Ok, Ok, I'm here!

Hello all!
Grandma informed me today that I have not written on the blog yet, opps :) Ty & I are doing great! We are really busy with work & Ty's halfway through a paramedic class. We are excited getting the final plans complete for our summer "vacation". Our trip includes climbing two 14,000 foot mountains in Southern Colorado and a white water rafting trip through the Royal Gorge. HELP..... I miss the beach!!! I'll post some pictures when we get back, just to prove that I made the summit.

Keith, looking forward to seeing you this week!

Hope all are having a great summer!

Love you,
Beth

Sending my better half.....

Hi everyone!
I am so glad that Keith will get to see many of you while he is in Illinois. I am sorry that I will not be on this trip, but hopefully there is one in my future before too long. We love living in Georgia and especially the proximity to Angie! It has become routine to hear from her via phone/e-mail knowing she is just 45 min. away and seeing her every couple of weeks is just the icing on the cake!

This summer has been filled with a multitude of house projects that we didn't get to during the school year. (I think Keith may be secretly relieved that I am returning to school next Monday!) He has painted the laundry room, the basement stairwell and stairs, worked many hot hours in the yard, gotten our ceiling fans all hung and orchestrated the new countertops. All has turned out beautifully and most of the items on my list have been eliminated! (Of course he hasn't seen the NEW list!) The house is in great shape, but there are things we want to change. It all takes time and money, so I do try to space it out! I think I broke the bank this summer, so we'll see what I can manage for next year! Lucky for me, Keith is who he is!

Bryan and Jayne are well. We saw them at Holden in July with the rest of my family. Almost everyone was there except my parents and Phyl's son, Mat. It is a busy week, but a great one in which we get to see the little ones and visit with the big ones!

I am still in training for the Atlanta 3-Day! I haven't walked for almost 2 weeks as I hurt one of my ankles and needed to let it heal. I'll be doing lots of "cross training" on the bike to strengthen my ankle. I return to walking on Tuesday and will be doing 3 and 5 mile walks next week. I hope to be ready for an 11 mile walk in two weeks. The 3-Day provides us with a training schedule where we build up strength and stamina. We won't actually walk more than 15 miles in any given training walk. I hope to do at least 3 of those before the event. This has been a great experience and I love the peacefulness of walking. During the 3-Day I will be walking with Angie and memebers of her small group from church. They are a great bunch of girls and I am sure they will take good care of their only "senior" team member! I'll keep you posted and definitely send pictures.

NOW - I am working on my shirt/vest. Please send any names of friends you have who have been touched by breast cancer. It would be an honor to put their name on my shirt and walk in their honor or their memory! Thanks again for all your support. Pray for strong ankles!!!!!!!

Love you!
Connie

Manhunt over!

Suspects arrested - Preliminary information from Illinois State Police indicates the suspects are from Georgia! Know anyone from Georgia?

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/07/25/news/doc48895394066ac660421970.txt

Hello everyone!!

This is a neat way to stay in touch with everyone. We are planning on going to Grandma's on Tuesday. It will be great to see you Keith, although Elle will be disappointed not to see Grandma Connie!!

We are headed to Betsy's today for lunch and to let the crazies run around for awhile. The kids are doing good. Elle found out yesterday that she needs her tonsils out. She is very proud of this fact (no idea what she is in store for) and is looking foward to popsickles and movies. She will start preschool this fall. Her and Drew will be in the same class. I'm sure they will have lots of fun together. I can only imagine the stories she will tell the teacher!! Sam is getting big. Literally. Jen, I would love to see those slings you are making. He is a tub to carry around! He is sitting up now and enjoying any kind of food I will let him have. He is a very happy baby and is proud of his two new teeth.

Hope everyone is doing well and that we see a lot of you and Grandma's on Tuesday.

Love,
Becky

Manhunt in Roanoke

Armed and dangerous suspects on the run in rural Roanoke corn fields! Residents told to lock their doors and windows.

http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x379996252/Car-chase-suspects-at-large

The main search area is east of town, out by where the Martin cattle feed-lot used to be. They were seen going in and out of the old one-room schoolhouse by Curt and Janel Hodel's house. Mike and Steve Pfister searched the area by air in Mike's plane this morning. Steve told me they didn't see the suspects but they did see three deer. Wonder if they are in our old barn!

You are all invited

Come spend an evening together and to be with Keith who is coming next Tues. It will be at my house anytime Tues. eve, the 29th after 6:30P.M. Hope as many as can make it will come. Hope to see you then. Grandma Great

I'm doing it!

After much thought and prayer, I'm starting a business--Bonny Blue Babywearing! I'm so excited about it. I've barely slept in days because I'm constantly planning. We've been busy getting paperwork together, looking for material suppliers, and planning classes.

For those unfamiliar with babywearing, it's the practice of using a carrier to "wear" your baby on your body so you can carry them as much as they need while keeping your hands free. I'll be offering consults on how to choose from and use the various types of carriers, and I also make and sell ring slings. Here's a picture of my first sling:

Flood Relief

Several weeks ago Cathy and I spent a day working on the levee at Taylor, MO.

The Mississippi river was rising on the other side of the levee, just behing us.

We spent the morning working on this levee and the afternoon filling sandbags at the Quincy, IL Civic Center.

We're thankful the levee held.

Hey Staci, and All

I saw your comment and if you are interested I have a photo shoot August 9th. I will be taking photos of a young man from Washington for senior pictures but also try to take some modeling photos to send to Chicago and New York. His mother is pushing for him to do this as a franchise store asked him to submit some photos. She also would like a photo of the two of them together. If you would like to help out give me a call. I will be out of town next week but should be home on Sunday the 27th. Late morning is generally the best time to get a hold of me.

Well today is Brett’s birthday, can you believe I have a teenager again? He’s a good kid and I look forward to spending time with him in Wisconsin. I love to get the kids on the tube behind the boat and whip them from side to side until they can’t hold on any longer. Then we count how many times they skip before they break threw the surface of the water. It’s great fun!!!!

I need to go pack for our trip now because we have a wedding to go to this afternoon. I don’t think I will have the internet in Wisconsin so I will have to wait a week to blog again.

Eldon

Thanks for the invite.

Wow, what a great idea. Thanks for including Keith and I to be included in the RKH Family. It has always been special to spend holidays and other events with all of you.

Last summer was so fun with all the weddings. It was great to be together.

I have about one more week of classes and exams. Teaching online takes lots of time but I get to decide when I am going to do it which seems like all the time. I am giving the last proctored exam on Thursday so this is my last busy weekend for a few weeks.

Alice and I started going to water exercise classes for real this week. I went four days this week and I think Alice went five. Five Points is the name of the community center where we swim. They have two pools (one warm and the other cold). We decided to get serious about our exercise and go in the cold pool.

Connie, I saw your dad the other day and your mom today. I didn't get a chance to say anything to them. Are they taking the water exercise classes?

I didn't have a picture of my self to add to my profile. So I put a picture of Ezzie Joe that Eldon did for me last year.

Hello

I should be busy because Beth is having a Pampered Chef party at my house tonight. But while she is here I'm having her help me learn to do this. I think this will be great fun. It will take a while for me to learn to do this. Becky just stopped with the kids so I'll post more later.
Love,

Good Morning

What a neat way to say good morning to my family. May you feel the Lord's blessing in all you do today. I love all of you.

Hi There!

Well, Keith helped me set up my profile, so I guess I am good to go......... not sure where, but good to go!

Not much new to add at the moment. I am walking, walking, walking and so far doing fine. This morning I did 5 miles in 100 minutes, so my pattern of 20 minute miles is holding. However, I do NOT expect that to be the case when the 3-Day comes around. I am hoping to do a 10 mile on a Saturday morning with a group from Cumming in a couple of weeks. That should be a real test and I'll let you know how it goes! Thanks for all your support and prayers as Angie and I undertake this event!

In that vein, please send me a list of names of people in your life that are survivors or who have passed on having had breast cancer. I am making a shirt/vest to wear at the closing ceremony and would be honored to represent anyone in your life who has experienced this disease. Your support has meant a great deal to me through the years and it is a privilege and honor to support others.

Summer has been great - I have enjoyed the time off, the travel and especially time with Keith.
More later,
Love to all,
Connie

PS- Greatest challenge besides walking 60 miles- beating Keith at Phase 10! Still working on it!

First RKH Blog from Georgia

Hello All,

My title will be true unless Angie beats me. Connie can't because I'm on the computer :)

We are doing well. We just returned from a week at Holden Beach (annual Tessier family get together). Angie and her friend, Amanda, were with us the whole week. Bryan and Jayne were there from Saturday through Monday. It was great to have everyone there.

If you looked at my profile, you saw my field listed as Education and position as Paraprofessional (fancy name for teacher's aide). That is because I am now a full time employee of the Forsyth County School System. The Paraprofessional that I worked with last Spring took a job at another school and I was offered her position. So, I will be working with the same group of "behavior" problem students as last Spring. It can be quite a challenge at times, so all prayers are appreciated.

On the home from, we are in the process of having our kitchen counter tops replaced. Before the new counter tops are installed next Tuesday, I have to remove the current tile on the back splash. Day three is now complete and all of the tile are off and resulting dry wall holes patched (first pass that is). As usual it has been a learning experience (as in hire it done next time). I really don't mind doing it; but I realize that I could never make a living as a handy man.

As Eldon mentioned I will be in Illinois the last week of July (actually July 29th - Aug. 2nd). I hope to see many of you then.

It's great to be on the Blog.

Love,
Keith

Hi to the Family,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m now a blogger. I’m not sure what that is but I’m proud to be one and I hold the rest of you bloggers in very high esteem.

Sue, Brett and I are doing well and plan on taking a trip up to Wisconsin next week. We will be back the week that Keith will be in Illinois and look forward to seeing him.

I’m still doing photography, and have now spread into the Bloomington and Peoria areas. It keeps me busy, I had 3 photo shoots last week and I have more scheduled when we get back from our trip.

Well I just wanted to let you know I was on board.

Eldon

Hi from Robert Morris College

I am sitting in class right now. I am the only one here besides the teacher. Yes, I have my book and notebook all laid out and ready to go! Ugh! Again I'm the old lady of the class!

Great idea!

This will be a fun way to keep up with family!

Tim

This should be fun . . .

Good idea, Faye. And you little elves did a good job with set up. Wish I could think of something clever to say, but I can't, so I'll stick to something rather boring. Tim and I are leaving in the morning for Coralville, Iowa for a 4 day conference.

We have a Klop. family blog that has existed just a few months. It's a great way to stay in touch and I've learned so much about the lives of my cousins and aunts and uncles. Pictures are always a nice addition, too. And it's good to have another reason to like my computer, because a good part of the time I actually hate it.

Well, I guess I'll sign off with this . . . . Let the blogging begin!

Love to all,
Cathy

Thanks

Wow, thanks Grandma...I think we all knew it, but it's still great to hear.
Love, Andy
p.s. Thanks for the cookies.

Hey Family

I just want to take this opportunity to let everyone in the family know that Andy is my favorite of all my grandchildren.
Love, Grandma

Welcome!

In the beginning ... no that's not right.
After 50 years, ... yeah that's better.
Well actually, that was even a while ago.

Anyhow, we thought it would be fun to have a place to keep up with the extended family.
Apologies to those of you who weren't part of the clan back then.
But we welcome you to post - plus we are sparing you the embarassment :-)