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| Sap coming out of the pipe |
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Maple Syrup
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Crazy February
Hello all,
It's been "another manic Monday", well not exactly Monday but maybe the whole month of February. I guess we will see how many of you know this song =)
February was super fun with our "growing family". It was great to have even more laughter in the house and even more crazy girls...not sure how well the boys are coping though lol. We were blessed with many learning components this month and last. Jim & Karen Skidmore took the group in for knitting and pottery, later in the month Lester took the whole group cross country skiing. Ines and myself (Hallie) took the group for self-defense class, that was interesting =)
At the end of the month we took Mel to Pittsburgh for her return flight home, before we dropped her off we had the chance to experience the Incline plane and check out Carnigie Science Museum. We stayed at Pittsburgh Mennonite church for the evening and then checked out Carnigie Natural History & Art museum both were wonderful experiences!
This weekend we will be enjoying time with our church family at our church retreat and next weekend Amos' dad will be joining us for a long weekend!
Thank you for all your support and prayers of the Service Adventure family!
Hallie
It's been "another manic Monday", well not exactly Monday but maybe the whole month of February. I guess we will see how many of you know this song =)
February was super fun with our "growing family". It was great to have even more laughter in the house and even more crazy girls...not sure how well the boys are coping though lol. We were blessed with many learning components this month and last. Jim & Karen Skidmore took the group in for knitting and pottery, later in the month Lester took the whole group cross country skiing. Ines and myself (Hallie) took the group for self-defense class, that was interesting =)
At the end of the month we took Mel to Pittsburgh for her return flight home, before we dropped her off we had the chance to experience the Incline plane and check out Carnigie Science Museum. We stayed at Pittsburgh Mennonite church for the evening and then checked out Carnigie Natural History & Art museum both were wonderful experiences!
This weekend we will be enjoying time with our church family at our church retreat and next weekend Amos' dad will be joining us for a long weekend!
Thank you for all your support and prayers of the Service Adventure family!
Hallie
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| The Incline Sisters |
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| Astronaut Kei |
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| Most amazing home-style food ever!!! |
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| Scientist Kei |
Thursday, February 7, 2013
New family members and Laurelville
In the last month our family has grown and Josiah and Amos are stuck with 6 girls now...
Shannon Weniger from Kansas arrived in January and is working at the Meyer's Clinic.
Mel from Germany arrived in February and is working at Heart and Hand Ministries. Unfortunately she is just staying for 4 weeks...:(
After picking up Mel at the airport we went to Laurelville where we convinced tons of on-the-ground-staring highschoolers to participate in Service Adventure ^^.
Hallie preached the sermons (and did an awesome job as always) and we were personal assistants like nannies, nailholders, crosscarriers, papercutters and paperfolders...
But that's how family works, one for all and all for one.
Even though Mel was extremely tired because of the 6 hour time change we had a great weekend.
We didn't have enough snow to go sledding but cool people and good food made up for the missing outdoor activities.
PS: Since our unit computer is still broke (for 1 month now...argh) no pictures in this post... :'(
Pray that it'll be fixed this week and I'll get some cool pictures posted ASAP!!!
Shannon Weniger from Kansas arrived in January and is working at the Meyer's Clinic.
Mel from Germany arrived in February and is working at Heart and Hand Ministries. Unfortunately she is just staying for 4 weeks...:(
After picking up Mel at the airport we went to Laurelville where we convinced tons of on-the-ground-staring highschoolers to participate in Service Adventure ^^.
Hallie preached the sermons (and did an awesome job as always) and we were personal assistants like nannies, nailholders, crosscarriers, papercutters and paperfolders...
But that's how family works, one for all and all for one.
Even though Mel was extremely tired because of the 6 hour time change we had a great weekend.
We didn't have enough snow to go sledding but cool people and good food made up for the missing outdoor activities.
PS: Since our unit computer is still broke (for 1 month now...argh) no pictures in this post... :'(
Pray that it'll be fixed this week and I'll get some cool pictures posted ASAP!!!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Well Christmas is almost here and we are getting ready to go home but first I need to tell you what we did this month.We decorated our house and Christmas tree the beginning of the month and it was really fun. On the 15th we had our Christmas party which we named "Your Favorite or Ugly Christmas sweater party." We played games, ate awesome food, and played a movie for the children. Many people came from church. We also did some baking and did took some of our cookies to the neighbors. Well we hope all of you that read this have a Merry Christmas and an awesome New Year.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Susan is here!!!
We were all pretty exited to have Susan - the service adventure director - for a few days in our house!
(For people who don't know her: she is really a lot of fun!)
After kidnapping Hallie for a recruiting trip to Virginia she cleared her debt with candy. bagels, pie, donuts...
(see, she is really a lot of fun...^^)
We celebrated her birthday (which may embarrassed her a little bit but that's how we show our love for each other...)
However, we took her to Black Water Falls and to the Purple Fiddle.
She took us for lunch to the Hellbender (I know that sounds like a word you shouldn't use especially when you are around kids but to spill the beans the hellbander is a native north american giant salamander that lives around here... not that I ever met one...)
where we had some really good Burritos.
We played 5 Crowns and had a lot opportunities to fill our "favorite quotes and meomories"-board...
And Susan visited us at our work placements!
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| At Black Water Falls |
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| Burrotos at the "Hellbender" |
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| pretty close deer-encounter... |
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Hurricane Sandy Power Outage Fun! Written By Hallie
Well last time we started the blog with "winter is knocking on our door"...Well not only did it knock but it blew the door off the hinges!
About a couple of weeks ago if you turned on your television all you would have heard is prepare for hurricane Sandy!! Now being Kansans we understand when you tell us a tornado is coming we feel we have it covered but hurricane was a new one for us! In the beggining we were told to prepare for anywhere from 2-5 FEET OF SNOW and long power outages!
So being the "mom" of the houshold I felt it was my duty to begin the process of preparing for the "Storm of the Century" as it was being called. Generally, my constant list of demands to fill water pitchers, go to the store for supplies, find the flashlights and telling everyone to take a shower was mostly laughed at by my husband! lol The night before the big hit it had been pouring rain all day so in my wisdom I decided it best to drive Ines & Josiah to Clarksburg for supplies and last minute items..You know since I have all this wisdom it would go better with me there! (Pick up on the sarcasm) SO in all my wisdom we went to ALDI's for food and after a good hour as we went to load the van I realized with ALL my wisdom I had locked the keys in the van!!! Therfore, Amos had to drag the girls out into the rain to come all the way to Clarksburg with keys, Therfore..we walked to walmart in the terrential down pour to finish our shopping. In hindsight maybe Mrs. Wisdom should just stay home and let the very self-sufficent young ones handle the shopping...ANYWHO!
The power outages did come the next day with lots & lots of snow but we were prepared!
Day 1 was great fun with sledding & snow fights up at the "Shepards Field Farm", crafts & coloring with the kids in the evening and game time at night!
Day 2 without power we managed to hear the roads were clear so we took the whole family to the Clarksburg mall to a childrens Halloween Party and the guys walked around (you know because they love the mall so much) and of course more games that evening!
Day 3 Starting to get a little tired of no power and Ines begins to coin the phrase "If I don't get out of this house I might eat someone" ..Dont worry she never really did =)
Day 4 We were blessed to recieve a generator so we could save some of our freezer food & later that night we got power back!
Being without power reminds us of the many, many, (did I mention many) blessings that we have here in America. After spending a week in Haiti two years ago its hard to imagine that people live so differently yet not so far away from eachother. I am so very thankful for my service adventure family & the quality time we were given during our power outage! Please continue to pray for people on the East coast and think about what you can do to help!
Blessings, Hallie
About a couple of weeks ago if you turned on your television all you would have heard is prepare for hurricane Sandy!! Now being Kansans we understand when you tell us a tornado is coming we feel we have it covered but hurricane was a new one for us! In the beggining we were told to prepare for anywhere from 2-5 FEET OF SNOW and long power outages!
So being the "mom" of the houshold I felt it was my duty to begin the process of preparing for the "Storm of the Century" as it was being called. Generally, my constant list of demands to fill water pitchers, go to the store for supplies, find the flashlights and telling everyone to take a shower was mostly laughed at by my husband! lol The night before the big hit it had been pouring rain all day so in my wisdom I decided it best to drive Ines & Josiah to Clarksburg for supplies and last minute items..You know since I have all this wisdom it would go better with me there! (Pick up on the sarcasm) SO in all my wisdom we went to ALDI's for food and after a good hour as we went to load the van I realized with ALL my wisdom I had locked the keys in the van!!! Therfore, Amos had to drag the girls out into the rain to come all the way to Clarksburg with keys, Therfore..we walked to walmart in the terrential down pour to finish our shopping. In hindsight maybe Mrs. Wisdom should just stay home and let the very self-sufficent young ones handle the shopping...ANYWHO!
The power outages did come the next day with lots & lots of snow but we were prepared!
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| sleding in 17 inches of snow!!!! |
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| view from the farm... |
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| Happy Halloween!!! |
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| crafts |
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| results of crafts |
Day 2 without power we managed to hear the roads were clear so we took the whole family to the Clarksburg mall to a childrens Halloween Party and the guys walked around (you know because they love the mall so much) and of course more games that evening!
Day 3 Starting to get a little tired of no power and Ines begins to coin the phrase "If I don't get out of this house I might eat someone" ..Dont worry she never really did =)
Day 4 We were blessed to recieve a generator so we could save some of our freezer food & later that night we got power back!
Being without power reminds us of the many, many, (did I mention many) blessings that we have here in America. After spending a week in Haiti two years ago its hard to imagine that people live so differently yet not so far away from eachother. I am so very thankful for my service adventure family & the quality time we were given during our power outage! Please continue to pray for people on the East coast and think about what you can do to help!
Blessings, Hallie
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