Ok . . . .

I know, I know, it's been a LOOOONG time since I've blogged, but I just put a really long (well, not exactly long, but LOTS of pictures!!) post on our family blog.

Not a whole lot has been going on here. On Friday I got sick, but it was a 1-day thing, so I'm over it now! Except for a little sinus bug that has been hanging on for the past couple weeks.

On Tuesday I started a new babysitting job. It goes through the summer, 2 days a week for about 4 hours a day. I babysit for 3 kids: Liam (6), and Tayte and Tess - twins who are almost 4. They are the cutest things!! I've always wondered what it'd be like to have twins, and now I am kind of able to experience it!

Wednesday night we went to a square dance with a bunch of friends. It was lots of fun, and the caller was really good. There were 2 Plus tips. The second one our square messed up really bad because I had to be a boy (and I had never been a boy before [in Plus]) and my partner had never danced Plus before, so we were pulling her through. We messed up a lot, but it was really fun when we weren't messing up!

On Thursday night square dance lessons started up at the Siegmanns and Emmy is now learning. We are going to be taking turns going, and this week was mine and Ike's turn to stay home. I guess there are a lot of kids learning, which is good! Square dancing is a dying "art", and there are hardly any more kids dancing nowadays. Mainly because it isn't "cool", most kids thinks it's weird. But it ISN'T!! It is soooooo much fun! And hey, who cares if people think it's weird - it doesn't matter what other people think! Okay, I'm done with my rambling now!

Love,
~Aliisa~

You are my All in All

You are my strength when I am weak
You are the treasure that I seek
You are my all in all
Seeking You as a precious jewel
Lord, to give up I'd be a fool
You are my all in all

Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name

Taking my sin, my cross, my shame
Rising again I bless Your name
You are my all in all
When I fall down You pick me up
When I get dry You fill my cup
You are my all in all

Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God
Worthy is Your name

It's a . . . . . . .

BOY!!!!!!!

Yes, it is for sure, my Mom is having a boy!! Last week she had an ultra-sound, and the Dr. confirmed it!! We are all SO excited, and are now having loads of fun thinking of different boys names (and welcome any suggestions!!). We did have a name picked out, but now that we are actually going to use it, we aren't so sure we like it all that much. *smile*

For those of you who don't know much about our family, the reason we are so thrilled that we are having a boy is because out of 8 children, only 2 are boys, the youngest being 15 years old! The last five children have all been girls. So we are all thrilled to death with the thought of FINALLY having a boy!!!!

A new post

Ok, I'm FINALLY posting!! Sadly, I don't have pictures, but I am going to post anyways!

I mentioned in a previous post how I was helping do hair in a play, which was performed by a homeschool drama group - H.I.S. Players. This past week we had 8 performances. Starting Monday we performed 5 performances for different middle/high schools, and on Friday and Saturday we had 2 public performances and a matinée. It was a really busy week, but lots of fun too!!

On Thursday all of our family except for Dad, Elsie, Anja and I went Up North to a wedding. I stayed home because of the play, and Dad and the girls stayed home because Elsie was kind of sick. I spent Friday night at our friends the Gumnesses house, and it was a BLAST!! I got to meet their Grandparents (HI!!!) and had lots of fun with them, too - Thank you for the flowers!! They are absolutely gorgeous!!

The last performance was very sad, because we all knew it was going to be all over after that! But it was the best performance, and we were all glad for that!

After the performance we went to a party at the Dausters house. It was such an amazing time!! It felt like we were all one big family, even though I knew most of the people just from helping out with the play. Nate Gumness wrote a really awesome song for some friends who were going through some hard times, and it was such an encouragement to me. I'm still having a hard time with the possibility of moving to China, and everyone was so encouraging, just by them being there and giving a hug, it was so encouraging. Thanks Mr. G, Ben, Nate and Sarah for being such great friends!! Love you guys!

So, that's basically what I've been up to lately, and I'm hoping to get some pictures of the play at some point, which I will definitely blog about!!