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Our Airman at ease.
Daniel with his Training Instructor.
Daniel's Flight.
Going up to get his extra town pass and Honor graduate coin.
Promptly after receiving it.
Proud father...
Proud Mother!
( In this picture Daniel was concerned about getting his pants dirty by sitting on the bench, so he faked it!)
Photos taken by either mom or dad.
- 10 Movies (Including 'Baby Einstein'! )
- 8 Dozen cookies
- Almost 3 buckets of Ice Cream
- Countless rounds of expended ammunition later, and...
Soooo... Hillary tries a new recipe; Orange smoothies.
Rosie: (in winey tone) "Hey guys, I can't get my stuff out".
Emily: " Oh sure you can, here let me show you"
Emily lifts her cup to her mouth to give Rosie an example.
Suddenly all the 'stuff' slides down in one huge clump and splats smacks onto Emily's face. Emily yells...
We all start laughing...
Rosie:" Um guys.."
We all laugh at Emily some more...
Rosie: "Um guys..."
.............................
Rosie (more urgently): "Um GUUUUUYYYS!" our attention is now captured.. "I ...a ....had a ackzedent"
Orange smoothie is all over the floor and Rosie's face was... well... priceless!
We all went into hysterics at the sight of her.
Rosie: (Quite angrily ) : "This is not funny!"
Then we all had to try it....
Yup we are having fun! (Even Rosie!)
Hmmm, I wonder if Dad and Mom have thought of checking the blog to see what we are up to...
Mom and Dad are gone!
I have wanted a dog since our last dog ran away about 2 years ago. Dad wasn't to hot on the idea so I had just figured that I would have to marry a guy with a dog, but I kept on praying...
Lo and behold, just yesterday mom told us at the breakfast table that our neighbor had a dog that was giveen to them by and elderly fellow who had to move; since they already had 4 dogs they wanted to know if we wanted it!
Mom and Dad had already decided it was Ok, if he was nice; so we went to look at him.
To make a long story short, we brought him home yesterday and so far he is just what I prayed for!
He is Big, nice, doesn't chase chickens, loves kids, middle aged, fairly well trained etc... God is so good! :-)
Oh, he loves to give kisses!
He came with the name Hercules, and we haven't decided what to change to to yet... any ideas?
Picture of me and the dog taken by Leah
In honor of Rosie's Birthday we had a Tea Party with ALL the frills; Mom's china, fancy dresses, 'parasols', butlers, and everything!
The guest of honor herself!
Our dear "Butlers" "Ben and Tim"
They did a marvelous job serving tea and little tea cakes!
All of us Girls
Rosie
Becca
Leah
Trina
Me
Emily
Picture of me taken by Trina. First picture of Rosie taken by Timo.
Happy 4th Birthday !
It Couldn't Be Done
"Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't", but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing,
That couldn't be done and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin
Just take off your coat and go to it.
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it."
" A girl should be so lost in Christ, that a guy has to seek Him to find her"
-Unknown
According to the little statistics thing on my blog dashboard this is my 100th post! In honor of the great occasion I thought I would post 3 pictures; a small glimpse (and I do mean small) in to the life and regular occurrences that come with the last name of Hipps:-)
This gathering was due to the arrival of new silverware! Nice, Michael, and Timo, Nice!
The joys of homeschooling. Hey, I wanted a change of scenery!
Don't you just love those OLD telephones with cords!? This is what we typically look like when you are talking to us, Grandpa.
"Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some"
-Charles Dickens
"There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from." -Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“I have been blessed, With so much more than I deserve To be here with the ones who love me To love them so much it hurts” -Martina McBride 
Children, you must remember something. A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. - Pearl Bailey
When you are forgotten, or neglected, or purposely set at naught, and you don't sting and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ.
When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your opinions ridiculed, and you refuse to let anger rise in your heart, or even defend yourself, but take in all in patient, loving silence.
When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity, any impunctuality, or any annoyance; when you stand face-to- face with waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibility-and endure it as Jesus endured.
When you are content with any food, any offering, any climate, any society, any raiment, any interruption by the will of God.
When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation, or to record your own good works, or itch after commendations, when you can truly love to be unknown.
When you can see your brother prosper and have his needs met and can honestly rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy, nor question God, while your own needs are far greater and in desperate circumstances.
When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature than yourself and can humbly submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart.
THAT IS DYING TO SELF
A favorite sport around here is "fridge art" , in which we write on the pictures on the refrigerator with letter magnets. When I came down to make breakfast this morning I found this on the refrigerator and it was too sweet to pass up!
"I’ve been watching you, dad ain’t that cool?
I’m your buckaroo, I wanna be like you.
And eat all my food and grow as tall as you are.
By then I’ll be strong as superman,
Yeah, we’re just alike, hey, ain’t we dad
I want to do everything you do.
So I’ve been watching you!"
("Watching You", by Rodney Atkins)
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