Hey guys...long time no see. :)

hey guys :) it has been a while hasn't it? well, her I am! I would like you guys to check out my sister and I's youtube channel. We post things every once and a while....(although it is mostly me) and my Dad will sometimes post things on there as well :) here is a link:


http://www.youtube.com/user/mjwsjw

so, what have you guys been up to?! we have just been up to different things...whatever life brings along :) last night we went to the snowcone place and got some snow cones! then tomorrow we are going to the fair that is here in town. on Saturday some of us kids are going with a couple friends to go to the demolition derby...(I am excited about that...already have my outfit planned too!) :)


We are getting ready to start the school year here at our house! we start on August 21st....and I am somewhat excited.....haha. I am going to be in 8th grade this year...and we are homeschooled. three of us kids are going to use the Abeka videos. I have already done that like for 2 or 3 years. We have all our supplies...and we are ready to go!


Comment when you are starting school, and if you go to public, private or if you are homeschooled like me!


Til' next time,
Esther :)

Goodbye 2012, welcome 2013!

hey guys! Happy New Year!!! :) soo...on January 3 my family and I traveled to Branson, MO where my grandparents were waiting in the cabin that they had rented for a few days. the occasion was my grandparents 40th anniversary. the cabin was great! it had a fully supplied kitchen, (except the food, of course) two porch swings in the upstairs back closed in porch, room for 14 people to sleep, two jacuzzi

 tubs, and family, it was an awesome weekend! we left on Thursday and came back on Monday. the family that was there was my grandparents on my Mom's side and my Aunt and Uncle. It was fun! We started school back up with a half-day the Tuesday after we got back...today is Wednesday and we finished the other half of the school day today. That has been really nice to have some extra time today and yesterday. Mom is taking the upstairs Christmas Tree down, the two younger kids are messing around, Lu and I are in our room hanging out, and Dad is at work...things are good! Dad had a CT scan today...he got there at like 10:15 this morning and an hour later was still not in the scan! But, he is back at work now. They wanted him to have a CT scan suddenly because of some symptoms he had been having...coughing/sneezing up blood a couple times...poor Daddy! :( but, yeah...so that is pretty much what is going on...tonight Dad, Lu, and I are going to Groundhouse to have our Bible study. I will get a Brown Cow Blender with no coffee...Lu will probably get just a Brown Cow...which is the same thing except it is warm and she will get hers with coffee...the ones with coffee are not good...to me, that is..haha:) 

so yes...

Forever,

esther j. <3 div="div">

wow. life has been crazy.

wow. that is all. So...Dad's surgery was going to be in November. But, then they moved it to October. All of us go to St. Louis. Dad and Luanna fly in a small airplane, Mom, Julianna, Karson, Grandma, and me all drive. Okay. First, let me start by telling what they were doing in the surgery. They were freezing the 3 largest tumors. Well, they ended up only freezing two. The third one had gotten bigger, and they weren't gonna take the time to do that one. So, that is what they were doing. Anyway, so we go to St. Louis, we get this surgery done, stay for a couple more days, leave on Friday. (we left for St. Louis on Tuesday) We finally get back home. Early early Saturday morning, Dad's pain got so bad, even when he took medication, it was so bad. He knew something was wrong. Mom took Dad to the Menorah Emergency Room. He had a collapsed lung...there was air and fluid around his lung. So, they put a chest tube in his back. Well, it worked. He left Menorah on Friday. So, he was at Menorah for a total of 7 days. Dad was in some hospital for about 10 days. With only one night at home. (not even a whole one at that!) So, we have been busy lately. But, he is back home now. Thank goodness! We went to an Alumni Gospel Sing up in Kansas City on Saturday. He got a whole round of applause. That is my Daddy! Never giving up on Christ, I love Him so so much!!!!! I hope he lives until God comes back. That is what I hope! :) So, yes. That is that.

Tonight, Luanna and Kayla (a girl from our Bright Lights group/our cousin) are meeting and talking about our next Bright Lights meeting. Luanna and Kayla are teaching. It will be Luanna's first time, but she will probably do fine! Maybe say a prayer for her? anyway, Mom brought her and I to McDonalds. Luanna is talking with Kayla right now at a table, Mom is talking with Jana, and I am talking to, well, no one! I am sitting by myself at a table typing. Haha. That is fine though. I don't mind!:) After we are done here, Luanna, Mom and I are going to the Mall across the street and going to Bath and Body Works. Luanna and I have been wanting to go for a while. :)

Election Day is tomorrow! If you are reading this and are old enough, PLEASE GO VOTE! It is important. I hope you vote for the right person. Don't let me change your desicion or anything, but GO ROMNEY!!!!!!! :) I hope you vote for him...but, If you feel that you should vote for Obama, then do as you wish. But, once again, GO ROMNEY!!!!!!!!!

Well, gonna go for now!
Esther J.

a little update on life!:)

hey guys, so I haven't posted for a little while...that always happens...:P

So, this coming Saturday, we are having my 12th birthday party. you may know that my birthday is in December, but we always have it in October because December is a very busy month. :)

Thursday Luanna and I went with Dad to St. Louis. He had to have a treatment...
Now he is feeling yucky from that treatment...this coming Friday he has an appointment with a doctor. Dad is going to have his biggest tumors surgically removed soon. He wanted to have my birthday party before the surgery because he didn't know how he would feel after it...he is so sweet!:)

I saw this sign yesterday at Hobby Lobby  (love that store) that said: I found my prince charming. I call him Daddy. Love it! They also have these giant colored pencils...love those too!

Well, I am going to go for now...Dad's computer is about to die..haha.

Forever,
Esther J. :)

hey guys:) so our company just left today...Lu is somewhat sad. we had a good time with them. see, they live in PA and so we don't see them very often..but we love those Russels to pieces!! karson warmed up to Uncle Joe aka "Splosive". LOL! Kerri is 11 and someone that I can hang out with. Erica and her are definitely the cousins that I am closest to. :)) anyway....! GUESS WHAT? OMW! I ordered 4 Zebra Print cases from Amazon for my iPod! I am so excited about them. Do you guys want a pic? Let me get the pic off amazon, crop it and put it in this post. Hold on. Sit tight. Don't move. (btw, I am on the iPad) Urghh! I can't do it from the iPad..it won't let me upload a pic to this post. Well, I will have to get the picture for you guys when I am on a computer..anyway,how's life? Life's pretty good for us...comment and let me know if anything exciting is happening in your life..like new cases!! LOL:) :) :) :) Forever and Always, Esther J.

St. Louis:)

Hey guys!:) So today Lu, Dad, and I all flew from Gardner to St. Louis in a little airplane. Dad had to come over here to get some blood drawn, see the doctor, and get his chemo treatment. Then we are flying back. Scott Perry is our pilot for today....:) WELL, things got majorly backed up here at the hospital. The Dr. was running behind, and today IS the day after a holiday. Well, Dad was supposed to see the doctor at 11:00, and start  treatment and 12:00. He didn't see the doctor until after 12:00, and he got started on his treatment maybe like 30 minutes ago?! WOW! It is almost 3:00 people! Well, we are going to get home a little later then expected...right now Dad is laying on a bed, getting some fluids and stuff put into him. He is actually sleeping right now. Lu and I might go walk around here soon. Dad hasn't even started the actually chemo stuff yet I guess...we will be here for a while. Well, that's okay. There is a reason for everything...maybe God made everything get backed up here because if we would have left St. Louis earlier then maybe we would have been in a plane crash. :DD Well, I guess I am going to go for now!

Forever,
Esther J. <3

Garage saling, ect.

Hey, guys! I haven't posted for a long while!:) Today was the city wide garage sale. McKenzie, Mom, Julie, Lu, and our friend LeeAnne went and did some garage sailing!:) it was fun. We went to this one that was really good. I got this cute little purse, and a manicure set! Both of those things for 6 dollars. You gotta love garage sales! At a different one, I got a $5.00 Abercrombie sweatshirt.:) McKenzie got a little purse, (matching to mine except purple. mine is pink.) and a coffee cup for her Mom. We had fun. It was pretty hot out there, but we had fun. How has everything been going in your lives? Comment and let me know!:)

Always,
Esther