Peter....

Hello Everyone,

Peter was supposed to come home for Christmas and the holidays tonight... but his plane flight was delayed, (due to weather conditions) and instead of flying to Chicago, changing planes, and coming into Cleveland at midnight, he is flying to Washington D.C., where he will have to spend the night at the airport. Please pray that God will keep him safe at the airport, and that Peter will have safe flights to Cleveland.

Thank you.

Our Hunting Trip

This past November daddy went deer hunting... well, he took all of us with him, because he hunts on our friends' the Clarke's property. The Clarke's have five home-schooled children... I'm sure you can imagine what a time we have when we go down there.... They own 62 acres of beautiful land in southern Ohio, covered with trees, ponds, hills, etc., etc..

Daddy was blessed with a button buck, whom we named Rudolph. (Last year we struck up a tradition of naming our deer... So then we had Nora, Dora, and Mr. Buck). Duncan was with him when it "happened," and he told us all about how he held Rudolph's head in his hands while it died.... Sounds lovely, doesn't it? Actually, we all laughed because the way he told it was quite funny.... as everything that comes out of Duncan usually is.

























Luther hesitantly touches Rudolph.


























Getting ready to load Rudolph into the van.... Gabriel gazes farewell to the beautiful country.




My friend Rachel sent this to me in anticipation of the visit. This is a view from their kitchen window.

























Gabriel jumping on the trampoline with the little girls—he's such a good protector....







Don't we just look so happy and energetic???

























Eh, what country boys! Duncan and Jack....and Asher, everyone's favorite dog.


There will probably be more.... I have lots of pictures—but this is all I can do for now!

Thank you so much, Clarke family, for the wonderful time!

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Thanksgiving: Dinner and After Dinner

Here are just a few pictures of our Thanksgiving Day feast. Before we ate, however, Daddy read us an article about the five kernels of corn. It was very interesting, and made us all truly grateful for all the food around the table.

























Somebody's happy about this meal....




















Everybody excepting Conrad and Daddy at the table.

















Duncan and Tirzah at the foot of the table—Duncan thoroughly enjoying his food, while Tirzah daintily picks at hers, eventually eating it all up. :-)



















The after-dinner-but-still-at-the-table-conversation.

























So sweet.




















....Olivia making her "big-eyes" face. :-)





















When all the little children went to bed, my aunt, who is a poet and author, helped me with a book I'm writing. This was a huge blessing to me, and it was a lot of fun to sit down and talk with her. :-) Thank you, Aunt Paula.


Well, that about rounds up the Thanksgiving posts.... I'm incredibly sorry that it took me so long to get around to finishing it, and I will try to be more diligent with posting in the future. :-)


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Thanksgiving: Games with Relatives, Telephone

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Thanksgiving: Games with Relatives, Charades

For Thanksgiving we had our aunt and uncle and cousin over. While waiting for that delicious smelling food to finish cooking, we amused ourselves by playing various games, such as charades, and telephone. :-)

























Our cousin Conrad attempts to act out the "phrase" (er, book title) that the girls team gave him: The Acquiescent Villa, a book of poetry that my aunt has written.


























"Come on, guys!!!"



















Nearing the end....

Although many people came quite close, nobody guessed the right words. But Conrad did an excellent job acting.... :-)

























Chloe carefully planning her act.

The phrase that was given Chloe was The Spanish Armada.
























Small word.... "THE!!!!" ("yessss!")

























Again... "Come on!"


























Nobody could get this word, "Spanish", we were all guessing... 'dancer?' 'ballerina?' 'pirate?' But I think that after she acted out the word, "Armada" by acting out the syllables, we were able to guess the second word. :-)


























I think she's laughing at us! ;-)

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