We Found A Turtle!!!!!!!!!!!

Early today the kids were in the creek looking for rocks, bugs and such. Well Joshua pick picked up a thing which he though was a rock and our neighbor Mr. Dan said that it was a turtle. We were all shocked we did not know that animals lived in our creek!!!! After Mr. Dan brought it up to the bank of the creek we started looking at it. Mom said that it was a box turtle, it was a male and that it was about 13-14 years old!!! I used to have a box turtle when I was about 5 or 6. That is why we no so much about them. Anyways I had my turtle about and month and then let it go back it the woods were I found it. Well after we put it on the bank all the kids crowed around it a started looking at it. Mom said if they sat really still and were quite that the turtle might come out and crawl around!!! Well they acutely sat really still and the turtle came out and looked at them, all the kids were really happy and excided!! Well after all the kids got done looking at it. We got a box from Mrs. Cara and I put some dirt in the box, the kids found some bugs and Mom show them how to make a home for it. Then they decide to name it Oscar and no he is in our garage!!! Here are some pics!!


The turtle the kids found!!!!


Mr. Dan holding the turtle!!!


OH what's That???????


Box Turtle-In a box!!!

From a Family Of 5 To A Family Of 9

On Feb. 5Th, God gave is 4 more children. Yes that’s right, 4 more children. Now instead of a family of 5, we are a family of 9. They want to change there names so I am just going to use there new names here, Melissa is 8, Jacob is 5, Katie is a special needs child and is 6 and Joshua is 4. So far everything is been going very well. I call Jacob “Little Man” because that is how he acts. Joshua came to Mom one day and asked if he could be called “Jump-n-jack” and so now we call him that sometimes. The thing about having a family of 9 is that there is never a dull moment. It is always loud, always crazy and most of the time always something to laugh at. It is not easy being a big sister of 6 kids all under the age of 8 but I am relaying on the Lord every day and sometimes the Lord lets it be a warm day so you can send them ALL outside and you can get some quiet!!!

~~~!!!!!!!!Happy Blogiversary!!!!!!!!~~~

Oh my goodness I missed my Blogiversary again. Last year I missed my Blogiversary
and I said that I would do it next year and of course I missed it this year a well.
As of March 7 my blog had been up for 2 years. Wow that is a long time filled with many exciting, crazy, funny, sad, and loud moments. Well now my blog as been up and running for 2 years and 4 days. In the past 2 years I have posted 70 posts, have 22 labels and have posted dozens of pictures. Well Anyways Happy Blogiversary
to me. I can’t wait to see how many post I post this year!!!!

~HEY~

Hey, sorry it has been a long time since I posted last. But I am trying to get some old family pics. on here and I have not had time to get them scanned into the computer . So hopefully I will get that done soon!!!


~ Sierra~

~Very Random Post~

OK this is a very random post but I thought it would be cool to write about.
My Mom was making dinner last night and asked me to get a onion. When I got the onion I took it to the trash can and started getting the skin off of it. While I was doing that I notice something strange about the onion, I just thought it was a bruised were the onion had been dropped. When I gave the onion to Mom she started to cut it. She cut the end off and saw a small brown ring, as she continued cutting the onion she found out that, that little brown ring was actually another skin inside the onion go figure that out!!

Back To School!!!

Today, was our first day back to school since Christmas break. It was actually a very good day. Hopefully, the rest of the school year will as good as today. Since, I was little my favorite subjects have been History and Science. Right now, in History I am learning about World War 2 and in Science I am learning about Chemistry. (I love mixing chemicals.) Both are really fun to learn about. This year I am also doing Shakespeare. So far, I have read only one of his plays which was “Mid Summers Nights Dream” it was very good. The next play I am reading is “Much Ado About Nothing”. Hopefully, it will be just as good as the first play I read. That is about all we are doing in school beside the normal stuff like Math, Reading, Writing and things like that. Post more later.
~Sierra~

It Is Christmas Eve!!

Can you believe that it is all ready Christmas Eve and tomorrow is Christmas. (yay) I am sooo excited!! This year has gone by really fast. I can't believe it is almost over. I am done with all of my Christmas shopping and I think Mom and Dad are done with their Christmas shopping. Now, we just have to do the wrapping. I love Christmas; it is my favorite time of year. I don’t really know why but there something with the music, the lights, and the snow. I don’t know but I just really like this time of year. Some of my family’s traditions are getting a Christmas tree on Thanksgiving, making an ornament for the tree and watching a movie on Christmas Eve. One of our other traditions is doing a moving nativity scene. Andrew and I move the pieces of the nativity scene and then on Christmas Eve we put Jesus in the manger with the others. Oh, I can’t wait for tomorrow.
Well, I better go and wrap presents!!

I'm 13!!!

I’m 13!! My B-day was earlier this week and yes, I turned 13. Ok, here is what I did on my B-day. Mom and I left the house around 9:00am EST (Eastern Stander Time) to go to the mall. When, we got to the mall I thought we were just going to shop and get a couple of things but, instead Mom let me get my make-up done at the Clinique counter. It looked so good, except for the lip stick; it looked good at first but the longer I wore it the darker it got. Now I’m allowed to were make-up as long as it is modest. After that, Mom and I went to Olive Garden to get some lunch. When we were done eating lunch Mom told the waitress it was my B-day and then they did the whole clapping and singing thing. When we were done with lunch, we went to Toy’s R Us to get some of Hannah’s and Andrew’s Christmas. Well, we got Hannah’s Christmas. Andrew’s Christmas well, lets just say, Mom and I both agree that Dad needs to do his Christmas this year. Andrew does not ask for anything for Christmas so Mom has no clue what to get him but Dad seems to know. After that, we decided to head home. Later that day, Mom made my cake. (Which was REALLY good) Then, I got to open my presents. I got a CD, some PJ’s, a hair dryer, a ring and some make-up. I had a really good B-day and I am so glad I am 13.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Hi Everyone. I know it is not Thanksgiving yet, but I want to post this early. Hope you are all doing well. For Thanksgiving we do not normally do much, except for having a Big dinner and thanking God for all he has given us. Most Thanksgiving's we pull out all our Christmas decorations and decorate the house. We will properly do that this year too. When I was younger, we would go and get a Christmas tree on Thanksgiving day, but since we moved it is hard to find a tree farm opened on Thanksgiving. This year we are having a few relatives from out of state come, but that is about all. Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving.



~SIERRA~

It May Not Be Officially Winter But It's Snowing Here!!!

Yes, that's right. It is snowing here. Last night it started to snow around 9:00 and when I woke up this morning, we were still getting flurry's. The snow did stick but we only got a 1/2 an inch:(
Around 11:00 this morning, the flurry's slowly changed into a full snow. It is so pretty watching it come down. Hopefully, it will stick and we will get an inch or 2. For the past week, it has been in the high 30's and low 40's. Well, I guess today it got down to low 30's. Oh, I hope it snows on Christmas!!

I Am So HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so HAPPY. I just found out, today, that I am getting a cell phone. AHHAHHAHH. Last month, my mom said that, since I had been babysitting so much lately, she was looking in to getting me a cell phone. And today, she told me she had ordered me one and it should be here Thursday. I am SOOO excited. Well, I need to go. Bye.

Oh yea, by the way my cell phone is a light blue CHOCOLATE.

Cool News!!

I know this post is a little late. But we have been really busy.

This month I moved up to the youth group in our church. When I first entered this church, I entered Junior Church. Junior church is grades 4th through 6th. The grades in the youth group are 7th through 12th. Part of being in the youth group is going to the Wilds. (Tell you more about that later. I am getting the pictures developed). I also heard that in February you get to go to Pigeon Forage "cool".

Update On What Has Been Going On

Hi everyone,

Sorry I have not posted in such a long time but we have been VERY busy. In the beginning of May we got the call for new foster children, Ben and John. Their names have been changed to protect them and us. On May 15 the 2 boys went home and we got their sister Grace. We are supposed to have Grace at least for the next month.

Also at the beginning of this month, I entered the youth group in our church. Our youth group is so much fun. On the 10th of June our youth group went to the Wilds.(a Christian camp) Actually, I just got back from the Wilds today. Oh, it was so much fun. I will tell you more about Wilds in a different post. That is about all that has happen since I posted last.

Leaving for Vacation

Hi Everyone,

We will be leaving for the beach early tomorrow. So, I will not be posting anything for about a week. When we get back, I will try to post on how the beach trip went. Dad said that we will be leaving around 7:00 and we will be in the car for up to 8 hours. Oh my, we are all wondering how Hannah will do in the car. We have a DVD car player so hopefully that will keep Hannah's attention for a little while. Mom is also packing what she calls her "Mom Bag" . This is a bag with toys in it to keep Hannah occupied.
Please pray that we will have a safe trip and that Hannah will be good while we are at the beach, in the car and for Ms. Cheryl and Mr. Ryan while they are hosting us a their house.
Ms. Cheryl are you sure you are ready for all of us?

Wordless Wednesday!!

We will be leaving tomorrow just wanted to post this early.

6 More Days

Six more days till we leave for Andrew’s adoption and the beach. We are so excited, I have been counting down the days till we leave since the beginning of this week. Mom and I have started a packing list so that we know exactly what to pack when we pack. Hopefully, we will start packing Friday or some time Saturday. Dad is going to have a lot of bags to pack. This is some of the bags that we have to pack. Beach Bag, Dipper Bag, Hannah’s Suit case, Hannah’s Back-Pack, Andrew’s Suitcase, Andrew’s Back-Pack, My Suitcase, My Back-Pack, Mom’s Suitcase, Dad’s Suitcase, Dad’s and Andrew’s Bathroom Bag, My, Mom’s and Hannah’s Bathroom Bag, Pillows, Blankets and anything extra that we need to pack. So as you can see (Dad) has a lot to pack. Oh, and don’t forget the clothes we have to have for Andrew’s adoption.

Andrew's Adoption

We now have an adoption date for Andrew. His Adoption is going to be May 2nd. Andrew is so excited. He talks about the adoption almost everyday. When we go to the adoption, we will be wearing dress clothes. So Mom is trying to color coordinate us all. Mine and Hannah’s clothes are done but she is still looking for hers, Dad's and Andrew's.

One Week Left

One week left till school is over. I am so excited it will be so much fun. So far, I am done with science and almost done with Math and History.
Andrew is done with everything except for what Mom gives him. I can’t wait till we are completely done with school!!!

Hannah's B-day

Hannah’s 2!!!! Wow, Hannah is really 2. My how time flies. When we got Hannah, she was a tiny baby. Now, Hannah is a big 30lb. toddler who is loud.

This is a picture of Hannah's first birthday.

This is a picture of Hannah's second birthday.

Wow, how she has grown. Hannah has turned into a beautiful toddler.


Here are some pictures of Hannah's birthday.

This is Hannah's birthday cake. The colorful dots are M&M's (Oh, how Hannah loved these.)

Andrew and I both got Hannah a present. This in Andrew's present to Hannah. Andrew got Hannah , some sand toys (She loves to play with them.)

These are my presents to Hannah. I got her a microphone and some pink sparkly dress up shoes.
(Hannah sings in her microphone all the time.) I also got Hannah some clip on earrings, but I forget to put then in the bag.

Happy Birthday Hannah!!

Wordless Wednesday!!