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ABE THE MUSICAL! Starring Blaine Mc Pherson Kneller

2009-08-14T19:19:00.000-07:00

Abe The musical. Now showing @ the New Salem State Park "Theater in the Park"

Blaine got involved in this fun musical when our Friend Tammy Fidler asked if Blaine could step in and take over the character of Robert Lincoln because the person who was going to do this had to quit. So 4 wks before the performance Blaine took over the job. We just saw the Dress Rehearsal performance last nite and it was really good. Blaine did a great job!! He sang and danced and had some solo lines... great job Blaine, we love you. The play will be performed 7 times in the next 2 weekends. It is alot of committment and courage, and alot of late, late nights!!

Here are some of Blaine's fans

Here is Blaine in a scene with some drunks on corn whiskey

Robert, Willie and Tad... having fun singing a song about having sisters and t.hey are glad they don't. What would they do with sisters??

Abe adds some lines to this song too

THE CAST

ABE AND THE BOYS

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND 2009

2009-07-28T19:58:00.001-07:00

IT WAS SO NICE TO GO BACK TO THE ISLAND THAT WE LOVE!! IT WAS A JOURNEY BACK FOR THE HOGAN FAMILY THAT WAS HARD TO MAKE BECAUSE TJ WOULD NOT BE WITH US. ANOTHER BITTERSWEET EVENT WE HAD TO FACE WITHOU HIM. WE ALL MISS HIM SO, ESPECIALLY AT TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN BEING TOGETHER FOR ONE SPECIAL WEEK MEANS SO MUCH. IT MAKES US REALLY APPRECIATE THE GREAT MEMORIES WE HAVE MADE ON THESE TRIPS TO DAUFUSKIE ISLAND.
THE THEME FOR THE TRIP WAS "MISSION FLY 711 DAUFUSKIE 2009"
UNCLE DAN HAD WINDOW DECALS FOR OUR VEHICLES AND OUR GOLF CARTS ONCE WE GET THERE.

WE HAD WONDERFUL DINNERS EVERY NITE, WE ALL TOOK A NITE TO HOST AND WE HAD SOME GAMES AND ALOT OF JUST HANGING OUT AND HAVING FUN. BLAINE AND JONOTHAN CYGAN

ROD WITH HIS BOYS

LET'S GO TO THE BEACH...

GREEK NITE

UNCLE TIM AND AUNT TINA SHARED THEIR LOVE STORY WITH US, THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR

HERE IS BLAINE DOING THE PUTTER GAME @ UNCLE DAN'S PARTY, THE NEW TWIST WAS TO DO IT WITH A MOP??

THE BUNDT CAKE FOR DESSERT AND WINDEX IF YOU NEED IT FOR THE GREEK DINNER WE HOSTED. WE WATCHED THE BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING MOVIE AND PLAYED GUESS THE "ROOT" WORD GAME.

THE KIDS FOUND ALOT OF STAR FISH AND SAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR. THEY GOT CREATIVE AND MADE THE AMERICAN FLAG OUT OF THEM AND THEN PUT THEM BACK IN THE OCEAN.

EXCEPT FOR THIS BUCKET OF SAND DOLLARS WE FORGOT TO BRING HOME

THE KIDS COULD PLAY FOR HOURS ON THE BEACH AND THEY DID.

THE WAVE TRAIN

TO THE BEACH AGAIN!!

ROD CHILLIN' OUT ON THE TOP DECK ON THE BOAT RIDE OVER

GIRLS DAY OVER IN HARBOR TOWN!! LOOK WHAT WE FOUND, THE CUTEST SUN HATS!

GRANDMA JOYCIE AND CELINA HAVING FUN

WAITING FOR THE BOAT TO TAKE US OVER TO THE ISLAND

ME, JONI AND GRANDPA .

THE KIDS PLAYED MONOPOLY ALOT ON THE WAY DOWN

6AM BREAKFAST @ THE CRACKER BARREL IN MARION IL. OUT FIRST STOP

FISHING

2009-07-28T19:53:00.001-07:00

JUDE HAS BEEN HAVING SO MUCH FUN FISHING WITH GARRETT FIDLER AT HIS NEW HOUSE. JUDE CAUGHT A FEW LARGE CAT FISH AND BROKE HIS ROD BECAUSE THEY WERE SO HEAVY . JUDE IS AN AVID OUTDOORS YOUNG MAN.

A VISIT WTH AIDAN AND AVA

2009-07-28T19:37:00.000-07:00

WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN WITH AIDAN AND AVA. THEY WENT SWIMMING ALOT, WENT TO HOGAN HILLS AND SPENT TIME AT GRANDMA HOGANS AND PLAYING IN THE WOODS. THEY STAYED UP WAY TOO LATE A FEW NITES.

SHOT SOME TARGETS IN THE BACK YARD..
AND WENT TO SEE ABE LINCOLNS TOMB.

AND WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM BLAINE RUB HIS NOSE! ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR AIDAN WAS GOING TO PRAIRIE ARCHIVES USED BOOK STORE. THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES. IT'S RIGHT ON THE PLAZA ACROSS FROMTHE OLD CAPITOL. HE AND JUDE FOUND SOME OLD COMIC BOOKS.

JUDE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO AIDAN'S BEFORE THE SUMMER IS OVER.

SUMMER FUN 2009

2009-07-28T19:26:00.000-07:00

CELINA FINISHING A RACE

ROD HELPING OUT WITH TIMING THE RACES. THIS RACE DAY WAS VERY CHILLY IN LITCHFIELD @ 8:30AM

JUDE IS TRYING TO KEEP WARM BETWEEN RACES

HERE IS THE LEAN AND SOMEWHAT MEAN BLAINE KNELLER STEPPING UP TO PLATFORM HE HAS AN AMAZING BUTTERFLY STROKE

SUMMER FUN 2009

2009-07-28T18:31:00.000-07:00

Summer swim team just came to a close. We had a fun season. Blaine and Celina made it to conference and they both got medals plus ribbons. They all acccumulated lots of ribbons over the season. The Colony West Gators came in 2nd place in the conference for the year. Blaine had some personal best race times and he also got the coveted Gator award for his group. Which means he got best team player!! Great job Blaine!! Celina pushed herself hard too and even raced in conference with a swimmers ear ache. We all love summer swim team and our daily trips to the neighborhood pool.

My dear friend Jessica got married to Jeff Rogers on June 26 in the Rose Garden in washington Park. It was a beautiful wedding and we are so happy for Jessica and Jeff!! Rod and the kids did music for the wedding and I had the priveledge of setting up the cake reception and taking some photos.

Hello again!!! I have been a very busy wife, mom, homeschool mom, salon manager and hair tech etc.. etc.. But, I do want catch you up on some of our many activities and adventures we have had in our family. Lets start w/ this summer so far. It is the end of July and I want to really enjoy these last weeks of summer. Remember summer doesn't until September 20.

finally some snow

2008-12-31T14:02:00.000-08:00

these pitures are from a couple of weeks ago. we currently have no snow on the ground.

Here's your post Paul.

2008-12-12T21:23:00.000-08:00

Well, It's been a while. Months have passed, days have passed, and Christmas is less than 2 weeks away. The time has been flying, it seems like just yesterday I was riding to the pool every day for swim practice. and now I still go out and ride my bike every day, but the grass is not as green as it was, The days are not as long as they were, and the thermometer stays below 40 degrees. Now when I go out for a ride it takes me 25 minutes just to get all "suited up."
Riding shorts, riding tights, long sleeve shirt, wool socks, clip shoes, 'booties', Jacket (windbreaker), gloves, hat, neck warmer, helmet, put pocket knife, Zippo, wallet, and phone into my bag, don't forget the water bottle, (it usually freezes around the edges) and then take off. it
lately I have been riding about ten miles around the park. usually I will do a few sprints.
That cold air really takes the breath out of you. I did finally get my cannondale bike. (from the blog before.) and we bought a welder for Christmas. I took a welding class at the Capital Area Career Center. ( part of Lincoln Land..) It was a fast four weeks. The first class was very boring, it was all safety, which is good but not the most fun part of the class. The other 3 classes were lots of fun; there was still teaching but only 1 hour. ( it's a 2 hour class) so anyway I really liked the stick welder. the only wire feed I did was a 1 inch bead that we had to do as a sortof qualifier
that the teacher instructed us on. I had told my Dad I liked the stick and would rather get that than a wire feed, because for 1 it takes more skill and for 2 it's not so pricy then we hit a perverbial 'brick wall' besides the dryer hook up, we don't have a 220 outlet, and no one liked my idea of putting up a clothes line, getting rid of the dryer and running a cord to the garage.
It was kind of a "red green" inspired idea anyways. so we ended up wit a 110 clarke stick welder
"Yess" (Kip Dynamite.)and we bought some rods a dry 'rod keeper' and a few other accessories. the welder has not been opened yet thanks to Daddy Rod. He made me look him in the eyes and say that I would not bug about the welder. So I came up with a solution; He did not say anything to Jude? but that did not work. oh well 13 days and counting right now I am in Mahomet Illinois for the weekend, we are helping my Grandma and Grandpa Kneller decrate for Christmas. and we also have a Birthday party to go to for my cousin Aidan who is getting a surprise bithday present. be back sunday, Good night,

B-McKne

2008-10-07T18:22:00.000-07:00

This is the library card catalogue that my great grandmother Bea gave to me.

it has a gross peice of fibre board on the top and it needed replaced with something so i took it off and found this. the picture aboce is right after I took the fibre board off. I had done no work to the catalogue, the picture of me applying linnseed oil is with the top finished. the drawers were showing their age too so I took off all of the handles, sanded the fronts of the cabinets and oiled them. then put it all back together. I am torn on what to do for the top. I am not sure whether to screw down the base peice visible in picture 2. ( which I have sanded and oiled.) or order a peice of 1/4" polished edge glass for $38.00 the glass would be good for inside the house and would show off the wood very nicely while still giving me a durable flat surface. the wood would cover up the top of the "catalogue" and leave marks from spills, cold glasses, etc. but would be cheaper. just another project.

Thanks McPhersons,

B-McKne

2008-09-13T12:51:00.000-07:00

BRITTANI ROSE
IS OFF TO HER EUROPEAN ADVENTURES IN FLORENCE ITALY.....

WE SENT HER OFF ON SEPTEMBER 1, FROM THE SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT
SHE WENT W/ HER FRIEND ERIN WHO IS FROM SPRINGFIELD, AND WHO SHE WENT TO COLLEGE WITH.

She is having a great time and loving everything about it, she says she fits right in until she talks and then they know she is a foreigner..... a cute one though!

Here is the farewell crew. We will see you in December, remember Brit, no Christmas presents if you don't show!!!

Rod and Blaine @ 6 am the morning of the century ride the made it 65 miles, great job!

BACK TO SCHOOL AT BRIARCLIFF ACADEMY... LOOK HOW EXCITED THEY ARE EVEN CAMELOT THE CAT!

ROD, THE HEAD OF THE MATH DEPARTMENT, WOODWORKING, MECHANICS, HOME MAINTENANCE, AND MORE ....

JACQUELINE, THE HEAD OF THE LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT, COOKING ARTS, ARTFUL LIFE STUDIO, SHOPPING SKILLS , UNIT STUDIES AND MORE...

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A FUN LEARNING YEAR, EVERY YEAR HOLDS NEW OPPORTUNUTIES AND ADVENTURES.

SPEAKING OF ANNIVERSARIES I FORGOT TO POST JOHN AND JOYCE'S BIG 50 ANNIVERSARY!! CONGRATS ! YOU CAN GO TO THE HOGANLEGACY BLOGSPOT TO SEE MORE OF THE CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD. IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR A SPECIAL COUPLE. There is a logspot link for this in the left colunm at the top.

My Gosh, another one already ! ! !

2008-09-06T19:16:00.001-07:00

Yes that's right I'm buying another bike. This bike is needed though, it is a touring bicycle like for when I ride to grandma Kneller's next spring, and things like that. It's a brand new 1996 one they've had lating around the bike shop, I'll be changing things like bare, stem, seat, and brake levers, for a newer look, but besides those It is cool, I need to get to Bed Pray for Grandpa Kneller to find out what to do with his 'lemons' http://skkinterface.bolgspot.com/

Me and my Dad have a 62 mile bike event tomorrow. the color is:

sparkly-brown-black-green-smoke-sparkle-kind-of-color.

BE HAPPY B-McKneller

2008-09-05T09:51:00.000-07:00

BYE, BYE BARBIES!!
THIS IS A SURE SIGN MY DAUGHTER IS MOVING OUT OF CHILDHOOD.
IT'S BEEN HARDER FOR ME TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE BARBIE CHAPTER OF LIFE THAN FOR HER. WE DID KEEP SOME OF OUR FAVORITES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF DAUGHTERS. CELINA HAD GREAT SALES @ THE GARAGE SALE.

WE CELEREATED THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER @ THE LABOR DAY POOL PARTY.

THE BOYS TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE OF MAKING A BOAT TO FLOAT FOR THE BOAT RACE. THEY QUIKLY FOUND OUT THAT THEY COULD NOT SIT AND ROW THEIR BOATS BUT HAD YO LAY ON THEIR BELLLIES AND PADDLE W/ THEIR HANDS BUT THE BOATS DID FLOAT!!

CELINA MADE BREAKFAST FOR JUDE IN BED THE OTHER DAY HE WON THE SPECIAL TICKET FOR THIS. HE ALSO GOT TO WATCH A MOVIE WHILE EATING IT. THEY BOTH ENJOYED THIS.

WE CELEBRATED MARY SHEILA'S BIRTHDAY AND AWARDED HER A "YOU ARE A WINNER TROPHY" BLAINE SAYS GOLD FOR THE GOLD YEARS! NOT TOO FUNNY FOR MST!

THE BRIARCLIFF SHED IS LOOKING GOOD. ROD AND THE BOYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. WE NEED A DOOR , STAIN AND SOME FINISHING TOUCHES. WE WILL USE OUR LEFT OVER BRICKS FOR A BRICK PATIO AND WALK AROUND IT.

retired.

2008-09-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

I finally retired my old redwings. My dad's friends mom gave these to me 2 years ago because she never wore them, they were as hard as a rock, they had not been boken in but I took care of that they feel like tennis-shoes now, but theyr'e too small after a day of working in these my toes would hurt from being crammed in there, so I had to get some new boots. I wanted some 8 inch boots so I got some 'georgia boot' loggers, and guess what they were as hard as a rock but that's changing slowly, I am still getting used to the high heel. I would have liked to get a pair of redwings but i was not about to spend $250 on a pair of boots I'll be too bigfor in a year so i settled for these they're not too bad.

2008-09-02T12:38:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GEORGIA SUE, GRANDMA KNELLER!!
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH YOU WHEN WE CAN
LET'S HAVE LOTS OF BIRTHDAY CAKE AND ICECREAM.....
ALL OUR LOVE,
ROD, JACQUELINE, BLAINE, CELINA AND JUDE

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!

STEVE AND GEORGIA...

WE ARE SO THANKFUL THE LORD PUT YOU TOGETHER, IF NOT, NONE OF US WOULD BE KNELLERS.

LOOK HOW CUTE THEY ARE, WHAT A GREAT COUPLE, MAY THE LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU, PROSPER YOU AND DEEPEN YOUR LOVE FOR HIM AND EACH OTHER.

WE LOVE YOU AND WE MISS OUR TIME WITH YOU

Happy-days (though the weather may not be)

2008-08-22T08:07:00.000-07:00

:-) These days are short and few, the hot days of summer, they consist of swimming, biking,

being with family, and for me working on projects. My longest project this summer was earning money for my bike, which I did finally get yesterday. the guys at the bike shop gave me a different bike to ride while my fork was in connecticut it was a nice bike but the back end was carbon fibre and composite plastic, so it flexed a little, so was afraid to crank it too hard.

I did like the brakes and the shifters, which are the same as on my bike. anyway I rode that bike

the 3.5 miles to R&M while carrying the front tire to my bike in my hand. when I arrived I was like Yes, I completed my challenge, I do that alot make challenges for my self. I got there and with the help of some other "wrenches" we changed the oil in the oil cartridge and put it all back together and voi'la I finally have my bike I rode it home in the rain and to my surprise there were no more bumps on the sidewalk, either that or i could'nt feel them on that bike. Something else I am happy about is that I can do long wheelies on it, (thank goodness)once I got home I detailed the bike and waxed it, ate dinner and then finally watched the olympic BMX racing it was short and sweet. on tuesday night Grandpa kneller picked up me, jude, aidan, and ava and took us east to mahomet where jude stayed at aidans house and Me and grandpa worked on projects. we completed a copper arch consisting of 68 sweated copper joints and and got halfway through a wood side table , for more reference

visit: http://skkinterface.blogspot.com/ cheers. B-McKne :-)

2008-08-19T08:24:00.000-07:00

Great Grandma Bea! We are praying for her recovery. This pic was taken the end of May on our visit. We had a great time. We went to visit the grave sites.

SUMMER TIME IS COUSIN TIME!

ERIN AND CELINA

CELINA, AIDAN AND JUDE AT G&G KNELLERS. THEY LOVE TO FISH AND SPEND TIME ON THE WATER

CELINA WITH SOME OF THE HOGAN GIRLS AT UNCLE TIM AND AUNY TINA'S 4TH OF JULY PARTY

SOPHIA KNELLER CAME TO VISIT FOR A WEEK, THIS HAS BEEN HER 6TH YEAR TO DO THIS AND WE ALWAYS LOVE OUR TIME TOGETHER.

SUMMER DINNER ON THE PORCH WITH OLIVIA AND SAVANNAH

SOHPIA AND CELINA, THEY ARE GROWING UP INTO BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMEN

AIDAN AND AVA, THE "A" TEAM, CAME FOR SOME OVERNITES FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ARE HAVING BLAST WITH THEM. IT'S SUCH A BLESSING TO LIVE CLOSE ENOUGH TO FAMILY TO HAVE TIMES TOGETHER LIKE THIS.

AIDAN FLYING OFF THE SLIDE AND CELINA WATCHING. AIDAN SAYS, "THAT WAS AWESOME!"

LET'S GO SWIMMING

LOOK AT THE INDIANA JONES DUDES

THESE GUYS LOOK TOUGH

AIDAN AND AVA YOU CRACK US UP! WE LOVE YOU! YOU ARE ADORABLE!

Thanks Dad

2008-08-06T08:39:00.000-07:00

I did finally get my bike, my Dad paid the $100 I had to go on the payment.

since this bike is a Cannondale it has a "head-shok" which is just one shok on the front in center,

in stead of one on each side.Water somehow got inside of the the protective boot and into the bearings which in turn rusted. When I got over my fever we went to the bike shop and I disassembled it there with the help of some guys experienced with headshok's.

The first thing they said was, "let the air out of it" (the air chamber) Todd our friend at the shop failed to do this one and the thing almost blew his head off it took out the ceiling light above him.

So we sent the fork back to Cannondale and they are putting new bearings in, they told me that it would be about 2 weeks, that was one week ago tomorrow.

I have the front wheel in my closet and the fork is somewhere in Bethel Connecticut,and the rest of the bike is in a Morton building on Washington street.

"dude you got like three feet of air that time"

2008-07-26T18:37:00.000-07:00

josiah Hogan took the bike
pictures

Oh yeah bunny hoppin' on the hardtail, can you do this?

the camera boy.

2008-07-24T12:32:00.000-07:00

what's a pick-up truck?

2008-07-24T12:07:00.000-07:00

Coming soon . . .

2008-07-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

"It's the preshisss" The back room at R&M is kins of cramped, so this is the closest picture I could get. I'll give more detail later I've got to caddy an 18 holer at 6:30 tomorrow.

swim meet

2008-06-25T11:05:00.001-07:00

Pull Blaine, Pull! ! !

Celina was not swimming because on of the pool employees did not her form into the lineup.
regular Blaine and blaine showing off.

No more kickstands for my "race horse"

2008-06-25T10:53:00.000-07:00

I finally came up with it. About five years a go I tried to come up with a home-made portable bike stand that held the bike bike straight up. I tried one that held the wheel but that didn't hold any water. So after swim practice I just felt like building something and It came to me HOORAY!!!

And this is just another oppurtunity to show off my beloved steed.
Doesn't it look great?

just enough for a family of 5.

2008-06-20T15:12:00.000-07:00

No, that collection did not come from a bike shop near our house; those are all of the bikes that we had at our house on june 20th. And this is just enough bikes for a family of 5.
our family at least. There are 15 or 16 bikes here one of them is the neighbors bike that I am working on. With this many bikes mine is never broken, I just grab the part off of another bike and I am good to go; even though it may not match. We are throwing away 4 of these bikes
( if that makes us any-bit more normal ) Sorry for another post about bikes.

Joseph Why art thouest so bright and colory?

2008-04-11T07:33:00.000-07:00

Here is a journaling I did the other day, I'm putting it on here to prove that I don't just jump ramps all day.

Genesis, chapter 37

This chapter is about Joseph, Jacob’s favorite son.
Jacob, Joseph’s father got him a colorful coat, and then Joseph had his dream;
Now, you need to know that he had twelve brothers, and they did not like him because he his Dads favorite child, and he had a coat and they did not. They hated him.
In his dream, he dreamt that him and his brothers were out in the field gathering sheaves, and
His sheave rose up taller than the other ones and his brothers sheaves all bowed down to his.
He had another dream like this where he was lifted up above the others,
When he told this to his brothers it just made them ‘hate him more’
Joseph was kind of bragging. So what did his brothers do? They threw him in a pit and sold him as a slave to some Egyptians, I’ll bet that humbled him.

Amazing Grace how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now I am found; was blind but now I see.

More Ramps

2008-04-07T09:41:00.000-07:00

Jude was brave to jump this huge beast I made, Go Jude!!!

just some more ramping pictures from the great gravity defying B-McKne

In Memory of, T.J. Hogan, 1984 - 2008

2008-03-22T08:27:00.000-07:00

"The luckiest man in
the world"this is at Blaine Knellers Blessing
last november, I am glad we got it on video.

Ahh, Fresh Air.

2008-03-09T18:26:00.000-07:00

here is some more biking pictures taken by Blaine and Jude Kneler,

I was going to add on to the "Higher" post, but I was afraid that some people would'nt look back
far enough to find this again, so here are some more radical pictures,
pictures of Blaine, were taken by Jude,

andpictures of Jude were taken by Blaine.

(finally we got some good riding weather we came in at 8:00 and we had to put lights on the jumps so we would'nt miss them,)

ROC-ON

B-McKne

A Gift from the Hand and the Heart

2008-03-07T09:01:00.000-08:00

This needle point production was made by my sister in law Melissa Kneller about 15 years ago. I loved it the day I recieved it and I love it even more today. I just got it reframed and finally back up on a wall. It went through 4 moves and the original frame and glass got broken. So it was on my to do list for a long time and I purposed to just get it done.... here it is!!! It is a timeless piece because it is from God's word; Proverbs 31, about the virtuous woman. Now that I have been married 16 years, blessed with 3 children to raise and a home to manage and a job outside of the home to do. I realize and have a greater appreciation for this woman in Proverbs. She also had alot to do but she maintained her core value of serving others, she took her responsibility to heart for the love of her God, her husband, her children, and others in her realm of influence. Who knows if she did all of this at one time, it was more likely it was over a course of time. It was put in the Bible for a reason,not to burden us but to encourage us as women to do our job as Queens of our homes with excellence. The rewards are not always immediate and the daily jobs can be just that.... so daily and mundane, it takes alot of work for me sometimes to keep my attitude in line and the end GOAL in mind. At the end of Proverbs 31 it says her children and husband rise up and called her blessed and her husband praises her:

"Many women do noble things,but you surpass them all." Charm is deceitful, beauty is vain and fleeting; BUT a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her the reward she has earned,and let her works bring her praise in the city gate. So the reason she was able to accomplish so much with integrity and excellence is because she was a woman who feared the Lord, which inspired her to serve so well and meet the needs of her family.

So Melissa, thanks again for this wonderful gift, I treasure it and will pass it on to my daughter, Celina someday. Gifts fom the hand and heart are some of the best gifts to get and to receive.

LOVE, Jacqueline

Back by popular demand.

2008-02-28T15:36:00.001-08:00

This Video is back by demand.

I guess it was more popular than I thought.
so here is your feature presentation. . .

And for G+G Kneller here is a clip of jammin' Jude Hogan Kneller.

He loves the bongos, they sound great, and Celina likes them too;

Probably because they're loud.

HIGHER!!!!!!!!

2008-02-27T14:44:00.000-08:00

Thnks to Jude Helping out taking the shots of me, and I took the picture of Jude.
This is better than video games.
except when you crash, IT HURTS!!
Luckily we didn't.

wow, weird weather.

2008-02-05T14:36:00.001-08:00

I can't beleive the weather. 2 sundays ago it was 50+ degrees , by saturday morning we had
11.9 inches of snow. three days after that it is almost gone and we have had rain on and off today
and last night. thunder and lightning in february. I just wish that we had a 2 foot snowfall that did not melt for at least one week, but that is pretty impossible for central illinois.
It would be so much fun to climb a mountain to the summit in the snow. I love adventures.
speaking of mountains>cliffs>rock climbing>Blaine. I bought six climbing passes for a fitness center in town that has a rock clinbing wall. we go to P.E. there. and there is a man named Dave
who is a climber there and works weekdays. he has helped me learn somt techniques for climbing. with this pass I can go climbing six times for up to 4 hours if I wanted to. I'm excited,
I'm going to be wathching e-bay for some "climbing shoes" probably size 8 or 9. if anyone finds any please let us know. thanks
sincerely, B-McKne Please leave comments.

Briarcliff Academy

2008-02-05T10:45:00.000-08:00

Briarcliff Academy is a very private christian academy specializing in the fine arts and and raising young men and women to be mighty in spirit. Here are three of our wonderful students and might I add the ONLY students in B.A. which puts the student to teacher ratio 3 to 1, you can't beat that anywhere which is one of the many reasons we have such great success . We are learning that success is not only measured by grades but by character and life and relationship skills. God is so faithful to give us so many opportunities to work on these skills every day, in all honesty it wears me out some days. But we press on..... One of my favorite quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson is, "Do not go where the path may lead, instead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.

This sort of explains one of our reasons for homeschooling, to leave the WIDE PATH of institutional schooling and take the "narrow path". Making new paths is not always easy but rewarding. Our hope is to leave a trail for the generations to come. We rely heavily on God's provision, strength, and grace. We realize that on our own strength we fail. This is a faith and obedience walk. To God be the Glory of any success that comes forth!!!

Jacqueline Kneller , department of English, Grammar, and Art

sister C.J.

2008-02-05T09:59:00.000-08:00

here's C.J. our lovely joyful girl.

She has a beautiful, strong singing voice and likes art and music.

she is a daddys girl.

Blaine

2008-02-05T09:34:00.000-08:00

Hi, I'm Blaine

I'm the oldest child in the family.

I like bikes, motorcycles, and musical instruments.

I created the blog.

here's a picture of me doing what i love, flying, or pretty close.

this was 2 years ago. now i can jump alot farther.

my record jump was 23 1/2 feet, while i was

riding 24 mph on my mountain bike.

Jude

2008-02-05T09:26:00.000-08:00

This is Jude, he is the youngest.

he's following in me and my dad's "footsteps"

(the love of bikes/anything with wheels.)

Jude likes legos, tikertoys, etc.