Video Post!

letting you know what we've been up to with moving pictures!

FLORIDA PICS

we got here safe and sound.  we're having so much fun and we wanted to share our first few happenings....

katie's first plane ride!!!!  she always wanted to go to some place cool like -- florida!      (she loved it)

the only thing they gave me on my very first plane ride ever was...

water.  that's it.  and a seat belt.

babysitting days.  the kids are so great!  "...so beautiful" - ethan (4 yrs)

our stomping grounds

so far we've gone to chilis twice with friends and family.   (don't get the nachoes  ;o)

us three went shopping and beaching...like whales.  haha. 

we went snorkeling!!  the huffs let us borrow their stuff, and rik pointed out the fish.

dad encouraged us get some cool "surfer" outfits.  we're so glad we did.  we like them a whole lot!

mary ellen is making us some traditional sunday night pop-corn, so we gotta get goin'.  BYE guys!

A Visit From EriKa!

We kicked it off with a trip to Carl's!  And then afterwards, Dad took the older kids to a movie

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Sunday Night Play Time

Andrew Miller came over for a while, and then later Lindsey did too!!  We had homemade ice cream & cobbler, Dad's FAMOUS Sunday night popcorn, and ended the night with a good movie.

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The Nations Capitol

The capitol is one of our absolute favorites!!  It's so beautiful and means so much

Krissy and Erika accidentally matched...perfectly.

 All 5 of us sisters *loVe*

Dorthey's ruby slippers, Star Wars dudes, and Mr. Rogers sweater!

The Washington Monument

Our reflection off an elevator ceiling...

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HERSHEY!

"Is this what Heaven looks like?"

We went up the Kissing Tower...

Bumper Cars, and the Hershey Chocolate World Ride

It was the wettest and coldest day that we've ever been to an amusement park!  We still had a great time though.  bad weather = NO LINES

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a big day of shopping

We have never shopped for so long...and actually enjoyed it!

We stopped at all kinds of fun places

We found the Geek car...

Stopped at Caribou. 

It was getting close to midnight and so it was time for the 24 hour places...DENNY'S!  We ended up being seated right next to the smoking section *stinky*

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Old Towne

*yummy*

All of us girls went out together...we got lunch at a deli

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Amanda Laudicina's Wedding

It got dark for pictures, but the reception was outside in the country.  ahh...

Drivin' to the reception in the Quannmobile

We got a little lost on the way....

Lindz caught the bouquet

Sarah doin' her thang

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Erika goes home...

We had a great week!  It went by so quickly...thanks for coming Erika (Eddy ), it was nice having you hang with us!

Erika's famous POINTING pose!  We didn't get as many as she got with her camera...

We're picking only a few pictures from the most recent fun times.

We met in the middle to pick up Emilee and Anne Marie before the girls retreat.  They stayed a little before and after the retreat, and we had a lot of good fun!

It's OUR Birthday

Jarod and Anna sent us a box with group birthday presents and a cake mix!!

The boys got goggles, the girls got bracelets, and the whole family got a movie and a water balloon launcher!

"Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks..."

It was dollar tickets and hot dogs day.

There was such a fun finish to the game, and we WON!

...we match 

Playing Dress Up

Outing with the Goffs

This is us walking from Chik-fil-A to Krispy Kreme in Central Park.

Antique stores can be lotsa fun!    We topped the day off with Carl's... of course.

Caribou is better than Starbucks

We had a catch-up-date with the girls.

We've been havin' plenty of good times, and we just got back today from DC!  We don't know if we'll ever get them up here though...for now, there's these and we're happy with that.

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Girls Retreat

We traveled with the Danahers in the most AWeSOme 15 pAssenGer VAN

Amelia                     Krissy

Every team leader had a table to decorate in a certain themed color.  Laura's color was PINK   She of course threw in some ice cream...

Holly playin' the drum thing.  She had to leave early *sniff sniff* but was a worship leader while she was there.

Us 3 girls were in charge of the games for the retreat!!  Whoohoo.  Here we're playin' a game we learned at CCYC.   We had some awesome games but because we were so involved in them, we don't have any pictures...we'll get some of those later from a friend or something.

Now time for some of the last night pictures...the moms always take the last night to put together a special evening for the girls. 

Katie with her team leader, Anna.                          Laura with a girl on her team, Katie haha

See the gloves Laura's wearin'?  Those were a gift to all the girls on the first night.  The lady who spoke talked about how a glove can't do anything without a hand inside.  The gloves are a reminder to us that God must fill us for anything to be accomplished.

We had a BEAUTIFUL banquet table with the most yummy yummy food!  The theme was WARRIOR PRINCESS...and we just happened to find our Knight in Shinning Armor

After the dinner, a special ceremony, and worship time, we had some colonial dancing!  It was a TON of fun and such a work out!  This is us having our dessert. 

The ever present snack table!

There were so many butterflies around there...

The theme for this retreat was Freedom in Christ.  It was a powerful few days and so many girls were able to recognize and renounce lies while putting truth in it's place. 

Most of the team leaders had some testimonies that they were asked to share in different sessions, and so Laura was praying a lot about that.  A lot of girls said they were helped by her testimony on design!!  Just praise to God for the things he showed to us, and the way He blessed our time there.  The whole retreat went so well and we were so happy that Emilee came with us!

Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Appalachian Youth Camp

Here's our BIG group of cousins!!  Jonathan didn't actually attend (loser), he just showed up one night. 

Traveling to Amy's house on Sunday night

Amy (our old piano player from church) lives near the camp grounds so us 3 girls got to spend Sunday night at her place.  We had a great time, got to meet her man, ate unhealthy food, and she took us out for breakfast - THANKS AMY!  We had a great time!!

 Annie felt sick and wasn't lookin' so good after registration, so we prayed for her to get well and BAM - she was!  Thanks God

This year, while everyone was waiting for the "big time" to start, they had some party games.  This year was the camps 25th birthday, so everything was themed around that.

If you got a ring around the pop can, you got to KEEP IT!

The alumni taking the freshman on a tour.  It was Truman, Hannah, and Anne Marie's first year.

Snow Cone Queen

These are 2 of Elizabeth's (our cousin) kids.

One night there was an emergency that involved  Nasia, a spider bite, and a trip to the ER.  Laura was one who had to leave so Katie and Emilee filled in with the snow cones!

We play softball and volleyball everyday.

Katie's team...

These are some friends that we met at CCYC (the last camp we were at).  They're lotsa fun!  Here we are at one of the afterglows.  It was an All-Star softball game.

Elizabeth got to come to camp this year...kinda like old times. 

It was fun to be able to see Randy and Lawrence (too bad he's not in this picture) this year at camp!!

Laura's catchin' for the Stiffs team, and Katie's battin' for the Stars

Cheerin' us on!

We're watchin' the guys Stars vs. Stiffs game now

We had a lot of fun hangin' out with the Cessna guys.  Rick & Mike. 

The banquet was a big birthday party!!  Laura was a dorm master and so she had to "sign off" on everyones banquet passes who stayed in her dorm. 

Laura:  I had prayed that I would be a help and example at camp and not just be attending and trying to have fun.  God really answered my prayer by giving me a big responsibility up in those dorms!  I was over 70 girls *shew*  I was happy to help!

Gotta have clowns at a birthday party!

Our FUN table!

It was a competition...

Brenton and Steve were on Katie's team and sat with us at the party.

 Chillin'

Hi Isaac

Retrieving a frisbee from the roof and watching card tricks.  They were really cool!

We had beautiful drives there and back.  We even had a rainbow!

"In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day. He recognized ice cream as a fun and nutritious food that is enjoyed by a full 90% of the nation's population. In the proclamation, President Reagan called for all people of the United States to observe these events with 'appropriate ceremonies and activities.' "

Dig in

We also had some fun games! Like ImaginIff...

..Pool, ping-pong, and foosball...

..And Family Feud!!

Carolina Christain Youth Camp

Our friend Reuben invited us to a youth camp in North Carolina that he helped start a while ago and this year we were finally able to make it!  We aren't going to try to tell you about everything because that would be too hard, but we thought you might enjoy seeing the pictures...or at least we will.

Each team had to come up with a "trophy"

We played all kinds of games all kinds of ways!  Katie did awesome at this one

Here's some of Krissy & Nasia's team doing some quizzing

Here's our friend Reuben Rinker and his family.  We got to meet Jennifer and Kallie - they're GREAT!!

We're ready to head to the banquet!  The theme was purity and so everyone was wearing white.  We had a great time at our table...all kinds of cool peoples sitting with us!

We hung out and played some volleyball for a while after most everyone else had left. 

Daniel, Laura, Jennifer

Penn View Guys -- Greg, Kent, Joe, & Joe David.  Kent was Krissy's head coach, Joe David was Laura's, and  Greg was Katie's assistant coach. 

We had to get a jump from the Rinkers haha. 

The camp was amazing and we would recommend it to everyone!  The minister they had was excellent.  Every service was filled with the Lord's presence.  Testimonies, worship time, alter calls, music specials, and choir - everything was great.  The president (Scott Blackman) really has a heart for the campers and has a real ministry there.  They also do a great job of keeping the price down for campers, which is a good bonus! *whoohoo*  We hope that our schedules will allow us to go again!

Signed,

Happy Campers

Our Happy 4th of July

After a red, white, and blue breakfast, we went to the Rappahannock River Raft Race downtown.  We had never done that before and we had a fun time watching. 

Afterwards we walked around our historic town and looked at all the tents and activities going on.  Then it was time to visit our good friend Carl...

Next was pool time.  The boys played "baseball" after the rest of us got out to work on food.

This is our favorite pot.  We like to put good ol' American baked beans in it. 

Those are the cheapest fireworks - snakes. 

Gregory's birthday was on the 1st.  He turned 11 years old!  Happy Birthday Buddy!!

We were invited to a neighbors house to watch fireworks. 

Home of the free, because of the brave.