The Shipley Family

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Future Employees at JMG

Nathan and Benny enjoying the new John Deere Buggy!

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Teams Retreat at Lake George on Marriage

We are all ready to work togther, trust each other and explore the beauty of God's love in this really natural setting. We all are also truly blessed that we have opened our hearts and placed trust in the Holy Spirit. Our TEAMS group feels we know the direction he leads us to will be a continued conversion I give the Lord praise for leading us to each other and to the expeiriences that will play a dramatic part of our continued conversion. We are blessed to have Father Reming lead us on our way too!

Our Teams Retreat at Lake George

We began our retreat and ended it celebrating Mass. John got to go back to his altar boy roots. It was a special time to reflect on God's Love, our marriages, and also to be challenged to seek knowledge that will make us all better disciples for Christ.

The guys working together to push the boat through shallow waters.

Enjoying the beautiful outdoors.

The Hoteling's cook breakfast. Amy should have been a chef!

The Birthday Boy enjoying his breakfast!

Kevin did the dishes!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

AH! Now This is the Life!

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Our Summer Vacation

We decided to take a historical tour this summer of the following sites: Washington D.C., Mt. Vernon, Gettysburg, Philadelphia, and the Pocano's. We had a wonderful time. We saw so much and learned so much more. It is a vacation our children will never forget.

Jr was selected from all the visitors to be the Corporal for George Washington's army at a mock call to arms.

I am in a picture!

We celebrated the 4th of July in Philadelphia, PA!

Hiding from the rain we had a great view of D.C.

At Arlington cemetery we were able to witness the changing of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier.

Mt. Vernon was absolutely beautiful.

Jr turns 10

Here are the boys enjoying Jr's annual sleep over!

Friday, July 14, 2006

The Puppet Master

Shake your tail feathers!

Watch out for those lions, tigers, and bears, OH MY!

Silly me that is a zebra!

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

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!

Monday, June 19, 2006

Enjoying our first Friday Fun Day with the Sebastians

She can climb any mountain!

E enjoying the new rock wall at the zoo.

Monday, May 22, 2006

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!

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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

Monday, April 24, 2006

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!