iMacPerson Now

Well, last time I was on here Dad's computer was about to crash and we couldn't put anymore pictures on there until we got an external hard drive. (Circuit City was is going out of business, so we took advantage of that).
I didn't want to say any thing about me considering a Macbook though because I wasn't sure if I was going to end up getting one, but the Lord provided the means to get one. So anyway, here's a picture of my new toy (on which I'm still trying to get used to!) :)

Yes, I'm still here

Well, many of you at this point are probably like:"Why hasn't Josiah Posted yet!". I assure you that I really would like to, but at the moment our computer's hard drive is so filled up that I'm afraid if we put any new pictures on, it will crash or something. I guess it's time to get an external hard drive, (when I can afford one). I hope to be able to be back to posting in about 2-3 weeks if the Lord wills.
So, until next time!

-Josiah

The "Funky Hat Chant"

Okay, so after promising Ashton that I would post a video of some of my siblings and I doing something when we were in a weird mood we finally stumbled into doing this....

TEXAS, Land that I love

Hey y'all! I hail you from the Country of Texas! :) As many of you already know, we had been struggling to make the decision if we should go to Texas to visit family and friends down there. We had pretty much decided we weren't going. You have to think about who's going to take care of the animals and-so-on-and-so-forth. (We had already decided if we were going to go we would leave 12/20/08, which was a Saturday.) Well, Dad comes home from work that Thursday and tells us that we would actually be going Texas! WOW! Only an evening to pack and that would be after work on Friday! As you can guess it was a frantic rush to call some friends and neighbors to take care of the livestock before we went down. Saturday morning came and we took off bright and early all bundled up and looked like fat little sausages. Our goal was to make it across the Oklahoma state line into TX. and get a hotel. MO. and OK. came and went, finally TX! a daunting 12 hr. trip.
Right around that time we get a call from our Uncle Carlos asking where we were because he had just heard we were coming down. We told him where we were and he said "Your only 5 hrs. away, why don't you come down and stay at our place!" Dad asked mom how her back was feeling and suprisingly it was doing pretty well, so 5 hrs. later we arived to a temperature of 65. (A bit chilly, but like spring weather in Il, so still enjoyable.) My uncle and I talked horses, (roping, cutting, and other rodeo-like sports performed with horses), while mom talked to Aunt Leti and the girls talked to our cousin Sarah.
Next morning after breakfast we went out to check out some Quarterhorses my uncle and I wanted to take a look at and in the evening we left for Robstown (which is close to Corpus Christi)where our friends the Martinez' live. We spent time just catching up and played a few games (one of them was ping-pong of course). Monday we did the same thing and Teusday we left for Brownsville, which is at the Southernmost tip of Texas. This is where my grandparents live and some other realatives. We spent weekdays down in Brownsville and weekends up in Robstown.
While down here we went to the beach once with my Aunt Martha and Uncle Dave on South Padre Island, and to North Shore Beach of Corpus Christi the second time, which is where the USS Lexinton aircraft carrier (from WWII)and is permenantly docked there and is now a museum. We played on the NS beach with the Martinez'. Volleyball and Ultimate Frisbee(which was a blast). The weather has usually been about 70 degrees and gets up to about 80 in the afternoon-evening (once the sun has burned off the clouds).
Currently, I'm sitting here at my Uncle Dave's house typing away and am being called off to breakfast so I'd better go. Taquitos are calling!
I just want to reassure everone in Il., that I do miss them and today Lord willing we will start to make our ascent to Illinois.

-Josiah David

Pepperoni, Li'l Priss, and I In The Snow

Went outside today to take a few pics of the cats in the snow. They were cold and all Pepperoni wanted to do was be close to me! He started climbing up my leg and when I started to hold him he just started to walk all over me. Li'l Priss being herself was off doing her own thing and wasn't too happy about anything except when we brought them into the warm house.... Only then will she be happy. I plan on adding pics of Zest sometime soon when I get the chance.

Garrison Sanford's Going Away-Graduation Party

From Gar's Going Away Party

From Gar's Going Away Party

From Gar's Going Away Party

Saturday night we celebrated Garr's graduation, and being accepted into the United States Marine Corps. It consisted of Mr. Sanford telling us about how he was blessed to have a son like Garrison, and the men of the church giving Garr a charge and prayed for him. Afterwards it was a time of food, fun, dancing, pictures and goodbyes. We look forward to seeing him once he gets back from bootcamp (when he's home for ten days). It's really a mixed feelings situation, I'm so happy that he got the job he had been wanting, but of course sad that a "big brother" is away for so long. It's so cool that he is going to be graduating so close to his birthday! God clearly has shown that this is what He wants Garrison to do and we are all proud to call him our friend.

-Josiah

Six Things I've Learned This Month

Ok, so I haven't posted in awhile, so I thought to myself, "Josiah, you have to post something!!!.....but what? " So then I remembered I was tagged, so now I have something to post about! BOOYAH! Okay, I need to list 6 things I've learned in the last month, and tag six other people (which I think I'll skip because this survey-like thing is like really old, and everyone who I would tag has probably been tagged ages ago.... Okay, so here I go:

1. Same as Robert, I too learned how to play an X-box 360 (thanks Garrette!)

2. How to ice-skate better. Tip, skate with either side of the blade, but never with the middle. Also, it is not about lifting one foot and sliding it forward, it's all about pushing your feet outwards, this especially comes in handy when making turns, if you're turning left, you almost have to lean to the left and kind of push out to the right, with practice you can go really fast! :)

3. Do reminders count? In family devotions... Never ask God for justice, because he may just give it you you!

4. I really need to practice playing piano in front of large groups of people. (Had a piano recital this week and made a few subtile mistakes, and even before I started my heart started beating twice as fast!)

5. Did you know you lose about 7,000 nurons a day, and they never, ever can be replaced! good thing you have about 1x10 to the 11th power neurons! (I'm not quite sure how to type that out), but anyway, the amount you lose hardly makes a dent in your neuron count.

* This is under normal circumstances, but if you drink alcohol excessivly or use drugs the number of neurons you lose goes WAY up.

6. How to put in a trench. *sigh of relief!*

Okay, that's it, and if I've been tagged for something else let me know!