Christmas 2008

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Graduations and Weddings

This summer we were blessed to participate in a number of celebrations. A few of our friends had high school senior graduates. Here are the honored graduates: Derek , oldest son of Ed and Rhonda Zack, youngest of 3 children of Joel and Jill Daniel, oldest son of Andrew and Melanie Kyle, youngest son of Greg and Lori Greg and Lori had another event, their son Christian's wedding to Sarah. Christian and Sarah met through E-Harmony. Another success story :) The ceremony took place in a beautiful church. Christian's Mom sang while Sarah's Mom accompanied her on the piano. We also got to be a part of Katrina and Louis's wedding ceremony. Katrina's grandparents stood up during the ceremony and imparted their wisdom of a long and solid marriage. Alex had the privilege of standing in as Best Man to his good friend Luke in his wedding to Jaclyn. Luke's mom took this picture of Alex and Keegan at the wedding. God has given us so many great friends and we are grateful to be a part of these celebrations.

TOTALLY AWESOME TIM

The family got together at Lauren and Tim's home to celebrate Tim's 31st birthday. Since I don't have any baby/growing up photos of him, I thought I would do a slide show of his many expressions:

Tim is not one to seek out the center stage spotlight, so his party was low-key and relaxing. We enjoyed some pulled pork, salads, cookies, and cake. Tim's mom, Cindy made the yummy cake. After much persuading, we got Tim to open his gifts. I think the new camera flash unit was a hit! Katie did a homemade card from her family. Can you believe this guy has never seen a sock monkey? It was on the front of the gift bag and he claims to be unfamiliar with that toy. Lauren had fun holding her niece Abbie. A new Ipod from his sweetheart! Lauren and Tim's nephew Elijah, had a great time rolling the exercise ball into the pool. After being buckled into her carseat to go home, Abbie gave her Auntie Lauren a big smile. Thank you Tim and Lauren for the nice party! Tim you are our..... and we're keeping you! TYFLMD

Mother's Day

Uncle Louis called Gramacita to say he was coming down to take her to dinner for Mother's Day and it just happened to be one of those days when we were all home. So we all went out to Fish House Vera Cruz. "Jared have you been working out?" Lauren joined us after her women's bible study was over My pride and joys It was a very nice evening and great to see Louis.....