All Things Anne

It’s been a standing joke, though (somewhat) true, among our family and relatives that we exist on beans and rice. This impression is given for two reasons:
1. This past year we were afraid we wouldn’t have enough meat, so we went easy on that.
2. You know what Dave Ramsey says; beans and rice! It’s cheap!
It’s [...]

We’ve learned, from experience, that you better watch out if you have your little siblings wrap a gift for you. The reason being, they might write embarrassing, funny things on your gifts. For instance, one year, Tess wrapped a gift from Ben to one of the girls, and on it was written: “To (name), from [...]

Beth’s Birthday, December 9th
I forgot to post a post on Beth’s birthday yesterday!! Shame on me! Well, yesterday Beth turned all of 14. She’s really becoming quite the young lady, too! Here’s some pics!
Pictures
There’s a few pictures here of Eric’s birthday, too.

First a picture of Beth with the deer she got this year!

Beth and the [...]

Tonight’s the first Messiah sing-along rehearsal for this year! This time, Joe’s going to sing as well! Finally we convinced one of them guys to join us! Beth and Kate sing soprano, Em, Tess, and I sing alto. Joe sings tenor, most likely. I can sing tenor, too. For instance, my favorite recitative [...]