White Christmas Themed DIY Decorations

Every year we like to decorate our room for Christmas. This year, we've been quite busy so we decided to go really simple. And even though we made most of the decorations this year, it was really easy.

Perrywinkle

Hello!
Let me introduce you to our new friend and pet. ;)

Friends From Montana

Hello all!
I hope you are having a beautiful day!
I can't believe how fast time has flown. We've been pretty busy and have had some exciting things recently. More on that soon. ;) Anyways, I thought it's about time I showed you some pictures from when our friends from Montana were here. :)

MK Spirit Week Followup

Hello Y'all!

I'm going to share some of our pictures that we took for MK Spirit Week back in March. It was a lot of fun and we can't wait for it next year. And it was really neat seeing other MKs' answers and pictures. If you want to see all of what we did and what the other missionary kids did you can click on the links below.
Monday: Sports Day

MK Spirit Week with Baptist Missionary Women

Howdy, my friends! :)

Guess what? It's MK spirit week. This is a week long 'event' that is organized and held by the Baptist Missionary Women blog for the missionary kids around the world. It's actually our first time to participate, and we have all been forming ideas on what to do and discussing our plans. 

Victoria's Trip To Korea

Hello, everybody!

I made up this video of my time in Korea back in December, but am finally getting it up! :) 

What We Made: Our Picnic Sewing Projects

Hello!

As Victoria promised, here is another post! :D

It wasn't until us girls were putting away our summer clothes and getting out our winter clothes that we remembered that we had promised to post about our summer picnic sewing projects. So, we snapped a few pictures and now I'm here to tell you about them. ;) (please excuse the wrinkles)

Pictures Post: Picnics and Fireworks

I can hardly believe how the days have slipped by since our last post on here-- and it's even more awful realizing how long it's been since the last picture post. :( 

But here is a fresh post all about picnics and fireworks and summery things, so even though it's rather short, maybe it will make it up a little. 

Week of Pictures: Chocolate Factory and Volcanic Lake

Howdy!
Hope you all are having a wonderful Father's day with your dad. :)
A couple weeks ago we took a family trip one Friday down to Sapporo where we explored a chocolate factory. It was a lot of fun, especially since the buildings and grounds were so whimsical and old fashioned! :)

Pictures: Spring Sunday Drive

Howdy!

Did you notice the change in the "Pictures" banner up at top? Yep, I thought I had better be truthful about it... because let's face it, the pictures are not getting put up every week, lol!
I already have pictures on my computer and on my camera for the next two picture posts, which is a good reminder to get this one up! 

Week of Pictures Six-- And then Spring Came

Howdy! I'm here with my long overdo week of pictures. :) 

I'm feeling pretty excited with summer coming on! We actually broke records here in Shibetsu for hottest April-- it got to 77F here this week, which is crazy! Our summers are always mild compared to many places, so it came as a surprise to us all. :P 

Week of Pictures, Five-- Us and Life

Hi! How are you all doing? Sorry it has taken so long to get another installment of these posts up!

Zebulun's Birthday, Daddy's Return, etc

Hello! I hope you are having a beautiful day! :)

First off, I want to thank everybody who wished me a happy birthday. It made me really happy and was very special. Thank you! :)

Last Sunday was Zebulun's birthday. He could not wait to open his presents. :D Victoria made him a vanilla cake.

Month full of Birthdays

You may know by now that our family has three birthdays in March-- Abigail's was on the 6th, Malachi's the 17th, and tomorrow, the 22nd, is Zebulun's. 

As for me, I'm having a blast, because it means I get to make three cakes almost all at once! :) I really enjoy making cakes so it's a lot of fun for me! :) 

Week of Pictures, Four: Tea parties, Coziness, and Comfort Foods

I don't have very many pictures this time, I'm afraid, but there are some. :) They're also not the best... many taken with an ipad, lots of strange slants etc. But at least I'm still taking pictures, right! :) 

New Simply Sisters Photos!

 Howdy, everybody!

This post has taken us a while to write! We wanted to get new pictures for the blog since last fall, but.... let's just say it never happened. :P We finally went out and took some pictures in the woods next to our house last Sunday, ending up with both of our cameras dying on us-- (Read: we forgot to make sure the batteries were charged enough...on both!) 

Then I was having one technical difficulty after another trying to get them uploaded, and then downloaded, and then edited (Abigail's camera took them all on a blue filter, yikes! lol) ... don't ask me why I've been running into little quirks lately, because my things normally work really well. I guess it's just "When it rains, it pours" isn't it? 

Finally, I beat modern technology into submission... ha-ha! Ah, that was a good feeling when I found ways around every single one of the problems! So even though it's not like it's that important of a post, I'm thrilled to finally write this one up. :) 

Week of Pictures, 3

Howdy, you all! Sorry it took me so long to get this up! First it was my computer acting up, then my camera decided to be a bit cranky and not load onto my computer. Sometimes, I wish everything wasn't so technological, but then after pondering that a minute or so, I change my mind. I am thankful for technology and how we can use it to keep in touch with friends, and (hopefully) be a blessing to others, through blogs, emails, etc! 

A Bibliophage's Mugs

Howdy, friends!

I thought I would show you today some mugs I did last week. 

Let's look in the cupboard. There's my mugs! Or actually, some of them. I have two more you can't really see, behind these three. 

Week of Pictures, 2

Well, a bit more than a week, I'm afraid, lol! So I have a bunch of pictures to show you. :)

Days of January, Abigail style :)

Konnichiwa!
I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday and beautiful one as well. :) The sun is starting to stay out a little longer now....



A couple mornings ago, it was all misty outside and looked quite cold. So, I opened up the window to snap a few pictures.