Hionis Kids

Visit with the Terhune Family

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Naarah at Dance

2011-12-20T05:38:00.000-08:00

Naarah practicing her turns.

Naarah's Pinata Party

2011-12-20T05:36:00.000-08:00

Party Room at the Church

2011-12-20T05:31:00.000-08:00

Naarah's Birthday Cake Daddy Decorated it.

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Nathanael's Baptism

2011-12-20T05:27:00.000-08:00

My New Camera

2011-12-10T14:32:00.000-08:00

Getting our Christmas Tree

2011-12-10T14:29:00.000-08:00

Aug Camp for the Kids

2011-12-07T06:39:00.000-08:00

Casting Crowns Concert

2011-12-07T06:38:00.000-08:00

Halloween 2011

2011-12-07T06:37:00.000-08:00

Friends that we met up with.

Nathanael and Noah's concerts

2011-12-07T06:35:00.000-08:00

Mr. Tim and Miss Nicole's wedding

2011-07-09T16:34:00.000-07:00

Kids at Ya Ya and Pa Pa's house

2011-07-09T16:33:00.000-07:00

Naarah and Naomi enjoying the new kittens. Mom just taking pictures. =)

Freedom Fest 2011

2011-07-09T16:16:00.000-07:00

Friends

and Family

Having fun on a great day

waiting for fireworks

Freedom Fest 2011

2011-07-09T16:14:00.000-07:00

Fun with friends

Freedom Fest

2011-07-09T16:13:00.000-07:00

Grandpa taking his turn at trying to knock Naomi off the platform.

Now it was his turn to knock Noah off.

Naomi getting Nathanael.

Freedom Fest

2011-07-09T16:10:00.000-07:00

View from top of Ferris Wheel

Naomi and Grandpa waiting in line for the bounce thing you stand on and try and take the ball and knock the person off.

Freedom Fest

2011-07-09T16:08:00.000-07:00

Ferris Wheel here we come.

Happy Grandma and Grandpa could join us this year also.

So happy to have Miss Nicole back w/ us this year.

Freedom Fest

2011-07-09T16:06:00.000-07:00

Easter Egg Hunt

2011-05-11T12:11:00.000-07:00

This was the area they had for the little bitty kids right inside the church. Looks very springy.

All the kids went to the hunt but Grandma was in charge of pictures since I could not get out of bed and she stuck w/ Naarah so
we got pictures of Naarah easter egg hunting. Thanks so much Grandma for getting some anyway.

Easter

2011-05-11T12:08:00.000-07:00

These were about the only pictures I could get at Easter and the weekend w/ Grandma and Grandpa. I was able to get out of bed for a little bit while they searched for their baskets.

2011-03-26T13:17:00.000-07:00

Naarah passed out from the court house (after pictures there) to the reception hall.

All the wedding party

dresses from the back.

My sister made these bridesmaid dresses and also did the back of her dress to match ours. great job sister.

2011-03-26T13:15:00.000-07:00

Richard and his mother Valerie

2011-03-26T13:12:00.000-07:00

dad giving Stacey away to Richard and shaking his hand

Chris and his brother and 2 sister's singing in the wedding.

the wedding party

Naarah got into the lipstick, at least it was after the ceremony

Wedding

2011-03-26T13:11:00.000-07:00

Oscar and the littlest grandkids.

Stacey in her dress

our family

Me and my beautiful sister.

Getting ready for the Wedding

2011-03-26T13:09:00.000-07:00

2011-03-26T13:08:00.000-07:00

Olga being silly

Oscar and Jansen

Alissa and Laura

Laura w/ her new Sponge Bob jammies that Stacey and Richard got her for being the Reader in their wedding.

Rehearsal/ Dinner

2011-03-26T13:03:00.000-07:00

This was the fireplace the girls decorated at the reception hall.

My awesome cousin and I.

Olga and Kendra

This had to be one of my favorite photo's. We were at the rehearsal dinner and Father Bob was talking on his cell phone. Just seems funny to me. Not like he is explaining to his wife what is taking him so long to get home. =)

seeing all sides of the family for the wedding

2011-03-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

Wedding Week

2011-03-26T12:58:00.000-07:00

Kristin and Olga

Stacey getting her teeth bleached.

Silly

Us girls getting our nails done for the wedding.

Dinner at the Moose Jaw

2011-02-17T11:11:00.000-08:00

Speed Slide Racing

2011-02-17T11:10:00.000-08:00

More fun at Great Wolf

2011-02-17T11:08:00.000-08:00

Great Wolf

2011-02-17T11:02:00.000-08:00

Chris and Noah coming off the water slide.

Naomi and Nathanael in the wave poo.

Mommy and Nathanael on the waterslide

Chris and Naomi on the water slide

Great Wolf Fun

2011-02-17T10:48:00.000-08:00

Great Wolf

2011-02-17T10:46:00.000-08:00

Naarah pictures.

2011-02-17T10:45:00.000-08:00

Sassy pants trying to be bossy.

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-02-17T10:44:00.000-08:00

Super Bowl Party

2011-02-17T10:41:00.000-08:00

Grandma made us a Packer cake for the Super Bowl.

This is just some of the food we had at our party.

All the kids in their Packer gear.

Naarah Reading

2011-02-04T14:48:00.000-08:00

Naarah had to go potty so she took a book with her and read while she was on the potty. It was so cute her dad
couldn't resist the picture.

Crazy Hair Night at AWANA!!

2011-02-04T14:46:00.000-08:00

Glasses Store + Children = Fashion show!

2011-01-20T09:30:00.000-08:00

2011-01-01T09:06:00.000-08:00

This is the only pictures of the kids I got all in one shot on Christmas and it is not a good picture. Guess I was not a good picture taker this year.

Christmas Morning

2011-01-01T09:04:00.000-08:00

Naarah was still sound asleep until 7:45am when her brothers and sister woke her up.

Naarah's 3rd Birthday

2010-12-21T15:06:00.000-08:00

Naarah Loves Dora, so we had a Dora party for her. With lots of Dora presents and cake and plates.

Naarah's 3rd Birthday

2010-12-21T15:04:00.000-08:00

Naarah's 3rd Birthday at Build A Bear

2010-12-21T14:29:00.000-08:00

Naarah all dressed up and ready to head out for her birthday.

Naarah making sure her puppy is just the right softness.

Finished and dressed puppy from Build A Bear.

Proud of Naomi

2010-11-08T11:09:00.000-08:00

So we received a letter and invitation for Naomi to attend a People to People World Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C.

She was nominated by her guidance counselor at school because of her academic grades and also her leadership skills. Naomi was very excited about this and of coarse we were also.

What an honor to be able to get. However after receiving the packet and looking into the costs, we are not going to be able to let her go (not sure how I feel about my baby being in D.C. by herself anyway). It was 2300.00 for one week next summer. You have to have the deposit turned in by Nov. 29th and that alone was 300.00. Although we are very proud of our little girl we are also realistic in what we can and can't do. Naomi is sad because she thought this would be a great opportunity which we do also, you could see the wheels turning in her head to find out how she could get the money to go. She is so sweet. Maybe she will be nominated again in future years. So although she will not be able to go, we wanted to share our joy w/ all of you w/ such a great honor that Naomi received.

Halloween

2010-11-03T15:52:00.000-07:00

This was at the bounce house at the Jack O Lantern Jamboree. It was Naarah's favorite.

Trick Or Treating. Naarah just started to make that face and it was so funny we got about 6 pictures before she stopped making the face and hasn't done it since. It was so funny and out of the blue.

Trick or Treating w/ our greatest friends.

Children's Museum

2010-11-03T15:47:00.000-07:00

The human hamster wheel. Noah is running in it. I was kind of far away but managed to get shot of him anyway.

Naomi and Naarah playing in the water. Naarah started to drink it and mom said "enough"

2010-11-03T15:45:00.000-07:00

Some silly pictures of the kids.

Pictures

2010-11-03T15:43:00.000-07:00

Naomi made herself a Mickey Mouse Pancake.

some kids playing in the leaves.

Oct. 7th

2010-10-12T16:13:00.000-07:00

Naomi opening her present from Miss Carla. She made some earings and Naomi loved them.

Naarah and Miss Carla being cool on Naomi's birthday

Naomi and Miss Carla being sassy. Miss Carla is one of Naomi's favorite people at our church. She just really likes visiting w/ her and so Carla was able to come to have dinner with us on Naomi's actual birthday. She had dinner, they had Wii challenges and some all around fun. It was by all means not a relaxing evening for Carla but she told me that she welcomed the different pace.

Naomi Turns 11

2010-10-12T16:08:00.000-07:00

I took Naomi and a couple of her friends roller skating and then to Pizza Hut after. They had a great time. I loved it. Haven't been rollerskating in a long time and it was a lot of fun.

We got Naomi this earings and necklace for her birthday. It is Opal (her birthstone). She is growing up way to fast. But I thought it was time to let her have something nice like this. I always loved getting birthstone things when I was growing up.

Some books that she got. She got many books from us, a couple of gift cards, some money and a cool snuggie from one of her friends and also some cool girly clothes from her friend Tanner (who's mom shopped for her- she doesn't have any girls just 3 boys so she was so excited to shop for Naomi).

Casey's Wedding

2010-10-12T16:03:00.000-07:00

Noah Football

2010-10-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

Noah is the #4- I will allow NO Brett Farve comments.

Noah is the one kicking the ball. I was very excited that he has gotten to be kicker at almost all the games. He has done a great job kicking the ball also. Watch out Ryan Longwell here comes Noah Hionis.

Monroe Cheese Days

2010-10-12T15:55:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for the Cheese Days parade.

During parade

After parade. =)

More Rasberry picking

2010-09-13T03:37:00.000-07:00

Noah and his friend Sulley.

Rasberry picking bunch

Rasberry Picking

2010-09-13T03:35:00.000-07:00

Naarah was so cute rasberry picking because she wanted everyone to pick for her and then put them in her container but then she would trip or not pay attention and she would drop them so we kept to to like 5 rasberries at any moment and she seemed content with that.

Some Naarah lovin

2010-09-13T03:32:00.000-07:00

I was going to take a picture of Naarah and Noah together and at the last second she gave him a kiss and I actually captured it on camera.

Naomi wanted to give Naarah some lovin

2010-08-14T11:39:00.000-07:00

This is what I got ready for work to the other day. It was so beautiful

This was the other awesome thing I got to see last night.

What an amazing week of Gods awesome creations.

Naarah's First Hair Cut

2010-08-14T10:59:00.000-07:00

Before/ during

During

After. This is Miss Karen. She is our favorite hair cutting person. She does a great job and she is super nice and great w/ the kids and we get to go right to her house which is right here in Evansville. I was there getting my hair colored and Chris getting his cut and so she trimmed up Naarah's for us also. =)

2010-08-12T03:43:00.000-07:00

So Grandma wanted a picture of all the kids together while Ani and Jansen and Jonathan were home this summer. Have you ever tried to wrangle 2 toddlers, and a Nathanael, the 3 oldest tried really hard to look at the camera but when you have the 2 little ones being naughty and running all over it is pretty hard to look at the camera. So Grandma we tried.

This photo looks like it is the one that captured all the kids together. That is what I will have to do is catch them in a natural pose.

2010-08-12T03:38:00.000-07:00

The Gang at the Capitol. When my sister was here in June we took the kids and went to the Capitol in Madison. I have a friend who works there so she showed up some of the secret spots and also told us some good stories. I miss my sister.

Our Trip to the Capitol

2010-08-12T03:36:00.000-07:00

Having fun w/ Miss Nicole

2010-07-29T13:17:00.000-07:00

This is the boys playing w/ Mr. Timm (Miss Nicole's boyfriend)- they have grown very fond of him. To bad they will both be in Ohio soon. Although Mr. Timm already lives there, we will for sure miss Nicole so very much. Saying good bye will not be easy.

Closer to saying goodbye

2010-07-29T13:15:00.000-07:00

At Miss Nicole's graduation party. Having to say goodbye to our most favorite babysitter and member of this family is so sad. Nicole is like our own at this point. She has been babysitting for the kids for about 6yrs now and they love her so much. We all do. She is a great person and treats the kids so wonderfully. It is going to be hard to say good bye for good when she leaves for Ohio in a couple weeks. Naomi was already crying at her graduation party. =(

Mallards game

2010-07-29T13:12:00.000-07:00

Naarah went pee on the big potty 2 times when we were at the Mallards game. She even kept her pull up dry. Yippeeee Naarah.

Donald Driver and Edgar Bennett

2010-07-17T12:48:00.000-07:00

Donald Driver and Edgar Bennett are the highlight of our day. The kids had a lot of fun once again this year doing the Green and Gold Training camp with Donald Driver and Edgar Bennett. They are really nice people and have a lot of fun with these kids. Chris got some video of the kids working out w/ them. Donald picked up Noah and Naomi and they thought that was the best thing ever.

The end of their exercising when they are in their huddle

2010-07-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

Noah standing next to Donald Driver in the red shorts.

Noah's turn to race

Naomi's turn to race

Nathanael's turn to race.
Their whole group got through the race tag in 45sec. pretty darn quick.

Green and Gold Training Camp

2010-07-17T12:41:00.000-07:00

Nathanael is on the right in the front row, some kid, Naomi in the gray t-shirt, and Noah in the green hat next to Naomi (can't see Noah really well in this bottom picture.
The kids working out w/ Donald Driver and Edgar Bennett.

Donald Driver Training Camp

2010-07-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

The kids waiting in line

Naarah being silly w/ the cones

Here are the kids warming up getting ready for the Edgar Bennett/ Donald Driver Training camp.

TDS Fest

2010-07-17T12:27:00.000-07:00

Here are the other kids at TDS Fest. Noah and Nathanael mostly like the big obsticale coarse bounce houses so it was not easy to get pictures of them doing that stuff. So we got a picture of Nathanael coming out of the little kids train one and then Noah playing a game and Naomi after she won toys for her and Naarah at the games. There had a few different games and Naomi won lots of stuff and Naarah was with her and so they would work together and Naomi won Naarah a couple of monkeys also, they had a great time.

Naarah TDS Fest

2010-07-17T12:24:00.000-07:00

Naarah loved the little bounce house at TDS Fest. It was awesome because it kept her contained also.

Noah's shiner

2010-07-15T16:56:00.000-07:00

So last night at Nathanael's baseball game Noah wanted to go and throw rocks in the lake with a couple of younger kids. Little did he know that little kids don't always pay attention to who is around them before they throw the rocks. Noah was bent over picking up rocks and stood up and WACK right in the eye. Thankfully it wasn't in the eye eye. But this is the day after so doesn't look as bad but is pretty puffy. At least in this picture he was smiling. It was a pretty rough night for most of us. I got stung by a bee at the end of the game, then Noah came up w/ the hurt eye, and when we got home I shut Nathanael's finger in the door. Thankfully the girls got to bed before I could injure them or they could injur one another. They stayed home while I took the boys to the game.

Growing up

2010-07-15T16:51:00.000-07:00

Ok, last week the kids were playing baseball w/ waterballoons and in walks Naomi like this. I had to laugh so hard. I would have totally done something like that with my friends at that age. It was so funny. She didn't want me to take the pictures at first but I talked her into it.

playing at the school

2010-07-15T16:35:00.000-07:00

Naarah wanted to take a picture of just me but I talked her into letting me take a picture of both of us together.

We had a really nice day recently so I took the kids on a bike ride to the school to let them play and burn some of their pent up energy. I feel like I am living in winter again only it is like 90 degrees, humid and way to many mosquitos. It is so bad outside with mosquitos that even w/ bug spray the kids were getting bit. Good thing the boys have baseball to play or we would be going crazy. The girls play at the park during the games so they get some energy out.

4th of July

2010-07-15T16:25:00.000-07:00

Yipee I was able to just put my memory card right into my computer and get my pictures finally. I still have a lot of film to develope but at least I have some new pictures to post. Thanks mom for letting us borrow your old camera. So far working ok. Not my favorite but free is good to get us through. These are the kids at the 4th of july parade in Evansville

Dance shall Resume

2010-06-24T11:34:00.000-07:00

So I was able to talk w/ a dance studio close to Evansville and Naomi starts on Monday. She is very excited about being able to dance and she will still be doing 1 to 2 competitions. She is required to take one Ballet class this summer which she starts on Monday. Then in the fall she will be part of the Jr. Company it is called. She has to take a tap and jazz class beside the Jr. Company which will also be jazz (competition team). I could have had her try out for their Jr. Dance Competition team which they would do 2 dances for competition instead of just one but it required a lot more summer commitment which I don't have since I am a single parent at night and have 2 boys who play baseball. In the fall it would have also required 2 extra dances and then the team. So we are going to do this for this year and maybe by spring/ summer next year we will be able to move up to the next competition level. Right now we are very excited that she will get to dance and the lady that I talked to that runs the studio is VERY nice and also there will be a couple other girls from her dance team last year that are going to do the Jr. Company and everything is all in one night so hopefully we will be able to start a car pool. That would rock! It will be a long night but I am ok with that. As long as we can get it done. All the teachers she is going to have either have a significant dance history or have studied dance in school and have a degree. So that is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is all for now.

Summer is Here

2010-06-14T18:15:00.000-07:00

I would be happy to post some pictures but our digital camera took a dump at one of the most important times of the year. Nathanael's Kindergarten graduation, Naomi's talent show, our visit w/ Ani. So just some updates here, school is out now has been about a week and a half. There has been a lot of fighting in the house so I have tried to think of ways to keep the kids apart but still give them some of their own attention but I think once we get into the swing of summer they will be much better. I remember last year at this time how they fought and once summer got going they were better and more used to being around each other more. Let's start with Naarah we will go from the bottom up. Naarah has been very cute lately she is definitely changing and growing like a weed. She has an amazing vocabulary. She loves to sing her abc's and loves to count to 30 =). She is growing up way to fast seems like just the other day she was a baby screaming in my arms every night before she went to bed now we are getting ready to move her to a twin bed. Sad time for mommy. Nathanael: He finished kindergarten this year and is going to have my favorite 1st grade teacher. He did a great job in Kindergarten and found out that he is very good at math also. Seems I have a bunch of math nerds on my hands. It makes me very happy since I did not do good and did not like math at all. Nathanael is reading now and has a favorite book called Missal Mouse. He started baseball last week and has gotten some really great hits and has made it on base with all his hits except the very first one of the season, so he is having a lot of fun and so am I watching him. Noah: finished 2nd grade with flying colors. He also got an O for outstanding in Math and also spelling. The rest of his grades were awesome also. So proud. He was supposed to start baseball last week but his first game got rained out and now this week he chose to go w/ Ani to my parents house and spend some extra time w/ Jonathan and Jansen and Ani also gets to see Grandma which is a plus for him. I have to say, I am a bit surprised that he chose to miss baseball. I guess his priorities might be changing a little bit the older he gets. Noah is going to be going to church camp in August with Naomi. It will be his first experience with camp so he is a bit nervous but I know he will have a good time once it starts. Naomi: did a great job in school this year, every quarter she got straight A's which I am very proud of, she was in advanced reading and she also was in advanced math this year again so she finished 5th grade math in 4th grade and now in 5th grade she will be working on 6th grade math, not sure how much more I can help her after this. So we had some pretty interesting news come our way last week in that her dance teacher decided to close down the dance studio for at least a year since she and her sister are both going to be having babies around the same time this fall. So now we are trying to figure out what to do about that. Last year was her first year of competition and she really loved it. There are a few studios around the area but all of them mean that I would have to drive (yucky). So I really have to send out some emails to these studios and find out what might be best for Naomi, I also don't want to just wait a year because what if they don't open up the studio next year either? So I have some research to do quickly. Chris and I are doing well. Enjoyed the time that I got to spend with my sister and her family. Looking forward to preparing for her wedding. Very happy for her. Chris and I are just plugging along in jobs and life. We have a few things planned with the kids for the summer. Going to the Tony Stewart/Matt Kenseth race at MIS in a couple weeks. Also Freedom Fest and then Great America. Naomi and Noah both go to church camp in August so that should be fun for them. The kids also have vacation bible school the beg. of August. That is the Hionis update hopefully there will be pictures soon, we ordered a new digital camera so hope it is here in time for all the fun. =)

more fun

2010-05-04T11:26:00.000-07:00

Naomi and Noah did the ropes coarse, Naomi's goal: to do all the hard stuff, Noah's goal: to be the first one done.
Noah was the first one done. He even passed about 7 people that started ahead of him. The just a picture of the 3 kids and also then when they got to go on the farris wheel. Naarah stayed w/ our friend Jenny so we didn't have to worry about her with all the people. She had a blast also and told me when I picked her up that she didn't want to come home. =)

Go-Karting

2010-05-04T11:22:00.000-07:00

this was at the indoor theme park at the kalahari. we enjoyed the go-karts.

Dinner

2010-05-04T11:21:00.000-07:00

After a long day of competition and waterpark fun we treated ourselves to the Moose Jaw for dinner. It was 9pm, so almost a midnight snack instead of dinner but we had so much fun we lost track of time.

Competition Day

2010-05-04T11:19:00.000-07:00

Jazz outfit

Getting a hug from dad after the tap dance.

Chris kept telling Naomi not to smile in this picture so I love her face here.

New Bikes

2010-05-04T11:07:00.000-07:00

Naomi's new bike

Chris's new bike

Amy and Naarah's new bike

2010-04-19T16:13:00.000-07:00

Naomi in her class play, she was an aligator

Naarah's hair after Miss Nicole french braided it the night before after bath time.

Mommy and Naarah.

Easter

2010-04-07T03:45:00.000-07:00

Before

After

Family photo at church

just a cute picture of Naarah.

Trip to the Zoo

2010-04-07T03:42:00.000-07:00

We took the kids and Naomi's friend Hannah, and also Miles to the zoo with us during spring break. It was a little chilly but overall it was a very nice trip. Got to see a lot of the animals out and Grandma got to come with us. It was a great day!!

Recent Pictures

2010-04-07T03:39:00.000-07:00

Naomi braided Naarah's hair after a bath one night. She sat really good for her also.

Nathanael's birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa. I don't think he would go to school if he didn't have too. I think he would play Lego Star Wars Wii all day and night.

Nathanael's new bike from us. trainning wheels came off as soon as we took it to the garage. He was having no part of them since he learned how to ride w/out them last year.

This is Naomi in costume for the play she was in.

Rock and Worship Roadshow

2010-03-23T15:23:00.000-07:00

Naomi and Naarah at the concert friday night. We had a great time jamin to many Christian bands for only $10 per person.

The boys and their friend Miles, taking a break long enough from dancing to smile for me.

Even Naarah was having a great time. I have not seen a smile like that from her in a long time.

Nathanael's 6th Birthday Party

2010-03-23T15:20:00.000-07:00

My friend Kristen that I work with made this cake. No Nathanael is not 8yrs old we were going for the race track theme.

Nathanael closing out his birthday party with a picture of him and his brown bear.

Proud Mom

2010-03-01T11:49:00.000-08:00

So Naomi continues to make me proud expecially since I was never really that great in school and didn't really like it so much.
We just received her test scores in the mail for her WKCE testing(which is the state test to find out how your child is doing). She blew my mind. She was advanced in every subject tested except Science which she was only 10 points away from being advanced in. She scored in the 92% in the state for Math, 98% in the state for Language Arts, 94% for Math, 64% for Science, and 90% for Social Studies. For her extended writing test she scored a 6 out of 9. Please don't mind that I am bragging about her and Noah and Nathanael's grades and tests when it happens, I want them to know how proud I am of them and I want every one else to know how proud I am of them. They all work very hard and are very good students. I am not saying that is going to be the case forever so I need to do my bragging now. Who knows maybe it will continue but I know I just really didn't like school and subjects and homework so I am glad they do right now. Try to keep that going as long as possible. I just can't believe that she is almost done with the 4th grade already. All to soon she will be in Jr. High. =(

Naarah Sleeping

2010-03-01T11:40:00.000-08:00

So this was a great story. I put it up on my FB page but had to put the picture and story here on the blog.
One day I came home from work and Naarah was loud and just having a good time so I started to check my email and FB and
of coarse she took off her jammies (she does not keep them on very much anymore) and then was running around, all the sudden I realized it had gotten very quiet. So when I looked back I saw a lump on the couch and went over to see and she was asleep and had covered herself up and was taking a nap. It was the cutest thing and I had to capture it on camera because it is also a very rare occasion that she would actually put herself to sleep if she even sleeps anymore.

The kids

2010-03-01T11:36:00.000-08:00

Naarah at 26 months. Man time has gone really fast. She is becoming more and more of a little girl then a toddler. =(

Noah of coarse being the crazy wild kid he is had to be upside down for his picture.

This is the only picture of Nathanael I could get. He was not camera happy the night I was taking some pictures.

Naarah

2010-03-01T11:33:00.000-08:00

Ok so here is the long awaited picture of Naarah about the same age as Naomi was when her picture below was taken.

Naomi

2010-02-24T17:00:00.000-08:00

This is Naomi when she was about Naarah's age. There is a picture of Naarah to come hopefully by tomorrow of a picture like this. Can't believe how fast my baby girl is growing up. 10 yrs. old where did the time go?

Amy and Stacey

2010-02-24T16:57:00.000-08:00

Just was looking through some pictures on my coputer and came across these. Thought that it would be fun to put them up here.
Hope I can spend some extra time with my sister this summer would LOVE it!!!!!!!!

Grades are In

2010-01-29T15:16:00.000-08:00

Earlier this week we got the kids' report cards. They were great! Once again Naomi got straight A's. She was even put in an advanced Math class midway through the semester and still got an A-. She has been learning a lot about the planets and moon in school this month and she is LOVING it. I may have an astronomer on my hands. =) She already has plans to visit Grandpa when it gets a little warmer out side and use his telescope to see if she can see some other planets. You are now warned Grandpa. Naomi has had one of her best friends move away recently so that was a pretty difficult transition. She has however called her a couple of times and it seem to make Naomi happy. Naomi has also recently gotten a cell phone. We were reluctant at first because we were trying to hold off as long as possible, but it was time. It has actually come in very handy expecially after school the other day I told the kids that I would pick them up at Naomi's side of the school and of coarse I forgot I said that and was at the boys side of the school and Naomi called me to ask where I was. It was very nice let me tell you. Noah, is doing wonderful in school also. He has added an O for outstanding to this terms grades. He went from an S+ in reading to an O- way to go Noah. His Language grade went from an S to S+. The rest are all O's I am so happy that he is excelling in school. Since he and Naomi are such different personalities I was not sure how he would handle school but he proved his mom wrong. He just needs to work on his neatness when he is writing words. He does still seem to like to challenge me in the attitude department. I suppose that is to be expected. He has learned recently though that if he does not listen and obey his parents that he gets things taken away and no fun can come from no toys. I keep getting reports from his teacher that he is very polite and has great work ethics. Maybe he puts all he has into school and doesn't want to at home. I am proud that I am raising a boy that is respectful to his teachers and others even if we have some trouble here sometimes, no one is perfect. Nathanael is doing great also. His teacher said that he is doing great and he is sweet and kind to others. That is a wonderful thing to hear. Nathanael has been working on keeping his pants dry in school since he has a lot of accidents when he is there. I am happy to report this month is already much better then December and he has even gone every day this week w/ dry pants. YIPEEEE Nathanael. Nathanael's principal wrote a note on the bottom of his report card and spelled his name wrong. Thought that was pretty funny. =) His teacher gets it right though. His social skills and math skills are great. He just has days when he really doesn't want to be in school. So we will see how another year goes and if he is really struggling w/ school (which he is not now) we will probably look at the prospect of homeschooling him. That is a non issue right now. Naarah is doing well right now. She continues to love to listen and say her abc's, she is counting w/ us to 20 and she will count backwards from 10 with us. She loves books so I am thinking I have another book worm girl on my hands. She continues to have a nice strong personality and likes to get her way but doesn't always get it and wow she is a good temper tantrum thrower. She beats all three of the other ones put together. She must have more red hair then we thought. Chris and I are doing fine. We have been busy with work and house stuff and church stuff and all the fun of being parents and adults. Chris is getting ready for a trip to see his brother and sister in Oklahoma in about 1 week. He is going by himself and well deserved time away for him. Just a refresher for him and time to enjoy his brother. Hopefully the weather will not be in the teens when he gets there. I will be off work with the kids and have some fun activities planed for them. One day I will be taking them out of school so we can enjoy the day together and possibly go swimming and chucke cheeses. So hopefully I will remember my camera wherever we go and I will have some pictures to post soon.

Saying Goodbye

2010-01-26T15:43:00.000-08:00

Naomi and her friend Anna at scrapbooking day. Anna one of Naomi's best friends just moved to Reno at the begining of Jan. It was a hard day for Naomi to say goodbye to such a great friend.

Naarah in her new birthday jammies from Miss Lydia. They are of coase monkey's