The 126 Family

Thanksgiving 2009

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We spent Thanksgiving 2009 in Chappells, SC with the Barnes family.

From L-R Erin, Whitney, Hailey, Grandpa Barnes, Tyler, Grandma Barnes, Great Grandma Madsen, and Casey

The girls and Casey taking a ride on the 4 wheeler.

Tyler chopping some wood to bring home for our fire pit.

Whitney practicing for the X-Games.

Fall 2009 sports!

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Tyler in on the play.

Whitney playing in a soccer tournament.

Hailey at short stop.

Whitney and Sydney "watching" Hailey play softball.

Halloween 2009

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Time to carve the pumpkins...Tyler carving his pumpkin using the Batman theme...I'm guessing he and Casey must of just seen Batman 2.

Whitney just getting right in to it. That's her personality for sure!

Hailey drawing her plan before she starts...that is so Hailey. Not sure where she got that great personality trait!!! Casey and I tend to just jump right in and make plans as we go...hence the unfinished basement project!!

L-R Whitney, Tyler, and Hailey's pumpkins. Now we are ready for the trick or treaters!!!

This year they were just down right mean to the trick or treaters!! Whitney and Tyler hid in the bushes and Casey lured them up the driveway with a warm fire and lots of candy. When they got close enough Whitney would jump out with her scary mask on and then as they were running away, Tyler threw fire crackers at them - all the while Casey is just laughing. I hid in the house and Hailey was out with her friends trick or treating!!! NOTE: They only did this to the middle schoolers, not the cute little kids.

Whitney turns 13...at Chuck E Cheese!!?!?!?!

2010-06-08T05:47:00.001-07:00

Whitney turned the big 13 on October 27, 2009 at Chuck E Cheese!! When I asked her "Are you sure you want to have your 13th birthday party at Chuck E Cheese?" She was very sure and insisted that her friends would love it. One of the things that I love about Whitney is she is not a crowd follower...that girl does what she likes to do and doesn't care what anyone else thinks. I wish I could be more like that sometimes.

Happy Birthday Whitney!!! - Chuck E Cheese

Whitney was right...her friends thought having your 13th birthday party at Chuck E Cheese was a great idea.

Having some pizza before Chuck E comes out to sing happy birthday to Whitney.

This is what she had been waiting for...standing by Chuck E while he sang the birthday song.

Homecoming in Kentucky October 2009 and we started the basement!!!

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Tyler and I traveled to Kentucky so Tyler could go with Lizzy to her high school Homecoming dance.

The couples...

We finally decided it was time to start finishing the basement and we got off to a great start in October 2009. The idea was do something every month on the basement and it would be finished in no time...guess what we haven't done anything in Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, and June. Oh well, that's how our home projects go for us. Maybe one day.....

Casey's dad came up and helped us out. Maybe if he comes back we can get some more work done.

Casey turns the BIG 40

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Casey's chocolate chip cookie cake.

The birthday boy

Kathryn and Casey or should I say K-Bone and C-Bone.

Everyone helping Casey celebrate his 40th birthday.

August 2009 - Hailey's 11th birthday and other happenings

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Tyler got creative when mowing the grass...he mowed his name into the backyard.

Little Jonathan....so cute asleep on the couch.

Hailey and friends having birthday cookie before heading out to the rodeo!!! It was a fun birthday party.

Hailey with one of her presents.

Birthday cupcakes on her actual birthday.

More July Lake 2009 fun

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Casey and Erin - always and forever!

Tyler skiing on 1 ski!!

Family time on the tube!

Whitney showing off her skills.

Five behind the boat...Tyler and friends and Whitney and friend!

July 2009 Lake Trip

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Only a year behind I thought it was time to update our blog! Here are Casey, Hailey, Brooke (Whitney's friend), and Whitney on the sea-doo.

Tyler and friends, McKay and Kyle.

Whitney helping Hailey learn on to ski. Hailey could get up but couldn't stay up...maybe this summer!!!

Tyler riding the tube.

Whitney, Brooke, and Hailey going for a ride.

And some more Michigan fun

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Staying cool on back on the deck.

The annual Milford parade!!! We go every 4th of July.

The Snow family...Amber, Sydney, and Stephen. We missed Michelle and Jonathan's families this year.

The Barnes family in our red, white, and blue for the parade.

More Michigan fun

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Kathryn and Sydney at the zoo.

Sydney thought this was a fun game to play with Grandpa!

The girls playing at the lake.

Grandma and Sydney sitting on the dock.

Another "friendly" game we played together...soccer!

4th of July fun in Michigan

2010-01-04T05:18:00.000-08:00

The first thing we have to do when we get to Michigan is to hop onto the go cart!!!

This year we had several "friendly" games of 4 square.

While the girls rode the go cart Tyler and Kathryn followed on the bikes.

Another activity we do every year is go to the Detroit Zoo and have our picture taken in this exact spot.

Family at the zoo.

Jonathan Hauser Price - Hailey's primary program part

2009-11-24T10:33:00.000-08:00

A couple of months ago Hailey gave a talk on important it is for families to have prayer. For the primary program in November they asked her to give her talk again. Here is a condensed version:
"For the past 5 months our family has been saying many prayers for our cousin, Jonathan Price. We have prayed for the doctors that help him, we have prayed that Jonathan will be healthy, we prayed that he will be comfortable, we have prayed for peace and comfort, and we have prayed telling Heavenly Father we thankful for our families and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
When Jonathan had his last surgery we went up to the hospital to visit him. Even though he was very swollen, he recognized my voice and smiled. I knew then that Heavenly Father had been listening to all the prayers our family has been saying."

Whitney and Jonathan

Tyler and Jonathan

Casey and Jonathan

Erin and Jonathan

More Sunday dinners...it seems like this is all we do!

2009-11-24T10:20:00.000-08:00

Michelle, Mom, Grandpa Price, Grandma Price, and Stephen eating Sunday dinner. It was fun having so much family in town and being all together.

Sydney chasing after a red balloon.

I think this is the same Sunday dinner where I celebrated by 25th birthday. :)

Everyone stretching out after filling ourselves up with good food. Kathryn, Jordan, Whitney, Jackson, Emily, and Tyler.

Tyler's birthday!!!

2009-11-16T15:14:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe but Tyler turned 16 in June! I don't know where the time went but I do know it has gone by fast!

The first Sunday of every month the Barnes, Price, and Snow families get together for family dinner and celebrate any birthdays for that month. Since the Prices were "living" at Scottish Rite Hospital during the month of June, we had our family/birthday/Sunday dinner there. Here are Sydney, Whitney, and Hailey.

Here is the whole crew in the break room where we had pulled pork sandwiches, Doritos, and cupcakes! Good memories!

Hailey, Uncle Stephen, and Whitney

Casey holding baby Jonathan and Michelle

May birthdays and sports

2009-11-04T13:23:00.001-08:00

Look who is here!!! Jonathan Price born on May 7, 2009. Isn't he the cutest???

We all got together on Sunday afternoon after church to help Stephen celebrate his birthday.

There goes Whitney in the white and blue chasing the other girl down.

Hailey up to bat during her softball game.

Tyler #34 playing spring football - 5 months after having his ACL replaced. It was fun to see him play again.

Hiking the Appalachain Trail

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Tyler hiking in with all his gear.

Tyler and Casey hiking to the highest point in Georgia.

Tyler starting a fire with no matches.

Hailey's 5th grade graduation!

2009-10-31T13:43:00.000-07:00

Ok..so I'm a couple of months behind but Hailey did graduate from 5th grade and elementary school in May!! No more elementary school look out middle school!!

Hailey receiving her diploma from the principal.

Hailey and her friends Aubrey and Leanne at the graduation party.

3rd annual Snow/Barnes/Price Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-14T17:38:00.000-07:00

We have a great tradition going on here in Georgia - our annual Easter Egg Hunt at Stephen and Amber's house. They hide lots of eggs and give away great prizes!

Tyler and his purple basket .

Ok...I love all my neices and nephew but I must admit Jordan has me wrapped around her finger. What ever Jordan wants Aunt Erin will do!!

Of course Sydney had to be gathering eggs just like everyone else. She had a basket in one hand and an egg in the other and took off! She is too cute!!

All the kids with their eggs and candy - I know Grandma Snow is saying, "I wish I was there!" and we wish she and Grandpa and Kathryn were there too!!

Good times with the Chaces

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Waiting on the stairs to see what the Easter Bunny brought everyone.

The Easter Bunny sure is a smart guy! He knew that everyone would love a can of silly string in their Easter baskets.

While hiking we saw this tree and I insisted on a group photo - one day you'll thank me Tyler.

Hiking along the trail with the kids following Mark and Casey.

Annie captured everyone's attention with her great story about Hermie the Wormie!!

Coloring Easter eggs

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Here's the crew coloring eggs - Parker, Whitney, Jacob, Hailey, Sarah, Lizzy, and Tyler

It's very serious business getting your eggs to look beautiful.

More decorating...

Parker, Whitney, and Jacob working together on their eggs.

How high can you jump??

2009-04-14T16:39:00.000-07:00

Another fun activity we did while in Kentucky was to go bungee jumping. Here is Whitney doing a flip.

Hailey just finishing her flip.

Tyler wasn't allowed to bungee jump with his knee so he got to do the next best thing - play video games. I think he and Casey could easily go through $20 worth of quarters playing games and still want to play more.

Of course Casey picks the police games....

Cave Explorations

2009-04-14T14:00:00.000-07:00

Besides seeing the Chaces, the highlight of our trip was exploring a couple of caves. The first cave we went in was with a tour guide. It was pretty cool.

Here we are at the entrance of the first cave that we went in.

Another cave that we explored was NOT with a tour guide (unless you count Mark and Casey) and there were no lights except for your flashlight. Hailey and I got about 20 minutes in when Hailey noticed some bats on the ceiling of the cave. She refused to go another step so we left and let the others continue on. They had to crawl on their hands and knees in some parts and had to squeeze in between rocks. They finally came out when the bats starting flying to close to their heads. This picture is in front of the cave entrance.

Back at the ranch...

2009-04-13T19:20:00.000-07:00

Here we are all after our hour ride through some beautiful Kentucky country side. The weather couldn't of been more perfect and the scenery was incredible.
The Barnes Family
The Chace Family minus Jacob (he was too young to go with us)

Horseback riding

2009-04-13T19:07:00.000-07:00

One of the highlights of our trip to Kentucky was to go horseback riding with the Chaces. We all rode a horse that seemed to fit our own personalities. Hailey got to ride on Oreo.

Whitney riding her horse - Wally.

Tyler first words as his horse, Altlas was being led into the corral - "Woah! Slow down!"

I was riding "Captain" - how appropriate since I've been told a time or two that I'm bossy.

Casey rode the biggest horse I have ever seen - Little Jake.

Spring Break '09

2009-04-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

This Spring Break we did something a little different - instead of heading south to the beach we headed north to Kentucky! On our way to Kentucky we hit a "blizzard" in Tennessee and had to pull over on the highway and take a picture.

One of the reasons we went to Kentucky was to visit our good friends, The Chaces. On our way we stopped off at Kentucky Down Under where we were able to experience a little bit of Australia and explore a cave. Here we are at the entrance of a cave.

Once Kentucky Down Under was mentioned as part of our road trip, Tyler had been dreaming of petting a real, life kangaroo.

Whitney and Hailey petting the kangaroo.

Not to be left out, Casey and Erin had to pet the kangaroo also.

After 4 1/2 years we finally got to play in some Georgia snow!!!

2009-03-02T14:48:00.000-08:00

Tyler throwing a snowball.

Hailey trying to stay warm even though it was so cold and windy outside. We drank lots of hot chocolate during the day.

Hailey, Whitney, and Jordan playing in the snow.

Snowball fight!!!

More snowball fight....

The Prices spend the night

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Emily and Hailey watching Saturday morning cartoons together.

All the girls sleeping in Whitney's bed with their monkies, all named Mr. Peepers.

Whtitney and Jordan playing around.

All the boys watching a movie on the laptop...except for Jackson. :)

It's been a while but here's a couple of things we've been doing

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Once the leaves started falling off the trees, the rakes and neighbor kids came out and soon big huge piles of leaves were raked and jumped in. They came up with all kinds of games to play.

The most favorite game to play was "everyone run and jump in at the same time."

They raked some pretty big piles.

Whitney played on an indoor soccer team in between fall and spring season. Indoor games are really fun to watch because everything happens so fast.

We're still celebrating!!!

2008-12-30T19:26:00.000-08:00

The plan was to head to South Carolina and celebrate Christmas with Casey's parents and Grandma on the 26th. Unfortunately, 3 out of 5 of us came down with the flu the day after Christmas so our trip was delayed a couple of days. When we finally got there, there were more presents for everyone. The kids got new FSU sweatshirts and Casey and I got new FSU shirts. We're ready for some college football!!!

One of our favorite things to do in South Carolina is ride the 4 wheeler. Whitney and Hailey switch off being the driver and passenger. They are both pretty good drivers.

Tyler taking aim with his slingshot filled with a paint ball. His new thing is to get with a bunch of friends and have a slingshot paint ball war.

Casey and I getting ready to go for a ride. I've become a little more "outdoorsy" since marrying Casey.

Christmas morning - 7:00am!

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One thing on Hailey's Christmas list was a new purse and wallet.

Whitney had been hoping that Santa would bring her a new pink North Face jacket - I guess she had been a good girl this past year.

Tyler really only had one wish this year and it was an electric guitar.

This Christmas Kathryn slept over at our house on Christmas Eve and opened her Christmas presents with some of her favorite neices and nephew. Mom and Dad were at Michelle's house watching her kids open their presents on Christmas morning. I think Kathryn's favorite gift was her new cell phone and her vest. I was hoping she would forget her vest when she went back to Michigan so I could wear it!!!

The festivities continued...Christmas Eve

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After decorating sugar cookies, everyone (the Price family, Grandpa and Grandma Snow and Kathryn) headed over to our house to celebrate Christmas Eve. After a yummy dinner of fried turkey, thanks to Casey and Tyler, Casey and Grandpa showed the kids where Santa was delivering presents.

Jackson and Grandma and Grandpa Snow.

Grandpa Snow feeding Jackson one of many bananas over the holidays.

A tradition that we do every Chrismas Eve is have the kids put on a play about the night that Jesus was born. In the cast we have Tyler as the donkey, Jackson as baby Jesus, Kathryn as Mary, Emily as a shepard, Whitney as a wiseman, and Hailey as the angel. They all did wonderful!

Since Grandpa and Grandma would be at the Price's on Christmas morning, the kids opened one of their presents - brand new homemade blankets from Grandma Snow. Everyone has been sleeping with their new blankets plus the ones she made them when they were born ever since!

Decorating Grandma Snow's homemade sugar cookies

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We all went over to Aunt Michelle's house Christmas Eve morning and decorated sugar cookies made and brought all the way from Michigan to Georgia courtesy of Grandma Snow. They are the best sugar cookies ever!!

Emily licking the extra frosting off her finger.

Jordan testing the frosting before she frosted the cookie. I think she ate more frosting than what she got on the three cookies she decorated.

Hailey creating a Christmas cookie to leave for Santa tonight.

Whitney decorating her cookies to bring home for dad to eat.

We did it!!

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My neighbor and I decided in August to start training for a marathon. Our first goal was to fun in a 5K on Thanksgiving. Our main objective was to be able to cross the finish line still running and we did it! Our next goal is a 10K probably in February.

Here's my running parnter, Julie Wright and me at the starting line.

Me just about at the finish line!!

Casey almost at the finish line. He ran the 10K. He's a little more advanced than Julie and me. He finished in 47 minutes and 13 seconds...pretty speedy!

One day maybe we can run together and I will be able to keep up with Casey!!

Doesn't get much better than this....

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We were lucky enough to be able to go to the Florida State Georgia Tech game a couple of weeks ago. It definitely made our "Top 10 Family Activities".

Casey and Tyler's idol - Coach Bobby Bowden!

Had to wear our "colors" to the game!!

All the cousins came over...

2008-11-19T13:47:00.000-08:00

One evening in October we decided it would be fun to have our cousins and some friends come over and hang out at our house. The girls layed out some blankets in the front yard and the crew played freeze tag, hide and seek, and 911 (a law enforcement game made up by I'm sure you can guess - Barnes kids). Whitney and Hailey are very good at keeping everyone entertained.
After a while the neighbors left and we moved the games inside. Hailey, Emily, and Jordan are playing school. Emily and Jordan are great students.
Here's a class photo including Jackson who sometimes "attended class."
Couldn't resist putting this picture in...while Hailey was teaching school I gave Sydney a bath in the kitchen sink. We love when Stephen and Amber let her sleep over at our house.

Whitney turns 12!!!

2008-11-03T17:44:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe but Whitney turned 12 years old on October 27, 2008!! I'm not sure where the time went but I do know that it has gone by too fast. I keep begging my kids to stop growing and stay just as they are but for some reason they don't listen to me. Whitney celebrated her birthday a couple of times over the course of a week. We started off the celebration at her favorite restaurant, Longhorn Steak House, with her favorite meal - steak. She had her aunts, uncles, and cousins from Georgia and her best friend from school, Brooke, there to help celebrate.
From L - R we have: Emily Price, Whitney, Hailey, Brooke Harrison, and Jordan Price. The only girl we are missing is Sydney in this picture. Whitney loves her cousins and they love her.
After we all stuffed ourselves we had Amber take our family picture outside Longhorn. It was the perfect birthday meal.
The celebration continued 2 days later with a family party on Whitney's actual birthday. For her birthday dinner she requested steak (of course), wild rice, and fruit. Dad, once again, did a good job of grilling the steaks. She also wanted a birthday cookie with frosting on top. It was another great time with family celebrating the day Whitney was born.
We had to celebrate Whitney's birthday one more time with our traditional family first Sunday of the month dinner at Stephen and Amber's house. Aunt Amber made a delicious meal for everyone and Uncle Stephen made a soccer ball cake complete with candles to blow out. The Prices gave Whitney some cute jewelry that she wore to school on Monday and the Snows gave her a small soccer ball and special wrap for soccer. Whitney is so lucky to be surrounded by so many aunts, uncles, and cousins who love her.

Tom Brady...I mean Tyler Barnes' ACL & MCL injury

2008-10-23T14:50:00.000-07:00

We got a call from Tyler's football coach September 10, 2008, saying that Tyler had been hurt at practice and had to be carried off the field after a hit. We met the coach and trainer in the locker room and found Tyler laying on the table with an already swollen knee and instructions to see the orthopaedist the next morning. On September 11, 2008, Tyler met with the doctor and had a MRI and found that his ACL was torn, his meniscus was damaged, and a possible MCL tear. We had to wait for the swelling to go down so surgery was scheduled for October 2, 2008. This is a picture of Tyler after the doctor had "popped" his knee and he finally had some pain relief.

October 2, 2008, Tyler had his ACL replaced using a hamstring, his meniscus "fixed", and found that his MCL was sprained. The only way to fix a sprained MCL to let it heal itself by not putting any weight on it for 4-6 weeks. The surgery was 3 1/2 hours long and the doctor said it went well. The first couple of days were pretty painful but around the 5th day Tyler was off his pain medication and taking Advil. We moved a mattress downstairs in the family room and that's where he spent his first week after surgery. He is back to school and ready to be walking on both legs.

A few days after surgery we went back to the doctor and had the bandages taken off and we saw exactly how the doctor performed the surgery. His knee is looking better each day and he is going to physical therapy twice a week. We will go back to the doctor on the 27th for a 3 week post op appointment and progress report. Tyler is anxious to throw away the crutches and be able to walk on both legs!! We are told he should be fully recovered in 6 months - just in time for spring football!!!!

How we spend our weekends...

2008-10-07T11:34:00.000-07:00

Hailey is playing another season of softball and likes being one of the oldest in her age group. She has come a long way since her first game 3 years ago! We all enjoy going to the ballpark and cheering on the "Pink Panthers!"

Whitney is playing on a travel soccer team this season and is getting lots of good coaching from her new coaches and of course, her Aunt Amber. She has learned some new foot skills and it is really fun to watch her team play. She is very competitive out there on the field and we wonder...hmm...who did she get that from!?!?!

This is one of the few times that Tyler actually was able to wear his game uniform. After going to summer workouts, staying after school for practice 4 days a week, and playing in one game, he tore his ACL! Unfortunately, he is out for the rest of the season. He had surgery October 2nd and will hopefully be completely recovered in 6 months.

The Barnes have arrived!!!

2008-10-07T08:48:00.000-07:00

After much thought and a little extra time on my hands, I decided our family was ready to have a family blog. It won't be anything fancy since I just mastered attaching pictures to my emails, but it will have the happenings of "The 126 Family."