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posted by Jonathan on 11/4/07

This week we had the opportunity to go to Cabela’s with some friends of ours the Elliotts and Pitcocks. It was a long drive but defiantly worth it. They had a really colossal mountain in the middle of the building covered in all sorts of animals. They had a lynx chasing a rabbit, mountain sheep jumping a real running stream and waterfall, polar bear standing up, a heard of muskox charging down the mountain and being attacked by timber wolves, and a big herd of elk which were all life size. And lots of other little animals all over the mountain.

 
 
 
In another section of prairie and desert there was a huge life size elephant. And they had a leopard jumping into a tree trying to catch a bird that was flying away, and a heard of lions and hyenas fighting. They also had a big crocodile that had a bird in it’s mouth. 

posted by Jonathan on 08/26/07

Every Friday we have pancakes. To vary the routine we have tried all sorts of different flavors and shapes for speciel occasions. This week we got a phone call from some friends that Michael works for. They told us they had some bananas for us. So we went to pick them up. They had a big box of them! We didn’t know what we would do with them all so we dicided to make banana pancakes! We really enjoyed these with butter and peanut butter and mapple syrup. This is the recipe. Enjoy!

Combine in blender:

1 1/2 c. water

7/8 c. wheat

1 teaspoon flax seed

1/2 Tablespoon cinnamon

Turn blender an high and chop in 1 banana. Allow blender to run for 2 minutes.

Add:

1 egg

2 Tablespoons oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

Turn blender on for 1 minute, Add 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder while blender is on.

To make the batter thin enough to mix in the baking powder, you may need ot add a little water before hand.

For another great banana recipe click here.

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posted by Jonathan on 08/3/07

Last week we took a trip up to PA to visit our cousins. One night while we were there we had a cookout. I was going through the line and had just put on some mustard on my hot dog when all of a sudden my plate slipped off the counter and all the mustard on my hot dog went flying onto my new white shirt It was easy to clean up my hot dog but almost impossible to get it off my shirt.

When we finally got home I tried spraying Pre-Spot on the mustard stain but it didn’t do very much good. So then I tried Sol-u-mel and it worked a little better. By this time I was getting rather discouraged. It wasn’t coming out! Then Mom remembered that once she got ink out of a blanket with toothpaste! So I decided to try it. I scrubbed the toothpaste on the stain and it worked better then anything we had tried yet. But it didn’t get it all the way out. We then checked on the internet and it suggested using Fantastik so we tried that and it worked really good. After this we threw it in the washing machine when it got out it was exactly how it was when it went in. So I thought that I’ll just have to make it a work shirt. But Mom had one more idea. She hung it out in the sun, and by the end of the day you could hardly tell I ever spilled mustard on it!

I’m so thankful for mom encouraging me to keep trying and not to give up. Always have determination even when you miserable mistakes.

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posted by Jonathan on 06/19/07

Last week our cousins from PA visited us and one of our outings was to Blennerhassett Island. To get to the island we took a small boat. It was fun to explore the two decks and climb the spiral staircase! The Island was very beautiful. During a covered wagon ride around the island a deer ran across the path right in front of us and there were lots of squirrels. Our tour guide told us all about the island. One thing she pointed out was the orchard of Black walnut trees. If cut, the value of the lumber would be a million dollars! They let the animals have the nuts. After the wagon ride we went on a tour of the Blennerhassett’s mansion that was built in 1798. They lived in it for eight years and then fled the Island because of their involvement with Aaron Burr. In 1811 the mansion was burned to the ground but archeologists found the foundation and some scraps that helped them rebuild it how it was. We are very thankful for what we have today after seeing how hard it was to live back then.

Gratefulness:

Expressing sincere appreciation for the ways God and others have benefited my life.

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posted by Jonathan on 06/1/07

Last week we had our cousin’s children come to visit us from North Carolina. It was a very busy week because they had two younger children and baby twins! 
  

Their oldest, Josh, loved the great outdoors.  We appreciated his help and good example of sharing with his younger brothers. Caleb, the second oldest, enjoyed cars and riding scooters. He really liked pulling up beside the house windows and asking for gas for his scooter which we pretended was a car. The two-year-old-twins liked to pet our dog and watch the coo-coo-clock. They had a lot of fun when we pushed them on the bikes. They also tried ping-pong—with any size ball they could find.

They were easy to babysit because they are being trained up right. Proverbs 22:6 gives this encouragement for all parents who will consistently do what it takes: “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

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