Miscellaneous Pictures

Me, Justin, and Kayla at Disney on Ice in Hershey, PA. Thanks mom and dad for the tickets.

Tyler playing under the table.

Tyler sleeping in church.

Mom and Tyler

Memorial Day

I spent Memorial Day with my friend, Michelle, and her family.

Allison

Michelle and Quinton

Michelle and her family

Me, Garrett, and Quinton

Justin's Kindergarten Graduation

Justin

Justin and Eric

Justin, Ian, and Eric

Laura and Justin

Justin

Justin with his teacher, Miss Thomas.

Matt, Vonnie, Justin, Kayla, and Tyler

Justin peeking during prayer.

Getting ready to turn their tassles.

Justin receiving his diploma.

The valedictorian and salutatorian.

Lining up.

Matt getting Justin ready.

The kindergarten class tossing their caps.

Tyler's First Haircut

My dad giving Tyler his first haircut.

I love this face that Tyler makes to be goofy.

Justin played golf with Grandpa while he was visiting from WV.

Birthday Cakes for Kayla and Tyler

I started taking cake decorating classes. These two cakes are my first ones. (Note to Gwen: Do not tell me about the mistakes you see...I already see them!)

Kayla celebrated her 4th birthday.

Tyler celebrated his 1st birthday.

Easter 2009

Justin, Kayla, and Tyler on Easter.

Tyler listening to his dad play the guitar.

Me and the kids on Easter.

My family on Easter.

Quinton, Garrett, and Allison (These three cute kids belong to Steve and Michelle Myers.)

Job Evaluation

I recently had my job evaluation. It went very well. I had to beat a good evaluation out of my boss, but I won. Just kidding! (I did take these to work the day of my review though.) I love my job!

Dancing Hamsters

Justin and Kayla love this hamster that I have that sings "Kung Fu Fighting".

A Lazy Pajama Day

Justin and Kayla spent Friday night and Saturday with me. They have been sick, and we have been in revival. We were all tired, so we opted to spend the day in our pj's after sleeping in.

Justin doing homework.

Kayla likes to write.

Making cookies out of Play Doh.

We made a pizza and played Pizza Hut.

Justin eating his favorite ice cream, Cookies and Cream.

Kayla snacking on cookies and milk.

Why AARP Sells Insurance

Just Me

Pictures by Alyssa Mowery

Cry Baby

Baking Pies

Kayla baking a pie with my grandmother.

A messy baker.

Legs

This is a picture that I found while sorting yearbook pictures. It makes me laugh. Anybody want to guess whose legs these are?

Biting My Tongue

Today as I was scheduling an appointment for a new patient on the telephone, I asked the "gentleman" what his first name was. He said, "Tim." I asked him if his real name was Timothy or Tim. (I have to enter the real name, not a nickname, etc.) He said, "Ma'am, when I say that my name is Tim, it is Tim not Timothy." I thought to myself, "Nice attitude!" I did not even bother to explain why my question was not a stupid one. I continued entering his data. After the appointment was scheduled, I proceeded to tell him that he needed to bring his insurance card, driver's license, and medication bottles to his first appointment. He then asked me if he needed to bring his medicine bottles or was a medication list OK. This is where I bit my tongue. He had already royally annoyed me, and I don't even know him yet. I wanted to say, "When I say medicine bottles, I mean medicine bottles!" What a guy!

Farm Show 2009

Kayla looking adorable in the cowgirl hat that I bought her.

Tyler having a good time.

Justin and Katie

Vonnie and Tyler

Christmas in Pennsylvania

On New Year's Day, I had Christmas with Matt's family. They came to my house for the evening. We ate and exchanged gifts, and they opened all of their gifts from mom and dad.

My tree in the living room.

The tree that I started this year with ornaments that represent memories and things about my life. I have a new hobby of shopping for special Christmas ornaments. One of my favorites that I bought this year was a camera.

Tyler pulling my wooden beads off of the tree. Normally, this would not be allowed. But...it was his first time to see the tree, and I will have it down before he sees it again.

Kayla enjoying one of my family's favorite cookies...Thumbprints.

Matt helping the kids hand out the presents. Our family lets the kids hand out the gifts and then we all take turns opening a gift. It is more fun this way because you can enjoy each other's gifts.

Tyler enjoying the wrapping paper.

Justin liked his baseball batter's helmet from me.

Justin trying on his snow pants.

Christmas 2008

This year, I spent Christmas in West Virginia with my parents. They usually come to Pennsylvania, but this year I really wanted to go home. I get a lump in my throat when I hear the song, "I'll Be Home For Christmas". There is no place like home.

I was glad to see that they have changed the signs and license plates back to "Wild and Wonderful".

I got up at 5 AM on 12/23 to pack the car and get ready for work. I left for WV from work at around 6 PM. It is a seven hour drive. At about 11 PM, my parents called to tell me that I should get a hotel room because part of the interstate that I needed to get home had closed because of ice. I would have had to go up this mountain, but it was closed. So, thanks to my parents for looking out for me because the weather where I was traveling at the time was clear.

Justin's favorite book that he likes to have read every night when grandma is around at Christmas.

Me baking peanut butter cookies dipped in chocolate. I love to bake.

Dad with one of his gift's from me.

Mom with her gift, a digital camera, from all of us. She took time to smile for the camera after she finished crying. I cried over one of my gifts too. Thanks Becky for the pictures that my mom painted as a teenager. (No picture available.) Next Christmas, I think I am going to put a box of tissues under the tree. Pathetic!

I just about ruined this gift. The day after Thanksgiving, I got up before anybody else and went to Walmart to get a KitchenAid. My family was a little nervous when they got up and I was gone. What I did not know was that mom and dad had already bought one for me. They were relieved when I returned home without one. Walmart sold out of these at 5:30 AM...I arrived at 8:30 AM. I am not a serious Black Friday shopper.

Mom and I made some fudge. I made 40 little bags to hand out to patients. I could tell that the patients really enjoyed these homemade treats. I enjoyed giving them out. Just a little something to them from me.

I spent one afternoon with my grandmother showing me some basic cake decorating things.

Santa's sleigh. Mom and dad sent all of their gifts for Matt's family back with me. My dad and I had a bet going about whether or not it was all going to fit in my trunk. I have a large trunk and was pretty confident that it would all go. Dad won.

Christmas Dinner

The doctor that I work for and his wife always treat us to a very nice Christmas dinner. They never tell us where it will be, so we never know until we get there. It adds to the fun with it being a surprise. All of us, especially me, tried to catch them off guard. I was able to get one clue when I overheard her making the reservations. After keeping it a secret for so long, the doctor almost slipped up. My date was already going to be in State College getting GBSC's yearbooks printed. I told the doctor this so that we could just meet there if we were going that direction. He told me that we were going that way and that he would email the details to Kevin. He told me the next day that he almost carbon copied the email to me about where and when to meet. That would have been hilarious!

The food was delicious.

The Nittany Lion Inn at Penn State University in State College, PA, was a beautiful place. (Not a great picture though.)

We had a great time.

Me and my date, Kevin Moser.

Aunt Laura's House

The kiddos were at my house recently. I am sure glad they like coming to Aunt Laura's house because I sure enjoy it when they come.

Kayla enjoying pizza.

Tyler

Justin looking for the pickle on the Christmas tree. I hid it hard this year!

Tyler between outfits. He pulled a trick on me that was not very nice!

Vonnie and Tyler. Time to go home.

Church Christmas Dinner 2008

Church kids playing while the adults cleaned up.

Matt and Ed Schultz sweeping the room.

Jill Susan doing a man's job.

Aliyah Susan

Kayla

Thanksgiving 2008

Grandma and Kayla

Tyler and Vonnie playing Phase 10.

We played lots of games. Kayla and Justin both "beat" me in Trouble.

Matt and Kayla setting the table.

Matt, Grandma, and I cutting the meat.

Health Warning

Happy Birthday, Matt!

Yesterday was my brother's birthday. This is one of my favorite pictures of him. Happy birthday and many more. Love ya!

Yearbook 2007-2008

My third and FINAL yearbook! I had never done a yearbook before teaching at PVCA. One of my pet peeves is when people will not do something they are asked to do (within reason) because they don't know how or because they have never done something. My philosophy is, "Just try!" Well, I tried...and I learned a lot.

The 2007-2008 yearbook staff.

This year the book was dedicated to Becky Dendler. She teaches elementary music classes, directs the elementary choirs, and teaches music lessons.

First Haircut

My cousin, Mark, holding his son, Owen, while he gets his first haircut from my dad.

My dad, Kristy (Mark's wife), and Owen

Justin's Birthday

I made brownie cupcakes for Justin's kindergarten class for his birthday.

The football cake that I made for Justin's birthday. It is my first and definitely not ready for a contest. But, I had fun doing it.

Justin's birthday present from me. He is six years old this year.

Fun Times

Tyler looking mischievous.

Justin and Kayla spent last Friday night with me. A couple of their friends, Reagan and Ethan Tolley, came over to play with them on Saturday.

Kayla playing in bubbles.

Flu Clinic

Aimee Gessner getting ready to give shots during our flu clinic.

Sarah Miller drawing up vaccines.

Connie Forney working the flu clinic.

Double Stuffed Oreos

Weekend with Friends

This past weekend, I went with my friend, Michelle, and her family to Knoebels for the Covered Bridge Festival. After we looked at all booths and ate, we enjoyed watching the kids ride the rides. Then we drove up to Ricketts Glen to Michelle's in-laws' camp and sat and talked around the fire. I did not get pictures of everybody because I really was not in a picture-taking mood.

Allison Myers

Quinton Myers also wanted me to ride the roller coaster with him. It was fun, but I SCREAMED the entire time!

Ricketts Glen