Chronicles of the Willi » Uncategorized 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 Introducing the Amazing – Card Throwers? http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/12/16/introducing-the-amazing-card-throwers/ http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/12/16/introducing-the-amazing-card-throwers/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:42:05 +0000 Kasie http://blog.thewilli.com/?p=3681 Yes, we have embraced a new sport! It’s all the rage in homeschooling families across the country, using ordinary materials every household has: a simple deck of playing cards.

Here’s how to recreate the awesomeness of card throwing, right in your own home!

Step #1: Acquire a handful of playing cards – preferably a full deck – and ready them in your hands.

Step #2: Pose, and look cool. This is a tough sport, not one to be taken lightly, so put on your serious “I’m-going-to-do-something-incredible-so-watch-out!” face, and ready yourself for action!

Example #1 of how to achieve this daring and dangerous look:

~as demonstrated by David B., Master Card Thrower.

Example #2, as demonstrated by Mr. Nate W., also a master in card throwing.

Step #3: Ready your camera and film crew, and prepare to get some epic shots of your awesomeness: the best is yet to come!

Step #3: You are now ready to begin. It’s time to throw cards! Practice your technique until you can aim and hit on target. The ultimate goal? To snuff out a candle using your killer card skills. Impossible? Think again. The Master Card Throwers have already achieved this and more!

Wow. How do they pull off these stunts with such finesse?

You’ve heard from the experts. You’ve read the instructions. Now go throw some cards!

-Kasie.

By the way, card throwing really is a sport, and both Nate and David were able to snuff out a candle!

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The best part is if you look closely you can see the reflection of the camera in my hand.

What do ya think?

-NatetheGreat

]]> http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/09/17/randomness/feed/ 10 My Tribute to Todd http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/08/24/my-tribute-to-todd/ http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/08/24/my-tribute-to-todd/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:51:44 +0000 Walter http://blog.thewilli.com/?p=3473 Thanks for your godly example Todd. This video is the summation of my thoughts this week. – Walter

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“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

~Revelation 21:4

Todd was a mighty man of God! His passion and excitement for the Lord and His Word inspired so many. He was a wonderful friend and brother in Christ, and taught us all so many things.
Todd, you’ve touched more lives than you know! I know you’re rejoicing in Heaven, but we’ll miss you.
~from all of us
]]> http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/08/23/well-miss-you-todd/feed/ 3 The Workshop (part 2) http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/07/09/the-workshop-part-2/ http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/07/09/the-workshop-part-2/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:44:42 +0000 NatetheGreat http://blog.thewilli.com/?p=3353 I now have a floor for my workshop! I’m so excited! Of course we picked like the two hottest days of the year to work on it. It was definitely well over 100. Anyway…I’m not much of a writer, so I’ll let the pictures do all of the talking for me.

-The finished product

Many thanks to John and David for all of their help. (and being patient with us) lol

-NatetheGreat

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She made the mistake of sitting right between these crazy guys…

You have my sympathy, Ashlee… :-P

-Kasie

]]> http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/07/03/poor-girl/feed/ 6 The Workshop (part 1) http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/07/01/the-workshop-part-1/ http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/07/01/the-workshop-part-1/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:04:58 +0000 NatetheGreat http://blog.thewilli.com/?p=3313 We are in the process of building me a workshop. This is something that I have always wanted since I’ve been into woodworking. We finally got started yesterday by getting the ground level, and digging a trench around the perimeter. Of course when I say digging I mean have a guy with a backhoe come and watch as he digs. :)

It will be 16 x 24

I didn’t even think about getting pictures while he was digging.  Sorry!

For those of you who know me well you know that I like to doodle, so I thought that it would be cool to doodle on the ground. (never done that before)

I can’t wait until its done!

-NatetheGreat

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Just chilling out…

…and hanging out at my sister’s house with our nieces and nephews…

…playing card games with huge cards…

…and visiting a bit with friends!

And now, home sweet home! Also we’ve s stolen away our friend Esther to spend a couple of weeks with us, so I’m sure there will be more pictures to post soon. :-)

-Kasie

P.S. Did you know that yesterday (June 8th) was “Best Friends Day”? Just thought I’d mention that…

]]> http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/06/09/last-week-in-pictures/feed/ 1 Spring Vacation #6: The Last Few Days http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/04/12/spring-vacation-6-the-last-few-days/ http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/04/12/spring-vacation-6-the-last-few-days/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:32:58 +0000 Kasie http://blog.thewilli.com/?p=2986 I’ve finally reached the last installment of our Spring Vacation series! though it is a little late. I think though, once you’ve heard about the busy weekend we’ve had, you’ll understand why I’m just now getting around to writing this post. :-)

So for the last few days of our family vacation, we got to see two more families, friends we met from the Jamestown 400. After we found out that the Discher family lived only a little while away from the Niednagels, we planned to spend a day together!

Throwing Rocks in the Ozarks from Walter on Vimeo.

We had such a good time! Thank you, Discher family, for having us!

Our next stop was over 8 hours away in Indiana! It was my first time every being in that state…or in Missouri, and Illinois, or any other state we drove through during our vacation. :-)

Remember Andrew? (we saw him last year in North Carolina) It’s his family we stayed with. We only had one day to visit with our friends, but we managed to fit a lot in!

We had a great time with you guys! Thanks for your hospitality!

Oh! and look what picture I found the other day…

Three years ago…

…two weeks ago.

Good times.

And thus ends the chronicles of our family vacation (except for the fact that we arrived safe at home on a Friday at 2 in the morning). Thanks for stopping by y’all!

-Kasie

]]> http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/04/12/spring-vacation-6-the-last-few-days/feed/ 3 Spring Vacation #5: At the Niednagels’ http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/04/09/spring-vacation-5-at-the-niednagels/ http://blog.thewilli.com/2010/04/09/spring-vacation-5-at-the-niednagels/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:32:50 +0000 Kasie http://blog.thewilli.com/?p=2979 And good luck pronouncing their name! :-)

No, actually it’s “need-gnaw-gull”, but that doesn’t really matter. The point is, we got to visit them!

Jordan, Melissa, and their little boy William, live just a few hours away from the Nisbetts, out in the Ozark country. Long time readers may remember when we first visited Melissa’s family, when she was still a Thomas :-) . That was over two years ago, so it was good catching up! It was great getting to know Jordan and the rest of the Niednagel clan (Jordan’s brother and parents practically live next door). We went for a walk, the guys went four-wheeling, we played games, ate delicious meals (thank-you Melissa!), laughed and talked. It was a great time!

For additional pictures go to Jordan’s blog and scroll down.

Thank you so much, Niednagels, for having us! We had a blast.

-Kasie

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