get a picture!

Isn't that neat?! If you'd like to see previous posts on different hairstyles we've done, you can get to them by clicking HERE. I hope you all are having a very blessed week!!

A Young Maiden's Daybook--Entry #11

I thought I might end up having two Young Maiden's Daybook posts in a row again, but I was wrong! I hope you all had a wonderful Monday!

Today...

May 18, 2009

Outside my window...

The weather is perfect and the sun is setting

I am thinking...

About my busy day tomorrow!

I am thankful for...

God's provision

I am wearing...

Floral print skirt with a regular t-shirt

I am reading...

The Bible, Anne Frank

I am creating...

Nothing in particular right now.

One of my favorite things...

Having beautiful weather!!

For education this week...

Finishing up the Holocaust study.

A keeper at home skill I am using/learning...

Cooking, baking, and the budget

A spiritual lesson I'm learning...

About the next fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness

A godly character trait I plan to work on...

Gentleness

Scripture I am memorizing...

Galatians

I am praying for...

Lots of things!

For the rest of this week...

Going w/ my Pa-pa for his MRI and doctors appt. tomorrow, Holocaust unit study Thursday, visiting the Holocaust museum on Friday, attending a graduation ceremony for a friend on Saturday, and church, etc.

A picture I'd like to share...

Sis #3 in our Me-ma and Pa-pa's woods a few weekends ago. : )

To find out more about participating in A Young Maiden's Daybook, click HERE.

Another "Sister Day" :)

This afternoon Mom and sis #1 left to get church work accomplished and run to the bank, post office, etc. While they were gone sisters #2 and #3 and I had a tea party and ate leftover chicken salad from Family Ministry last night! (If you don't already know, we really like to drink hot tea!) I also thought it would be nice to read them a chapter from the book "Beautiful Girlhood". We've owned the book for a few months now, but still I had not read it yet. We only read the first chapter today.

Afterwards, they were asking if we could make some kind of dough for them to play with. They had apparently done it before with sis #1, so they just told me what to do. (I honestly wasn't sure how it would work out, but I figured it wouldn't hurt anything to try!) These were all the ingredients they had me use:

Okay, so the cook book and pretty towel were only for show! :)

The whole process of mixing the unmeasured ingredients together took no time at all. They were begging me to add sugar to it, but I kept reminding them that our purpose in making this dough was NOT to eat it but to play with it. Still they persisted in their asking, as if each time they told me it was a brand new idea they'd just thought up. It was quite comical really. Here's a picture of our decent-looking dough: (I must say I was rather impressed!)

Okay, I'm not really sure why it rotated the picture after downloading it onto Blogger. It was turned the right way when I selected it. Oh, well. I guess you get the "picture"!

Anyway... for some reason I ended up leaving the kitchen for a few seconds and came back to find sis #3 sitting over the bowl with dark green ALL over her hands, and this:



Yes, I was shocked. Also a little upset to find that she decided to use most of the food coloring we had stored in our pantry to decorate our play-dough. Let me tell you, it's never ending in our house! :) So, the whole mixing of the food coloring didn't really work out quite right, considering the substance we had created was very thick and wouldn't stir at all. Oh, well. They did get to play with it and they enjoyed every bit of it, which was good. What's funny is if you know sis #2, then you know she always has some logical or reasonable solution. So here it is:

Sis #2: (Sitting at the island with the dough) "Look Tay! I just made a really awesome thing."
Taylor: (Sitting over at the table) "I'm sure you did. What is it?"
Sis #2: "Well, if you want to know, you're gonna have to come over here."
Taylor: "Okay... Hold on." (Finally walks over)
Sis #2: "See. Can you guess what it is?"
Taylor: "Of course. It's Texas." (Acting not too impressed. (Keep in mind, they've shown me a hundred things by now.))
Sis #2: "Yep. And the yellow and green colors make it look like the weather forcast on T.V.!"
OKAY, so I was actually rather impressed after that! You can always count on sis #2 to come up with something like that.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share what was taking place in our kitchen this afternoon. I'm glad I made the decision to take pictures as it all unfolded. It was definitely worth doing because of the story we had to go along with it! There's certainly never a dull moment. For those who know me, I'm sure it was funny to picture me (the serious, boring sister) in the kitchen with those two!
~We had a good time, and I'm glad we did it! God bless and have a beautiful day!

I Have Acquired a New Skill! :)

Yes, it's true! Last night I saw a video on YouTube of how to do a french braid, and it inspired me! Ha! Ha! I've never done one before, and you'd think in a house full of 5 women somebody around here would know how, but that would be a nope! :) Anyway, the pictures below are my VERY FIRST attempts ever at french braids, and I was so proud of myself that I just had to share it! I want to thank my two youngest sisters for being so brave as to allow me to try it out on them first. Yes, I still need much perfecting, but for a first try I thought it turned out pretty well: Sister #3
Sister #2

Sister #1 is busy right now, but I plan to try it out on her gorgeous, long blonde hair as well!

"But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering."

1 Corinthians 11:15