Wayward Fancies

My ingenious, wonderful, creative, amazing brother has his very own blog! (finally!)

And it's quite awesome, to say the least.

Enjoy!

I have no words.

But the NATIONAL CHAMPION FOR EXPOSITORY SPEAKING.....has some pretty good ones.

That's right folks. I'm proud to say I'm related to this kid, who WON NATIONALS, who is pretty much one of the most awesome brothers ever, and has, to my knowledge, given the state of Washington its first ever speech-championship title in the hall of fame.

Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to present to you The Art of Storytelling.

How do eskimos do their hair?

>is arranging hair in emo fashion<
Me: Mom, does this look emo?
Mom: It looks...um... (*no comment*)
Me: >laughs and goes back to mirror<
John-Luke: >following behind< What's emo?
Me: Uh...it's like a style, sort of.
John-Luke: I thought those were the guys who were like fluff around their hoods with sunglasses and live in the snow.
Me: What? OH! No, that's an eskimo.

I'm like....so completely in love with my little baby brother..... (:

PS - I am also not emo in any way shape or form. I just recently discovered that by pushing all my bangs to the opposite side, I achieve an emo-like hairstyle, which greatly amused me.

Mister 9-year Old!

Yesterday, my baby brother turned NINE years old! I honestly can't believe things have gone by that quickly. One of my friends was guessing that he was turning 5 or 6 (she hadn't seen him in awhile. :P) It's insane how much that little guy has grown.

Here are some pictures from birth until now. Sorry for so many...

So excited for a new little brother!

This just says "CUTE!" all over it.

I do believe we have a picture of every single one of us kids with some sort of kitchen item on our heads!

Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (Ecc. 4:12)

He used to think that smiling was showing your teeth. So every time we told him to smile, he did this:

He was very fond of this toy refrigerator....

Beautiful baby smile!

First thing I see in my mind is "King Pellinore" =]

Teach 'em young...

There is something about being a Dokupil and climbing on top of things.

TWO years old!! (He was a bit scared until we got over with the cake. :P)


He was literally in love with this dog. He got her in Singapore. Her name is Sassy. :P
Like I said...

Homeschool "school" picture. :P

He did gymnastics once upon a time. He was good, too.



So, you ever seen the movie "The Rookie"? We were imitating his...uh. Dramatic pitches. :P

Aghk! Getting so big! (yeah, okay, I'm being an annoying gramma type person. Get over it. :P)

Best Buds. =]

I must have missed a window of time for taking pictures. Because there's a big time gap between this one and the last one...

Book 1 Violin recital!





Ice Skating for the first time!



I'm so proud of this kid.

He has such a big heart - and the sweetest one at that too.


Such a handsome guy.

With an awesome smile and a cheerful personality.

And now he is NINE years old. Gosh. I remember when I turned nine...

I LOVE you John-Luke! Happy Birthday.