This is the fifth Love Comes Softly Series book by Janette Oke, and my favorite. In this story, Marty and Clark come home from their trip to the west to see their daughter Missie and her husband Willie. They had unintentionally stayed a year because Clark had to let his leg heal because it had been crushed in a mine while he was saving some kids. When they got home, Marty tried hard to keep up with Ellie and the more she tries, the more obvious it is that she can't. She ends up with all the signs of being in the family way again.
Zeke LaHaye stops by to hear about his son, grandsons, and the west. He decides to go west to see the family. Willie is sending one of his ranch hands, Lane, that just so happens to have helped Clark in more ways than he knows. Lane comes and accidentally finds Ellie in the barn playing with some puppies, and he immediately loved her. He stayed for supper that night and fell even more in love with Ellie.
At Christmas, Lane helped Ellie with the tree and other preparations. When it's time for the gift exchange, Lane holds back his present for Ellie and gives it to her alone. She said that she can't take his present of love because it would "nigh kill" her mother if she moved west.
Clark and Marty realize that Ellie isn't her usual self and are concerned. Kate, Marty's oldest son's wife, gets to thinking and gets a hunch that Lane and Ellie had them a "sweethearts' quarrel". She told Marty, who asked Clark if he thinks that could be it. He says that it's not only possible, but most likely. That night, Clark told Ellie that her mother is worried about her and says it's all right if she marries and goes west.
Lane comes for dinner one night and Ellie gets his Christmas present from him and puts it on. They have a talk with Clark and then they get married, move west, and live happily ever after!
The End.
Love,
Cara L. Hicks
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Funny Happenings!
Well, Derrick and Laken were in both of these events, and I witnessed them. Derrick has this old-timey sword at Papa's house, and he wanted to scare Laken [I call her Kiki, so don't forget].
So I put him in the closet in the front bedroom while Kiki was doing something. She came back in and we went back to working on a book report for her. I was reading with her and leaned over to get a better view, I signaled derrick and he waited and I thought he was gone.
He waited till she was totally relaxed before he came out and pointed the sword at her and yelled. Laken got really scared and dropped the book and kicked back the covers and SCREAMED!
It was hilarious! Derrick almost fell off the bed laughing more than once! True story!
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Later on, Derrick was sitting behind Kiki and was messing with her pony-tail. Then he started pretending that he was pulling REALLY hard and Laken pretended to be hurting and holding her head.
Carli thought it was real and started crying over it. Then she got up on Kiki and hit Derrick till he stopped playing. it was really funny, you should have seen Carli's face. She made it look like he was doing it to her! She actually thought Derrick was hurting Laken!
I gotta go,
Love,
Cara Hicks
So I put him in the closet in the front bedroom while Kiki was doing something. She came back in and we went back to working on a book report for her. I was reading with her and leaned over to get a better view, I signaled derrick and he waited and I thought he was gone.
He waited till she was totally relaxed before he came out and pointed the sword at her and yelled. Laken got really scared and dropped the book and kicked back the covers and SCREAMED!
It was hilarious! Derrick almost fell off the bed laughing more than once! True story!
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Later on, Derrick was sitting behind Kiki and was messing with her pony-tail. Then he started pretending that he was pulling REALLY hard and Laken pretended to be hurting and holding her head.
Carli thought it was real and started crying over it. Then she got up on Kiki and hit Derrick till he stopped playing. it was really funny, you should have seen Carli's face. She made it look like he was doing it to her! She actually thought Derrick was hurting Laken!
I gotta go,
Love,
Cara Hicks
George Washington
George Washington was the first president in the U.S.He was born Feb. 22, 1732 and he died Dec. 14, 1799. He was the oldest child of his family. He also spent most of his time outside, and became a very good horseman.
He lost his father at the age of 11. When he was 21, his military career began. That same year, he traveled to Pennsylvania. Washington married Martha Castis in 1759. She had two children of her own and George Raised them as his own. Martha never had another child.
After the signing of the treaty of Paris [in 1783] Washington resigned his commission and returned to Mount Vernon. On Dec. 12, 1799, Washington got caught in a snowstorm while riding his horse around his farm. He got very sick and 2 days later, he died.
That's all the facts I know about George Washington,So I hope you enjoyed it,love you,
Love
Laken Cauley
He lost his father at the age of 11. When he was 21, his military career began. That same year, he traveled to Pennsylvania. Washington married Martha Castis in 1759. She had two children of her own and George Raised them as his own. Martha never had another child.
After the signing of the treaty of Paris [in 1783] Washington resigned his commission and returned to Mount Vernon. On Dec. 12, 1799, Washington got caught in a snowstorm while riding his horse around his farm. He got very sick and 2 days later, he died.
That's all the facts I know about George Washington,So I hope you enjoyed it,love you,
Love
Laken Cauley
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
MY CHURCH CAMP ADVENTURE!
MY CHURCH CAMP ADVENTURE!
by Cara Hicks
Well, Aunt June asked me to write a report on Church Camp, so here goes nothin'!
I liked camp a lot except for the nasty orange juice, it rained, electricity went out and it was extremely hot! Under such circumstances, you would think camp was bad. It wasn't, though. I made new friends [and I forgot to get numbers]. I had fun in the rain, even though I only got to swim three times. Worship was good, even though they didn't teach me anything. The reason they didn't teach me anything is because they were basically teaching to the newly saved people, but I'm sure if they were listening, they caught the meaning. The Bible study was a theme of VBS I had already done. But other than that, it was all right.
On Thursday night, we had a scavenger hunt, except we stayed in our seats and handed the things they called out to our tribe leader and he [or she] ran up to a guy at the front and see who wins. And guess what?! I was the only person out 120 people in the kids group that had cowboy boots! Jacob, my tribe leader, knows me well enough that he didn't even ask if I had my boots on, just looked at me, grabbed them, and won that round! Of course it wasn't hard to know that I had my boots on, it's pretty much all I wear.
The pool got SWARMED with girls when swim time came. It only went down to 5ft. so it was a whole lot crowded! The water slide was awesome! The first time I went down it this year, I turned backwards [not on purpose], my mat came out from under me, so I just grabbed it and fell into the small pool at the end.
On Wednesday, we had a frantic look for a girl in my dorm named Stormy. No one had seen her since lunch, she missed supper, and didn't come to the dorm [that we know of]. We finally found her five minutes before worship. I don't have anything else left to tell you, so the end!
Love,
Cara L. Hicks
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Love Comes Softly
LOVE COMES SOFTLY
By Janette Oke
In Loves Comes Softly, Marty Claridge loses her husband when he falls off his horse and died. She has nowhere to live, so a man [Clark Davis] who lost his wife took her in on a bargain. If she goes back East in the spring, she has to take his daughter, Missie, with her.Marty is determined to keep busy with Missie and also do her fair share of the chores. Now, Missie is a big ole handful to take care of, and Marty also has her own baby to start thinking about. So Marty is as busy as can be. Marty promises herself that she will never take the Davis' name, even if she is married to the guy. And besides, you can't force people to change their mind, now can you? And what would be worse than losing her husband than acting like he never existed?!
A few months after Marty's baby was born, Missie accidentally spilled a box of buttons and, without anyone knowing, the baby picked up a button and swallowed it. They made a rushed trip to the doctor. That night, as Clark got the horses, Marty realized that she loved Clark and would do anything to let him know that.
Cara L. Hicks
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Cara's Book Report on "When Calls The Heart" by Janette Oke
When Calls The Heart
When Calls The Heart is a story about a young woman named Elizabeth who, by God's bidding, moves out west to live with her "long lost" brother Jonathan to teach. She meets the school superintendent, Mr. Higgins, who is a horrible, loud, disgusting man. He happens to think that Elizabeth loves him and asks her to marry him. She turns him down saying that she intends to never marry. So he finds a town that needs a school far away from him as a plot for revenge, also, he secretly hopes she won't go.
Well, in spite of her fear, she moves off to a lonely teacherage in a small town. Her neighbors are very friendly and her class is a little hard to teach, seeing as how her students have never had a school before. But she loves each and every one of them. One of students died because of a brain tumor. So Elizabeth closes school for the next week and goes to her brothers house. There, she unwillingly falls in love with a brick wall of stubborn determination to never marry. And, so she doesn't wish to see him, but it just so happens that he comes to her brothers house quite often.
One day, as Elizabeth is walking home, she took a short-cut through the woods. She had only taken a few steps when she heard a noise, she looks up to find a bear just a few feet in front of her. The bear took one step toward her and everything was going black for Elizabeth. When she woke up, she sensed she was being carried. Now she looks up into the face of the brick wall. When he saw her about to faint again, he kissed her. Later he apologized for it and she got angry with him.
She is now about to get onto a train to go back East when a voice stops her. It is the man she loves. He takes her to the train masters office and asks her to marry him. She says yes and they will soon have their honeymoon at the Rockies next to a mountain stream. Janette Oke wrote this book. I have written my best description of a very good book.
Cara L. Hicks (with a little editing from mom)
When Calls The Heart is a story about a young woman named Elizabeth who, by God's bidding, moves out west to live with her "long lost" brother Jonathan to teach. She meets the school superintendent, Mr. Higgins, who is a horrible, loud, disgusting man. He happens to think that Elizabeth loves him and asks her to marry him. She turns him down saying that she intends to never marry. So he finds a town that needs a school far away from him as a plot for revenge, also, he secretly hopes she won't go.
Well, in spite of her fear, she moves off to a lonely teacherage in a small town. Her neighbors are very friendly and her class is a little hard to teach, seeing as how her students have never had a school before. But she loves each and every one of them. One of students died because of a brain tumor. So Elizabeth closes school for the next week and goes to her brothers house. There, she unwillingly falls in love with a brick wall of stubborn determination to never marry. And, so she doesn't wish to see him, but it just so happens that he comes to her brothers house quite often.
One day, as Elizabeth is walking home, she took a short-cut through the woods. She had only taken a few steps when she heard a noise, she looks up to find a bear just a few feet in front of her. The bear took one step toward her and everything was going black for Elizabeth. When she woke up, she sensed she was being carried. Now she looks up into the face of the brick wall. When he saw her about to faint again, he kissed her. Later he apologized for it and she got angry with him.
She is now about to get onto a train to go back East when a voice stops her. It is the man she loves. He takes her to the train masters office and asks her to marry him. She says yes and they will soon have their honeymoon at the Rockies next to a mountain stream. Janette Oke wrote this book. I have written my best description of a very good book.
Cara L. Hicks (with a little editing from mom)
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