Monday, February 7, 2011

Reenacting World War Two? Need reproduction paperwork? Look here!

While searching for WWI sites for reenacting (I was searching for a uniform for Josiah), I found this awesome site for WWII! It has all the paperwork that you would need if you lived in WWII as a soldier.

http://www.hardscrabblefarm.com/ww2/paper_list.htm

Enjoy!

Youth Meeting February 2011

Though not the first (January was) one, this was a very special youth meeting to my family. The reason being that we had just come back from Phoenix for a wonderful event.

At the Sandra Day O'Connor United States District Court my dad became a United States citizen!

As a celebration, my mom made a wonderful dessert with strawberry red "stripes", blueberries as the blue field...and white frosting to fill it in with all the "stars" and white "stripes". It was quite delicious! mmm! I loved the taste. It wasn't too sweet or too plain. I especially loved the strawberries!

Brother Russell read the certificate aloud so everyone could hear and know that my dad was now a citizen. :)

In addition to the Bible study that we did (Zachary W. was leader this time), we had games and a bonfire. It was rather windy outside so it made it hard to stand without my skirt blowing around. :/ But is sure was fun!


Inside the house there was Dutch Blitz, Catch a Phrase and THE PIANO!!!!!


This poor little one obviously was played out before too long. She fell asleep though there was plenty of laughter and other noise that could have awaken her.
I am so glad that we are able to get together! :) I love all of my friends! 

And I'm also glad that my dad is now Citizen Papa... :)



Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Do Hard Things Review

When I was 16 I would look at a book like this, sigh and say, "This looks like a boring book. I don't like reading books like this." I wish I had read this book then! It's so good!

Do Hard Things is a book that I highly recommend! It's a book to encourage teenagers to rise above this world's low expectations of us. It's a book that is full of good insight on doing hard things that will help you plan for the future. There's stories of rebelutionaries who are doing and have done hard things and are happy they are and have. I like this book because it's as if you are really talking to the authors and listening to them speak because they use wording that is easy to understand. This book is good for every teenager to read! It's so full of good, wholesome ideas! It also talks about the decay of this world's teens and of the expectations this world has of them. According to the world, teenagers are supposed to goof off and party like crazy but, really, they should be preparing for their future and working to make this world a better place to grow in.

Do Hard Things is an extremely good book and I hope every teenager who reads this post reads it! It will change your whole outlook on life and help you feel like you can do something worthwhile!