Spring Break Vacation

We just got back from a relaxing week in Florida.  We rented a condo in Palm Coast through our RCI timeshare.   We were very impressed with all of the activities they had available for our boys.  Tennis, horseshoes, volleyball, bike rental, put-put, swimming pool, hot tub, and weight room.

They boys did it all!

 I'll share photos of our trip all this week, starting with the beginning of the week.

Up, Up and Away.....flying gets us there in no time!

The boys watching a movie

Almost there.  See the ocean.

Aww, the pool!

Our favorite part of the pool was the waterfall.              

The master bathroom, very spacious

View of the dining room and kitchen from the living room

Logan and Isaiah's bedroom

The living room

The Master bedroom

More photos tomorrow.  Come back and visit!!!

Just one quick one....

Evan on Daytona Beach with the Dodge Charger we've rented this week.

Spring Allergies?

Itchy, scratchy throat. Runny nose. Drainage. Sneezing. Itchy Eyes. Sound familiar?

You might have spring allergies. I know I do right now.

I went out into the yard today and was taking some random photographs. I love the Red Maple in the front yard when it is budding out. I grabbed a quick shot of a branch. When I pulled it into photoshop I did some zooming. What did I see? Pollen! The trigger of everyones' spring suffering.

When we lived in NC, we could see yellow pollen everywhere. It covered everything. It laid in a thick sheet on top of the car, the law furniture, the pool water, etc. Here in Indiana, we have it, but it doesn't show itself as much. Unless you look close. Take a look.

Zoomed out
Zoomed out fully
How about you? Do you have spring allergies? It just might be the pollen!

Visiting the Minniear Past

Earlier this week my nephew called me and asked for help. He had an assignment from school to write about his family genealogy. Back in 2002 I spent weeks on end uncovering the Minniear family history. I was so happy to share my findings with him. So, while I have all of this info out, why don't I share some heritage and pictures with you.

Wilhelm Mineur was born in 1653 in Ernsbach Germany.

He married Eva Susanne Ehl who was born in 1650

they had

Christain Minear born in 1676 in Germany

who married Anna born in 1672

they had

Christianus Minear in 1704 in Germany

who married Maria born in 1706

They immigrated to America in 1732 on a ship called Mary that sailed out of Rotterdam Holland

after coming to America they had

John in 1728 in Northumberland Co PA

who married Mary

they had Isaac between 1770 and 1780

who married ??? and had

John in 1798 in Wood Co Virginia (now West Virginia)

who married Mary Jackson wedding date 1819 Miami Co OH

they had

James in 1850 in Mercer Co OH

who married Lydia

they had John Washington Minniear in 1863

who married Minnie Miller

they had Charles in 1891

who married Ethel Bolander born 1893

who had Fred in 1914

who married Mary Shively born 1914

they had James in 1939

who married Arleen

they had Dennis (my husband)

So there you have it! Now wanna see some pictures?

John and Minnie Minniear and 3 of their children

John and Minnie Minniear and 5 of their 10 children. The oldest son being Charles.

Charles and Ethel Minniear with baby Fred

Fred with his little brother Howard

Fred with his wife Mary

Fred and Mary on thier 40th anniversary

Fred and Mary's son James (Jim) Minniear

Jim and Arleen's son's : Dennis is the youngest

Thanks for spending time looking through our family history. Do you know your family history?

Here are the links that were helpful to me:

www.rootsweb.com

www. genealogy.com

www. ancestry.com

When I found out a geographical area that a family member was born or married in I then went to that counties vital records website to dig further. It's fun! I hope you all get the bug too!

PopCorn+Cell Phone!

My mom sent this video to me today. You've gotta watch it!

I'm so going to try this with my boys!

If it works for us I'll record it and post it.

Jodie

Scrapbooking

I got to thinking this morning that I never share my scrapbooking pages on my blog. So without further ado, here are the pages I have been working on this year. These are all for my 2009 family album.

New Years Day with The Edwards Family
Jan 2009 Ice Storm
Dealing with no power through the ice storm
Isaiah making the best of a snow day
Isaiah at the spelling bee
A visit home to see family
Cleaning up after the ice storm
Vacation - a visit to the Tampa Bay hockey game - posing with the cheer girls
The boys golfing on vacation
Vacation = A day at the beach
Vacation - a day at the water park

Thanks for looking! What do you do with all of your pictures?

Being Crafty

I have this container that holds a lot of my scrapbooking letters, chip board and such and it's made of plastic and held together with snaps. Every time I load it up and take it to scrapbook night at church I invision it popping open and spilling it's contents across the parking lot.

My good friend Stephanie suggested that I make a tote bag to carry it in. I have a sewing machine, have made some simple valances in the past, but I really don't sew, but I'm willing to learn to make anything.

A trip to Joann's and about 5 phone calls to Stephanie later, I had my supplies.

Here are a few photos of Stephanie and I making the bag.

She measured and cut.

I sewed.....most of it.

Quilting the fabrics together

My not so straight lines!

Measuring the box

Stephanie Measuring fabric

Stephanie cutting fabric

The assembled bag with the container in it....

and without

Stephanie sewed the trim on the edge for me

The container tied with yarn to keep it from popping open

Stuffed full of goodies

I put the handles on at home, with no help! Yea for me!

All ready to go scrappin' tonight!!!

A BIG thank you to Stephanie for all of your help, time, patience and lunch!