Need Mowing Lessons? Call Monte @ .....

For anyone who doesn't homeschool, this is what it looks like: We call it the Hands On approach.

Gimme a Kiss!

Apparently Malachi has discovered the art of "germ-free kissing", something that is very popular in my family. (Please don't take that seriously!)

Bible Study Baking

Ever wonder what goes on during our Girls' Bible Study?

While Hannah chops-and eats - apples (notice she's wearing two aprons), Miriam peels the tasty fruits and rips apart tortillas for the casserole.

Jenni is expertly smoothing some liquid gouache (just kidding, that is watercolor paint, but it sounds like a food substance) in cassarole pan and Kaila is chopping chicken.
I'm the supervisor, of course.

We don't actually cook most of the time, we usually stew over God's Word, but a few weeks ago we "baked our cherry pies" as a ministry to a friend in need.

Cuddly in a Combover?

You're about to witness the only combover you're ever been able to stomach...

Note: If you have a combover, please do not take offence--there are only so many perfect heads in the world, the rest are covered with hair!



And there you have it! Just like magic? We think so.

I Love Legs!

I promise I didn't Photoshop this picture, my eyes really do that! I can barely type this post for laughing, I should be embarrassed of this horrendous photo. If anyone wants to do an oil painting (i.e. Crazed Girl Eats Leg) just let me know and I'll acquit my rights.

Note from the Author: If I ever invite you over for dinner......ACCEPT!

All Work and No Play Makes Maggie A Dull Gal....

Malachi is lucky to have such willing playmates. Of course, who wouldn't want to play with a chubby baby wearing potato head glasses?
Would you say no?

Oh, for the love of foosball!

Our Foosball table gets really romantic around Feb 14. The players pretty much wear their hearts on their sleeves.

Oops! It wasn't such a great Valentine's Day for this Foosball Player. We have yet to learn his story.

Rules Are Rules, After All....

Laughing…..”Oh Mark!”

I was staring at the timer I held in my palm, having just discovered that Mark’s 10 minutes of computer playing time had turned into 30 minutes. He’d been so careful and obedient to bring me a timer and set it himself before petitioning for the coveted playing time. Too bad I hadn’t noticed that the back panel of the timer was missing and nary a battery was in place. His ten minutes had turned into a limitless coupon of no expiration date.

“I didn’t know, Maggie,” Mark defended, chuckling along with me when his accidental good plan was discovered.

“Well, whatever, your time is up anyway,” I conceded, “what were you playing?”
As the younger brother launched into a detailed play-by-play, Miriam mumbled that it was about time, and that she was off to take her allotted time on the computer. Apparently second-hand computer adventures were as interesting to her as ABC gum is for someone who just got dentures. Leaving the others to chew on Mark’s memory, she yelled on her way out, “Hey Mark, what is your sewer name?”

“Sewer name?” I questioned, “What in the world is that?”

Madalyne laughed, “That’s how Mark spelled ‘user name’”.

“That’s what Monte told me!” Mark defended, “S-E-U-somthin’-somthin’”.

The "Funnest" Potato Heads Ever!

So Malachi isn't the only one who plays with toys around here...

This is a typical Saturday afternoon at the Kercher household.

Grow A Boyfriend?

Boyfriend in a Box-


Instructions:

1) Place boyfriend in room temperature water.

2) Your boyfriend will begin to grow within 2 hours and reach full growth within 72 hours. (no kissing required!) He will slowly shrink to smaller size when removed from water.

3)Your boyfriend can be grown over and over again.

Instucciónes en español:

1) Ponga al novio en la agua.
2) El novio empezará a crecer entre dos horas. Despues de 72 horas, va a llegar a su tamaño mas grande. (Y no hay que besarlo!) Afuera de la agua, el novio va a volver a su tamaño chiquito.
3) El novio se puede crecer otra vez y otra vez....hasta el fin del mundo!

Compliments of Bethany. She knows how to pick them out, let me tell you!

Family Camp?

Could you all breathe a sigh of relief with me (in empathy) that we actually succeded in getting 6 Kercher M&M's to wear matching shirts, look at the camera, smile, and be in the same place, ALL AT THE SAME TIME? Here we go...1...2...3 "sigh"!

These shirts say The Berean Call. Dad brought them home to us from the last board meeting he just attended. The name of this organization comes from Acts 17:11:

"These [Bereans] were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so."

The Berean Call is dedicated to turning people back to the Bible to search for truth and answers. We recommend being on their mailing list! (the link above takes you to their website.)

Valentines Day at PCC

I know, you're asking, "Is this a college art class?" I'm as shocked and sorely embarrassed as you are, but yes, this was my homework this week. The instructor said, "Just make a valentine. You can use anything you want, even a dark and sad valentine would be okay. There's no rules." All I have to say is this:

Steer Clear of ART 116, they're crazy!

A boy of many faces....

He does smile, just not for pictures very often. Usually he attacks the camera, yelling, "Beebee, Beebee" (that's how he says Malachi), because someone showed him the magic of digital cameras....He's quite vain. He's sat in front of my computer for 15 minutes before just watching video clips of himself.
He's quite the ham, though. He laughs on cue now, all we have to say is "Malachi, laugh!" and we are rewarded with possibly the cheeziest fake laugh you will ever hear. It is so cute. He loves animals, and knows many of their sounds. He was in the car with me for about half an hour the other day and I had to sing Old McDonald Had a Farm the whole time. Everytime I stopped he would reprimand me with a, "Ac-ggie!!!" It is a good thing he's so cute. I wouldn't have done that for anyone else.

Malachi is enjoying his Sunday brunch.

He's quite an extraordinary child. Green beans are his all time favorite food. He nearly goes bizerk when we pull them out of the fridge. He's been known to eat 3 bowls of them at a time.

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Slumber Party in Heaven

Mark, Madalyne and I took a quick overnighter to Heaven....

(aka - Maggie's bedroom doused in white sheets and tulle clouds) I'm pretty sure this is what the Streets of Gold look like...beside the Crystal Sea, of course. If you look closely you can see we included the table of the Wedding Supper. (cookies, reeses, capri suns..)

The Three Little Angels.....

Camden & Sis

This is Camden, my neice.

And this is her sister.

They just keep getting cuter. We are so stoked that Mollie is having another baby, she's due in July. And I, of course, will be yet more firmly established in my "aunthood".

Switching My Major

Just kidding, I'm not really thinking about majoring in drawing. I just thought I share my feeble attempts with the world if anyone is wanting some sweet drawings of lamps and things for a good price... LIKE FREE???? Here's the story: Two good friends just moved into an apartment together and had nothing to put on the walls. And since I just finished a drawing class last term at PCC, I had a few spare homework assignments. I have more! Don't let your walls be like Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard....there are bones to be had - or in this case, drawings. :)

It's a Beaut!!!!!!!!

We finally got the plane painted! It is beautiful....(as airplanes go, anyway)

Here's the picture you've all been waiting for--Gas Masks!!! You can just call us the Darth Kerchers.