Tonight. . .

the collective family prayers are with Dave as he begins work tomorrow and looks for God's fingerprints on the Slaughter future. We pray that the seeds of hope are watered and will soon give evidence that they are growing God's answers. . .

~~the Matriarch

me with my feet on the ground, you in midair

So last night, CJ went to the circus. I know this might come as a shock to those of you who have been following her leaking progress and know the pain she's been in for a month now. But she wanted to go to the circus. Of course, no one would go with her, which upset her greatly. And then when she got there, she discovered that the elephants were in wrong tent, there was no rabbit in a hat, and it wasn't as fun as she had imagined it might be. It was sad and funny at the same time, to see her so emotional about a circus. To clue you in now, she was on drugs. She had taken an Ambien for her sleeplessness and evidently had an interesting reaction (shut up Dirk) that caused sleep talking, walking and some excitability. Nate, Beth and I had a good laugh for a while. Beth and I weren't laughing anymore when we had to keep getting out of bed to put CJ back in her bed so she wouldn't hurt herself in her stupor. When CJ finally did calm down, she was out like a light until 9 am. Surprise, surprise. Beth and I need drugs now.

--Kristen

I asked for the truth, every time

Sorry, with all the silliness that has been posted recently, I thought I'd infuse a bit of intellectually stimulating content back into our blog, since we are all very intellectual people. I've had this nagging question bugging me for years, and can't seem to land on the Scripturally correct answer, so can someone help me out? I just want to know...did it rain before the Flood????

aMAIZEing!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so last saturday night we went to the Corn Maize w/ the drama group and it was sooooooo much fun!!!!!!!!!! first we did Phase 1 while it was light, then we did stuff like the hayride, wheelbarrow races, and the barrel train until it got dark and then we did phase 2 in the dark.....but while we did the barrel train we got really mad at our friend P.T. who works there because when we were in line he said that he wasn't driving the train...so we're all packed in the barrels like sardines, and all of the sudden the girl who was supposed to drive it races back and P.T. jumps on the tractor and takes us out! it was so not cool. but the hayride was really fun...there was a guy on it w/ a guitar and he played Lean on Me just for us! and Matt Orth and I won the wheelbarrow races:-) and then Beth, my friend Amber, and I dragged P.T. into phase 2 with us because he knows it like the back of his hand, it was really funny.
I don't know if this picture is counted as contraband(sp?) but I'm trying to make a point. We all need to take a family field trip and go to the maize!!!!! who agrees with me?
ok this is a long post so I'll stop now.
Layta.
~~Shelley~~

how does it feel...

so this is a terrible picture of me, but hey! i'm leaking! i'll worry about taking good pictures later. theses are some furry pajamas that lyric sent me. they're nice and warm and made especially for leakers like me. so, in case i die in the hospital tomorrow, here's one last picture of me for you to look at. happy.

On Wildfire we're gonna ride, gonna leave sodbustin' behind...

I got to see my Papa this weekend - it was great! He fed me sweet potatoes at Outback and let me chew on the table too. We didn't have time to get a blizzard from Dairy Queen, but I'm still holding out for one when I go see him for Thanksgiving. I love you Papa!

The sound of silence

This is our Warren (known to some as Wes) and is a constant source of amusement for us. Here is an example of why. This conversation took place between Warren and Mommy (Kristen) outside on the porch swing:
Warren: Mom, if I talk in my mind, you can't hear me.
Kristen: Really? Wow, that's cool.
W: Want to see what it looks like?
K: Yeah, show me please.
W: (after looking seriously in K's direction pensively) There, I did it, that's what it looks like.
K: Cool! What did you say?
W: I couldn't hear, it was too quiet.

We are so proud of him. I think all that breath-holding passing out when he was a baby might have not helped his chances to become a Rhodes scholar.

--Kristen

Take note:

there's a new word in the famvocab, so copy and paste into your dictionaries so that I don't have to go spelling or defining it for you.

Main entry: blogworthy: blog'-wor-thy
Pronunciation: blog-w&r-[th]e
Function: adjective
: worthy of or attracting sufficient attention for inclusion in the family blog or lesser blogs because of some special quality. ex.: Shelley just said something blogworthy!
- blog-wor-thi-ly /-[th]&-le/ adverb
- blog-wor-thi-ness /-[th]e-n&s/ noun

~~The Matriarch

where'd you get that dress? where'd you learn to walk like that?

this is was originally my dress. i don't know what carrie was thinking, just taking it from me without even asking. gosh! okay, so, it's been worn by me, beth (formerly known as bethany), shelley, molly, abby, carrie, and erin will be wearing it, whether she likes it or not, in a month or two. carrie probably looks the best in the dress (after me, of course). so, there you go.

Você fala o português?

For all you portuguese speakers out there...

Família Grandstand

Dad will tell us if its translated correctly.

You are my only one

My Dok is home with Granny! I can't wait to go see her. I miss her lots. Shane made my favourite picture of Dok and me even prettier. Thank you, Shane!
Dok, tell me when I can come get in Granny's bed with you. We can drink Peppa and sing Dora songs! Kisses and Big Hugs. Love, Abby

There is a hole without you here

We miss our Dok! We love her the best! Please get better and come home soon. Our parents don't ever give us Dr. Pepper! Love, John Caleb, Jonathan, Timothy, David, Molly, Joshua, Warren, Isaac, Henry, Abigail, Carrie, and Samuel.