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Thanks everyone for your comments! I had some technical difficulty on my end, in which I was unable to get my pictures to down load to my computer. Ronn helped me out.
While talking to a friend, I told her I thought I would take a break from blogging. I had gone such a long time from blogging, I thought maybe I should take a break. She convinced me other wise. Thanks!;)
I will try to have more pictures of my little Goonies too. As I think back to one of my favorite shows, this group is a lot like the characters. This is a very interesting group to watch as they play together. We may have a reality show on our hands.

Back Yard Gang

Neighborhood friends! These kids have become really good friends over the summer.

Enjoying activities together.

Gymnastic buddies!

Twinkies!

All about Tegan

Tegan's first time flying a kite! His kite went 400 feet in the air. Mom had the fun of bringing in the kite. Tegan had fun letting the kite out.

Loveland Castle in Ohio. Tegan has become a knight.

Tegan had a weekend with Mom and Dad just to himself. We all had fun, swimming and seeing sites and even eating out. Just the three of us.

Tegan climbing on our new swing set for the first time.

Tegan loves Homeschool Pre-school, he loves craft time!

School's In Session

School has started for us on August 3rd, 2009. We have had a great start!

Have you wondered what we have been up to? We have been to the famous Jungle Jim's and loved it! We have been to Olentangy Caves in Ohio, lived to tell about it. Ronn is claustrophobic, and he made it okay. He just left the cave a little early.

Ronn celebrated his Birthday with an almost surprise party.:) Mom, said something to someone when she thought he couldn't hear at praise practice. I did pull off a successful surprise party on his 30th Birthday though.

Mike, my cousin from Iowa visited. He took the kids fishing and they loved fishing! They also loved, Mike!

We took the kids camping as a last family outing before school.

I'm ready for us to be back on a schedule.

Tristan's class room. This is on the first floor in the house. Grandma teaches Tristan's class. Mom has her teaching degree. She is using her own curriculum this year instead of something ordered.

Here is Tiffany's class, her school room is on the second floor. Mom and I are so proud of our classrooms. Tiffany's curriculum is through A Beka which is a class on the DVD. We love it! I love how the kids have bible class before school everyday that they watch from A Beka. I've heard our kids sharing with the neighbor kids about the bible lessons. They are so excited when telling the other kids. That's when all doubt if your doing the right thing goes away.

I should of taken a picture of Tegan and Jessie. We have a babysitter come and play with Tegan while we are at school. This has worked out awesome!

On The Road Again....

Things we have done since Tiffany's Birthday. Ronn, Jody (Operations Director, CSI) and I went to Haiti. We saw the ministries in Haiti and meet with the CSI missionaries. I can't express how awed I am by God working in peoples lives and ministries. We have had the ending of the school year. The kids had a program and refreshments. Most memorable moment is with Mom concluding the program with " that's the end of the school year for 1909!" We all rolled on the floor with laughter. Mom never disappoints us with fun and entertainment. :)

We then on May 29th headed to Florida. We meet with friends from CSI in Merritt Island. We had such a good time. Visited a church that supports Haiti. They send a lot of medical teams to Haiti. They also have teams that have helped out the North America ministries.

We then headed to our already planned vacation to Disney World on the 31st. We stayed at the Animal Kingdom, Kidani Village. Wow, this is my favorite place to stay at Disney!! Tegan loved the Zebra's. We all loved watching the animals.

Ronn's parents meet us their with Jaden our niece. Jessie flew with us to help out with the kids while in Merritt Island.

Here are the kids at the pool at the Kidani Village.

Grandma and Grandpa Oren at Thunder Mountain. It was really hard to get a picture of all of us together. We always seemed to be in different part of the parks.

Here is my favorite picture of Jessie. This is our cool waiter, we loved his glasses.:)
The Disney vacation with the whole family was over on June 5th. Ronn had more CSI work so the kids and I stayed with Ronn in Florida. We have a friend that works at Disney and she gave us a great discount to stay at the Wilderness Lodge. So later that next week we stayed at Disney again. It was a really neat lodge too. Thanks Summer!!
Starting on the Haiti trip I had started listening to the Twilight audio series. I loved it! In Haiti I listened to New Moon, I was in Merritt Island listening to Eclipse and I was over looking a Savannah while listening to Breaking Dawn.

Father's Day weekend was awesome!! The Black's came and spent the weekend with us. Aaron and Ronn played golf at Legends golf coarse. On Sat night mom and I surprised Ronn and Dad with dinner out to Famous Dave's. Then on Sunday we had lunch together and let the men play Halo all afternoon. The kids gave Ronn Mickey coffee and Disney mints and Ronn also got a new electric razor.

Life doesn't stop getting crazy there. I have been helping get VBS ready for this weekend. Ronn and I also leave for Oklahoma this weekend, CSI work.

I think that catches us up from Tiffany's Birthday party.:) I'll try to blog soon.

Tiffany is 6 Years Old!!

Tiffany just turned 6 yrs old. Happy Birthday Tiffany!! May 7 2003
Here is Tiffany at school. Grandma made her a special Birthday crown. It was the most beautiful classroom crown I had ever seen. Absolutely fitting for my princess.

We had her friend and family Birthday together. This also is fitting for Tiffany. The more people the better! Tiffany's theme this year was Hawaiian Luau. It has been raining a lot and very windy. So our Luau was inside.

Tiffany received so many beautiful gifts. We put a Birthday box together at Imagination Station. So she received a lot of gifts that she had picked out. I can't even begin to tell you how generous everyone was.

Here is the cake I made Tiffany. She wanted a beach theme. She picked out the people she wanted on her cake. It turned out really cute. I didn't know how it would turn out so I ordered a cake too. We had so many people that two cakes turned out being perfect.

Daddy served drinks from our Tiki Bar.:) He named the drinks Lilos Lava Flow and Stitches Serf Splash. They were fashioned with am umbrella. The kids loved it!
Grandma and Grandpa Oren with the kids.

Aunt Janet was a good sport too!

Thanks for coming to the party guys! Can't wait for Disney!

Quick Update

Tristan is doing really well since he had his tonsils taken out. Last night was the first night he went with no medicine during the night. It has been a long and hard road of recovery, but he is finally feeling better.
Ronn is returning tonight from Jamaica. The kids have missed him a lot. Mostly Tegan, where's my daddy? I wanna go.
Jessie is helping us out with the kids. She has been a God send. This is the first time in a long time that I feel like I might be able to tackle my to do lists and still have the kids and house get the attention they deserve. Yeah!!!
Homeschooling is going really well. Grandma is teaching and doing an awesome job!! It is amazing how much the kids are soaking up. She teaches them in such a way that they actually get it. Tristan has had off while he has been sick.
I think that is a quick update. Next on our list is getting everything ready for Tiffany's Birthday party. She is turning 6 yrs old. She has a friend over right now. I am getting ready to take them to the park. Never a dull moment around here.