Hawaii!!!!!!

Well we have returned from our long awaited trip to the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii. It was such a wonderful vacation and I honestly cant wait till I can return! I will post more pictures when I am able, but these are a few that I took with my phone.

This is the view from my parents and brothers room. We stayed in the Waikiki Sunset, about a block off Waikiki beach front, on the 35th floor!

Their view is of Diamond head and the Waikiki beach, along with the Honolulu zoo below.

And this was Tamsen's and my view from our room.

We had the view of the slopping view of the mountain side of Waikiki.

Me on the Waikiki beach at sun set on our first day. The water was so AMAZING!!! So warm.

This is where we went snorkeling. This is Hanauma Bay near North Shore. There is all kinds of fish of all colors! I saw one that was changing colors right in front of me!!! There is also see turtles my mom, Tamsen, and I chased one around one till Tamsen got close enough to touch it! She was so excited!

This is the Waikiki beach front that we spent more of our vacation. Wonderful and refreshing.

The USS Arizona Memorial. I believe this was one of my favorite parts of the whole vacation!!

This is the beautiful sunset while we were at the Luau at Paradise Cove.

This is Vincent, Tamsen, and I in the elevator on the way down the long 35 stories.

Fun Wedding!!

I personally was not expecting this!!! You know they had a blast!!!!

Mary's Lamb

Mary had a little Lamb, His fleece was white as snow.

And everywhere that Mary went, the Lamb was sure to go.

He'd follow her to school each day, when it wasn't against the rules.

He made the children laugh and play, to have the Lamb at school.

Then one day the rules changed, against the law it became, to bring the Lamb to school or even speak His name.

Everyday got worse and worse, and days turned into years.

Instead of hearing children laugh and play, you hear them crying tears.

What must we do to stop crime that's in our schools today?

Let the Lamb come back to school,

and teach our children to pray.

Translating Quiz.....

Quiz #1:

What is she saying????

Answer:

I am happy that you are getting a kick out of my speach....but I WANT MY JUCIE CUP THAT DROPPED!! :)

You having a long day???

You ever feel like this at the end of the day???

just fighting to stay awake????

Well this kid sure did....

Can you relate???

Enjoy:) .......

Now when I first saw this I was like ok another improve...but when it started I was totally blown away!!! For one it is one of my favorite songs and for two it is just totally awesome!! There are over 200 participints and many are children. Many on lookers missed there transportation waiting for them, from stopping to watch this.....

Enjoy this improve in...

Central Station- Antwerp, Belgium

A Tribute to a Fallen Soldier

In Loving Memory of our Brave Soldier....

Staff Sargent Bryan Hall

On Friday, April 10, 2009, our country lost 5 of our brave soldiers fighting for our freedom in Iraq. Among those soldiers was my neighbor, Staff Sergeant Bryan E. Hall,32 of Elk Grove. While doing a regular day of patrol his military vehicle was hit by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment based out of Fort Carson, Colorado.

His family thanks everyone for their prayers and support.

His family remaining are both parents, a sister, a wife, and 2 year old daughter.

Also killed in the attack were Staff Sgt. Gary L. Woods Jr., 24, of Lebanon Junction, Ky; Sgt. Edward W. Forrest Jr., 25, of St. Louis, Mo; Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch, 20, of Davenport, Iowa; and PV2 Bryce E. Gautier, 22, of Cypress, Calif.

Now this is my type of flight!

Now because of such low prices that they offer...and with us being a larger family...we often fly Southwest Atrlines. But with all my flights I have never been on this flight attendents plane!! I bet they had the time of their lives!!!! anything to livin up a long and boring flight is all cool with me......

I wonder how many tips he got!!!

(man that guy in the front right looks like my uncle Jim......)

Registering....or playing around?????

This past Monday my sister and I headed out for a full day...wedding details NEVER seem to end!!!

We went to Roseville to get some lanterns then to Target to register.

She was real excited at first...going up and down up and down every single isle!!

Choseing fun and diffrent things for her cozy little home

even big things....

Then when it came to which one of the 20 irons do i want????

she was confused:)

Soooo she just started shooting..... :)

and after all the running up the hill, back down, to the material store twice, and everything else

she made me drive and she conked out!! NO FAIR :)

But....hey....at least its done.... THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!

My Friend is 19!!!

Aubrey Anthony Robinson Jr.

My friend bri is 19 today and i want to just say HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Update on "Little Chris"

Well its day 31 for us being in the hospital so far this year.....and boy has it been a ride that we are ready to get off. But God id doing some great things and with all the great support from family and friends it is so much easier to make it through another day. Right now we are on day 10 of our 5th stay at Sutter Memorial. All the nurses are so awesome!! and of course he has his favorite nurses(we do also :)).This stay has been the longest and we are exspecting to come home around Monday. Just in time for No Limits!!Yeah cant wait!! Its just the devil roarin cause we have just keep knocking more and more teeth out every time he trys to come around. But with the recovery from surgery this past Tuesday, it has been slow, but steady. They put in a McKey button into his stomach so he can eat. He has not had any more fever since last week and everything is looking good. You can also check out his web site at http://www.chrisncrohns.blogspot.com/

I am going to put up some pics from all the stays....

All us in the "teen Room" the boys playin PS2

Game room

Chris with his hanky anointed from our pastors

Chris on day 1 of our stays Jan. 2, 2009(you see the difference from then and now!?!?!)

Watchin the other boys play the game while he rests for a popcicle

Chris doing his regular exercise getting out of the room and to the ateen room :)

Bro. Young and Bro Jones came up and prayed while he was in ICU the day before revival started

Prayer

Right after X-ray

This is Chris getting up after yesterday...its slow but he is doing it

More then just for coffee??????

COFFEE FILTERS: Not just for making coffee...

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave.Coffee filters make excellent covers.

2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters arelint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.

3. Protect China .. Separate your good dishes by puttinga coffee filter between each dish.

4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the corkwhen opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through acoffee filter.

5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter inthe skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.

6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.

7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through asieve lined with a coffee filter.

8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in acoffee filter on a kitchen scale.

9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappersfor messy foods.

10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line aplant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil fromgoing through the drainage holes.

11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or twoholes as needed in a coffee filter.

12. Do you think we need to use expensive strips to waxeyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters.

13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, Frenchfries, chicken fingers, etc on them. Soaks out all thegrease.

14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nickfixers."

...didnt think it was used for anything but coffee huh...me either :O)