Benjamin takes on Angela

Cooking with Grandma 101

Jr loves Grandma's hashbrown casserole so much that he called her and asked her to bring the ingredients over and teach him how to make it. It was delicious!

Benny takes a turn too!

Working Man

Benny is great with a shovel, he must get that from his DAD!

HAPPY EASTER!

Advice from Big Brother

Brooks gives them pointers on where to find the eggs.

Looking at the loot from the Easter Egg Hunt at Nana's house

HAPPY EASTER

Easter Vigil

You could really feel the Lord's presence at the Easter Vigil, here Jay is being Baptized by Father Boddie. John was his sponsor in the RCIA program at our church.

Our Pool Is Open For Summer!

E jumped right in!

Ladies Man

Benny and his girl Jayden!

Our Visit to the local Fire Station

Of course Ben was full of questions for the fireman!

The girls really loved the suds!

E gives the hose a try.

Ben is a future fireman!

E is ready for her hat!

Our baby girl is growing

Valentine has doubled in size. She weighs in at 4 lbs.

ENJOYING MADAGASCAR NIGHT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

Benny sitting with his friends and enjoying that burger!

That is one fierce lion!

E turned into a penguin before our eyes!

Hey look at my tattoo!

Future Teacher of America

The All A's Award Ceremony

John JR does it again!

We are very proud of John. He made straight A's for the third time in a row and of those two were 100 averages!

Let's Go Fly A Kite Day

Thanks Mr. Tony for getting the tangles out of all our kites!

Even Valentine joined in on the fun!

Enjoying our picnic lunch

Mr. Tony is the kite man!

Celebrating Mardi Gras

WHO ARE THESE MASKED WOMEN?

Don't let her fool you! This masked diva can do it all. She cooks the best Mardi Gras food in town!

E likes to dance with the band like her mama!

Elizabeth was intrigued by this tall man!

Man's Best Friend

Benjamin and Jeb are really enjoying their puppies. Jeb's family added Valentine's brother to their family and named him Alexander (Alex for short)

Welcome the new addition to our FAMILY

Introducing Valentine Rosie Shipley

JAZZ BAND WINS STRAIGHT SUPERIORS

Brooks and his friend, Michael are very happy to see their rating of three straight superiors at Solo and Ensemble competition. Brooks plays the trumpet and Michael the saxophone. OPJH did the best! We are very proud of them!

Ben a future chef?

Benjamin is so proud of himself. He can make his very own peanut butter sandwich. He does it all by himself-right down to getting all his ingredients and supplies.

TOOTHLESS! AND LOVING IT!

Elizabeth lost her first tooth yesterday at school. She brought it home wrapped in a bag. She was so excited she could hardly stand it. To all of our surprise, she was ready for bed early and actually fell asleep shortly after 8. For our night owl that is an amazing feat. The tooth fairy was coming and she said she wanted to be ready for her. She even dreamed about her. She told me this morning the fairy left jewels all around her while she slept in her bed.

Benjamin helps dig our new pool!

THE ANNUAL POLAR PLUNGE

Our neighborhood held it's annual polar plunge on Saturday. Jr was the only one brave enough to actually do it! He liked it so much he did it more than once and then wanted to go swimming. Afterwards we were treated to a hot piping breakfast that we all enjoyed and they raffled off some great prizes. It was a lot of fun.

Jr was the only brave one to take the POLAR PLUNGE!

JR braving the cold water

Jr said his body was numb and he liked it!

Congratulating JR on his big plunge

The DYNAMIC DUO

E likes her morning coffee!

Can you tell Daddy is NOT a morning person?

Who said there were no mountains in Fl?

Benny loved the bacon!