Quizzing has started!

Hey everyone, now that school has started, quizzing has now begun, too! This is my favorite time in school year. You not only get to see all of your great friends that you don't see during the summer, but we also get to study God's word. This year we are doing five books. Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. It could get interesting this year. Here is Mrs. Wilson asking us all some questions.

And here is Jeff Walburg, being all studious. He actually doesn't study like this (though I wouldn't be surprised), I just had him pose for me. :)

And here is Josh W. and Chris Walburg. They were conferring on either how many questions they got right or how many mistakes I made in the quiz test. oops!

This was Ben Wilson's first year at quizzing. He did pretty good the first night. I guess he really likes taking on the roll of Jessica and Tim(our hero's of quizzing:) He is somewhat shy and so he hid behind his book (I will get a better picture of him later).

We also have some really new quizzer's. Kyle and Bailey O'Brien. It is so much fun to have new people on the team! Then they get to continue quizzing even when we senior quizzer's graduate! I am sure that this will be a great quiz year and that we will all learn a lot from God's word. ~Hope :)

School Is Back...

So school is back...well, it has actually been going on for

Two weeks here. But it is back. Here are some things we

have been up to...

Here are the boys eating the rest of the honey in the bucket. We were studying honey last week and found that if you bother bee's to much they might sting. ouch. But the honey was still very good.

Here is Benny Bear, being a studios little bear and doing his report on bee's. He is drawing a beautiful picture of a bee in this picture. It turned out very well.

This is Noah and Ben playing farm with a farm set I haven't seen for a while. They were having so much fun I just had to go and take a picture of them.

And here is our teacher and mother, posing next to her cool sunflower's. They kind of wacked out this summer, and now they make a cool shape. As you can see, coconut loved getting hie picture taken too, so thats why he's there:)

I am sorry for not blogging sooner. I tried, but I accidently deleted it all! So after I got over the shock of that, I have now done it succefully. I will write again soon, though. ~Hope :)

"Tour de Duluth"

Seven Bikers - 95 miles - One Big Adventure

We couldn't have done it without the guys. They were such troopers in hauling all the luggage.

It was a perfect weekend! Willard Munger trail is a well kept, enjoyable trail with beautiful scenery.

Jay Cooke State Park was a beautiful camping spot.

There's nothing like a good pair of comfy shoes. However, after being in the sun, I now have tan stripes on my feet. :)

It was nice to take off our shoes and dip our toes in the water.

This may seem unbelievable, but these signs aren't just to laugh at. Josh was actually hit by a deer! - seriously.

The rest of our families met us up in Duluth, where we had a lovely time walking the lake shore.

The guys (including dads) had a blast jumping into Lake Superior. It was not only cool to watch, but "cool" doing it. In fact, they said afterwards that it was freezing. :)

Here goes Dad and Dr. Pete!

And here is their cheering squad...

Nothing ends a busy weekend better than a couple of pizzas -

We are going to make this an annual bike trip. It was so much fun and a great way to end the summer!

Lazy Rainy Days...

Sometimes it's nice just to take a nap,

with a nice cup of chai tea.

And do the dishes with Hope : )

Along with having a cup or two of Caribou coffee!

What We've Been Up To...

Sorry that it has taken so long to update! My camera broke! :(

However, that has not stopped us from having fun...

Our new favorite swimming hangout is the St. Croix River.

Indian weekend with the cousins was a blast!

Everyone loved the cooked food over the fire.

Us foreigners were pretty scared of these little warriors.