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Independence Day

2011-07-24T12:38:00.000-07:00

On the Fourth our good friends the Roberts came over and we had a great day of fellowship and fun!! We swam, ate,did fireworks,did sparklers, ate,and just had a great time! Group hug

Seems like we were having a splash war?

Great conversations!!

Chandler, Martha, and Rose having fun in the toy room

Eating icecream and watermelon

Nice smile Tanner:D

Thanks for helping clean up Daisy!!

B-E-A-U-tiful

Awesome

Boom

Thanks guys for coming out! It was great to catch up.

FAMU Farm Fest 2011

2011-07-06T08:15:00.000-07:00

We had a fantastic day going to the FAMU Farm Fest!!! We got to the Farm about 8:30 am, then registered for the day. As we registered they gave us either gloves to farm with or a little lunch bag, all of us picked the gloves!! The boys were sooo happy to have work gloves. I think it made a great start to their day. Donnie, Dalton & Chandler walking towards all the fun!!!

Part of the farm where we are about to get to pick some wonderful veggies!

Dalton found a tomato that has a growth on it, it looks like a little horn! What a cutie!!

Chandler trying to pick an eggplant, we had to go over & cut it with a knife. He was sooo excited to be able to pick those veggies.

Everyone loved pulling the potatoes out of the ground!

We came home with lots of banana peppers, green peppers, corn, okra, collards, eggplant, tomatoes, squash, jalapenos & potatoes

When we got home everybody was excited to help sort everything, wash it all, & put it away!

Working together to get it all done!

After a wonderful time at the Farm we were on our way home & Dad saw a blueberry u-pick it place & we pulled in there & picked blueberries for a while! We ended up with about 7lbs of blueberries too! I don't think the boys will forget this day for a very long time, they all had a wonderful day.

HomeSchool Conference

2011-05-18T07:39:00.000-07:00

We had a great time in Texas at our home school conference. The Lord really blessed us while we were there. It was a great time of fellowship and learning!!

Before we left we had alot of work to do on our RV, so Brandon, Denver, and a friend came over one weekend to help!! We were very grateful for there help:) Some played while others cleaned;]

Once we got there and got all set up another family came in beside us and needed a little help setting up,and so Dad and some friends pitched in and helped.

A few pine branches needed taken care of!!

So Mr. Greg and Dad did the job!!!

At the conference there are programs that students can attend. Dalton and Chandler did Children's Institute and I taught it. Cooper did ALERT Cadet and Tanner was a leader. Dad, Mom and Susanna, sat in the sessions and learned alot!! Well, we learned alot too=0)

Chandler in CI

" Team G"

Tanner, Cooper, and some friends

The last night we invited families over to our camp site and had good dinner and fellowship together.

Some sweet friends

Dad and Momma too;)

It is so amazing to see our Dad's praying for one another

Cooper, Chandler, and Dalton

enjoying the ride home!

Happy New Year!!!! (a little late)

2011-02-24T13:45:00.000-08:00

We celebrated the New Year with fireworks and family!! It was such a blessing to have seven out of nine of us kids at home:) Chandler our baby=)

Oohhhh!!!

Sparklers!!!! Thanks Dad=)

Aaahhhhh!!!!!!!

Dad did a great job Shooting the Fifreworks!!

Hope everyone had a very blessed New Year!?

Christmas with the Hicks!!!!!!!

2011-01-23T09:13:00.000-08:00

We had a very blessed Christmas spent with our amazing family!!! Here are some pictures from then. Everyone who is left at home:)

These are from Christmas with Momma's family.

Aren't these bows just beautiful!!?

Momma, her sisters, and her Mom!!

Adult table:)

Tyler and Skylar!!!

A group of awesome boys!!

These are from Dad's family.

Looks like they are waiting on someone?

Oh, it's me;)

Hello or goodbye!!?

Love this one!! Can you guess why?

Art

Hope everyone had a very blessed Christmas!!?

Violin Recital!!!!!

2011-01-09T10:54:00.000-08:00

Back in December Tanner and Dalton had a violin recital!! Both of them are great players=) Tanner performing!

Dalton takes the stage!!

Tanner, Mr. Danny, Dalton,

and Chandler:0)

Their teacher is moving over seas to teach:( Thank you Mr. Danny for two great years of teaching:) May God bless your new adventure!!!

October in a Nut shell=)!!!!

2010-12-10T18:50:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone:) Yes, we are still here=)! Just been very busy, so I thought that I would do an almost catch up post;) So here it is, from birthdays,to trips, and just things we havebeen doig at home!!!

Dad's Birthday was the 7th.

Thank you Lord for such an amazing Dad! We have been very blessed with such a godly leader!!!

Family Camp 2010

On the 8th we went to Family Camp in Tx. It was a greattime to just relax as a family and have fun! There were great speakers every morning and wevery night. We got to see old friends and make new ones!!

Dr. Karl Coke!

He likes everyone to know that he drinks Pepsi not Coke:)

The Jordi(a)ns!!

Coopers thinking about his tchnigque;)

Momma had fun too=)

Crafts and fellowship all in one!!

Tanner,Cooper,and DAD!!!! Played b-ball

Ponie rides one Fair day.

Dalton enjoying it!!

Some dear friends we had the pleasure of spending time with!

On way home!!

The Lord proteced us. We had a blow out on the trailer and the other one was rotting!

Dad and Tanner fixed the tire>

Thanks guys:0)

Tanner's Birthday + Field trip on the 19th.

On Tanner's birthday, there was a field trip to a bakery. Chandler and I were sick, so Mom took everyone else and they had a good time!

Tanner got to make his own cake!!

Cooper went with landscaping cake!

Dalton decorating his cake=)

Chandler and I were feeling better, so we all went out to eat!!

Family shot!!!

Brandon is the one behind the pole;)

We even planted a garden!!!

Our very first winter garden:)

Thanks for being so patient;0) Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving!?

One great Mom!!!

2010-09-24T18:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Momma!!! We have been blessed with a great Godly example in our Mom.
She is teaching her children to love others and fear God.
She is a great example of both of these things!!

Hope you have the Happiest Birthday!! We love you very much!!

Beach Trip!!!!

2010-09-24T17:44:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we met our grandparents in Alabama at the beach, and we had a great time!! Here are a few pictures from our trip. Dad got us doughnuts one morning

With sprinkles!

Family picture at Lambert's

Momma and Dad:)

Playing volleyball

Paw Paw even enjoyed the beach

But I think Dalton enjoyed it more=)

Shrimp boat in the Gulf

Dalton enjoyed jumping waves and Dad

was so sweet to help him!!

Chandler needed encouragement

to get in the water, but he enjoyed it!!
Well, once he got over the fear;)

Sweet boys playing on the beach.

Maw Maw and Momma

This was at a really neat restaurant.
Lulu's

Family picture at one neat Restaurant

This restaurant was really neat. It is where we played volleyball, they also had sand mounds for children to play in (or children at heart), and you sat on a huge deck by a canal!! We loved it! Oh, and it had good food=0)

2010-09-08T08:11:00.000-07:00

A while back Tanner and Dalton had a violin recital. Both of them are getting better each recital! The Lord has really blessed Tanner with a musical talent, and Dalton is a good little player himself!! They both played in a quartet.

Tanner played a duet with his teacher!

We love you both and keep up the good work:)

2010-08-09T16:06:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, we enjoyed having the Johnson family over for dinner!! It was a great time of fun and fellowship! Christopher, Tanner,Chandler, and Cooper

Self portrait!

Chandler played his guitar:)

Enjoying fellowship and friends. Our little orchestra that night!!

We had a great time with you guys and hope to get together again soon=)

Chandler's B-Day!!!! July 15th, 2010

2010-07-26T12:40:00.000-07:00

The Lord has blessed our family with the cutest little four year old. It is very hard to believe that our little Chaney is already 4:( He is growing into a very sweet and caring little guy!! We could not imagine our house with out Chandler in it. Thank you Lord for each and every blessing. Chaney and his B-Day door=)

He got to go to guitar class!!

With Cooper and I!

Birthday Cupcakes.

Chaney and his cupcakes;)

These two are the best of friends!!!

(Dalton and Chandler)

Playing with Chaney and his new truck

Tanner, Chandler,and Dalton

No don't do it, to late;0)

Momma hugs before bed

He was aloud to hit it very easily:D

Chandler!!!

We love you so very much!!!!!!!!!

The Fourth 2010

2010-07-19T17:17:00.000-07:00

We had a great fourth!! Had church, then went swimming with friends, and then went to watch fireworks at friends house. Sadly I was not doing a very good job taking pictures:( Here are some that I did take though :D Hope everyone had a blessed fourth!!? Thanks Emhofs for great fireworks;)

Well the shirt says who this is LOL

( Kinda blurry)

More awesome fireworks!!!!

Just can't have the fourth without watermelon.

Hope you had great fireworks too!!?

Enjoying conversation:0)

A visiting we will go!!!!

2010-07-02T16:00:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we enjoyed great food, fellowship, and fun. We had such a great time at the Roberts house!!!! We always enjoy being with them. Hope to get together again soon. Chandler, Dalton, and Rose, enjoying
ice cream and each other.

Tanner and Campbell, dishing up ice cream!!

Looking at our grandparents cabin.

Chandler and Rose, very intently drawing:D

Sweet little messy Martha;)

Playing cards, and just playing around!!

Little Monkeys!!!!!!

Good friends. Marty,Me, and Campbell!!

We had such a great time with you guys and hope we can do it again soon!!!!!

Tennessee Trip!!!

2010-06-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

What a great trip we had in Tn.!! The best part was getting to spend some time with our grandparents:) Their cabin is very beautiful and a great place to relax.
Thanks Dad and Momma for taking us. Chandler and Paw Paw!!!

Chandler loves his Paw Paw:D

Where we ate one day there was horses

behind the parking lot!! Chandler picked

grass for them, and they ate it;D

Watching the horses!! So precious.

Playing at a park!!!

Watching a little league baseball game!!!

Momma had fun too:D

Tanner loves b-ball.

One part of the huge playground.

This is just one side of the playground!!

We had fun @ put-put golf.

This was Chandler first time to play.

Tanner was the score keeper!!

Our little hams;D

All of the balls, the courses were really neat.

Perfect place, for a photo!!!!

What a great time we had and hope to do it again soon.

A Very Great Weekend!!

2010-06-16T16:46:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, we had a full weekend, and that has not happen alot lately!! We were able to go to a friends Graduation party. Mr. Tom, telling us that,Mrs. Debbie is gonna tell us a little bit about how much Melanie means to them:)

Making lemonade!!!!! Mmmmm.....

Amanda and Melanie!

Poor Chany was sick:( so Dad was very sweet to take him home:)

Pretend cat that purrrsss:D

Then Denver and Patti came for a visit=)

After lunch at a Mexican restaurant.

And finally, (drum roll please) Tanner and Dalton had a violin recital!!

Tanner waiting to start!!!

The entire time Dalton was playing

he said, "I'm not gonna do this" over and over:)

Watching and waiting for there turn.

What a blessed family we are!?

By the way! Dalton told his teacher the next week, that he wanted to do another recital. Change of heart=0)

Coop's B-Day!!!!!! May 10th :D

2010-05-28T17:59:00.000-07:00

The Hicks Family, has been very blessed with an awesome 9 yr. old!!!
Dad and Momma had an appointment out of town on Cooper's Birthday! To Coop's excitement he got to go with them:D So just Cooper, Dad and Mom, went away for the weekend together, a rarity for us=) While they were gone, the rest of us, had lots of fun decorating for Cooper's B-day:o) Here are some pics from his special day, enjoy!!!!! Decor on the french door!!

Flashlight, a boys delight:)

B-day wishes on the driveway;)

Yes, he did shoot it in the house ;D

Dalton looks on!!!!!!!

Staircase a great place:P

Cooper said he had a great time with just Dad and Momma, but of course he missed the rest of us, and we missed him:(

Double Post!!!!!

2010-05-22T07:17:00.001-07:00

Kittens, Kittens, and more Kittens!! Three of our last years kittens had kittens of there own, thirteen to be exact! If anybody wants one, or two, or all;) Let us know!!!!
Some of the cuties in the dog house:)

One momma and her babies:P

Dalton, Tater, and Critter:D

All the little kittens in a row!!!!

Was so cute I couldn't resist:}

Jordin's Trip to Texas

Thanks to the Turner family, I was able to go to our Homeschool conference in Big Sandy.

I had lots of fun and got to serve on staff.

The opening session! Always awesome.

Cute Ellen (in plaid dress) singing!!

Sweet Emily in the student choir:)

The entire student choir and orchestra!!!

Adorable little cutie and I:D

Thank you so much to the Turners for letting me tag along. It was a great conference and God really did work that week!

Dalton's Birthday, April 1st.

2010-04-12T15:29:00.000-07:00

Our family was very blessed six years ago, when little Dalton was born! He brings joy to our family in his own little special way! If you have met Dalton, then you know he is one of those that you not easily forget!!:D We love you Dalton and pray that you grow to be a mighty warrior for Jesus Christ.
He chose circles, for his cake design :0)

Team work and love!

The cutest six year old;)

Dad, Momma, Dalton, and his gifts!

Dalton, Pepper, and I=)

Tanner, Dalton, and Trigger :))

Dalton, Cooper, and football cards!!

Chany, Dalton, and Molding clay:P

Thank you Lord for such a sweet little brother!!

Mother/Daughter Retreat!!!!

2010-03-22T13:36:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful time!! It was so much fun to get to drive out to Tx.! What a great Momma God has given me! This is us and our bathroom mates, we got
ready for dinner one night, and we all had on
black, white, and red!! Great minds think alike!

Waiting to start pulling!!!! Go daughter:)

We beat our Mom's three times in a row!!!

Poor Moms:(

Paige and I!

In a resteraunt on the way home.

Aunt Pam and Paige!

Thanks for making the memory special, by going with us!!

Random Pics!!!!!!!!!!

2010-02-25T14:38:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone!!
Hope you enjoy these pics, from over the past few months!!

Happy Birthday Susanna!!!!!!

2010-01-20T18:48:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to a wonderful sister! Hope you have a wonderful day, may God bless you as you serve Him. Love you very much. Jordin

Love and miss you. Tanita!

Happy Birthday! From Cooper, Dalton, and Chandler!!!

What a hard worker!

Crazy times!

Hope you have a most blessed day! We love you and miss you so much.

From the fam.

Trip to Orlando!!!

2010-01-17T11:00:00.001-08:00

We went to Orlando in late December. The highlight of our trip was going to ICE, at the Gaylord palms hotel. It was incredible to see how, God has given people a talent, to look at a block of ice and create an amazing sculpture out of it!!

We also went to some shops in Orlando, and in the town of Celebration they had snow at night (bubble machines). That was a good time, Daddy also let go on a wagon ride around the town!!!

Nativity made out of ice!!!

Tanner and Cooper enjoyed the slides made out of ice!!!!

A cave made out of ice.

Horses that pulled our wagon.

Tanner and I on the wagon!!!!

Chandler and Cooper having fun in the snow!!!!!!:)

Dalton, Daddy, Chandler, Cooper, and Momma, on the wagon ride!

Thanksgiving!

2009-12-21T11:22:00.000-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving with Momma's sister from Louisianna. We rode four wheelers,went fishing, and just had a great time enjoying each other. Thanks for coming ya'll!

Tennessee Trip

2009-12-07T13:29:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago we went to Tennessee. Dad took us to DollyWood, a great family park!
We also helped our grandparents paint the gameroom in thier cabin. We had a great time!!! My favorite pic of the trip is this first one, Chany is so cute! Tha last few pics are of the game room.

2009-11-05T12:17:00.000-08:00

Journey to the Heart
I (Jordin) had a wonderful time of fellowship with other Christian girls and my Lord and savour! What a awesome group of girls! Love and miss all of you!

Family Camp

We had a wonderful time in Texas at a family retreat. It was very relaxing and a great time of fun and fellowship. Enjoy the pics from our trip!

Tanner's Birthday October 19th

We love you Tanner!

Chicago trip ending!

2009-10-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

Well here is the end of our trip. We enjoyed two days at IBLP headquarters, then we went to a zoo in Ohio, and last was the Creation Museum. We had a wonderful family time and great Christian fellowship. We miss you Susanna. God is so great!

ok!!!!!!!!

2009-09-08T17:30:00.000-07:00

The pics fixed oops!

Tells ya what I know bout techi stuff:}

Chicago Trip!!! Part 1 On the way up!!

2009-09-01T14:43:00.000-07:00

The Lord Blessed our travels!!!

The boys throwing rocks

A beautiful sunset!

Wow! These windmills were

hunormus!!!!

I don't know what went wrong wit the pic set up.

May God bless ya'll.

Jordin

Tanner's violin recital

2009-08-26T15:53:00.000-07:00

Tanner looking handsome, getting ready to play in his trio. That's his teacher standing beside him.

Here he is playing! The three of them sounded great.

Blog problems.

2009-08-24T16:33:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

To see the latest post go to older posts and after Cooper's Birthday.
Lindy's with some Roberts, something like that.
Blessings,
Jordin
For the Family

Lizzy our new puppy!!!!!!!!

2009-08-18T09:38:00.000-07:00

This is the life!!

Ten weeks and growing fast.

Just adorable!!!!!

oops!!

2009-08-13T10:25:00.000-07:00

I did not know that I published that last post. It was Chandler's birthday on July 15th.

Gonna do a reall post later. Sorry everyone, I hit the wrong button.

Jordin

2009-08-07T19:46:00.000-07:00

A Great Fourth!!!!!!

2009-07-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

We had a great time at the Bessinger's house for the fourth.
There were relay races, three legged, obstacle course, watermelon
eatin contest, and great fireworks. Momma and her baby! Not so much a baby anymore.

Tanner poses for the camera.

Having fun playing baseball!

The race is on! The first group

Little Ben, Matthew, and Dalton.

The second group is,

Joel, Cooper, and David

The third group is

Josiah, Tanner, and Skylar.

The last but not least is

Katherine, Mr. Wayne, and Mr. Bill

Part of the Fam watchin the races.

Some of the little boys enjoyed playing on the tractor. What a fun boy toy!

The watermelon was deeeelicious whether there was a contest or not.

Sparkler fun!!!!!!!

The Grand Finale!! Great fireworks show!!!

Thanks again to the Bessingers for a great time. The food, the fellowship & all the games were a blast!

Two Amazing Fathers - One Special Day!!!

2009-07-13T12:07:00.000-07:00

This Fathers Day was such a blessing, we got to go to Louisiana & spend the day with our Dad & Mom's Dad. Dad with Uncle Johnny & Logan at PawPaw & MawMaw's restaurant.

Chandler playing with Skylar after a great lunch!

We are so thankful for such great grandparents. It is always a joy to spend time with them! We love you MawMaw & PawPaw.

Here is PawPaw opening his Father's Day gifts. This was an Alvin York Book we gave him. He loves to read while MawMaw shops, and he loves to read about History. Enjoy!

Three generations of feet. Whos is Whos?

A wonderful day & three of his sons! How precious!

Mom & Dad listening to the wisdom of PawPaw & feeling pretty stuffed from all that wonderful food.

This is a dog Tanner wanted to bring home. Someone found him swimming in the river.

This is our cousin Tyler. She plays the drums in the band. We enjoyed listening to her for a little while.

Mom catching up with her sweet sister while Dalton takes a nap.

Thanks to mom's family for having us. We enjoyed making new memories & talking about old ones.

What A Great Homeschool Conference!!

2009-06-22T19:54:00.000-07:00

We went to our homeschool Conference in Nashville. It was so wonderful to spend time with all of our good friends. Some of them we only get to see once a year. Catching up is always fun. We loved making new memories and talking about past ones. We love all of you and can't wait until next year!! We all packed in our van to ride to & from the conference.

Our friends van broke down & they were left with no vehicle

for the entire conference. We felt like sardines, but it was so

fun!!!

Here are all the boys piled in the very back.

What a great time we had at the Rainforest Cafe with the Turner family.

The Turners have been friends of ours for over 11 years. It was great to

spend time with yall. What a blessing to our family you are!

Ashburn & Dalton had a great time in the Children's program!

They learned Bible verses, watched skits, made crafts, & just loved

being together.

Jordin & the children in her class. They were all great!

What little gifts from God!

Tanner & Cooper with their squad leader.

The banner they made was wonderful. Tanner said

it was great making it. It was the first time He & Cooper

got to be together. Cooper is now old enough to go into

the Alert program. What fun!!!

What an exciting thing to get to see the Duggar family again.

They were so encouraging to us all!

Jordin & Jessa Duggar spent a few moments chatting!

We saw this on the interstate on the way home & had

to snap a shot of it! Pretty neat huh!

This was quite interesting. We are driving along and it

looked like a bunch of balls then we realized Oh my that

is cabbage these pigs are eating.

Kitten Update

2009-06-18T09:18:00.000-07:00

Letlo

Black Bear

Little Bit!

There is one more kitten that looks just like little bit.

Two posts in one

2009-06-07T12:57:00.000-07:00

Dinner at the Bessinger's

We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and
fellowship.

Gabi enjoying a moment!

Ivy doing what she likes to do best!

Tanner and Josiah, two of our entertainers

Our sweet parents.

Joel, Cooper and Dalton, eating a yummy

dessert. What a strange face little boy!

Annabelle,Dalton,Chany,and Mary, had alot

of fun playing together.

Cooper's Birthday May 10th

He is such a sweet little guy!

POP! Everyone's faces are funny!!

Ahhh!!! Don't let me fall!!!!!

Patti made Cooper's cake, and let the boys

decorate it.

Splashing Wars!!!

Ready, Aim, No don't do it!!!

A Great Time at Lindy's with some of the Roberts!

2009-05-31T14:53:00.000-07:00

Three sisters chatting!

Decisions! Decisions! What to eat everything sounds good. Probably chicken!

You should be Wiping

these tables!!

Cool guy!!

Marty the camera holder!!!

Everyone talking and laughing!!!

Chandler thinks Momma

is pretty funny!

Dalton and another funny

face:}

We had such a great time with you guys!

Blackberry Pickin

2009-05-05T20:50:00.000-07:00

Off to the bushes!

So this is a blackberry?

From bushes to a delicious cobbler!!

The rest to the freezer!

Kittens

2009-05-01T08:33:00.001-07:00

Doing what kittens do best:)

The whole clan!!!

Like mother like kitten

Dalton's Birthday

2009-04-10T13:18:00.000-07:00

Happy 5th Birthday Dalton, April 1st

What a cute little cowboy!

The birthday meal mac n cheese!

Our sweet brother and sister in law, had us over

the next night, and creavtive Patti made Dalton

yet another cake. mmmm.............

Everybody talking and playing, at Denver's.

The birthday crown!!!!

Tennessee Trip

2009-04-02T15:33:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago we met Momma's parents at thier cabin in the mountains.
We really enjoy spending time with them in the mountains. This time we
went on a trail im the mountains, went to Wonder works, shopping, and just
relaxed.

This is the backside of our grandparents cabin.

Here are Tanner,Dalton,and Cooper at a playground,

In one of the mall parking lots.

Dalton at Wonder Works. Finger coloring an a computer.

Maw Maw put this ha ton in an antique shop that

we went in. She is so much fun.

Paw Paw went on our hike in the

mountains with us. He is so cute.

This would be the last ocupation I go for. My

grandmother told me to get in.

I leave you with a picture of the front side of

the cabin.

P.S. Thank you Paw Paw and Maw Maw for a great time.

Our House and Land

2009-03-09T12:29:00.000-07:00

Thought I would putsome Pictures Of our house and land. We have alot of fun walking the trails,riding our four wheelers,and swimming in the pool. This is the front of our house.

This is the back, we use it as the front. That is Chandler on his little bike.

Here is one of our trails.

This is our shed, barn,store house. The road going to it is called Roberts way!!!

Come stop by when you have time we would jlove to show you around.

the poster

2009-02-22T16:05:00.000-08:00

Here we are

2009-01-18T16:05:00.000-08:00

We are going to post about our house fire, but I need to learn how to do it right.