http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org Enjoy Life With Us! Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:27:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bryant-proves-hillery-is-a-ghost-video/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bryant-proves-hillery-is-a-ghost-video/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:22:37 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=323 Hillery took Bryant and I out to eat at Cici’s, which is a buffet style pizza, pasta, and salad restaurant. A spontaneous celebration of her love for us. While we were gorging ourselves on greasy, fatty food, Bryant suddenly got the idea that his mom was actually a ghost. Not only that, but he was [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bryant-proves-hillery-is-a-ghost-video/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/beautiful-sunset-at-rock-island-door-county-wisconsin-video/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/beautiful-sunset-at-rock-island-door-county-wisconsin-video/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:17:16 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=321 Hillery and I are watching the sunset at our final night on our Rock Island camping trip, long after the day trippers already caught the last Karfi ferry trip off the island. Our boys are playing on the rocks while the sun is passing down below the horizon on this absolutely gorgeous evening. We stayed [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/beautiful-sunset-at-rock-island-door-county-wisconsin-video/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/fyr-ball-festival-in-ephraim-door-county-wisconsin-video/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/fyr-ball-festival-in-ephraim-door-county-wisconsin-video/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:10:43 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=309   Hillery is watching a 12 foot tall bon fire at the Fyr Ball Festival in Ephraim, Wisconsin, in the northern part of Door County. There were eight or so fires lit around the bay which signify celebrating the end of the cold season, thereby burning the excess firewood. I was wondering why everyone was calling it [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/fyr-ball-festival-in-ephraim-door-county-wisconsin-video/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/family-gathering-for-my-golden-birthday-at-grandmas-house/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/family-gathering-for-my-golden-birthday-at-grandmas-house/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:56:40 +0000 Will http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=306 Thursday on August 11 was my birthday but we celebrated it the day after that because things weren’t exactly going the way we wanted it to.  So on Friday we celebrated it cause that was what would work, I got some really awsome presents and one of them was a really big airport lego set [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/family-gathering-for-my-golden-birthday-at-grandmas-house/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/recipe-netflix-viewers-how-to-make-perfect-movie-theater-butter-popcorn-stove-home/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/recipe-netflix-viewers-how-to-make-perfect-movie-theater-butter-popcorn-stove-home/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:30:24 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=285 Here in my house, we watch a lot of netflix movies. Typically, we’ll see anywhere from three to seven movies in one week. The netflix convenience is great, and the selection is vast, and we love the comfort of home and being able to watch in privacy without having to get all dressed up and [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/recipe-netflix-viewers-how-to-make-perfect-movie-theater-butter-popcorn-stove-home/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/newport-state-park-wisconsin-camping-2011-site-14-was-beautiful/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/newport-state-park-wisconsin-camping-2011-site-14-was-beautiful/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:52:32 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=259 Very eventful! Cold, rain, wind, Fyr Ball Festival, Olde Ellison Bay Days, Wilson’s Ice Cream, Drive-In, American Folklore Theater, Bike Trailer Tire Blowouts, Biking to Sweet Mountain Farm for Lawnmower Repair, The Albatross, Not Licked Yet, Newport School, Ice Cream Eating Competition, Firewood Surplus, Sunset Ferry Ride, Moretti’s Disappointment, Pasto Vino Awesomeness, Viking Grill Breakfast [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/newport-state-park-wisconsin-camping-2011-site-14-was-beautiful/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/rock-island-wisconsin-camping-trip-2011-site-9-was-hot/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/rock-island-wisconsin-camping-trip-2011-site-9-was-hot/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:51:36 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=244 In a nutshell: heat, sun, frogs, grasshoppers, smashed potatoes, mud pie, Jensens, Brauns, Dompkes, Pestkas & others, sunsets, spared from storms, bonfire, lighthouse tour, kayaking, the beach, stargazing, socializing, scrabble, sequence, foraging, running out of sunscreen and more! This year we were on Site 9 for the first time, supposedly a waterfront site however the [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/rock-island-wisconsin-camping-trip-2011-site-9-was-hot/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/the-winner-of-a-nice-2004-chevy-1500-silverado-is-my-mother-in-law/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/the-winner-of-a-nice-2004-chevy-1500-silverado-is-my-mother-in-law/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:12:29 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=220 On our way back from our Rock Island 2011 camping trip and family reunion, we stopped at Sweet Mountain Farm on Washington Island, Wisconsin, which my mother-in-law Sue Dompke owns. She is a beekeeper producing honey, maple syrup, and products related to them. While there, as usual, all of us ate really well thanks to [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/the-winner-of-a-nice-2004-chevy-1500-silverado-is-my-mother-in-law/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/kenya-medical-mission-2011-fox-river-christian-church-video/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/kenya-medical-mission-2011-fox-river-christian-church-video/#comments Sun, 13 Mar 2011 09:03:42 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=195 A great pictorial slide show of the Fox River Christian Church Kenya Medical Mission 2011, which Hillery participated in. These photos were taken by Lauren McLeod who also went on the trip, and she appears in a bunch of them. Lauren also produced this video. Great job Lauren! Need more options? Click Here to view [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/kenya-medical-mission-2011-fox-river-christian-church-video/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bomani-children-greet-the-medical-team-with-praise-songs-video/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bomani-children-greet-the-medical-team-with-praise-songs-video/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:26:06 +0000 Hillery Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=188 When we went to the school and feeding center in Bomani they greeted us with songs. I recorded one of them for all to hear. They were really good. The group that came after this one has won awards for competitions in the coastal region.]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bomani-children-greet-the-medical-team-with-praise-songs-video/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/update-on-the-kenya-medical-mission/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/update-on-the-kenya-medical-mission/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:33:20 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=185 Hillery asked me to write this because she is too exhausted at the end of the day to do much blogging, so I interviewed her on our skype video conference. The people in Kenya are not different from us here in the United States, especially when it comes to what makes us human. The primary [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/update-on-the-kenya-medical-mission/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/made-it-safely/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/made-it-safely/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:47:55 +0000 Hillery Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=180 I made it safe to Mombasa, Kenya and I will be off to bed shortly. Everything went unexpectedly smooth in travel. No problems to be reported except the strap broke off on my camera. If that is the worst, we are doing well I think! I am very tired now so I am going to [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/made-it-safely/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/we-love-you-and-miss-you-hillery-1-video/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/we-love-you-and-miss-you-hillery-1-video/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:06:47 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=169 Will, Bryant, and I made this little video to remind Hillery of how much we love her and miss her while she is in Kenya. We are starting to clean the house together while she is gone, and giving her lots of virtual kisses. Most of all, we are thinking about her lots all the [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/we-love-you-and-miss-you-hillery-1-video/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/kenya-medical-mission-trip-itinerary/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/kenya-medical-mission-trip-itinerary/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:09:34 +0000 Hillery Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=165 Just a quick post as I have to leave in 25 minutes! I thought I would give you the details of where I will be.  There is a nice mix of fun and “work” .  Also there is a blog site for the group you may want to check out: http://kenyamedicalmission2011.blogspot.com/ Wednesday, February 23 Fly [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/kenya-medical-mission-trip-itinerary/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/update-the-inside-scoop-on-the-kenya-medical-mission/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/update-the-inside-scoop-on-the-kenya-medical-mission/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:52:04 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=158 I recently attended an informative meeting regarding the medical mission trip to Kenya that Hillery is going on, and it answered a whole ton of my questions that were previously unknown. There are two missionary centers supported by Fox River Christian Church, one in Bomani and one in Vipingo. They provide meals, clothing, education, and [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/update-the-inside-scoop-on-the-kenya-medical-mission/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/medical-mission-trip-to-kenya-update/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/medical-mission-trip-to-kenya-update/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:28:32 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=156 Just a quick update on Hillery’s planned medical mission trip to Kenya in February 2011: Support, encouragement, thoughts, and prayers have been overwhelming. It’s amazing how God enables and qualifies us to do His work. Hillery has begun her extra personal medical preparations in terms of getting vaccinated and such to prepare her for international [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/medical-mission-trip-to-kenya-update/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/medical-mission-trip-to-kenya/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/medical-mission-trip-to-kenya/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:44:19 +0000 Hillery Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=140 I will be going with Fox River Christian Church to Kenya from February 23rd through March 5th 2011! Fox River Christian Church has a very active mission program in Kenya and Nicaragua. For more information Fox River’s trips to Kenya check out these links: Fox River Christian Church International Missions Karing 4 Kenya Kenya 2010 [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/medical-mission-trip-to-kenya/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/the-best-wedding-vows-i-have-ever-read/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/the-best-wedding-vows-i-have-ever-read/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:48:54 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=132 Keep reading to discover below what I think are probably the best wedding vows I have ever come across to date. If you were previously unaware, I am on a personal spiritual journey which is intense, actively making significant progress towards waking up to the reality of the spiritual being I am at the core [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/the-best-wedding-vows-i-have-ever-read/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/camping-gear-list-preparing-for-the-boys-only-trip/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/camping-gear-list-preparing-for-the-boys-only-trip/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 17:09:47 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=127 The most anticipated and arguably most fun trip of the year is right around the corner now, and it’s now become the traditional way we kick off the camping season. It’s none other than the… *drum roll* BOYS ONLY CAMPING TRIP!!!! Yes, indeeed, that means no girls are allowed. Zilch, nada, never, nowhere, no way, not [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/camping-gear-list-preparing-for-the-boys-only-trip/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bryant-learning-how-to-ride-his-bike-video/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bryant-learning-how-to-ride-his-bike-video/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 16:45:38 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=119 Bryant is learning how to ride his bike! He was really very scared and timid at first, but once we got a helmet for him, all his fears immediately disappeared and he became a champion of leanring to ride his bike! He will be taking off and going far in no time now! He has [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/bryant-learning-how-to-ride-his-bike-video/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/built-a-larger-greenhouse-out-of-construx/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/built-a-larger-greenhouse-out-of-construx/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:55:53 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=116 Remember Fisher Price Construx from the 80′s and early 90′s? Bryant and I built a larger greenhouse out of them! It went down like this: The plants were all sprouting in the Jiffy containers so incredibly fast that we had to take it to the next level in a hurry. So we built a starting [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/built-a-larger-greenhouse-out-of-construx/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/solved-noisy-emporer-400-power-filters-and-other-fish-tank-woes/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/solved-noisy-emporer-400-power-filters-and-other-fish-tank-woes/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:30:18 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=104 Freshwater Tropical Fish Tank For over ten years now, I have been successfully keeping fish tanks including freshwater and saltwater, and yet for some reason my current venture into the hobby has been elusively troublesome. I’ve had fish dying off at a rather quick rate despite regular water changes, planted tank, excessive filtration (175 gallon [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/solved-noisy-emporer-400-power-filters-and-other-fish-tank-woes/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/my-niece-melissa-now-4-years-old/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/my-niece-melissa-now-4-years-old/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:59:54 +0000 Hillery Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=97 Since Melissa was born I have definitely enjoyed being an aunt. She being the first niece or nephew I have had was the first to win a place in my heart. I have greatly enjoyed watching her grow up. This picture was of her at 7 months of age hard to believe she is the same person. [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/my-niece-melissa-now-4-years-old/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/melissas-birthday-party-and-monkey-bread-madness/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/melissas-birthday-party-and-monkey-bread-madness/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=87 Ball pit, sand pit, parachute fun, make-believe, story telling, presents, cake, treats, and more! At Tumbling Tykes in Waukesha, 12 three-year-olds gathered for a birthday party for my outrageously cute and lovable neice Melissa Patten! Almost all the kids had a great time with the party host, Miss Deanna, whose energy level was amazing. She really [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/melissas-birthday-party-and-monkey-bread-madness/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/vacation-to-sweet-mountain-farm-on-washington-island/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/vacation-to-sweet-mountain-farm-on-washington-island/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:52:51 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=41 This trip over Easter 2010 had it all: 3D dragon training, outstanding athleticism, cake baking, woodworking, wheel barrow headaches, car ferry ride, boiling sap, building bases, cottage cuddling, Dora the Explorer, bike riding, mountian lookout climbing, hiking, the trampoline, swimming, wonderful home cooking, and even computer repair and internet troubleshooting! My mother-in-law moved out to Washington [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/vacation-to-sweet-mountain-farm-on-washington-island/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/plant-update/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/plant-update/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:13:40 +0000 Hillery Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=33 Having just planted out flower seeds late Saturday night  I was  surprised to have Bryant come into my room this morning and tell me that some of the seeds have sprouted into baby plants. At this point the plants only had less than 48 hours under grow lights. Tony, of course, always doing things big and [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/plant-update/feed/ 0 http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/started-growing-plants-built-indoors-greenhouse/ http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/started-growing-plants-built-indoors-greenhouse/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:57:12 +0000 Tony Farrell http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/?p=3 This all started because Bryant starts seeds in school and wanted to do a little larger project at home, so he tried to start sunflower seeds, and it did not work. They were, after all, roasted. Missing my 1200 sq ft garden I had at our previous house, and since I usually do at least [...]]]> http://livingjournal.farrellfamily.org/index.php/started-growing-plants-built-indoors-greenhouse/feed/ 0