Welcome!

Hullo Everybody,

I guess introductions are a good place to start... I am Ruby Hopkins, and I'll probably do most of the posting here. (Unless otherwise noted.) Our family consists of eight children - Peter, (22) who's engaged to be married, Chloe (19), Ruby (16), Gabriel (14), Duncan (12), Tirzah (10), Luther (7), Olivia, (5).  We live in smack dab in the middle of the city... Needless to say, we enjoy those trips to the country, where the boys can be boys and not use the neighbor's backyards as extra space. *wink*.

I guess I should list everybody's creative points just so you know.....

Peter is very good at carpentry, and actually has his own furniture business.  He's a wonderful classical pianist (plays Chopin very well) and a painter - currently working on a huge painting of a ship-chase during the Napoleonic Era (and it's his own "design".)  And he just moved out :( to a place about ten minutes from our house.

Chloe's an amazing seamstress and makes clothes - never following a pattern, but changing it to her own taste.  She has a sense of fashion, and what goes with what.  She plays piano well, and knows a lot.

Ruby is a writer, works one day a week at a farm in exchange for free riding lessons, loves to cook and be in the kitchen, and also loves to read, and loves history, and plays piano.

Gabriel's gift would be... uh... comedy. :D He amuses us all, all the time! He knows a lot about technology and is usually the kind of person who can tell you where anything is.

Duncan is good at... being a boy. :)  He loves to climb trees, and run around, and get dirty. He recently made a knife for daddy out of steel (I think?) and the horn from an antler of a deer.

Tirzah is developing a skill for sewing. She enjoys baking and all that stuff two, and has an amazing soprano voice.  Since she's between two boys, she plays a little rough sometimes too... But she also enjoys playing with her little sister.

Luther, a little young to be discovering his talents, is showing great potential for a great thinker.  He has those deep penetrating blue eyes that are full of all sorts of thoughts and questions.  He loves to play rough-house with Duncan, but he also likes to sit and talk with his older sisters.

Olivia loves playing with her "babies", and singing, and dancing, and dress up, and anything else that little girls love to do.  She is just crazy about animals... She never gets nervous or anything around them. :)

And there you have us! :)

My dad is a professional pianist, and he paints houses... and has many different artistic abilities like that. :)

My mom is a wonderful cook, and is a dedicated homeschooling mom and teacher to her children.

We are thankful for godly parents...

And now for some REAL blogging! :)