Hello...

Well hello to everyone checking out our little piece of cyberspace. :) I feel so grown up, having my own blog and all. It is so hard to be able to keep in touch with all of our friends and family with all of the demands our five children have for us, daily. :) So there... Our blog has been born.
Ok so a little about us...

Mike: (a Casey) The glue that holds us together. He is the perfect combination of stern and silly. Mike loves hard. And count yourself very lucky if your are in this very Small list. He is extremely hard to read. And a rather unapproachable person.... That is....until he likes you.. Then prepare yourself for lots of practical jokes and laughter.

Crystal:(aTonihka and a Casey) The president and CEO of this operation. (Mike likes to think it is his title...but sadly no) I am hectic and casual at the same time. I am crazy and wildly humorous. If I had one piece of advice for people it would be.... "The only thing we leave behind in this world are the memories from the people who knew us." I think about that everyday.

Taylor: (a Casey) Or the boy genius, as we like to call him. Taylor could literally do absolutely anything he wished to. He is the most amazing kid! Taylor is always nice to the boy(Lyndon) He is simply a great guy. He loves to be crazy sometimes, and serious other times. You can make him laugh so hard he cries by just saying something silly like... POOP. :)

Alyssa: (aTonihka) Oh my, what can I say about Lysa. Alyssa is hard headed, and beautiful, downright mean sometimes, extremely loving, suspicious, untrusting, and she is the type of person who would pack you a lunch and send a sweet note along. She has the biggest heart of all of us, but she would never want anyone to know.

Ashley: (a Casey) Ashley is hilarious, about once a month. LOL She is incredibly thoughtful. She loves people, without a second thought. Ash is sometimes the only kid who does her chores for a week. Ashley actually proposed to me.... Christmas eve 2006. (that's a story for another time)

Jontae: (a Tonihka) Without a doubt the sweetest person on the planet. She always has a smile on her face. Never holds back hugs and kisses, and is truly optimistic about her world around her.

Lyndon: (a Tonihka) Ohhhh.. this is our funny man. He keeps us entertained to say the least. He is a very sweet boy, who also has anger issues. :) He gets so mad at his sisters, there are times I can actually see smoke billowing out of his ears. His idol is Taylor. Most days if you are looking for Lyndon... just find Taylor, and he will be right beside him.

So, you are invited to check in from time to time and see how we are doing....