Sorry I haven't posted in a while everyone!

Here's for you Meg! :OD
Last Tuesday (not this past one) I got to go up to MA and meet a dear friend of mine - Sam! :OD We had SUCH fun together! :OD


And here is my Nano cover, made by my dear friend Livy! :OD
Didn't she do a WONDERFUL job???  :OD


So there you have it! :OD

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I really like Shirley Temple's dress in this picture!! :-)


The '20's! :OD

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So peaceful! :-)

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I love cats, especially mine! ;-)
So, here is a Girl and her Cat painting by Harrison Fisher. :-)

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This is for you Maddie! :OD

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Well, I didn't get into either of the ASL courses I was hoping too! :-( They are all filled up. :-(
Ah well! I still got into the dance class.
And I was praying that if God wanted me to get into the ASL class He would make a way, so I guess He has other plans! :-)
~Beloved Peace~

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Let's see... ;-)
I don't have my babysitting job anymore... (Long story, but I left on good terms, and she's gonna use me as a regular babysitter...).
Today I applied to our community college to get into a ASL course, and a Social and Folk Dance course! :-) (Joy's going to do the Dance course with me... :-)). I won't find out if I got into the ASL course though until like the night before because since I'm a Home Schooler, I get to take the courses for free, and people who get to take it for free are the last ones they put in the class, so unless there are seats free, I won't get in... But there are two different classes for it, so hopefully I'll get into one of them! :-) God's will be done! :-)
But that would all start in September... :-)
Dad started bee collecting for real today... I went with him, and we got a couple nests... :-) (We also went to lunch! ;-)).
Well, see ya everyone! :-)
~Beloved Peace~

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I have a Christian Homeschooled Girls forum, that I would like to invite any Christian homeschooled girls to join who are interested! :-)
Please go http://sisterstogether.19.forumer.com/index.php to read the rules, and check it out! :-) I am the head moderator/admin on it, and my dear friend Samantha is the 2nd in charge, (and does a very good job! :-)). If you are interested in joining, please e-mail me, PM me on HSB, or leave a comment and include the answers to these questions -

1 - Have you read the rules?
2 - How old are you?
3 - Are you a Christian homeschooled girl?
4 - How did you hear about us?
5 - What would you like to make your user name? (Must have "Miss" before it)

After I approve you, you may go and click the register button on the website above and register. :-)
Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you! :-)
Have a nice day!
  Amy

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This post is for Maddie!! :-)
Sorry I haven't posted in forever!!! And sorry I haven't replied to all the wonderful comments I have gotten! :-/

I've been pretty busy cause I got a new Babysitting job where I work for two days a week for 6 hours each for a little 4-year-old girl, and a 9-month-old boy! :-) (Although this past week I only worked on Monday in the afternoon...). So I'll be doing that until the end of August, so who knows if I'll be able to post again until October... (September is Bee Season...).

This afternoon I am going to be talking to HannahBeth on the phone!!! Yay!! I can't wait!!!! :OD
I also have a bunch of letters to write, (one to you too Maddie! :-))... :-)

I've also been busy with one of the forum's I'm on. I was made a moderator not that long ago, (which was exciting for me! :-)), and have been enjoying that! :-)
My own forum will be posted about soon! :-)

Well, have a good day!!
~BelovedPeace~

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Hello All!
Sorry I never posted about our homeward trip from IL yet! I shall do so now, because we went to a wedding I want to post about! :-)

After we left that Sunday in IL, we drove to Indiana and stayed the night there. The next morning we had breakfast at a Bob Evens, and then headed to visit with a couple who live in back of a place where Mom and Dad used to live. They were very good, kind friends to my parents, and Mom and Dad were really glad to see them again, and visit with them. :-)

Mom and Dad's old house -



While we were there we visited a quarry (sp?) that Dad used to go too all the time! :-)

The path -


The quarry -


Me walking next to the quarry -


Mom and Dad in front of the quarry -


Josiah and Kay looking down - Look how clear the water is!! :-)


Annette - (Sorry, I can't remember their last name! *Blush* So we just call them what Mom and Dad always call them!).
Since Annette can't walk to good, they take the golf cart down the path! :-) (Although they can't make it all the way to the quarry. :-/).
Isn't that sweet? :-)


Don and Annette - :-)


Mom and Dad and Don and Annette - :-)


All of us except Mom (who is taking the picture! ;-)) -


Kay with a little kitty who is living around Mom and Dad's old house! :-) (Don is feeding it! :-)) -


After that we headed out to visit some friends, (whom we had never met before), and had a nice time visiting with them! :-) (Thanks girls, for having us over!! :-) It was so nice to meet you all!! :-)).

The girls -


The girls again (and a few boys in the side! ;-)) -


Our wonderful Mothers - :-)


I think it was the next day that we stopped at one of the great lakes! :-)

Mom and Dad in front of Lake Erie - :-)


After that (I think...), we went to Niagara Falls! :-)

Walking there (Aren't the trees lovely? :-)) -



The Falls -


Me in front of the falls - :-)


The Falls again -


Looking down from the look out point (Isn't that freaky? ;-)) -


Us on the Maid of the Mist - :-)


The Falls -


Me on a walk we took. We were very tired! - ;-)


Aw nuts! ;-) -


The Falls -


Joy in front of the Falls -


That night we went and visited some people who Mom and Dad went to Seminary with! :-) They took us out to supper, and then we had Strawberry short cake at their house! :-) As like all the hotels were full, we ended up sleeping on their living room floor on mattresses, (And I think Josiah slept on the sofa! ;-)).
Here are some pictures from that evening -

Josiah and their youngest son Evan (we didn't get any pictures of their oldest son, Nathan...) -


Mrs. M. :-) -


Dad and Mr. M. :-) -


I felt like I was stepping back in time to the pictures of when Dad and Mom used to hang out with Mr. and Mrs. M.! Hanging around in their kitchen, felt like I was in one of the pictures! It was kinda funny! ;-)

The next morning Mr. M. showed us a lookout point, and then the church where he preaches. Then we headed home! :-)

Well, there you go! :-) Now it will take me forever to post out the wedding probably! :-P Oh well! ;-)

~Beloved Peace~

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Name: Amy Irene

Age: 17

Location: Right here! ;-)

Occupation: Nothing really right now... I'm hoping to get a babysitting job soon though! Lord willing! :-)

Partner? No.

Kids: Ummm... NO!

Siblings: Joy, Josiah, and Kay! :-)


Pets: 2 dogs, 1 cat, Kay has a bunny, and I have 4 chickens!

List three to five big things going on in your life: 1. I'm doing cross stitching! :-) 2. I'm knitting a baby sweater. 3. We have 2 weddings to go to in July! :-)


Education: Homeschooled junior. :-) (Until next year! :-P ;-)).


Parents? Yup! ;-)

Who are some of your closest friends? Oh my goodness! Let's see - Joy, HannahBeth, Sam, Kate, Abi, Janna, Lieren, Sarah, Mary, Meghan, Hannah, Maddie, Mary... There are also families who are our close friends too! :-) There's probably more!!! ;-) I have a ton of great forum friends too!! :-)

~Beloved Peace~

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Tag from Sam - :-) (Thanks Sam! :OD).

1.Favorite color-  Pink, Yellow... Lots! :-)

2.Least favorite color- Ummm... I do have color's I don't like... ;-)

3.Color of pants- I'm wearing a skirt, so brown and white! :-) (With strawberry stains from picking strawberries this morning! Grrr! ;-)).

4.Color of shirt- Light Pink, again with strawberry stains from the above reason! :-/

5.Color of favorite CD - Ummm... I'm not sure! :-P

6.Color of dream car- A bright pretty color! ;-) Like light blue! ;-)

7.Color that you want your mom to dye her hair- I'd be mad if my mom dyed her hair!! It's beautiful the way it is!!! :-)

8.Color of computer-  Gray...

9.Color of best friends brother's eyes-  Hazel! ;-) (Joy's my best friend, and my brother is her brother, so there you have it! ;-)).

10.Color of dream pet – Golden Retriever, and a cat! ;-)

11.Color of phone/ipod – I don't have either...

12.Color of the last thing you ate – Red. (Strawberry! ;-)).

13.Find what color you answered with the most, then divide it by blue – Ok, I can barely divide numbers, and now you want me to divide COLORS?????? No way! Hehe! ;-)

14.Tag as many people as there are letters in the color. - I don't get this! How do you divide something by blue??? :-P (I guess you are all safe from my tag... For now! ;-) Hehe!).

~Beloved Peace~

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Yes my friends, as of today I have had this blog for one whole year! :OD
Yay!!! :OD
~Beloved Peace~

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I was tagged by Kaliste! :-) Thanks Kaliste! :-)

7 things I'd like to do before I die:
(Ok, here are some serious and fun things! There are lots of things I'd like to do, but... ;-)).

1. Change a child's life, by God's Grace.
2. Fight abortion.
3. Get to meet Kate, HannahBeth, Samantha, and Abigail! :-)
4. Go to CA again. ;-)
5. Help Orphans. (See #1 as well! :-)).
6. Be a blessing to those around me!
7. Get a book published. ;-)

7 things I cannot do well:

1. Speak in front of a bunch of people.
2. Be patient.
3. Lots more!



7 favorite movies:

1. Facing the Giants.
2. Miss Potter.
3. Northanger Abbey (The new one with a lot of fast forwarding! ;-)).
4. Holiday Inn.
5. Roman Holiday.
6. Secret Garden (With Kate Maverly).
7. Pride and Prejudice (A&E). :-)

7 things I say often:

1. "Good Gracious!"
2. "Shut up!" (*Blush* Yes indeed! ;-)).
3, "Mom!" ;-)
4. "Who said that?" (About movie quotes! ;-)).
5. "Hi! How are you?" ;-)
6. "Nothing!"
7. "Cool!" :-P

7 favorite books and authors:

1. Isabella Alden! :-) *Grins at Janna* :-)
2. Louisa May Alcott!
3. "Amy and her Brothers"!
4. "Lillian Trasher" (By Janet and Geoff Benge).
5. Janet and Geoff Benge.
6. "Heidi"! :-)
7. "Ten P.'s in a Pod"! :-)

7 people I tag:

1. Kate.
2. HannahBeth.
3. Janna.
4. Sam.
5. Joy. *Grins*
6. Livy.
7. Casey.

There you have it! ;-)
~Beloved Peace~

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Thanks SO much to Kate for the template! I LOVE it!! :-) It's SO pretty!! Thanks! :OD You're sweet! :OD Love, Amy :O) ~BelovedPeace~

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Hello!
Wow! I haven't posted in a really long time!!
As most of you know I was gone from the 12th to the 21st because we went to IL for Presbytery! :-)

Day one - Dad woke me and Joy up around 5:13am to begin getting ready to go, and we all ended up leaving the house around 6:30am (which wasn't to bad since we wanted to leave at 6:00am! ;-)), and drove for awhile (within all the driving please note that there were quite a few quick stops! ;-)). That day we had lunch with some of Mom and Dad's friends (the guy is someone who also collects bees like Dad :-)) down in PA, which was nice! :-) After that we began driving again and stopped at a hotel that night in OH! :-)

Here is a picture of Kay looking out of the neat little balcony we had! :-)
(We took it when we went out to the van! :-) I think it might have been the next day though?? :-)).


The hotel had a nice pool as well. :-)


That night we were woken up around 4:30am to the sounds of Trains honking! :-P I thought it was kinda cool that we got woken up by TRAINS! I mean, how many times does that happen where we live? ;-)

We saw some beautiful fields in OH (I think these pictures are from OH anyways... ;-)).




Tuesday for lunch we stopped at a State Park (I think...) in Indiana and had lunch. :-) There was this play ground with a odd thing that we were trying to figure out what it was, any ideas anyone? ;-)


Or did we get what it was right? ;-) -


Hang on!!!! ;-)


Also a sliding structure! It was kind of funny for us to see because we have so many hills around here, but they don't, so we had never seen one before! ;-)


There were a lot of Red Bud trees :-) -


That night we got to the R.'s house where we would be staying! :-) It was very nice to meet them, (they are a very nice family! :-) And they were so kind and even gave up their rooms to sleep in the basement so we would be comfortable! Thanks you guys! That was so kind! :-)).

Here is a picture of them that was taken on the last day we were there - :-)


The next day (now Wednesday :-)) we just kinda hung out and rested :-) and went for a walk, which it was neat to see the cows and such! :-)
Then that afternoon Mom and Mrs. R took us kids shopping (since Lily and Gretel had to go somewhere.), and we went to a store called "The Hobby Lobby"! Cool name, Hu? :-)
That night we all (the R.'s too! :-)) went to the M.'s house for supper and met the L.'s! :-) (We had met Pastor L. when we were out in CA last year, but it was nice to meet his whole family this year! :-)).

On Thursday morning me and Mom went to drop Dad off at a meeting, and we saw Pastor W. :-)
That afternoon Mom took us kids and Gretel to a zoo which was really fun! :-) And it had a lot of neat animals! :-)

I thought it was pretty cool to see this snake sitting like this! :-)


Wanna see another snake?? ;-)


And how about another??? :-P


Wait! How about ONE more??? ;-)


Sick of seeing snakes? Ok, how about something else? Haha! ;-)

Some sort of Lizard or something... ;-)


A Mere Cat (Is that how you spell Mere?).


More of the above! ;-)


The Lemurs were really cute and did all sorts of things to show off and entertain us! ;-)


Cuddling! ;-)


The two nuts! ;-)


Sea Lions... I think! ;-)


Josiah! :-)


Peacock :-)


Emu :-)


Tiger! :-)


Two! :-)


Two black Swans :-)


A cutie sleeping! :-)


Me and the Cutie! ;-)


Me, Kay, and Gretel! :-)


Riding the Sea Lions! ;-)

I think Gretel hung on a little better then I did! ;-)


AAAHHH!! KAY! WATCH OUT! THERES A LION UNDER YOU!!!! Hehe! ;-)


Oh no! Theres one under Gretel too!!! ;-)


Goodness! No one is paying attention to WHAT they are sitting on! ;-) Hehe! Right on the lions head too! ;-)


Wave!!! :-)


A Camel :-)


Very stately, don't you think? ;-)


After the zoo we went to a big play ground which was quite exciting, and played tag on it! :-) There was a little girl and her Grandpa there, and the little girl was quite excited to join into our game! :-) Quite cute and out-going! ;-)

That night, after supper, we had been invited to go over to the E.'s house! :-) So we headed over there, and it was great to meet them, and the family that was staying with them! :-) We sang some songs, and played a game! :-) It was fun! :-) Many thanks to the E. family for having us over! :-)
(Sadly we didn't take any pictures from that evening!).

On Friday we went to a Wild life place with a bunch of the other moms and kids! :-) We saw a bunch off dear friends, and had a good time with them! :-)

The leader of our group; Thomas H.! :-)


More of our group walking behind. :-)


More people walking! :-) Including two of the dear girls I was put in charge of! :-) Becky and Laura H.! :-) Kay was also part of our little "sub group"! ;-) Very easy girls to watch I must say! :-) (I think they were watching me though! Hehe! ;-)).


Melissa M.! :-)


Nic! :-)


Two cowboy friends! :-) Hmmm... They seem to have switched hats! ;-)


Two dear sweet girls! :-) Jessica M. and Gabby D.! :-)


Two little ones! :-) Gabby D. and William M.! :-)


In the car! :-)


Some animals we saw at the park - :-)


A black bear! :-)


Another one! :-)


(Sorry about the tipped picture!).


Mountain Lion! :-)


A Goose! :-)


A Raccoon :-)


Pretty Birds :-)


Some sort of animal... ;-)


AND! The scariest one of all!!! (Haha, JK! Isn't the goat giving us a funny look? :-P).



Anthony H. :-)


Job 14:2 - "He springs up like a flower and withers away;
       like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure."
My shadow. :-) (I think thats mine... :-P).


That night there was a ordination service, and then a dinner afterwards, (and a dance! :-) But I only got one picture of the dancers...).

Joy! :-)


Katie K. :-) It was nice to see you again! :-)


Kevin W. and Anthony H. :-)


Corey W. :-)


Two darling girls - Paige and Gabby D.! :-)


The camera man - Nic. :-)


Ben H. in his 1920's tux! :-) (Sorry if I got the date wrong Ben!).


The dancers! :-)


The D. family! :-) (Although I didn't get Gabby in this picture, as I was over to the side, but I believe Mrs. D. is holding her! :-)).


Saturday we went to the M. house and went in their boats, and one of their neighbors boats (I think! ;-)), and had a good time! :-) And then we went to the E.'s house for supper, and met more people and danced, and played games, and sang, and had lots of fun! :-) Thanks for having us over again E.'s! :-)
(Sadly again no pictures.).

On Sunday we went to Church, and then stayed for the fellowship meal there, and for a little while afterwards, and then, all to soon, headed out to go home.

Some other pictures from the week there - :-)

We met Mr. Bingley there!!! Yup, didn't you know he was going to be there? I didn't! :-) Here is the man himself! :-)


Or... Here's the kitty himself! ;-) Isn't he cute? He was such a nice cat! :-)

Up the tree! :-)


The view from across the road from the R.'s house! :-)


Up the road! :-)


Out the back of the R.'s house, and Kay walking out there! :-)


Gretel - The dear girl herself! :-)


Joy! :-)


Pretty Flowers! :-)


The dear R. family again! :-)


Guess what we did all week? ;-) It was lots of fun! :-)


Gretel said she wanted to find a way to get up on their shed roof, so Josiah found one! :-)


And least you fear that it was very high, let me show you this picture to reassure you it wasn't! ;-) (On the left is a lean-to type thing, and thats how they got up. :-) Gretel wanted me to get up, but alas, I couldn't! :-P).


Taking a picture! :-)


Sweet Lily! :-)


Dear Mrs. R.! :-)


Also, it was wonderful to meet you, Sierra and Lenna!!!! :-)
The rest of our trip (Monday to Wednesday) will have another post about it, because there is much more to tell! ;-) And many more pictures to up load! ;-) :-)

But, it will be coming! :-)

Also an add on to my b-day post! :-) My dear friend Kate sent me a very nice CD! :-)

"Under His Wings. The Mountain Anthems"! :-)

The wonderful girl herself! :-)


Thanks so much Kate! I love it!!! And thanks for being my friend! You're a great one! I love talking with you on the phone, and chatting with you on HSB, and writing and receiving letters with you!!! :-) You are such a wonderful friend to me! I love ya Sunny!!!! :-) Thanks! I am SO blessed by you!!! :-)

Well, have a good night everyone! :-)
~BelovedPeace~

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Congratulations on your graduation Eyebright!!!!
May God bless you today and always as you strive to serve and follow Him with your whole life! :-)
You are a wonderful Godly young lady, and have a very nice blog! :-)
Here is a graphic for you from ASourceOfJoy! :-) I hope you like it and that you have a wonderful day!!! :-)
~BelovedPeace~

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Yes, I still have a post planned, but at this rate it won't get done for a while! ;-)

Until then, I made a skirt not that long ago, and since HannahBeth (maideninwaiting) just posted a picture of her's, I thought I'd post a picture of mine which was made from the same pattern! :-)


Bye!
~Beloved Peace~

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It's Tuesday, and I have a tag to do, but it's to late now... I'll have to do it another day... Sorry!
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