6/30/2009

VBS 09

Vacation Bible School 2009

The girls had a BLAST this year at VBS at our church.

The Theme was "Go Studio Go"


It was a TV show theme and Jaylee was picked one day as the contestant...


She acutally VOLUNTEERED to go in front of the whole clan of kids.


It is sooo out of her personality and made me so proud.


I think that it had a lot to do with the fact that her


friend Katrina was there and really helped pull her out of her shell!!!!!


Katrina also got picked to be a contestant on the last day...


and got to pie our Pastor in the face!!!!


Here's a picture of the picture of Jaylee being the contestant.


On Friday evening the parents were invited to a "show" and dinner.


Boy was Jenni in her glory!!


she's in the front row, flower shirt

Jaylee at the end of the video with a pink hedband on.



Here's Jenni praying before dinner.


She takes prayer more seriously than ANY other 4 year old!



Jaylee just being pretty at dinner.



Jaylee and Katrina on stage.


Katrina throwing her pie.




Jaylee singing a song... notice the cross eyes when singing "funny"...






I don't want to ever forget the prayer that Jennibelle says before dinner...

Jaylee used to SING the same prayer before meals...

"God is Great,

God is good,

let us thank Him for our food.

By his hands we all our fed,

give us Lord our daily bread.

Amen."


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This is Jenni on the same night reciting the Plege of Allegiance. I hope this doesn't get her thrown in to jail one day...

6/22/2009

Jason's 33rd

Happy 33rd Birthday to My Man
Jason is 33 today and I wanted to honor him with a look through his years.
Mind you, I've only been around for the past 7,
but they seem to be his favorite years anyway!!!
Right Jason?!?
Here's some shots his Mom shared with me from Elementary School...
(I'm guessing the exact shool years)
Kindergarten... Already a Seahawks Fan.
Jason is very proud that he was born the years the Seahawks started.
When he dies, he wants to be cremated and thrown at a Seahawks game!
I can't believe how much he looks like Maria here!!

1st grade
I love his little grin.
Jennibelle and he have the same teeth (gaps)

2nd Grade.
So cute!
Doesn't he look like an Angel?
His Mom always says that he was
very cuddly and had a BIG heart. (Still does!!)


Jason thinks 6th grade.
Here he looks much more like has Dad.



4th grade
One of my favorites!
Jason would love to wear flannels, jeans, boots &
a big furry beard everyday if he could!


That's all the pix I have of his youth...
We've been together since earlly 2002.
Here's my grown up HOTTIE on his 26th Bday.


We lived in an apartment in Savannah, GA with my cat, Simba.
Jason is highly allergic to cats,
so Simba moved to PA after our wedding on July 20th.
Jason was just getting out of the Army when we met,
so I broke my rule of not dating Army Dudes.
We did sooo mnay fun things when dating.
Here he took me to Walt Disney World and
we had to run through a Tropical Storm.
Later we road tripped from GA to PA to Idaho to WA.
We almost got run off a mountain in
Montana but Jason saved us!
(In his 2 wheel drive Jeep)
Jason had 2 lizards that we had to keep
sneaking into our hotel rooms across country!
As gifts for his groommen he bought them tix
to see the Mariners when we visitted everyone in Seattle.
He had to carry me through the stadium b/c
I was pregnant and my feet were so swollen that they hurt.
Good thing he was soooo in shape since he had just been in the Army.
The next summer we were learning how to be parents.
Jason always wanted a daughter named after him,
which is how he came up with Jaylee.
He is by far the best, coolest Dad!!!
We used to take Jaylee down to the river in
Savannah to watch the boats,
as pictured here.
Jaylee and I would meet Jason at a different park
most days during his lunch break for picnics.
Jason is not a fan of eatting, like I am.
He wants to one day invent a pill that will replace meals.
We joke that all of Jaylee's baby pictures were
of her and the "Hairy Arm"
b/c Jason would always stage her in a tree,
a trashcan, going down a slide...

Jason moved us all to PA when Jaylee was 8 months old.
He's so great... even though I never said I
wanted to be back home, he knew I did and
made the decision to make it happen.
Here we are at my favorite vacation spots... Ocean City, NJ.
I vacationed there when I was a kid and
wanted my family to experience it all too.


The next summer Jason bought us the house I really wanted,
bought the dog he really wanted (Boop),
and talked me into expanding our famiy again.
That's the summer he started his career in sales.
He's always good at everything he does.
He's a hard worker and people are always drawn to him.
He's got a voice that booms in a room.
He's so vaery flattering to women of all ages,
but especially little girls and little old women.
I swear my Mommom has a crush on him!!!
The following summer (2005) Jason became a Dad to his second daughter.
This time he insisted that she be named Jennibelle
which means Jenn is Beautiful!!!
He is always giving me compliments, and still can make me blush.
He's teaching the girls how to camp.
He's also taught them how to shoot BB guns.
The Jays 2005
for his 31st bday, he got to sky dive!!!
He's not afraid of anything...
Not even the snakes he has to keep rescuing me from in our yard...
MY HERO!!!
He's always willing to kill the spiders, catch the snakes,
& check the noises out back in the middle of the night.
He's also willing to helpwith dishes, laundry, yard work, etc...
He's very kind with our neighbors and often helps
another guy in the neighborhood out wiht his yard.
I'm very proud to be his wife.

Of course, he spends most of his time playing with the girls.
I am soooo happy with his parenting.
He even babysit for my sister so t
hat we can have girl-time together!
He took me to Niagara Falls for our 5th Anniversary.

This was later that Fall at a Surprise Party
we threw for my parents anniversary.
I think he is sooo handsome!!!

Here's the latest shot of our family.
Easter 2009.
We were lucky enough to have his folks fly
in from Seattle to spend the holiday with us

Jason 32, Jenn 30, Jaylee 6, Jennibelle 3.

Jason, I love you more each year!!!

Thanks for all our of our FUN FUN FUN memories.

Thanks for our family!!!

Thanks for loving me unconditionally!!!

You are my hero, baby!!!!

6/08/2009

Philly Zoo

Philadelphia Zoo
June 2009
We bought a Zoo pass this year and have already gotten our money's worth!
The girls and I took took Jason's folks for Easter
And this weekend Jason got to go with us!!!
Jaylee brought a friend too.
We had the BEST time!!!!
Since Jaylee's friend was there,
we let the girls get their faces painted.
Usually, I'm way too cheap!!
We always picnic lunch and take our
own water bottles just to save some cash!
Jennibelle (like usual) wanted her face to look
just like "Whatever Katrina wants!"
She LOVES when the big girls include her
and wants to do whatever they want.
You should see the way she looks at them with adoration.
And she laughs pathetically when they're funny,
trying to impress them.
It is priceless!!
Jaylee (true to form) wanted her painting
to be different from everybody elses...
especially different than Jenni's.
Night and Day... yet the best of friends!!!
The Stringham Butterfly and Flower Power.
The three gals... all dolled up.
I regret that we waited until our way out of the park to let them do it!

Jennibelle is so very interested in being fancy and pretty.
She goes overbored with dresses, makeup, painted nails,
hair decorations, and jewelry.
Most mornings it is a fight to get her to wear something half-sensible.

Jaylee is just about done with Kindergarten.
She has really blossomed this year...
so very smart and very obedient.
She loves to read and write and she still loves to swing
(We're talking hours a day!)
She has really matured the last few weeks into a beautiful young girl!
Her eyes are even taking on a shade of green!!



Jaylee and her friend Katrina.
We were having issues with some of Jaylee's friends not wanting to include Jennibelle.
Katrina has always been so kind to Jenni.


Here the girls are checking out a bear.
Katrina had never been to a zoo.
With Jenni, you'd think every time was her first time!
Jaylee loves to list off all of the facts she remembers about each animal.



When we first entered the zoo, the girls were blown away by this peacock.
Then they were blown away when they saw Mommy peacock with her babies.
Then they were BLOWN away by... pigeons.



Jaylee always says that she knows how to smell Monkey...
"J-E-N-N-I-B-E-L-L-E"
I guess she was right!

Now Jenni jokes that she knows how to spell monkey...
"M-O-M"



The children's Petting Zoo is always a hit!
Jenni always goes straight to brushing the goats and telling us how much they love her and like when she brushes them and that they think she's so pretty and that they missed her when she was gone and... ... ...
Jaylee always goes straight to feeding them.
And in true Stringham fashion, we don't pay the $0.50 for the goat food,
Jaylee scrounges it off the ground!!
I've taught her well!



Jaylee's popsicle lips were so pretty that I had to take a picture.



One of the benefits of being a member is that we get to go into the Tree House!
It is a fun place and Jaylee's Art Teacher helped design/paint it!

Jenni got eaten by a frog!
Jaylee riding a Dino
Jaylee & Katrina on a Caterpillar
The egg heads.

Well, I hope you liked the pictures!!!!
It's been so great having the weekend to do family things!!!


6/02/2009

Cousins in the Tub

I just thought these shots of Jenni and Morgan were so dang cute...



Jenni ADORES her cousin.
She calles her everyother day to invite her to a play date,
though she does get frustrated that Morgan sleeps a lot!


Career Day

JAYLEE INVITED THE 3 SISTERS TO HER CAREER DAY
1. Meggy The Hairstylist
Jaylee showed off her highlights.
You should have seen the kids faces when
she pulled this "head" out of her bag!
2. Jenn The Nurse
we talked about Pediatric Home Health Nursing

3. Mandy the Xray Tech (And CT Tech)
The kids loved seeing the Xrays



You could tell Jaylee LOVED having us all there.
She helped with each of our presentations.
We really love her and am glad she likes us being around!!