Home Sweet Home

Pet injured and man loses finger in park attack

2011-05-07T14:59:00.000-07:00

Pet injured and man loses finger in park attack

Boston

2010-10-06T07:05:00.000-07:00

Brianna's musical

2010-09-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

Brianna decided to participate in our church musical this year. Here's some cute pictures:

Barley Visit!

2010-09-13T17:01:00.001-07:00

This summer the Barley's came to visit us! While there we forgot to take any pictures until the last 2 days. But we did a couple cute ones. One night, we had a birthday party and then a fun scavenger hunt for Seth and Leah

Monkey Joe's!

Hunter was scared of Leah the entire time she was here, but I guess she just looked so innocent when she slept.

Finally 15!

2010-09-13T16:53:00.000-07:00

Cooking Camp

2010-09-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

Over the summer Brianna and I did a cooking camp. Here are some pictures from the two competitions we did. (We look very tired in a couple of them, because we had to stay up late baking our creations :P)

Mother-Daughter date

2010-09-13T15:44:00.000-07:00

Sandy Cove

2010-09-13T15:24:00.000-07:00

Over Memorial Weekend, we went to a Christian family resort, and on the way we stopped in Annapolis to do some sightseeing.

AT Sandy Cove there were many many activities to do, one of our favourites was the zip line.

Another of our favourite activities was the "water sled", which was basically a huge cylindrical inner tube that looked like a hot dog. There was someone in a boat pulling the "hotdog" and whipping it around. This is where we started:

And this is where we ended up:

Over the weekend, we created a family resolution and all the families piled their rocks together.

New Developments

2010-06-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

So, finally school is over. This doesn't mean things are slowing down though. Of course not!
I really didn't post at all last year. I was so extremely busy I don't know how I'm gonna make it through the rest of high school, but anyway here are some new updates.
I started Driver's Ed today! I have two weeks of that and then the driving part. Also within the month I will be getting braces! Eek! Brianna and I will be going to a cooking camp for a week (its not overnight though mom and dad simply can not live without us). And Greyson has football camp starting next week. So those are the updates and I will keep you better updated now that school is over.

Karate Tournament

2010-02-08T11:11:00.001-08:00

Bah Humbug!

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Christmas in Tennessee

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Christmas

2010-01-04T08:31:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I know we did! I'll get pics up ASAP...(gotta finish my school first:))

North Carolina Mountains!!!

2009-11-20T07:10:00.000-08:00

We went to the mountains this past weekend. Here are some pics.

2009-11-06T17:59:00.000-08:00

I had a karate demonstration on Friday night. I am on the demo team, named KI extreme, so we perform at demonstrations. (I guess that was sorta self explanatory...)Anyway, here's our demonstration...

Brianna's Birthday!!!

2009-11-06T17:46:00.000-08:00

These pictures are a bit overdue, but I've been preparing for and recovering from a huge debate I had to do...so yeah, that's my excuse...lame I know...

House pics!

2009-10-20T19:01:00.000-07:00

Here are some much awaited house pics. I haven't gotten the entire house yet. ("It's not clean enough!" says...guess who)

Savannah, Georgia

2009-09-21T17:51:00.000-07:00

This past Thursday to Sunday we were in Savannah, Georgia for a servicemaster business trip. Here are some pictures:

My birthday party!

2009-09-21T17:33:00.000-07:00

Okay I know its been like 2 months since my party, but I figured y'all would still like to see some pics of it. Sorry for the absence of new posts lately. I've been trying to get used to High school and my work load has now triples! So thanks for your patience while I get used to my new work load!! Anyway, here are the pics:

1st day of school!!!!!!!!

2009-08-17T09:23:00.000-07:00

Well, we had our first day of school on Thursday! Greyson's first day of middle school and my first day of high school. So, I'll be pretty busy, so you may not see a new post for a while......lots of school......

Problems....

2009-08-04T10:03:00.000-07:00

I realize I still haven't updated the blog yet. I've been having problems uploading pictures so as soon as I figure this out, I'll update it!!!!

SORRY!!!!!!!!!!

2009-07-31T10:22:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I haven't posted in FOREVER!!!!!!! I've been super busy, but I plan to catch up next week. SO don't worry we haven't disappeared off the face of the planet!!!!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-10T06:06:00.000-07:00

Here's a poem for all the mother's us children have been blessed with. Thank you so much for always being there with a helping hand, a word of advice, or just a kiss and a hug. Even on the one day of the year that's yours, you still put us before yourself. You are the example, we follow, our role model. So even though there is only one mother's day a year, we want you to know that no matter what day it is, July 17 or May 10, we love you and you are the most special person in our life. We love you! Here's the poem:

"Happy Mother's Day" means more
Than have a happy day.
Within those words lie lots of things
We never get to say.

It means I love you first of all,
Then thanks for all you do.
It means you mean a lot to me,
And that I honor you.

But most of all, I guess it means
That I am thinking of
Your happiness on this, your day,
With pleasure and with love.

Here's another:

Mommy, I love you
For all that you do.
I'll kiss you and hug you
'Cause you love me, too.

You feed me and need me
To teach you to play,
So smile 'cause I love you
On this Mother's Day.

And another:

Our mother is the sweetest and
Most delicate of all.
She knows more of paradise
Than angels can recall.

She's not only beautiful
But passionately young,
Playful as a kid, yet wise
As one who has lived long.

Her love is like the rush of life,
A bubbling, laughing spring
That runs through all like liquid light
And makes the mountains sing.

And makes the meadows turn to flower
And trees to choicest fruit.
She is at once the field and bower
In which our hearts take root.

She is at once the sea and shore,
Our freedom and our past.
With her we launch our daring ships
Yet keep the things that last.

State Envirothon

2009-04-29T09:48:00.000-07:00

Saturday was Our envirothon competition. I've explained envirothon before, so this was our state competition. The whole day it was about 100 degrees and we were outside the entire time. My team ended up winning 4th place out of like 54 teams and I won the highest score of all the teams in my subject. Gresyon's team did well as well, though I'm not sure what place they made....anyway here are some pics. Enjoy.

Some pics Of Greyson's team.

Some pics of my team.

End of the C.C. year

2009-04-29T09:17:00.001-07:00

Classical Conversations ended for Greyson and Brianna for the year. (I still have this week). We had a ceremony where all the children exhibited some of their knowledge they learned throughout the year. Here are some pictures:

Greyson graduating......

Brianna's teacher graduating Brianna....or something like that.....

Brianna up on stage. Obviously, she's loving the attention.

Getting ready to sing the orchestra song

Mock Trial

2009-04-28T16:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures form my Mock Trial last week. We didn't win the round but we did win both verdicts!

(from left to right)Nathan, Aaron, Bruce, Kelly, Faith, Me, Kristin.

Here we are right after we all finished.

This one is before we started. We were all pretty nervous. From left to right there is Faith, Me, Bruce, and Kelly (in the front row). Then there is Aaron, Nathan, and Kristin (in the back).

MORE house pics

2009-04-11T16:54:00.000-07:00

Here's some MORE pictures of the new house. Currently, they have the carpeting in and are doing the second coat of paint.

The range hood

The sink

The transoms on the front of the house

Daddy (who looks like a snail) carrying some piping

The arches in fromt of the house (they now have the pillars up too)

The complete look of the outside of our house

Easter egg dying!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-11T16:44:00.000-07:00

We dyed Easter eggs just a few minutes ago and here's a few pics from it:

"This is actually REALLY fun!"

"what shell I do with this egg?"

In the process of tie dying the eggs

Brianna with one of her eggs

Me with one of my eggs

Brianna carefully dying(is that how you spell it?) her last egg

The finished result

House pictures!!!!

2009-04-10T10:17:00.000-07:00

The Birminghams!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-10T09:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night, our friends the Birminghams were in NC. They had a get-together for all their friends before they moved. So we all got-together and we had a blast. Sadly, they had to go back home to Michigan today. We'll miss you Birminghams, but we had a great time last night. Have a safe trip! Love you!

Contacts?

2009-04-07T13:40:00.001-07:00

I went to my eye doctor appointment today and.......got contacts! Apparently my vision had doubled in badness! Get that from you Fullerton's (and former fullerton's, lol). Thanks a lot! Just thought I'd let y'all know! Love you guys!

Bible Drill

2009-04-07T12:49:00.000-07:00

(from left to right) Eesim Oon, Bruce Mitchell, Me, and Eeyi Oon(Christina you should remember them from when you worked in AWANA)

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-04T12:03:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday, Nana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More Random Recent Pics

2009-04-02T16:27:00.000-07:00

HELP!!!

2009-04-02T16:01:00.000-07:00

If any of you people who read our blog have a recent picture of our entire family could you please send it to me? I need one for the heading background of this. I only have pics of part of out family. Please send me any recent pics. Thanks.

Tagging you....

2009-04-02T13:42:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged so here it goes:
This is me when Brianna was taking pictures. We were experimenting with my camera and trying to get a good picture for my blog profile. Here is the end result.
This is one of the many pictures Brianna took when I let her use my camera.....

Now the following blogs are being tagged:
beauchamp brigade
barley clan
fullerton family miami
challenge B of Durham
You've been tagged. Now here's the rules:
1) Go to your picture folders and randomly choose a folder
2) Now close your eyes and pick a picture
3) Do this twice
4) Choose the one you want use or use both and post them and explain
5) Then tag 4 people

Medimemo!!!!!!

2009-03-30T09:25:00.001-07:00

Well, mom and I just got home from my youth retreat in Dunn, NC. Here are some pictures we took.
This is a long story. Okay so Friday night when we arrived, we played a game. The game was you had to smear whipped cream all over somebody's face and then throw cheese balls at them to see how many you could get to stick. This is what the winning teams girl looked like by th end.
Me in Calvin's(one of my many, many, many friends) hat.
( From left to right) Shelby, Me, Maddie, Courtney, and Emery all my BFFs.
Emery and Courtney, on the hammock while we swing them crazily.

All in all a fun weekend hanging out with friends, finding new friends, and getting closer to the Lord.

Have a good laugh!

2009-03-24T08:13:00.000-07:00

Here's some things to make you laugh!

Tell me, who's the best parent?

Now for the next one:
Please read!!! If you are the owner of a dog and you also have a small child, please take this as a warning. Do NOT leave your dog with the child unattended under any circumstances! Only a few moments were needed for this to happen!

Hope these made you laugh! Have a great day!

Envirothon!

2009-03-14T17:32:00.000-07:00

Okay, so Greyson and I had our Envirothon competition yesterday, and I just want to tell you how that went. I guess I'll start with what envirothon is. Well, it's this thing where you're on a team of five people and there are five subjects to study(soils, wildlife, aquatics, current environmental issues, and forestry). Each person on the team takes a subject to study. So you study until the competition rolls around and then what you do for the competition is you go around to the stations and at each station take a test on one of the five subjects. So that's basically what it is and I just want to say that it is really fun, although it doesn't sound like it.
Anyway, Greyson's team and my team competed against 39 other teams. Only, the top seven teams get to go to the state competition. Greyson's team, the A team was their name, came in fourth place! My team, the five musketeers was our name, ........................ won first place! Each member on my team got a medal and the whole team got a plaque, which I get to keep because of my high score for our team. So anyway just wanted to update you on that. I'll see if I can get a picture of my plaque and medal up sometime this week.

Random Recent Pics

2009-02-27T10:09:00.001-08:00

Updated House Pictures

2009-02-17T16:44:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have misplaced my camera so I have not taken pictures. Anyway, here are some updated pics of the house: They started putting up the siding up today!!!!!!!!

Our front door before the stain
The back of our house as of a month ago

Our New House

2009-01-19T17:44:00.001-08:00

These are some pictures of our new house. When these pics were taken our windows wer not up yet. But at this time they are.
The back of our house
The side
The back stairs
The side

The hallway to the schoolroom
The media room
A part of the upstairs
Another part of the upstairs
?????????
Mom and Dad's room
The front door
The roof
The front of our house

Happy Late New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-18T17:13:00.001-08:00

For New Years Eve this year, we went downtown, where volunteers had set up all sorts of things to do. For example you could make Chinese lanterns, or you could go to a tent outside, where it was SUPER cold, and make just about anything you wanted out of scraps. We went to a few shows, made a few crafts, and basically just hung out. Hopefully, we'll do it again next year!

This is what Greyson was doing when the new year rolled around. No big surprise. Right, Heather? :)
Daddy and his wand.
Brianna and I with the wands we made out of scraps.
Our acorn that drops at midnight.
Brianna and I celebrating a new year.

We're back! :)

2009-01-17T11:24:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! I haven't blogged in a while, so I figured I'd update y'all. So here's the first update:

Our Christmas in Tennessee
Opening my gifts
I think he likes it

The two monkeys.
Seth opening his cars.
Emma and Brianna opening their gifts.
Aunt Christina and Leah's baby doll.
Aunt Tami and Hannah's baby doll.
I think she's excited
Princess Leah
Daddy's girl
Cousin Hannah and Aunt Heather
Leah
Papa's girl

Little Miss Hannah Beauchamp
(from left to right) Cole, Brianna, Emma, and I at Incredible Pizza
A late night learning and playing new games
Playing Wii before church!

Can't write now

2009-01-13T09:14:00.000-08:00

We've been back home, for a while now. But I'm still working to get back into my normal routine. So I'll blog as soon as I can.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2008-12-25T07:06:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas, everyone! Have a great day!
And don't forget....
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!

HEY Y'ALL!

2008-12-21T15:52:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Right now we are in Tennessee! We got here yesterday. I will try and get some pictures on here soon, but I don't know if I can load any pictures from the laptop I'm on now. So anyway, in the meantime, I hope everyone is having a great holiday.
Love,
Mikaila

A poem for Moms everywhere

2008-12-02T17:43:00.000-08:00

A Child's Angel

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born.
So one day he asked God:

They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow
but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?

Among the many angels, I chose one for you.
She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.

But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile,
that's enough for me to be happy.

Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day.
And you will feel your angel's love and be happy.

And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me,
if I don't know the language that men talk?

Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear,
and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.

And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?

Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.

I've heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?

Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.

But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.

Your angel will always talk to you about me and
will teach you the way for you to come back to me,
even though I will always be next to you.

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven,
but voices from earth could already be heard,
and the child in a hurry asked softly:
Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.

Your angel's name is of no importance, you will call your angel:
Mommy

...Author Unknown

Happy Birthday, Mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-12-02T17:22:00.000-08:00

Mom's well deserved bounty: a travel toiletries bag, a purse, a wallet, tennis shoes, 2 necklaces, a ring, some earrings, a key chain, and a book.
Talking to uncle Chip
"Yeah finally a nice wallet!"

Monday was mom's 41st birthday(yes I do realize I just told you how old she was, but don't worry She doesn't mind. I don't think. :)! Sunday we celebrated with Grandma Daniels and Uncle Tommy. Then on Monday we went to the Melting Pot for dinner and then went home and opened presents.

Rock Climbing!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-12-02T16:46:00.000-08:00

Saturday night our family went to a indoor rock climbing place. Mom, daddy, and I belayed* and all of us climbed. Me belaying Brianna
Nice to meet you I am Spider man. Hi I'm spider girl. :)
Pose for the picture(even though your 12 feet in the air)
Greyson on his way back down from his exhilarating climb.
Mom and I on top of the cliff in the middle of the building. (you can't tell but at the moment the picture was taken mom was completely freaking out. She does not like heights.)
Mom and I on top of the cliff

Brianna and I on a ledge at the top of one of the routes
Daddy belaying Greyson

Spider boy and Spider girl
Miss monkey

*For those of you who didn't know, belaying is like spotting in gymnastics except for rock climbing. The belayer stands at the bottom of the rock and has a rope attached to them that's also attached to the person and helps the person go up and come down safely, just in case you fall you don't kill yourself. Although it doesn't make me feel any safer. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T14:23:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! I hope y'all had a great thanksgiving. I know we did. Here's some pictures of it. Brianna enjoying her food, hence the huge smile on her face.
The best dish. Sweet potatoes with melted marshmallows.
Daddy eating.
Mom and Greyson eating. Originally this picture was just of Mom, but Greyson decided to pop up at the last minute.

Greyson finally gave me a smile!
Dad cutting the turkey.

Happy Birthday, Christina

2008-11-26T09:27:00.000-08:00

Christina, Happy Birthday! I wish we could have been there to enjoy it with you, but I can't wait to see you at Christmas. I hope you had an awesome day.
Love, Mikaila

Happy Birthday!
Greyson

Happy Birthday, Christi! I hope your birthday was good and nice. I hope your wishes came true. Your the best Aunt. I love you so much.
Brianna

Happy Birthday, Christi.
Bob

Christina,
Happy Birthday to the best oldest little sister on the planet! I love you and miss you much. Mimi

Early Thanksgiving

2008-11-22T07:17:00.001-08:00

Thursday was our homeschool co-op(Classical Conversations) Thanksgiving dinner. The younger kids were allowed to dress-up as a Character from American History. You can guess what Greyson is. Yeah he dressed up as himself. Don't know where that fits into American History, but who knows. He does want to be president someday. Now guess who Brianna is(Don't worry she is not dressed up as herself).

Yeah she's Governor Sarah Palin. She had asked me the night before "What should I dress up as" and I answered"Sarah Palin". So that night we worked on what she was going to say and her costume. On Thursday she said, "I'm getting a lot of respect" and everyone was calling her Miss Palin. She loved it. Anyway, we had a lot of fun and got stuffed with food. Can't wait till next year's Thanksgiving dinner!

Happy Birthday, Sean

2008-11-17T07:37:00.000-08:00

Sean, I know its a little late, but I wanted to wish you an official happy birthday on our blog. So happy birthday, you are a great uncle. I wish we could see you more often. I'm glad you're family gave you a wonderful birthday.
I love you,
Mikaila

Happy Birthday, Sean! I hope you had a really nice birthday. Did you like your presents and your cake? Your the best uncle. I love and miss you very much.
love, Brianna

Happy Birthday.
Greyson

Happy Birthday, Sean! Hope it was great. It sure gets hard counting the years about now, doesn't it? I love you and am looking forward to seeing you at Christmas time.
Mimi

Happy Birthday, Sean. You get better with age just like wine, but sometimes you may act like you've enjoyed some of it. :)
Bob

I've been tagged!

2008-11-16T11:32:00.000-08:00

Okay so my aunt Tami tagged me and I thought the idea was so cool. So here's my picture.

But first the rules.
1. pick the fourth picture folder on your computer.
2. pick the fourth picture in that folder.
3. explain what the picture is about.
4. tag four blogging friends to do the same.

Anyway so for the explanation to this picture. This is my best friend's younger brother, Logan. When I was at my friend's house, we were watching Peter Pan and obviously were bored. So we were taking pictures and this is what they turned out like. So there you have it my fourth picture in my fourth picture folder.

And since I really don't know anyone who has a blog, except those who've already been tagged, I'm not tagging anyone :). Anyway, if anyone who reads this has a blog and has not yet been tagged, I am now tagging you. Hah :).

Our mountain weekend, part two

2008-11-15T16:30:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pics of our weekend. When we got to the cabin this is what mom was doing, cleaning, ...........
...while the men were playing air hockey. That just proves that moms really do, do all the work. Thanks mom. :)Okay, so there's a funny story behind this. Saturday morning, Greyson, Brianna, and Cole were awake and -well- loud so I go downstairs and eat breakfast, but after I'm done I go back upstairs to try and get more sleep and lo and behold, this is what I see. Mom and Dad had taken my futon mattress (their room's wall did not go all the way up to the ceiling, so they could here everything), put it in the bathroom, closed the door, and were sleeping on it. Funny.
Who's this? Oh yeah, Cole.
Finally, we get to eat!
We had a fun weekend. Hope you had fun looking at our pictures.

Our mountain weekend

2008-11-14T17:30:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we went to the mountains in Tennessee, where we stayed at a cabin with Nana and Papa Fullerton, Chase, Cole, Uncle Chip, and Aunt Ingrid. Here's some pics. Me and my mistletoe hat( Sorry you'll have to tilt your head).

beautiful view

mommy opening her presents

cookies yummm!

More pics tomorrow.

No pics yet

2008-11-06T17:18:00.000-08:00

Well, we're having problems downloading pictures, but I really hope to get some soon. We are going to the mountains with Nana and Papa Fullerton, Chip, Ingrid, Chase, and Cole Fullerton tomorrow and I hope to have plenty of pictures of that. Pray that we will have a fun time, although I know we will. Anyway, I'll keep you posted.

Previously this year

2008-11-04T12:23:00.000-08:00

Okay, so since I've finally got this blog up and running(I had problems with our computer) here's a quick recap of this year.

January: Not much.
February: We become members of our new church: Open Door Baptist Church!
March: Guess what! Not much!
April: I got my glasses. The end of school!
May: Connecticut-Maine trip with Nana and Papa Fullerton, and the Beauchamps.
June: Enjoying summer.
July: Trip to Florida and Disney with Nana and Papa Fullerton, Sean, Heather, Emma, and Levi Fullerton, and Chip, Ingrid, Chase, and Cole Fullerton. I turn 13!!
August: First day of school.
September: We get the loan for our new house.
October: Nana and Papa Fullerton arrive in town. I get my Black Belt in Karate(finally:)! State fair! Brianna turns 8 years old.

So there you have it. Our year so far. By the way I'll work on getting some pics soon.