Hi y'all,
Hope y'all are enjoying the new year. :-) We've been doing OK here, though most of us are sick with colds. I was doing well but apparently I wasn't ever it far enough. Going to the hospice (which went well by the way) staying up till past midnight for Youth that night then going to the hospice again on Sunday to help with the service.... add going to Swan river to get the forms done for braces and a fair bit of stress thrown in and I'm sick again. LOL! I really sound like I'm complaining don't I?!? Suffice to say I'm hoping and praying that I can go to Youth on Friday evening. I don't like missing church, Youth or Y2J... maybe it's because I've had to miss out on those things a lot in the past several years. I have to admit to loving being able to fellowship with Christians outside my family. :-)
Mom had a root canal and an infected tooth pulled, she needs another root canal as well but I'm not sure when that will happen. Naomi and I need braces on both top and bottom Lydia needs an expander and then only braces on her top. Naomi and I have to get teeth pulled to make room for the others to move, Naomi one and I need 4 pulled. :-/ I'm thankful that God is allowing us to get braces. I think I'll be getting my top braces near the end of Feb and Lydia will be getting a form of some sort for her expander, then in March I'll be getting the bottom set, Naomi will be getting both sets and Lydia will get her expander that she has to wear for three months. :-) Please pray that all goes well and also that Mom can get her other root canal done soon. :-) Thanks
Hannah
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Lots of Posts
Wed. Dec. 23rd Afternoon. :-) It's been snowing here steady since this morning. But it's not that cold, hanging around -8 C or +7 f. And no wind to speak of. :-)
Last night we went to the Youth Banquet at 6:30 pm...we went caroling for 45 min. or so before we ate. Afterwards we spread around the church talked to different people then Brad read the story of Christ's birth from Luke and afterwards we talked some more then people started leaving. We got home around 9:45. It was interesting being there. There were a few kids who don't usually come to Youth and they hadn't come for the fellowship or being with friends..... unfortunately. :-( So it ended up not being as good as most Youth evenings. I just hope that those of us who are Christians were an example an not a stumbling block to them. :-)
Dad, Mom, Sara, Lydia and Jesse went to Yorkton yesterday as well. Dad needed to pick up some different gears from the Sawmill and Mom needed to do shopping. Jesse bought himself a bow, I think it's a Mathew's but I'm not positive he's pretty happy with it. :-) Lydia picked up some new pillows and a set of sheets since hers' are wearing thin.
So there's nothing really exciting happening here. :-) Kind of boring right now, but that could always change.
Hannah
29th..... Martha's birthday went well... she received books, coffee and a mug along with a chocolate bar, Dad and Mom ordered her a set of sheets that have a wild horse theme and those should be coming soon. :-)
It's been hanging around 0 f, little above during the day. Yesterday was really nice out, sunny and barely any wind. I walked down to the main grid road, Lydia and Martha had taken couple horses out for a short ride and I met them coming back.
We seemed to have come in contact with a cold.... Cilla spends a lot of her time coughing at night. I have a slight sore throat and my ears hurt a little, hopefully I can get over it be Sunday since we want to do some special music. We're signed up for another show at the Hospice on the 8th of Jan. so we'll be practicing that soon. With the colds we aren't feeling to energetic to be playing or singing. :-)
Dad was able to get the gear box back together for the sawmill and he's done some cutting in the past couple days. I don't know how much work he's been doing on the bunk house, but it sounds like it wont be done till summer or next fall, depending on how much priority he puts on it. :-)
Peter and Gabrielle came up for Sunday and they came to our place for Dinner and stayed till 7:00 or so. Gabrielle is doing fairly good. She couldn't laugh much and by the time they were heading out she was looking really tired. I hope we didn't wear her out to badly. There's always so much going on around here that it's hard not to get tired even if you're not having to heal from surgery a couple weeks back. Thanks for the prayers for her. I know she appreciates them. :-)
Happy New Years.
Hannah
Dec. 4th.... Naomi's and mine special song was good. We made a couple people sniffle and lots of people thanked us for singing something so touching. :-) I love being able to touch peoples hearts through song. I can't witness or encourage very well by just talking, for some reason I'm always sticking my foot in my mouth, but in gospel song I can sing without wondering if I'm going to be making many mistakes or tripping someone up. :-)
The kids are still fighting their colds so it's just gonna be us 4 older girls playing and singing. Naomi says we're not going to do a set program like we usually do, instead just pick songs from a hymn book and we'll play a few fiddle tunes and waltzes so they can dance if they want to. :-) So it should be a more relaxed show this time. :-)
The weather's been fluctuating some, it was colder (-30 f) for a couple days last week and then it blow in some warmer weather for a day of snow and lots of wind from the south. Now it's above 0 f today. :-)
Have y'all ever heard of Blue Highway? A friend of mine gave me their gospel CD for a birthday present one year. I really like this song that one of them wrote called... I'm Asking You. Hope you enjoy. :-)
Talk to y'all later.
Hannah
Dec. 7th..... well more have fallen sick. Everyone but Naomi and Myself are to sick to sing at the hospice tomorrow. So guess who's going to be doing a duet? :-) I'm sure we'll get through somehow. I'm having to start out a few songs on the banjo.... I wish that Naomi had waited to give me that assignment till I actually knew how to start out a song. :-) Right now all I can do is hit a few chords and away we go. LOL! My vamping is getting better but I'm still doing my open G in-stead of the vamping position. I'm sure it'll come in time. :-)
It's back to cold weather again. We have several things set up for the wood stove in the living-room... Dad used a side of an old combine hopper for the back drop metal and he cut the end off our rain barrel and beat the the metal flat so it fit under (and in front of) the stove. Not classy, but it should work. He's intending to pick up the stove pipe tomorrow and then we'll be putting it all together and hopefully have more warmth in the house. :-)
Naomi, Lydia and I are taking up Mr. (Father) Banga on his request that some of us help do music at the Boys and Girls camp for the month of July this year. We will be paid some for it and that will help us with paying for music camp. Dad will bring us down there at the beginning of July and we'll stay down there till music camp is over. Almost 2 months of being away from home. It will be a good experience for us and for our family to get used to not having all of us older girls around. The younger kids will have to take on some of the chores that we were doing at their age.... like weeding the garden. :-) But Mom has encouraged us to go since she wants to work on the kids and not have so many older kids around. :-)
Oh and a wonderful answer to prayer we found a orthodontist so Naomi, Lydia and myself can get braces at about half the price we could have gotten them in the US. Dad and Mom weren't really hip on us getting braces before now, even when we were living in Melville but they've decided to let us get braces and they also are going to help pay for them! You will have to imagine our thankfulness that we are allowed to get braces and an added blessing on top that our parents are willing to help us pay for them, besides taking the time to drive us to the orthodontist. :-) God does move in mysterious ways. :-)
Hopefully I can post this tomorrow..... :-) Sorry it's been a bit long since I've had a chance to post, somethings went wrong and we didn't have the gas to drive over the neighbors to do any net things. :-)
Hannah
Last night we went to the Youth Banquet at 6:30 pm...we went caroling for 45 min. or so before we ate. Afterwards we spread around the church talked to different people then Brad read the story of Christ's birth from Luke and afterwards we talked some more then people started leaving. We got home around 9:45. It was interesting being there. There were a few kids who don't usually come to Youth and they hadn't come for the fellowship or being with friends..... unfortunately. :-( So it ended up not being as good as most Youth evenings. I just hope that those of us who are Christians were an example an not a stumbling block to them. :-)
Dad, Mom, Sara, Lydia and Jesse went to Yorkton yesterday as well. Dad needed to pick up some different gears from the Sawmill and Mom needed to do shopping. Jesse bought himself a bow, I think it's a Mathew's but I'm not positive he's pretty happy with it. :-) Lydia picked up some new pillows and a set of sheets since hers' are wearing thin.
So there's nothing really exciting happening here. :-) Kind of boring right now, but that could always change.
Hannah
29th..... Martha's birthday went well... she received books, coffee and a mug along with a chocolate bar, Dad and Mom ordered her a set of sheets that have a wild horse theme and those should be coming soon. :-)
It's been hanging around 0 f, little above during the day. Yesterday was really nice out, sunny and barely any wind. I walked down to the main grid road, Lydia and Martha had taken couple horses out for a short ride and I met them coming back.
We seemed to have come in contact with a cold.... Cilla spends a lot of her time coughing at night. I have a slight sore throat and my ears hurt a little, hopefully I can get over it be Sunday since we want to do some special music. We're signed up for another show at the Hospice on the 8th of Jan. so we'll be practicing that soon. With the colds we aren't feeling to energetic to be playing or singing. :-)
Dad was able to get the gear box back together for the sawmill and he's done some cutting in the past couple days. I don't know how much work he's been doing on the bunk house, but it sounds like it wont be done till summer or next fall, depending on how much priority he puts on it. :-)
Peter and Gabrielle came up for Sunday and they came to our place for Dinner and stayed till 7:00 or so. Gabrielle is doing fairly good. She couldn't laugh much and by the time they were heading out she was looking really tired. I hope we didn't wear her out to badly. There's always so much going on around here that it's hard not to get tired even if you're not having to heal from surgery a couple weeks back. Thanks for the prayers for her. I know she appreciates them. :-)
Happy New Years.
Hannah
Dec. 4th.... Naomi's and mine special song was good. We made a couple people sniffle and lots of people thanked us for singing something so touching. :-) I love being able to touch peoples hearts through song. I can't witness or encourage very well by just talking, for some reason I'm always sticking my foot in my mouth, but in gospel song I can sing without wondering if I'm going to be making many mistakes or tripping someone up. :-)
The kids are still fighting their colds so it's just gonna be us 4 older girls playing and singing. Naomi says we're not going to do a set program like we usually do, instead just pick songs from a hymn book and we'll play a few fiddle tunes and waltzes so they can dance if they want to. :-) So it should be a more relaxed show this time. :-)
The weather's been fluctuating some, it was colder (-30 f) for a couple days last week and then it blow in some warmer weather for a day of snow and lots of wind from the south. Now it's above 0 f today. :-)
Have y'all ever heard of Blue Highway? A friend of mine gave me their gospel CD for a birthday present one year. I really like this song that one of them wrote called... I'm Asking You. Hope you enjoy. :-)
Talk to y'all later.
Hannah
Dec. 7th..... well more have fallen sick. Everyone but Naomi and Myself are to sick to sing at the hospice tomorrow. So guess who's going to be doing a duet? :-) I'm sure we'll get through somehow. I'm having to start out a few songs on the banjo.... I wish that Naomi had waited to give me that assignment till I actually knew how to start out a song. :-) Right now all I can do is hit a few chords and away we go. LOL! My vamping is getting better but I'm still doing my open G in-stead of the vamping position. I'm sure it'll come in time. :-)
It's back to cold weather again. We have several things set up for the wood stove in the living-room... Dad used a side of an old combine hopper for the back drop metal and he cut the end off our rain barrel and beat the the metal flat so it fit under (and in front of) the stove. Not classy, but it should work. He's intending to pick up the stove pipe tomorrow and then we'll be putting it all together and hopefully have more warmth in the house. :-)
Naomi, Lydia and I are taking up Mr. (Father) Banga on his request that some of us help do music at the Boys and Girls camp for the month of July this year. We will be paid some for it and that will help us with paying for music camp. Dad will bring us down there at the beginning of July and we'll stay down there till music camp is over. Almost 2 months of being away from home. It will be a good experience for us and for our family to get used to not having all of us older girls around. The younger kids will have to take on some of the chores that we were doing at their age.... like weeding the garden. :-) But Mom has encouraged us to go since she wants to work on the kids and not have so many older kids around. :-)
Oh and a wonderful answer to prayer we found a orthodontist so Naomi, Lydia and myself can get braces at about half the price we could have gotten them in the US. Dad and Mom weren't really hip on us getting braces before now, even when we were living in Melville but they've decided to let us get braces and they also are going to help pay for them! You will have to imagine our thankfulness that we are allowed to get braces and an added blessing on top that our parents are willing to help us pay for them, besides taking the time to drive us to the orthodontist. :-) God does move in mysterious ways. :-)
Hopefully I can post this tomorrow..... :-) Sorry it's been a bit long since I've had a chance to post, somethings went wrong and we didn't have the gas to drive over the neighbors to do any net things. :-)
Hannah
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Prayer requests
Dec. 19th.... what's up folks? I hope you're all doing well. And those of you who are sick I hope you heal quickly and wont be in pain.
Hey could y'all pray for Gabrielle W. ? She had to go into emergency last week and have part of her intestine removed along with her gall bladder. She's in quite a bit of pain. Please pray for her and for her family as they have to deal with this. Pray especially that God will use this to bring Peter and Gabrielle's sons to Him. They're nice kids but haven't asked God to become their Savior. Peter and Gabrielle were saved last year. :-) Thanks.
It's warmer here... around -10 to -5 f the past couple days. :-) A real blessing from the past week or more with it being -35 f. :-) It's been foggy the past two days.... so that's probably one of the main reasons it's warmer. But I wont be complaining about the warmer weather. :-)
We have the three Covlin girls here for babysitting. I think we'll be bringing them home. The whole family came yesterday evening for a little visit and some music. I got out of playing.... not because I really wanted to, but the day before I had sliced the top of my middle finger on my right hand so playing banjo is out of the question. It's healing nicely, and it should be good to play in a couple more days. :-)
Dad put his back out again... that's twice since we've moved here. This last time he was hauling a Railway tie with Jesse and tripped over another one. I guess it pulled something, so he's been laying around the house a bit. Couple of the bearings on the sawmill went bad so he had to pick more up. The sawmill's been kind of silent anyway since it's been almost to cold to run it. I think Dad has to bring the gear shaft and something else into Endeavour to the shop so he can get it back together. Can you please pray that Dad will heal that also that the sawmill will be put back together quickly and correctly. Thanks. :-)
Wow we're being hurt and sick right and left... Thanks so much for praying. :-) Thought you'd enjoy this verse(s). Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy way; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalm 51:12&13
Hannah
Hey could y'all pray for Gabrielle W. ? She had to go into emergency last week and have part of her intestine removed along with her gall bladder. She's in quite a bit of pain. Please pray for her and for her family as they have to deal with this. Pray especially that God will use this to bring Peter and Gabrielle's sons to Him. They're nice kids but haven't asked God to become their Savior. Peter and Gabrielle were saved last year. :-) Thanks.
It's warmer here... around -10 to -5 f the past couple days. :-) A real blessing from the past week or more with it being -35 f. :-) It's been foggy the past two days.... so that's probably one of the main reasons it's warmer. But I wont be complaining about the warmer weather. :-)
We have the three Covlin girls here for babysitting. I think we'll be bringing them home. The whole family came yesterday evening for a little visit and some music. I got out of playing.... not because I really wanted to, but the day before I had sliced the top of my middle finger on my right hand so playing banjo is out of the question. It's healing nicely, and it should be good to play in a couple more days. :-)
Dad put his back out again... that's twice since we've moved here. This last time he was hauling a Railway tie with Jesse and tripped over another one. I guess it pulled something, so he's been laying around the house a bit. Couple of the bearings on the sawmill went bad so he had to pick more up. The sawmill's been kind of silent anyway since it's been almost to cold to run it. I think Dad has to bring the gear shaft and something else into Endeavour to the shop so he can get it back together. Can you please pray that Dad will heal that also that the sawmill will be put back together quickly and correctly. Thanks. :-)
Wow we're being hurt and sick right and left... Thanks so much for praying. :-) Thought you'd enjoy this verse(s). Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy way; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Psalm 51:12&13
Hannah
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Town, Candy recipe
Dec. 15th.... it's up to -15 f here... Yeah! :-) Only 10 days till Martha's birthday. She'll be 13, my little sister is growing up. :-) I believe I and Lydia bought her a present together but I might pick up something else depending on if I can find anything. :-)
Tomorrow Lord willing we'll be hauling Eugene's two Standardbreds back to his place and after noon we're meeting Murray who has 3 Dexters and 1 Tarantaise that we're buying.... well Dad's getting the 3 and Lydia's buying the 1. So we'll be in Yorkton for a bit, I'm hoping to go to the library with Naomi and I also need to go to Wal-mart and Superstore. If I want something special for my birthday dinner I have to pick it up. :-) And I also am down to one pair of leggings and those are rather thin.... :-) Not the nicest for winter weather. :-) I want to look at Wal-mart, see if I can avoid ordering from Sears.
Have y'all ever heard of Almond bark? Not the actual skin on the tree... :-) But white dipping chocolates melted and mixed with slivered almonds and craisins... (dried, sweetened cranberries) it's really good. As is Soda Candy. :-)
Soda Candy
You should get two 9x13 pans from this recipe, but it's kind of thin on the caramel.
Layer cookie sheet with foil and grease well with salad oil (or butter or any other oil)
Put one layer of salted soda crackers on foil to cover cookie sheet.
Boil 1 c. margarine (we prefer butter, tastes lots better)
And 1 c. brown sugar for 2 minutes
Spoon onto crackers and spread.
Bake at 350 f for 5 min.
Remove from oven.
Top with one 12 oz pkg (about 1 ¼ cups) chocolate chips
When melted, smooth out chips and top with nuts (if you wish that is we like it either way)
Tastes like toffee and your family will love it! :-)
Have fun.... :-)
Hannah
Tomorrow Lord willing we'll be hauling Eugene's two Standardbreds back to his place and after noon we're meeting Murray who has 3 Dexters and 1 Tarantaise that we're buying.... well Dad's getting the 3 and Lydia's buying the 1. So we'll be in Yorkton for a bit, I'm hoping to go to the library with Naomi and I also need to go to Wal-mart and Superstore. If I want something special for my birthday dinner I have to pick it up. :-) And I also am down to one pair of leggings and those are rather thin.... :-) Not the nicest for winter weather. :-) I want to look at Wal-mart, see if I can avoid ordering from Sears.
Have y'all ever heard of Almond bark? Not the actual skin on the tree... :-) But white dipping chocolates melted and mixed with slivered almonds and craisins... (dried, sweetened cranberries) it's really good. As is Soda Candy. :-)
Soda Candy
You should get two 9x13 pans from this recipe, but it's kind of thin on the caramel.
Layer cookie sheet with foil and grease well with salad oil (or butter or any other oil)
Put one layer of salted soda crackers on foil to cover cookie sheet.
Boil 1 c. margarine (we prefer butter, tastes lots better)
And 1 c. brown sugar for 2 minutes
Spoon onto crackers and spread.
Bake at 350 f for 5 min.
Remove from oven.
Top with one 12 oz pkg (about 1 ¼ cups) chocolate chips
When melted, smooth out chips and top with nuts (if you wish that is we like it either way)
Tastes like toffee and your family will love it! :-)
Have fun.... :-)
Hannah
Cold and Youth
Dec. 12th. Well folks how it been going? Are y'all having fun in the snow? :-) It's been rather chilly up here, keeping around -30 to -35 C ( -20 to -30 F) Not exactly fun weather to be out in. :-)
Dad's been working with the sawmill but he can't stay out for long periods of time since it's cold so he has to do other things from time to time to keep himself warm. Jesse's not so eager to go help him any more but he still goes out at times to help. :-)
Went to Youth last night...we played road hockey. First time I had done anything with a hockey stick and for the first ¾ s of the game I wasn't sure exactly what was supposed to be going on, but when the puck landed in front of me one time I actually was able to send it toward to right goal and then I was in, occasionally hitting it and once making a goal on my own. YEAH! LOL! :-) We couldn't play long as it was so cold even with the moving around our hands were freezing. So we went in and played 4 square ball, which I was a total failure at. :-) We had used the brown paper hand towel stuff to make the lines and then we taped them down to make a square 10 x 10 feet and that we divided into 4 squares each about 5 x5 feet. Any how at end Jay S. (pastor's son) and Josh M. (son of Roy whom we helped with cows) were being pretty ornery to each other they happened to be in the squares when Brad and the other Youth leader were pulling up the tape and paper so they wrapped the two of them up in the tape. :-) I can't describe it all but it was quite funny when it happened. :-) We went down and had snack and then Rod T. ( the other Youth leader) taught a lesson on forgiveness. He really stressed how God says in Matthew 18 beginning in verse 21... when Peter asks God how many times he has to forgive his brother? And at the end of the chapter God says “And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, it ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” We can 'forgive' in word only but God knows our hearts. If we don't forgive from our hearts we are not doing His will. In Luke 7:36-50 we read the story of when Jesus is invited into a Pharisee's house for a meal. There a harlot comes and she weeps over Jesus' feet, dries them with her hair then pours ointment on them. And God says at the end of this: “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.” God is saying that as we forgive from our hearts our brothers who have wronged us, then we can learn to love them more as God loved us. I'm not explaining this very well.... sorry. :-)
Talk to you later.
Hannah
Dad's been working with the sawmill but he can't stay out for long periods of time since it's cold so he has to do other things from time to time to keep himself warm. Jesse's not so eager to go help him any more but he still goes out at times to help. :-)
Went to Youth last night...we played road hockey. First time I had done anything with a hockey stick and for the first ¾ s of the game I wasn't sure exactly what was supposed to be going on, but when the puck landed in front of me one time I actually was able to send it toward to right goal and then I was in, occasionally hitting it and once making a goal on my own. YEAH! LOL! :-) We couldn't play long as it was so cold even with the moving around our hands were freezing. So we went in and played 4 square ball, which I was a total failure at. :-) We had used the brown paper hand towel stuff to make the lines and then we taped them down to make a square 10 x 10 feet and that we divided into 4 squares each about 5 x5 feet. Any how at end Jay S. (pastor's son) and Josh M. (son of Roy whom we helped with cows) were being pretty ornery to each other they happened to be in the squares when Brad and the other Youth leader were pulling up the tape and paper so they wrapped the two of them up in the tape. :-) I can't describe it all but it was quite funny when it happened. :-) We went down and had snack and then Rod T. ( the other Youth leader) taught a lesson on forgiveness. He really stressed how God says in Matthew 18 beginning in verse 21... when Peter asks God how many times he has to forgive his brother? And at the end of the chapter God says “And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, it ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.” We can 'forgive' in word only but God knows our hearts. If we don't forgive from our hearts we are not doing His will. In Luke 7:36-50 we read the story of when Jesus is invited into a Pharisee's house for a meal. There a harlot comes and she weeps over Jesus' feet, dries them with her hair then pours ointment on them. And God says at the end of this: “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.” God is saying that as we forgive from our hearts our brothers who have wronged us, then we can learn to love them more as God loved us. I'm not explaining this very well.... sorry. :-)
Talk to you later.
Hannah
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