Chronicles of the Willi » fun http://blog.thewilli.com Life is Adventure Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:40:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Spring Getaway http://blog.thewilli.com/2011/06/02/spring-getaway/ http://blog.thewilli.com/2011/06/02/spring-getaway/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:44:09 +0000 Kasie http://blog.thewilli.com/?p=3912 Where to, you ask?

To see the new baby, of course! And while we were there, we thought we might as well say hi to Jonathan’s parents and siblings… :)

I think we chose one the hottest days of the year to go to Virginia and see family, but other than the heat and heavy traffic on the way up, our trip was perfect! Mommy and baby are doing very well – baby is never without a pair of loving arms to hold him. It would be the same for you too if you were the youngest of 9 children and had several adoring aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends waiting their turn! Trust me.

As always, pictures can tell a story better than I can, so browse through them and enjoy!

Family is one of the greatest gifts God gives us, and I’m so thankful for mine. Have a blessed day!

~Kasie

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What do you think? Does it look like we just stepped out of a 50′s soda shop? :-)

Check out the rest of the pictures!

The Photoshoot

The Dancing

Beautiful surroundings, good music, good dancing, and great friends. It was a wonderful day. I hope yours is just as great!

~Kasie

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Birthdays are, of course, a cause for celebration! so we went with our friends to the local park to spend the day.

Who says playgrounds are just for kids? :-)

After wearing ourselves out on the swings, roller blades and monkey bars, we met back at our house where we topped the party off with a potluck dinner and games.

Hope you had a great time, boys! But then I suppose I really can’t call them “boys” anymore…:-) Happy birthday, gentlemen!

~Kasie

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You think? :-D

(Can you spy Walter, Dad and Angie in this photo?)

Yeah, we’ve been having a lot of fun with this ballet. Make sure you come and see it – tomorrow is our last show!

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~With the Bell family, minus a few. It was so good to see you guys!

~Apparently David and I didn’t get the memo that this was not suppose to be a silly picture.

‘My bad. :-D

More pictures from recent activities coming soon!

-Kasie

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:-D

~Kasie

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~Sully and me. Don’t we look so good together? :D

Horse shows are much more fun when you can enjoy them with friends, and none of my adventures last week would’ve been possible without the help of our friends, the Browns! It was Sydney’s idea to bring Sully along with her horse “Blackie” to the last show of the season, since it was a safe and easy going environment for newcomers and green horses. It was perfect! A few days and a vet call later (a standard procedure to give the ‘okay’ to Sully’s health), and we were on our way!

I didn’t know what to expect from Sully. I didn’t even know if he’d ever been brought to a horse show before (read the story of how I got my horses here), but I’m proud of him! For the most part he was a good boy, and we came away with three ribbons out of the four classes we entered in! (2 third place, and one second!) It was a great experience for us.

I still consider Sully somewhat green, but he’s come such a long way! As I said before, I’m very proud of him, and now I know certain aspects of his training that we need to work on. :-) I can never stay mad at him long, that’s for sure. He’s just too cute!

Thank you so much, Sydney and Mrs. Brown for picking us up and for a fantastic fun time!

Now to see what I can do with Violet! That’s gonna be interesting… :-)

~Kasie

P.S. For those of you who don’t know, Violet’s my other horse; a rescued thoroughbred mare, very neurotic, very high strung and high tempered, and very herd bound to Sully. Training her is going to be a definite challenge!

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The card game aspect takes place in one room, while the spoons are scattered in another. You might get a scene like this;

(notice Angie’s victory in the background at finding the first spoon!)

You should try it! It really is, quite amusing. :-)

~Kasie

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My 18th birthday was about two weeks ago, but I celebrated with real a party yesterday, doing my favorite things and being with family and friends – we went to the lake!

Early in the morning my wonderful Dad and brothers packed up our mini van “Homer” with our canoes, paddles and lifevests, while Mom, Angie and I put together picnic baskets, desserts and snacks. Once everything was ready, we carpooled with our friends and headed out to one of our favorite lakes. The rain had stopped and the sun came out just in time as we pulled into our destination. We had beautiful weather!

After spending most of the day on the lake, we went to the movies together and watched Dispicable Me. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day.

Thank you so much, to all my friends who came and made this day such a blast! I hope you had fun; I sure did!

-Kasie

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Every summer our church usually puts together a schedule we like to call “Sunday Summer Fellowship”; simply pick a Sunday afternoon, plan an activity, and do it! This past weekend we hosted a picnic at one of our favorite spots by the river, and spent several hours swimming, wading, splashing, picnicking, and fellowshipping. It’s just wonderful to be with our brothers and sisters in Christ!

I didn’t take the camera with me when I was in the river (for what I hope are obvious reasons :-) ), but I did steal some photos from friends, as usually, so take a look!

My favorite part of the day? Riding down a miniature waterfall. That was awesome!

-Kasie

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