Tuesday, May 08, 2007

THESE ARE A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS

13 year old A's favorite things:



  1. The rock band HAWK NELSON
  2. Books (especially fantasy)
  3. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
  4. LORD OF THE RINGS (movies and books)
  5. Spending time with church friends
  6. Weekends with Cousin Emily
  7. Chick-fil-A's lemonade
  8. The color BLACK (especially to wear)
  9. Christian rock concerts
  10. Praying and spending time with God
  11. Playing the guitar and piano
  12. Getting unexpected phone calls from special people
  13. Roadtrips, especially with friends
  14. Meeting famous people
  15. STAR WARS
  16. Computer time
  17. Clean Avril Lavigne songs
  18. Grapefruit
  19. The Jonas Brothers band
  20. The Pop/Rock band Relient K
  21. Recording artist Krystal Meyers
  22. Colorado and the mountains
  23. Singing and discovering people around me who can sing
  24. Downtime
  25. Busytime
  26. Driving FAST with the windows down and the music BLARING!
  27. Icecream (especially sherberts)
  28. Sonic Reeses Blast!!!
  29. Riding my horse
  30. Blueberry bagels
  31. Writing songs and stories
  32. Stuffed crust pizza
  33. HANGMAN'S CURSE
  34. When Seth plays "I will dance, I will sing"
  35. CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

11 year old B's favorite things:

  1. Drawing
  2. Reading
  3. Writing stories
  4. Peter Pan
  5. Writing poems
  6. Nature
  7. Annoying my sisters
  8. The color green
  9. God
  10. Making Meezes
  11. Swimming at the creek
  12. Scouring the internet for "originality"
  13. Clogging
  14. Playing softball
  15. Nancy Rue's LILY and SOPHIE books
  16. Stealing boys' hats
  17. Shakespeare
  18. Beatrix Potter
  19. Lemony Snicket books and movie
  20. Watching acrobats
  21. Driving 4-wheelers
  22. Archery
  23. Hula-Hooping
  24. Riding her bike without using her hands
  25. Watching people double-dutch
  26. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
  27. ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING (the movie)
  28. Talking to Miss Robin
  29. Spiders and their webs
  30. Snakes
  31. Bats
  32. Playing softball
  33. Clogging
  34. The Mellow Mushroom
  35. Chinese buffets
  36. Sonic strawberry lime-ade
  37. Cherry cobbler
  38. Going on trips
  39. The mountains
  40. England
  41. Scotland
  42. Ireland
  43. France
  44. China
  45. Japan
  46. Eclectic decorating
  47. Working on her blog
  48. Playing the piano
  49. Spelling bees
  50. Competition in EVERYTHING
  51. Waterfalls
  52. Rainbows
  53. Contortionists
  54. Keira Knightley
  55. Corbin Bleu
  56. JUMP IN
  57. The Keira Knightly PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
  58. Audrey Hepburn (and WAR AND PEACE starring her)
  59. NOT doing math!!!!!!!
  60. Bees
  61. Roller skating
  62. Ice skating
  63. Sk8tr Boi by Avril Lavigne
  64. Jane Austen
  65. Learning new languages
  66. Uniqueness
  67. Spending time with Mallory, Candace, Caitlin, and Lily
  68. Gaelic
  69. Watching ballets
  70. THE BORROWERS
  71. Art museums
  72. The Mississippi Natural Science Museum
  73. Exploring the woods around our home
  74. Water
  75. Picking blackberries
  76. Neopets
  77. Card games
  78. Decorating her dollhouse
  79. Backgammon
  80. Scrabble
  81. Daydreaming
  82. Looking at the stars
  83. "Being ME"

10 year old D's favorite things:

  1. Playing with his best friend Caleb
  2. Game Boy Advance SP
  3. Reading books
  4. STAR WARS
  5. Playing Star Wars with his brother P
  6. LORD OF THE RINGS (action figures, books, & movies)
  7. ERAGON
  8. Recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman
  9. Mellow Mushroom pizza
  10. Playing the game of LIFE
  11. Sanibel Island
  12. Busch Gardens, Tampa
  13. Colorado Springs, CO
  14. Nevada
  15. Florida
  16. The Jackson Zoo
  17. Playing with his cousins Christian, Hunter, & Cullen
  18. The color BLUE
  19. 2nd fave color is RED
  20. Coca-Cola
  21. Cherry-Coke
  22. Singing
  23. Going to homeschool group
  24. Sonic Drive In
  25. Hot Wheels Acceleracers
  26. Hot Wheels World Race
  27. Zoo Tycoon pc game
  28. Asteroids pc game
  29. Lego's Star Wars I & II Game Boy Advance
  30. Mario Brothers games
  31. OVER THE HEDGE
  32. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (movie, books, and Game Boy)
  33. Cub scouts
  34. Camping
  35. S'mores
  36. Ice cream (chocolate with M&M's)
  37. Ice cream sandwich "cake"
  38. Cookie cake
  39. Upward basketball
  40. King David in the Bible
  41. Pet goldfish---Anakin, Padme, and Obi Wan

8 year old P's favorite things:

  1. Turtles
  2. Brother D's Game Boy Advance
  3. STAR WARS
  4. Lego's
  5. Macaroni & Cheese
  6. Ice cream sandwich "cake"
  7. The color GREEN
  8. The color RED
  9. CASTING CROWNS (especially the song IF WE ARE THE BODY)
  10. Pizza
  11. Chinese buffets
  12. Playing with Jacob and Wyatt
  13. Visiting his Hattiesbrug cousins
  14. Hot Wheels Accleracers and World Race
  15. Hannah Montana
  16. THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK AND CODY
  17. TARZAN
  18. Snacks at church
  19. LITTLE RASCALS
  20. Popeye
  21. Superman
  22. Mighty Mouse
  23. Pancakes
  24. Chocolate Sprite
  25. Playing in the sandbox
  26. Riding his bike
  27. Attacking Mason and Nathaniel
  28. GO, DIEGO, GO
  29. Golden Bellied Mangabey at the zoo (the "mooning" monkey)
  30. WONDER PETS
  31. Zoo Tycoon pc game
  32. Spy Kids
  33. Uno card game
  34. Backgammon
  35. Scrabble
  36. Riding the carousel at the zoo
  37. Spades
  38. Go Fish
  39. ALEX RYDER, the movie
  40. "Puppy"
  41. Action figures
  42. Shopping at Target
  43. Exoforce
  44. Underwater Aquaraiders
  45. Mazzio's Pizza
  46. HOODWINKED
  47. Brother D's fish
  48. CALVIN AND HOBBES
  49. BABY BLUES
  50. Playing in the tree house
  51. The Ag Museum
  52. Tin Tin graphic novels
  53. The new CHARLOTTE'S WEB
  54. OVER THE HEDGE (he IS Hammie!)
  55. Texas

5 year old L's favorite things:

  1. Strawberry Shortcake
  2. Zac Efron
  3. High School Musical
  4. Playing Queen and Princess
  5. Lip gloss
  6. Dress up pretend
  7. Playing with Desiree, Laura Lee, Grace, and Baby Selah
  8. Strawberry Shortcake shoes
  9. Hello Kitty house shoes
  10. Holly Hobbie
  11. Horses
  12. Unicorns
  13. WONDER PETS
  14. Doll "daughters"
  15. Peter Pan
  16. BLUE'S CLUES (especially Steve)
  17. Cheese Grits
  18. Oatmeal
  19. Pizza
  20. THE LAZY FLAMINGO restaurant (on Sanibel Island)
  21. The Shell Museum (also on Sanibel Island)
  22. Kids' Church
  23. Playing in the sandbox
  24. Drawing
  25. Painting
  26. Tinkerbell
  27. All C O L O R S except for GREEN
  28. Zoo Tycoon pc game
  29. Strawberry ice cream
  30. Going to the beach
  31. Busch Gardens in Tampa

3 year old T's favorite things:

  1. VeggieTale's Larry Boy
  2. Pizza
  3. Dora the Explorer
  4. M&M's
  5. Donuts
  6. BLUE'S CLUES
  7. The Mississippi Natural Science Museum
  8. Big Dog stuffed animal
  9. Flag blanket
  10. Boo the dog
  11. Sebastian the cat
  12. Mom and Dad
  13. His sister A
  14. Hannah Montana
  15. Sanibel Island
  16. Busch Gardens in Tampa
  17. The Bynums, Lewis, and Macoy families
  18. High School Musical (he wants to be Troy when he grows up)
  19. His stuffed Kee-Kat
  20. WONDER PETS
  21. Diego (Dora's cousin)
  22. Disney's CARS (and his CARS shoes)
  23. Playing rough (especially with A's guy friends)
  24. Ice Water
  25. Going on walks with Mommy and Daddy
  26. "Big Kiss, Little Kiss, Big Hug, Little Hug"

Toddler M the Hobbit's favorite things:

  1. Mommy and Daddy
  2. Her big brothers and sisters
  3. Laughing
  4. All natural Lays white cheddar Cheetos
  5. BOOKS!
  6. Swinging
  7. Dora the Explorer
  8. Blue's Clues
  9. Hannah Montana (especially her music and REALLY especially BEST OF BOTH WORLDS)
  10. Her pink cuddly bear
  11. Pacifiers
  12. Mac & Cheese
  13. PB&J sandwiches
  14. Tex Mex fried rice
  15. Dancing
  16. Playing outside
  17. Boo our dog
  18. Gummy vitamins
  19. Bananas
  20. Cereal bars
  21. Drawing on anything and everything!
  22. The "Happy Birthday" song
  23. Going on stroller rides
  24. Cheese rice
  25. The "buzzy bee" tickle game
  26. Lilly, our 11 year old next door neighbor
  27. Playing in the sandbox
  28. Running around the church
  29. Being cute
  30. Shoes ;) (what a girlie girl!)

Super Dad's favorite things:

  1. Teaching (especially things related to God)
  2. The Bible (NIV favorite edition)
  3. Reading a good book
  4. History
  5. Learning new things
  6. THE HOBBIT
  7. Backpacking
  8. Rock climbing
  9. THE COMPLEAT GENTLEMAN by Brad Milner
  10. Muppet movies (especially MUPPETS FROM SPACE!)
  11. REFLECTIONS FOR RAGAMUFFINS by Brennan Manning
  12. Pizza (preferably Domino's or Mellow Mushroom though there are fond memories of Shakey's Pizza for the growing up years)
  13. Rachael Ray's recipe for beer brats with sauerkraut and apples
  14. Lord of the Rings movies
  15. The film A Bridge Too Far
  16. Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
  17. FINAL OPTION
  18. Lemonade
  19. Fried catfish
  20. Fancy cheese (during the wintertime)
  21. Clint Eastwood westerns (especially the early ones like A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS and THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY)
  22. French fries
  23. Good salad with fried chicken or steak and chunky blue cheese dressing (during the summertime)
  24. The Passion
  25. Amazing Grace, the movie
  26. DOMINION by Randy Alcorn
  27. The film DEEP IMPACT
  28. caves
  29. Rock Bridge Canyon in Alabama
  30. A pretty stream to canoe and swim in
  31. The Grand Canyon
  32. THIS PRESENT DARKNESS and PIERCING THE DARKNESS by Frank Peretti
  33. Movies by M. Night Shaylaman (especially SIGNS and LADY IN THE WATER)
  34. HOW THE IRISH SAVED WESTERN CIVILIZATION, DESIRE OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS, and THE GIFTS OF THE JEWS by Thomas Cahill
  35. Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell
  36. Steak
  37. Secret Recipe MacLellan fruitcake
  38. Coffee
  39. Sightseeing in Washington, DC
  40. Chocolate
  41. Hiking in the mountains (ANY mountains)
  42. Camping
  43. Sanibel Island
  44. Dates with his wife
  45. A clean house
  46. Hotdogs
  47. Sonic Cherry Limeade
  48. Onion rings
  49. GOOD sweet tea
  50. The South
  51. Coming home after business trips
  52. PORK sausage
  53. pancakes
  54. hash browns
  55. Eggs Benedict
  56. Clive Cussler books except his early ones)
  57. Coca-Cola
  58. The original STAR WARS trilogy
  59. The Ten Commandment movie starring Charlton Heston
  60. BLACK, RED, and WHITE (a trilogy) by Ted Dekker
  61. Scripture verse: "They said to Him, what shall we do, that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." and "All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out." John 6:28,29, and 37

To be continued....

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