Chronicles of The Willi

Overdue Post #1

June 22nd, 2010

Otherwise titled, Picture Post Catchup!

A lot of fun happenings going on at Providence Glen. Our visit with Esther was great, and yes, we do have a lot of pictures to show for it! Here’s the first batch for you;

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Airsoft Time!

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Don’t you just love it when you’re playing airsoft near a country road, all decked out in camo, packing an automatic gun and other weapons, and then a car drives by…very slowly. They turn their heads, and then the moment of truth comes, when your spectators either smile and laugh, or give you one of those “I-think-you’re-crazy” stares. Not that any of this happened to me or anything! I just thought I’d mentioned it.

The Last Few (for today, anyway. I have another similar post coming)

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Happy Summer! (a day late, I know…)

-Kasie

Tags: airsoft, esther, friends, fun, happenings, overdue, Photos, pictures
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My Graduation

May 17th, 2010

Yes, I made it! And I’m now a homeschool highschool graduate, diploma and all. Huzzah!

We had a small ceremony with our local homeschool group last Friday, when I graduated with two other seniors. I was fun wearing the traditional cap and gown, but honestly I don’t know how in heaven’s name a mortarboard can look good on anyone! It’s a fashion our society can do without. How ’bout newsboy caps for the next generation? Who’s with me?

We had a whole discussion/debate on which direction to flip the tassel; left to right, or right to left? I asked several people their opinion and was given several different answers each time; in the end, we voted left to right. Seems logical, doesn’t it? Which way did you flip your tassel when you graduated? I’d love to know!

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After some refreshments at the church, we invited several of our friends to our house for a graduation party. Good thing it was a Friday night – we ended up laughing, talking and playing hilarious games until after 12! Good times!

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Thank you so much to everyone who came out and made this day so special to me. You guys are the best, and I’m so blessed to know you all.

The adventure continues!

-Kasie

Click the “more” button to read my little blurb in the programs… Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: adventure, fun, graduation, Kasie, laughter, Photos, pictures
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A Birthday Post in Pictures

May 9th, 2010

Or rather, birthdays!

Both Evan and Nate’s birthdays were in the early part of April…and we just had their party last week. A little late, but definitely worth the wait! We took the whole day off and carpooled to a beautiful State Park, spending our time doing outdoors activities and having a blast.

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Not shown in the pictures was our adventures at the playground there! Yes, we’re all older than 13 and still, we have fun with playgrounds. The swings and old fashioned merry-go-round were the best! Gotta love those.

Happy [really, really belated] birthday boys!

-Kasie

Tags: birthday, evan, fun, nate, party, Photos, pictures
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Spring Vacation #4: Fun With the Nisbetts

April 7th, 2010

We stayed with the Nisbett family four days, and though we couldn’t have picked a busier time of year for our visit (especially with the play going on), we enjoyed good fellowship with one another! We talked, played games, laughed, and played music together. It was wonderful!

Nisbetts, we had a great time getting to know you guys! Thank you so much for all your hospitality! Scroll down and see yourselves…

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Video time! Here we have Joel (on the piano), Josiah and Walter jamming around a bit: (apologies if these videos don’t show up properly; I’m having a bit of trouble getting it to work)

Jamming with the Nisbetts 2 from Walter on Vimeo.

The rest of us end up in the music room too! With almost everybody playing a different instrument than they’re used to, our “music” made for quite the interesting sound. Great fun!

Jamming with the Nisbetts 1 from Walter on Vimeo.

Late at night stuff…scratch that! early morning stuff! I believe we stayed up past 2 AM.

Chilling with the Nisbetts from Walter on Vimeo.

-Kasie

Tags: fellowship, friends, fun, games, music, Nisbetts, Photos, pictures, Video
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Spring Vacation #1: Chloe and Annie

April 2nd, 2010

As many of you have known (or guessed), the week or so long silence on our blog has been due to our week long family vacation! We have a lot of friends we’ve been wanting to visit with in and around the Missouri area, and Mom and Dad decided we had better take a family vacation while we’re still all together and at home (as it is, not all of us can always accompany the rest on road trips). That’s how our trip came about, and last week, early Wednesday morning, we set out for our first destination, Franklin, TN!

Some of you may remember how last year we did a similar thing, driving out to see our friends Lindsey and Chloe. This time however, it was Chloe and her younger sister Annie who we saw (Lindsey was unable to make it). I was excited, because Annie is my penpal and friend, and we finally were able to meet each other!

We picked them up from the Campbells’ house where they were serving with the Above Rubies ministry, and headed out into the Franklin to spend our day together. What fun we had!

Oh yeah, if you’re wondering why all four of us girls are wearing matching skirts, take a look at the comment section here.

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Visit the Rubies Girls blog for a view from Chloe’s camera.

It was awesome seeing you girls! Have a wonderful Easter!

-Kasie

Tags: annie, chloe, family, franklin, fun, matching skirts, missouri, spring, vacation
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Good Times ‘n Stuff

March 6th, 2010

I haven’t done a real “pictures post” in a while, so I thought now would be a fine time to chronicle a day we spent with our friends last Thursday.

It was suppose to be a surprise get together for the boys (not my boys – their boys), but suspicions were aroused throughout the week, and our friends knew something was up. They found out they were right when we came knocking on their door that afternoon – ah well! The surprise wasn’t a great one, but our time together was. We took advantage of the beautiful weather and hiked outside, played some games inside, and stayed late enough into the night (or shall I say, “morning”) to wish our young friend a happy birthday.

Here are the pictures I took. Enjoy!

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In closing, I thought you might be amused by this picture of Nate, taken while playing a game of cards:

He seems to have one of my knitting needles stuck in his hair! Poor fellow.

Have a great day! I hope you’re experiencing sunny weather like we are!

-Kasie

Tags: boys, friends, fun, get together, good times, happy birthday, hiking, nate, picture post, pictures, surprise
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At the Movies

January 28th, 2010

~Ashlee, Josiah, Elijah and I at the movies

~and…everybody else! Wow we took up a lot of space!

We all followed Jeremy’s excellent example in the previous picture, and decided to show our enthusiasm. It’s nice to practically take up one whole theater by ourselves! An advantage to matinées.

Have a great day!

-Kasie

Tags: Ashlee, Elijah, friends, fun, Jeremy, josiah, movies, theater
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