Rozfam News

Random Pictures 2001 to 2003 From First Digital Camera

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May 2011 - Long Island Trip

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Pictures from: "Leonard's La Dolce Vita" Great Neck, NY

April 2011 - Evening with a NASA Astronaut!

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Spent Evening with Nasa Astronaut Col. Doug Weelock. He spent 6 mos. in 2010 on the international space station, where he was given the opportunity to command it, and was on a previous Discovery Space Shuttle crew.

Random Early 2010 Pictures

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Snakes Are Your Friend...

2009-05-18T18:30:00.001-04:00

Krystle likes snakes - eeewwwww!!!

Life With Newton

2009-02-17T17:19:00.005-05:00

Doing school with Newton.

Newton our new Cockatiel loves to sit on Aaron's

hat no matter where it is.

He will search and find Aaron and his hat...

He also likes teeth and eye glasses.

Random Winter Pictures

2009-02-16T17:53:00.004-05:00

Tyler and His First Deer

2008-12-12T17:00:00.004-05:00

Here is Tyler's first deer. We sent him out around 3pm and told him he couldn't eat dinner if he did not bring home a deer. A half hour later he came back with this.

The following week he went on to get two more.

Needless to say, our freezer is full. (If you like that sort of meat.)

Mixed Precipitation!

2008-12-12T16:07:00.009-05:00

Here the boys are playing outside today. They don't seem to mind the cold.

I saw a break in the clouds today and a little sun. I ran out with the camera to get a picture as the sun was glistening off the ice in the trees. I was too late, but decided to take the picture anyway.

My mother in law, who lives 4 miles away in town, and I talk back and forth about road and weather conditions there and here. So these picture are for her, who kept telling me nothing was happening yesterday when we had all sorts of precipitation going on all day.

There is ice under the snow. See the tire spin marks at the bottom of the driveway.

It does take skill to get up the driveway when it is like this. This usually only happens about once or twice a year - where it is too difficult to get up the driveway. Hopefully this is not a picture of things to come.

We put water out to the barn about a month ago. Because it is freshly dug up, there is lots of space in the soil. The rain water is just pouring into the basement where the pipe goes into the house. Following the path of the pipe. (We are sump-pumping it out.)

The men had to dig a ditch to re-route the water for the time being.

Outside My Window Today!

2008-11-25T10:05:00.002-05:00

This is what it looks like outside my window today. I was told in town there was next to no snow. We don't have that much snow, but we have the heavy wet type that packs down. The boys are making snowmen and we had to shovel the driveway, so there is enough snow for that. This is the second or third time this fall we had snow on the "higher elevations" when the towns had none.

October Contrasts: In Like a Lamb - Out Like a Lion!

2008-11-01T09:53:00.007-04:00

I interrupt our Florida vacation to share some October pictures. They say we have two seasons here - Summer and Winter. Well that is proving to be true. We have had some "Indian Summer" days (or is that "Native American" Summer now?) but we got our first dose of winter this week.

Here are some pictures taken two weeks ago on our land:

Here are pictures taken this week just after the snow started falling. We did wind up with about 4 inches which isn't that bad, but the valleys (villages) only got rain. So if you drove down our road a mile you no longer saw any snow.

Need I say more?

Day 4:Discovery Cove (5)

2008-10-14T17:49:00.004-04:00

Discovery Cove's main attraction is swimming with dolphins. You spend 30 minutes with a trainer and a dolphin and learn about dolphins. You get to pet the dolphin, feed them, give him a kiss, and swim with him. And yes he was a boy - named Lester. He is around 40 years old. Dolphins live long in captivity.

The whole place was excellent!! It is an all inclusive resort atmosphere. You get excellent meals, all the drinks you want, towels, snacks and more. We all had so much fun here. We even got the video of us with the dolphins - if you want to see it - come on over and we will show you it!!

Day 4:Discovery Cove (4)

2008-10-14T17:35:00.003-04:00

Here we are (don't we look wonderful!) with all gear learning to snorkel. You can not swim, kick or splash in the stingray pool, just snorkel. They do come right up to you when you are in the water and do kind of a wave at you - see the photo just below. All Aaron could think of was the crocodile hunter and what happened to him. We talked with the trainers in the water and they trim the barb so they can't sting. I honestly didn't think they would let us swim with something dangerous.

Day 4:Discovery Cove (3)

2008-10-14T17:03:00.003-04:00

Discovery Cove has a beautiful and fun aviary. The birds are very friendly and will land on you whether or not you have food. The first time through we swam through the aviary (you can walk in or swim in.) I didn't care for it because they had a waterfall you have swim under and then a strong mist of water - all to discourage the birds from leaving - when you entered and left the aviary.

Day 4:Discovery Cove (2)

2008-10-14T16:41:00.003-04:00

OK, we didn't take these. These photos are the stock photos that came on our picture cd with the pictures of us. But you can see how beautiful it was!!

Day 4:Discovery Cove (1)

2008-10-14T16:24:00.003-04:00

On day 4 we went to Discovery Cove. When you enter (after getting your picture taken and bags searched) you walk through a garden. Here are random photos of what you see.... (more photos to follow)

Make A Wish Florida: Days 1 to 3

2008-10-06T17:02:00.013-04:00

This is some highlights from Krystle's Make A Wish trip.

Her wish was to go to the Holy Land Experience in Orlando Fl. (Day 7)

Days 1 to 3 were pick up in Limo to Albany (2 hours), dinner at Applebees, overnight in hotel, train left at 6:05am from Albany, changed trains at Penn Station, overnight on train to Orlando, finally arriving in Orlando and how we spent the rest of that day.

Anticipation: Waiting for the limo...

Limo arrives in driveway!!!

Krystle is tickled pink!!!

The children play they are royalty while riding in the Limo.

Albany train ride: riding coach 2.5 hours along the Hudson River

Train from Penn Station, NYC to Orlando - 23 hours
Lunch in the dining car! Riding First Class.

Taking a leg stretch in Washington DC

Fun in the sleeper cars!

Our Accommodations:

Toilet
Sink

Finally in Orlando!!!

First Sites:

Visit to Outdoor World: Bass Pro Shops

While waiting for our house to be available.

Finally here!!!! We are so exhausted, we take a quick dip in the pool then early to bed to prepare for Discovery Cove in the morning.

To Be Continued....

Our Fresh Air Child

2008-09-25T22:14:00.002-04:00

We had a fresh air child this year from the Bronx. We did many different things the week she was here. She went with us to Herkimer Diamond Mine, a county fair, Discovery Center and her first fishing trip. She loved baking from scratch and taking care of the animals. She also learned to ride a bike. We all had a great time and we hope to have her again next year.

Herkimer Diamond Mine Visit

2008-09-25T22:02:00.004-04:00

I really think that someone goes and sprinkles "diamonds" around at night. If you dig you may find them, but I found mine way to easily by just lifting up the rocks. You can see a "sample" of one I found at the top. That was the biggest one we found that day. Tyler found a heart shaped one that is nice. Most of the others were quite small.

Long Island Trip 2008

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More Family Fun With Bob!

2008-08-29T20:55:00.000-04:00

Trip To The Fair With Cousin Bob!

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Summer Birthdays 2008!

2008-08-29T20:32:00.003-04:00

Birthday Photos

Tyler didn't have a birthday cake on his birthday. We did take him out with some friends fishing the evening of his birthday and we had a mini barbeque. We did sing happy birthday and he blew out a candle, but it was too dark for pictures. This was the day after his birthday.

We took this one tonight 8/29 with his Birthday Pie! Just a couple of weeks late.

Thank You Gum Grandma!

Future Designers??

2008-08-29T16:15:00.002-04:00

Guilford Lake

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Discovery Center Visit July 2008

2008-08-29T13:52:00.001-04:00

Welcome Summer 2008

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Thank You Jesus!

2008-07-05T15:16:00.002-04:00

Does anyone else's computer save every attachment anyone has ever sent you? I have hundreds of photos including people I have never met, in a folder marked attachments. This was in it. Isn't it neat?

1999 Picture

2008-07-05T15:02:00.000-04:00

I have been looking for an old picture and found this. This is obviously from 1999 when Krystle was 6 and Tyler was 8! Aren't they cute?

Woodpecker Out My Dining Room Window

2008-04-17T09:23:00.002-04:00

We had a large woodpecker one summer right outside our dining room dinner. He was eating choke cherries which we were told birds don't like to eat. But he came back daily to eat them while we were having lunch. So this time we were prepared with our camera.

More Animals in My Backyard

2008-04-17T09:17:00.001-04:00

We watch many types of animals from our window. This was a quick shot of a wood duck in the tree. It left as quickly as it came, so we didn't have much time to focus.

Tyler's Bible School Pictures November 2007

2008-04-07T21:10:00.005-04:00

Bible school picture - 569 students from all over the world.

Tyler thinks he is in this picture somewhere!

Bible school students from New York.

Animals In My Backyard!

2008-04-07T20:50:00.005-04:00

Geese walking on pond when they first came.

Sorry, I picked the picture that was not clear. But then this is through my window.

This is actually a turkey vulture in the tree. Again through the window and it was snowing out.

Beaver Lodge

Turkey

Oh, Deer!

A Dozen Geese!

(Yes I can count - Not all of them are picture here!)

One is already sitting on eggs on the beaver lodge.

They all came because they thought I was going to to feed them.

More Misc. Winter Time 2007-2008 Photos

2008-04-07T20:43:00.002-04:00

Some Christmas Photos 2007

2008-04-07T20:37:00.001-04:00

We have a very simple Christmas and these are a few photos from it.

Fun Pictures From Over The Winter

2008-04-07T19:27:00.005-04:00

Winter Time!

2008-03-06T14:42:00.003-05:00

Here are some pictures my sister took when she was here of the children outside playing.

Sister's Visit

2008-03-06T14:35:00.002-05:00

My sister came and visited us in January. It was too short of a visit, but it was fun!

Chicken Poxs Boys

2008-01-21T17:39:00.000-05:00

October couldn't go out quietly with out first having the 3 youngest get Chicken Pox. They all started with in a day of each other so we got it over quickly. They all tolerated it quite well even though they did get bored with it after a few days.
Here are some pictures just as they were breaking out. They got worse then this before they got better.

October Apple Picking!

2008-01-21T17:15:00.000-05:00

This was actually our second apple picking trip. The first one was at Lone Maple Farm in Binghamton where we went on a tractor ride and went through a corn maze. This was more of a tourist place. Our second trip was to a farm in Leonardsville. That is where these pictures are from. We picked 3 bushels of mostly Cortland Apples. We ate a lot of them and made several batches of applesauce. This was a fun family project.

Bill's Birthday (September)

2008-01-21T17:07:00.000-05:00

Here we celebrate Bill's birthday!! My birthday (Annmarie's) is this month but I somehow didn't get any pictures of it. My hubby did take me away for two nights to Lancaster for a weekend shopping trip and special time together!

In Honor of Tyler's 16 Birthday (in August 2007)

2008-01-21T16:47:00.000-05:00

My sister was in for a visit and we were discussing that I had not updated my blog since summer. So I am started where I think I left off.

This post is in honor of Tyler's 16th birthday. He is a tremendous blessing from heaven. He is very special to our family. He is rare among teens that enjoys being with his parents and plays with his younger siblings (as demonstrated in one of the photos.) (To those reading too much into this, he has friends his own age too, that are special to him.) He is turning into a responsible young adult, and we give all glory to God!

My First Attempt at OneTrue Media

2008-01-16T17:27:00.000-05:00

Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

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Got Milk?!?

2007-08-31T17:40:00.000-04:00

The first week of August we got ourselves a cow! She is a registered Jersey cow. Having her around has been a learning experience! I would have gotten rid of her the first week if it were my choice!!! But things have gotten better. I actually enjoy her now. She is very personable and friendly. She will mooo when you pull in the driveway, mooo when she sees the bathroom light on in the middle of the night, etc. She does like company. Tyler can actually call now her and she comes running.

The second day we had her she broke through the fence and we spent the greater part of an hour looking for her. We have 51 acres and there are hundreds more around. We hadn't a clue where she could be. Tyler and I followed mud prints until they stopped. I gave up leaving Tyler in the woods with one of two two-way radios. As I was walking down the hill, I prayed repeatedly, "Lord, I know you know where she is, can you please show me?" I turned my head at every little sound in the woods hoping it would be her. As I was walking down the hill, I noticed new prints that weren't there before. Shortly there after, I looked to my side, and there she was!! Praise God!!! She was off to the side of the road, stopped by a fallen tree. Now the fun part was getting her out of the woods. I called Tyler on the radio and came and met me. I went on ahead to get a rope. That is when I met my neighbor on her ATV. She went up and with the help of some old branches, and Tyler pulling, they got her down the hill. Needless to say she stayed locked up in the barn for a week, until she was used to being here.

The first couple of weeks were tiresome, learning how to milk and such. We now have a portable milker that a family from church gave us, which helps tremendously. That was a blessing!!! She is still learning to get along with the horse. They still keep a safe distance apart, but at least they are not scaring each other anymore.

Discovery Center

2007-08-28T08:08:00.000-04:00

We had a fun visit to the Discovery Center this summer. This hands on children's museum has lots of play fun that the children think is great. Even my older children enjoy coming here. We use holiday and birthday money each year to buy memberships to places like this.

Click on "Discovery Center" title above to visit their website.

Hazy Lazy Days of Summer!!

2007-08-27T19:41:00.000-04:00

On some hot days the children have enjoyed using the sprinkler. It was also a good opportunity to water some new grass seed.

Nathan's Family Party

2007-08-27T19:34:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday (again) Nathan...

Long Island Trip and Happy Birthday Mom!

2007-08-27T19:17:00.000-04:00

Early this month we made a visit to Long Island to go to our Aunt and Uncle's 50th Wedding anniversary. The children and Bill spend some time in the pool and we celebrated my mom's 63rd birthday. We really had a fun time. It is too bad we couldn't stay longer.

Our Home is For Sale

2007-07-21T18:48:00.000-04:00

Well it is official! Our house is for sale. The realtor says it is a bad market right now. Too many houses and not enough buyers. We will see what the Lord has for us and where we will wind up. Whether we stay here or move somewhere else.

Happy Birthday Nathan!

2007-07-21T18:46:00.000-04:00

Here is a picture of everyone with Nathan on his birthday. Also in the picture was our Fresh Air Child. Can you pick him out? We had a lot of fun with him, although he took some adjusting to our family. He did want to go home from the second day on. I know he had fun, but he missed his family and was anxious to go home to them.

Happy Birthday Nathan!

2007-07-21T18:42:00.000-04:00

A Day at the Beach

2007-07-13T20:51:00.000-04:00

We met Aunt Gige and Uncle Joe and his family at the park last weekend the 7th of July. The children had a lot of fun playing in the sand and water. We also had our Fresh Air child along with us.

Rainbows!!

2007-07-13T20:19:00.001-04:00

After a rain fall we were able to catch this double rainbow in the sky. I just had to get the picture because my mom-in-law just said Wednesday she never sees them any more.

Happy Birthday Andrew!

2007-07-07T21:36:00.000-04:00

Aaron's Lost Tooth

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Happy Birthday Aaron

2007-07-07T21:31:00.000-04:00

Birthday Party!

2007-07-06T08:50:00.001-04:00

Krystle's 14th birthday party.

Storm!

2007-07-06T08:39:00.000-04:00

On June 19th our area had a big thunder storm with high winds and hail. We lost several trees, three in our back yard.

Cousins in Dirt Pile

2007-07-06T08:31:00.000-04:00

Cousins Playing in Dirt Pile

2007-07-06T08:30:00.000-04:00

Cousins Smelling a Flower

2007-07-06T08:28:00.000-04:00

Memorial Day Kids!

2007-05-29T08:38:00.000-04:00

Our goat, Clover, gave birth to two little billie goats yesterday. We were surprise when we walked in the barn and found the two, all cleaned up and nursing fine. She was a good little mom! I took several pictures of them, but they just don't seem to want to stay still. They look just like her mom, as you can see. We still have not thought of names but we will work on that this week. They are so adorable!

Twin Kids!

2007-05-29T08:31:00.000-04:00

More Pictures From Sunday in the Park

2007-05-07T20:37:00.000-04:00

Sunday In The Park

2007-05-07T20:22:00.000-04:00

After a barbeque dinner on our porch, we took advantage of the warm weather Sunday to take a bike ride in the park. I even rode a bicycle after many years of not doing so. It was great family fun. After being there nearly 2 hours, the boys still didn't want to go home. Us older ones were tired, though and Tyler had to go to French class. Tyler takes French class twice weekly at church with several of his friends and a French teacher from Oneonta. Tyler hope to practice his French in Africa in whatever capacity the Lord has planned for him.

Naughty Goat and Our Dog

2007-04-30T18:52:00.000-04:00

Here is a picture of the naughty goat, Clover, going where the grass is greener. You can see she is larger then Cinnamon. The other picture is of our dog of almost 8 years. She is a big part of our family.

April 30, 2007

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We had a nice sunny day today so we all went out to play. The boys played in their dirt piles and on the swing set and slide. Tyler walked the horse around the yard. Krystle entertained the goats.

Clover the black goat took the liberty to ignore the fence since the grass is greener on the other side and pigged out on fresh green grass. I am hoping she does not get a belly ache. I noticed she has signs of pregnancy so I am hoping she really is expecting. She would be due the middle of June since her last known heat was in mid January.

The brown goat or Cinnamon, she lost her baby about a month ago. I felt bad, I was very much looking forward to having a bunch of goat kids around. She is too timid to come out of her pen. There is a picture of my daughter trying to coax her out, but it didn't work. Usually the two goats are inseparable, but she followed the other goat from inside the fence.

We got the horse out to munch on some grass and finally Clover, followed the horse back into the fenced in area. Now if she will stay put.

(Hebrews 13:15 KJV) By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Our Photo

2007-04-29T17:34:00.000-04:00

Here is a picture of Bill and I (Annmarie) taken about a year ago. It is not often we get our picture taken, so here is one of the few chances to see one of both of us together. We will be married 16 years next fall.

Ruby Red Horse

2007-04-29T17:23:00.000-04:00

This is a picture of our horse Ruby. She is a registered Fox Trotter and is 7 years old. We are learning how to raise a horse with her. Thankfully she is tame and tolerates a lot. Someday I hope to get another horse to keep her company, but for now she has the goats. We have neighbor horses and they talk to each other across the field. When the fields dry we may walk her over in their pasture.

Goats are Fun

2007-04-29T17:18:00.000-04:00

Here are our two goats: Cinnamon and Clover. They are sisters. We hope to milk them some day.

April Snow Storm

2007-04-29T17:06:00.000-04:00

Here is a picture of our road and pond across the street from dining room window. This was taken during the April 16th storm.

2007-04-29T17:03:00.000-04:00

Here is a picture from the snow storm we had on April 16th. We had 8 to 10 inches total when it was done, but it melted by the end of the week. This is a picture out my front window.

Cabela's WI

2007-04-29T10:31:00.000-04:00

April 29, 2007

2007-04-29T09:29:00.000-04:00

We just returned from a long trip to Indiana and Wisconsin. I bought a card reader so I was easily able to download our pictures to the computer. So here is my experiment in the blog world. I don't have much time so we will see how it goes, if I get around to posting to it.

These pictures were taken at the Toledo, Ohio zoo. It was voted one of the top 10 zoos in America by a children's magazine, for family friendliness. It was a beautiful sunny day, so we had a ton of fun there. We were limited by time - we really needed to get home and we were still about 8 to 10 hours from home. So we did race through the exhibits. We did buy a zoo membership, because it cost so much for all of us to get in.

(Isaiah 40:29-31 KJV) He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Toledo Ohio Zoo

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