Christmas 2008

CHRISTMAS 2008

The house...decorated!

Poor empty fish tank...

the stockings were hung by the TV with care...lol

Our pretty tree~~

Chris, Em, Tim and Ben in front of the tree....
The kids with Ooma!

Fun at the Beach!

For Father's Day, we all went and spent the day at the beach! It was totally fun (except for the resulting sunburn - in spite of sunscreen -ugh!)!!
See fun pics below------>

From L to R: Heather, Chris, Tim, Rob, Dylan(my nephew) Ben, and Emily :)The boys building sand fortress~

Happy 19th Birthday Timmy!!!

Timmy turned 19 on Sunday, and as tradition, was awakened to the "Bear in the Big Blue House" version of Happy Birthday..blaring loudly! (if you haven't heard it, you must..it's the BEST happy birthday song ever!!)

He also was greeted with the traditional birthday pancakes made in his age number...this year - 19!! Pretty easy for mom...(those 5's will kill ya, though - LOL!!)**Oh..and grits cause Timmy loves his grits**

Happy Birthday Timmy!! We love you and are so happy you were born!

Em's Last Concert

Emily and her chorus teacher, Mrs. Drosakis - (after the concert)

Emily is the 5th in from the right (going R to L)

Ava Maria

Emily and Mr. Taylor - her other chorus teacher :)

Emily & Katie singing "Shout to the Lord!"

Singing cousins!!

Hope's Circus Poem!

Our niece Hope was a tightrope walker in the kindergarten circus and recited her poem for us!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a fun time at Beck and Roy's this wknd! Skip and Deb were down with their families, which is always great!! See pics below!!*Chris and Dylan with their airsoft gear!*


*Beck, Roy, Skip and Zachary!*


*Debbie and friend Kathy!*

Emily's Last Concert

Emily's last concert at Bak is this Tuesday. She is sad to leave middle school, but excited about her new high school. She is practicing for her last jury, which is next Thursday. I will upload a video clip of her singing later this wknd. :)

Prayer Request

Please keep my dad in your prayers as he goes into the hospital for a biopsy of his bladder on June 5th. He was diagnosed with stage 3 bladder cancer a few weeks ago, but we are hoping and praying that they got it all.

Hi Everyone!

Ok, so this is our first update for you...
**Timmy GRADUATED last Friday!! WooHoo!!! Go Timmy!! I am going to try to put a pic up for you as soon as I figure out how to do it!!

**Emily auditioned and was accepted as a vocal major at Dreyfoos High School of The Arts!!! She is totally psyched!

**Chris is on summer break from college and is still dating the sweet wonderful Heather -(see pic on side)
**Ben is finishing up his Junior Year and has - get this.. a 104 average in honors Trigonometry!! UGH!! I don't know where he gets it??!! (I do not get math people~)

**Robbie is doing great - his thyroid is still not working up to par, but it will get there.

**I am getting ready for the end of the school year - lots of stuff with Emily's 8th grade graduation, Tim's HS graduation, stuff at my school..etc.. you know~ (I will be sad to see my little tiny ones go, I can't believe the school year is almost over)