Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Yipeee Im ONE!








Thomas turned one on the fourteenth and is now turning blue. He is such a little guy at 27 inches long and only 19 pounds. (Same weight as Jenny when she was that age) Yes mom and dad have been divulging all your childhood stories, heheehe Just kidding. Your Christmas letters are coming.


Monday, December 15, 2008

I know, I know it is a Christmas miracle Jenny, everyone's favorite, is actually posting on the family blog. SO how in the heck are you all? Okay, enough of the formalities let's get down to "bizness":)

Jeff;
Thanks so much for taking Zach with you to Oregon you are awesome. I sent you a box with the boys presents in it on last Friday. I am sending you a envelope with something for you and Holly....hmmm wonder what would be in an envelope? Also, I wrote you a very nice e-mail awhile ago telling you how awesome you are but you never wrote back just want to make sure you got it and I did not accidentally send it to Patrick Dempsey, my other brother :)

David;
Your awesome brother note is coming when you least expect it :)

Becky;
I have check for you.... I mean, it's in the mail :) I left you a message on your phone.

Mom and Dad;
Did you get a package from Amazon? Yes, I sent mom and dad their present already...have you?

Okay, that is all of my "bizness" and I finished just in time Natalie just woke up and it is a happy Monday morning. I think I could learn to love this family blog thing. Think of all the harrassing I could do. You may already regret the day I discovered this fun :)

I love you all.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Zach Baird with Mom and Dad
Planning their mischief.
"I never do anything wrong"
The candy thief.
My two Hispanic friends and employees. Adrian and Francisco with Dad.

Our trip to Oregon for Thanksday





Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Hirschi News

THE HIRSCHI NEWS
Right now its snowing.The news says that it supposed to snow ten inches!
We got our Christmas Tree on Saturday! We are decorating it tonight!
I almost forgot HAPPY THANKSGIVING! School is going well also...






love martha

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Best Buds

They love each other, that is why Lindsay makes Benjamin cry by teasing him, and that is why Benjamin hits Lindsay. Then we all say sorry and hug.

Thomas the mariner




Monday, November 10, 2008

So we went to the pumpkin patch with some friends... Max loved it-there were little bikes to ride on, animals to pet and a fun corn maze.
Julia and Emily had fun with their friend Connor...


...and Miah was a grump. So we made him suffer as much as possible, looked at the way overpriced pumpkins, got in the car and went home. The next week we went to Wal-Mart and got our pumpkins for $3 each. Sad, but true.:)

Here's Julia and Max after church yesterday. Max thinks my old broken camera is pretty cool, so when Bernd wanted to take his picture, he went and got "his" camera too.



I really did not get into Halloween costumes this year like I usually do. Maybe it was because I had children who were asking to be things like "mercenaries" and "sword masters". So the night before Halloween, Emily and I made the Roman costume out of cardboard and a piece of red fabric I had laying around. For Jeremiah, Halloween is raiding other peoples' treat bags. Kate is never happy about her costume, as you can see in this picture. Julia decided to be a hobo at the last minute, and Max just knows that he IS Superman.




Tuesday, November 4, 2008

True


Dang


Kiss your babies and hide your guns!

birthday and halloween photos




He loves to carry around his birthday card from G&G Ord.

Photos


Phoenix's first birthday.


Haloween Pics




Sorry we have been off the map for a while but here is a couple of halloween pics. We hope everyone is doing good!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Christmas 2008

Christmas is just around the corner! Here are the family Christmas list assignments:

Jenny - Jeff

Becky - Jenny

Sarah - Becky

Rachel - David

Jeff - Sarah

David - Rachel

Happy Shopping and Crafting:)

Monday, October 20, 2008

Just So You Are Not Shocked

I have a spare tire. Just wanted to let you all know so that you are not gawking at me when you arrive this week. Just pretend that I'm glamorous if you know what's good for you. Lest you all think I am a lazy, good-for-nothing slob who has let herself go - I would like you all to try working full time, going to school, being cub-master (the bane of my existence) and being a mom. Yeah - that's right - you just try and find time to exercise and look sexy.
Other that that little minor sidenote - I am looking forward to a FUN visit!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Hey Every Body


HEY HERE IS A PICTURE!!BY THE WAY GET POSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Harvest Time!





Hi Everyone! My photos are not rotated so sorry about making you crane your neck. I'll add more in a bit when I get some current ones of the barn. The tomatoes are from the garden, sunflowers too, and a shot of me showing a horse for the first time!

It is fall here in Michigan and we are in the middle of harvest and preparing for the winter. I love the colors and crisp cool air. Our garden has produced TONS this year and we just pulled out all of our pumpkins. We have a lot of decorative gourds too - they grew up the fence, on the sunflowers, in the corn... I've been canning beets, tomatoes, and am hoping to can pie pumpkins and potatoes this week. On top of that is the daunting task of pulling out all the old veggies and preparing the garden to winter over. Wish us luck in all our farming tasks!

David left for a 22 day trip to Asia a few days ago and we have been mourning his absence. He wishes he could be here because he has been building a barn for our animals and it isn't quite finished yet. I am painting the barn a gorgeous red color and it looks great against the fall colors. I end up spending more time admiring it than I do painting:)

All the animals are doing well and we must report that one of our hens is actually a rooster! We had been wondering about his masculine traits and then when he did his first feeble crow we didn't wonder any more. (do roosters go through puberty? because his crow sounded like a thirteen year old boy whose voice is changing)

Friday, September 26, 2008