Sunday, March 29, 2009

Terrific TENNESSEE!

The two knapps and a bowman clan drove down to
Tennesse to visit with the two sullivans for a fun
weekend trip to the mountains in pigeon forge.this is the rental car we took, a toyota rav 4.
i hope to own one someday.
on the way to see those lovely sullivans!
can you find me in this picture?

one of the many mountain views from our cabin balcony.
we stayed in the cabin called "bear hugs."
there was bear decor everywhere.
another mountain view.

mom and rich in a rocking chair on our balcony.

the wonderful sullivans!

a windy and slightly rainy walk through Gatlinburg.

fudge that was bought in Gatlinburg . . .
person who ate the fudge bought in Gatlinburg.

tiffany with the bear.

we had a lot of fun eating yummy food, talking, laughing,
relaxing, and getting to see each other again.
we missed having you there kristin and jeremy.
there weren't any hot tub incidents this time. ^_^


mom stealing my camera because she's bored
in the car as we make our way back to ohio.

AH! Rich took his eyes off the road!


mom under the effects of cabin fever.

alright, this has gotten scary, let's split.

bye family, i love you very much!

have a great april! ^_^

Sunday, March 15, 2009

FLORIDA!

Are you ready for this?
This is Grandma learning to get gas, it was quite thrilling.

look at that excellant handle of that nozzle.


It takes three to figure this gas pumping thing out . . .



This Lady is AWESOME!

She is the Warmer of food, the Setter of the table,

the Lady of the Kitchen, The feeder of the Masses!

THANK YOU SO MUCH AUNT ANA FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID!





Justin = Cuteness all over. ^_^

We were all so exciting for Uncle Jim that he had to fall to sleep,

i'm sorry to say i woke him with the flash it took to take this picture.



Listening to sweet serenades by Kari Jean.


Joshua being himself, so sheek. ^_^


Uncle Harry invited us to the Blue Springs Park (manatee place),

and here we are doing what we do best. ^_^



a manatee. that gray line thing in the water.


some fish (garr?)



Adorable cousins!



Isn't James beautiful?! i love it!


There's some of us.


Lovely Leibbrands;

Justin, Uncle Jim, Aunt Ana, James

Jana and Joshua


Two Knapps and a Bowman!


Some lovely Lopez girls.



The Lovely Lyons;

Aunt Janice, Jeanne, Uncle George

( i need more adjectives that start with "L")


The Lovely Leibbrands;

Ian and Aunt Joanne




all of us at Stetson Baptist, where we had Grandpa's first service

and where Grandpa and Grandma's Sunday School Class fed us lunch,

a grand undertaking. it was yummy. ^_^


Kari's head on the water. ^_^

i believe every day consisted of a trip to the pool.


Uncle Tommy and little Judah playing at the pool.



Guess what legs belong to what relative!

Here's the answer, from the left:
Jana(maybe?), Ian, Tania, and Aunt Janice


What to say . . .


here we are about to seize McDonald's and

the poor people within.

Table 1


Table 2


Table 3



Table 4



Table 5

Table 6

Table 7

Table 8


Uncle Paul and Aunt Dot.
This was after the second service for Grandpa,
at the Alliance Community Church

Grandma with her 5 children


The Grandkid line up!
(notice Jeremy and Tiffany the empty gaps left for you!)
Coming done on a jump, don't we look cool!

SMILE!

And now i leave you with this cuteness!
We all 5 bought the same hoody from
Wal-Mart, but each in a different color.
We had document our great stlye and
love for each other to willingly match one
another and go outside matching. ^_^
gotta LOVE it!

Well, i had a fun time seeing all my beautiful relatives
in Florida, (TWELVE years is TOO long Aunt Joanne and
Ian!) though the circumstances for such an event were
not the pleasant. But the gathering was needed and helped, for
me at least. ^_^
i LOVE you ALL
and can't wait to see you ALL again!
LOTS of LOVE from,
jeanette #8
^_^