Tim & Cathy's Christmas 2010

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Thanks...........

Heartfelt Thanks!
We would like to thank you-all (southern speak for family) for all the prayers! We are doing ok. Keith is recovering from the surgery and we are keeping our eyes on the Lord! Tuesday we meet with the oncologist and hopefully will hopefully formulate a great plan for treatment. We are grateful for all the love and prayers we have felt in the past few weeks. We cannot tell you how much you-all mean to us! What a wonderful family we have.

We will keep you posted.
Love,
Connie & Keith

Happy Thanksgiving

Okay, dear family, here is the situation, and I want honest opinions.

Gavin and Riley got the MMR vaccine on Nov. 11. Saturday, Gavin spiked a fever for a few hours, and yesterday he broke out in a rash. The doctor said he likely has either measles or rubella. Because he got it from the vaccine and not from a direct full exposure, it is unlikely that he is contagious according to the CDC and our doctor, but there is the remote possibility that he could pass it on.

Both measles and rubella are usually very mild illnesses with a low fever and rash. Gavin is fussy but otherwise fine. BUT rubella in particular can be dangerous if a non-immune pregnant woman gets it. I don't think any of us are currently pregnant unless I just haven't heard yet (or someone hasn't announced yet.) We also have several babies in the family who are too young to have gotten immunized. If anyone does not feel comfortable being around Gavin, let me know so we can plan to stay home on Thursday (or Brett and Gavin can stay home while the girls and I come, if that's an acceptable compromise.) You can e-mail me at kingtaran@yahoo.com if you don't want to answer here. As much as I want to see everyone, I don't want to put anyone at risk.

Jen

New Baby Boy

Kobe Nash

11/6/10 (on Daddy's birthday)

8lb. 8oz., 18.5"

Parents: Staci & Jerime

Everybody's doing great!

Update on my kids

We had a monster appointment for all four kids last week with our primary doctor. Ethne and Catie have started growing again, so Dr. C feels okay with backing off the testing for now. We still have no answers for why they were losing weight. I am glad we did the testing, but I'm also okay with backing off. The girls are happy, healthy, and meeting milestones. As long as they keep growing, I'm not worried about them being small. It's only when they stopped gaining and started losing that we wanted some tests done.

Thanks, everyone, for the prayers and support while we were testing the girls. Here's hoping they keep gaining.

If you want more details, you can check out my personal blog.

THANKSGIVING

YOU'RE INVITED

Everyone is invited to our place on Thanksgiving Day, November 25th. If you would like to join us for church also, it starts at 9:45 a.m. We'll plan on starting the feast here at 1:00 p.m.

We were counting family members - can you believe, in total we are over 50. Grandpa would be proud!

Please RSVP by Nov. 14th. We'll let everyone know what they can bring at that time.

Love you all,
Tim & Cathy

Mitchell David

I had a chance to take a few pictures of Mitchell on Saturday and thought I would share one on the blog. That's Jason's hand holding him. I just love this little guy.

FATHER - SON EXPERIENCE

Tim & Amy took the motorcycle safety course at ISU.

The 20 hour course included classroom & riding instruction.

Maximum speed: 20 MPH!

"It was a great Father/Son experience." - Tim

"Um, in case you haven't noticed, I'm a girl!" - Amy

"OOPS!" - Tim

Amy on a Honda Rebel

Tim on a 250 Suzuki

Tim & Amy celebrate completing the course.

Mitchell

Congratulations, He looks like a keeper. I'm glad all is going well. I'm sure he will get a lot of attention. He is beautiful. Love Grandma Great

Mitchell David is here

Mitchell David Hohulin was born 10-5-2010 at 7:42pm. He is 8 pounds 3 oz and 20 inches long. Jason, BreeAnn and the baby are all doing great and will be going home today. Grandma and Grandpa are doing ok also.

Flowers by Sue

Sue is at it again. I just wanted to share this picture of a flower arrangement she did for a bride this weekend.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Keith and Tara. We hope you each had a very good day.

Love, Eileen

Getting Closer

Had a good time at the Bauer Labor Day reunion today. It was good to see family I haven't seen in years. I don't know how long its been since I have been to Cissna Park but its been a while. When we got home Jason, BreeAnn and I went out and took a few pictures.

Zoe Elizabeth Sauder

BABY SAUDER!!!!!

Beth and Ty had their baby girl this morning about 10:30. They named her Zoe Elizabeth and she weighed 6#15oz. and was 18 inches long. We are very excited and will be going to the hospital to see her later today.

Love, Eileen

Like Father, Like Son????

Prayer Request

I don't know how many of you keep up with my blog, but I wanted to update you with a prayer request. Ethne and Catie are undergoing some testing after losing weight in the last few months. Ethne's test results are improving, but the doctor thinks Catie may have Type I Diabetes. You can read more on my blog here. We'd appreciate prayers as we confirm the diagnosis and come up with a treatment plan.

Very Busy

I hope everyone is doing fine. Sue is coming off a weekend where she had five events. She had weddings at the Pere Marquette, the Waterhouse, the Par-A-Dice, Stoney Creek Inn, and Washington Five Points. I don't know how she does it. I have been busy shooting senior pictures and am booked every Saturday and Sunday until the middle of September. Since I don't have my own web site yet, I have been giving the kids a few low resolution files with my logo on them for their facebook page. It seems every time I do I get a call in the next few days for another booking. I am going to use the family blog to test if I can post a video slide show. I hope this works. These images are from my photo shoot this past Sunday.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary Duane & Eileen! Congrats on 35 years!

Hi Everyone!

I am excited that I finally found a perfect way to garden! My neice Jodi and two of her friends have a garden this summer for their FFA project. They plant, weed ,water ,pick and e-mail me what produce they have ready. I e-mail them back with what I want and they bring it to me! It doesn't get any better than that. Also, I saw some friends were selling sweet corn along the road, so I pulled up and one of their granddaughters ran up to my car, asked me how much I wanted, went and got it, put it in my car and took my money. I didn't even have to get out of the car. That night we had BBQ, fresh sweet corn and fresh green beans. It was great. I could garden this way for a long time!

Hope everyone is having a great summer. Duane is getting ready to leave for Canada fishing. He leaves Wed. night and will be back the following Sat. Kayla and I are going out to Iowa City Sunday afternoon as she has a campus visit on Monday to see if they have a program that will allow her to get her degree. She will finish her current program in Dec. but will get a certificate not a degree.

Crystal is doing great at the shop. I'm still helping her but I'm not going out as much. I love it. Of course the grandkids are wonderful and we are looking forward to Beth and Ty's little girl at the end of August.

Love,
Eileen

Twins

Jen and Brett,
Your babies are darling. I enjoyed being with them last week. You are doing a good job. Keep up the good work. Love Grandma

My Babies are One!

One year ago today, our family was doubly blessed with the arrival of Riley Faith and Gavin Arthur. Today they're happy, healthy children with very different personalities, and yet they're the best of friends.

It has been a tough year, and yet it's also been a fantastic year. I can't imagine life without my sweet babies. We're finally starting to emerge from the fog and live life a bit more.

I'm proud to say I'm still nursing. I didn't make it this far with the other girls for various reasons, which I regret. But this time I'm letting them drive the bus. We'll see how long this ride lasts.

We had their family party on Monday. Here are some pics.


Riley at 1 year


Gavin at 1 year


Then...


...and now


Gavin enjoying his cupcake


Riley enjoying hers


Cupcakes are awesome!

Happy 40th Anniversary!

Dear Keith & Connie,

Congrats on 40 wonderful years together.

Thanks for being such a great example of love and commitment.

You two are really special.

Wishing you many more.

Our love,

Mike & Faye

Washington 5k

I took this photo right after the start of the Washington 5k this past Saturday. Brett and I shot the event for the Washington Park District. Although it was raining we had a lot of fun doing it. There was 507 runners this year. I thought I might see you there Tim. Just click on the image to see it in a larger view.

Hi All

If you are interested in seeing some of the pictures from when Sarah Palin was in Washington you can go to Sue's web site www.createasceneevents.com. Click on Parties & Events and go to the bottom of the page and click on View Our Gallery of Events to see the pictures.

#3

Life will be getting crazier 11/10/10.

Retirement!!!

I just want to tell everyone that Luann and I are retiring from the shop! Crystal is going to take over for both of us and work here full time. She told everyone at Nussbaum's yesterday and we told our employees. She will probably stay at Nussbaum's at least thru the end of the month. She will have been there 3 years. We are looking forward to her ability with computers to help with the things that I am too old to learn. We are also starting a web site that she will maintain. I am looking forward to spending more time helping Becky, Betsy, and Beth with my grandkids. I also want to spend more time with Mom and Mom B. And of course my house needs attention, closets, drawers, etc. I have been working here for 31 years and while I will miss it, it will be great to be able to do some other things.

Eileen

Wedding Photos

Family,

Thanks so much for coming to Tara's wedding.
It was great to see everyone.
We appreciate your love and support.

Tara & David's photos are available for viewing at http://www.imagineartists.net
Click on the 'Clients' link at the bottom.
For their wedding photos enter the password 'prevo'.
For their engagement photos enter the password 'hohulin'.
Enjoy.

-Mike & Faye

I Know I Know

I know I put this picture on the family blog before. But what I didn’t know till yesterday is that three people are in this picture. Congratulations Jason & BreeAnn, October 4th will be here before you know it.

Congratulations

It was great to see everyone on Sunday and congratulations to David and Tara. If you would like a higher resolution file of this image just double click it before you right click and save picture as. This image is formatted to a 5x7.

After the Reception

You are all welcome to come to our house after the reception on Sunday. We will probably order pizza later if we get hungry. If you don't have plans David and Tara, you can come too!! We are looking forward to seeing everyone soon.

Duane and Eileen

Baby Hoffman

It's a boy!! Becky and Caleb had a baby boy this evening. They named him Finn William. He weighed 8#6oz and was 19 inches long. We are thankful and rejoice with them. We had potluck at our house tonight so will have to wait until tommorrow to get to see him.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Tara and David's wedding.

Love,
Eileen

Jason & BreeAnn

A couple shots from Jason & BreeAnn’s photo shoot Saturday. Also a big thanks to Luke as he was my assistant for the day. It’s always fun to spend some time with the married kids.

Disaster

Today I decided to make Grandma's almond crescent cookies from the Cooking on the Prairie cookbook. The first ingredient is 1 cup shortening half butter. Having no idea what that means, I flipped the page and saw another recipe that said shortening or margarine or butter. So I just used 1 cup of butter. I hand rolled the dough "pencil thin" and made the crescents. They turned out looking like sickly shrimp. They were a little brown too. I drenched them in powdered sugar and they tasted ok. But, Zion, my sweet tooth, threw his at me after the first bite.

I will just have to try again another time. :(


Eldon, I have a website all ready for you. I just need pictures to fill it.

And so it begins...

Hello all,
It's been a while since I've written on the blog. Ty & I are pretty settled in our new home in Eureka. It's not Denver, but it is great being close to family! We are excited and looking forward to adding a little Sauder to our home around August 29th this year! Yes, Grandma Connie... that means another trip to Illinois to love all over another baby :) Can't wait for the babe to meet the great family he's already blessed with! We are heading out to some friends for the eve and Ty is telling me it's time to go. Love you all & looking forward to seeing everyone at David & Tara's wedding!
Have a great day!
Tyler & Beth

Long time no post

Some of you might know that Sarah Palin is coming to Washington Five Points in April. Sue and Kristy's business, Create A Scene, will be doing the decorating for the event. This will include 50 table centerpieces for the banquet and stage decorations in the auditorium where her speech will be. Sue's schedule seems to be filling up fast.
As for me, I'm still doing photography. I seem to get busier every year. I shot all the way into December this year and was hoping to have a web site by this winter but that hasn't happened yet. Now that Christmas is over I could use some warmer weather but the snow and ice of last week did make for a great photo opportunity.

We had a good time with Keith & Connie two weeks ago (two weeks already???). Thought I would post pictures of them on their house porch and their "cabin" porch. Thanks, Keith & Connie, it was a lot of fun!

Cathy

Who are these people?

Mike and Faye

Happy Anniversary!! It was a lot warmer 26 years ago when we were in Florida than it is now.
The snow is pretty but it sure is cold. We are looking forward to seeing you next week, Faye. Mike, it is too bad you can't come and freeze with the rest of us! We are also missing Dad today.
We hope your Dad is feeling better, Faye.
Love,
Eileen

Happy Birthday Dad!

Celebrating Dad's 62nd birthday.

Our girls made him a cake.

I wonder what birthday parties in heaven are like.

Miss you Dad!

Love, Tim

Happy New Year

Dear Family,

Wishing you a Blessed New Year. May you all continue to have work. We have been very lucky to all have work. It was great being with the part of the family that was at Ty and Beths. Thanks again for having us. I so enjoy getting together with my family. I guess the next time will be for Tara and David's wedding.

The time gets long and sometimes lonely. Dad would so love all his greatgrandchildren. He would love all the busy little children and the funny things they do like keys and cake.

It is very cold and supposed to be for the next few days. Tara and David it is too bad you have to come back but that is the way life is. My love to all. Mom