Thanks everyone for your comments!!

It's gunna be 400 big bucks to get poor lil' mac fixed :( and did I mention that the warenty JUST expired?? Yeah. Some of you have our address if you want me back in blogger world with more than just little posts every friday :P

Haha! It is SO hard to type on these chunky keyboards-- how do all of you non lap top users DO IT??

Teasel has not come back-- I doubt she will. We got dog food out of the deal :P oh and a bone, a kennel and some dog blankets... but I also lost my bed warmer and a great playmate!

Enoch had a birthday on the 28th. He is now 13 and almost taller than me :O grow Hannah! GROW!

Enoch, Nathanael and I have been sleeping outside these nights... it's alot of fun!

I helped Daddy groom our neighbors big lawn yesterday.

I'm missing taking lots of photos. I can't take alot or I'll have to start deleting them... (our battery charger got ruined too so the computer is totally shut down until...)

Well, I'm going to hunters safty this evening with my younger brothers and I need to get a-goin!

Until next friday I am your not faithful blogger,

Hannah of Marilla Heights

HELLO! HELLO!

Hey everybody! Long time no type :)

Our computer was ruined in a lightning storm-- at least the internet part maybe more maybe less. We are at the Apple Specialists right now and I am using another computer there.

So, I'm not sure how long it'll be before I can do any blogging.

I do have some sad news...

Teasel ran away a couple days ago :(

Very strange since she was not one to take off.

I don't expect her back.

I am tired...

A lightning storm is coming up and my dog is on my lap (she is scared of the storm but won't admit it) so, good night!

I hope all of you are having a wonderful and productive summer!

Happy Birthday Dear Nathanael!

To my dearest brother Nathanael...

Nathanael Isaac, I am so glad you are in my life!

You bring sunshine on the bluest of days!

You cheer me on with your laughter!

You are a joy!

I thank God for the eleven years of life He has given you and that those eleven years you have been such a blessing to us all.

I could think of a million things we have done together and still there would be many more!

Driving in chairs with the button tin as a steering wheel on the guitar stand...

Feeding you milk out of a goat bottle-- wow! That makes me realize how young we both were!

Making patties either with flour and water in the kitchen, or dirt and water in the sandbox!

Squeezing your chubby cheeks and kissing them!

Watching the mother hen and her 12 chicks...

Dancing. Oh Nathanael, dancing with you while we all sang is one of my most fondest memories! We should do it again, although pretty soon you will have to be the one twirling me in the air instead of how it was several years back when I twirled you!

Climbing trees... we still do that quite a bit!

Making flunk candy!!! hahaha!

Brawling for fun... we still do that too, right? :)!

I can't write them all, but there never can be too many memories of you dear brother! And thing is, we are constantly making more everyday!

I love you.

Babysitting the Nephews for the day...

Now it's time to put these precious children to bed!

A very nice giveaway...

Jayne over at Raising Healthier, Happier Children is hosting a very nice giveaway!

She is giving away some very nice things :)

books... different things you can use in the hairdo tutorials she is doing... spices...

If you would like to enter (and I think you should!) just go here:

~Jayne's giveaway link~

Of Toads, Banjos, Tough Decisions and More :)

I am immensely enjoying not posting here on my blog!

I know that might sound kind of funny but I just have been doing other things around here and I don't want to feel pressured to keep up with daily posting.

Things that have been going on...

Picking wild berries in the woods. I did not wear shoes, hence I did not pick many berries and left the woods before the rest of the clan. When they came back, I saw this cute little berry pickin' pail that I assumed one of my younger brothers made... I asked "Who's cute lil' Perry Bickin' pail is that?" And we laughed. It's so funny when words get mixed up on accident :)

I am considering purchasing a banjo! I know I want a fiddle real bad like but when you see a banjo that seems great and is under $100...

There is a fiddle for sale too in the same price range and a 12 string guitar. It does not help in deciding what instrument to buy or even if you should buy any of them when you want all three and have been wanting all three for a long time. At least there is not a dobro for sale in my price range or I don't know what I'd do. Since the fiddle seems to be cheeper (quality wise) than the banjo and the guitar is more expensive than the banjo, I am leaning towards the banjo...

I was coming up from the bakery in the dark and Daddy said "What were you doing out there?" in a normal voice. I screamed and then answered calmly. I don't know why I get scared so easy it's kind of funny though :)

Then I was coming in the sliding door and right when I opened it, I looked down and let out a "whaa!" really loud. How embarrassing... it was only a huge (super huge) toad. I picked him up and he sat calmly in my hand... I called my brother Nathanael and he put him up for the night somewhere I know not where. I'll have to get a picture of him.

I have been reading alot. Alot.

The Cousins are here plus a riddle :)

My cousins are here and I am having so much fun with them!

Tomorrow we are going to Lake Michigan to go swimming!!! Yeah!

My cousin Nathan loves doing illusion tricks. I am boggled right now...

I thought I'd share a riddle he has me and Grace stumped on right now- and we can't know the answer until tomorrow morning!

Okay,

There are three men who are very tired and go to a hotel to get a room.

The hotel manager tells them that one room for one night will be $30. So, they each pay $10.

After they are in their room the manager calls the bell boy and says that usually they want people to pay $25 for one room for one night so he gives the boy $5 and tells him to divide it evenly between the three men. As the boy is walking to their room, he says "$5 can't be divided evenly by three so I'll keep $2 for myself and give $1 to each man." So he did and the men were happy because they each only paid $9. So, $9 x 3= $27, right? And the boy kept $2 for himself $27 + $2 = $29, right?

Yes, so what happened to the missing dollar???

Don't ask me- just comment with your guesses!

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We went to the hay field today! I do so love hay time! My arms and hands are all scratched up and my muscles ache but I can't wait to get back out tomorrow! Usually I drive the truck but I didn't this time because Mama came and so she drove. We got let's see. . . 45 on the truck and 80 on the trailer so that's what together... anybody quick at math? 125 bales. I must be very tired because I could not think of the answer to that.

I did not post here for a couple days. . . yesterday we had some friends over that we met at the market, Mike and Mora - they are so nice and I feel as if I have known them for a long time! I can't wait to see them again on Saturday!

On tuesday night all of us except David went down to the river. Enoch and Nathanael fished.

Here is some pictures:

My sweet puppy Teasel,

(which actually is all of ours and is also a dog :)

Nathanael fishing

Enoch fishing:

The beautiful river

Have any of you ever played Apples to Apples? My Grandma F. gave me the Bible Edition of it. My Aunt Terri gave it to her but Grandma never played it. I wasn't sure how to play it even though I read the instructions :). Today Nathanael was in my room and he was looking at the game. Then I was taking random card and seeing what funny things I would come up with. I started doing it with Grace and the younger brothers. We would grab one red card and one green card off the top of the stack and see what they said. Here are some of the ones that made us laugh :)

This is for you Beth dear :)

I might email or buzz it to ya also :)

This was interesting. . .

Enoch and Nathanael really wanted to go out fishing this afternoon but it was all getting delayed due to lots and lots of phone calls (I'll tell you about that latter.)

Now, we were doing this Apples to Apples and Grace just pulled these to cards from the deck and they said:

"Oh that one is a good one. . ." You know, it made sense.

Then right that second Mama walks in the room and she had not even heard us talking. She says "Boys, we are going to go fishing, just be patient." :)

Then we showed Mama the cards :)

Sometime today the younger brothers and I were doodling and we were seeing who could make each other laugh with their drawing. I did not get a picture of theirs but I did of mine. Should I post it?? I guess.

At first I thought it looked almost like a cow and a chicken but in the end it turned out to be a goofy snake, but I only shot it's head.

Here is a part of one of the hayfields that we get hay from.

Our friend Mr. Brimmer cuts and bales the hay. He is a very nice person. For years he has kept the price even and that is a big blessing to us. His tractor broke down too and is still not working perfect but he does his best for us and the other people who have got hay from him for years.

David looks like he's saying "eny buddy gunna gimme a bale?" when really he was just getting ready to say "Hannah, grab that bale there!" And "We did not come out here to take pictures" (or something along that lines :). I know, and I hurry to put my camera in the truck! I dearly love you big brother!

On the way home after driving slooowly (and driving in 2nd gear down a very steep hill. Well, I guess we have to do that without hay now too- something new on our old truck is less brakes.) Back on subject, on the way home we stopped at the country store and we all gots us a cone. YUM! And as we were pulling away from there, we saw a rainbow!

Actually a double rainbow. Not sure if you can see it in the photo below or not.

Now about the phone calls I mentioned earlier.

Please pray for us as we are trying to get our Kitchen certified.

I am not going into details but we are not really being treated fairly.

So there have been alot of phone calls made and the phone is ringing alot during business hours.

We would really appreciate prayer in this. It is very sad. We have been going at this for years and years. Taking steps of Faith and trusting God in ways we may not have as much before.

And now, I must go off to bed! Teasel is more than likely already in my bed :)

She is a nice little heater though on cold evenings.

"Cold?" You say "Didn't you get her in June?"

Yes, we got her in June but it has been chilly here!