A Few Past Photos and A Few Now...

Here are some photos I found from last year around Christmas time. This is some of our carolers in front of Wal-Mart. I believe this was our third annual caroling party. It was so fun!I also have some past quizzing photos from last years Christmas party at the O'Briens. We always do a silly picture after our "Oh How Nice" smilling picture. :) hmmm...Good Times. :) This is a photo of our whole quiz team at our last quiz meet. Tim Wilson is not in this picture because he arrived to late and Marie Lawrence was not there. :(

And, as always...The Funny's!

Here is our Jr. Team...With our newest member: Shane O'Brien! We are all so excited to have him join our team!

And for our Jr/Sr teams first quiz was actually against our older Sr team!! It was really fun!
Well, I hope you enjoy! From Minnesota- Hopie :)

Okay, okay, okay...here are the REAL pictures

Alright, Here is a nice picture of Tim. I am sorry for posting the weird one. :) Tonight, we will be doing Ben Wilson's hair; So I will have one more Wilson on the blog getting their hair done...;) Hopie
3/10/08: I told Jessica I would take off that picture...:) Love you Jess!

Things Have Been Happening...

Hey Ya'll. Sorry that it always seems to be a month till i post. :( I have been very busy lately... but then again, i always use that excuse. Okay, here are some things that have been happening lately. So here is a quick little recap of the Forsmans life....

Earlier this month, Tim Wilson decided he wanted to get his hair highlighted. Mom, being a hairstylist, really wanted to do it. So he came over one night and this is how it turned out! JK!

The next morning, we had the whole Wilson clan over for breakfast. It was really great! We had waffles, whip cream, sausages, and pretty much everything else! YUMMY! Tim, with moms help, made the whip cream (and it didn't turn into butter!).

It was a really fun day. Later that week, Abbi and I went to our Grandparents in Wisconsin. Mom dropped us off, but spent the night before heading off the next morning. Here is a picture that Grandma had a little to much fun with. :)

lol. Well, here is another picture of Grandpa, Abbi and I...along with "Spanosa Bear." If you are wondering why I look petrified in the picture, it is because of Spanosa. Some of you might have heard the story of when we first met...yikes! I mean, C'mon! Who wouldn't be afraid of a bear that says, "I can see you...I know how you feel, I feel that way too?"

We also went shopping in Eau Claire with Grandma. It was really, really fun!! Abbi and I got some really great stuff and I even got to try on some prom dresses!!! That was really a highlight for me!

We also got to play at the Nursing Home Grandma works at. It was really a lot of fun. I loved the room we played in. It had a very good sound; especially for the instruments. We also had a great mike holder. :) Grandpa held the mike for me as I sang, which was really great! Thanks Grandpa! There were some times I played solo...

And Abbi would join in playing Fiddle and Mandolin (not at the same time, of course!). It really was a lot of fun and we are hoping to go back and play for them again soon!
So we have had a really busy month. Abbi has also. I think she will be blogging soon to tell you all what she has been up to. I will blog again soon, though! Bye! ~Hopie :)

STORYBOOK LODGE!

Last weekend we went up to Storybook Lodge. We go up there every year with our TEACH homeschooling group. It was very fun and, suprisingly, very warm! Last year there was a onehundered degree difenrence from outside to the dining hall! There was, roughly, 20 families that came.

Here is a picture of everyone how came. This was right next to the Gym and dorms. Storybook is absolutly gorgeous! It has little houses that look like a shoe or a pumkin, or a small shack to represent the seven dwarves' house. The people who run the lodge do it completely on donations and faith.

This is the dining hall. The cooks are so dedicated in what they do and the food is always great. They have Bible study time before every meal and bless the food.

Here are some of the tables of people who wanted to say "Hi" to Camille and Stephanie. On the table above are Christian W, Mrs Walburg, Jessica W, Mrs Wilson, and Mr Walburg.

"Hi Camille and Stephanie!" Jessica S, Josie L, Kate K, Mr McKeen, Mrs. Kinzer, Marie L, Alissa and Amy S.

Here is Mr McKeen and Jono Newhoues playing "Are my Ears on Straight?" for the young children that had come. It was so cute!

Here are Abbi, Libby, Alissa, Amy and Jessica on the lake. It was so fun! We got to walk across the lake and got to some of the islands. It was so beautiful! Some people were even daring enough to sleep on the ice at night!

Here are all the quizzers that came up. From left to right, Tim W, Marie L, Me (Hope), Abbi, Ben W, Chris W, Leith W, and Libby N. Jeff was there also, but he didn't make it in time for the picture.

"AH! Its a BANANNA!!" I don't actually know what she was thinking for this picture, but I thought Libby looked cute.
On our way Home, we (meaning myself, mom, Abbi, Tim and Ben Wilson) stopped in Duluth. It was so gorgeous there! The waves from the lake had blown ice in thin layers on top of each other and the rocks surrounding the lake were incased in the ice! It was a very fun trip adn I am already looking forward to going again next year. -Hope :)

It had been a long time since I have updated people on how are family is doing; to which I am sorry. I have been very busy lately and have not found any time to get online. Here are some things That have been going on. I have recently started working at Makers Healthy Market in Lindstrom. It is going very well and I am enjoying it. Stephanie went back to school at the beginning of this month. She is getting back into the mode of things quickly.We have also just returned from our Bible Quiz tournament in Lacrosse, Wisc. It went very well, but I am sad to say, due to a series of unfortunate events, my camera was left behind. So, now I have to wait until I can get the pictures of the trip from my fellow quizzers so that I can post more on that. Here, also, are some of the books we have been studying lately. 'Garfield,' 'Close to Home,' and 'Calvin and Hobbes.' lol. :) Not really, of course! We were all sitting on our couch reading them and mom took the picture. We have also been busy painting. Here, we have set up different kinds of jars. The boys had lots of fun painting them, since they have so many different shapes and designs. On the right is a painting Elliott did of the jars. Are they not beautiful?

Ben, I am sure, will be a professional artist when he grows up. Aren't you Benji?

Then, Abbi and I went on a Safari and saw two lions attacking a...It looked like a cow, except with weird horns. jk! We actually went to Cabella's in Rogers, MN. It was a very amazing place; if you like hunting.

And here is Jessica and I. Jess had just gotten her hair cut and 'styled' by my mom. She enjoyed the hair-cutting but not as much so on the hair-styling. ;) I hope she doesn't mind me saying that!

The boys were excited that Ben came over with Jess. So excited, they decided to style their hair! Things can get pretty crazy at our house when the Wilson's are here. For instance, this very night, after the boys were put to bed, our sewage pipe burst! YIKES! Luckily for us, the Wilson's are great at cleaning! :) Well, we got the mess cleaned up and, over all, had a wonderful time!

Well, that is some of the things we have been up to lately. I will hopefully be posting on the Lacrosse quiz soon. ~Hope :)