A Short Visit.

On Sunday evening my Kauffman grandparents arrived after a 10 hour long trip to visit my family and I. They live in Goshen, Indiana and my grandpa is an associate pastor in Archbold, Ohio. He has an apartment that he stays in half the week and then he travels back to Goshen to spend time with grandma. My grandma occasionally works at a nursing home as a nurse. They are my dad's parents and they have one other daughter Shana (my aunt) who lives in Minnesota with 3 kids the ages of my sisters and I.

They stayed here 3 nights and left this morning around 10am. During their stay here my grandpa, Kate, and I put together two desks my grandpa bought on sale. It took effort and time, but we managed to get them both done while he was here to help us. The two desks are now Kate and my school desks. We also took my grandpa disc golfing. Since he loves to play golf with clubs and golfballs we thought it would be fun to take him golfing with a disc instead. He actually did pretty well for the first time, he came in second place. My dad came in first, I came in third, and Kate in fourth.

While we were out disc golfing my grandma stayed home and made applesauce and dried apple slices. Later in the day Kate and I interviewed our grandparents about their lives. I interviewed my grandma and Kate got grandpa. We had both come up with a sheet of questions. It was very fun to hear about my grandma's life and realized she is a lot like me in several ways.

It was fun to have them here, after not seeing them for a while. I have a couple friends who either their grandparents have died from cancer or have cancer and are not able to spend the quality time with them anymore. I realize how lucky I am to have healthy grandparents on both sides of my family.

Take Care,

Mouse in the House

On Wednesday night after arriving home from youth group we discovered an unpleasent visitor in our house. Kate and I were in my room when all of a sudden Kate screams,  "AHHHH, It's a mouse, Emily look." We frantically jumped up on my bed and were screaming our heads off. I was too late and did not catch a glimpse of the disgusting creature. We called my dad and he came upstairs to see what was the matter. He then stuck a trap where Kate said she had saw it run into. So guess where that was.......right outside my room under some boxes!!

That night I ended up in my sister Anya's room to sleep. When I woke up in the morning we had not caught the mouse unfortunetly. I was so scared to go into my room I had to get my cat and let him go and search my room first. He didn't find anything so I finally got the courage to go in. The only plus to this experience is that my cat Neighbor (outside cat) got to stay in the house at night. Last night I slept in my own bed again and this morning I learned we had caught the mouse. YEA!! What an experience! I bet all you mice lovers who are reading this are like "What a wimp." Hey, we are all differnent:)
Take Care,   

My Poem Fall

Fall

Fall is my favorite season of all.

Fall is a time when the vibrant colors of leaves,

start to show on the trees.

Fall has arrived when warm clothes are worn,

treats made of peanuts and candy corn.

Thanksgiving occurs, the bounty of God's goodness remembered,

Family and Friends

Shelter and Clothing

Food and Water

Fall is my favorite season of all.

By: Emily Kauffman

Back to Home Sweet Home

We arrived home at about 5:00pm last night. I am glad to be home and being able to take Anya out to the bus this morning. I really enjoyed my week in Pennsylvania. Kate and I have encouraged my dad to incorporate some of the things we did in PA into school here at home. So today we made a list of some things we could change or begin to do at home. Its good to be home!

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My Pottery Experience.

Today I had a fun and new experience. My sister and I got to have a private pottery lesson taught by my uncle's friend Dennis. He works with clay for a living and has his own studio. We had a chance to work on a pottery wheel and each make a bowl. Neither of us had ever created something on a wheel before. The experience was amazing. I loved the feeling of the clay while it was spinning on the wheel. Being able to shape the clay was so cool. I am so glad I could do it. Dennis was a great teacher and his art is amazing. Thank You Dennis!!

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I GOT MY EARS PIERCED!!!

Hello All, Today was a special day for me. I got my ears pierced at a salon in New Holland, Pennslyvania. I was so very nervous about it, but it went better then I thought it would. Everything went well, expect for my sister almost lost her hand from me squezzing it so hard. Just kidding, but I did squezze it pretty hard. The lady who did it for me was very nice so that made it all the better. I will have to have the studs in for 6 weeks, after that I will be able to put other earrings in. 
Here is a pic of me today getting the second ear pierced.

A week In Pennsylvania

This week Kate and I are spending a week in Pennsylvania at my Aunt Kandace and Uncle Jerry's House. The nice thing about homeschooling is that you can travel. Don't worry we took our school work so we aren't all the way on vacation. While my uncle is at work my aunt is our "teacher". It is more laid back than at home, but we still have schoolwork. So far we have learned some Portuguese since my aunt lived in Brazil for about a year. We have also done some art, cooking, reflections on some movies we've watched. One of the movies we are watching and discussing is Ghandi. I am really enjoying it so far. What a courageous and good man! If you haven't watched it before I would recommend it. I will try to keep you posted throughout the week. 

Take Care,