The Craziness Called Joyner!

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Happy Birthday Mom!!!!!

Today is my Mom's birthday.

I hope she has a wonderful day!

Michael is a Brown Belt

Michael tested for his brown

belt a couple of weeks ago.

Here are some great pictures

of the testing and awards

ceremony the next week.

Michael had to spar two two

minute rounds with different

partners. Seems like this

blue belt has a bit of a reach

advantage over Michael.

Master Robinson handing Michael
his new brown belt. Enjoy this picture.
It is one of the few you'll see of Michael
standing still and at attention. He
reserves this for his Taekwondo instructor,
I'm waiting for the day to get the same
respect. I'm still waiting......

Showing off some new
brown belt moves!

Master and Student.

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Granny and Chief

The kids are on fall break and we

took a quick trip to Florida to see

Granny and Chief. It was

wonderful to see them!!!

Everyone is doing well and
we can't wait to go back for
another visit! Florida in
October was really great!

Williamson County Fair

I'm still trying to catch up on pictures.

Here are a few from the Williamson

County Fair back in August.

The kids had a great time, even

though it was extremely hot.

Emily has lost one of her

front teeth and the other one

is hanging on by a thread. I

call this one snaggletooth!

Vroom, Vroom!

Emily and Michael both entered

a piece of the clay creations in the

fair's competition. Emily got 5th

place. She was so proud and loves

her ribbon....pink of course.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Dollywood

Michael, Emily, Kenneth
and I went to Dollywood
in August with Frankie
and his Mom, Gina.

We had a great time! Poor
Emily was sick and constantly
had a high fever, but she was
such a trooper and had a good
time inspite of being sick.

Poor picture taking, but it
definitely shows the boys
having a good time!

Best Buds!

Emily showing off her
climbing skills.

Our little monkey, Michael!
The kids were so excited
that they could drive these
cars by themselves. The
result was that Kenneth, Gina
and I also drove by ourselves.
I spent the whole time trying
to take pictures and let the car
take care of itself!

Dollywood has a large
eagle sanctuary. We got
to see a show that had a lot
of different birds featured.
They saved the best for last.

Isn't he beautiful!

I love this picture!

Friday, September 14, 2007

St. Louis Trip

These are some pictures from

our daytrip to St. Louis after

John's and Starla's wedding. We

drove down on Sunday and spent

Monday morning at the children's

museum called The Magic House.

Let me tell you....it was a blast.

(I think it is pretty obvious from

the following photos!)

There was a three story
slide that the kids really
enjoyed. Here comes Michael!

John and Starla were
busy building race cars!

Pizza anyone? The museum
recreated lots of everyday places
for the kids to play in. There was
a post office, ice cream vendor,
grocery story, home, pizza parlor,
electric company, tv station (which really
broadcast the kids on the tvs in the
museum) and a host of other activities.

Emily is busy checking out her
grocery order.

Michael had a big time building
buildings in the construction area.
He left just enough room for his
face to poke out! Three great friends in the making!
Cheese.....
Johnny is climbing up into
the tree house.

If you ever get to St. Louis,

I highly recommend a trip to

The Magic House!!!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Emily's 8th Birthday Party

Emily invited 3 of her third
grade friends to go to
Chuckie Cheese with her to
celebrate her big day.

Last year Emily, Hannah, Emma
and Rachael were all in second grade
together. Hannah and Emily are in
the same class this year.

Here she is....full of hot air!
As you pedal this bike the bike
rises up in the air. It takes a lot
of work and pedaling to get it and
keep it up there.

All smiles....I guess she had
fun! Happy Birthday Emily!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Hi all. Sorry to have not been posting anything

recently. I tried a couple of times and Blogger wasn't

working with me. Life has been a bit crazy.

Emily started 3rd grade and Michael started

Kindergarten. Whew! It has been quite a change.

Trying to get Michael used to going to bed at 7:30,

packing two lunches, gathering two backpacks worth

of stuff and doing homework every night (things

changed in Kindergarten since Emily was there 3 years

ago....homework!). Whew!!!! Something had to give,

and this blog was it. Doesn't mean I wasn't taking

pictures. Just means I have a lot of

catching up to do. Look for lots of posts in

the next few weeks.

Love and Posts!!!

Laura

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Wedding Photos

More wedding photos....since
I took around 500 pictures
you are only seeing a select few.

Groomsmen....How handsome
they all are. Wow, they clean
up good!

Just the four of us....

Joyners all spiffed up and
ready to stand up for the
bride and groom.

Michael refused to smile.
Hannah looks great!

Not long now....ready to
walk down the aisle.

Rehearsal Pictures

Here are some more wedding
pictures....but all from the
rehearsal on Friday night.

Bride and Groom learning
their parts.

Michael was the minature
groom in the wedding. Here
are the two grooms together.

Emily was the flower girl
and Johnny, John's new
step-son, was the ring bearer.
Emily felt her dress straps
were to long and went around
all night with her shoulders up
to her ears.