Okay, I got awarded by Daydreamer, so I'm gonna pass it on!

This one goes to Grace, Eowyn if she has a blog to put it on, onedaymore, hatepink, and indyjones.

This one goes to Grace, onedaymore, christianmusician1, Christine Daae, and storyteller.

Have a good day y'all!

~Mari

Last night wednesday night activities started up again at our church! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun!!!!! Chior was awesome but too short, and youth group was as awesome as ever! I should have brought my camera but I forgot! :( We had ice-cream sundays at the end of youth group that tasted SOOOO good! Chriss's friend Nick put an ocean of chocolate sauce on his so that all he was eating for a while was the chocolate! Then his brother Nathan came up to him and said "Oh, I think I'm gaining weight just looking at that!" HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, thats all I have time for!

Blog on y'all!

~Mari

Okay, I know these shows are for little kids, but when I was little I used to watch them so now I still LOVE them like CRAZY!!!!!!!!!! About a year or more ago I started reading the books too! I just love redwall bokks and the tv series,  and I found them on youtube!!!!!!!!!! Here is the three parts of the first episode of redwall: 

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Well, thats all for now!

Blog on y'all!

~Mari

ok, its time for a new enrty. The problem is there is nothing to blog about! :( School is fine. Church is great.  I love Courtney. Everything is normal. OOH!!!!!!!!! That reminds me!!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!! Something interesting and HILARIOUS did happen! Last sunday. Giggle giggle! (Courtney knows whats coming) I went over to Courtney's house, nad we decided to go to the park nad write in Sea twins. Well, lol, while we were there, there were these guys riding around on their bikes, and after a while they came up and started to talk to us!!!!!!!!!!! Actually it wasnt that simple. At first one of them just shouted from far away, and asked what grades we were in! When I told them my grade he didnt believe that I was in high school. He siad I looked like a 6th grader! (Courtney can tell you that I didnt like that commnet at all, and I raved about it multipile times later!) Anyway that is when they came over and started randomly talking to us! (FLIRTS!!!!) When they asked me my name and I answered with my full name, which is Maribeth (For those who dont know its pronounced Marybeth!) Ok, let me actually start with describing each one of the boys to you. There we 4 of them. One was short nad fat with orangish hair. Another was tall with a freakily large amount of light brown frizzy hair on the top of his head who didnt talk the whole time. Then there was a short thin one with brown hair and big eyes who didnt say much either, and then there was this tall, blonde beatle haired guy who was very cute who actually did talk! lol! (But they were all idiots just so ou know) Anyhoo the one who talked the whole time the fat one. 

So anyhoo, the one who was fat asked me my name and when I told it to him he said "I think you just made that up on the spot." I didnt like that much at all!!!!!!!!!!!! The cheeky blighter! Well, i said gee thanks. And then he asked for Courtney's name and she said it was Courtney WichterSelf, and I stifled a giggle so they knew that she lied and then they just went on and on from there! It was really stupid actually! The fat kid wouldnt stop talking and the more he talked the more stupid he looked! he asked us about our book, and we said we couldnt just explain it to him like that nad he siad that if we told him "Our story" he would tell us thiers! LOL!!!!!!!! And then I said I didnt want to hear his story and then he said that it was really dramatic with tears and everything, nad it just went on and on! Courtney and I had so much fun dispising them while they flirted that we decided to come back next sunday again! There is an indescribably pleaser in dashing cold water over a hot boys shoulders you see!

Opp! Time to do my homework!

Blog on y'all!

~Mari

P.S. This whole day was written down here to be funny! Dont take ANY of it literally! ;)

Well, the first week of school is over without and drama or tardy slips or detention and unfinished homework! lol! Everything in school so far has been fine. On Friday we did a lab in Biology and I had to pick up two live worms that were fat and slimy!!!!! They were SOOO much grosser then your average worm! Thankfully there was a paper towel inbetween my hand and the worm, but it was still gross. We had to test to see weather worms are more attracted to vinagar or perfum by putting them in a box with a coffey filter on each end with either vinagar or perfume. My groups hypothesis was if the worms were placed in there, then they would be most attracted to the vinager. (See how I used the proper "if _then" form? heehee!) Well our hypothesis turned out wrong, the stupid worms were more attracted to the perfum that was totally granny sented!! lol! But anyway it was kinda fun in a freaky queamish way!!! At least I didnt have to disect it! Here is a pic of me on the first day:

Well, speaking of school I need to do my homework so I can have Courtney over tomorrow afternoon!

Blog on y'all!

~Mari

Second day of public school...tired, nervous, hungry,hungry? I'meating breakfastat the moment, dont complain to me about hungry! Anyhoo, school has been enjoyable! Only one girl cussed the whole day, no one was mean to me, I met a really nice girl in chorus and the bus ride was thrilling! (lol, no seatbelts) Anyway this morning when I got up I was SO tired!!!! But I still have to make it through today, so I need to stop this post now! I'm going to do everything today in baby steps! ;)

~Mari

The next place we went was camp Ebenezer which is the place we go for my mom's family get together! You see our family is SOOO big on my mom's side that in order for all of us to get together we need to rent an entire camp building! lol! But it is one of the MOST fun things about summer vacation! One of the most fun parts in that there is a girls dorm and a boys dorm and both are filled with rows of bunks three bunks high! Of course no one sleeps on the top bunks but the bottom and second bunks are always full! There is a big cafeteria room where we all eat and right next to it is the game room. The camp is only rented for the weekend so during it we pack as much fun and fellowship as possible. We went swimming, and had a cook out and some of the boys played baseball in the field behind it! Some of my girl cousins were brave and took a turn batting but believe this or not my mom actually did it and she hit every ball but one or two!!!!!!!! That was crazy bcuz I have never seen my mom bat before but she was so good!!! lol! Anyway of all the days we stay together the best day is Sunday bcuz we do our own little church service together. My grandpa used to be a menonite pastor so he always does the main lesson. lol! Dont worry he doesnt preach on menonite religon!!! He usually tells the story of his first wife and how loving God is. You see when my mom was still a little girl, her mom died from cancer I think. Even though I never met her I always tear up along with everyone else when grandpa tells the story of how she died and the way she looked when she left.  I won't tell it on here bcuz, well some things are private and dont sound the same through the internet. Anyway Grandpa obviously got married again to Mary, my step grandma but no one thinks of her that way!! We all love her a lot and her cooking! ;) I have a picture of grandpa and my first grandma when they were young!!! Its amazing how people change and yet still look the same when they get old!

Arent they cute? lol!!!

 We always do singing before the lesson which is also one of my favorite parts bcuz the whole Witmer side of the faily is very musical and we all sound so good together! We split up into three groups, Soprano, Alto and Tenor and it sounds great! Thanks to Arya who showed me how,  I have a video to prove it to you! Sorry I wasnt in it!

Well anyway we had lots of fun and there were 2 new babies added to our family circle! Paityn my cousin's new baby, and Aden my other cousin's new baby! lol! Both couples are fairly newly married if you count newly married as a year or two. (I hope I spelled their names right!) Here are some pics: 

Me at the pool. Julia says I look angry in this pic. Do I?

Chriss, me and our cousin Merida giving eachother advice on sketching.

My cousin-in-law Christy holding her baby Aden. He is SO tiny!

This is Paityn! She barely ever smiles but she is SO cute anyway!

Uncle Dick playing the guitar (lol) while Aunt Doris, Aunt Jeanie, and Aunt Barb sing their solo, in church. 

The Witmer sisters. My mom is the one in the brown shirt.

The Witmer sisters and their dad! Awww!

Our family pic.

Well thats all for now. Tune in once again for a post on our trip to DC and the west wing of the White House! Oh and our last sleep-over of the summer with Courtney!

~Mari

P.S. While I was at Camp I found out that a lot more of my aunts read my blog then I realized! Guess I'd better watch what I say! lol, just kidding!

Okay guys- A I mean y'all guys, I will have a new post as soon as I can get all the pics and vidoes up loaded! Does anyone know how to put vidoes on your blog from photobucket? If you do then comment and tell me! Sorry for the delay!

Blog on y'all!

~Mari

tag by daydreamer

What is your name spelt back wards: Iram.

 What did you eat last: A bagel.

-What is your favorite website: HSB!! 

What is your favorite color: Blue.- 

What are your initials: M. R. W.-

What is your favorite Scripture: Ruth 1.-

What was the last movie you saw: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban.-

Do you floss or brush your teeth first: Brush.-

Which shoe do you put on first: right.-

Ketchup or mustard: Ketchup.-

Who did you talk to last: Julia.-

What is your favorite season: spring.-

What is it like outside: Sunny and humid!-

Soup or salad: Salad.-

Chair or booth: chair.-

What is the color of your PJS: Pink red and white or blue and purple.-

What time is it right now: 11:49am.-

What did you have for Breakfast: A bagel.-

Look left and what do you see: A window. -

How many windows are in your house: IDK!-

Do you wear Glasses or contacts: None.-

Flip-flops or Gym shoes: Flip-flops.-

Favorite place to go on vacation: The ocean.-

If you could go anywhere where would you go: Colorado!-

Do you like this tag: It's nice.-

How old will you be in the next leap year: 19!!!!

Well thats all for now! Dont forget to go down to the last post on my blog and comment there too! Oh and I am tagging storyteller, hatepink, aliveagain13 if she isnt already tagged, and christine!

Okay, time for anothing entry on vacation. Now before I do the post on my mom's get together I need to do a post on going to my mom's parent's house.

So we went to grandma and grandpa's house for lunch one day and as usual we ate way WAY more then we should have of grandma's deliscous food! But hey, it was vacation and if you had known how good her food is, you would have done the same thing! lol! After we had finished we sat around for a while being full and talked. Then we did one of the most fun things on this vacation... We got to drive grandma and grandpa's golfcart around!!!! lol!! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOo much fun and it was a little freaky for me too!!! It was the first time I had ever driven any verhicle and it was thrilling, but thankfully there were no cars on the road at the time! Here are some pics:

Chriss backing out of the driveway

Me driving and Chriss getting smashed into the windsheild! (lol dont worry! This pic was posed for!)

I was a little freaked out by Chriss's driving!

Poor Katie got hit too! lol

Well anyway we had a very enjoyable afternoon. cant wait to do it again next year!

Blog on y'all!

~Mari

The next place we traveled to was PA to our grandparent's house. We had lots of fun together going to the pool, catching fireflies at night, driving around Lancaster (Which is pronounced Lankester not Langcaster)  and lots of other fun stuff.

Gram and Pop's house

The Golf course around their house. (No they dont own it!)

One day we drove around touring the Amish counrty. This is a covered bridge. People used to make them this way so that the horses would get scared of the water!

An Amish farm

Love this pic!

Poppa Olivia and Julia. We actually did go into one Amish farm where they sold things. We got home made root beer, I bought my own amish doll, and i think we got a home made pillow or something!

A little barn cat!

Next we went to a little town squareish thing with tons of cute little shops!

Olivia "milking a cow!" lol!

Olivia got her first pony ride there! There was a little amish boy who stood next to her to make sure she didnt fall off and it was very cute bcuz you could tell he really enjoyed doing it! 

the next day we went to Organ dairy and got ice cream!! its was SOOOO good! They had a play ground and a little pen where there was a family of deer!

The baby deer! She was an albino!! :)

Dinner at Gram and Pop's 

Our family on the last day we were there.

Well, thats it! Tune in next time for an up-date on our visit to my mom's side of the family!

Blog on y'all!

~Mari

Ahhhhh!!! Sweet, sweet computer!!!!! lol! I'm at my Aunt Dana and Uncle Bill's house! (he works at the White house!) Anyhoo, its finally time to up date about CT!!!

Okay, well first off on saturday we left for CT at 4:30am, and we planned to stay in a hotel that night. But instead, when it was time to stop we didnt really feel like stopping yet, so we kept on driving and we got in CT at 10:30pm!!! We drove 15 or 16, maybe more, hours in the car that day! Of course we were all VERY tired so as soon as we got to the Guffey's house. (Matt Guffey's family's house) The next day we went to our old church in the morning. It was like taking a step into the past! All the same people and things we there.  After church we had a party at the Guffey's house and invited all our old friends from church. It was lots of fun! We hung out and ate pizza! And of course the girls played guitar hero III!!!!!  Oh and did I mention that they have an adorable female dog named Daisy!? Here are some pics of her!

She is SOOOOOO cute!

This is our old house! The people living there now made it look even better than it did when we lived there!

That night we stayed at our friends the Pilato's house! We made a little movie together and then the next day we met our family at the ocean! It was lots of fun, but just our luck, the camera ran out of batteries just as we got there, so no pics! That night Mr. Guffey gave us a tour of a submarine! It was really cool nad we did get some pics!

The sub

On top of the sub!

Talk about small bunk space!

All of us in the mess hall!

Mom and me in the control room!

Well, thats all for now! Sorry I didnt get many pics but you werent aloud to get pics everywhere on the sub! Tune in next time for an update on my gram nad pop's house!

~Mari

Hey everyone! Sorry its been a while but I dont have any internet access at my grandparent's house! :(  Right now I am at my other grandparent's house for the day, but I will be leaving this afternoon, so no computer for a while again! 

Anyway we are in PA! Its been lots of fun, and I love seeing the horse and buggies go by all the time! I got my very own Amish doll with out a face!!! (The Amish believe that if  it  had a face it would be like an idol)  I love her, and I named her Camille! (It just seemed to fit!) Oh! I have some really good pics from CT, but they arent on this comp so y'all will just have to wait!!!

Well, anyway tty'all some time! (chat box doesnt work on this comp, sorry!!!!)

~Mari

Hey everyone! I'm in CT now!!! Actually we were supposed to get here this afternoon, but we travled until 10:30 last night instead, so we got here early!!! And so thismorning we got to go to our old church!! It was so nice to go and see everything and everyone again!! Nothing has changed except the people who have all grown up a few years since I had seen them!!! The church still doesnt have air conditioning though! I know what your thinking. You think that isnt CT so its not that bad anyway, but you are WRONG!!! Its hot and VERY humid here!!!!!! Worse then GA!!!! You see CT doesnt get humid very often, but when it does it goes the whole nine yards in doing it!!!

Sorry, no pics yet! I will post some as soon as i get em!! We are going to the ocean tomorrow, so I will post some from that some time!!! I CANT WAIT!!! The ocean is the best place on earth!

Blog on y'all!

~Mari

P.S. We are staying at the Guffie's house! (Matt Guffie's family's house!! lol!)

Hey everyone! Today's post is going to be deticated to the many joys of summer, since I am leaving for vacation in two days, and I'll be gone for one and a half weeks! :)

So, what is one of the best  things about summer? Well, there's the ice cream,

The beach,

 Shopping for new clothes!

And of course there are the cook outs,

The cool drinks and relaxation,

And there are the sleep overs too!

Yup! Thats the fun of summer! Of course the guys might think some of these as not so fun, but us girls must agree that these are most of the things that we look forward to in summer! ;)

So long y'all! And have a great summer! :)

~Mari

Okay, so y'all know that I had a sleep-over with Courtney and Claire! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun!!!! We went to the pool, played pirates, danced like there was no tomorrow, lol, played muderer in the dark,  jail bird, american idol, and on the way we found a little missing hamster named Latte in the basement hallway!!! It was just So fun!!! We all had a great time! Here are some pics:

The two maidens (Court and me)

The pirates attack!  *CHEESY!!*

Cut-throat Katy and Bloody Sue celibrate by singing their theme song: "On The Cover of the Rolling Stone" LOL!!!!!!

Red-handed Jill!!!

Scandalous!!!

Claire and Julia

Court and me

Awww! Such a good pic! :)

BFF

Well, that is all for now! Blog on y'all! ;)

~Mari

Hey! We are having Courtney and Claire for a sleep-over today, so be prepared for a new enrty tomorrow!!! :D Today is also Terrific Thursday for Julia and Claire!!!! (So us older kids will have time alone thismorning!)

~Mari

P.S. I CANT wait!!!!! (I know hatepink, you dont understand the fun in sleep-overs, and what we find to talk about for hours!!!) LOL!! ;D

Hey everyone!!! I have started a new story blog where I will post my story of Jeff Swift! So from now on, when you want to read my story, go to this link: www.homeschoolblogger.com/mystory 

~Mari

Okay, I'm back from the doctor ande ready to write!!! Lets see, I will start with the 4th of July.

So, on the 4th of July, we celibrated by going to a lake for a picnic lunch! :) It was fun, and the water was PERFECT!!! The lake had one of those awesome yellow bars that mark where you can go, which we thoroughly enjoy standing and balancing on!!! Even Katie, my 19 year old sis, loves doing it! :) Here are some pics:

LOL!!! I love Matt's expressions in these!!!

OKay, so the next day was my Mom's Birthday!!! Out of the goodness of my heart I wont tell you how old she is, but you will see it on her cake!!! ;) For her birthday, we made a deliscous cake made of angel food cake, varied fruits in a strawberry sauce, all topped of with a combination of whipped cream, and pudding! It was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good!!!! :D Here are some pics:

My Mom

The cake look good?

There it is!!!

The cake

Earings mom got!

She also got new perfume!

Well, I guess thats all for now! :) OH by the way I have a new respect for people who get pricked and cut seriously, bcuz if the shots I got hurt that much, I cant imagine what it must feel like to be stabbed or slashed!!!

~Mari