Starship Schans

Easter!!!

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Easter day pictures, after church. They actually kept there clothes clean the whole day. Kaylie started to get cold so she did her Firestarter imitation.

Another great picture.

So here is how this happened. While the kids were downstairs looking for eggs I put the big Easter baskets from the Grandparents in their rooms. So I am in the hall waiting to see their reaction. Josiah walks in his room and puts his stuff down and walks out.
He misses the basket in the chair in the corner.

Kaylie then walks in her room and finds her basket and yells to everyone to see it and then look for theirs.

You can see Caleb here with a shocked and excited face. He is about to do his flap dance. lol

Josiah walks in his room and finds his basket.

Josiah was so infatuated with his basket, he picked it up and hugged and kissed it. lol

So Caleb see's that Kaylie and Josiah have huge baskets and runs for his room. I was not able to put it in his room because they were downstairs. So I put it on the couch. He had ran right past it so I directed him to it.

Kaylie comes over of course like the big sister and tell him what everything is.

He was excited about it though. lol

Dakota actually has a great sniffer, she even found an egg.

Josiah found his secret egg.

Josiah and Kaylie looking for Easter eggs Kaylie found hers

Looking in every spot

Caleb did great finding eggs this year and had a blast.

Before the Easter egg hunt. I did not notice this before but you can see Dakota on the top spot.

Kaylie's party

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Chris jumped at the chance to get on a horse. Caleb was excited also.

Aaron also enjoyed taking the horse for a spin

Caleb starting getting very comfortable with the horse and riding with no hands

Shannon riding a horse.

Josiah jump right and and wanted to ride

Kaylie was in heaven

Kaylie going around the ring

Kaylie now is also wearing ear rings

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Gordon and Nancy also have a new Pappillion puppy named Dusty. He is a cute little puppy and falls asleep very fast.
Kaylie reading a birthday card. Morrisseys came up to visit for the lucky girl.

Dusty and Dakota playing.

Kaylie and Caleb doing a puppet show.

Dakota looking cute.

Family Updates

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Well we have a new puppy and everyone seems to love her. Her name is Dakota

Kaylie also now has glasses

Josiah loves Kellogg's cereal. :)

Eats it everywhere.

Super Hero's

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Such consternation on the faces. Notice the little hero learning from the bigger hero.

Such power!!

Hmmm, They could save the day.

Christmas 2008 Vacation

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We received some gifts from Grandma Schans in Fl and Josiah loved this one. :)

Josiah with one of his puzzles

Caleb ever the inventor loved his gifts of wood and paint.

We played many games together over the vacation

Can you believe these are home made?? The sweaters.

Angela also had her birthday during our vacation. 33RD woo hoo

Caleb sure loves hot dogs!!

Kaylie resting and notice Paws sleeps with her everynight.

Josiah lined up with several gifts from this year and last.

Two hams, hamming it up for the camera.

Christmas 2008

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Our traditional Ginger bread house

Caleb enjoying the lights

Our tree and fire place

Fall 2008

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New Pet for the family

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Family Camping Fun (Finally)

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Our first family camping trip. Race day everyone had a great time.

Making firewood

Kaylie climbing trees

We completed the tent on time.

Summer fun

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Sleepy kids, a great summer!!

The trip home from the beach.

Movies are great!!

Kaylie is growing up. :)

A nice walk with Grandpa on the beach

Loving the beach!!

All the guys ready for the upcoming waves.

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Getting ready for the flying ship.

Going down the flume

Fun with Kimmy

Mom and Josiah

Can't wait for the ride.

Pretty excited

Always fun to crash into old friends

Alright!!

Can't wait until he can drive a real car. :)

Summer Vacation 2008

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Ready for a ride.

Aahhhh
Fun in the summer of 08
I am not scared.
Nice ride on the train.

The kids are excited to go on some rides.

The traditional spinny thing
Woo hoooo!!
Little smiling with mom

Our family was able to pick which candies they wanted for the week.

Kaylie picking up some waves.
Smiling for the camera.
The whole clan at the beach.

Kaylie Kneeboarding 2008

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Who would have thought kneeboarding was hereditary??
Kaylie kneeboarding on her first trip out
She was already trying to show off, (just like mom).

Summer trip to the small horse farm

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Kaylie loves little horses

Caleb loves driving the tractor.
Kaylie found a friend

Josiah riding into the sunset.

Caleb getting ready for a long ride.
Caleb coming home after getting the bad guys!!
Caleb is happy all the bad guys are in jail.

Going for a ride. Going for a ride.
Caleb with a mustache and a smile
Kaylie in all her glory riding a horse.
Josiah getting ready for the open range.

Josiah hamming it up with sunglasses and hat.
The kids enjoying the horses that are their size.
Kaylie riding a horse all dressed up!!
Josiah with a mustache.
Caleb with a mustache.

Summer Fun 2008

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We were able to visit Claws N Paws this year with the kids.
What a gigantic porcupine
Caleb loving the turtles
Josiah getting in on the action with the turtles.

Kaylie with the sheep

All of us together with the dinosaurs

Some family outings this year

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Kids out for Easter egg hunt
Stewart family and us visiting Kreg's parents place in Vermont
We got to go sledding down a great hill and the kids stopped for some snacks. Icicles
Josiah on another egg huntThe syrup house
Inside with lots of steam

Photos of us around the house

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The Stewart family visiting from Lancaster
Another Caleb invention
A lego party with Caleb still hard at work.

Looks like Kaylie found the camera. :)
Self Portrait

Caleb and Friends get Baptized

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Our neighbor Jeff and Jacob. Jeff jumped in after stripping down to baptize his boys. :)

Jeff's wife Julie getting baptized also.
Jeff's boy Joel
Caleb getting baptized. He instantly grabbed his nose and spoke really loud and clear.

Snow Fun

2008-05-02T21:09:00.002-04:00

Kaylie getting ready for some fun!!

Caleb has a new bud. Little Joe smiling from the porch.

Caleb showing off his new creation.
Josiah hamming it up while painting.

Happy Mom and Josiah

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Ready to clean
Training them young!!

Our traditional ginger bread house night

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Kaylie and Josiah enjoying the decorating Caleb happy to show off his work.

Kidney Operation

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Us Schans's in the waiting room for the kidney operation.

Backyard football

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Playing football with the Stewarts!! Our backyard scene, an explosion of color

Angela's fish

Reading Time

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The kids love the new bean bag we got. It was rather large. Larger than we had anticipated so we had to put it downstairs.

Christmas Time

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Here we are trying to get our Christmas Card ready in time. I have included several attempts for your perusal.

Summer vacation 2007

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Here are all the kids ready for a nap after being at the beach.

Our usual yearly photo beginning the trip
Kaylie being thrown in the air at the pool by Grandpa Gordon

Caleb playing football

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Caleb gets in his stance.

He is no longer scared of going after the other team.
Here you can see the intensity he has.

He starts before the other guys even begin.
Here he is full blown yelling!! lol

Soccer Kaylie

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Kaylie is great at soccer. She is always a hard worker for the goal!!

2007-07-08T13:36:00.001-04:00

Boo Hoo! I took Jules (kitten) on a short evening walk around the block with Jeff, and a boy on a motor scooter reclaimed her. So happy for the boy and his family, but it was a sad day for me and the little ones. Jeff didn't seem to mind too much either way.

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Kaylie can't wait till Jules can spend the whole night in her room...she snuck Jules into bed with her this evening while I was tucking in the boys...Jules didnt' seem to mind.

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Who's the real Super man??? This is Caleb's new piggy bank, we lost the plug to the last one. This one says 6 different super things with back ground music and a breeze blowing the cape every time Caleb puts a coin in it. He LOVES it! His passion for the kitten cooled quickly after getting chased around the kitchen by a very playful kitten who just wanted to hug and bite Caleb's bear feet and ankles...He's sticking to super man and legos for now.

Julie- Jules' ride home

2007-07-06T07:48:00.000-04:00

Julie Deak is my new 5 a.m. walking partner, she's the one in the brown shirt far left. She carried Jules, our new kitten home for me.

That's her family and folks.

Ting's gift

2007-07-05T20:57:00.000-04:00

Boy was I blessed today!!! A new kitten to love and Ting brought me a gift she just couldn't resist getting me! New mugs! I have so much trouble finding pretty coffee muggs big enough to get me through my Quiet time with out haveing to refill. Ting found these at Macy's for $7 down from $40! What a gift from a wonderful friend! Thank you Ting!

A new kitten to love!

2007-07-05T20:45:00.000-04:00

Meet Jules! No Paws didn't have a baby, but if she did, the one we'd keep would look just like this! Julie Deak and I were found by her on our early morning walk boney and starved for love and food. She just came running to us from the side of the road along side a cow field and purred like a Harley. Julie carried her to my house. The family seems to adore the new kitty. Jeff is lying on the kitchen floor down stairs here now playing with her like he's a kitten too. She fits right in.

A friend of God and mine

2007-06-20T20:20:00.000-04:00

Jen Bender, friend of God and mine came over this morning in response to a sleepy 8 am call from me. I'd just stumbled out of bed to a house of hungry very awake children and just didn't feel quite ready for the day, but thought this is a good morning for a Jen B. call. So I called her up as I was fumbling around looking for the coffee. And getting the kids a very healthy hearty breakfast... left over potatoes and chicken. (It was warm and fast, they ate it:) She asked if I'd had breakfast yet..."no, no, just bleary eyed and trying to find the coffee, still in pj's, you want to come over?" I offered. Sure she said. As soon as Maddy wakes up we'll come on over and make you an omlette, ham egg chees, and fresh tomatoes. Well that wasn't at all what I'd expected, but check out this blessing.

Let's build a swing set!

2007-06-13T15:27:00.000-04:00

Will sombody please inform my mom about the wonders of swim diapers! Anybody? Why is she laughing at us?

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Let's do a little catching up...

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This was not a set up. I just find Josiah likes sittin with his bed time story and reading bear...He always has to hold this bear in his arms when I sit with him for a bed time story...Makes for quite a lap full, boy, bear, book, but it's better than the screams of protest when we don't do thing "by the book."

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Enjoying the Spoils

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It still takes my breath away!

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Josiah is 2!

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Wooooow! Great sand toys!

Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Gordon

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Lawn care

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Dandelions never stood out more brightly than ours did this year in this neighborhood. Seems all the homes around here can only get grass to grow in their yards. How boring is that?

Some More Spring fun...We'll get some Kaylie photos soon!

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Little Josiah soaking the sunshine with the brilliant burst of forsythia flowers this spring.

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After a few hours in the house with three very excited children. Mom and Dad decided it was more than a good idea to invest in a back yard swing set! Yipee! This is the one they got.... The neighbors who let us use their swing set when we first moved in have irrected a fence, so the timeing was perfect! Who was the gift REALLY for any how? The grand children, Jeff and I, our neighbors, or Grandpa Gordon???

May Groff Visit

2007-05-17T19:37:00.000-04:00

We had such a lovely Mother's day! My mom and dad came up for the weekend, Saterday afternoon and Sunday till after church and just spoiled us rotten with a huge Costco boque, The most marvelous rib steaks I've ever had and a very special fresh made tomato/onion/cheese salad, wich I'm totally hooked on! Thankfully Dad left me with a huge Costco size jar of balsimic vinagar, oliv oil, a pound or two of fancy blue cheese I can't pronounce and fresh tomatoes so I've been making it for myself nearly every day since sunday!_ Dad, Can blue cheese go bad??? I was especially delighted to have my mom sing and play her Hear O Isreal worship song at church on Sunday! It was awsome Mom! So, here's the latest photo flurry!

Spring Has Really Sprung

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Too cold to play outside yet

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Kaylie's party with neighbor children

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The pinata has broken and the scramble is on for the candy.

Kaylie gets a good whack at it.

Kaylie looking cute

Jacob showing off for the girls. lol

The whole party eating cupcakes.

Kaylie about to make a wish.

Time for infamous and legendary Pin the tail on the donkey.

Spin, spin, spin

Caleb wins the game

Best buds

Kaylie's turn

All lined up and waiting their turn.

Kaylie's 7th Birthday!

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Celebrating with Young's

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Getting Ready for Easter!

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Where's the Grandpa?

Boy can that child get into his food

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Josiah was so hungry. Way too hungry for that spoon.

It's just so good

MMMMMMM

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Delicious

Winding it up with Kaylie's new sunday dress

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Such a sweety pie! Thanks for the lovely new dress Mom!

Kaylie's turn with the camera on a Sunday morning

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Well here's some of the pictures we discovered she took.

Poor Cat

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This is our dear Paws with wings and a halo. Apparently it was a team effort.

Back yard vista in the winter

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Goodie Goodie for Grandparents

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Caleb said to me the other day, "I just love it when Grandma and Grandpa visit. Do you know why, Mom? Because they always bring candy."

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Time to kick back and enjoy a little Jay Jay the Jet plane!

She's hooked!

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Have you seen our cute little rat babies? This is Sparkle and Lion.

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Well, since one of the two race tracks didn't work, we're thinking, "Nope!" Too bad, but isn't he so adorable sticking the project out to the finish?

It worked, she swings agian....

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Did the time spent together, make it worth it?

Angela Gives it a swing again!

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Jeff had no idea the discounted race track he bought would take three days, 15 square feet, 5 sodas, and 3 music CD's to complete!

Morrissey Visit

2007-03-17T16:12:00.000-04:00

Josiah and Christopher enjoy each others company.
Josiah and Christopher enjoying a new ride.
The ride continues
Josiah shows Christopher the dog.

Josiah watches as Christopher learns to like dogs.
Friends
Friends
Hide and go seek

Introductions and Josiah keeping control of his dog. lol
Nice Dog
Shannon dressing up

Another friend to get to know
Paws is staying calm
Everyone smile for the camera

Time for dinner and a quick movie
Aahhh dinner

Valentines Day Banquet

2007-03-10T08:21:00.000-05:00

Time for the macarana!!!

Yeehaaa!!!
Here we go, trying to learn quick.
Aaahhh Don't we look cute.

Even closer
Mike and Jen Bender
Matt and Ting Young

The guys hamming it up.

The kitchen gang
Time to eat
A close up of Angela and Ting
Mike thinking again, he needs to really stop that.

Jen thinking also.
Jen is really hungry
The banquet place
A big Ting smile

Angela and Ting cooking together
Matt cooking it up.

Me with my new cool matching apron

Jen being serious and counting
Angela and Lara smiling

Christmas Time

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Harrison enjoys Grandpa's new toy.
Josiah enjoys his new toy/candy.
Angela gets the socks she has always wanted. She is so easy to please.

Grandpa Gordon begins the Christmas story with Caleb.
Caleb smiles for the camera.
Kaylie helps Josiah open his Christmas gift.

Caleb opens his new gift. A big dinosaur.
Grandpa Gordon really does not like too many pictures taken at once. lol
Josiah and Grandma Nancy looking cute.
Good thing we have a minivan. We may have to get a hummer next year to hold all our gifts.

Caleb gets a tool set that he really wanted, so he can help dad.
Kaylie is coming out of a bag.
Grandma Nancy help Caleb open another gift.
Time to eat our Christmas dinner.

Caleb with some glow in the dark frogs.
First we have to pray.
Angela gets pretty hot opening all the Christmas gifts. Actually she is always HOT!!

Caleb enjoys his armor and even gets caught in the moment and shows his mean face.

Here he is at real size.
Caleb ready for battle. Face plate is down.

Caleb's Birthday party at Chuck E Cheeses

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Kaylie enjoys the air hockey table.
Talk about your crazy backseat driver. Leslie takes a quick break during
some intense driving.

Now I am captured in the intense driving while Caleb enjoys the view.
That crazy backseat driver is back but the driving needed to be lightened up.
You can tell who is a kid at heart. (Kaylie and Aaron) This is competition for Doug. lol

Time for pizza
CHHEEEESSSSE
AAAHH Hello, Chucky where is my piece of pizza??
Christopher loves to beat up the small moles. He did a great job.

Kaylie again at the air hockey table with Aaron.
Aaron dutifully guards his goal.

Brett and Caleb enjoy a nice leisurally roller coaster ride.

Here they go down the hill!!
Aaron and Kaylie love hanging out with each other.

Caleb's Birthday Parties

2007-01-01T14:04:00.000-05:00

Caleb's birthday party at home before we left for his other birthday party.

Caleb gets his requested tinkertoys.
Caleb's first RC Hummer!!
Caleb wanted a blue cake with red fish and that is exactly what he got. :)

Christmas preparations

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Here is our beautiful tree, it is indeed real and so is the child.

Here we are practicing for our family christmas card
Here we are again but was told it was to far away. Finally a winner!!

Just wanted to show Caleb asleep in his Grandma hat.

Our tree somehow ended up with a little slant?? If you see it from the front you can't tell. :)

Another one of Caleb's daily inventions.
Josiah loves to watch the fire.

Nutcracker with Kaylie Jen and Katlyn Bender

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The womanfolk went to the Olive Garden first to fill up on food and then went on to the show!!

All the ladies enjoyed the dinner and went to the show. Angela had her pants way to high and did not realize it, until it was to late.

Pocono Pool party with Schans's

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This is Caleb's night cap knitted for Caleb by special request to Grandma Nancy

An unforgettable face

Kimmy, I want you to know, Jessi, AND Elly think my suit is both sporty AND trendy for non-grandmas! I told Jessi to make sure and tell you this Christmas.

Any body recognise these beauties? Go go Jessi!!!!

Loylasock Valey First Grade Thanks giving

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Isn't she an adorable turkey?! You should see her gobble Grandma Nancy's pez candies.

Christmas lights (Angela's design) (Jeff's sweat)

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Fall Fun

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Here come mom and Josiah to see what all the fun is about.

No kids

One Kid

Two kids hiding in the leaves. (and I pet)

Finally burning the leaves.

November at the Schans's

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Here is a picture of the sweater "Grandma Nancy" made for Josiah. I am sure if you put your orders in now (please list color and size) she can have them all completed by Christmas. :)

Another scenic view from our back porch during the beautiful fall leaf change.

Fall 2006 Update

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Here is a creation from Caleb. He is amazing with all the spaceships he makes daily.

Here are a few photo's of our house during the peak fall season.

Beautiful Fall Season

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Here is Josiah looking cute. Angela said he just walked right up to the bench and decided to have a seat and enjoy the view all by himself.

Caleb and Josiah enjoying our first fire of the season. Josiah has just been attired in his new hat and sweater professionally stitched by Nancy.

Knoebels Day

2006-10-04T18:39:00.000-04:00

My company had a Knoebels day. We had a great time and great weather. The kids loved it. Caleb was able to drive by himself for the first time.

The kids went for there first flight lesson together.

Here are Josiah and I having the time of our lives!!!!

Here are Kaylie and Caleb on the Frogger. Each time it came down they
said Ribbit, Ribbit, Ribbit.
Here is Kaylie on her first drive by herself. She did great and stayed on the track.

Here is Caleb smiling again for the camera, while he drives.

Below you can see what happens to kids who go to amusement parks to much. Kaylie is in fore ground in the process of turning the corner. Caleb is in the background with his legs up and sitting very comfortable.

It sure is hard to get all three kids to look at the same place and smile at the same time.

Labor Day Walk in the Forest

2006-09-10T16:09:00.000-04:00

Here is me on my dad's back when I was young and Josiah on my back when he was young.

My family family came up on Labor day weekend and we went for a nice long walk. We had a great time visiting Jacoby falls. Usually the waterfall is not so impressive but after the recent rains from the hurricane, the falls were alot better.

The kids get a little tired usually around the the last half mile. Kaylie stayed up the with fast moving crowd. Angela caught up with the fast crowd, while my sister and I stayed with Josiah and Caleb.

We were able to walk right up the the waterfall and even behind it. Here is Caleb, brave and strong flapping his arms in excitement.

Caleb found a friend at the waterfall. Here he is holding the salamander

Summer Vacation (Beach 2)

2006-08-26T16:24:00.000-04:00

The first time Josiah walked on the beach. He loved it.

The older kids loved the first night at the beach also.

Josiah was a little scared of the waves and did not like the water racing up to him.

Grandpa was having a great time with the kids. He brought them to the rides, and actually joined them in all of them. The kids had a great time, although the viking ship was rather scary for Caleb.

Grandpa Gordon took the center wheel and had the kids flying. As far as I could tell they were loving it. Thank goodness for a year of training at Dutch Wonderland.

As you can see the kids were kind of apprehensive about the viking ride.

After the viking ship ride, it was decided they would like a ride that was a little more mundane. So the merry-go-round was chosen. Caleb chose the mean dragon, while Kaylie was able to find a pretty horse.

In the morning we were all able to ride on a surry.

Once on the beach, a small pool was built for Josiah. He loved the protection from the racing waves and also the water and sand.

Josiah loved the mask.

The rides were again a hit for the kids.

Sometimes you just can't take a good picture.??

Sometimes you can, you just need the right people.

Always good to have a good night sleep, after a long days work.

Caleb loves his sleeping hat from Grandma Nancy.

Of course you always have to go to the pool. Nice to have after a long day at the beach.

Summer Vacation (Beach)

2006-08-26T12:54:00.000-04:00

Before we left for the beach my Aunt Edie sent a care package to us.
Included was an ABC book for Little Joe. He loved it!!

Here we are beginning our trip to the beach. All packed in tight and ready to be at the beach. Obviously Kaylie asked the rheotorical question quite early I thought. After only a half hour she asked. "Are we there yet"? The actual funny part is she was not trying to be funny.

As we entered N.J. I heard a strange noise coming from the back. It turned out the noise was Josiah getting bored (and hungry) so he started to eat his shoe. (Makes sense).

First things first at the beach. The kids had to get fitted with their beach footwear.

Neat, Grandpa Gordon and Caleb match. (Blue/Flip-flops)

Hershey Park

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We were invited by Kreg and Jenny Stewart to go to Hershey park. We actually got babysitting for all our kids so it was just Angela and I. We hit all the roller coaster and all the rides we wanted. We basically opened the park and stayed as long as we could. Did not get home until after 11:00 P.M.

Here is a picture of us on the (Wild Stallion, I think). Great roller coaster!! Hold on you go pretty fast.

After a long day, and sweating, Angela still looked like a beautiful butterfly. While
I was starting to smell like a _______.

Kreg was about to "croak" and Jen was getting ready for her starting day at school.

We also went to Zoo America at Hershey and enjoyed the North American Animals.

Geocaching Day (2nd Part)

2006-08-13T15:11:00.000-04:00

Here we are at our afternoon cache. The owner of the cache actually came out and visited with us.

After an afternoon nap we headed out to our next cache in the early evening at the lake. What beautiful finish to a nice cool fall day.

Here is Caleb looking for the treasure with his periscope.

Here the kids found the treasure and can't wait to open it up.

Here is the lake.

Geocaching Day (1st Part)

2006-08-13T14:38:00.000-04:00

Today was so beautiful we decided to do a whole day of geocaching. The kids seemed to love the day. A good time was had by all.

This was the first cache (treasure) and after finding it we had a great time at the nearby playground. One great thing about geocaching, it helps you find great parks.

As Kaylie gets older she is becoming a great older sister. Helping out with Josiah alot. Notice the crossed legs. Very cute. :)

While we had our picnic our cute baby wanted to have a marshmellow. We let him have one and he took off, thinking we would take it away from him. As we chased him to take a picture, Angela brought him another and he cautiously took that one and stuffed it in his mouth and took off running again.

Talk about chubby bunny

Here we are during our lunch break.

Mid Summer Update

2006-08-13T14:08:00.000-04:00

Kaylie has started losing her teeth. We just found out today she will be in 1st grade with two of our neighbors. Mowing the lawn has become more enjoyable due to the high horsepower and wide deck lawn mower procured, to manage the acreage.

Here are some current photos and our kids growing up.

Some photos of Kaylie with her hair curled and toothless grin.

Early Summer Excitment

2006-08-12T20:14:00.000-04:00

Well Kaylie was in her first play here at Williamsport. She did a great
job although the school fire alarm went off and made everyone go outside.
Little Josiah is growing up and acting like a true Schans.
He actually came up with this by himself. Josiah took a half cut grape
and became quite the clown. Grandpa Gordon found him and I had to
quick get the camera to catch the action.

Here he is hamming it up.

Here are some of our July 4th visit at the Schans household.

After a visit to Reptileland Angela and family (while I was at work) found a cat that was pretty skinny to bring home. So after finally bringing it to the Animal shelter. I had to go and buy it back after being looked at with pouting faces from the whole family for two days. The cats name is Whiskers and pretty much stays in Kaylies room. Kaylie is doing a great job with taking care of it, since I obsolved myself of all responsibility before purchasing another pet.

Photo Flurry

2006-06-18T20:54:00.000-04:00

I thought I would post several recent photos to get the hang of this blogging. This first photo is from the scenic view as you enter Williamsport. Our house I believe is over the first large hill. This cute guy has a favorite turtle at the local reptile land whenever we go to reptile land Caleb finds his favorite animal. I will publish more as I get time. Caleb tends to get really excited about going to the reptile land. His sister enjoys going also.