Home Alone

Dear Diary,
Things have been pretty easy going over here. Nothing new, same old school work to be done everyday, the animals are doing fine, and the house is still coming together.
"So what do I write on?" I ask my self, and the best thing I could come up with today is my adventures of being home alone. I am left home by my self a lot lately, since Cheyenne, and Shae are in School, and Malia is at work, and sierra? well.. she is always doing something (library, car ride with mom, friends house) my dad is at work and my mom is always running errands. So what do I do, since no one is watching? well pull out the chocolate chips, and blast the Disney music of course! And if I am really in a weird mood then I play with "Photo Booth."
Like every kid when they find out they don't have a parent breathing down there neck, they do things they know they are not allowed to do.

My Mum's house rules:
-Do not eat chocolate chips
-Do not eat Frozen orange juice
-Do not turn heat on above 10 during the day
-do not watch movies during the day

I could go on and on but these are the main ones that I break when no one is watching.
This is probably as rebellious as I get! but I enjoy having alone time to snuggle with my dog and sing along to Disney's "Tangled" music, and occasionally jump up and dance to Disney's "beauty and the Beast" music too.
Now that you know my secret... Don't tell my mum!
Have a good day!
-Teesh

Shae's Photoshoot

I did a Photo shoot with Shae and this was the result!

Taken place on my farm.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Have you ever wondered
What you would do
If the mother that’s your mother
Had never had you?

You might have been born
To a big Kangaroo
Down in Australia
Or out at the zoo
Or perhaps a hippo
Would’ve given birth to you
Way down in Africa
Really, what would you do?

And what if your mother
Had been a Klifter
The kind that stands skulking
On top of Mount Jister
And what if, while skulking,
(Which is what all Klifters do)
She didn’t care what you might do?

So she wouldn’t notice as you
Climbed the Gigantalim tree
The only plant on top of Jister
As far as you can see

But as you were up there
The big tree trunk could bend down
And as you were up there
Looking around
A giant feathered-Sift bird
Could land on your shoulder
Mistaking you for part of the arbor

And as everyone knows
The feather-Sift bird
Is a thousand times heavier
Than the average bird
So when you would move
Startled, away,
The silly Sift bird would fall off
In disarray

But the Gigantalim tree,
Bent down to the ground
Would fling you way up
And if you made a sound

You might call to mother Klifter
“Help me please!”
But that would only get carried off
In the high mountain breeze

And then you’d start falling
But Mount Jister’s so high
You’d fall upwards!
Up past the sky!

So you’d fall on upwards
Higher and higher
Till you passed the stars
And the tiny star-lighters

Then where would you be?
And what would you do?
What would you do
If your mother hadn’t had you?

So thank your lucky stars
You were lucky to be
So lucky to be born to
The mother you see
Sitting there smiling
(She’s lucky too.
She knows that she’s lucky to have
Had lucky you!)

So give her a kiss
And give her a hug
And tell her you love her
(You lucky bug!)

Because I know I wouldn’t be
Happy here today
If I didn’t have my mother
To set me on my way

Love you mom
For forever, and a day.

clap your hands!

Dear Diary,
I had a great night with all my friends, and family at a farewell party for Coralyn, but there was surprisingly sour air on our trip back home.Sierra got offended way to easily, Cheyenne would make mean remarks, Malia would get into each others business ,me, Shae, and occasionally Cheyenne would stick up for the few people in the van that were being criticized by the others, Mom would be getting frustrated at Dad's driving, and dad would casually take the criticism quietly. All that in one mini van just put us all in an awkward silence. but to all of our relief Shae came to the rescue and broke the silence saying "lets sing a song". that didn't exactly put any of us into a good mood but it made my mom chirp up and sing "if your happy and you know it clap your hands!"
Think about it! if your in a grumpy mood a old dumb primary song isn't going to brighten your heart, but for some reason one by one, me and my sisters would make a little giggle Shae started with a clap and sang along, then dad would sing along but not clap so to keep us safe from a car accident. and then me without meaning to, slipped out a little giggle that resulted in a clap too. After I started in singing Cheyenne started up and then Malia started, by the next verses we all started clapping, stomping, and making our "hooray!"'s, But strangely enough Sierra still had her hands cupped at her face in frustration until we noticed that her shoulders were moving in the way of laughter and then she started laughing and singing along as well. by the end of the fourth verse my mom asked if we were all happy yet. and we all yelled "yes!" except sierra who said "no" in a jokingly, sarcastic way.
I am extremely happy for the gift of music,family, and primary cause if it wasn't for those 3 things I would never have learned from that experience. How we should all be a peace maker at those times of contention and frustration all it takes is a silly little primary song.

-Tanisha

Old McDonald had a farm.... Ee Ii Ee Ii OO!!

Dear Diary,
Well just so you know... WE MOVED!! I am now living in Brentwood, on a little farm in a littler house. Since we moved in I have been having so much fun! like hauling wood, driving a lawn mower, herding goats, watching baby chicks hatch!! what a perfect time to move on a beautiful farm! SPRING! Since moving in I have gone through a faze like extremely enjoying the farm life! building chicken coops and all. I have been getting super great idea's! like building new fences and painting them white all cute like, buying myself a goose for a pet!, building a new duck hutch for the pond and the ducks of course. its pretty exciting! this place is really coming together!


Easter came and went in such a fashion that I was left jumping up and down in glee! the lessons in Church have been extraordinary, and the egg hunt on Monday was hilarious! (I ended up being thrown in the Duck pond) there was three teams and Cheyenne, Malia, and I all planned out the treasure hunts to find the basket full of chocolate and candies. We had the Andersons and Schafers come and join us on our Easter evening.

Well until next time!!
Tanisha

Stripes

Dear Diary,
GUESS WHAT!? our duck just had 10 adorable ducklings! they are so cute! remind me to put a picture up for you to see how cute they are! our first sign of spring!

Well during these last couple of weeks my days change with out me planning on them to do so. this morning I woke up with my Dad telling me to get my resume together and get ready to go because my Nana was going to take me and my sisters for job hunting. Job hunting is I have discovered way harder then any other hunting by the way. Like hunting deer would be easy cause there is deer all over the place! but here in Vic people are stubborn and make it harder to get a job. Anyway! so then I find myself in the car with my Nana and my cousin/sister Shae. and by the end of that 2 hours Shae did awesome! but by the time I was done... I had no such luck. I took my resume to a multiple of places but turns out they don't hire 14 year old's just 15 and up. after that I gave up and stopped going from store to store. I was pretty discouraged. so I will just have to see what happens! if nothing then I am not going to EFY this year.

on that sour note...
Another part of amazing news is that tomorrow (Tuesday) we, as in the all the Home schoolers are going to Utah for a TGED conference! (Thomas Jefferson Education) and after the conference there will be a family ball! and we will also be staying in a hotel! could this be a dream? hope not!

So yes that's my stripes! I have good things that happen all the time! but there is always something bad that follows after words. Luckily another good thing comes back up! And so on and so forth.

Tanisha

Uganda Africa service project.

Dear Diary,
HELLO! so I don't know if you know... but I am in a group of girls that have been raising money, clothes, and school supplies for the girls, boys and adults in Uganda Africa. pretty cool huh?
so the people in this group is me, Elsie Orrego, Emma Holmes, Savannah Holmes, Jenaya Thomson, Rachel Sacket, Ellen Watters, and Megan Watters.

So the last project that came up for us was just that- collect girls and boys clothes for the girls and boys in Uganda! The hard part for the boys was that I live in a family full of girls so I had to ask friends that had extra boy clothes to give away. and the problem with the girls clothes was that girls in Uganda are not allowed to wear pants so we had to only pack pants for them. but in the end I found just the things! and it was so great to know that I am sending the things to the right place.

service projects are always coming around for me! like reading to little kids in the library or packing clothes for Russia for a YW (Young Women's) activity, even making money for from candy bags on Valentines day for Africa's Widows and orphans. because service is what life is all about.

Tanisha