the play is upon us.....

well here we are!
the play is upon us!

aghhhh! :)

first performance is TOMORROW! :)
hope whoever reads this will be coming!
ttyl,
sarah

After the Wedding........

........is no more CRAZINESS!
Whoo hoo! lol

Ben and Nyki had a beautiful wedding!

I will be posting pictures, but not yet, since we won't get them for a few weeks.

Until then,
Sarah

My Family Scrapbook

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! FOUR DAYS!!!

Oh my goodness! There is only FOUR DAYS left in the great countdown!

My goodness, am I freaking out! lol
We just counted all the utensils for the wedding! Over 1,000 forks! Wow............

Well, I'll be back!
Sarah

11 days............

oh wow, time does fly, doesn't it???

11 days left, we wait in silence (not really) for the day Ben and Nyki can join hands and become one!!! agh!!!!!!!!!! this is SO freaky! lol

later,
sarah

16 and counting.......

This is the BIG count down before the wedding!
16 days until it happens! whoa! totally freakin' out! :)

so ya, we are slowly getting closer and closer to the day when Ben and Nyki join together in holy matrimony! lol

i can hardly wait! we have the outfits and the flowers and EVERYTHING! all we have to do is get the food and silverware and such.

Mom and Dad are going to Sam's today to finish the shopin' for the wedding.
so long for now! i'll try to get on here later in the week! (if at all!) :)

sarah

Wow! It's been FOREVER! huh?? :)

Well, to begin with, I've 'chatted' with most of you on Facebook, but for those of you I haven't seen, or talked with! I miss you guys!

To catch up a little bit, Ben and Nyki's wedding is Oct. 19. I don't remember if I said this, but if I didn't, It's quite exciting! We all can hardly wait! God-willing, we'll get all the cool, awesome things we would like in the wedding!

I started Volleyball this year, we aren't the greatest team, but we have one 1 out of the 4 games we played so far! Plus, I also have my mind on the Anne of Green Gables play that Nate, Isaiah and I are in!

Nate is Matthew, Isaiah is the hired hand, Jerry, and I'm Marilla! It is REALLY exciting that we all got parts! My good friends, the Klahns, Johnsons, Schommers and Seibels all got parts as well!

Well, so ya, that's my life since I left you!
So long!
Sarah

Hello once again!

I guess I can't get away from it yet! ;) ;)

I will probably be posting every now and then, so you will still see me on here (read bottom post)

I hope to see most of you on facebook!

Sarah

Blogger

Hello all!

I am now leaving Blogger and joining Facebook, if you would like to find me, I am under the name 'Sarah Gumness'

Thank you all!
For the last time,
Sarah Gumness

Guess what I did on the 4th.......

....I went to IN!

Now, we didn't know that we were going there until we were on a pet finder thing on the Internet! (This was EXTREMELY SHORT NOTICE!) See, we were looking for a cat and I told my mom "Hey! Look up Great Danes! (My moms favorite type of dog) and we did and we found one named Cloe. Now, my mom fell in love with it and so did I...so I asked to see if she was where she was, guess what?! We found out that she was IN! My mom had no hope! :( But with my dad's and my coaxing, we got mom to approve and we called and the lady said that Cloe was still available! When the lady asked how many kids we had, (and my dad said 8) she said "You're perfect! Come and get her!" Well, my dad said this is perfect! And then we found out that she was part Great Dane and part German Shepherd! My dad likes German Shepherd's and my Mom ADORES Great Danes! So my dad bought for their birthday's! So we (My dad, My mom, Micah, Josiah and I) went there today! This was the WEIRDEST THING THAT I HAVE EVER DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I couldn't believe this was happening! And now she's here!

We all love Cloe very much, and I'll post pictures of our baby soon!She has become very loyal to my dad and she follows him EVERYWHERE! ;)

So that was our interesting fourth!

TTYL!
Sarah

Happy Fourth of July!!!!

Happy (almost) Fourth of JULY!!!!!!!!!!

Wishing you all a wonderful 4Th and hoping that you will see some fireworks!

Lots of Love!

Sarah

Micah's Birthday!!!!

Well, it's another normal day, but yesterday, Micah turned 13!!!!!

He had a wonderful birthday. Ben took Micah, Isaiah, Josiah and Myself to go and see Wall-E! I thought it was great, but it had it's weird moments!

For u people who have seen it, comment me and tell me your favorite: Character and Scene!

I really liked Moe, the little cleaner robot! He was so hilarious!

And my favorite scene was the part in the end where Wall-E and Eve 'kiss' and Moe tells the other robots to go away, but then he peeks around after that! When you've seen the movie, you'll understand what I said!

G2G!
Sarah

Micah

Can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!

Hello there!

Nate is coming home tonight/tomorrow and I am SO OVERLY EXCITED WITH JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I missed him SO terribly!

But the only thing that makes it even sadder is that he leaves the VERY NEXT DAY FOR KENU CAMP!!

I will miss him EVEN MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a FEW pictures of Nate because I miss him SO MUCH!

Luv u lots, Nate-man!



Nate is not going to be happy, but OH WELL! He looks so cute when he is sleeping!!


There he goes....


Up, up, up! AND..........


IN FOR THE DUNK!! 2 points!!!!


Sleeping on school, are we??

TTYL!
Sarah

Mexico Trip, AGAIN!!

Hi there everyone!

Nate is leaving for Mexico TOMORROW! I am going to miss him dearly!

When he gets back, he has to leave the next day for a camp called Kenu camp. It's an acting camp and I think only a certain amount of people are picked! A couple of our friends are going as well!

Happy Fathers Day!
Sarah

WOW! WHAT A STORM!!

Hey Y'all!

So, did you guys all survive?

We had TERRIBLE weather here!

I hope none of you experienced what we had!

My dad and Micah, Isaiah, Josiah and Eli left at 8:00 in the morning and returned at 9:00 at night due to the weather!!

They were stuck at Shopko for a LONG time because they had a TORNADO!!But they didn't get hit, thankfully!

Well, I'd better go now!

Sarah

Hello!

Well, I am here sitting in my house, typing out this post with nothing exciting on it except for the fact that Ben is graduating, Ben is getting married, but that isn't very exciting.

TTYL!
Sarah

Hello!

Well, I am here sitting in my house, typing out this post with nothing exciting on it except for the fact that Ben is graduating, Ben is getting married, but that isn't very exciting.

TTYL!
Sarah

Newest Post of All!

Hello Y'all!

'SOMEONE' asked me to post some pictures, so I shall, I have no idea which ones, but I hope they will satisfy that 'SOMEONE'! ;)

Here they are!:



Aww! ;)

Noah, Elijah and Ben!

My lil' buddy!!

Oops! Who's that? :)

The Baby! (Well, not anymore, but the family baby!) :)
Well, that's all 4 now!
Sarah

June 1st!

WOW!

This year is going by fast, I can't believe that it's already June!!

Just thought that I should mention that!

TTYL!
Sarah

CHEA

Hello Everyone!

Well, this weekend was EXTREMELY busy 4 us! We had CHEA and we were distributors for No Greater Joy. We sold some of their books and such. I helped my parents sell and I also had the vendor tag! Oh yeah! Well, actually, I didn't really like it, but I still had to wear it! :)

We weren't getting very many people, so my Dad bought some juggling balls to attract people! It was hilarious!

We listened to Little Bear Wheeler, he was very good and told incredible stories!

TTYL!
Sarah

Babysitting...

...is ok I guess! :)
The 2 boys are adorable, but, as all kidz r, they r naughty!! Kyler,(The elder) is the cutie, and Chayce is a sweetheart, but is used to getting what he wants. So, it's hard with Noah, who is still learning to share with them, but they get along pretty well! Kyler and Noah talk with each other a lot (SO cute!!):)

I'd better go, babysitting is no easy task!!

TTYL!
Sarah

Hello!

ok, tomorrow I babysit those 2 boys!
please pray for me as the day goes on!
thanx SO much!
Sarah

short post! :)

Graduating Anyone??

Hello Everyone!

We have quite a few Graduates, I know. So...Congrats to all of you!

Go to Hallmark.com and click on "Hoops and Yoyo, send our e-cards" and click on the first one on the list, it's called "You Graduated!" watch it, it's pretty funny!

If it doesn't work, let me know!

Sarah

Hello!!!!!

Hey everyone!

What is up with you people?
I am getting a babysitting job and I am excited about it!
I don't know their names yet, but I do have ages: They are 1 and 2.

I don't know when I start, because we haven't gotten the number from the dad, but they go to our friends church and they know them well.

Please pray for me!

Sarah

Hello!!!!!

Up North!

Hola peeps!

We had a great time up north at my grandparents! We helped rake and rake and rake and rake and rake some more! (I liked it though!)

We left Thursday night and got there REALLY late!

We came home today!
I'll continue 2morrow!

I GTG, ttyl!

Sarah

Hello!

Hey people!

I am back from Spring Fest 2008!!! Oh yeah! LOL!

I had a great time! They trip up was so fun! When we got there, we spent the night at someones house, and continued on from there!

The day was EXTREMELY cold, but we all lived through it. They did a very good job, otherwise I wouldn't want to go back! (I am VERY picky about places!)And I thought they got their point to the teens about salvation!

TTYL!
Sarah

Springfest!

Hola!

Well, Nate and I are going to Springfest! I can't wait!

We leave tomorrow and we will drive down and stay at a house, then we will continue on until we reach the collage. From there, Idk what will happen!

TTYL!
Sarah

Pictures!

Hello!

I thought that I should put up some pictures!

Here they are!:



Here is my NEW hair-cut!


The back


Ben is the tall one with the mustache


Nate is the one with the (evil) look! LOL!


The Lovers!

TTYL!
Sarah

Hello!!

I miss it already!! BOO HOO! (Smile..sniff...sniff.) I'm Ok!

I will post some pictures as soon as I get the ones from H.I.S!

TTYL!

(This ones for you Leah!)


(I took this one! LOL!!)

OH! I almost forgot! I got my hair cut today!

I don't have any pictures yer, but once I do, I'll put them on!

Sarah

H.I.S Players Week!

Hi Y'all!

This week was EXTREMELY busy for us and it still is! We are performing at schools and on Saturday and Sunday we perform at the West Bend High and at the Schauer Arts Center. I'm very excited that we are almost done, but I also am going to miss seeing everyone everyday!

I'd better go, So long!

Sarah

Happy (late) April Fools Day!

Hiya!

OK! We had a great time tricking Nyki! Lizard and I had fun! OK, so we were on our way home from the YMCA and Nyki said that she was going to bring me home. (But it's back-tracking for them.) So, she told me to call my house and I faked it! I told her that they weren't home. So she told me to call the cell, I faked again! I told her that they were all at Wal-Mart! So she brought me to their house and on our way up the stairs, I said to her "Nyki, I really wanted to tell you this, Happy April Fools Day!" Lizard and I laughed so hard!

TTYL!
Sarah

Hello!

A quick update!

Ben, Nyki and Mr. and Mrs. Vagnini went to a Marriage Conference in Chicago. They stayed over night there two nights and returned today!

TTYL!

Sarah


Ben and Nyki

Hola!

Well! Here I am, posting a new post about the ordinary day! Today Liz, Jesse, Sarah (Girls from my BB team) and I are getting together at the YMCA to practice for a 3 on 3 tournament in April! We did our shirts yesterday, the look SO cool! We splat paint on them and everything! How much fun is that!? :)


Earlier yesterday, we went Bowling! It was great! Nyki, Krys and Liz came with us! We had a blast! It was my first time ever bowling! I can't wait to do it again! Once, as I was running up, I dropped the ball! It was an awkward moment, but I laughed! We all did! :)

That's all I have for now!

Typing later!

Sarah

After OK!

Hello!

The guys got back about a week ago. I haven't been on here in a while, so now I will update! :)


Our Easter was a happy one! We all enjoyed a nice, quiet family time! :) Instead of an egg hunt, we had a scavenger hunt! The team that won got to look for the basket of candy! It was fun!
Ben was gone over the weekend with the Vagnini's at their Grandma's up in Sturgeon Bay. We all missed him! :(


We got a new computer! It's really sweet! We actually are going to connect our two computers together so that we can have Internet on both computers! I can't wait! :)


The H.I.S Players play is coming along very well! I enjoy working with the entire cast! We have a few seniors this year. Two of them are Ben and Nyki! :( I personally am going to miss Ben next year for H.I.S Players!



We have an official date for the wedding! Sunday, Oct. 19Th, 2008!
How exciting! I can't believe that we have it all set!

TTYL!

Sarah

A WAY overdo update!

Hello Peoples!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! Basketball season is over, so I don't have an excuse!

To start off, since I last posted, Isaiah is now 11 and Noah is 3!

Two birthdays in a row! Isaiah had his birthday on the 22nd of Feb. and Noah turned 3 on March 8th! So we were birthday set!

Another BIG update! My dad, Ben, Nate and Micah are right at this moment, in OK! They are down there for a big BB tournament with all the home school teams across the country! They left at 12:00am on Friday and got there on (I think!) on Sat. On the way there, they stopped at the IHOP (International house of prayer) in (I'm guessing!) Missouri? Well, anyway, They stayed there for a while and then the continued on there trip!

The had a day of rest on Sunday (I hoping, if I'm wrong, then I tell you!) and played there first game on Monday and beat the 5th best team in the Nation! The score was 65 to 55! They were all super excited, but I wasn't so much, our dog, Gracie (I'll put a picture up of her.) either had Rabies our a different dog sickness. She was acting all crazy and biting at things in the air that weren't there. So some friends of ours had to come over and dispose of her (I'm not mentioning names!):) My dad was crying, I was crying, My mom was crying, pretty much every one was crying! So, it was a little hard for my dad to coach, but he did! And they won!

They had there next game on Tuesday, I didn't hear who the played, our the score, but they lost! How sad! I haven't heard anything else!

I have some more good news! Isaiah is going down to OK today! Kyle and Darryl Vogalmann and Zack and Ike Klahn are going down to see the last half of the week, and Isaiah is going with them! He is SO excited! (I would be too!):) They are leaving at 7:00pm tonight and who knows when they'll get there!

Later tonight though, before Isaiah leaves, I am going to a birthday party! How fun! I am then sleeping over at the hotel where the party is! I feel bad about leaving my mom all alone with all the boys! I kept asking her and asking her "Mom, do you want me to stay home??" And she would answer "No dear, I'm fine, you can go!" So now, I'm going!

I'd better go, I have a lot to do today! Bye for now!
Sarah






The picture of Gracie! :(
Sarah

Sunday Vacation and a B-day!!

Well, here we are packing and getting ready for Sunday! We are leaving @ about 8:15 in the morning and we are picking up Nikki @ 8:30 at her house. We are driving to Madison to visit my Grandparents who drove down today and are staying overnight, then they are leaving after our visit. We will get there @ about 11:00ish
and leave probably REALLY late!

We are celabrating Isaiah's B-day because he will be 11 on Feb 22nd! Since Valintine's Day is soon, we will celabrate that too!

So long for now!!!

Sariah
(This is how I am signing my name now!) :)

Feb. 2nd, Groundhog Day!!!

Feb. 2nd, of all days, it's this day!! The groundhog saw his shadow! Only six more weeks of winter! Whoohoo!


Anyway, Ben and Nate had a BB game today and I got to go this time!
Isaiah had a game before them. We had to leave early during Isaiah's game to get to Ben and Nate's game, but we had it worked out so that Isaiah could get a ride to B & N game from the Dausters! (Another 'into it' BB family!) ;) So, and both the teams won! After Ben and Nate's game, we went to Culivers! How fun is that?! We had a 'Sarah's' table where there was like, 5 Sara(h)'s!

********************************************************************

We have to have our lines memorized this Monday! I have mine done, but I don't know about Ben or Nate! I hope their done to!


So long!
Sarah

CHILLS!!

Ohhh! How c,c,cold!

I wish the weather would die down!!

It went down to 0 degrees today! I CAN'T wait to be spring!
So long!
Sarah

Last post for the 'Gumbies Update'!!

Hello!

I think that I finished the last post for the 'Gumbies Update'
I have one more thing to say!

I love all you guys and I (try) to pray for all of you everyday!
Sarah



(I HATE this picture, but it's so funny!) Brotherly Love! (Yeah right! LOL!!)

Hola!!! (That seems to be my new greeting!) :)

Hola Amigos!

I love to 'speak' Spanish!!

Just wanted to continue my update on the gumbies!

So, here we go!:

My Dad, (The greatest one in the world, @ least, I think so!!!)
Is my Basketball coach for this year, he is such a wonderful coach!!
He doesn't make us run laps! He thinks it's a waste of time. (Which I think so, too!!) Unless we have a ball in our hand, we don't run!
So, I'm thankful!!

My Dad also coach's the Varsity Boys team, which Ben and Nate play on! So, they get there share of wrath!!! LOL!!!

My Mom is in a bible study with a few of the Moms that have children in Basketball. One of them is Mrs. Vagnini!

Mother also loves to be @ home!! She does enjoy the Basketball games EVERY night!!! But she also likes to be home with the family, she would much rather have us @ home instead of being gone all the time!

The New Years Highlight!: H.I.S Players!

This years play is Les Mis. Ben, Nate and I all got parts, (As some of you know from my previous post!) Nate has the main role, Jean Val Jean, he has like, 117 lines!! Wow! Good Luck Nate!!!

Ben plays the part of Victor Hugo, the writer of the story and he also narrates the story!

And I, I have the Evil part this year! I am the Workhouse Owner, I have to throw Fantine out the door! How sad! Oh well, it'll be fun! Hehehehe! JK!

That's all I have time for!! So long!
Sarah

New Year Update!

This I hope will be a LONG post! (I don't do very many of those!)

To start off, I will introduce you to my family, (though many of you know them, I feel that it's proper to do so!)
My Dad, (Or Gregg!) is a 42 and LOVES Basketball!

My Mom, (Stephanie) is 41 and loves her family and enjoys going to Basketball games (especially when she is 'alone' which means no 'little's' around! LOL!)

Benjamin, is 18 and is engaged to a wonderful woman and friend! He also is enjoying his last year in Basketball and H.I.S Players!

Nathan, 17 and is enjoying Basketball and H.I.S Players as well, but still has another year to go!

Me, (or, Sarah!) 14 and I'm also LOVING Basketball and H.I.S Players as well!

Micah, 12 and is a 'Coach' for Ben and Nate's team along with my Dad!

Isaiah, 10, almost 11, (In Feb.) Is playing basketball and enjoys fellow shipping with his teammates!

Josiah, (Better knowing as 'Jo Jo'!)9 and is the youngest sib playing basketball from our family! He loves to go and be with all his little buddies!

Elijah, (I like Eli better!) 5, and loves all of his brothers and his only sis!

Noah, (I think 'No No' better, but my mom doesn't!) Is the smallest and youngest 'Gumby' in the fam! He is the cutest 2 year old in the world! (At least, that's what I think!)

Well! That's my REALLY long update, but it will be continued!
Bye for now!
Sarah

H.I.S Players Results!!!

Well, We all got parts!
Try-outs went wonderfully! Everyone did such a good job! Ben and Nate and I loved every bit of it!
Here are the parts!:

Ben is: Victor Hugo, the writer and the Narrator!

Nate is: Jean ValJean, The main charector!

I am: Mademoiselle Vicurnien, the head of the workhouse where Fantine, another "main" person, works and is fired on account of having a child with no husband.

I hope All of you can see the play to understand it a little bit easier!

Sarah

TRY-OUTS ARE TOMORROW!!!

AHHH!!!
I am SO nervous!!!! Tomorrow is try-outs for the H.I.S Players Les Miz! I am like, flipping out with fright! Please pray for me and my brothers @ 1:00-4:00pm tomorrow! I will come up with the results after!
Bye for now!
Sarah

Basketball!

Well, I suppose I have to post about SOMETHING, right?
I do LOVE basketball and also enjoy to watch it as well!
I get all excited! I LOVE to get excited! Well, anyway, Ben and Nate had a game last night in Green Bay and some friends of ours, the Seibels, came to watch because there quite close to Green Bay. My dad's parents came too!
Well, we did win and we did celebrate by going out with the Seibels and My Grandparents after!
Well, that's all I'm here for!
Sarah