Good times at Winter Carnival 2011

We are finally done making the video with pictures and videos from Winter Carnival, but I have sad news... It will not post on here. I have tried it three times, and every time it says it is having trouble and to contact blogger support. I have tried this, and am hoping for an answer, but who knows! I am wondering if it won't go on because it is 25 minutes long. Oh my! Haha. But, anyways, I am going to write about some of the fun things we did, and I'll keep trying with the video. We had a blast at Winter Carnival! It was soooo much fun.

We got there at about 4:15 on Friday night, and were pretty much the first ones there. We got unpacked, did a couple other things, and made the chili for the potluck. We went to that at about 6:30, and had a great meal with lots of food and fellowship! We didn't do too much game playing Friday night, just visited with friends we hadn't seen since summer! It was great.

Saturday morning, we got up, and had a good breakfast, and the little children went over to practice for Juniour choir, while the adults went to the Bible study by Mr. and Mrs. Hanson. It was very good, and I felt encouraged by it. Thanks to them for doing that for us!

After that, was playing and eating and fun until it was time to go to the pool at Gunstock. Only some people went to that. From our family, Susanna, Caleb and I stayed home from that, plus a couple other people. I'm sure they all had a blast, while we had a great time back at the campground.

We went over to check and see if Beacon was good for snowboarding, but no such luck. We were disappointed since we had so much fun on that hill last year, but oh well! So we decided to try out Mitchell, and that seemed pretty good, even though snowmobiles went through there a lot. So, Amelia, Susanna, Caleb, I think Trevor was there, and me went snowboarding. It was a pretty good hike up the hill, so a couple times Trevor took us up on his snowmobile, which was way better. :)

So, that was a blast, and after everyone else got back, it was just more sledding, snowboarding, playing, etc. 'til supper. That night was a "talent night" in the chapel, and that was really good, and fun. Then, it was playing games time. I stayed up 'til about 12:30 or 1:00 probably, but I'm not sure about everyone else. :D

Sunday morning was of course Church, and then eating lunch, and more fun activities throughout the day. Sledding, snowboarding, ice-skating, playing in the youth center, and more fun and games. Unfortunately, the annual NH Winter Carnival on the ice, was cancelled because of the ice not being frozen enough I guess or something, so we were disappointed in that, but oh well!

That night again was playing games, hanging out, and just having fun! Amelia slept over that night, and it was one of the best nights ever! Definitely the best sleepover ever! We had such a blast, an awesome time, making great memories, that we will remember and cherish forever! We were literally (Amelia, Susanna, Caleb and I) all in bed next to each other (the beds were all lined up, see if you can just picture this in your mind), and we were all texting each other! It was soooo fun... We did that, talked and laughed (a LOT) 'til about 2 'o clock a.m. It was the best! Okay, sorry but I just have to keep saying that, cause it was such a great time, and I haven't had that in a long time!

So then, Monday morning, we got up (tired, but we made it :P ), and some people went to the Bible study prepared by Vickie House. This, too, was a very encouraging time, and the prayer time meant so much to me! The prayers that were offered up for my family and I, were such a blessing, and a huge encouragement to me! Thank you!

After lunch, we went snowboarding and sledding once more, and then packed up to head for home. The goodbyes were tearfully sad, but we are all looking forward to the summer time, when we will see each other again! :)

Well, that is it for now, and I hope all of you have a wonderful night, and a Christ-centered week!

Ephesians 2:1,

Karissa

Psalm 34:1-4 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Hey y'all! Wow! I know I say it every time, but I haven't really done a post in a long time. I really hope that I will be able to now that we are getting internet on the laptop! :) And again, I don't have pictures, but I will soon, again now that we have the laptop with internet (which is where most of my pictures are anyways)! Well, first of all I am going to tell you about last Sunday night. On Sunday night we went to the annual "verse of the year service" at our Church. I wrote a 100 word essay for the verse I picked last year, and said that in front of everyone. I was nervous, but I got through it! Haha. I will put my essay on here sometime too. (I also picked a new verse.... What they do is print out a bunchof verses and put them on a table in front and everyone goes up and picks one, and that is your "verse of the year"). The one that I got last year that I did an essay on was Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. The one that I picked out for this year (well you don't really pick it out, cause the paper is turned over so you can't see the verse, you just pick a random piece of paper) was Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. I really like that verse and I also like the second verse of that chapter which says: looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. They are very encouragin verses to me, and I hope they can be in some way an encouragement to you as well! :) Then Susanna, my dad and I as well as a bunch of other people went up front to say the "chapter of the year." They pick one out every year, and whoever wants to can memorize it throughout the year and then at the service you go up front and say it. It was 1 Thessalonians 4 for 2010 and this year it is 1 Corinthians 5. I also at the service signed up to read the Bible through this year since that was one of my "resolutions for 2011" (they have a paper, and whoever wants to can sign up to do it, and then if you do it, at the "verse of the year service" you can get a prize). Obviously I didn't do it just for that... Lol I wanted to do it anyways, and have been wanting to for a while!!! I hope I am not sounding too confusing. :P -- Well, we are going to a teen activity tonight, so that should be fun! I am sooo looking forward to Winter Carnival. I hope it will be tons of fun! I can't wait to go sledding, snowboarding, and all that other good stuff! We are ALL sooo lookin forward to it! Well, that is all I have for now, and I hope to have some pictures up soon! :) Have a wonderful day!

-- With warmth and blessings,

-- Karissa -- P.S. We got about 20 inches of snow!! The first big snowstorm we had was the day after Christmas when we got about 8 inches... But it was all gone by the next week. And then we had a couple flurries here and there but nothing real big until the snowstorm a couple days ago! So excited! I have yet to go out and play in it, but I'm hoping to soon! :)

Pictures

Hey all!! I'm back again!! And hey! Look at that, I'm posting pictures! I decided to make a video this time instead of downloading all the pictures to my blog, and it's really fun to make videos/slideshows. Well, I'll first say, to left off where I was in the last post...all of us ended up getting sick except for Caleb and Julianna (so far, and that's not to say they definitely won't get it...which I hope and pray that they won't, cause it was one of the most horendous things in the world)! Ok , well off that subject, back to the pictures!!!! I wanted to write something on some of the pictures (not that I would have to, but you know some pictures have a "story" and it's fun to say "what is happening in that picture" if you know what I mean?!). So, anyways, if I was to write something on them, it would be in the middle of the picture (which would wreck the point of having the picture on there at all pretty much)! So, needless to say, I didn't do it....and it's not the end of the world, but it would have been nice. Oh well, maybe there is a way you can do it w/out having that happen, but I have yet to find that out, and will definitely do that if I ever find out how. Well, here goes!!! Enjoy!!

Did you like it?

I was thinking after "it's a good thing I took pictures of the little kids, or I really would have been in for it!" LOL!

Video's

This is the video I made up of all the videos I took at Winter Carnival. I realized I spelled snowboarding wrong at the beginning, but I already did a lot of work, and it would probably take a lot to fix it, so I just left it...it's not that big of deal. Also at the end, I made it so the music fades out, but when I watched it, it just cut it off...oh well! That would probably take a little fixing too, so I just left it!! I hope you enjoy it!!!!

How did you like it? It really is fun to make videos like this!!!

That's all for now....have a great day!!!

'til next time,

Karissa

Isaiah 40:31

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Home

We are home from winter carnival, and had an awesome time, although Kristianna was sick yesterday! :( She is feeling a little better today I believe, and no one else has gotten sick yet! I hope no one else will get sick....only time will tell. Guess what? I'm blogging on our laptop! It's awesome. We don't have wi-fi yet, so we must be getting it from one of our neighbors. Sometimes it allows us on the internet, sometimes not! Well, anyways, I don't have pictures this time (since I am on the laptop), but I will next time of winter carnival (I know, I know, I say that every time, but this next time I will have pictures, or else I won't blog)! haha!!

When we were at winter carnival....we got to go snow boarding! It was so awesome. I loved it, and can't wait to do it again hopefully soon. I went down the really big hill also! The sledding was also really fun.

We had 27 (I'm pretty sure) people eating with us, so that was also a blast. We bought, (well, my mom) and brought up all the food, and then others helped prepare, but that was fun to do that. Can you imagine preparing food for 27 people for 3 1/2 days? Haha. That's only 5 less than the Duggars! LOL!! I'm joking. Anyways, the whole weekend was a blast, and if you were there, I hope you enjoyed your time too!

That's all for now.

'Til next time,
Karissa Noelle

Psalm 100:1-5

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Winter Carnival is tomorrow

Hey,

I cannot wait for winter carnival tomorrow! It will be so fun............or will it? I am TOOOOTTTALLLLLLLLYYYY joking. Ok, I am very excited as you can probably tell. HAHA! Well, anyways...let's see!! We have been really busy preparing and everything, and getting food ready for let's see now......about twenty six people! So, that is pretty much what we have been up to.

We got the texting bill today, and last month....remember Caleb had done around 7200 or something like that?? Well, this month he only had about 3200. Wow! He cut it done a bunch. Lol. Ummmm, I don't really know what else to say! I guess I could say we have started going on Wednesday night to Church, and the younger ones go to Patch the Pirate! (We have only gone for about two weeks now, cause that's when the patch club started)! Last night when we went, it was one of the teens birthday, so we got to have cake...yum! We also played a game called outburst (Bible edition). Heard of it? It was pretty fun. We have it, and might bring it to Winter Carnival!

Well, I REALLY don't know what else to say, so I guess I'll say ta ta for now! And so I can go get some of Susanna's famous, delicious, banana bread!!! Bii!!!!!

ttyl-Karissa

1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.

(Sorry if that's not right....that's what I had off the top of my head.)

p.s. I really hope to get some pictures up soon....maybe after winter carnival we'll have some good ones. I hope!!

life in 2010

Hey everyone!

This is my first post of the year 2010! Wow! It's almost the end of January....I can't believe it. Any how, today is my mom's birthday!! We had a party the other day!! Happy Birthday, mom! I love you! I am helping with dinner, and getting ready to eat, but just figured I would give a little update on what we have been doing!

We went to a teen party (the meltdown) on January 15th. That was really fun, and one of the best teen things we have went to so far, I think, in a lot of ways!! (we haven't been to a lot, just a couple)! Anyways, we started off by playing "melt the ice", and you had to melt a piece of ice in your hands. Yikes! It was freezing. There was first second, and third place, but none of us girls won :( haha. After that we did this thing, where you split up into teams and go around the Church and find stuff, to make up a "commercial" about how to stay warm in the winter. It could be serious, funny, or just plain dumb! Anyways, that was pretty fun, and I hope that I can find those videos, and show to them to you! After that we had ice cream and watched the videos, and ended the night by playing a game of dodge-ball (not really fun for the girls, but...eh we didn't really play, just stood there. lol ;))!

Uh, I'm trying to think what else......I got denied on my braces; AGAIN! Boy! I guess, I'm not meant to have braces, even though I really want them.

We have found some new texting friends, and I don't know if you want to know how many Caleb had in the first month of texting...............drummeral please..........lol.........7400!! I had around 3000. That is quite a lot. Ha-ha!! But, more people have texting than you really know I think, and it adds up REALLY fast, when you don't know it.

We were talking about how we hadn't been to many funerals in a while (it seemed like last year or a year and a half ago, we had been to a lot, in a short period of time), and we went to two within 5 days!!!

Well, I guess I better go and eat. Nice getting caught up! lol. I hope to have some pictures on here soon (I haven't posted any in a while)!

In His Arms,

♥♥ Karissa Noelle ♥♥

Psalm 37:4-5

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him: and he shall bring it to pass.

p.s. I CAN NOT WAIT FOR WINTER CARNIVAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

Snow!

More sledding pictures......

Caleb sledding at Winter Carnival.

Papa sledding at Winter Carnival.

Daniel, and Daniel (Uncle Dan).

The four girls ready to go!

Daniel blowing his nose!

In the last post I said the snow was almost gone, well it was and yesterday it was really nice, but today when we got up, the ground was covered again! Only covered though, no more than that, and I think it will melt fast, since it is not that much! Right now we are getting ready for lunch, and Caleb, Julianna, and Micah have to leave for piano lessons, and Susanna has to go to the Orthodontist to get more spacers, so she can have more braces put on (sometime soon)! I don't think I have a lot more pictures to put on, but I had a few. They are at the top as you can see. I wrote this first, and when you put the picture on to blog it, it goes at the top, so I made that mistake, but at least I could still put them on. Well, I have to go get ready to go to the Orthodontist with Susanna (and Kristianna, and Daniel).

Now that I know that it is going to work, I am posting some more pictures.......
Daniel enjoying some hot chocolate after playing outside in the snow, we had about 9-10 inches.

Susanna at Winter Carnival.

Me at Winter Carnival.

Micah and Kristianna having fun playing with dress-up.

Caleb playing the Guitar.

Julianna and Ruby.

Daniel had a ball playing with packing peanuts and as you can see, they were sticking to him.

Daniel having a big laugh.

So I finally got them on here......I've tried like 3 times.......the last post the time was wrong, and I found out that the time zone was wrong, and that's why it wasn't posting! Oh, my. As I said in the last post, I am trying to figure everything out.

We went to a game night last night at our Church. It was fun. I wish we brought our camera though, because they had this game for the little children, eating a doughnut off a string (hanging from the ceiling). It was so funny. It was even funnier because soome of them had powdered doughnuts so they were getting powder all over their faces. Almost all the snow is gone......spring is almost here, I can not wait. It was like 50 something degrees today. Well, I guess that's all for now, bye!

New Blog

I just got a new blog and I am trying to figure it all out. I wrote up a post earlier with a bunch of pictures but it didn't work (I'm wondering if it had something to do with my e-mail not being activated?). I am going to put one picture on here and see if it works. I hope it will....we'll see!

Kristianna at a Winter Carnival we went to in February.

OK, let's see if it works.