Think Zachary!

Who works in a casino?

Who is the only one not blogging?

There you go.

What? I am more confused about this than Kelly was about the river.

Who is the gambler?

Mom what does the circus part of your blog mean? Explain!

The title should have something to do with the blog!

It's not a competition to see who comes up with the best anagram for the the blog title! Although if it was, I'd say Tony was the winner! Also, the titles are great fun, so keep trying and we'll keep laughing!

We want to hear from you what's going on in your family! The crazy little things in life that make you laugh or cry during the day!

William's birthday was yesterday for all you out in blog land that may not know. There were great after Christmas sales, so he probably got better stuff for his birthday than he did for Christmas.

See the picture!














However, he was most excited yesterday morning about his kite (which has been under my bed since I forgot to take it on vacation last August.) Of course his best gift of the day was his magnifying glass that he got from Wendy's last night. And in case you weren't aware, Wendy's will give you the toy for free without purchasing the kids meal!

On another note:
I did talk to the gambler yesterday and got a better email for him and his lovely wife, so hopefully they will be joining us in the venture soon!

The oldest in the family I don't think ever goes near a computer, but maybe we can change that!!

We're off to the circus today! Someone told my baby that when he went to the circus he was going home with his "real" family! I hope he has forgotten that so that we can go and have fun!

Sleeping Children Have A Real Friendly Family

Nice to see Nathan and Emily joined the crazy crowd. Just one question: When did Emily become Emmy or did Hans & Edie have another kid we don't know about? Bet they even had this kid baptisted and did not invite us.

Emily, I was on the neighbors computer checking out your Facebook page. I have no idea how she got to it, but I was able to see your pictures. Liam is adorable.

seven challenges have a radical funky future

so now that six of the families are posting blogs we only have to connect with the gambler. he is probably counting his cards and the dealing isn't done

by the may are there any new rules to live by here in blog land tonight.

this MAY have to be erased

message from Jade

kkvkde
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sssssiifrffm ififr ridifofieu8ejejr4urjururuudjdjfj

fianlly figuredit out

yay it only took me like a month but i finally figured out how to post on here yay well

liam is almost 2 months old
he is growing very very fast il post some pics when i upload some new ones to my comp

ummm lets see i go back to work on sunday yay! im excited

alright thats all for now
see ya

Too many invites

Wow Anne did you need to spam the invite to me, my PDA was going off the hook with all the invites you sent out. Anyway stay busy talk to you all later.


Darasuum Kote
Nathan

All the Freedom You Want

Well, you can have all the freedom you want, name calling included, as long as the people you are calling names reside in your place of residence!

no names #2

what about my freedom of speech

No Last Names Please

Well apparently it has been voiced in one household that last names shouldn't be posted on the family blog in case some crazy person who has nothing better to do than try to figure us out decides to come and visit one of us!

So, that's why a certain blog disappeared from it's posted position because a certain Author of the family blog didn't like his/her last name posted!

so called heavenly angels R feeding freely

actually our little angel named Jade is feeding herself. today she found her own breakfast ,all the raisens out of the raisen bran with the cerial being fed to the floor. lunch time it was chocolate chip cookies, dinner it was tomato's. if only we get her to cook she might not turn out to be a vegetarian

Sweets Can Help A Roaring Four Fellow

Sweet and innocent. You do realize your blog was about William. How easily you have forgotten the dirt bike cake kid. I guess the cake would do for the sweet part, but I'm stuck on how he is innocent. Guess that really wasn't him or his dirt bike.

William's Hours are numbered

In a few short hours, the baby in our house is going to be four years old.

Where did four years go?
Here's a picture at just minutes old - if only they could stay so sweet and innocent for just a little bit longer!

some can have real flimsy farts

This was Joe's title attempt, but for whatever reason, someone out in blog land made his blog disappear!

Maybe Kelly can help after she saves the babies from the river.

KESDA - FYI

KESDA is the Kentucky Education Speech & Drama Association (or something close to that). They are hosting a state tournament next week, Thursday - Saturday that Zachary and I will be attending.

Zachary will be competing in Solo Acting, Duo Acting, Declamation, Duo Improv, and Group Interpretation. The top six competitors in each category compete in finals to determine the winner of each category. (There are 13 categories in all, but five is the maximum you can compete in.)

Last year Zachary placed 1st in Duo Improv and received a $200 Savings Bond.

He is hoping to do well again this year and Mark is probably hoping he does well enough to cover the cost of the new suit he purchased to the competition!

KESDA

I have got to stay focused!

Thanks Kelly

To my wonderful niece Kelly Anne (of course she's probably my favorite because she was named after me).

Thanks so much for having us start this family blog! At least those of us who have accepted the invitation to join are having fun with it!

In time, we'll get the rest of the family to join in!!

Love you best - don't tell the rest - AA

Siblings Chat Haphazardly And Familarize Families

with the crazinest that we lived our entire lives!! Our nineteen children should only be so lucky as to experience all the stuff we did growing up! Sharing a room with two sisters, or three brothers is an experience to be cherished and not gripped about (although it probably didn't seem like fun at the time!)

Also, for the record I never took Chemistry and still don't need it in life today!! It's really just a section of the Science book, not an entire class of Chemistry in 7th grade, so I think he should survive!

Apparently my mailman doesn't always deliver all the bills either, or the invitations, as today the cable man came to disconnect the cable (and that includes internet service.) Lucky for us, Catherine was outside playing basketball and informed the cable man "my mom is busy." (I really wasn't here.)
As for Molly's title - no, I wasn't that impressed - SORRY!!

Someone Could Have Ask Really Fast Favor

Joe, did our mailman come to the boys river crossing party? Our mailman has no problem dropping off our bills. Everything else he seems to keep. You have to love those Federal Government workers.


Zachary, ask your mom and dad how many times they have used what they learned in chemistry class. Even if it is only one thing, then you are going to be stuck with your 80 year teacher. Maybe you should ask him about history. I bet he could tell you some great war stories.


Did anyone notice my title? I know my title was not that great, but Tony & Anne are not the only ones that can come up with something cute. I definitely have the Scharff humor in my blood!

Got you all last! Not skin on skin but blog to blog.

Shouldn't Cause Havoc Around Raleigh Feast Fabricator

If I am not invited to the baptism, don't expect me to babysit for those kids.
Those twins might have gotten enough money to afford a TWO wheel trailer if you invited people.
Hey Anne, if the cake had chocolate icing and if William had a dirt bike, then it all makes sense.
I think that your title was fine, but this one might be a little better. Try again.
TONY

Uncle Joe...

likes my posts!

New Allergy

I just found out that I'm allergic to chemistry!

It's true!

When I see that Periodic Table, I start scratching, itching my eyes, and sneezing out the Wa-Zoo!

That subject hates me, but I hate it more.

To make matters worse I have the worst science teahcer in the world! He has to be at least 80 and he just rambles on and on about nothing!

Um Uncle Joe...

didn't nobody get the invites - What you wrote.

I believe now days we say "Didn't anyone get the invites?"

Just Kidding!

Uncle Joe if you haven't noticed, Kelly doesn't exactly have any Scharff Sense of Humor.

Blog to you later!

BTW that was a joke!

For all you non short message talkers, BTW means "By the way!"

didn't nobody get the invites

we sent out invitations on saturday night. i guess y'all didn't get them in time for sunday church. this is especially for kelly, we go to church in kentucky so we have to go over the bridge which is over top of the water, so now you know why the boys wre by the water. we weren't even sure we would make it to church because we were so sure it was going to snow so much(thatis what the scary weather boys & girls were saying) that is why the invites went out so late. and for kelly if you believe there are invitations mailed you do not have the SCHARFF SENSE OF HUMOR.

For the record

Obviously you weren't quite old enough to remember who was at your baptism, because Uncle Mark and I remember quite well being at ABC for your baptism! Now, if I remember correctly, Roger, Debbie and kids came over to your house afterwards to celebrate also. (The old house on Sable, not your current house.) Maybe that's why you don't remember because you're getting old!! Wasn't you baptism actually on your 10th birthday - or maybe not!

So to answer your question - no, they did not "throw" the babies into the river - it was merely a figure of speech symbolizing when Jesus and others were baptized in the the river!!

Just Tell Me the Rest of the Story Already!

I've read nothing in the Bible about throwing babies in the river, except maybe that whole Pharaoh and the babies in Egypt, but they didn't call that baptism.

I'm still curious, did they really do this in the river?

And I'm not offended that I wasn't invited, unlike some people *coughAuntAnnecough*. It's not like anyone came to my baptism, and I was old enough to remember it.

Good Job

Patrick - remember there's no "I" in "team"! As long as you have fun that's the important part! And winning always helps!

Get your dad to post a basketball picture.

AA

before school

Before school every day my mom comes in to wake me up and I always just go back to sleep once she leaves my room. Then when she comes in again she pulls me out of my bed and I fall on the floor and fall asleep on the floor. Then she says I have to get up or I'm grounded so I have to get up even though I don't want to.

Sometimes Children Have Attitudes Ready For Fighting

Okay, so Molly and Kelly are ready to fight with Joe this morning!


I agree, how come it wasn't posted that Joshua & Jacob were being baptized? Liam's baptism was also blogged after the fact. There seems to be a pattern forming here!


Kelly - haven't you read in the bible how the people were being baptised in the river???

(Hey, Tony - how did I do??)

Not baptised without the Hoffman's

Excuse me, the boys cannot be baptised because we were not there. I know we are not Jade's Godparents or anything, but at least we were invited to her baptism.

I am sure if we were invited Uncle Steve would have helped save the boys from the river or at least tossed Andrew in after them.

I think the next question is: Did Aunt Amy come over and make her famous chicken for the special event or does she only do that when someone is in the hospital all day.

Swimming With the Fishes?

Wait, I'm confused.

Why in the world were Jacob and Joshua anywhere near a river? And exactly how did they jump in? How'd they not drown?

Am I missing the metaphor in there?

Please explain!

Pre Algebra Stinks!

Okay, my math teacher is driving me crazy. She just doesn't teach. Today she gave us an assignment and then played games on her computer. Everytime someone tried to ask her a question she'd just tell them to use the book. Well let me just tell you that if don't understand what the book is saying, you can't really use the book. So, to do the 20 questions the entire class looked in the back of the book. We will probably have a pop quiz on it tom. We always do. I think she gives them to us so she can play on her com. while we struggle, trying to do our best on the stupid quizzes! Then, when we all fail the test, she gives us a big long speech about how we need to try harder and how we need to listen to her more. If she's not teaching us how to do the stuff, what are we supposed to listen to? The clicking of her fingers on the keyboard as she trys to beat her high score on Solitare! Yeah I don't think so!

pray for the fish

for all you good christians out here in blogland the twins decided to get baptized yesterday .hellen thru them in the river while the preacher said a few words of encouragement.after they quit crying (because you know i'm tired the crying game already) I had to jump in and pull them out.( brian could of done it because it was like noodlling for catfish) .they came thru it ok

My Side of the Story - by William

"Mommy - I tooted again!"

"Mommy - I tooted a really bad toot!"

"Mommy - I can't go to the bathroom!"

"Mommy - I'm just a little boy!"

"I hate people."

"Say what, say what, say what!"

Get the story straight before you blog it!

So, here's the real story!!!

William was such a joy on Saturday! You know what they say - if he would have been the first born, he would have been an only child!

So, I was trying to make William a plate of tacos and he decided he was going to first drive the motorcycle up and down the refrigerator, that I was trying to open - to get the stuff for his tacos - then he was driving the motorcycle on the floor around my feet - as I was trying to make his tacos - then he decided it would be fun to drive the motorcycle through the icing on the cake that Mark had just finished that we were taking to a friends house in a matter of minutes. Now, keep in mind that after the first two incidents, I calmly asked him to stop with the motorcycle. By the time he was driving the motorcycle through the icing, I was over the top and yes, did take the motorcycle and threw it into the living room where the piece of cheap junk broke into several pieces!!

Poor William was so sad and yes, I did feel bad and did apologize to him. He was also very happy to play with the Playmobile motorcycles. He was even happier on Sunday when Kyle found three more motorcycles in the Playmobile boxes. So, now he has three bad guys, the police officers, and two good guys, the men on the black bikes! That's William's interpretation, not mine!

Maybe next time he'll listen, but I doubt it!!

Kelly...

I just tried to follow your blog. It did not work. I read your blog on Twilight. That was so funny! :)

Special Child Has Anne Raleigh Fully Frustrated

Maybe I thought it was CHICKEN tacos. El Pollo!
Tony

Dearest Cousins, Aunts, Uncles and Other Assorted Family Members:

I know the family blog is loads of fun, but you could start your own blogs and still post here. I do it. And no, my entire life is not spent blogging. Sometimes I double up and post the same thing at my more interesting blog and here. (Aunt Anne also has her own blog. She thinks mine is hilarious, by the way.)

So I think you should all start your own personal blogs too. It doesn't have to be fancy, and it's easy. Just press "create a blog" at the top of your Blogger home page. Then name it and pick a url and poof! you're done! (I sound like a paid program. Shabam- you're stains are gone!)

If you don't want to get that deep into the blogging world, you could start by following my blog. That's even easier. (Just visit the blog, and press "Follow this blog.")

That concludes my start your own blog/follow my blog proposition. :)

Much love,
Kelly

We WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday my team had a basketball game and we won. YAY!!!!
The score of the game was 16 to12.
Unfortunetly I did not score in the game.
Patrick

Except Aunt Anne Was Making Tacos

But it is good chicken.

(And I'll let you in on a secret, it's just the recipe on the back of a Kentucky Kernel box.)

Smart Critcis Hype Amy's Rural Fried Fowl

Maybe you should not bother the cook when she is still jealous about her sister's cooking abilities.
TONY

My mom is stronger than a motorcycle!

Have you ever had one of your favorite toys broken? Well if you have, boy do I have a story that you'll be able to relate to.

So, William had this toy plastic motorcycle. It's the kind of cheap, garbage toy you'd find at a yard sale, but William absolutely loved it. He would ride it around with his hand on the table, ground, furniture, even on us. Today while he was playing with it he decided he would ride it around on something new. My mom was making tacos and he was riding it around her cooking area. She was getting very aggravated. She grabbed the motorcycle and with all her might through it into the living room. William and I went to see the damage that had been done. The motorcycles front wheel had broken off. William instantly started to cry. We both went upstairs. I told him that we might be able to fix it with a hot glue gun. Then my mom came in and took William downstairs to our Playmobile box. She found two motorcycles and gave them to William. Somewhere along there she apologized to him. I think he likes his two new motorcycles a lot more than his old one. So, I guess in the end everything turned out to be okay!

Aunt Amy's Chicken

Sunday, while I spent the day with Mark at the hospital, Aunt Amy came over to spend the day with our kids.

When I arrived home, all I heard about was Aunt Amy's Chicken. They went on an on about it, like it was the best thing since sliced bread!

Well, it was so good, that not only did they eat Aunt Amy's Chicken on Sunday, but they also ate it on Tuesday and again on Thursday! With no leftovers!

So, if you're ever hungry and want some good chicken, call upon Aunt Amy and maybe she'll make you some of the secret recipe!

KFC may be calling soon, but it's now an official Family Secret Recipe!

I'm wondering if Kelly, Abby and Maddy like it as much as Zachary, Kyle and Catherine!

Whoever is doing this....

It is really annoying how, whoever this is (Mom or Kelly) just delete my posts. You don't see me deleting your post now do you!

No Snow Days For Us

Well I got to school just fine. Kind of.

We start off to school and Abby (who thinks she's all big and bad because she has a cell phone and my mother washed mine) tells me that "Dryfork is a solid sheet of ice and West is pretty bad too. We shouldn't go that way."

First off, it bothers me when she tries to fix my driving/directions issues. She really isn't helpful.

And second, those are the only two roads that even get close to the school. When I told her this, she just got an attitude and said that she was just saying we shouldn't go that way. Which doesn't make any sense, because we had to get to school somehow.

So because she was seething in the backseat because I was going to take us on the normal route, I went a different way. Through traffic. On West Road. It was much worse than Dryfork.

The lesson to be learned here is this: Don't listen to Abby. She doesn't know what she's talking about.

That's why I was late to school today.

Snow Day in the making!

Well this morning I woke up at 6:10 and started getting ready for school. We got in the car, started driving to school, and, well...we couldn't get to school. The roads were to icy and I have never seen so many cars in my life. All moving at less than 2 miles per hour. So, we turned around and went home. My mom called my dad and he said that the buses couldn't even get to school. We are now about to leave again. Stay tune for an update...who knows. We might be called off!

Stop Global Warming??

I don't remember that shirt! I'll have to ask Catherine about it. So did Maddie/Maddy get to wear the shirt to church?

And for the record - I guess I should just have said GI Specialist! And that's not GI Joe Specialists!

New Favorite Quote

Kelly that was so funny. Tell us more about what happened!


Quote:

Learn to Forgive and Forget

This is getting weird.

Let's just get back to the happy family stuff.

For example:
Maddie is wearing a "Stop Global Warming" t-shirt to church tonight that she got from Catherine. Not only is it quite a bit too big for her, but our church doesn't believe in man made global warming.

I bet they make her change. Or at least keep her jacket on. Or maybe not.

This could turn out interesting.

Ski Club

I am going skiing this Friday! It is my last time, which really stinks! Katie, will you be there?

Update

So, as Zachary told you, yes, Mark was in the hospital. Saturday night he went to the ER after being in stomach pain for about two weeks and two trips to the Dr. - useless as they were! So, we are home and if you ask me, we don't know anything more than we did when we went in the first place!

Probably some sort of infection having to do with the small and/or large intestine, but possible a blockage in the small intestine.

My prediction is that we will probably be back to the ER before long! Hopefully he will get in to see a GI Gastro....Internal...Specialist or something like that.

I think Mark wanted to come home to get some sleep. St. Elizabeth South is anything but quiet!

Thanks Zachary

Good thing for this family blog and for Zachary to keep us informed. I feel like little Katy Extra....never told anything; have read it on the blog.

Can we get an update on Mark? All Amy could really say was that he was at home. Is he feeling better?

Today..

Today is apparently a good day to do some shopping, because my mom has been gone forever and just got home with "some amazing bargains!"

We are thinking about maybe coming back over to the Raleigh's again today, because we are bored people. Unless I can convince my mom to take me shopping now, which seems unlikely. I want to go to Ikea. :)

So that's it.

At home...doing nothing

As you all have probably heard, my dad is in the hospital! Aunt Amy watched us yesterday and today my grandparents are here! I have been doing nothing!

mostly doing this cuz anne yelled at me through FB

so...........i haven't been able to upsdate this cuz i have been working a whole bunch. like this weekend i worked thursday friday sat sun and i work tomorrow. so sorry anne!!!!!!!!!





ummmm above are pics of me at work and morgan and myself skiing. cuz she doesn't have mono anymore and we can ski without her spleen rupturing!!!!!




ummmmm buttttttttttttttttttttttt i.m gonna go study cuz i have a huge test tuesday.
ok. bye.

Zachary-

We were awake. It is Sunday, and we go to church on Sundays. I don't think we're going to come over today.

Kelly, Abby, and Maddy or Maddie

You all need to wake up, get out of bed, get ready, and come over! Please!!!

Speech and Drama Competition

Me and my coach Mrs. B

Me and my duo acting partner - Lexie!

Our piece is Barbie & Ken!

I qualified to go to State competition for Speech and Drama in Solo Acting, Duo Acting, and Dec. I came in 2nd Place in Solo Acting, 1st Place in Duo Acting, and 1st Place in Dec. I had so much fun!

Kids & sports

Why do kids always ask to do something, start it and then disappear in five minutes. Thanks to Elizabeth, I am stuck listening to Taylor Swift while she disappeared upstairs somewhere. Guess it could be worse - Andrew could have me listening to TI, Eminem, Akon or Ludacris.

Elizabeth is going to sign up for softball tomorrow. Uncle Joe, you think you will have time to come over and teach her how to hit homeruns. Don't worry about your kids. Aunt Anne can handle the boys while Aunt Hellen runs with Catherine and I can get Michelle to take Jade. She really misses her!

My loving sister Abby

Abby is just the best sister I could ask for! She is so kind and loving. I feel special to have Abby as my dear little sister. She always has money to lend me. (because I'm always broke)

Aunt Anne

Aunt Anne made me make this so here it is. I don't really have much to say. I got my hair cut today, but I am debating if I like it or not. My part got screwed up and I don't like it! Okay that's all I'm going to say.

Abe Lincoln

HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY ABE LINCOLN! QUESTION: WHY DO WE CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US?

BASKETBALL

Basketball was great this season we came in first in the tournement and first in league. As you can tell we sweat alot.

William's Version of Fingerpainting

Joe, Jade, Joshua, Jacob (no Hellen)

It's a good thing that Tony emailed his picture to me to post last week! Today I had to go to Joe & Hellen's, take the pictures and then come home to upload them!

Joshua is in the red, Jacob is the other one, Jade is the cute one, and Joe is the big one!! Hellen chose not to be photographed today!!

i'm tired

anne made me do this. i'll write slow so all you slow readers can keep up.
so kelly wants silly jokes? what came first the chicken or the egg? better hope i get back on this silly thing to give the answer.

are you smart

what does racecar spell backwards. answer in the comments box

Some of us.........

Some of us don't know how to cash checks.

Family in Pennsylvania

Hey Patrick I'm sorry you lost your basketball games! Better luck next week!

Allison, I'm even more sorry that you had to sit through two games.

I hate going to Catherine & Kyle's basketball games!

The only good part is leaving!

Love William

Would you cash a check?

How many of you would actually cash a check if Aunt Anne were to send you one in the mail?

Apparently one of you is soooo rich that you don't have the need to cash a check I sent months ago!

It must be nice to be so rich!!

Love ya all - AA

Hey Catherine

maybe you should call it
Girls on the Run Trying To Catch their Annoying Brothers
TONY

Girls on the Run

Today I started a running club called Girls on the Run. It's two times every week till March. It was really fun me and two of my friends are doing it. What I'm looking foward to is at the end of the program there is a 5K race and it seems like fun.

2nd Place

Unlike the Blog entries below this, this entry is worth reading! I mean come on you all post some pointless information. Anyway, I came in Second Place at my Speech and Drama competition. None of you all better comment on that detail! In a bad way I mean! You can comment in good ways all you want. I had a lot of fun! The tournament was in Danville and it took like 2 and 1/2 hours to get there! Got to go. I'm really tired. Hey everyone, from now on lets post stuff that's worth reading! Just Kidding.

how to annoy your sister while talking on the phone

step 1. When sister is on phone pick up other phone.

step 2. When sister and friend talk say something like I'm bill or something.

step 3. Get yelled at to get off the phone by sister.

step 4. Hang up phone and run from sister.

You have now successfully annoyed your sister.

We Lost

My team had 2 basketball games today. Unfortunetly we lost both of them.
Patrick

Allison's first blog

Hi cousins. Today I had to go to 2 of Patrick's basketball games.
Allison

Kelly - you are in trouble!!

Kelly, how dare you drive all that way to go to Color Me Mine and not bother to visit your favorite Aunt. Have no fear because now I know you'll have to return in a week to pick up your creation! I'll be waiting for you to knock on the door - make that burst through the door, no knocking.

For the record, I don't think Joe is reading email in his one spare minute these days. You'd be more likely to catch him on the phone. Hans doesn't have email, but his kids spend enough time on Facebook, that you could get him a message that way. But, I'll send the email the old fashioned way anyway, just in case.

Patrick, you should thank God you have a sister - it could be worse you could have had a twin brother! Our kids were stuck in the house for four days last week with each other. It's good for you it was a Friday and not a Monday when the snow arrived!

Cardboard derby day sounds like a lot of fun! The scouts around here don't do that!

Kelly, also, if you would just do the laundry you'd have some clean jeans by now!

Love you all - AA

Patrick and the Scouts

I am trying to upload pictures again - I think it is going to work this time.
It was cardboard derby day at the ski mountain.
They only made it halfway down and then they had to push it.


Anne, email Joe's and Hans' addresses so I can send them some poppycorn.
Tony

Tony was here again

I hope that Patrick gets stuck living next to Nathan when he moves 500 miles away from here.
Tony

Patrick's First Blog

hello
hey Kyle, you are right. this is boring!!!!!
Today we didn't have school and I had to spend the whole day with my sister.
When I get older, I am moving 500 miles away from her.
Hey Nathan - gotcha last, Patrick

For Your Information!

I do not post in instant message talk!

I'm sorry Hoffman Family Member, but you are mistaken. Yes, I may use the occasional "Haha," but that is an onomatopoeia. (And I spelled that without a dictionary, just in case you were wondering.) It spells out the actual sound, unlike LOL, TTYL, and whatever else my generation uses.

I, on the other hand, have read enough books on the fine art of writing (and blogging) to know the etiquette that goes along with it. Just thought I would clear that up. Thank you very much.

In other news, we have 48 things checked out from the library, I went to Color Me Mine with a friend yesterday, I made chocolate chip pancakes for dinner, Maddie is home from school, and I have no clean jeans. That concludes today's report. Come back tomorrow- hopefully something more interesting comes up.

No fancy title like my brother

That was the funniest and truest blog on this site. I am still LAUGHING OUT LOUD. Yeah, Adam, Emily, Katy and Kelly, people really do spell all the words out instead of putting LOL.

Thanks for the laugh. I needed it after my long day that feels like it will never end. At least it is 18 degrees outside right now instead of ZERO. Do you think Kyle & Catherine will have an 18 minute delay tomorrow?

Some Children Have A Really Freaky Family

I am trying to send a picture again.
My computer is so slow.....
How slow is it?
My computer is so slow that if it told a joke,
even Bryan would get it.
I am waiting for my picture to load.......
If it was any slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooower,
even Amy would get it.

It's not going to work. I'll just send it to Anne and let her post it.

Hour Delay?

Okay, so it's -3 degrees outside - so Erlanger/Elsmere called an hour delay because of the cold? Like it was any warmer at 8:30 am than it was at 7:30 am - I don't think so!

Everyone will probably go into shock when and if they have to go to school an entire week - 5 whole days with no delays!

Is it almost Spring?

It's Cold!

It is negative 3 degrees this morning! Wear your long johns!

First time - sure I will screw up

Okay, I made it this far. Is this suppose to be fun? I have to admit, reading Kelly's version of her snow slid crash was funny. We got a good laugh of it at work after knowing that Kelly was fine. Amy's version did not have the part about going into the teachers house and the bathroom break.

Unlike Zachary, I have to go do homework because I have school tomorrow night. Can't wait till Saturday and Sunday when all this white death turns into puddles and mud!

I would include a picture, but I have not figured that out yet. Anne or Kelly will have to talk me through that.

Night all!

Pictures

When you're typing the new posts, use the add image box next to the ABC Check - browse, upload image, click done and it should appear on you new post.



Just this easy - here's one of Joshua & Jacob!

Then you hit publish post!!

Keep trying!!

You can always go back and edit you own posts!!

Uhhh! says Tony

Why can't I get the picture on here?
That was supposed to have a picture of Allison and Patrick.
Just use your imagination.

Tony was here.
Allison's first day of kindergarten.
Patrick's too. HaHa

Uhh!

My mom just made me go outside to shovel our driveway. Uhh! I hate shoveling!!!!! Every time I try to memorize my Speech and Drama piece, BOOM, she gives me a job!

Crocheting

Kelly, you wanted to know how my crocheting was going, here it is. I started two of them and messed up on both, I'm on my 3rd try and so far its pretty good. I'm making a scarf and I think when its done I'm going to give it to my friend Katherine, but I'm not sure.

Last night I went to bed with an hour delay and woke up and was off school.

Snow Again?

Today is my 9th snow day this year. Our last day of school is now June 8. Uhh! I am kind of grateful for this snow day though, because I now have a free day to memorize my declamation piece for Speech and Drama! I almost have it down!

I hope my Speech and Drama tournament doesn't get cancelled.

For anyone who hasn't figured this out yet!

Once you've created your google account, go to www.blogger.com and sign in and then when you see your Dashboard, create your blog entry using the New Post! It's that easy - really it is!

Kelly, please help Abby and Maddy set up their passwords today - through their email link - so they can join the fun.

Put it on your "to do" list and be sure to check it off - not like the laundry that just keeps piling up!!

I can't believe that everyone is off school again in our house. Even Erlanger/Elsmere who claims to "never have snow days" is off once again today! Everyone else called school off last night, so we wouldn't have those wonderful 5 am phone calls, but of course E/E just called a delay last night and at 6:30 am called school off!

Of course, our built in alarm clock, William, had already gone off at 6:25 am!

I Do Not Like The Snow

That's what I said to myself as I hit a street sign a few yards away from my school.

It really wasn't that big of a deal, but I did have to go home with one of my teachers from seventh grade.

And then, in her typical fashion, my mother came into their humble abode whooping and hollering about how she had to go to the bathroom and it was really snowing and oh what a beautiful house! Which prompted this response from my teacher's daughter: "Wow! And you two are so quiet!" Yes, me and Abby are quiet people compared to my mother. Moving on from this embarrassing happening.. now.

(On a side note: We had homemade pizzas for dinner. The fact that I'm telling you this makes me laugh because I'm reading a book called "Nobody Cares What You Had For Lunch." Or maybe it's just that once again I am stuck in this house. Aunt Anne, please rescue me again!)

That is all. :)

Theres no point of this

I really don't get the point of blogs, we never see each other and, if you want to know what I'm doing than just call me. Plus, I'm pretty sure you really don't care.

work

was pretty lame tonight.ha.
completely dead, but there was a group from west high and they were hitting on me and it was really scary and my boss had to kick one of them out, cuz they kept trying to get up on the ski rack and touch me :(

guess i.m gonna go do my AP world history that was due monday...last week.haha!!!!!

toodles :)

I don't know what the title should be for this Blog entry!

Kelly, your Blog is so COOL! If anyone has not seen it yet, check it out!

By the way, I think my mom will let me go to the Speech and Drama competition! : )

I just finished my homework. I really enjoy seeing my friends everyday at school, but let me tell ya, I could do without all of the work!

I would tell you more about my day, but I'm tired! Blog to ya tomorrow...maybe.

I Blogged Y'all!

Right here! You did you know I keep an exclusively Kelly blog, right? Of course you did. That's why you all follow it and read it compulsively. I knew it. :)

Starting your own is a much more fun endeavor for you new slightly blog obsessive people (Katy?), not that we don't want you posting over here as well. But your own is stuff that you don't mind your family reading, you just don't think it goes on the family blog. And really, all my friends don't want to read the family blog. We are a little bit strange. ;) So go read it, or go start your own blog, or both!

Snowman

Me and my friend Alden made a snowman

Katy

Thanks! : ) I hope I get to go!

See you Friday!

Blogging: Raleigh Children Style

I haven't blogged yet today, so here it goes:

I went shopping. I got some skirts for church. They were on sale.

Now who do I sound like? (I'll give you a hint- they start with K and end yle and start start with C and end with atherine. You two are no fun at all!)

Helloooo

Okay, you should have told us that Liam was going to be baptized on yesterday's blog so we could have come today!!

I'm sure Grandma Rena was singing with a whole choir of angels! I expect to see pictures soon!

anne....

you should def. let zachary go!
seems like he.s dedicated :)

liam was baptized today!

party

The other day i went to my friend Brianna's party a lot of my friends were there and we had a great time.

Speech and Drama is KILLING me!

At my school we have a Speech and Drama team. I enjoy the Drama part a lot more than the Speech. We have a competition coming up, Feb. 7 and Feb. 14. I am freaking out, because I am trying to get qualified to go to State competion in all of my events. My coach wants me to memorize a Declamation piece. Ugh! Declamation is an event where you have to memorize a Speech given by someone and then present it to whomever your judge is! The piece I am doing is "Ryan White's Testimony before the National AIDS Committee". It is like 3 pages long. I hope I can memorize it in time. Today I am going to read read read it, until I know know know it! Wish me LUCK!

BAD NEWS!

My mom might not let me go to the Feb. 7 competition. I pray that she lets me!

MOM IF YOU READ THIS, PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GO! MRS. B WILL BE SO UPSET AND SO WILL I! : (

my mom is making me do this

We are going to church which is very boring.