The Long Family

Don, Gen, Dana & Jordan

Monday, December 10, 2007

Pictures by the Christmas Tree --- December 2007


Here are some more pictures of the kids by the Christmas tree. Christmas is extra special when you get to share it with young children. We are so thankful to God for our family!

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Fall Festival --- October 31, 2007


We went to the fall festival at our church. Dana was Tinkerbell and Jordan was Dumbo. He didn't like to wear the hood, but his poofy little belly was so cute! Kids bring such joy to your life!!!

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The Oil Ranch --- October 2007


We are part of a homeschool group in our town(over 250 families are members!) They organize field trips almost every month, so we went on our first one---to the Oil Ranch. It is a working ranch with lots of fun things for kids to do. Dana rode a pony for her first time, we fed cows, and rode on a little train around the ranch. The kids loved it!

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Adventures in Odyssey Recording --- September 2007


Focus on the Family flew us to California in September to do a recording for their children's radio program, Adventures in Odyssey. To celebrate their 20th Anniversary they put together a script with some of the original cast (We were 12 years old when we made our first show). It was so much fun!!! The shows are supposed to air this Spring. I will let you know the dates later on.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Uncle 5's Commissioning Ceremony--August 2007


In August we flew to Quantico, VA to attend my brother Jordan's commissioning ceremony. We were so proud of him! After finishing Officer Candidate School, he is now a Second Leiutenant of the United States Marine Corp. He is in the middle of his 6 months of Basic Training (He hopes to be assigned to infantry)and will probably be off to Iraq in a few months. Please keep him in your prayers. Oh, we call him Uncle 5 because it was too confusing with 2 Jordan's living in the same house for a year. Dana came up with the nickname, because he was the 5th member of our household for a little while. We sure miss him!!!

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Drew Hailey Peters---May 26, 2007


My new niece, Drew, was born on May 26th. She was born with a cleft palate just like me. Her first few months have been a struggle, but she is finally starting to gain weight---yeah!!! She is such a sweet baby!!!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Big Helper


Dana helping Daddy plant our Spring Garden

Our Spring Garden


We are attempting our first garden!!! Don is doing it actually---I am trying to stay away so as not to "jinx" it. I've tried to grow pumpkins for the last 3 years with no success:) We are hoping for tomatoes, corn, peppers, cucumbers, and green beans---we shall see. Dana loved helping Daddy!!!

Thursday, March 8, 2007

The New Building of Silver Springs Baptist Church



On February 25th we had our first service in the new building of Silver Springs Baptist Church. We had over 360 in attendance (we usually run between 150 and 200). We are so excited about our new facilities!

Spec Home

Here is a close up of the same house. I wanted you to be able to see the pretty stone and stucco. See our sign!

Another Spec Home


Do you want to buy a house? It is even prettier in person! 3300 square feet one story with a game room upstairs. Lots of fancy trim inside. I would love to move in!!!

Dana and Raggedy Ann


We started reading The Raggedy Ann Stories a few weeks before her birthday. Every night we would read one chapter. When we finished reading she would say " I wish I had a doll like Raggedy". I knew just what to get her for her birthday!

Jordan eating Dana's cake

Jordan loved Dana's cake too!

Dana's Birthday Cake

This is the cake that Uncle 5 made for Dana. She loved it!

Dana's 4th Birthday


I can't believe she is 4 years old. She is growing up so fast. She is really taking off with her reading, and she just started trying to write. We can't wait to start our "real" homeschool in the fall. We are going to read a lot of fun books.
This is my very first post! I am hoping that this will be a fun way to let you view my pictures (since we have been having problems sending them through email). I miss you all!!!