Hockey Playing

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Luke & AJ playing hockey for the first time on ice.

Happy 2011!

Here are a few pictures of the first couple of weeks of 2011. The children are loving the great ice skating weather.

The boys are getting a lot of snow shoveling done this winter thus far.....

Skating again. This was on a Saturday afternoon. There were at LEAST 40 people on this outdoor rink. With 4 different hockey games going on and two areas for skating, it was quite a sight to behold.

More shoveling....

Tori staying warmer (than the boys) in the van.

Luke's first time using a snowblower at the home of one of our church ladies.

Me with my new haircut (in the "behind the ears" style).

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all from our family!

AJ's Coffee Patch Video

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"This coffee patch is the equivalent of 12 cups of coffee every day. You can stay awake for DAYS with no side affects. AHH! Sorry."

The school kids doing their Christmas program.

Dollywood - Tennessee

We left at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night heading for the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, Tennessee area. Here we are at around 9:30 at the first rest stop and driver change!

Here we are in TN after a very long night of driving having breakfast at Cracker Barrell at 9:00 Friday morning.

Nice, pretty warm fire.

The kids were SO good after sitting in the van all night. Maybe they were just too tired to misbehave! :-)

Neat upside down building!

The Titanic Exhibit

We are at Dollywood!!!

This huuuuuge spider was in a Dollywood bag my mom bought - yikes!

Playing the VERY out of tune piano in the little country church at Dollywood.

AJ trying out my wheelchair! What a kid!

Me and my kiddos!!!

Jeff and AJ had lots of fun playing pool.

AJ did a pretty good job getting some pictures from our balcony of the Smokies.

We thoroughly enjoyed the Kingdom Heirs concert.

Jeff and AJ shared a mutual fondness for the pool table and spent lots of time playing together.

At our "Beary Special" cabin in Tennessee

Oma & the grandkids

Isn't it strange how they build these cabins on the side of the mountain?

Some of the beautiful scenery on our way home.

Time Flies!

This is the day we moved into the house we live in now. Luke was only 4 years old here.

Luke (5), AJ (4), Victoria (3)

2004

2005