THE RAY'S

Long time no Post :(

2012-01-14T21:59:00.000-05:00

Hey people, I'm back. Did you think the blog was abandoned for good?? :P
I've been thinking, I haven't posted pictures of Chase here since right after he was born (and from the premiere)! So, I'm going to try to get some up here soon!
Other than that, we had a great holiday season. Although there was that hospital incident... I'll talk about that next time too! Happy 2012!
I'm off now but I'll be back soon!!
~Mya

P.S. Congratulations to Tabitha and Peter!

2011-10-08T17:04:00.001-04:00

Hey all! I've been very busy with school lately, so I haven't really had time to blog.
Everything is going great with our family. Chase is growing so quickly! I will try to get some pictures of him up here. Or anyone can email/text me and I'll send you some. :)
Last night we went to the Knudsens house to watch Creed Of Gold. It was really nice. Afterwards Daniel took a few pictures of us. :)
Also, here's a short video I made for my computer class.
Hopefully I can get some more posts up here soon!
ENJOY!

Camp Joy '11 pictures!

2011-08-13T15:38:00.000-04:00

Here are some pictures from Kristyn and I's trip to Camp Joy this summer.

I have tons, but will narrow them down for the veiwers' sake. :)

Our cabin Santa Maria, Left to Right:

Sarah K, Mya, Kristyn, Abby, Sarah W, Leah, Miss Allison

Kristyn got on the Bungaline and the zipline this year.

I, on the other hand, thought of everything that could

possibly go wrong...

Kristyn on the zip-line

We all had fun with the activities at the bog. :)

This... not sure what to call it... was really hard if you

do it right.

But some of us could just walk. :)

Sarah K. climbed the rock wall and made it to the top!

Part of the view from the top of the maze. It's huge!

Leah and Kristyn got totally lost!

We went to Natureland and held snakes!

Kristyn and I held the big one while Leah was content to

stay with a smaller size. ;)

Doesn't this little guy look just like a bracelet!?

Random pics...

Sarah &Sarah :)

That's it for now...

Many more to come!!

By the way I really did narrow them down. ;)

Chase Re'Shard Ray

2011-07-07T12:55:00.000-04:00

Chase was born June 25 at 6:20 a.m. He weighed 7 lb. 6 oz.

So cute!

He is ~~spoiled~~ very loved by all his siblings!!

Justy prayed for a baby brother a few weeks before Mom

was pregnant. He was sure the Lord was going to give him one.

So when Chase was born, Justy was very excited! He holds the

baby every chance he gets. :)

Board Game!

2011-06-09T20:05:00.000-04:00

Summyrrh and Terrence made their own board game today!

Their game uses the board and cards they made, and dice.

They did a wonderful job and it all works quite well!

2011-05-30T19:04:00.002-04:00

The boys just bought a new basketball hoop and we put it together today.

It was hard to work in the heat but we had fun with it!

The Mills came over and Britany helped out.
Finally, Kyle and Brit working together for once! ;)

I was asked "Are you really doing something, or are you just

pretending to work?"

I guess I have a reputation...

So that's what it's for!?

Ariel and I.
We're glad she's finally home from school!

Air and Krissy

Can you tell by this picture that's it's a little warm out?

Summyrrh playing with tools

Justy and Micah found a creative way to stay out of the heat. :)

A candid picture of Armani as always :)

2011-04-21T20:22:00.000-04:00

We got to hang out with the Vaughn's for a day!! It was such a blast!

Thank's so much for having us over guys! it was a superfun day!!

T-2 and Henry the newest Vaughn playing with legos!

For the record, I did try- quite unsuccessfully- to get

a picture of Henry's face. Just believe me when I say

he's adorable!

Kristyn and Sophia

You did a great job making your bracelet Gwen!

I had to get a picture when I saw Kate and Autumn

sharing a snack. So cute!

Libby and Judd could pass for twins don't you think?

"The Moms"

Thanks for inviting us over Auntie Leslie!

Nothing to say here...^

On second thought, I think he was trying to

recover from being caught with Legos. It's

O.K. Kyle 'big boys' can play with those! ;)

Me with "Libby Lu" and Olivia

And now Gwen- who is good at finding her way into pictures!

Sorry, no pictures of Corrine and Summyrrh, and Jerome

was at school :(

Hopefully we can see you guys again soon! :D

2011-04-12T18:34:00.000-04:00

Howdy!
So, I admit I've neglected this blog for a while. I've been busy with school and what-not.
I am here now though, with alot of updates!

It has come to my attention that I've missed 7 birthdays! So here they are! : D

Mom's birthday was November 3rd!

^Here's her and Dad last summer

Mine was November 11th!

I am now 18 (but don't expect anything;)!

Armani!

His birthday was November 30th and he is 19!!

Justus is 4 and his birthday was December 18th!!

Opening his gifts

^ It's a pillow... It's a pet.......

Summyrrh's birthday was March 12! She's 10!

These wouldn't save when turned the right way. :(

so sorry! just tilt your head a little...

O.K. now the other way!

Terrence II Turned 11 on March 14!

Some of T-2's gifts!

.......It's a pillow pet!

They were "twins" for 2 days before his birthday.

Summyrrh loved it, T-2 not so much.

Dad turned... umm... some age... on March 16!

^Dad holding a gift from Mom.

STUCK AT THE BAKERY!

2011-03-04T21:09:00.002-05:00

Sorry that we have not posted in a while.
Well today we got stuck at the bakery, because
armani forgot to bring the keys. So Mya, Kyle,
Terrence, Summyrrh and i stayed to watch the bakery
while he went to get them. So here are some random
pictures we took while waiting. We were doing cross
word puzzles=)

2011-01-22T19:35:00.000-05:00

Kritsyn got her hair done at the salon today for her 2nd time ever.:) her hair came out BEAUTIFUL!!!

THE AUTO SHOW!!

2011-01-21T20:08:00.005-05:00

Hey everyone I'm back with more pictures from our day at the auto show!

Armani, Kyle, Kristyn Britany and I all went on Saturday. We had a fun time and took lots of pictures. For those who have never been here's a peek- minus the bright lights, enormous crowd, sweet looking displays and presentations and the overall atmosphere of.......
THE 2011 NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW!!!

Alright, here's the first one for ya!
I don't know what to say about this... it looks like
it's being eaten by the Craiken in my opinion!

Here's the 2011 green car of the year, the Volt.
This car's pretty awesome since you can fill it with gas or
charge it up with electricity at your house!

Here's a a Camero. The color is just beautiful! how
awesome would it be to drive this in the summer?!!

And if youre a Corvette person here are a couple for you!

The classic yellow convertible Corvette!

I think this guy's really into it. hmmm what do you think? ;)

This is some kinda sweet Lexus. There's a huge display
over it that says 'The Darker Side of Green' I'm not
completely sure why but it was probably the best looking
display I saw!

There's a HUGE-beyond-belief curved screen in

the display and thats where we took the next 2 pictures!

Kristyn, Kyle and I

Kristyn and Britany ^

I'm gonna go ahead and wrap this up in a sec. but
here are a few more before I end the post.

Here's an Audi- Armani really likes these!

A Bentley!

Some kinda Chevy that matched Kyle's outfit.:)

We got pretty tired by the end of the day so we sat on
these stairs and took pictures.
This is one of the few with Armani acting decent;)

The rest of the time he was doing all kinds of crazy/silly
poses making us laugh (and making people stare!)

And being a general problem to the cause of getting pictures!

And if it wasn't either of those, he was just kinda...

like this next picture..... uninterested?

All in all it was a great day! we had a fun time at.....

THE 2011 NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW!!!:)

2011-01-17T21:45:00.000-05:00

We went to the auto show a couple days ago!

MORE TO COME.......

2010-12-31T15:44:00.000-05:00

Kyle can be such a kind and loving brother! ;)

2010-12-24T18:02:00.001-05:00

Im back to post the pics i promised!!!! so here are some, from thanksgiving till now!

I couldn't get most of the Thanksgiving pictures up, but here are a few.

We had some family over but no pics of them...

Kyle and I

couldnt get this right-side up:-/ but they're watching football!

Micah

okay the posts below will be alot less lame=)

2010-12-23T19:26:00.000-05:00

We love when Auntie Rashawn brings Josiah over!:) Its hard to get a picture right while he's smiling- although he smiles ALOT! Here are a few. Forgive the not-goodness of the pics!! We tried...

HE IS SUCH A CUTIE!!

Did I mention adorable?? =D

2010-12-23T19:17:00.000-05:00

We have woods behind our house and deer live in them!! They come right up to a few feet in front of the boys' bedroom window. We love to spot them and watch them eat and walk around. These pictures were taken a few weeks ago.

2010-12-23T18:41:00.001-05:00

We were able to go to the christmas play at Southside Baptist Tabernacle this year!

Ms. Adrianne took us and the Mills went the same night. It was great to see

A Christian Christmas Carol again. We also enjoyed hanging out with Hannah and Leah!!

We hadn't seen them in about a year.

Hannah, Me, Leah & Britany

On the set!;)

Leah, Armani, Hannah

Justy was sooo glad to see 'Leah Bea'!!

Judd, Summyrrh, Auty, and Micah had a blast. They loved
running around and eating cookies while the older kids and
adults talked.

Us with Britany, Hannah, Leah, Mrs. Kimmel and Tracy and Daniel

Me and the girls taking a last minute picture before

I had to run out the door!

Hi!

2010-12-07T13:49:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone I'm back:) sorry it's been so long since my last post! Were still here and doing pretty well. Armani and I will be finishing the semester at HFCC soon (yay) and the children are doing well in school at home! Please pray for mom. She's still in bed but went for an ultrasound recently and saw a lively healthy baby:)!
Ok I have to go but will be back soon... With pictures!
Happy holidays!
- Mya

2010-11-25T18:16:00.002-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-13T18:32:00.002-05:00

Here some more random pix from the vacation.

2010-11-13T18:01:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures from the beach in South Carolina.

2010-10-18T19:51:00.001-04:00

HAPY BIRTHDAY MICAH!!!!!!!!
micah is 6 today! and loving it=)
shes is acting quite like a princess today!!;)

2010-10-16T12:24:00.017-04:00

Friday we had some family and friends over for dinner.
So here are some random pictures.

mya, our cousin kenan, summyrrh, britt and terrence
mya and are cousin kenan

britt and mya

auntie rashons baby josiah

we had a big game of uno.

we had pizza.

all the adults had sea food.
we all wanted some it looked soo good but they said it was only for adults.

micah,autumn,britt,mya and josiah.

me and josiah.

autumn,micah,terrence,justus and josiah.

Posted by Kristyn

2010-10-07T17:11:00.006-04:00

We're in Myrtle beach on vacation!! here are some of the
pictures so far. =)

this is the first interesting thing that happened to us. As
we were leaving the airport after getting the rental van,
Mom screamed. She was driving and saw this on the
windshield wiper!

'The Little Girls' at one of the hotel pools

Kyle in another pool

This one's sweet. You get on a tube and the current makes

you float around the pool. It's kind of like a little river!

This is the hotel we're in. We are on the top (21st) floor!

I tried to get some good pictures from the balcony today.

I was too scared of these HUGE guys, so I ended up

running inside after 2 or 3 pictures.:)

These are the ones I was brave enough to take.

2010-08-28T22:05:00.011-04:00

this is kristyn. i just found my camera wednesday so
mya said i could do this by my self.so here are
the long lost pix.

i thought this was the cutest doll ever.

i kinda liked this one too.

autumn had a blast with the fountain she got her whole
self wet.

i realy liked these glasess.

don't they look so adorable?

t-2 had a blast too.

i just had to put this one up.

2010-08-20T15:19:00.003-04:00

I had alot of good pictures on my camera. but i couldn't find it. sorry!
-Kristyn

2010-08-20T14:29:00.008-04:00

Pictures from Frankenmuth
(in no particular order)

Ariel, Mya, Armani (trying to get Kyle to stop hiding behind him),
T2, Kristyn, Auty, Micah, Summyrrh, Justy, Britany

There was this shop that was making tofee!
this is the best pic i could get of it since it
was always moving!:)

enjoying the shade! it was very
hot that day.

playing around

we spent about 20 minutes 'cooling off' with this fountain!

Summyrrh, Justy, Micah

Summyrrh

he does not love himself!;-)

To all Michigan fans!! i saw this T-shirt in a little shop.

I thought these were cute.

I love all you MI fans, and am not a big fan of either team.

So I took a picture of this one too!

2010-08-14T18:01:00.001-04:00

We went to Frankenmuth, MI with the Mills this past Thursday!
I am not posting the pictures because someone (kristyn) can't
find their camera;) right now. but pretty soon... :)

2010-08-05T13:27:00.002-04:00

Sickness...

Please pray for us, we have been sick on and off
for the past three or four weeks. So far Mom, Kristyn,
Terrence ll, Summyrrh, Autumn, Micah & Justus have
been ill (some twice). Right now it is Kristyn, Micah, &
Justus. Thankfully, they do not have anything
extremely bad. Though they are on medicine nonstop
and just laying around the house.
Please keep us in your prayers and Lordwilling
we will better and back to church soon!!

2010-07-13T15:38:00.010-04:00

I hope everyone had a good Independence Day!
We got home just in time to sleep a little and then enjoy
the picnic at church! some pictures from the day:

Allison & Hannah

Mary and Suzy

Ariel and Britany

Ethan & Justy

Water fight

Mackenzie, Mya, Sarah, Phoebe, Lydia

Kyle, Matthew, T2, Noah, Chris

2010-07-13T15:31:00.001-04:00

Mom and Dad took the children to the Detroit Zoo!

They had alot of fun even in the heat!! Again Mom got
some beautiful pictures! Here a few her great shots!:)

2010-07-13T14:55:00.004-04:00

While we were at camp everyone else had fun too! These
are a few of the many pictures Mom took during their day
at the park!

2010-07-13T14:22:00.006-04:00

Pastor Burtt drove a group from church to Camp Joy for
teen week one(June 27-July 3)! We had a great time and
made some great memories!! Unfortunately i didnt get
any pictures at camp. but take my word for it-- It's
awesome!

This is the whole group that went

All the girls in Mary's cabin left to right:
Carly, Deborah, Britta, Sarah, Lydia,Mary, Rebekah, Me

2010-07-09T14:14:00.000-04:00

Hi Blog readers!!
We have done so much since the last post, but i havent
been able to update in a while. Unfortunately i am not
posting pictures now, but i will soon!
For now i will say that we had a GREAT time at Camp Joy
last week!! As well as a fabulous Independence day! We are
also glad that the pool by our house is finally open. We
have been hangin out down there alot!
Pictures coming soon!:)

2010-06-15T20:48:00.000-04:00

Baseball!

This past Saturday we went out
in 82 degree weather for a 3 inning
game of baseball! I had never
realized there were enough of us
to play a game. Anyway, we played
4 on 4, and Justy just went around
drinking water from the cups we used
to mark the bases.=)
We had alot of fun,but were really glad
when we got back to the air conditioned
house!!

I took these pictures from home

'plate' (i think it was actually

an extra mitt). The lower one is

boys on first and the top one is

Auty on third.

Justy wanted to "drink some

more base!".

I'm not sure why they all came out small, except this one.

On the way home from the field

2010-05-25T22:17:00.000-04:00

One day, while we were out rididng bikes/walking,
I decided to have a mini photo shoot with Justy, Kyle,
and T-2. We took pictures on the lawn, by the pool
until a rowdy group of guys came and we had to
go home. Here are most of the shots we got. We had
alot of fun and laughs!

strikin' a pose!

Judd

Justy didnt exactly like the itchy grass but he got

used to it =).

This one was T-2s idea!

2010-05-08T22:04:00.000-04:00

Enjoy these photos from
ice skating with the church
this past Friday!

2010-05-08T21:20:00.000-04:00

Phots at the park

2010-04-21T18:51:00.000-04:00

Happy 20th Anniversary Dad and Mom!!

2010-04-12T19:00:00.000-04:00

The Birthday Girl

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY
AUTUMN!!!!!!!!!

2010-04-12T18:05:00.000-04:00

TIGERS!

We went to a Detroit Tigers game on

Saturday!

Dad and T2

2010-04-08T17:38:00.000-04:00

Justy and Kyle

2010-04-08T17:15:00.000-04:00

Our Backyard...

Shannon came over and went
exploring with us in the woods
behind our house.

Kristyn^

T2 and Kyle

On the ''beach''

About to fall in...^

After falling :)^

Building a fort

2010-03-16T12:30:00.001-04:00

Quick Update
Everything is going well for us. Mom is doing okay after the blood
transfusion. We're excited about the warm weather, and spending
more and more time outside.=) We just took famiy pictures
yesterday. I will post them when we get them in a few weeks!
Hope everyone has a great Easter Sunday!!

2010-03-16T12:30:00.000-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Summyrrh! (12th),
T2! (14th),
Dad (today!)

Summyrrh and T2 both got new bikes!!
They were both very excited!

Mom bought Dad clothes and a necklace. The
kids bought him a matching bracelet. He really
liked everything!

Summyrrh and T2 chose to go to Jeepers at
Great Lakes Crossing to Celebrate their
birthdays! We went shopping afterwards.
Summyrrh, Kristyn & I tried on glasses.

Summyrrh was going for a "nerdy" look!

Kristyn and I were more normal.

Sunday we brought cupcakes to church for T2's
birthday!
These are 2 little people that really liked them!

Actually I think everyone liked them-
there weren't any left-overs!!

2010-03-13T15:42:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone (that is still checking for posts)!
Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. We
have not had internet access in a while.
Anyway we finally got the internet up. Here's
what has happened in the last couple of months
since the last post:
We have moved into a nice town house in
Southfield, and have with 4 bedrooms and 4
bathrooms. (A very good thing for a family of
11!!) We were also able to replace the van.
Thanks to everyone who prayed for us during
the process! The Lord was very good to help us
find and get moved into the house a very short
time!
hopefully I will be able to keep the blog up-to-
date now. Starting with Summyrrh and
Terrence's birthdays in the next post!!...

2010-01-30T21:07:00.000-05:00

T-2 went to the auto show with Jalen
last saturday!

2010-01-18T12:58:00.000-05:00

CARS!!

Armani, Kyle, Kristyn & Mya went to the auto

show last Saturday.

We had a lot of fun eating junk, and seeing all

the cars and trucks! Some were really SWEET,

some were ok, and some were really weird!

Here are two of the SWEETEST cars at the show!

(in my opinion)

^BEE & Paparazzi (The 2010 Camaro)

Yes it really is Bumblebee!!

Im not sure what this one is called but we all liked it!!

2009-12-28T21:30:00.000-05:00

Hello!,
sorry its been so long since ive posted! We've
had technical issues, but hopefully ill be able
to get back to it now!

Justy turned 3 on the 18th! we went to Jeepers
and had pizza and cupcakes to celebrate! He
really enjoys Jeepers and had a great time!

We had a very fun Christmas! Dad got new
beds for all the kids, which we all enjoy along
with everything else!! Unfortunately i dont have
pics, but it was still great!

Until next post so long, and Happy Holidays!!

2009-12-03T20:04:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARMANI!!!!!

He's 18 now. WOW!!! His b-day was Nov. 30th.

Thanx for bein a Great Bro. Armani!! Hope you

have a wonderful year!

Armani with some of his gifts

2009-11-26T21:42:00.000-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We are so thankful to the Lord for the blessing of

His dying on the cross and rising again to save

us. We are also thankful for the spitual life he has

given us, and for all of His gifts and blessings. We

cannot thank Him enough for all that He has done

for us!

We are also very thankful for all of our family and

friends. You all mean so much to us and we love you all.

2009-11-26T21:21:00.000-05:00

Mom and I were in the bakery 5 hours a day
from Mon. thru Wed. We sold alot of cakes for
the holiday!
a couple of random pics:

Mom

Me (This is not how I looked when people came to buy)

2009-11-16T21:33:00.000-05:00

My Birthday!!

I turned 17 on Nov. 11th. I enjoyed a huge,
wonderful birthday breakfast with my family at
The Original Pancake House. Then took a long nap.
Later we went to church and i got to stay and hang
out with friends till about 10pm.

Friday Auntie Pam took Brit, Kenzie, Lydia & I
And got us pizza. Then she took us
to the Tanger outlet mall, where we stayed and
shopped until 9:00p.m. (FunFunFun!!!:)

Sunday Phoebe bought pizza, breadsticks and salad
and she and Lydia stayed all day at church with me!

a couple of my gifts. Kristyn gave me this pillow

Thanx to everyone who helped make my birthday AWESOME!!!!!

2009-11-16T21:20:00.000-05:00

A few weeks ago we had a Mexican dinner
that Mom had at a restaurant.
It was rice, beans, salad, steak strips, salsa,
cheese, sour cream and ranch dressing.
Suprisingly it was good!!! :)
Kyle and i both tried to make it look really good.
Kyle wanted me to post it and see who did a better
job. What do you think??

This is mine.

This is Kyle's

2009-11-04T20:08:00.000-05:00

Happy belated birthday Mom!!!!
It was yesterday.

Mom and Dad

Mom and her cake

2009-11-04T19:12:00.000-05:00

Grand Opening and Free Press
On October 30th our community celebrated
Angel's Night, and the grand openings of 7
Stores/Bakeries (including simply divine:)
on the same block. Everyone had a great time
meeting, greeting and eating! At about 10:30pm
Mayor Bing came for a few minutes. Overall it was
a great night!

Putting the finishing touches for the grand opening

sealing, waxing and buffing the floor

Ms. Adrianne

Auntie Pam Painting the logo on the window
A few of the people that came for

the grand opening

Armani & Uncle Derek

Auntie Donyale, Armani, Autumn & Auntie Angel

There was an article about

Simply Divine in

the Detroit Free Press :)!!

2009-10-24T16:28:00.000-04:00

Don't you just love Fall? :)
Time to rake!

2009-10-21T13:58:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Micah!!!!

Sunday 10-18

Dad and Micah with her gifts

Micah and Justy in her new tent

We made "Micahs kind" of cake

2009-10-17T16:12:00.000-04:00

Pictures from the "bakery construction"
they are in reverse order:/ (oldest at the bottom)
Armani and Kyle fixing the ceiling

it had fallen

Painting!

Justy and Adam (Ms. Adriannes nephew)

Auty and Micah

a cookie break

this is before we came to paint but
Some of the painting was done

These are how it looked when

we first got it.

taken from near the front

from near the back

Ms. Adrianne at the front door

Mom

2009-10-03T17:48:00.000-04:00

On September 25 Mom and Grammy went to
California to visit Family.

Mom on Venice Beach

Grammy

Our cousin Angie and her daughter Elizabeth

Grammy, her sister Auntie Lois, and our

cousin Gail

Angie, Gail, and Mom

An update on us:

The children started school last month and some

are enjoying it.:) Armani and I are studying for an

ACT test that we will be taking October 24th, and

helping Autumn and Micah with school work.

We are relocating the bakery. Right now the new

building is being painted and the ceiling and floor

are being replaced. Mom is really excited:). We hope

to move in and get back to work soon!

2009-09-05T20:22:00.000-04:00

Kyle "made" Chinese food for dinner
tonight. He was so glad that he smiled
for the picture!!

He did a great job heating and preparing
everything. :)

2009-08-25T13:59:00.000-04:00

A Few pictures from Saturday

the Bridesmaids

Summyrrh and autumn were the

Flower girls

2009-08-25T13:09:00.000-04:00

On Friday we helped set up for Auntie
Rashawn & Uncle Tupac's wedding vow
renewal ceremony. It was on Saturday.

setting up tables

ironing tablecloths

Mom

Auntie Tiffany

Putting on chair covers

Summyrrh putting sashes on chairs

Jailen and T2

2009-08-25T13:03:00.000-04:00

Dad bought Mom 2 dozen roses

2009-08-25T12:40:00.000-04:00

Mom & Ms. Adrianne had a Silpada
jewelry party Saturday August 15.

Auntie Renee and Auntie Angie

Ms. Pat & Ms. April

Ariel

Auntie Pam & Auntie Marilyn

2009-08-06T20:15:00.000-04:00

A Day At the Park...

Summyrrh and Justy

T2 and Micah

2009-08-05T13:07:00.000-04:00

An update on us:
Last week Armani, Kyle and I went to Falls Baptist Church, in
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin for the Teen Revival Conference.
The conference started on Wednesday evenning and ended on
Friday evening. We each listened to a total of 11 messages.
It was nice to be able to get so much from God's word in so
little time.
The boys set up the pool in the backyard and the
children are enjoying playing in it whenever possible:). And
Armani and I are setting new records for the most books we've
read in a summer:).Right now we are on the Left Behind series.
I also hope to read a few missionary/evangelist biographies soon.
'Til next post, So long!

2009-07-25T17:39:00.000-04:00

I Week ago...
Cousin Dave came over for a visit. We hadn't
seen him in a couple of years; so we were glad
he stopped by. :) We enjoyed having him over.

Later in the Day we went to Belle Isle. We
were so happy to see that the clock made of
flowers is back. :-D

We were also glad to see that the fountain is

running again! (This is the one that we got in

for our family pictures in May.)

While we were at Belle isle we rented paddle

boats and paddled (or whatever you call it:-/)
around for a while. We had a fun time!

some of us in our boats

2009-07-22T13:03:00.000-04:00

On July 5th Kristyn and I went to the Bill Rice
Ranch with a group from church. Kristyn was
in Junior Camp and I was in Youth Camp.
Because we weren't together, I didnt get any
pictures of her or what she did. :(
We all had a great time. We were there for a
whole week.Here are some of the pictures
On the way

Lydia and I

We started driving at 4:00 a.m. Sunday. We
got to the ranch at about 8:00 p.m.

Sitting in the John R. Rice auditorium for service

Britany

Lydia and I played softball on a team with

girls from from Medina, Ohio

getting ready to bat

go Lydia!

One day, we made a dummy during cabin clean up time;

to impress the cabin inspector.

We found this note when we came back. :-)

Lydia and I in our cabin

Britany, Lydia, and I with our counsellor, Chelsea

Chad Matthew and Steven with their counsellor Carl

Sarah, Rebekah and I

2009-07-16T14:46:00.000-04:00

Happy belated birthday Kristyn!!
(July 3rd)

and Kyle!! (July 7th)

2009-07-15T14:47:00.000-04:00

I just found more pictures from our graduation and open
house; I figured I might as well post them. enjoy

Me, Susanna, Phoebe, Armani and Matthew

Armani & Matt

Me and Mackenzie

... and Anna :-)

Grandma Jackie, Me, Grammy, Armani, Grandma P.J., Mom

More from our open house

Micah, Teresa, Auntie Angie

Kristyn and Kristen

Our cousins Leah & Latia

Our cake

Dad and Al

Mrs. Muzzi, Matthew :) & Josh

Kayla & Auntie Angel

Aunt Kenya, Kameron, Kenny and Kenton

2009-07-15T14:22:00.000-04:00

3rd of July celebration!
This year we celebrated independence day on the 3rd.
We had lots of fun!

Simon and Phillip raising the flag

Playing volleyball

The bounce house

Armani Matt and Daniel watching volleyball

Kenzie and Me

Hannah Kristyn and Kristen

2009-06-22T22:17:00.000-04:00

Pictures from our graduation party
on June 13th

Mom and Dad decorated the van windows on both sides,
and the back for our party.

Joshua, Kyle, Chris,
Armani, John, Noah, Jeremy

Ariel, Mackenzie, Me, Sarah, Kristen
Courtney, Chelsey, Lydia, Kayla, Britany, Rebekah

Kristen (CeCe), Allison and Kristyn

Auty, Britany, Summyrrh and Justy
See the peace sign? So cute! :)

Armani and I with Grandma Lilly

Kenzie, Lydia and I

Couusins Havin' fun

2009-06-16T21:28:00.000-04:00

Armani and I Graduated June 7!!

Me

Armani

Great Grandma PJ, Mom, Mya, Armani, Dad

Kayla (my cousin), Me, Britany

Ariel, Me, Kayla

I will try to post pics from our party soon.

2009-06-08T18:26:00.000-04:00

Field Day!! Friday, June 5
Every year at Ann Arbor Baptist church we have a Field
Day. All of the Children are split into two teams, and we
play several games outside. This year the two teams were
lime green and torquoise.
Armani and i couldn't play most of the games this year,
because we had our wisdom teeth pulled the previous day.
But we all had a fun time. here are pictures I got of a few
of the games we played.

Most of the seniors Playing "The Frozen T-shirt Game"

Everybody watched/cheered for their teammates :)

watching intently...or falling asleep?

Green won the first game of the day!

getting ready for the egg toss

Allison & Kristyn

Spoke Tackle!! Unfortunately i didnt get

any tackling pictures :)

After this point my cam. battery died:(. We had a very fun
day! The Lime Green team won!!

Thanx so Much for all of your work Suzy and Phoebe!!

you both did a great job organizing everything and coordinating colors!

2009-05-21T15:57:00.000-04:00

I know I promised this post days ago, but I just got time to do it.
Sorry. Also I'm sorry some of the pictures are cut off at the top.
I guess the slide made 'em like that,because they weren't taken
that way. :( Also some look blurry- again the slide web site's fault.
These were taken in Ann Arbor. Shannon does a great job finding
backgrounds! OK so here ya go!
Ill post again next time we do somethin' Enjoy!!
Mya

2009-05-16T20:06:00.000-04:00

This morning we drove to Downtown Detroit and Belle
Isle, and Shannon Culver took pictures for us. She did
a great job and we enjoyed it, in spite of the rain, wind
and chilly weather. :) We got a TON of pictuures taken,
but here are just a few.

In this one we are on Belle Isle in a
fountain that is no longer running.

At Comerica Park

These three are in front of the Main Library

Armani and I will be getting more pictures taken tommorow,

and i will post them as soon as possible.

2009-05-01T20:42:00.000-04:00

More pictures from last week...

Mom and Dad on their anniversary April 21

They celebrated with a show at the Fisher
Theatre, and Dinner at a restaurant. (:

We helped an Aunt move Saturday from 11a.m.- 5p.m.
It was alot of work!

Kristyn taking a break

They enjoyed getting pictures taken when we were done.
:)

2009-04-24T22:35:00.001-04:00

We went to the park for the first time this year.
The younger children loved playin on the playsets,
and playing tag with mom. While Armani, Kyle
and I tossed the football and relived our days on the
swings. :) We all had a great time in the warm
weather!!

2009-04-14T14:00:00.000-04:00

2009-04-03T13:25:00.000-04:00

Spring is coming!!

2009-04-03T13:01:00.000-04:00

Britany is staying with us for a few days.
We are enjoying having her here!

2009-03-24T16:02:00.000-04:00

Auntie Renee and Grammy came over today!
Auntie Renee hasn't been over in a while, and
we were very glad to see her. :)

2009-03-21T16:02:00.000-04:00

Happy birthday Dad! (March 16)

Dad's G-shock watch from the children

2009-03-16T22:02:00.000-04:00

Happy 9th Birthday Terrence!!

2009-03-16T20:38:00.000-04:00

Jeepers!

Friday we went to Jeepers in Great Lakes Crossing Mall.

The younger children enjoyed playing there for a long time.

having Pizza

riding the Yak Attack

Afterward we all went shopping in the mall. We didn't

take any pictures, but we had a good time.

2009-03-14T12:13:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Summyrrh!!

2009-02-27T22:51:00.000-05:00

They went to dinner at Emeril's restaurant in Miami. Mom got a

picture with Emeril.

They also enjoyed shopping at the Gucci store. Dad

met and got a picture with TV chef Gina Neely

2009-02-18T12:54:00.000-05:00

Dad and Mom are having
fun in Miami. They are
renting a convertible
corvette-- pretty nice!!

2009-02-17T13:43:00.000-05:00

Fun in the sun for Mom & Dad

Mom and Dad left for Miami FL. at 4:00a.m.

this morning. They made it to Miami and will

be there until Thurs., then they will be taking

a cruise to the Bahamas!! They will be back

home in a week.

Meanwhile all us kids are home. We'll have

to come up with some fun things to do while

they're gone...:)

2009-02-07T12:08:00.000-05:00

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted! Ok, here's what's been going on with us:
The virus. As I said before; Auty & Justy were sick a couple weeks ago.
Summyrrh and Micah also ended up getting sick for a few days. But they all got better a while ago, and no one else has gotten sick.
Drivers ed. Armani & I have been taking segment 1 drivers ed. for the past three weeks. We have completed 24 hours of class room time, and passed the test with 90%s. We have also completed 5 hours of driving and only have 1 more hour left to go!
Other than that here a few random pictures from the past few weeks.

Mom & Dad in their
new mink coats and

hats

Mya and Armani

Micah sleepin' at churh

Micah sleeping in the

corner of her room

She loves to sit by the

heat vent! :)

the little girls in their
pom-pom hair :)

2009-01-21T20:34:00.000-05:00

Please pray for our 44th

president, Barack Obama.

2009-01-21T18:31:00.000-05:00

Please pray for Auty

Auty woke up very sick Sunday

morning; so we stayed home from

church and let her rest. On

Monday she was still very sick. She

was also dehydrated and pretty out-of

-it. Around 6p.m. Mom ended up

taking her to a hospital for an IV.

: (

They stayed at the hospital for about

3 hours and finally finished the IV

She felt alot better afterward, and

continues to improve.:) (She is home.)

Please pray for her to get totally well

very soon. Please pray for Justus also.

He had a fever earlier today, and he

has been saying "stomach hurting."

2009-01-13T22:27:00.000-05:00

Sledding pictures from Monday

2009-01-08T21:50:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Granddaddy!

Granddaddy Barry came over today for

his birthday. We gave him gifts and he

had dinner with us.

Kristyn is reading his birthday card for

him.

We gave him a digital camera, 7-up

cake and t-shirt.

"Happy birthday!!"

2009-01-03T19:54:00.000-05:00

Fun With Family & Friends

Last Tuesday our uncle from Las Vegas

and our aunt and her 3 sons came over

for dinner. We had alot of fun with them!

Aunt Kenya, Uncle Kellan & Mom

Auntie Angie came over too, and brought

a delicious 7 -layer- salad.

Kristyn and auntie Angie

On Wednesday we had New Year's

Eve services at church. We stayed

until 12:00 a.m. :)

Everyone had a great time visiting

with friends, playing games &

eating deserts

Justy loves candy canes!!

We spent New Year's Day at Auntie

Angie's house. She cooked Delicious

food for us!

Auntie angel and Auntie Angie

Aunt Teresa & Ms. Stephanie

Kristyn finished her Beautiful scarf

while we were there!

2008-12-29T22:38:00.000-05:00

Kyle insisted on this picture being

posted even though it's from the

cantata on the 14th

might as well post a few more...

Everyone looked so nice

2008-12-29T20:58:00.000-05:00

Pictures from Christmas

T-2 & his crayon bank
Auty & Summyrrh
Justy with his funny smile:)
Dad & Justus

Playin' Rockband 2

Auty with her clarinet

Armani's new guitar

Justy and his new sunday outfit

Happy Holidays everyone!!

2008-12-22T13:34:00.001-05:00

2008-12-20T17:46:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTY!!

DEC 18, 08

Sorry I'm late again! -- but let's face it ,I'm

usually too busy to post on time. :-(

Well we just got a got a new computer.

The internet on it isn't workin' right,

so i can't use Slide to post justy's

birthday pictures. :-/ Well anyway

here's one and maybe i will have time on

Monday to post 'em all with my mom's

computer. (I have to get ready for Bible

study right now, and I have church

on Sunday)

Almost every time I get pictures of Justy the

flash makes him shut his eyes.
He is sooo cute!!

enjoying a sucker- a present from

Hannah Burtt and Kristen W.

The end of a wonderful day