On Tuesday, August 17, Jocelyn turned 8!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sunday lunch
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Reds win!
My dad got us front row seats directly behind the Red's dugout to the game last night (Reds won 6-3). We sat directly in front of where the players walk into the dugout. It was me, my dad, Jocelyn & McKailyn.
Before we even sat down in our seats, one of the on field employees flipped a baseball to Jocelyn.
After warming up, while walking into the dugout right before the game started, Aaron Harang tossed his baseball to McKailyn. My dad & I were really hoping for a perfect game, a night that turned his career into a hall of fame career so that ball could finance McKailyn's college tuition, but alas, no cigar, his perfect game was ruined in the second inning :-)
Right before the game started after the Red's took the field and the infield warmed up again, coach Billy Hatcher walked into the dugout and tossed Jocelyn another baseball. All on her on initiative, Jocelyn looked at me and said, "Dad, I"m going to give this ball to that little girl because I already have two and she doesn't have any." She turned around and shocked the little girl and her dad by giving her the ball. I was very proud.
At the end of the first inning, again, as coach Billy Hatcher was walking into the dugout, he then tossed McKailyn another baseball. Again, all on her own (I'm sure it helped as she watched her big sister), McKailyn told me she wanted to give her second ball to another kid. She walked up 3 or 4 rows, found a little girl and gave her the ball. I turned around in time to see the girl's mom's eyes get real big and appreciative. A moment after McKailyn sat back down in our seats, the little girl walked down to thank McKailyn. I was very proud.
I told my girls, "In 33 years of coming to Red's games I've NEVER gotten a baseball and you two get 4 before the second inning!"
Then my dad chimed in, "In 58 years of coming to Red's games I've NEVER gotten a baseball and you two get 4 before the second inning!"
Now they expect to get balls every time they go to a game.
Also, in true baseball fashion, the girls went through a bag of peanuts, a bag of licorice and 2 cotton candies.......by the 4th inning.
For the Red's fans out there:
In between one of the innings, the jumbro tron showed Billy Hatcher's highlights from the 1990 World Series (he hit a still standing World Series record of .750). He got a spontaneous standing ovation. He acknowledged the crowd as he jogged to coach first base. It was pretty cool.
One of the camera workers spotted Pete Rose sitting maybe 10 rows behind home plate. They put the camera on him and showed him on the jumbro tron, again, another spontaneous standing ovation. A couple minutes later, a bunch of applause broke out where Pete was sitting......he was joined by Joe Morgan. They put Joe on the jumbro tron, and again, another spontaneous standing ovation. It was kinda awesome.
Before we even sat down in our seats, one of the on field employees flipped a baseball to Jocelyn.
After warming up, while walking into the dugout right before the game started, Aaron Harang tossed his baseball to McKailyn. My dad & I were really hoping for a perfect game, a night that turned his career into a hall of fame career so that ball could finance McKailyn's college tuition, but alas, no cigar, his perfect game was ruined in the second inning :-)
Right before the game started after the Red's took the field and the infield warmed up again, coach Billy Hatcher walked into the dugout and tossed Jocelyn another baseball. All on her on initiative, Jocelyn looked at me and said, "Dad, I"m going to give this ball to that little girl because I already have two and she doesn't have any." She turned around and shocked the little girl and her dad by giving her the ball. I was very proud.
At the end of the first inning, again, as coach Billy Hatcher was walking into the dugout, he then tossed McKailyn another baseball. Again, all on her own (I'm sure it helped as she watched her big sister), McKailyn told me she wanted to give her second ball to another kid. She walked up 3 or 4 rows, found a little girl and gave her the ball. I turned around in time to see the girl's mom's eyes get real big and appreciative. A moment after McKailyn sat back down in our seats, the little girl walked down to thank McKailyn. I was very proud.
I told my girls, "In 33 years of coming to Red's games I've NEVER gotten a baseball and you two get 4 before the second inning!"
Then my dad chimed in, "In 58 years of coming to Red's games I've NEVER gotten a baseball and you two get 4 before the second inning!"
Now they expect to get balls every time they go to a game.
Also, in true baseball fashion, the girls went through a bag of peanuts, a bag of licorice and 2 cotton candies.......by the 4th inning.
For the Red's fans out there:
In between one of the innings, the jumbro tron showed Billy Hatcher's highlights from the 1990 World Series (he hit a still standing World Series record of .750). He got a spontaneous standing ovation. He acknowledged the crowd as he jogged to coach first base. It was pretty cool.
One of the camera workers spotted Pete Rose sitting maybe 10 rows behind home plate. They put the camera on him and showed him on the jumbro tron, again, another spontaneous standing ovation. A couple minutes later, a bunch of applause broke out where Pete was sitting......he was joined by Joe Morgan. They put Joe on the jumbro tron, and again, another spontaneous standing ovation. It was kinda awesome.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
End of 2009 - 2010 School Year Videos
McKailyn receiving her PreK diploma from Cornerstone Christian Preschool:
Jocelyn receiving end of 1st grade awards at Cincinnati Christian School. She received the following awards:
1. Outstanding achievement in Science
2. Outstanding achievement in English
3. Outstanding achievement in Social Studies
4. Spelling Award (104% average on all spelling tests)
5. All Star Reader (successfully completed all 6 months of Book It!)
6. Accelerated Reader - most books read (81)
7. Accelerated Reader - highest & average on tests after each book (95.2%)
8. Honor Roll all year
9. Bible Award - 100% on all Bible Memory work
We are very proud of both of our girls!!
Jocelyn receiving end of 1st grade awards at Cincinnati Christian School. She received the following awards:
1. Outstanding achievement in Science
2. Outstanding achievement in English
3. Outstanding achievement in Social Studies
4. Spelling Award (104% average on all spelling tests)
5. All Star Reader (successfully completed all 6 months of Book It!)
6. Accelerated Reader - most books read (81)
7. Accelerated Reader - highest & average on tests after each book (95.2%)
8. Honor Roll all year
9. Bible Award - 100% on all Bible Memory work
We are very proud of both of our girls!!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
April '09
Random pics of the girls....
Jocelyn's first soccer practice
McKailyn at preschool....
Spring break day at CoCo Key indoor waterpark
Neighborhood Easter Egg hunt
Easter
Jocelyn's first soccer game
Building our new backyard playset
Friday, July 3, 2009
March Madness
McKailyn's ballet
Baby rockstar! 
Jocelyn in the newspaper! 
Addison turns 1!
Jill and Traci at the Billy Joel -Elton John concert:
Jill, Jocelyn and McKailyn seeing "Annie"
Our good friend, Jen, helped Jill, Jocelyn, McKailyn and Jill's mom get tickets for the American Girl Fashion show. Upon arriving, Jen informs Jill that they are three girl models short and asked if Jocelyn & McKailyn would like to model. I think it took our girls all of 2 seconds to think about it. They both enjoyed it and did a great job performing in front of 500 people!
Mommy & McKailyn dinner date and horseback riding
Addison turns 1!Jill and Traci at the Billy Joel -Elton John concert:
Jill, Jocelyn and McKailyn seeing "Annie"
Our good friend, Jen, helped Jill, Jocelyn, McKailyn and Jill's mom get tickets for the American Girl Fashion show. Upon arriving, Jen informs Jill that they are three girl models short and asked if Jocelyn & McKailyn would like to model. I think it took our girls all of 2 seconds to think about it. They both enjoyed it and did a great job performing in front of 500 people!
Mommy & McKailyn dinner date and horseback riding
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Christmas Videos
To turn off the music player (probably playing "Brown Eyed Girl" when you first visit the page): If you scroll down the page, you'll see what looks like a music player on the right side of the page (it should be right above the "About me" section), press the Pause button.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Happy Girl
McKailyn's first Ballet lesson
Last week, McKailyn started her first ballet lesson. This week's class was canceled due to the snow/ice...imagine that. She is very excited and enjoys showing us her new dance moves - as of right now she's learning the pirouette.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Heard around our house......
While putting McKailyn to bed we heard a fire engine's sirens:
McKailyn: Dad is that a fire truck?
Me: Yes honey, they are probably going to help somebody.
McKailyn: Ok, but if they come back this way I hope they are quiet so they don't interrupt my beauty sleep. (straight faced)
Me: Yes dear
Jocelyn was talking about something we didn't need to talk about while eating dinner.
Me: Jocelyn, please stop talking about that.
Jocelyn: You got it soldier!
Me: *confused look on my face*
McKailyn: Dad is that a fire truck?
Me: Yes honey, they are probably going to help somebody.
McKailyn: Ok, but if they come back this way I hope they are quiet so they don't interrupt my beauty sleep. (straight faced)
Me: Yes dear
Jocelyn was talking about something we didn't need to talk about while eating dinner.
Me: Jocelyn, please stop talking about that.
Jocelyn: You got it soldier!
Me: *confused look on my face*
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Our Pastor's Christmas Letter
I thought this was pretty cool and wanted to share....hope you enjoy.
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Dear Brian & Jill,
Every year I look forward to sending out my Christmas letter to our Christian Life Center Family. I do my best to find a fresh story or an illustration that tells of Christ's humble birth and all God has done by sending His Son to us. The following is an exceptional story set in the time of the Civil War that will remind us of the wonder of Christ's birth and what God has truly accomplished on our behalf.
For a brief moment that night in our nation's history, the news of a baby's birth brought peace to the hearts of the soldiers and to the nation. The good news of Christmas is that a baby was born that would not bring temporary peace but everlasting peace. The good news of Christmas is that in the midst of great darkness, there came a Light and the darkness was not able to overcome the Light. It was not just a momentary flicker, it was an eternal flame.
Even though the events in our world and in our own personal lives today try to snuff out the light Christ brings, the story of Christmas affirms that His Light can never be extinguished. The Light of Christ's love and power will shine forever. May His Light and love shine through us this Christmas Season and all through the New Year.
Merry Christmas,
The Rice Family
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Dear Brian & Jill,
Every year I look forward to sending out my Christmas letter to our Christian Life Center Family. I do my best to find a fresh story or an illustration that tells of Christ's humble birth and all God has done by sending His Son to us. The following is an exceptional story set in the time of the Civil War that will remind us of the wonder of Christ's birth and what God has truly accomplished on our behalf.
It was during the dark winter of 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia. The Confederate Army of Robert E. Lee faced the Union Divisions of General Ulysses S. Grant. The war was now three and a half years old and the glorious charge had long since given way to the muck and mud of trench warfare.
Late one evening one of Lee's Generals, Major General George Pickett, received word that his wife had given birth to a beautiful baby boy. Up and down the line the Southerners began building huge bonfires in celebration of the event. These fires did not go unnoticed in the Northern camps and soon a nervous Grant sent out a reconnaissance patrol to see what was going on. The scouts returned with the message that Pickett's wife had a son and these were celebratory fires. It just so happened that Grant and Pickett had been contemporaries at West Point and knew one another well; so to honor the occasion Grant, too, ordered that bonfires should be built.
What a peculiar night it was. For miles on both sides of the lines fires burned. No shots were fired that night, no yelling back and forth and no war was fought; only light celebrating the birth of a child. But it didn't last forever. Soon the fires burned down and once again the darkness took over. The darkness of the night and the darkness of war still loomed heavily over the men and the nation.
For a brief moment that night in our nation's history, the news of a baby's birth brought peace to the hearts of the soldiers and to the nation. The good news of Christmas is that a baby was born that would not bring temporary peace but everlasting peace. The good news of Christmas is that in the midst of great darkness, there came a Light and the darkness was not able to overcome the Light. It was not just a momentary flicker, it was an eternal flame.
Even though the events in our world and in our own personal lives today try to snuff out the light Christ brings, the story of Christmas affirms that His Light can never be extinguished. The Light of Christ's love and power will shine forever. May His Light and love shine through us this Christmas Season and all through the New Year.
Merry Christmas,
The Rice Family
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