Festival of Trees

Hey I just wanted to let everybody know that Darby will be dancing at the Festival of Trees. It is in the old Burley High School now. She will be on Saturday, December 5th at 4:45. It is only a 15 minute performance. Should be super cute! Kristen

Jack's Blessing

Here are some pictures from Jack's blessing today. We were so glad grandma, grandpa, and uncle Tyson could be here!

CRUISE VACATION PICTURES!!!!

HEY YE'ALL. ROBYN PUT TOGETHER OUR CRUISE PICTURES. GO TO OUR BLOG, READ THE BLOG, AND CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON. THE SOUND IS KIND OF ANNOYING. HAVE FUN!!! JERAMY

Hey Everyone!

This is day date. First we went to the mall and split up into guys and girls and each group prior to the date made a list of things to find for the other group. A few of the things the girls had to do was all six of us had to fit into the small picture booth and get some pictures then we had to sing YMCA and I'm a little tea pot in the middle of the food court (we got some rather funny looks. We also had to find random things in the stores. After our time limit was up we all met back together and we loaded up and found Girtie's and ate it was great! After that we went to skateland for a bit. And finally took them home to get ready.

Ok so just FYI in green on the right is Tory and Eric, then in orange is Shanica and Ryan, yellow is Jasmine and Bo, blue is Kaylee and Sheldon, red is McKenna and Chris, and last is me and Garth. BTW our group stood out the most because almost everyone else did black shirts with neon coloring or something boring like that lol jk.

When we picked them up again we went and got fries and a shake at Burgers to wait for one of our couples that was running very late. After that we went and got our pictures and went and danced it up!! We all got glow sticks and stupid people broke them and threw them everywhere in the middle but thank goodness my group was not in the middle! When we had been at the dance for a while we decided to go to Shanica's house to play around and have a fire and EAT! As the time got close to midnight the group broke up and took their dates home! Over all it was an absolute blast!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! Hope you all have had a great day with lots to eat! hehe it has been pretty fun. Well i thouhgt it would be fun to show you all my harvest pictures...so.....there ya go!

haveing good time thanks for b d greeting. doing a lot of walking trails all over to walk. did you have a good thank giviing? all is wellbe good . see you soon. love you all Dad

Happy Birthday Dad!

Steph is right, I am late, according to your time schedule! Thanks mom and dad for the cute present for Jakoby, she loved it! Hope you are having a great time! This is Jakoby forcing a smile cause I told her too. It is super lovely! And Callahan is getting so big, I can't believe how much he changes! Love ya! Kristen

Happy BDAY!

Happy Birthday, Daddio! Hope you had a great one. I say had because your birthday was yesterday where you are! Hope you guys have a Happy Thanksgiving - do they celebrate Thanksgiving in Germany? Or just you Americans in Germany!?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA!!!!!!!!

Happy birhtday grandpa!! May u have a great day!!! Hows Germany? R u enjoying it? let me know!! love ya, Maryssa!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday dad. I hope you are enjoying Germany. I would call, but I don't get that +1 number dialing thing. The kids all say hi and Happy b-day too. I get to work the next four days so I can have Christmas off. Love you Jeramy, Robyn, Sakoya, Saige, Denali, Derringer, and Wynter.

Happy Birthday Jakoby!!! Have a great day! We Love You! Eat some birthday cake for grandma & grandpa, okay? It is raining here in Germany today so grandma's hair is gonna be curly! Love you!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Carrie! Hope you have a good day! Love You! Mom & Dad Jones

Germany!!!

We made it safely to Germany! (Our plane stayed in the air & everything!) I can tell you now that the hours flying were a bit rough on us! We arrived okay, but were exhausted! We arrived at 8:50 their time, we had been up since 6:00 our time. You do the math cause my brain doesn't want to work much today!! Our flights were on time and everything went well. When we arrived here the day was gray and damp, but the sun eventually came out and it was actually quite pleasant. A bit chilly out but the wind isn't blowing cold blasts of air into us like it was at home. A BIG Happy Birthday yesterday Denali (& Ernie also, but I know she won't see this). How did you celebrate?? Did mom & dad have a great night out with their supper & concert? Do you feel any older? Love you & hope you had a great birthday!! Anyway, after a great night's sleep we are up & at 'em this morning! Jack is way cute and looks just like the last picture on the blog! Give Grandma Draper a call & tell her all is well here & we will talk to her tomorrow. Love you all!! And be good while we are away!

SMOKING- By Madison Lindsay- Smoking is very bad for you. It can cause very bad things to your body, such as lung cancer, mouth cancer, or throat cancer. Today, November 4th, 2009, Wednesday, Lori, the School Nurse, came in the 4th grade and told us how bad smoking is for your body. I thought it was very interesting. Others thought it was very boring. She told us that “I never want to see you smoking.” She also said, “If you smoke, your lungs get all black, and bumpy, and weird and you can’t breathe as well.” She showed us a cardboard girl with one unhealthy lung and one healthy lung. It had a pump so she pumped it and it was like the girl was breathing. The healthy lung did it fine, but the unhealthy lung took longer and it looked as if it held some of the air pumped into it inside. That’s because it did. She told more interesting facts about the lungs. She had two boxes that used to have cigarettes in it – hopefully she threw them away! She said most of the cigarettes were about $4.90. She asked, “How many of you would rather buy candy or games or something else?” Guess what? ALL OF US RAISED OUR HANDS!! After that, we moved on and talked about second-hand smoking. She told us that if we are in a room with somebody else smoking, then we can breathe it in too. It might not be as bad as the person smoking, but it still is bad for you. That is why some people smoke outside. Next, we moved on to a big box. Lori unfolded the flaps and pulled out a big jar. Inside the jar were real lungs. I thought it was gross, but still interesting. They were black, and they had stitches. Lori said it was from a real person’s body. She said the guy who owned them died a decade ago of lung cancer and he donated his body to science. She told more facts about the man’s lungs. She told us some ingredients to the cigarettes too, but not all 400! One of them was COW FARTS! I know, it’s gross! And also hydrogen peroxide, and nicotine. Nicotine is very addicting. I do not know if it is a powder or a liquid. I think all of these facts are very interesting and the information is good to know. I will never, ever in my life, smoke or do drugs. I hope a lot of other people will make this promise too. Please, never smoke.

HaPpY aNnIvErSaRy MOM and DAD!!! Is this 42 years?!?!?

So we have been home a week now and finally getting into a routine. Jack is amazing. He sleeps pretty much all night in his pack-n-play and only wakes up twice to eat. He pretty much sleeps all the time. I know I shouldn't complain but I love it when he is awake because he is so alert and loves looking around and I love to just watch him. lolol I love this first picture cause he totally has Josh's "stare"

We are home

It feels so good to be home! It has been a rough week since Josh couldn't stay at the hospital over night and our little man likes to get wide eyed at 12:30 every night! Then he likes to cry the rest of it! lolol We are getting that under control though. Please keep us in your prays, especially ME!! lolol A girl I worked with at the school found out she was pregnant the same time I did and our due dats were like a week apart but they induced her early cause they kept telling her that the baby was big. Anyway, She delivered 7 hrs after me and we were roomies. It was really nice. This is a picture of Ashlynn and Jack.

I forgot some

Should be good!

Baby Pics

These are some pics so that y'all can see Jack.

2 weeks old

Okay, I know we are being somewhat reclusive, but with all the nasty germs going around, I'm sure you all understand! I thought I would post some pictures so you can see Callahan. And the girls with their Halloween costumes and pumpkins that they carved. Darby had the parade at school and she loved it! Maddie was cute too, but I missed Zach! Enjoy!

AH!

NEED. PICTURES! :) haha cant wait to hear from you guys in Germany! Really wish I could come visit you. AAANNNDD what about the rest of the family? hahah I wanna hear from you guys too! LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL, Mikala Elsie Lindsay.

Hello, All Yall I haven't posted in a long long time. So, don't anyone go into shock or anything. I don't want to be held responsible for any doctor bills. My family is doing great, none of us are in jail or the hospital or anything like that. The kids might think that school is like jail, but they will survive. For the last week I have been in Silver Spring, MD, at the National Labor College for new officer training. I am the Financial Secretary of our local union. I got some really good info out of it that will help me with my job. They kept us busy from 9am to 9 pm every day, with an hour and a half for lunch and dinner. They gave us Wednesday evening off, so some of us rented a shuttle bus and went in to Washington DC to some of the memorials. It was pretty cool. All in all, it was a good week. The only thing that would have made it better is if my family was with me. This was my first time flying and it was pretty cool. Well here is some pictures.

This inside Union Station.

I ran into President Obama, we had a nice visit. I was able to give him some good advice on health care reform as well as other important issues.

The Capital

Jefferson Memorial

Proof that I was there

This was my fav

Korean War Memorial

This is my buddy's house where we got together to play a little poker

This guy has been across the street from the White house since 1981 living in a tent, protesting. He was sitting there with his laptop, and we asked him if we could take his picture.

Denver

Nov. 2

Happy Birthday to Jeramy today! You just might get a new nephew born on your birthday Jer! Natalie had a Dr. app't. today and her Dr. sent her to be induced!! Little Jack is on his way!! Will keep you posted as I hear. Have a good birthday Jer!! Love to everyone!!