The Biddle Family

Bags with a verse!

2010-08-31T08:28:00.000-07:00

"Let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth."

The bags!

2010-08-24T08:11:00.000-07:00

Here they are! Next week we get some that have a verse on the bottom. Love it!

They are ten dollars -- $12.50 if we need to send it to you. You can pay Anna or me when you see us OR you can use the chip in.

By the way, the chip in shows only those people who have paid through Pay pal but the thermometer in the margin shows ALL the money we have raised so far. Now I'm going for $2000....

Thanks for your support for the orphans!! Kathryn.

Why I want to go to Uganda

2010-08-02T07:03:00.000-07:00

So I decided I should explain all of this a little better....

When I found out that Deb was adopting a baby from Uganda I thought that it was really neat but nothing more. Then one day my mom and I were driving in the car and I just said, "Hey. Do you think Deb will take me with her?" I kinda thought that mom would just laugh at me but instead she said that I should go for it and give her a presentation of why I should go. I kept saying that I knew the answer would be "no" but mom said, "Its Debbie... you never know." :) So I prepared for Deb a presentation that gave her all the reasons I thought I should go. You can check it out here. Here are some of my reasons:

The main reason I want to go is because I want to help out the kids over there sooo bad. I feel like I can work with the kids and be their friend. Then I just recently went on a missions trip to Tennessee and I acquired a heart for helping people out. After Deb said that I could go with her but she would like it if I could raise money for the orphans, I immediately started thinking about how I could help. This experience of trying to raise money and soo exciting. So by raising money, I feel like I can help so much more. Also, I think that this experience will be life changing and maybe a start for more of things like this for me. To see the way those people live I feel like I will become so much more grateful for the things I have. (I already feel more grateful and that's just from reading books!) And last, I think that this trip will look really good on a college application saying that I had experience in another country working with another culture.

Keep your eyes out for a GREAT bag we will be selling to raise funds. It is cute, cute, cute!!! And, if you want to donate, see the chip-in below. AND, if you want to follow along the process, you can go to Deb's blog HERE.

So there are just a few points for why I feel like I should do this. Thank you for your prayers! Kathryn

Uganda

2010-07-25T09:09:00.000-07:00

So we have found out that Aunt Deb will be adopting Leah Grace from Uganda and when I found out, I decided that I would like to go on the trip. I figured the experience would be amazing, life changing, and something I would really like to do.

My trip and accommodations are already paid for, but I would really like to raise money for orphans. Anna and I are going to work together to meet a goal of $500 but if we could raise more that would be amazing. If you can help me meet that goal it would be great, but if you can't, prayers for the trip and fundraising are just as good. Here are a few facts.....

Malaria kills more than 2,000 children each day
20% of African children die before the age of 5
There are 15 million HIV/AIDS orphans in Africa
Every three seconds a child dies from AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa
Nearly 2 million children under 14 years old are HIV positive
Between 12 and 14 million children have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS
There are about 2,500,000 million orphans just in Uganda

Those are just a few statistics, but you can see that the orphans need your help. Thanks for reading this.

-Kathryn

You can chip in using Paypal here! And for more info look at this... http://chosen-1s.blogspot.com/

Birthdays and Halloween

2009-11-01T13:02:00.001-08:00

Here are a few pictures from Grace and Sam's birthday, the pumpkin patch, and Halloween.

The birthday party

Good job Grace!!! Good try Sam!! :)

Pumpkin patch

Carving time!!

They looked so good!

Not quite sure what Anna was...

Kathryn was Dorothy.

Sam was a pizza man and Grace was a spa girl.

Pizzas here!!

Preschool Halloween parade!!

OBX and Chicago!!!

2009-08-18T12:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has been soooooo long, but we have a boatload of pictures for you. These are all of our pictures from the Outer Banks and Chicago!! Enjoy!!

Pop- pop got Sam a fishing pole!! We're testing it out in the backyard. :)

At the beach house!!

Award winning picture!!

Grace, Sam, Leta, and Elaine had fun in the sand!!

Sam and I had lots of fun in the tide!!

The "older kids." :)

What a brood!!

Fun in the sand!!

Sam has so much fun jumping to dad!!

Fun in the waves!!

Sam, Grace, and Mom

So many kids!!

What a group!!

So many kids!!

The Biddle Clan

After the beach, my friend Phoebe came up to Maryland!!

Down to Chicago....

Sam was a great big cousin!!

Corn!! Yum!!

Pop- pop, Grandma, and the kids!!

Busily helping Grandma!!

Seth and I had a great time together!!

We went fishing at the park with Pop- pop!!

Sam got to use his new fishing pole!!

Watering the garden!!

Fun at the zoo!!

Fun at the zoo!!

We had such a great time on all of our vacations!!!!

The BEACH!!

2009-06-29T09:34:00.000-07:00

Well summer has finally begun for the Biddle Family. We went down to Bethany Beach in Delaware. On Tuesday som emore family came to visit us. Here are so pictures!! Enjoy!!

Sorry it has been soooooo long....

2009-05-25T10:46:00.000-07:00

Anna turned 14 on May 8. She, Mom, and her friend Jayne went to get pedicures. Happy birthday Anna!

Then Grace had a play at the school and they had to dress up as a movie character. She and her friends dressed up as dalmatians.

Sam got a hair cut for the summer...

Before - After

Anna got inducted into the Junior Honors Society.

and finally, Grace and her friend Katelyn made a beach scene for the art show at school.

That's it for now but there will be more coming soon.

Sam's Achievements!!!

2009-03-22T10:26:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has been so long...

But today Sam had a couple things to do for the camera. Hope you enjoy the videos!!!

Sam learned how to pump his legs while he is swinging!

And here is the winner! Sam said all the presidents!!! He just needed help with Truman! Shoot! But I think it was pretty impressive... I sure can't do that! Sorry it's cut into two parts, but you can still hear them all!

Good job Sam! (we're just kidding about Nixon being a bad president :) )

Fun with Noelle, Brynn, Danae, Seth, and Deb

2009-02-08T11:04:00.001-08:00

Sorry it's a little late...
But last weekend we had a full house. Danae, Seth, and Deb came down to our house for the weekend and Noelle and Brynn came to our house Friday night. We enjoyed the time together and it was great seeing Brynn the first time. Here are some pics from those couple of days...

We all really enjoyed Rock band:

There was a patch of ice in the field behind our house and we had fun "skating" on it:

Danae skating:

Too cute!!!

So fun!!

Anna was enjoying holding Brynn!! She is soooooo cute!!!!!

Seth is so content and adorable!!

Having so much fun with Brynn and Danae!

SO FUN!

Everyone!!

It's Finally Winter Here!!!!

2009-01-28T08:32:00.000-08:00

We finally got some snow yesterday and although it was only about 2 inches we had a blast sledding down the driveway!!! Last night it iced so we really can't play outside. But it was fun while it lasted. Here are a couple pics from the fun...

Grace was a good "snow boarder..."

I may have been a little bit too into it :)

Sam enjoyed brooming snow off of cars,he is brooming off our neighbors in this pic...

Sam and Grace had fun sledding together...

Mom even got in on some of the fun...

Kathryn's AMAZING Experience

2009-01-24T08:50:00.001-08:00

Well, I left on the 17th to go to a conference in DC leading up to the Inauguration. The experience was amazing and something I will never forget. The city was electric and full of excitement. I was up almost 24 hours Tuesday (4am to 3am) trying to navigate through the city with a couple other million people... no biggy. :)

This is the basic schedule:

Day 1-

Dinner at the Hilton (we arrived at the conference at 3.)

Day 2-

Colin Powell's speech
Discussion within our groups
Lunch
Dinner at the Hyatt

Day 3-

River Breakfast Cruise
Lunch
Al Gore's Speech
Discussion within our groups
Dinner
The Third Monday in October Screening and then discussion with cast

Day 4-

Inauguration
Lunch
Ball

Day 5-

Breakfast (although I missed it by oversleeping)
Departure

Here are some pics from throughout those five days.

Christmas in Chicago

2009-01-02T19:13:00.001-08:00

Kathryn's Birthday

2009-01-02T18:31:00.001-08:00

I enjoyed my birthday in Chicago with all of my family.

I got a really cool video camera from mom and dad.

I got super soft blankets and pillows from Grandma and Pop-pop.

I got an Under Armour shirt from Deb that I have been wanting for awhile.

Chilling with my new presents.

Blowing out my candles. Grandma made me a wonderful ice-cream cake.

Fun in Chicago

2009-01-02T18:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas at the Biddle House

2009-01-02T17:44:00.000-08:00

On the Saturday before Christmas, our little family celebrated Christmas at our house. We were planning on spending Christmas in Chicago and we didn't have enough room to take all the presents and such. So we had a wonderful Christmas morning at our house. We hope you enjoy this pictures. (Sorry we are a little late.)

Sam got a new bike and Grace got a new house for her playmobiles!!

Anna and Kathryn got new jerseys and Anna got a new phone and has been on it ever since. :)

Kathryn got a portable DVD player. (Just in time for the trip to Chicago!)

Then....we got a WII!!!!!!

Kathryn's Surprise Birthday Party

2008-12-13T10:49:00.000-08:00

Mom and Dad threw a surprise birthday party for me. I went to sleep over at my grandparents house with my cousins and when I came back home there was a surprise party for me. It was really a surprise because my birthday was still 20 days away!!! But it was very fun!! Thanks for coming everyone.

Decorating the Tree

2008-12-13T10:13:00.000-08:00

We had so much fun decorating the tree together.

First we had to get the tree in the little holder thing...

Sam and Anna decided to play video games while we were getting the tree ready for decorating.

Then the decorating began...

Kathryn just had the urge to try on the tree skirt. It fit perfectly. (That really is the tree skirt.)

Here's a couple videos of the decorating (sorry they are dark)...

Christmas Tree Outing

2008-12-13T10:05:00.000-08:00

Sorry it's a little late but here are a couple pictures from when we got our Christmas tree...

Sam was really excited to pick out the tree and was patiently waiting for us to get there.

Dad was holding up a tree so we could inspect it. :)

2008-11-29T09:31:00.000-08:00

Deb, Keith, and Seth came to visit us this weekend...

Mom tried to play with Seth, but he was too tired.

He was soooo cute and getting so big!! (He had lots of giggles!)

We all went to the mall on Black Friday and Sam asked Santa for a bike and helmet. :)

Sam also figured out he could climb a tree...

Thanks for coming to visit us!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

2008-11-28T07:59:00.001-08:00

2008-11-26T14:00:00.001-08:00

Ready for Thanksgiving!!!

The cranberry salad is ready to eat!!!

The table is set!!!

Tom is ready for cooking!!

The stuffing is almost ready!!

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We're ready to STUFF ourselves!!!!!

2008-11-24T17:39:00.000-08:00

Recent happenings at the Biddle House...

Sam started using the potty! YEAH!!

Grace found the perfect pumpkin.

Kathryn's soccer season ended.

Anna donated 10 inches of hair to Locks of Love.

2008-11-24T17:07:00.001-08:00

Welcome to our blog!!!!! We have started a blog just to update you on our family!!