A Great Day

Today is Sunday, June 22nd. We went to church, worshipped God in song and spirit, listened to a compelling sermon and watched, no . . . laughed at Nick Richter on video demonstrating how not to reach out to strangers. Then we had fried chicken and bought cheese for sandwiches for the whole week. It was already a great day and could have ended then. After a little night time TV, that is.

But instead we went outside, into the sunshine. Neighborhood kids kept coming over and we had another great day on top of the one we already had.

Here's the proof.

A little sitting . . . (How many kids do you see - hint - there's 8)














a little sliding . . .














a little swinging . . .














a little posing. . .














a little soccer . . .














a little volley ball . . .










































a little climbing . . .














a little strategy . . .














for both sides . . .














a great day. Enough said.

Tommy Jenkins

Due to forces beyond our control, the high quality video of Caleb as Tommy Jenkins had to be taken down from YouTube.

This is a picture we took after the show.

Tommy, we loved ya, but we hardly knew ya.














However, You CAN watch it right here.

Welcome back Tommy!

So Long Tommy, again . . . for now . . .

Random Pictures

I had been looking over a bunch of photos we've stored and not really done anything with when I thought, I don't really want to get rid of them, and there are not really enough to put together a theme or story.

So I decided to make it "random pic's from the past post day." And now that I know that I can put up photos for no reason and with out rhyme, I think I'll keep looking through old groups of photos and do this more often.

I do hope you enjoy looking at them, but I won't stop posting them even if you don't.
















This is one weekend last summer at a soccer tournament. It was such a beautiful day.















It was a 4 v 4 tournament and this is the team before our game and then after getting 2nd place.













This is the same picture as above. Hannah stood motionless until everyone left. Uh huh.
















This hive appeared almost over night.















Notice that it's partly on a window.














This is the view from inside the window!
Can you believe the local Zoo didn't want this thing?


Here is some creativity from my kids. Notice the sign on the pole.

























I have no clue how long they were able to keep them alive.


Noah got to perform with his school chorus at a local hockey game and this is the pregame hug.






























And this is the post performance pose. We didn't stay for the game because of the manner in which those guys play.
















Have you ever seen a girl so sweet or a smile so nice?


One of these characters is my son.


He won three contests last fall with this get up.


I insisted he stop making fun of me.




















The VonHedrick Family Singers at Open Mic night.
Yeah, I would have been singing but I had this camera thing to do.

They always seem to ask me to do that when it's time to sing . . .


















It was pitch black dark and we were driving home from somewhere. I held the camera up and from the drivers seat and snapped the picture without looking.

















They weren't going to be fooled a second time.
We've got to get Noah to a doctor.















Some family traits are fairly obvious.















This is on a Saturday afternoon on something called a Lay Witness Mission. This is part of the youth team and we were having free time. It's Hannah, Hannah and Caleb.















Noah's Birthday Pie - Lemon Mer . . . filling.
















Blowing out the pie candles. He was born the day after Halloween. Notice that Jack is smiling?

Another milestone has been tread

We all gathered at Triadelphia Middle School (TMS - Too Many Steps (Thanks L. M.)) to watch our first born move from middle school to HIGH SCHOOL. The auditorium was jam packed with eager parents and friends and the key note speaker was pleasantly entertaining. He even mentioned Hannah's name stating that he could not wait to hear her voice at the new Fine Arts Center at Wheeling Park High School. I think there was a bit of a glow coming from our row of too small and cramped middle school sized seats.

Hannah was beautiful. She is so subtle, and gentle and kind . . . and beautiful.

At the conclusion of the ceremony we gave her a bouquet of multi-colored roses (cause lots of colors are great) and I watched her pull one out and give it to a friend who didn't have any.

We took a few memories.




This is Hannah and probably the best Chorus teacher
in the world. And she has a really cool name;

Joyce Jingle.





A few friends from chorus.

Mallory, Ms. Jingle, Erin, Emily, Hannah, Hannah








Hannah and Hannah








Mrs. Roth - Hannah's first teacher after Becki.




After we got home we took a few pictures of us.




Hannah and Scott's Mom.









Proud parents.