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Concert

On Thursday, we felt like we went to our own personal concert in Tellico Plains. We volunteered and spent some time with some Christian Music groups. At the concert was Chris Sligh, New Song, Ayeisha Woods, and Rush of Fools. We have some pictures of them performing and then we got some pictures made with the groups after the concert. It was great!

Nora and Colin

Remember that little baby born in May. Well she is 18 pounds now and growing strong. Just wanted to share one of the latest pics of my niece and nephew (Colin and Nora)

Time with Family

Well it took me over a month to get the pics from when my parents and Colin were here uploaded. We had a great time at the beginning of October when they came exploring the area and playing in waterfalls and even roasting marshmallows. I can't wait to see them Thanksgiving!

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I know it's been awhile!

Life has had it's ups and downs the past few months, but we have hung in there. I can't believe it is already October! I am still waiting on some pictures from my Mom and Dad from last weekend. I will post as soon as I get them. I just wanted to post some beautiful pics of the Smokey mountains. The view in the pics is from one of our cabin rentals. I thought it was just gorgeous this morning.

Boys will be boys!

On July 4th, our friends the Sluchers came to visit. Luckily there weren't any cabins left in Pigeon Forge so they decided to come our way for a quick vacation. We had a lot of fun shooting off fireworks in the woods, well let's say the boys did. After burned holes in shirts and lots of singed hair we had our own little fireworks display. It was awesome to see Mike, Leah, Will and Mallory in our neck of the woods!

Semyone (Sam) Came to visit!

I have known Sam since he was 14 years old. Sam is from Russia and is in the USA this summer raising support to work as a missionary to his own people. He works with Campus Crusade working with Russian teenagers. He is now 22 years old and feels that God is calling him to full time ministry. He came and visited us for a week. He helped up work and also had some fun spending Independence day with us. He was also able to obtain a temporary driver's license while he was here.

Baby Nora is here!

My sister Starr had baby Nora a little earlier then expected. She was due July 11 but came into this world on May 29. She was early and spent a week in the hospital and now is doing fine. She was very small weighing only a little over 5 pounds. She lost some weight in the hospital but was able to come home when she got back to five pounds. I am very excited about the new addition and was very excited to get to hold her a week after she was born. She has flaming red hair like the rest of her family and I am sure she will fill out as she eats lots of milk every day.

Shaina's Graduation

Shaina graduated from 8th grade this year. In TN, they wear a cap and gown for 8th grade grad. She is really excited about going to high school!

Update

Since April, we have been really busy with Church and other various activities. Jason and Shaina received their yellow belts in Karate during the month of April. They also talked Holly into taking karate with them. Holly has been enjoying the karate time for the workouts and the new stuff that she is learning. She also was very excited to break her first board by kicking it!

Shaina is approaching the end of her 8th grade school year. She has had a lot of activities going on such as 8th grade formal and 8th grade graduation. They will have a formal graduation for the following school year with a cap and gown. I will post pictures next week of the graduation. Here's a picture from her 8th grade prom. Hopefully I will get some more pics up next week.

Shaina's 14th B-day!

Shaina's birthday was on 4/7. I asked her if she wanted to have a b-day party with her friends. She was really excited so we decided to have one. She invited ten of her friends for an afternoon of fun. They walked in the woods behind our house, played at the bonfire until it rained, and had hamburgers, hotdogs and cake and ice cream. Shaina was really excited because this was her first "friend" party her entire life. It all turned out good and the kids had a blast!

Easter Picture

This isn't the best picture of us ever but it's the only one I have from Easter.

Easter

During Easter we were able to go to KY for a few days. Donna, my mother cooked all kinds of food for us and even made a cake for Shaina for her b-day which will be in April. We were able to spend some time with my extended family on Easter Sunday when my Grandmother cooked us Easter Lunch. On Monday, we went to The Hermitage, or the home of Andrew Jackson and toured. Shaina had did a project on Andrew Jackson for school and wanted to learn some more about the president. We enjoyed our time at the hermitage but were glad to get back to good ol' TN for regular life.

More Honeymoon pics

During our Honeymoon, we stayed at this cabin. Jason and I used our his and her mugs. Thanks DeShannan! We also went to the science museum one day and enjoyed some food from the Old Mill.

Honeymoon

I am working backwards a little bit but I just wanted to post some pictures from our honeymoon. We went to Pigeon Forget to a quaint cabin in the woods. It was a lot of fun even though we both got sick ):

It's been two months!

Jason and I have been married for almost two months! Crazy! It has been a lot to adjust to but married life is really exciting. During this time we celebrated Valentine's Day and our One Year when we met each other in person Anniversary. For Valentine's Day, Jason took me to Apple Bee's. Jason isn't really excited about "ten dollar" hamburger joints but I was excited to go. I like Apple Bees because you can order off the Weight Watchers Menu.(:
Jason and Shaina started taking Karate. I am just watching but I found an aerobics class just down the road while they are in the class. I have only been once but I was sore for a few days.
Other than that I am just helping Jason with work. I have helped install three windows in a garage (handmade windows) and build a fence in the past week. I am learning a lot about building but I have learned too that I have to wear my gloves because splinters really hurt. We are just staying busy looking forward to going to KY for Easter and helping Shaina finish the school year.

The Wedding

Jason and Holly got married on January 5, 2008. It was a wonderful day. They spent the entire day with friends and family and celebrated their love through marriage.