Happy New Year!

Hello Peeps!

I hoping that you ALL enjoy a wonderful New Year!
What are YOUR plans??
I no idea what I'm doing!
Luv ya all!
Princess


(I really don't like this family pic, but it's our only one that turned out!)

ENEGAGEMANT!!!!!!!

Well, IT HAPPENED!!!!! Ben and Nikki are finally engaged!!!
Just wanted to let u all know!
So long!
Sarah

Merry Christmas from the Gumness Fam!

Merry Christmas to all and every! Wishing you all happy holidays!
Love,
Sarah and Fam!


These are some funny pictures of Noah and Elijah! Enjoy!
Noah saw that my dad and other older (and younger) brothers were shoveling the snow and decided that he wanted to help! Eli joined right in too!

Happy Birthday to You!.....

Well! What excitement! Tomorrow is Ben and Nate's B-day! Isn't that weird that they have the same birthday and they are a year apart?
And, on the 7Th, I turn 14! I'm pretty excited! I know quite a few people with Dec. Birthday's. So I'm gonna be singing that song for a while yet!

(OK, I posted, are you happy Leah?) :)

Bye 4 now!
Sarah

Thanksgiving!

Hello!

I hope you all are enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Our family is in a hustle and bustle behind me!

God's Blessings,
Sarah Gumness

They're Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you can tell from my title, I am overly excited! :)

Yes, it's true, Ben and Nate are home safe and sick? No, there just re-cooperating from the different foods. :)

I haven't really heard anything about there trip since there sleeping right now! LOL! The left at midnight on Monday! So they are plum tuckered out!! But they did have time to give us our presents! Nate's present to me was some beautiful gold, dangle earrings with bluish jewels in-side. I love them!

And Ben's present to me was earrings also, they are sort of a spiral shaped with black jewels too, I love them! (Repeat! LOL!)

I better get going, Noah needs a diaper change and I have to do it, Also, Ben is going to make a movie because he brought his camera with him and taped some stuff, so I will be posting that soon to!! Bye! or should I say Odios! (sc?) (Spanish for Bye!)
Sarah

Test!

Ok, here is a test that you MUST put on ur blog or e-mail it to friends. It's a 10 question quiz, so it won't be to hard!:

1. How old are you?

2. Where were you born? (City, hospital, home, etc.)

3. Do you have any pets?

4. What is your best school subject?

5. What is your fav. past time?

6. Fav. Time of day/night?

7. Does your family own a mini van?

8. How many kids do you want?

9. Fav. Sport?

10. Last question, if you could be ANYTHING you wanted to be, what would you be?

Hooray! It's done! Have fun!

Sarah

More Pictures!

I wanted to put up some more Pictures!:

More Pictures!

These are a few pictures of Noah!:






This one is when I was reading him a story! He's SO cute!


The next two pictures are of Noah when he was being a cowboy! The LONE RANGER! To be exact! He was being SO silly!



I LOVE this one!



These next two are of Noah when we went to a park in Grafton.



This bottom picture is when my mom told Noah to say the word "Sad" to the camera and he said it and made this funny face!

SO close, yet SO far away!

Oh my goodness! My mom got an e-mail from my grandparents that there was flooding in a city near where the boys are! I was so nervous! But we looked up on the web and we found out that the city where the flooding was was just because of rain! I was SO relieved! I still feel bad for all those people who lost there homes! Please pray for all of them! Thank you!

Sarah

Oops!

Oops! I didn't know that some of them where on there side, and the one with Ben and Nate is so silly. And the one of Ben and Nikki on the rock, Nikki blinked!

Pictures

OK, I'm putting up these few pictures of Ben and Nikki from there senior pictures

Mexico

Hi!


OK, I'll have to start from the beginning:


Ben and Nate go to a class called: School Ministry. They hold it at a friends the Olla's house early in the morning'! Mr. Olla goes on mission trips down in Mexico. My family went down there when I was 18 months and even be-4 that my dad went down with a teenage group. Anyway, Ben and Nate are down there now and are helping build and orphanage down Oaxaca (Wa-haca). They left on late Saturday and early Sunday. (Sort of in the middle.) My dad and Isaiah drove them down to O'Hara airport. They will be gone for a week and three days.

So long! And keep Ben and Nate in you prayers please!

Sarah

Festival Store

Hi!


We went to the grand opening of.....Festival!! (It's a store.:))

Woo, it's humongous! They have like, every kind of food you could think of!!! Also, since Ben has Celiac Disease which means that he can't have wheat and gluten and stuff like that. So, they have special food that he can eat, bye! Sarah

(con't from story)

Well, I'll start from where I left off:

When he finally got to the top, he was in awe! The golden sun was shining so very bright on there very small pile.

But what he saw next made him even more amazed, he saw Red, now, we know that the slums people and the popular people didn't talk to each other very much (Unless they were family members, of course.)


But when Red saw Brown, he laughed and said very loudly so that Brown could hear him "Looky over there, now there's an ugly leaf.
Why, he's so ugly that I can't even look at him!" "Ha! Ha! There go's the ugliest leaf in Pile ville!" A tear slipped down old Browns cheek, he quickly wiped it of with his stem.

Brown quietly made his way down to his house in the slums. Trying not to remember the mean and hateful words that they had said, he thought, 'I must be very ugly, for they all said it.' When he returned to his home, he sat and thought about the coming winter, for he was trying to forget. And this is what he thought 'I wonder if I will die when the winter comes, I hope not! (yawn) Well, I best get to bed.' And with that, the sun went down, leaving them all in a dark, but beautiful, starry night.

The next morning, there was a frost, and that is how it was for the next few days, Brown hoped that he wouldn't die, but that he would grow into a large and strong tree.

Red, on the other hand, didn't want to die, but wanted to stay his rightful color and show it off to all the others.

Then, one night, the snow started to fall. Red, who had been on the top that night, started to shiver in the cold air, he tried to find a way to get into the pile somehow, but no one would let him in, Red had forgotten to build his house! He was so used to being in the warm night air, but now, he was freezing!


The next morning, all the leaves got up and ready to see the snow! But when they all went to there doors, they couldn't open them up! The snow was far to thick to even let them budge!

Now, this is where I'll end the story, (Don't worry, it has a moral ;).) Red, froze on the top, his bright deep red left him, and he was no more. Brown, didn't freeze at all for the next couple days. But when he did, he was glad he had a wonderful life, even though it was in the slums.

When spring came, both of the leaves didn't get exactly what they wanted, but Brown's came very close. Red became a fertilizer for a small weed called "Poison Ivy" (Which we all hate!) And Brown became a fertilizer for a great oak tree that children still climb today!


So now, what is the moral of the story? Well, I'll let you find that out for yourself! Bye!

A Fall Story: Leaves (Similar to the tale of the Moth and The Butterfly.)

Let us begin, in the beginning, shall we?:

Here is a tale of 2 leaves, the first leaf was a bright, beautiful, deep red, he is proud of his color and shows off to all the other green, yellow and orange leaves, the all flutter in applause (For of course, leaves can not clap, so they flap.)and the first leaf (We'll call him Red.) was very popular in all of there pile,he would make his way to the top of the pile and would shout "I'm the prettiest leaf in all the forest! No one is as bright as I!" And this was true, for all of the other "red leaves" were more of a faded red, not a deep red like Red, so the others looked up to him.


Below where all the old leaves live, in the slums, lived an old brown leaf that had fallen before all the rest.

He wanted to see what it was like to be on the top. So, slowly,he got up and started to climb. it took him days! 7 at the most, (for, we do not know when leaves live and when they sleep.)

And this is where I stop. Bye!

Another Everyday Post!!!

Hey!

Well, I'm pretty excited that Basketball is coming up, I can't wait! Lindsey Vagnini, (One of good friends, and sister to Nikki.)
And, my dad is the coach, I don't mean to brag, but he really is an awesome coach!! One of the girls from last year asked me to beg my dad to come and be our coach, (I'm not exaggerating mom!:))



Well, the leaves are falling, it's finally FALL! (Or Autumn as some of us say!) Why, just this morning, some of my brothers and I were outside raking up leaves because we had some pretty big winds the night before!

My mom is baking up a bread recipe for Ben, it's a new thing for her, so she had to try it!

Bye!

Senior Pictures!

Hey Everyone!!

Mt Grandma Gail is coming to take Senior Pictures of Ben and Nikki!
I think she is coming Sept. 30th, but I'm not sure!

Bye!

Sarah

Crazy Post!!

Well, today I have nothing to say so I'm going to just write a weird post about whatever! Here Goes!:



Did you know that the earth turns?

Did you know that the earth is shaped like a ball?

Did you know that my brother is courting?

Let's hope so!

Weird enough? How about even weirder!?

Do you know your multiplication?

Do you know your division?

How about your Adding and Subtraction?

Do you know how to spell your on name?

How about your all your family's names?

Let's hope so!

If you have a problem with this post, comment me and we'll work it out! Bye!
Sarah

Outing Today!!

Hi Everyone!!!

We went on an outing today!! First we went to the Joy House to drop off some clothes (We go there and do some skits for the moms and kids there, they also take donations too!) So, after we left there, we went to where Ben and Nate work with Mr Koepke (A friend.) And after that, we drove until we got to a Mickidys! Then we drove to a park in Grafton. It was SO pretty there, there was a gazebo and a river and a great playground for the little ones! And we also brought the camera!! My mom took a few pictures of me posing and I took some of Jo-Man! (Josiah) When we had finished, we all went to play/watch Basketball. But when the ball went
astray, Nate ran into Noah and he fell on his head, Poor Noah!! But when we got home........We had Ice Cream!!! Yummy!! I shall put up the pictures up when my mom can get to the camera! Bye!!

Charlie Vallanueva!!!!

WE MET THE DUDE!!!
It was SO cool!!

(We also met Bongo the Buck!!!!)

Here are a few pictures:

Fair Pictures!

These are a few pictures of Ben and the Vanini Family @ the fair! (Can u tell that the picture of Ben is actually the one of Ben AND Nikki close up??)

Six Flags!!!

Guess What?? I'm going to Six Flags!! I have never gone before, so I'm really excited! I saw a few pics of the place and I really can't wait! Let you know more about it after! Sarah

Late @ Night, taking pictures!!

Hey All!! Well, here I am with my mom and Ben taking pictures of each other, (not my mom though.) Anyway, we just got back from our Awana Open House!! I am a Cubbie Leader, (If that makes any sense.) Because Elijah is a Cubbie dude!! Woo Hoo! Anyway, I am trying to get a movie up, because there is a new thingy that u can put up movies! So I am trying to get there!! Bye! Sarah

Sore All Over!!

Hey All!

Well, yesterday, we had a BB party in Jackson! But yesterday morning, Agh!! We had a BB camp thingy, Thankfullly my dad was are leader dude, so it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, so I am sore all over! Plus during the party I played vollleyball and BB the whole day! The first time we played VB, there was water all over because it had rained the night before, so we had fun slip'n and slid'n all over the VB court!! We were soaked!! Bye!

More Color!!

Had to do something fun!!

Happy Birthday!!! and Packer Game!!!

LET'S ALL SING!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DADDY AND MR. GUMNESS!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!
I LOVE YOU DADDY!!!

Well, that's over!! Today is my Dad's B-day!! He is turning 42, Dad,Ben and Nate are going to a Packer Game!! (If I told you already, M'bad.:)) My Uncle Brian had three extra tickets. so he invited my dad and the boys!! Can't wait to talk to them after the game!! Bye!

Another Anniversary!!

Yo Everyone!!

Well, Today is my Mom and Dad's Anniversary!!! 19 years ago the were joined together @ about 3:00 I think!! I'm so glad that they were married!! Otherwise we wouldn't be here!! Love you Mom and Dad!!

Hey Peoples!

Hey All, I thought I should put up some fun color!! Hope you enjoy!

Fair and Parade!!

Howdy Folks!!

Today, Ben went with the Vagnini's to the state fair, I went last year with them, so I'm sure he will have fun!

Also, Josiah, Isaiah and I are going to the Eden Parade later today, (The Grahls invited us) We will go to there Grandma's house where we will eat lunch and watch the Parade @ the same time! My brothers went last year with my dad, they brought home 2 bowls full, I'm not talking about the small cereal bowls, no way, these were HUGE bowls! So anyway, I'm bringing a plastic store bag just in case! See you!

Courting and Packing

Well, I guess the news can come out now, my oldest brother Benjamin is courting Nicole Vagnini. (Nikki for short.) I have wanted to write this on my blog 4 the LONGEST time!! Well, I just wanted to TELL everyone!!




WOW!! I didn't know packing toke so long just 4 a day away from home!!
We are leaving 4 up north. Tomorrow is my Grandparents Anniversary! So we are going up there to surprise them.

They are renewing there vows in Antigo, (They don't know we are going there, we are going to surprise them!! They do know that we are going to Door County, though.)
After that, we are all going to go up Door County, we are going to a park were we can go swimming!! Ya!! (Nikki is coming with us too, my dad's family want to meet her!!) After dinner and fun and games, we will get home @, like, uh....I don't know when we will get home!! Late probably. (We will drop Nikki off first!!)
Bye! Sarah

Rain,Rain go away!!

Wow, The rain hasn't been pouring down 4 a long time, but it did today!!! We had a TON of rain!!! I love staying out in the rain, it is SO refreshing!!

Our garden has been doing very well, we have zucchini,pumpkins,green beans,watermelon and cucumbers!! Mmmmm!! Our beans are delicious!! Our zucchini are growing large and fat! God blesses us in so many ways, we should ALWAYS glorify him in all we get and do!!

We are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00 pm, I used to HATE severe weather watches, but thankfully, I've got used to them!! See y'all!!

Sleepover!!

Hi Everyone!!!

2 days ago, I slept over @ my friend Lindsey's house, boy did we have a blast!!! I went over to help with all there lil' ones, they have 3 lil' boy's FULL of ENERGY!!! When I first got there, Mr. Vagnini told me 2 go behind the house, he was going to go inside and say 2 Lindsey "I have a surprise 4 u!! Look outside!!" So she did, and guess what she saw...??? Me!! She started laughing, while I ran up and gave her a BIG hug.

We had to go to party that afternoon, so we had to get all the boys ready to go, the party was very fun, on our way home we decided to pick up a movie, it was called "National Treasure." I t was a very good movie!! I love it!! Anyway......We also picked up pizza from "Little Caesars" Mmmmm!! Tasty!! we gave the boys a bath then we ate sent them to bed and watched the movie!! Then, we went downstairs and traded stickers. Then to bed we went!!!

The next morning, I woke up and went upstairs to help Mr Vagnini get breakfast going, we had pancakes!! Then we all kinda sat around until Lindsey had an idea!! she wanted to go shopping, Mr Vagnini said we could after we ate @ McDonalds!! So we got the boys ready all over again, and went to lunch and shopping.

Wow, my hands are VERY tired, I will finish it as soon as they are rested!! Bye until later!! Sarah

Baby Shower!!!

Hi Everyone!!!

3 days ago we had a surprise baby shower 4 Mrs.Klahn, boy was it a surprise!! She totally freaked out when she saw all of us!!!

We played a game that if you said the word "baby" you would lose a mini clothes pin, (Ali handed them out in the begining.) it was very fun!!

We had bought some heliem balloons for the shower, @ the end, we sucked in heliem air, and when you talk, your voice goes so high, you sound like an alien!! I t was a very fun party!! Well, TTYL!!!

Sarah

SORRY!!!

SORRY!! It didn't work , I will put it on my sidebar :) ttyl!!!
Sarah

Free Movie, (con't)

Sorry about that not working, I don't know how it happened, I will try to get it on ere some how, here is another try, sorry if it dosen't work:

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Free Movie

Here is a movie that ben (my older brother) made when he was younger!! Hope you enjoy!!!

Mom's REAL Birthday!!!

Hi Everyone!!
Today was my mom's REAL birthday, early this morning, we all got up to go to "24-2". It happens every 3rd Sat. of the month. Nate singed up to sing and play worship songs, Me, Kristin, Josh, Jacob and Isaac all went up there to sing and play guitar, piano and bass with him. After that, Me,Ali,Ben,Nate,Ike and Zack went shopping with the Mom's for our lunch/dinner for the afternoon. When we got back, the rest of them were there and the Dad's stared up the grill and made us some vittles!!!;-) Anyway, after we ate, we played a game called "Mailbox Tag" It SO fun because the dad's joined in to!! Well, I got to run!! Sarah

Mom's Birthday!!

Hi Everyone!!

Tommorow is my mom's b-day!! She will be turning 41, I can't wait to decorate her cake!! She went out with a friend of her's, so I have time to make/decorate it!! My friend made some rose's to go on it. (I can't do rose's very well!!) Just 4 fun:


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!


I love you!!!!

Can't wait 4 tommorow!!
See ya!!
Sarah

Basketball (con't from last night)

Hi All!!
Ben and Nate's Basketball team lost there games last night, but it sounds like they did VERY well. I didn't hear the scores yet, but I WILL get them!!

I was @ the dentist's yesterday, I got neon colors!! (My good friends absolute fav.!!!) Pink,Green and Blue!! (They are an awesome combination!!) Well, got to run, we are having home fellowship here to night, got to clean up!! See ya!!

Baby Noah!!

I know this is a VERY late picture, but it is SOOO cute!!! from left to right: Josiah,Isaiah,Elijah and Noah's the baby in the middle!! See ya all later!!

Basketball Tonight!!

Hey Everyone!!

If your wondering why I put that theme up, I'll tell you, My older brothers have BB games every Tue. night 4 6 weeks, My mom, micah, ben, nate and my dad are going tonight!! I'll have a better update after! Bye!!

New Day

Hi Everyone! :)
Well, Today we had a TERRIBLE storm, (and this time it's not a fake :)) Anyway, the rain was awful!! It just kept pouring down and flooding everthing!! But the rain was nice to have 4 our garden and flowers. Sorry it's such a short post!! Bye!!
Sarah

"Oliver Twist" cont.

1st Picture: Ben "Mr Brownlow"

2nd Picture: Left 2 Right, Ben "Brownlow", Kristie "Mrs Bedwin", Me "Townsperson"

3rd Picture: Nate "Bill Sikes"

4th Picture: Me "Townsperson"

5th Picture: Katherine "Nancy" Nate "Bill Sikes"\

Hope you enjoy these pictures!!
Sarah

"Oliver Twist"

This Pictures are from "Oliver Twist" last years HIS Players Play

Hi

Yo Peoples!!!
Sarah here, I haven't posted 4 a long time, have I??? Oh well, thankfully I'm here now!! ;) Sorry there's no pictures on here, I'm going to send some of my cell phone as soon as I can. Anyway,
My older brother Benjamin is making a movie, it will be a silent movie, right now Ben, Mom and Josiah are @ GoodWill trying to find some costumes 4 it! Hope to post soon!! Sarah

HI Peoples!!!!

Hi Everyone!! I thought I should put this picture up, can you guess who the two boys in the picture??? :) Pretty obvious, huh??
Well, any way, we just got finished with our VBS week, I 'm sad it's all over, but we all had TONS of fun, I was Sissy Seagull again!! Nate and Zac Mellgren were the two bad guys, Jonathon Wells was the "Lone Stranger" And Ben was "Cap'n Patch"!!! Last night we did the Entire Play for all the kids who brought there Parents and Grandparents. I can't wait 'till next year!! Bye!!

Pics of brothers in MN

Here are Ben and Nate doing their first job for Grandpa..spreading gravel. It only took them 3 hours to finish and their driveway is pretty long! :)



Break time!



Ben in a tweed suit coat from U. Jason-another handsome brother!



Nate modeling hand-me-down suit from Uncle Jason-isn't he handsome! ;)

Brothers in Minnesota

Hi!
My brothers have been working hard for my Grandpa, while in Minnesota this week.

They laid gravel, mulched, cleared brush and painted and other stuff too.

My Uncle Jason and Aunt Gishain visited them too while they were there and gave them some clothes from U. Jason.

I'm putting a few pics up of them working and of the suits U. Jason gave them! Aren't they handsome!?? :) I miss them Soooooo much! Ca'nt wait to see them tomorrow!

Well..see ya!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

I GOT ALLLL OF YA!!! JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE TORNADO!!! :)

HERE'S AN IMPRESSION OF THE TORNADO!!! WE GOT IT OF THE WEATHER PAGE!!!!

TORNADO!!!!!!

OH MY GOSH!!!!! THERE WAS A TORNADO HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SCARED!!!!!! BYE!!!!!!!!

Airplane Ride!!!!

Hi All!!!
My brothers our on there way to MN in an airplane!!! The picture on top is my grandpa, (he's the one my brothers our going to work for!) I am excited and afraid for them at the same time!! (You know how I feel Ali!! :)) Anyway, I am home babysitting my 5 younger sib's at home, Thankfully, one of my friends is coming to help me with it all, I am very nerves about the whole thing of my parents being away until 2 or 3 in the morning, but I think everything will be OK!! PLEASE PRAY 4 THEM!!! (I also would like a prayer or 2:)) Bye for now!!

Ooops!!

I put the wrong picture up!! I find the other one soon!! Sarah

Hi!!!

Well, this is really late to blog, but I am on, so I decided to write, the picture on top is of me, Winter, 2004, I looovvve this picture and I wanted to share it with you!! Bye! (our should I say Goodnight!!!)

Oops!!

Oops!! I didn't see Nate!! Nate's in there too :)

Hi!!!

Here's another picture of Ben the squid!!

What A Day!!!

Hi Everyone!! I just found this picture and I just had to put it on, it was such a funny play, It was our VBS play that we did the picture is of Me (the one in the white, I was a seagull:)) Nate( The one in the blue, he was a pirate) And Ben ( The one in the red, he was a squid) We had a blast that year and I can't wait to do it again!! Bye!!

Hi Everyone!!

Hi Everyone!
I'm SO sorry I haven't been blogging at all, it has been very busy for us this past month. But here I am!!! I had to put this picture of Nate up because he looks so nice:) Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Nate's going to get a kick out of this!! Bye!

Hi Everyone!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone, I just found this pic. from last years tourny!!

Puppy Love (con't)

Well, Hi everyone!! I think I told all of you about Sadie, Well, She went to a good home. Anyway, I put this picture up because I thought all of you would like it!! :) I love it!!! It is my fav. one of him!! Well, we just went for a walk down to the river and back, we saw like 6 dead deer!! They all must have been hit on the road, but I thought that some of them looked like they were attacked by coyotes. We also saw a dead possum on the road as well, but my brother Elijah's fav. part is when we saw the most beautiful black "horsie" (as Elijah says it) that I've ever seen!! It looked a lot like how they described "Black Beauty" in the book, It had the white star on the forehead and had a beautiful black, silky mane and tail that I had ever seen!! I fell in love with it at once!! :) Well, I've got to run!! Sarah