home - october 26

Tuesday, october 20
visit from friends

     Names of the Wilhite family:
     Mr. Duane Wilhite
     Mrs. Shellee Wilhite
     Malachi Wilhite
     Josiah Wilhite
     Nathanael Wilhite
     Titus Wilhite
     Joel Wilhite
     Micah Wilhite
     Isaiah Wilhite
     Noah Wilhite
     Grace Wilhite
     Nahum Wilhite
     Faith Wilhite

     On Tuesday, October 20, Joel Wilhite turned 10 years old. Mom and Mrs. Wilhite went out shopping and picked up an ice cream cake for his birthday.

     Joel is a great fan of football. So while Mom and Mrs. Wilhite were out, they picked up these little candle holders. They are the brown footballs on the cake.

     That night, Mr. Wilhite, Mrs. Wilhite, Malichi, and Lydia played music in the living room. Mr. Wilhite on his hammer dulcimer, Mrs. Wilhite on her penny whistle, Lydia on our piano, and Malachi singing along.

     While they made music, Josiah and Nathanael talked with Dad. Moriah and myself listened and watched from the top of the stairs and Mom played with the dog.

     After the music, Joel asked to play Monopoly and his parents agreed to. So at 11:00 PM., Mr. and Mrs. Wilhite, Nathanael, Joel, Lydia, and myself sat down in the kitchen and began to play one of the scariest games we have.

     Later on, Mrs. Wilhite grew tired and gave her place up to Malachi. However, when Lydia and Malachi both retired an hour late, there was no one to take their places. It was about 2:30 AM when I  followed their examples and lost the game. I have no idea who won in the end, but from how I left it, I would say probably Joel. Oh, and he got all my money and properties. What a sad fate!

home - october 26

monday, october 19
visit from friends

Last week, we learned that we would have a visit from a missionary that lives in Japan.

     They came back to the United States this year on furlow. Anyway, we, (being Moriah and myself) learned that they were going to be arriving on Monday, and staying till Wednesday. So, all day Monday, (or that's what it felt like) we cleaned and neatened the house. After the cleaning work was done, Moriah made chocolate mousse, which was, just in case you're wondering, extremely delicious.
     Then, around 12:30 pm, Mr. Wilhite called to inform us that they were still in New York and that they had had some brake trouble, but that a friend had helped them out. Now they were back on the road and should arrive at our house in 1-2.5 hours. Moriah and I were SO relieved. We had been told that they would arrive pretty much any time after or around lunch time. So we were rather scared that they would arrive at any time and we would still be cleaning the house and the like. Now we had time to relax a little before they got here.
     An hour passed, but they hadn't come yet. We began working on school and piano to pass the time. 2 hours passed and they were still not here. In fact, they didn't arrive till after 5:00 pm. Dad called us before they got here, to tell us that they were at the office and were about to leave. Then we started getting dinner ready, and setting the table, and making sure that excitement was so high that there was hardly room for anything else. Everyone knows that suspense is the worse part of anything.
     When they finally arrived, Moriah and I were instantly assailed by questions regarding our dog, our sisters, and our parents. And then as quickly as they had arrived, they departed. I'm joking. They didn't actually 'depart'. The children just went outside to play with the dog and Moriah took Grace downstairs to read some books.
     That night, Mom and Lydia got back what seemed like extremely late. I was actually having an asthma attack when they got back, and so was not up to greet them. However, they were greeted in full by the Wilhites, who were immensely excited for Lydia's return.
     They stayed until Wednesday on which day they left for prayer meeting.

home - October 18

sunday, october 18

Yesterday, my two sisters, Christianna and Deborah, flew out to Colorado to visit Rebecca. They will be staying out there for almost a month to help with the kids, and taking care of everything in general.

I made everyone breakfast, but most of the peoples

were rushing to pack the car and leave and not eating.

See how good this looks, this was the plate I made for Deborah.

She took it with her and ate it on the road.

Dad was being funny in the front seat.

When they drove to the airport with Dad,

Moriah and I stayed home to stack wood and take care of Tasha.

Later that day, Moriah and Dad went to see Ted Cruise.

They even got pictures with him, but SOMEONE, deleted them.

Not saying names here.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures of the last few days here in New Hampshire.

home - October 18

sunday, october 18

I know it's October and all, but it seems like fall came really quickly this year. But it also brought some beautiful skies, and you know how I love pictures of the sky.

 You can see all of the fall colors, even though the camera

couldn't really capture the beauty of what you see in person.

Off the subject of autumn, and moving on to more entertaining topics, like...

hot chocolate with jumbo size marshmallow on top!

Piano, entertaining, but not that interesting in a picture.

My sisters, Deborah, Moriah, and Christianna sitting on the steps

talking and looking things up in the essential oil book.

Oh, and most interesting of all, a bonfire!!!

I'm not quite sure what's burning here,

but the fire made it look purple.

We roasted the jumbo size marshmallows over the fire,

even though we didn't have any chocolate or graham crackers to go with them.