The picture above is of a wall. More specifically, the picture above is of our backyard wall–our backyard wall that most of us just spent the entire day painting. Tomorrow being Independence Day here in the United States, Dad got the day off from work, which he put to good use by having himself, Susanna, me (Levi), Annaleah, Caleb, and Mary paint the wall to seal it from water damage. It was quite a day.

Marcus and Vanessa were over here this evening. Marcus’s vocabulary has expanded incredibly over the past year, and about 50-75 percent of his uttered sentences are 50-75 percent comprehensible. Vanessa had her eyes wide open a lot when she was over here, and she didn’t cry that much.

The Pink Flamingo Show is back! Since our roof was being worked on, we decided to take the unique opportunity and make a Pink Flamingo Show episode. Enjoy!

The Pink Flamingo Show: Brenda the Baby from Levi Karth on Vimeo.

 No, ladies and gentlemen, this is not an archived photo from six months ago. This, in fact, is physical evidence that someone is getting ready for Christmas! A few days ago (Father’s Day, to be exact), Mary put this on our living room wall. So, do any of you have your Christmas decorations up yet?

This afternoon, with a spirit of enthusiasm, we (the Karth family [actually, several people were busy working or doing schoolwork or what not, so it was really only seven of us {Dad, Mom, Isaac, me <Levi>, AnnaLeah, Caleb, and Mary}]), went to Sibley Nature Center (a nature center here in Midland [we went to find out about xeriscaping {a kind of landscaping with plants native to the area <so we don’t have to water the lawn as much>}). After things started getting boring (we had looked at all the stuffed animals and pickled snakes), Isaac took us on a nature trail (it was kind of scary since there were supposed to be rattle snakes [of course, the lighting flashing in the distance was slightly more threatening}]). Anyway, we haven’t decided if we’re going to xeriscape, but we’re probably going back to Sibley Nature Center to see all the cool stuff there, and I definitely need to cut back on all these brackets (it’s starting to give me a headache [of course, it’s a lot of fun {and it lets me write three times as much stuff in a sentence as you could think about it <or maybe even four times as much if I can figure out how to keep talking ((wow [[this is getting really cool {{OK! I’M STOPPING NOW!!!}}]]))>}]).

As is known to happen here in West Texas, a storm blew in today, flooded the neighborhood, and then blew past us. As I look out the window, only an hour or two after the storm’s finish, the water is almost all dried up, and a beautiful sunset in the west (with clouds nearby) gives the promise that tomorrow will be a new day.

Due to a hail storm several months ago, our roof is currently being replaced by a crew of hard-working workers. Thus, the sound of constant pounding and nails guns being used is heard overhead. Due to this unique opportunity, we even made a Pink Flamingo Show episode just to capture the moment.

I just came home from youth group, where I attempted to film a movie based on a parable Jesus taught. If you’ve seen the bloopers for the other two movies I’ve made with the youth group, you can imagine how it worked: chaos, distractions, and lots of gansta’ talk. However, real movies have really, really long blooper reels and they don’t have all their friends acting it out. So, since it is a lot of fun, I guess I’ll give that movie another shot, and maybe next time the movie will get finished (it’s only halfway finished).

So, all of you might be wondering just what I did in San Antonio for a whole week. Well, besides assembling a playground with my friends, seeing the Alamo, and ridinig a roller coaster, I took part in making a rap music video with my friends. Enjoy!!! 

All God’s Critters from Levi Karth on Vimeo.