40th Anniversary

I cannot believe we pulled it off! We had a surprise anniversary party for my parents in Akron and invited all their close friends. It was amazing how many of their friends came up to us before the party and told us that Mom had been in a bad mood the past two weeks since she thought we had totally forgotten about their 40th Wedding Anniversary! What a surprise!

4th of July Boat Parade

Celebrated the Annual 4th of July Boat Parade on Hoover Reservoir with Grandma and Grandpa. Our decorated boat came in first place. Chloe looked especially patriotic with her "little house on the prairie" look!

OBX 2008

Spent the last week of May in the Outerbanks of NC with the Cook family. We rented a beautiful house in Pine Island where we all had a great week swimming in the pool and going to the beach. We also had a chance to search out the wild Spanish mustangs!

Kings Weekend in Tahoe

Snowtrails

This past Saturday Chloe and Noah hit the ski slopes for the first time at Snowtrails in Mansfield. They attended the Cricketeer ski camp for kids. The kids skiied from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM with ski instructors. What a great way to get introduced to skiing. On the way home they asked when we could go again!

Watoto African Children's Choir

This past Sunday night our family went to the Watoto African Children's Choir concert at Westerville Christian Church. What an amazing choir consisting of 18 boys and girls (8 to 12 years old) from Uganda, Africa. The children are orphans due to their parents passing away from AIDS. Watoto is a ministry that exists to rescue the orphans and give them a community to live in that consists of safe homes, Watoto Moms, schools, and medical assistance. It is a great story and the choir tours the nation spreading the news of what the ministry has accomplished. During the concert the kids tell their life stories. If you have a chance to see this group I would strongly recommend it.

Expert of the Day

Noah was Expert of the Day at school and decided to educate his class on the guitar. He explained to the class the parts of the instrument and then demonstrated how he plays his notes. Soon he plans to play his first song! He credits his teacher, Mr. Chilcote, for his successful presentation!

New Year's Eve

As 2007 came to a close we celebrated the introduction of 2008 with the Cooks and the Brooks. With eight kids running around the house at the strike of midnight, it gave us the first glimpse of what 2008 will have in store for our family. We all had a great time eating appetizers and white chili, playing dress up, and playing the Wii bowling!

Christmas in Akron

This year the Denorme grandkids took a family picture during Thanksgiving.

We went to Akron for the day to visit Oma and Opa for Christmas. As usual the grandkids had a great time visiting each other. Cousin Drew enjoyed watching all the commotion as the other kids opened their gifts.

Christmas Morning

Santa has arrived! The kids were up at 7 AM at the side of our bed eager to go downstairs! The morning was packed with excitement as they opened up their gifts. Webkinz and Geotrax were hot items this year. The Wii has been loved by the whole family! Jennifer is high scorer on bowling! Now that Caleb can read his name he made sure everyone knew what gifts were his!

Christmas in Beach City

We made our way to Beach City to celebrate Christmas with Jen's side of the family. We were able to catch Jordan's high school basketball game Friday night. His team won and the kids loved watching him play! The next day all the families gathered to enjoy a traditional Jennings dinner and exchange gifts. Great Grandma enjoyed being surrounded by her great grandchildren. Jordan, on the other hand, was chosen by the kids to be their snowman - he was a good sport!

Noah's 1st Grade Christmas Party

Noah's class had a Christmas party where they enjoyed great food, games, and gifts. One of the games was building a snowman by wrapping Noah up in toilet paper. The kids had a great time with this activity and Noah loved being the snowman for the day! Kids - please do not attempt this at home.

Rumblin Tumblin Caleb

Watch out Bart Connor there is a new gymnast in town! Caleb started his gymnastic season again. As you can see, he is a real shy kid which makes it difficult to take his picture! He welcomes any fans that would like to see his gymnastic workout to drop by at Buckeye Gymnastics.

Saint Nicholas is coming!

The kids prepared for Saint Nicholas to arrive by putting their slippers by the fire place. They left him a plate of cookies and some carrots for his donkey. Saint Nicholas left them some chocolate and a Webkinz in their slippers.

The tradition continues............

Miller Wedding

Over the Thanksgiving break our family attended the Miller wedding at Atwood State Park where Jen's good friend Christy married Gary. During the reception the kids had a great time visiting and playing games. As the picture shows, Noah enjoyed his time with Emma. Cute couple don't you think?

Project Ears: Day 4-5 - Success

We continued enjoying the parks and spent most of our time at the Magic Kingdom. One of those "family moments" was sitting at the edge of the lake at the Grand Floridian on our last night watching the Disney fireworks in our PJ's and eating snacks!



Project Ears a success measured by these smiles!

Project Ears: Day 3 - MGM

After sleeping over 12 hours we were ready to hit the parks again. Our plan brought us to MGM studios where we had lunch with the Little Einsteins. While walking through the park we ran into Lightening McQueen and Mater which was a treat for the boys. Our favorite attraction of the day was the new stunt show at the park. Even Caleb enjoyed it despite the loud explosions! During the day we were able to enjoy the warm Florida weather and swim at the pool. Later that night we went to the Magic Kingdom to hit some rides and watch the fireworks. The kids were able to be "captains" of the monorail during our ride home.