Yesterday was Jessica and Daniel's Birthday's!!!! Well, I have "yesterday" but this is an old draft that I never got around to posting. So bear with me.
I'm really bummed I didn't bring the camera so now I can't put pictures up.

Before dinner, we were all playing Frizzbee and talking.
Daniel showed me his Corn snake!
His snake laid 13 eggs and I got to hold one.
He said that I could have one when they hatch! (Mom said "gross" and "no".)
After dinner, everyone went outside and it was pouring hard!!!
Most of us stayed out for a long time, but then I and a couple other kids went inside.
Paulie, Tim Jaime (Hi-may) and JohnMark stayed outside with their shirts off acting like a bunch of dingbats!

Mrs. Estabrooks made a really good cake; It looked very ruby red.
Everyone loved the cake; I had two pieces!

After everyone was done with there dessert, Daniel played the piano and everyone sang!
Now, as the adults were talking, the electricity went out and then came back on. They had candles out there and Dad was acting silly with Mom.
Then, about a minute later, it went out again and stayed off.
Everyone was having a lot of fun! Mr. Estabrooks and I lit all the candles and found flash lights.
It was funny because right when we left, all the electricity came back on! LOL!
We had a great time over at their house.
Thanks Mom and Dad for taking us (and ClaraBaughn!) over there!

I'll post again soon since we are NOW in AZ on a huge summer trip on the road. God bless all of you!

My grandpa came down from AK to TN for a conference.
After he was done with the conference, he spent two nights with us and then went back home.
My grandpa is the BEST guitar player in the world.
He taught us a lot of stuff on the piano, Paulie's new guitar-bass and the guitar.
(Paulie bought a bass a couple days ago and Grandpa showed him how to do some stuff on it).
Here are some pictures:


Here we are taking Grandpa up to the Smoky Mountains!


:)


Grandpa and the kids!



And here are some pictures of Paulie's new Bass!

Isn't it so cool looking!?! I love the color of it too!

 Here is another picture of it. He is having a lot of fun with it!

And to end this entry, I have a couple cute pic's of San!


Awwww!


She is so cute!


Alright, that's it for now, I'm going to bed!

Today is Jocelyn's Birthday! She is turning 17 today! Jocelyn is one of my best friends! She has helped me a lot. Such as, making me a whole new template and making me a banner! She is really smart with all that kind of stuff. If you want a banner or something like that, just ask JOCELYN! It's too bad we couldn't make it up there for your Birthday. I'm sorry I didn't put a party on for you like everyone else did. We are so busy lately.
Well anyway, I hope you have a great birthday and you see a lot of people. Thank you, Jocelyn, for being a great friend!

Please go over to Jocelyn's blog and wish her a very happy Birthday. (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/jocelyndixon)

Ok, the ice cream shop was really fun. And what do I mean about robots? Well, it was this machine and you tap a touch screen telling it what you want as far as ice cream and sprinkles! The robot then gets a plastic cup and goes to each little tube and out come candies such as Nerds, M&Ms, sprinkles or little gum bits! You can stick 3 different candies on there. It was great! Their ice cream was so creamy and delicious! They even have a big opening where you can watch and ask questions! Mom even likes their cappe's almost as much as Starbucks.

Ok, here are some pictures I took!



Here is what the store looks like!



Here is a pic of the owner's son. He is 15 and is making Mom's cappe!




Us looking and ordering our ice cream!


All the yummy creamy ice cream!



Here is how they make their ice cream!




Making vanilla ice cream!




And here it is when it is done!


Here she is explaining to us how they make the cones!


The machine-like robot!


Ok, see the tubes attached to all the candy? When the robot goes under it with the cup, it pours out the toppings!


Getting Dad's ice cream!


Here are the tubes up close.


Here it was before you decide what you want.



You can barely see the tubes but it is about to pour the last bit of sprinkles!


Here it is after you're done! A little window opens and you just grab it out and eat it! Looks good!


Mmmmmmm!


More goodies...






YUM!


I like this shirt a lot! It was hanging on the wall. In case you can't see what it says, I'll tell you. It says, "I just got served ice cream by a robot"!




I really liked the Ice cream shop! I hope we can go there more often.

Yesterday was LUCY'S Birthday!!!!!! She is turning 1 today!!! Please go to her blog and wish her a wonderful Birthday! She posted an entry too. So you can read that also!

Yesterday our family went into Knoxville to get Dad a certain bible and to get Sani's ears pierced. She got little gold earrings. Julia also wanted her ears pieced so she got birth stone colored earrings. Friday we will be going to Tim's for the day. I can't wait!

Today we are going to a robot ice cream store with REAL robots!!!!  I don't know much about it except that we are going there today and there are robots there that serve you:) I'm so exited! I'll add in everything extra today about the ice cream store.

But for now, I gotta go!

P.S. Sorry this is kinda short. I'll add in more when I get back!

Ok, I won't really get all into details because I know some of you already posted about it.

Well, on Thursday, 4AM Mr. Dixon, Amanda and Rachel came. Paulie and I stayed up so we could help them unpack. Once they got everything in, Paul and I showed Amanda and Rachel the games we were going to play. We played them for a while and we asked Amanda and Rachel if they wanted to play and they said "No Way!" Haha! Paulie said we needed some sleep. So Paulie and I went downstairs. The next day, everyone got up something around 11AM. We talked for a bit and everyone had cream cheese bagels. I had to go do a dish transfer and Mr. Dixon helped me do the first one. I didn't want him to help me because I could see he looked really tired. Amanda and Rachel wanted to help me do the 2nd one. I kept saying "No, no, you're our guests."
Amanda kept trying to get in there to unload the dishwasher and Rachel started rinsing off all the dishes.
I somehow got in there to help wash the dishes and load them. That day, everyone else came and there were around 40 people here!! Mr. Dixon REALLY wanted to play football. So, Mr. Dixon, Dad, Rachel and I went to WalMart to get ice cream and cobbler. Earlier in the day, Mr. Dixon bought me a whole big bag of Tootsie rolls (My favorite). Well, let me get on to pictures. I'll explain as I show you all the pics!

Some of these pics are from Tim's blog. He was the photographer and I surely hope he doesn't mind me "borrowing" them for this presentation.


Here is the Birthday Boy! He got $125 for his birthday!



Paulie opening his cards! He got $125 for his B-Day!


Mmmmm! That cake was really good!! Amanda made it!!! Here it is before she frosted it!


And here it is after it was frosted! It was really a good cake!


Paulie blowing out the candles! All Sani does is EAT. Look at those thighs!


Later we went outside. Here is a pic of Tim.



JohnMark acting like......JohnMark! Haha!


Haha! Ok, later on that night Tim was explaining to us how God created Ranch dressing on the 7th day. Haha!


JohnMark being himself again! Haha!


Ok, here is JohnMark's and Tim's oldest brother. He is a REAL nice guy!


Hahaha! Ok, here is a funny one! Dad was explaining how it was was Paulie's 18th B-Day and how proud he was of him. And everyone was yelling Speech! Speech! Speech! It was pretty funny!



Tim and Jaime - Tim stayed up the whole night before gaming with Paulie and the others.





Thank you Mom and Dad for putting this on; and thank you everyone for coming! We had a GREAT time!


There is nothing better than to end an entry of Sani! She truly stole the show!

Ok, here are some pics of Paulie and I skate boarding, Paulie's new shoes and cartoon pics of Julia, Luke and I!

Here are some of the pics I took of Paulie and I skate boarding:

Jumpin' high!

Ok, here's me skateboarding. Yeah right, I'm a skateboarder in training. Haha! Paulie can do better ground tricks than me. But I can do better ramp tricks than him. Only he Denies it. Haha!

It's ok Paul. I'll teach you that stuff later. Hehe!

That's the only ground trick I know. : (

Paulie's new shoes!

These are Paulie's new shoes. He put Duckt tape on them so when he skaterboards his shoes won't get torn.

Here are the pics that Julia, Luke and I got sketched!

Haha! This is my favorite!

Look how long my head is! I've got kinda like an afro. Haha!

Oh look, they made Julia look normal.

Here are some pics of my baby girl.


Isn't she the sweetest thing!?!



This one is one of my favorites!


She is SO cute!!!!

That's it for now! Gonna go game with Paulie until the party really starts!
 

I know I said that Mom, Julia, Sani and I were going to stay home while Dad, Paulie and Lukey go to Florida. Well, just a few nights ago, Mom and Dad were running errands and they called to say to get ready, because we're all going on the trip! I was so excited and got ready as fast as I could. It was like 2AM in the morning when we went to bed because of all the packing of the van and ourselves. We left the next morning and hit the road! On the way, we ate some trail mix, cookies and other snacks. We stopped off at a gas station to get some gas and Dad almost left me there. I ran as fast as I could to catch him. My siblings and Mom though knew about it and told him to stop, that I was not back in the car yet. Good thing!  haha Later on, we stopped off at Atlanta Bread Company to get something to eat; it was pretty good. Not too long after, we arrived at our hotel. Mom and Dad went to Walmart to get some food because Dad and the boys were going to the conference the next day, leaving the rest of us in the hotel, and we needed food! Hotel had a microwave and fridge. We got to bed pretty late. Dad, Paul and Luke got up around 7am cuz they had to be there early. They got back around 6PM. Dad was really tired so we got some pizza. They left the next day around 7AM. They had cookies in the hotel lobby. Julia and I got several of them. Mmmmmm. We went to SeaWorld last night. You can read Paulie's blog for info on that. I'll write more later and post some pictures. I even got my face drawn!

Today is Levi’s birthday. He is turning fourteen. Quite a number, but well deserved, I think. I have known Levi for almost exactly one year and one month, and during this time I have figured out that Levi likes tootsie rolls, chocolate covered cherries (eww), climbing trees, traveling, and hangin’ out at his most favourite place…. My house! :D

Naw, really I have found a great friend in him and his family. They are somethin’ special, and so on this day, the fourteenth of February, I wanted to wish Levi a HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY! I hope you have an awesome day dude!

(eat some extra cake for me – I am trying to stay away from that stuff)

This is Levi, Rachel, and me the last time he came to my house… we’re playing on Paulie’s blackberry phone >>> looking at Levi’s blog. : )


Jocelyn

Here it is:

Four Places I go over and over:

upstairs,

dining room,

living room,

gymnastics

Four People who e-mail me: (regularly)

I

do

not

email!

Four of my favorite foods:

MEAT,

Tootsie Rolls (I love Tootsie Rolls)!

Skittles,

MEAT (I am a carnivore)

Four places I would rather be right now:

CA,

in a chocolate  factory,

in  bed,

Gymnastics

Four people I think will respond:

Jocelyn,
JoeM,
Ryann,
Blogboy
Four movies I would watch over and over:

Charlie and the Chocolate factory,

A Series of Unfortunate Events,

Home on the Range,

.............          

Four TV Shows I Watch:

Myth Busters,
Survivor Man,
Future Weapons,
................

Four things that I hate:
Getting my hair cut, (they always touch your face with their clammy hands)
sinning,
anything anti-God,
running out of socks

I will tag 8 people in no particular order:
GuitarDylan, RedheadRyann, JoeM,  Jocelyndixon,  Rjdjohn316,  SuperAngel,
Blogboy, and Poorboyhat! 

Levi


P.S. Also,  my family and I started a family membership at YMCA. It's a health gym. They have free protein bars, basketball and rock climbing! In fact, we've just returned from our family workout tonight - and afterwards we went to pizza! Susanna Banana slept through every bit of it, even the pizza part. Now she is awake and smiling at my parents.
Thank you Mom and Dad!

AnnaSusannaBanana is one

month old today!!!!!!!



Levi



P.S. I will post a proper entry soon.

Levi

A few days ago, the Sensenigs came to our  house  for a  visit. Mom made some REALLY good spaghetti with alfredo sauce and red beef sauce. Plus we had bread, salad, asparagus, fried cabbage and sparkling cider. Pie was for dessert; everything was SO good.

Mr. Sensenig showed me part of a song on the piano that I've been just dying to know. I can play the first part because he showed me some time back, but now I have another part of it.
(He is REALLY good at the piano)! Some of my siblings and I were hanging out upstairs with Dylan while our parents were talking downstairs. We had fun playing Game Cube, wrestling (kinda.....not really), and filming videos from the camera. We had a great time! Thank you Mom and Dad for making the meal.

Thanks for coming Dylan! Hope you can come for New Year's Eve dinner like my parents said. We are going to pray the New Year in with other families, too. Please come!!! Mom's making a turkey and maybe even a ham, too!

My next post may be about the health gym my family plans to join next month. They have a climbing wall for us kids and lots of sports. More later!!

Levi

Thank you for the comments! Yes, I will try to blog more often.
Today my family and I went to the mall to walk because Mom's blood pressure was still high and she needed to walk. We saw these little remote control helicopters for only $28. We kids also got some cookies and walked in some shoe stores because Paulie needed some shoes. He couldn't find any, though.
Mom soon got tired and we got in the car and headed for Food City. Mom grabbed a whole bunch of groceries for that night and tomorrow night. After dinner Julia, Luke and I went outside to play. (It wasn't all that dark).
When Dad called us in we had a bible study. Thank you Mom and Dad for taking us to the mall! Paulie will post more pics of Susani soon, so be looking!

Levi

Hello, my name is Levi Suarez and this is my first homestead blog. I have another blog on homeschoolblogger.com/LeviSuarez. I love the outdoors, cooking, gymnastics, playing with Susie, and climbing trees!
Please leave me a comment and I will try to get back with you as soon as I can.

Your Friend,

Levi Suarez