Vacation Bible School

Benny enjoys the stage too~

Jr- hoping he is a future priest!

Boys will be Boys!

E enjoys hanging out with mommy's class in the morning!

Jr enjoying being in my VBS class this year!

Best Friends=Beautiful Ballerina's

A star is Born

Entertaining is her destiny!

Enjoying our first Friday Fun Day with the Sebastians

She can climb any mountain!

E enjoying the new rock wall at the zoo.

We are proud of Brooks too!

Brooks received several awards at the band banquet. One of the most prestigious was the honors band, only he and two of his peers made it! He loves music and we love to see his passion for it! He plays two instruments now and will be adding another next year!

Jr Does it Again!

We are so very proud of John Jr. He made straight A's all year as well as scoring the highest rating, a 5, on the FCAT Test. He loves school and told us his goal is to make straight A's all the way through 12th grade!

E Bridged from daisy to Brownie

E was very excited about the Girl Scout Ceremony where she officially became a brownie!

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!