Change of blog site address ...

Hello fellow bloggers, friends, and family:

I just wanted to let you know that I've had trouble with my blogging at this particular site, so I have created a new site with all the old pics that you can still see.  The new address is:  http://www.thenewvinefamily.blogspot.com/.  I will leave this site up a couple more weeks and then I will delete it. 

Hope all is going well for you and your family!

Jordan and Jared

Here's a few pics of big bub and little bub ...





Here's Jordan giving Jared some gee-tar lessons ...







They are working on guitar lessons as we speak ... :)))

Catching up on blogging ...

Sorry everyone for lack of blogging lately. I am having technical difficulties uploading any pictures to the blog site, so there will be none until I can get it straightened out.

As far as my pregnancy goes, everything is going well so far! I am almost 30 weeks and counting down! My C-section is scheduled for Thursday, February 11th unless this little Jacob Harrison comes sooner.

Jared is taking guitar lessons from Jordan and he is enjoying it. Jared is also in cubscouts right now and enjoying that as well.

David has taken up refereeing for the season to bring in a little extra income. I think that is all I have to update for now.

Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving and has a wonderful Christmas!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDADDY!

Hope you are not working too hard today. We love you!

I'm 15 weeks ... and here's my story ...

A Tribute to Howard T. Knarr ...

Howard T. Knarr, Sr., passed away this past Saturday, August 8th. This was David's grandfather and Jared's great grandfather (Pap Senior). He was a monumental influence in David's life and David had a great love for this man who did much in his lifetime.


We are thankful he had 93 long years and are also grateful to the Lord that he is resting peacefully now.



Pap, Nanny, Jared, and David (07/2005)

NOT Good-bye, Just See-You-Later ...

The Diner where we ate before our departure.


Our beloved twins.


Jared getting in on the action ...


The Newvines with Barbara, Kate's mom.

The Borders and Newvines ...

We love you! We miss you already ...

Helping Chris and Kate Move

On July 17th, after everything was loaded up, we pulled out of our driveway around 6:30 p.m. We drove 3 or 4 hours, stopped for the night, and then proceeded North by 10:30 a.m. Saturday. We arrived at Bub's house about 9:30 p.m. Christy, Benssy, and Isaiah were there to meet us when we got there!

Benssy, David, and Chris unloaded the bikes Saturday night, and the rest was unloaded Sunday.

I was feeling pretty "baby" sick, so unfortunately, I did not get pictures of Christy and Benssy OR Bubs for that matter, but Kate did! We were thankful to have been there to help Chris and Kate get transitioned, and had a wonderful time doing a few fun things while we were there ...

The Yankees Game

Tuesday, July 21st, was David's birthday, and his gift was seeing his favorite team play the Yankees ... the Baltimore Orioles ...


We drove into New York and Crossed the George Washington Bridge ... whew! Talk about traffic! Our truck ended up close to the stadium but ended up in the Bronx were some good fellas took care of our truck for a "good" price :)) They kept our key, which was a little scarey. I wondered if we were going to have a truck when we got back. BUT, we took a chance and walked over to the stadium in a pretty good rain wondering how the weather was going to be the rest of the evening ...

It had been raining all day, so they had the field covered up and the game started 30 minutes later, but by the time the game started, the rain had completely stopped for the evening.

A shot of the "twins" before the game.

Truthfully, the game was a yawn, but we had some fun people behind us giving us a true New York experience :)) It would have probably been more fun to go to Monday night's game where they were neck and neck up to the last inning ... All in all, it was a fun evening and we came back to find our truck having been well taken care of :))

A Day in Manhattan

We drove the car to Weehawken, NJ to park and then took a bus straight into Manhattan. I don't think it took longer than 10 minutes to get there. We were dropped off outside the Port Authority and began our journey from there.

We walked over to Time Square and they really do have the lawn chairs for people to sit in and "experience" the city!

David said he always wanted a characacture ... they said $5! So David took a seat and 5 minutes later his drawning was done (not funny like David wanted, but pretty good). David had to haggle with him though because the guy put it in a framed protector and wanted to charge him $25. David only had $10 in his hand and the guy finally took it, but very unhappily ...

A shot of the Newvine Family on one of Central Park's bridges.

Jared was really enjoying the rocks and shade!

Jared and Dad on a rock :))

Jared making new friends on the rocks.

David climbing up to have a look-see, while Jared is sliding down the rock ...

Is that SUPERMAN?!?!! Where is his cape???

Jared's new friend Clay, from Atlanta.

Our tour guides ...

A shot from Central Park.

Cutie ...

One last shot from Central Park.

Back to walking ...

FAO Schwarz was on the list of stops to make ...


Kate and Jared on the BIG PIANO ...

Fun, groovy-cool tunes!

David had a get a pic in front of Trump Tower

Our tour guides deciding where to go from our rest spot at Rockefeller Center

Jared and Mom :))

After a quick subway trip, we made our way to the site of the Twin Towers that was totally under construction, but then we made our way to see Lady Liberty. Another must-see along the way ...

A shot of South Manhattan

Lady Liberty ...

The pier where we ate dinner ...

Going home ... a long, fun day in Manhattan!