Trivia Tuesday!!!!

The answer to the last trivia is.................

C. Have a huge water-balloon fight with watermelon and brownies!!!

Water-balloon fights are great fun. And after the water balloons are all emptied, we usually emptied the pool too!!! :) Our biggest water balloon fight included 1000 water balloons!!

1993

1994

Watermelon seed spitting contest-- who can spit the seeds the farthest!?!?!?

Before the fight........
After!!!

1997

2000-- we celebrated rain or shine!!

In Action!!

And the new trivia is..........


We have a great Dad!! Most of you have the privilege of knowing him but; how well do really know him?? You have five questions, the answers to which are either true or false!
Dad:
A. Went crabbing in Alaska.
B. Sang in the Lincoln Center, NYC.
C. Placed second in a Kansas State triathalon.
D. Taught himself violin.
E. Editor of his high-school newspaper.


Happy Guessing!!

Being Five Means......

....loosing your first tooth!!

Silas lost his first tooth right after his birthday. He wiggled it and wiggled it, then had Daddy pull it with the help of some floss and the bathroom door.

Still the same smile!! We love our boy!

Elizabeth's Graduation Party!!

2009 Graduate!

Elizabeth graduated from High School this Spring, but we didn't get to celebrate until September!!

Elizabeth had two wishes for her graduation party-- to have lots of fruit, and to play volleyball-and she got both!!! We were blessed with the multitude of loving friends who joined us in our celebration!!

Lydia made the beautiful fruit bouquet!! After she started, she got called away to attend to Will, so Rebecca added the finishing touches!!

We were able to get a great deal on melons from a local farmer--- canteloupe, watermelon, honeydew and crenshaw melons!!

Helping cut up fruit.

Aunt Charity & Philip.

Elizabeth & Tabitha!

The beautiful and edible bouquet!!

Lots and lots of melon rinds!

Balloons from Dad.

Dad shared an exhortation and scripture for Elizabeth.

Tabitha joined Elizabeth in singing a duet "My Hope is in the Lord".

We also had a time of friends sharing memories of Elizabeth.

Praying over Elizabeth.

Phoebe helping set out food.

More then a teacher-- a counselor, confidant & friend.

Visiting with friends.

What a blessing to have many helpers working in the kitchen!! Thanks for your help!

Saturday night we were grateful to have out-of-town friends join us overnight. Sunday morning we had a precious time of worship together. We had the service outside because there were too many people to fit in our living room!!

What a blessing to praise the Lord together!!!

Singing praises to our King!

Praying.

Singing.

Moses, Kyle & Eric.

Teaching the hand-motions to a song.

Smiles.

The sun was VERY bright!

Bible-Story books.

Daddy & Will.

Studying the word.

Dad sharing.

We had a very special time during the service, when our dear friend, Mark was baptized!

Will was quite the popular young man!!

Kelsey, Tabitha & Elizabeth.

Aunt Rebecca and Will.

More smiles.

Friends.

(Thank-you for coming!!!)

Having fun on the trampoline.

Sunday afternoon we continued to fellowship, and enjoyed game after game of volleyball!

Thank-you Dad & Mom, for teaching me at home!!

::Equations::

No internet

+

No electricity

=

No new posts and lots of dirty laundry.

8 inches of snow

+

Coffee

=

Happy children and Happy adults. :)

"I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together!!"

Psalms 34:1-3

Just so you Know.....

Our blogger account is currently over-run with nearly finished blog posts.

We've had a busy, busy fall, but I have been working on documenting these pictures and updates, until I was stopped in my tracks by a 'small' glitch--- our internet isn't functioning on our main computer. And all our pictures are on said computer. So I've come to a screeching halt on all these posts, unable to upload the rest of the pictures to complete the posts.
So you can expect a large number of new posts and updates just as soon as possible.

Until then, here is one picture I can access without our main computer.

In my opinion, it's the best family picture we've ever had taken.

(Thanks Anna!)
::The Ulmer Family, September 2009::

Trivia Tuesday!!

The answer to the last trivia is......................

Moses

The new trivia is:

Our family has a slightly larger-than-average number of birthdays every year. So once a year we have a larger-than-average birthday party. What do we do to celebrate??

A. Have a huge party with 12 different kinds of cake and ice-cream.

B. Take a family trip to the zoo or a museum.

C. Have a huge water balloon fight with watermelon and brownies.

D. Rent the bowling alley for a long evening of bowling.

Happy Guessing!! :)