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| Happy 2nd Birthday, Baby Girl! |
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| Well, there were just so many cute pictures of her that evening! |
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| Aliyah's 2nd birthday |
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| Mommy, Daddy and as Jensy still calls her, "Baby Iyah":o) |
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| How's that for a birthday smile?! |
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| I must say, I'm really happy to be here to celebrate another year...Birthdays are wonderful things!:o) |
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| Happy birthday to the dearest husband and daddy in the world! |
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| Kaiti's 8th birthday...wasn't she just turning one?!! |
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| Happy birthday, Kaiti dear! |
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| Sisters in their matching birthday dresses~ |
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| A day at the zoo--this one wasn't real! |
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| Summer fun at the lake |
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| Congratulations, Tyler! You did it!!!!! |
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| Ty's speech...yes, he actually did!:o) |
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| We're proud of you, son! |
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| Ty with Pop and Grammie |
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| Tyler, “The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.”’ With all our love always~ |
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| Next was our big trip back east in August~ first stop was with our good friends, Tim, Joanna and family. Joanna and I have known each other since we were little tiny girls, and we've gotten to be very close friends over the years. She came out to help us soon after the accident and it was such a blessing to our family! |
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| Joanna's daughter, Kaitlyn, and our little girls playing dress-up--they had a good time together even if Kaitlyn is a bit older than they are. |
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| Happy 20th birthday, Aubrey!!!!!!!! Part of his birthday was spent traveling, beings the three oldest boys left home after we did, meeting us at Tim's the evening of Aubrey's birthday. |
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| This is an aerial view of Belleville, Pa. and yes, Nathan was the one in the plane, of course!:o) The church you see, is the one where his Dad and new step mom, Annie, were married on August 17th. Belleville is a beautiful valley in possibly the Allegheny Mountains? I tried my best to find out for sure if I have the right mountains here, but so far I haven't been able to confirm this fact, so I stand to be corrected- Does anyone out there know? I'd love to know for sure! Anyway it's a beautiful place! |
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| The Monday after the wedding, we had a reunion at a lovely park. This is all of us, folks, all nearly 60 of us!:o) (That's what happens when you have 10 kids!:o) It was wonderful to all be together again beings we are usually scattered all over the world. The day was too short really... |
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| Happy 22nd birthday, Chad Boy~ How can our baby boy be so "old"?:o) |
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| Right after we got back was the Homeschool Music Fest...Most of the pictures I'm posting on our blog of the music fest are ones that closely pertain to our family, but there were lots of other people there and we had a total of seven bands play this time and an attendance of nearly 450 people--had a great time! Our theme this year was about letting our lights shine and taken from the verse in Luke 11 "Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness." Chad made the lighthouse you see in the background for part of our decor---isn't it cool? Grandpa's Neighbors were in charge of the decorating this year and they did a great job! |
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| Ron and the boys playing the offertory on Friday evening |
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| Kaiti and Aliyah dressed up for the "dress-up" |
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| Dress-up time! |
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| Jensy and his little friend Matthew building a sand castle! |
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| Kaiti and Chad singing "I Am A Promise" for the talent show Saturday afternoon |
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| Damien played bass for them---they all did a great job! |
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| We passed out glow sticks after dark for the little kiddos and had them come up front to sing "This Little Light of Mine"--Aliyah thought she needed sunglasses I guess!:o) |
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| Practicing for the band scramble |
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| People gathered outside the large tabernacle---just thought it was such a gorgeous picture! |
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| The band scramble group that Ty was in--they played/sang "Red Haired Boy" and "No Not One" |
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| Chad's group, The Light Keepers~ |
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| And Aubrey's group~ Evidently great minds think alike because his group was called The LightHOUSE Keepers"!:o) |
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| Someone was tuckered out! Sweet baby asleep in her stroller... |
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| Aliyah and her little friend Zuriel having fun |
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| Next big event was Kaiti's baptism on the 1st of Sept. Five other young people were baptized then too. We got done in the nick of time as a rain storm came in which made everyone have to scurry to their vehicles. |
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| Daddy & pastor |
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| Kaiti's baptism |
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| God bless you, sweet Kaiti~ may you grow in grace and wisdom and a closer walk with your Savior! May you remain faithful to Him all the days of your life! |
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| Recently Marc, Linda and their family of seven were here to visit~ thank you, dear friends, for making us one of your stops! They have 5 boys and 2 girls just like we do!:o) |
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| The little people~ |
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| Damien chillin' in the new awesome hammock that the Neals gave us last time they were here. What a thoughtful and relaxing gift! Hopefully posts will come oftener again and not as long as this one:o) |
