Happy Mom and Josiah

Ready to clean
Training them young!!

Our traditional ginger bread house night

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

Kidney Operation

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

Backyard football

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


Angela's fish

Reading Time

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

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

Summer vacation 2007

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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.