1. Wow, Matt's quite talented! :)
2. The Girls' 'pow wow' Friday night
3. "The hole"...I just had to include this - one of my favorite parts of the house
4. The grand table! lots of fun, around there! Clark doesn't look very happy...but Matt sure is enjoying his meal! :)

Well, those are my best ones. I took alot of just random people and I will get those printed off and sent out to you guys! Also, let me know if any of you want any of these. Some of you said you forgot your camera, and I'd be glad to get you a copy! Hope you are all having a great week!! I can't believe this weekend is APRIL! wow. Well, supper's ready, so i'll talk to you soon! Kristy

AH!! It's carrot top's cousin!


What a crew!! So many great memories!














These crazy guys...wow, this one's a classic!!
Above...Sparky was the 'life' of the weekend!

We had so much fun last weekend, and we can hardly wait until next year!! We looked into renting the guest house as well as the one we stayed in and it would only be about $15 more per person for the weekend to get both!! So I think that's what we'll do next year...thanks for those who bunked up, though! What great memories...Chad and I both said what a special family this is, and we love each and every one of you!! More pic's to come in the morning...this took alot longer than planned - my computer froze up on me. (yawn!)

Love, Kristy

The table that endured through the hunger while watching the other table consume warm bread...only to be tricked into thinking we were going to eat their leftovers....
Here are the trickster! Don't be fooled by the innocent, kind smiles...

Matt and I had such a great time with all of you guys!!! This will have to become an annual event! It was so fun to get to know all of you a little better! WE love you.

Love,

Rebekah

Pictures from the Cousin's Vacation

Awwww....don't they look so cute? The newlyweds.
The crazy game of Around the World! WE may still be counting the injured :)
A view of some of the adorable houses on the beach.
Andy making a swift break with the rest of the crazy guys' clothes.

I have more pictures to post but for some reason this thing only lets me post 4 pictures at a time.

Love,

Rebekah

some new pictures of my kids

Here's Josh with his Aunt "Pami" (rarely does he get the "T" on the front of her name) He's in his little prisoner P.J.s :)
Darci in her little bouncer chair. She get's so excited to play in this! She's growing up so fast!
Josh having fun in Daddy and Mommy's bed.
Matt and Josh in the snow. I think Josh is going to be a snow boy just like his dad!

Just thought it'd be fun to post some new pictures.

Love,

Rebekah

Woo Hoo! Leah's coming! =)

I'm so excited you're coming, Leah! And we would be glad to give you a ride back! Actually, Andy and Marie are going back to Francesville Sun to get their kids...how close is that ? We can work it out once we're up there, but plan on us taking you back for now. So is that ok if you and Sparky take care of the paper products?? That would help a ton!

That makes all 18 of us! (well, minus Sether's) =( How's he doing, by the way? I bet he was glad to see some of his family these last couple weeks!
The only thing I'm wondering is Aaron and Bekah...do you know yet if you'll be able to stay both nights?? I was aslo wondering who plans to make it for supper Fri night. Around 7:00 (IL time) Hope that's not too late.If everyone's there earlier, we may shoot to eat a little early...

Well, we'll see most of you friday!

Kristy

.....

so i don't want to be the only one not coming...:)...yeah, it looks like it'll work out for me to come...i'm going to drive home to btown and come up with klint and sarah...but here's the kicker.....i need a ride back to west lafayette on sunday....it wouldn't be horribly out of the way for you il folks...you would just be taking the sides of the right angle triangle instead of the hypotenuse..west lafayette is a straight shot below michigan city...so if someone would be willing to drop me off on the way home...i'm coming!!

Abbi Grace is 1!

Well, here's the birthday girl! 1st birthday's are so much fun. :) She did really good. Cute apt, Booxy! Thanks for posting those!

Well, your info pkts went out today! I didn't have the price on there, because Leah is still unsure and Aaron and Bekah are not sure they'll be able to stay both nights. (So obviously that will determine the divided cost)But for both nights, we're looking at $120 to $130 total! I will know for sure then, so just have your checkbook with you and everyone can pay me there! Included is the Bible study we'll do for our Sun morn service! It's taken from the devotional: Building your house on the Lord! So please take some time to have that filled out and come with experiences to share/ a story/ or just some good thoughts! I know you all have some! PLEASE call me if you have any questions or if you see that I missed something! I'm sure I did. :)

Is everyone's week starting off ok?? Mine wasn't so grand...had the flu yesterday! :( And come to find out, Mom K and Clark did too!! Bummer...it wasn't a bit fun, but I'm feeling like a new woman today!! It was very short, of which I am sooooooooo thankful! Well, I just had to include a pic of lil Abbi walking! She started taking all kinds of steps at M&D Kaeb's Sat night, and ever since then, she keeps standing up and taking steps all the time! It's so fun to see them grow and "keep trying" after so many falls! We can learn so much from them, can't we?!? Well, I'd better sign off...I don't know if this post will actually publish, since it's so LONG! ;) But have a great week, and I love you all! Kristy

Apartment pictures

Here are a few pictures of our apartment for those of you who haven't seen it. The top left picture is the living room/kitchen we came home to after our honeymoon...yeah Aaron's brother and sister-in-law had some fun. The bedroom furniture is brand new so I wanted to put it on the blog for mom to see. Love you all!

Bekah

What a beautiful day!

Good Saturday Morning, ladies! Wow, today has started soooo nice!! It's 67 out! But i just read that that might change. :( We have a chance for some strong storms. But we need the rain...

Well here's some pic's of where we're going to be staying in a couple weeks!!! I'm so excited! I will be mailing out some info to each of you, so be looking for that! I think everyone is coming...Leah is iffy (come on, Leah!!) and Aaron and Bekah will pry only be able to stay 1 night, but other than that everyone can come! I can't believe it. I am really looking forward to this! Bekah, Chad just got his hair cut from one of your HS classmates...Tracy?!? Not sure of her last name, but she cut's hair in El Paso, and said she was in your class! And we are not going anywhere this spring...just to northern IN with all of you, and then our Hoffmann vacation in June! That's all we've got planned so far! No warm sunny 'cation for us this spring.

Well, take care, ladies! Have a wonderful JOY-FILLED weekend! I'll be posting again soon when I have my pic's downloaded from Abbi's 1st bday! :) ~Kristy

OK ladies, how about some conversation?

So, just curious, but am I the only one not leaving this dreary midwest this spring? (then again I did go to the carribbean in January...ok ok, I won't complain)
Barb, when do you leave for Florida? (or did you already go?)
Leah, have a great time on your break...I know this week is rough but we're praying you through your exams...and trust me, next week will be worth it!
Mom, try to enjoy your trip to Mexico. Remember it will be totally different then your last trip, you won't be in charge of cooking, and we can pray you won't have any medical emergencies as the students did two years ago! Oh, and enjoy Arizona when your done!!!
Kristy or Jamie--what's the plan for the Hoffmann weekend? Aaron and I are trying to get organized...it looks like we may be able to come late Friday night and spend most of Saturday with everyone...but then will head back to Detroit for communion Saturday night...
News from me: Michigan is still cloudy and rainy...thought today for the first time it's supposed to get above 50! It may even reach 60...you should see me, I'm practically giddy. So I ventured out of my little box and visited a neighboring mall (I needed my watch battery changed) and found it to be an awesome mall...Marshall fields, Sax 5th Avenue Outlet, Lord and Taylor, Gymboree (for you moms) JC Penny, Limitted, Gap, all kinds of stores...so if anyone wants to come visit me....I live 3 minutes away from it!!!!
Hopefully I'll let you all know soon about my job situation.....
And last but not least I'm going to try to insert a link to a website. My family appreciated (I think all of us cried) this video from CBS news...so I thought you'd like it too. I love you all, miss you tons...and hope to hear from you soon.....
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/23/earlyshow/main1339324.shtml
Bekah