The Roe Family

Clay's Eagle Scout Project

2009-10-17T17:53:00.012-04:00

Today was the culmination of months of planning, fund raising, and work on the part of Clay. All these elements came together today as we all participated in...and FINISHED, Clay's Eagle Scout project. Clay's project consisted of constructing an outdoor relaxation area (including landscaping and gazebo), for one of the Primrose Group Homes for disabled adults. Clay worked hard all summer to raise money for the supplies and today friends and family helped complete this project. We were blessed with the most amazing cool weather and gorgeous blue skies. Perfect weather to dig-in and work.

Good friends...ready to work

Lots of helping hands unloading the truck...getting the supplies to the back yard

Caleb Dowdy, Adam Padilla, and Kinsey Lopez were all ready to help out

Mason Dowdy, and Adam start clearing the path to the future gazebo. Hard work for sure.

Clay "supervising" and planning things out with Chris and Paul

The "Once I was lost...now I am found" hardware to the gazebo. Maybe Chris Dowdy just needed to look a little closer :)

Do you notice a pattern here? These are only a few of the casualties. Hmm, who was breaking all of these tools? Lets just say, there were some accusation...and some tears :)

Clearing the ground was for sure the most time consuming part

Camden wins the "wants to help the most" award for sure. What a little trooper.

Mason and Clay getting ready to lay the pavers

Cute Keriann

Down goes the pavers and the mulch...things are moving along

Grandma doesn't miss a beat. She gets right in there...clears the ground...and pulls out this huge root (with Kinsey's help) and Adam Hawkes is ready to take it away.

Ashley and her "baby niece"

Yay! Pizza. Cute delivery girl

hungry much?

Grandpa gets into the mix and moves a little dirt

"My hands look worse than yours"

Denise worked her fingers to the bone today. She never stopped.

Concrete mixing, done Jeff Roe style

The gazebo is starting to look like a gazebo

Mulch and flowers make such a difference

Aunt Denise and Clay

And it's FINISHED! Four hours of work, lots of helping hands, and a wonderful finished product for these group home residents.

Before

After

Amazing!

Job well done Clay!

Cousin Fun

2009-01-03T17:07:00.014-05:00

Our winter break from school was filled with COUSIN FUN! Okay, so there was a small amount of tattle-tailing, arguing and knife throwing (not REAL knives) but overall loads of fun!

Keriann and Hayden at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Hayden, Gavin and Camden at Sea World

Camden, Gavin and Hayden and a whale

Camden and Gavin and the whale. Do you see it?

The kids, uh and Aunt Chellie, taking a ride!

Camden, Hayden and Gavin walking up the net

"He's my Grandpa...nuh uh, he's mine!"

Clay and Keriann must finish homework before playing a the park.

They actually had quite a bit of homework over the break.

Merry Christmas from the teachers!

We had so much fun at the park. We had lunch and lots of

playtime. The kids had a BALL!

Gavin on the tire swing

Camden....king of the monkey bars

Gavin, king of the tires, enjoyed jumping from tire to tire...until he was tired.

The Roe cousins

Keriann jumping off the swing. Cool hair!

Clay jumping....just plain cool.

I LOVE this park!!

This day, we went to Painted by Hue. The kids picked out a

pottery piece and painted away! We LOVED this activity, too!

The little boys painted cereal bowls. Can't wait to see them after firing!

The big kids painted plates. Clay painted things that describe him.

Like muscles and good looks....just kidding. More like football, weight lifting,

piano and ballroom dancing. Keriann painted inspiration sayings and uplifting words about friends.

Getting in touch with his inner artist

Very creative, Keriann!

I think we stayed too long!

Happy New Year!!

2008-12-31T01:00:00.007-05:00

We brought in the New Year at the Galloway's House! It was so much fun to be with friends. We played Rock Band, Wii, jumped in a Bounce House and watched fireworks. Every little child stayed awake until midnight! Too much fun to be had!

Gavin rockin' out to Boston

Camden and Nathan at the drums

Caitlin and Emily singing

Gavin conquered guitar, now he's on to drums

The whole motley crew

All rockers have their outlet....this group uses a bounce house

We all come together for the countdown....

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Aren't we supposed to bring in the new year with a kiss?

Chris and Carmen, thanks for being awesome Hosts!

Carmen , Shaun, Me and Rachel

Elisa and dad

The Teen Scene, reunited with Chris!!

Gavin and Camden...I can't believe they sat long enough for this picture! They bounced for HOURS!!

Kennedy and Sami

Keriann, Kinsey and Savannah

Kinsey, Kennedy, John and Carver....Lopez family minus Amy and Cooper

Kinsey, Keriann and Savannah

Clay and Keriann

Children playing with explosives (next to propane tank)

Jeff playing with explosives....what else is new?

Lorraine's 40!!

2008-12-27T09:57:00.000-05:00

This post is dedicated to the bestest friends in the whole world!

Thank you for making my 40th birthday a memorable one!

Beckie, Me and Michelle

Andrea and Beckie

Alexa and Andrea

Amy and Sara

Shaun and Carmen

Cindy and Stefanie

Amy, Katie and Andrea

Sheila, Michele and Alexa

Christmas Eve

2008-12-24T10:56:00.000-05:00

On Christmas Eve, the kids and I (Jeff was on shift) gathered with the vonHack and Galloway families. We enjoyed a great meal, gift exchange and the kids reinacted the Nativity. It was a great evening!

While Camden read his part, Elisa joined in. She was "reading" her part as the Star. She really is a Star!

Keriann is an Angel, no really, she was! Clay is seen in front as Joseph with Mary (Savannah). The Star, Elisa, is still shining in this scene!

This is actually Christmas morning. Keriann opening the gift from her protective brother!

Holiday Recital

2008-12-23T10:12:00.001-05:00

Twice a year, Clay and Keriann perform in a recital. This holiday recital, their instructor Ms. Christina, wanted to give me a special birthday present...something I've never seen in 7 years of recitals. My children performing a duet!! I loved it!! It was a gift I thoroughly enjoyed!! They performed "The First Noel". I wish I could have put the entire video on the blog, because they performed flawlessly. Before the duet, Keriann performed a solo..."Christmastime is Here". She did a beautiful job!

Avalon Aglow

2008-12-06T01:37:00.000-05:00

The Avalon community closes its streets to celebrate the Christmas season every year. They have tons of booths with vendors, food and services. They have two stages where schools, dance companies, acting groups, etc. perform. They have tons of shows to watch and games for kids to play. They had "snow" and "sledding". I was lucky enough to have Kristen, Gabi and Kai visiting from Utah at that time! They met up with me and the kids and Andrea. Keriann and Sara were IN the cool parade with the Timber Creek Regiment!!

Gabi coming down the slide.

Gabi and Kai leaving the train station!

Here comes your "Timber Creek RRRegimeennntttt"

Okay, so the video isn't that great....I admit. But, I was holding a child AND

trying to find Keriann and Sara so the little kids could see them too!

Camden is 7!

2008-11-23T21:54:00.000-05:00

We celebrated Camden's 7th birthday at Disney's Winter Summerland Mini Golf. It's a super cute mini golf course with two 9-hole courses. One course is snow themed and the other is sand themed. We had two groups of kids on each course! Aside from a few sprinkles, the kids had a great time!

The entire group of friends!

My little sister, Ashley with her cute group!

Camden, Gavin and Gabriel in front of the snow castle.

Clay with his group. They conquered the sandy side.

Keriann and Savannah with their group of boys!

Camden got several hole in one's that day! I captured one on video!
Being 7 must give you Tiger powers!

Camden's Thanksgiving Feast

2008-11-19T01:21:00.001-05:00

On the Thursday before Thanksgiving break, our school cafeteria prepares a delicious feast! Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes w/gravy, cranberry sauce, yummy veggies and dessert! So, our little pilgrims and Native Americans couldn't wait for their feast....well, some of them couldn't wait and others were looking for the alternative lunch....aka, Camden...who ate a chef's salad with a side of uh, salad.

Did Pilgrim boys even eat salad?

One little, two little, three little...native americans

"Hmmm, do I want a feast or salad?"

They were able to eat their feast in the classroom. Their were lots

of moms and dads visiting.

I was happy to be one of them!

Sea World's Halloween Spooktacular

2008-10-25T00:08:00.002-04:00

Keriann, Camden and I met up with some friends, the Hales family,

at Sea World for some trick-or-treating around the park.

Jango Fett, Brad the Astronaut and Nate the Pirate with Sea World sea monsters

I'm not sure what to call these green men with pumpkin staffs??

Jango Fett waiting for the tram

Keriann is my Super-girl!

Ft. Christmas Field Trip

2008-10-16T00:24:00.001-04:00

I was able to go on a field trip with Camden, to Ft. Christmas park. It's a beautiful park located in Christmas, FL...about 10 minutes from our house. Ft. Christmas is a Historical Park and Museum with a full size replica of Fort Christmas, built in 1837. The park also houses seven "Cracker" style houses. These houses are restored historical homes once lived in by local pioneer families. The purpose of the field trip is to teach the children how these pioneer families lived and worked together back in the 1800's. It is also where we had our last family reunion.

Welcome to Fort Christmas

Here is Camden's class outside of one of the museums inside the Fort.

Listening to our guide explain how the pioneer children churned their own butter.

Camden taking a churn, er, turn.

Inside one of the beautiful homes.

"Who wants to live like a pioneer?"

You must be willing to do LOTS of chores. Like going outside

to pump water for washing your clothes and bathing.

Did pioneer children bathe?

Football and Color Guard

2008-09-20T20:37:00.000-04:00

Since my mom won't update the blog, I guess I will. Me (Clay) and Keriann are both active in extracurricular activities at school. I am on the JV football team, and on Varsity when my coach feels bad for me. Keriann experimented with band, and is now on the color guard, the twirly flag thing for those who are not familiar with band talk such as myself. I am going to catch everyone up on the action with some videos and highlights that didn't make the cut on WFTV's High School Football show. For those from church who won't be able to see my games, since they are on Wednesday activity nights, grab some popcorn and #1 foam finger and enjoy the 17 seconds of pure gridiron action courtesy of my moms shaky hands. FYI, I'm number 64.

Boone was a very hard game, but we won 7-2

Keriann has worked hard to perform at halftime on Friday nights, she's near the left corner.

Camden can't resist having some fun

FANS, AWESOME!!!!

My mom and dad are always at my game, and I'm sure you could hear them too. It is always a joy to me to find friends and family taking time from their night to come and watch my games. Thank you to all who come!!! Here are some of the crowd:

Grandma and Grandpa up way past their bed time

Carver always knew where I was, Thanks for the support man!

Kennedy was able to catch a little football from the cheerleaders

Aunt Niecy got to perform with all of the other parents, taking us (Keriann) band geeks' spot in our premiere show after a 12-hour practice.

Clay's Tampa Bay Buccaneer Training Camp

2008-08-06T21:52:00.000-04:00

On Tuesday, after my vigorous workout, my dad called me and said that my Uncle Kyle had tickets to the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's training camp at Wide World of Sports. I love the Bucs so I had to go. Not only was I going to see them practice, I had VIP access to an air conditioning, (100 degrees outside) suite, with food!!!!! The practice was cool to see and exciting to see all of the players up close. So close you could hear the kind, calm Coach (nicknamed Chucky) "discuss" with his players an issue with the formation. To top off the day, the VIP area was right by the locker room. So my dad bought a football and got 11 signatures of some players. It was awesome.

This is the same field that Timber Creek will play in two weeks
Coach Gruden looks so happy
Left 36 Ice Belly Texas Bingo Alpha Delta Somethin', Set, Go!!
Me with, was with Luke McCown
Derrick Brooks taking off his jersey to avoid spectators
A lot of signatures, pretty sweet
My Heisman pose

Camden & Gavin

2008-07-27T22:49:00.000-04:00

And yet we have another beach day. This time Gavin came with us! The boys had a great time.

Boogie boarding, skim boarding, soccer & football on the beach and of course, lots of sandy snacks to eat.

Surfing "all the way home"

Looking for awesome waves

The beach legends

The next Kelly Slater

Cousins on a mission

All of the little kids unite

Alexa floats away....BYU, here she comes!

The mob taking over the beach

Siesta Key

2008-07-26T22:15:00.000-04:00

We spent the day in Siesta Key with Scott, Michelle and Hayden. The beach is beautiful on the Gulf. The little waves, "ankle slappers" as Scott would say, were perfect for the little boys. Once you got past the waves, it was like being in a big swimming pool (with 100's of strangers). The clear water made it perfect for Clay and Keriann to dive and pick up several shells, after failed attempts to find sand dollars. The beach had the water, and the right kind of sand to make a comfortable time lounging and playing with new sand toys. Our prepared lunches made a quick and pleasant time. We stayed at the beach until the late afternoon, and went home after a great day.

The whole family had fun in the water, Together!!
The veterans of the beach
Hayden loves sand toys
Jeff holding down the roof

Clay tries to find shade in the heat

Camden loves the taste of the water!
Hayden is searching for fun
Camden digging away
Our beach getaway
Hayden was not that happy leaving

Everyone was able to find fun playing ball or relaxing!

Keriann's Korner

2008-07-24T17:22:00.000-04:00

Hey, this is my first posting and im totally excited!! Recently the 14-18 year olds at our church went 2 youth conference. The theme this year was service. I thought the leaders had 2 b challenged with having 175 teenagers actually WORK!! The turn-out was great we worked 2 different service projects and had an ah-mazing time doing it!! Along with our 2 service projects we had a dance every night!! The 1st night was casual while the 2nd night the girlie-girls got dolled up and the boys wore monkey suits. The experience was spiritual and fun!!

LDS-Love Doing Service

That was tiring!*yawn*

"Young Man"... Where?!?!

We're all smiles!!

All of these guys make it onto Clay's Most Wanted list

Thanks 4 the help Skyler?

Awwwwww!! Browtha and sista

Matchy-mik-matcherson... or not

FRIENDS!!!!!

The Bouncers;)

Cocoa Beach

2008-07-21T10:19:00.001-04:00

We had a great time at the beach with our friends. The sun was hot and the water was refreshing. The kids played in the sand, boogie boarded and showed off their sweet volleyball skills. A fisherman down the beach caught a shark...some of our group ran down and watched, while others were too busy soaking up the sun a.k.a. me!My LDS posse

The teen scene

lil' bathing beauties

Kinsey and Savannah

Kennedy and Emily

Shaina and Keriann

Camden riding a wave?

A picture of the picture of the shark. It's really there, I promise.

Sara and Sissa

We should have feared the beach with the "high hazard" warning, but we carry our own red flag with our 28 children combined!

Clay and Chris

2008-07-20T01:46:00.001-04:00

In support of his good friend, Chris....Clay decides to get a military hair cut. The next day, Chris left for the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. After the hair cuts, Chris took his friends flying to celebrate his success in earning his pilot's license. It was hard to say "see ya later" to such a good friend!

Chris' head of hair...BEFORE.

After.

Clay is so ready for this.

I think he likes it!

This quick video shows Chris landing with "Crash 6" spraying water as the plane approaches. This was done as a "congratulations" to Chris!

Jeff's Class II Award

2008-07-20T01:23:00.001-04:00

Jeff received an award, given to members of a unit, who have displayed, through a team effort, exceptional performance of duty at an emergency situation. In other words, they were doing their job! Although, his unit has received awards in the past, this was the first ceremony he actually attended.

We had never seen him in his "Dress Uniform".

He's very serious about this...but his lieutenant isn't.

Camden wears daddy's hat.

Jeff and Clay try to prove who's taller. Who do you think won?

Brevard Zoo

2008-07-20T00:52:00.001-04:00

My friend Kristen and her two children, Gabi and Kai, were visiting from Utah. We all went to the Brevard Zoo. Keriann's friend, Savannah, came also. The highlight at the zoo was the giraffes. With their 20'' tongues, they can become very upclose and personal.

This giraffe is loving the attention from Savannah and Keriann.

Thankfully, this is not a live animal.

Keriann and Savannah got to Kayak through Africa.

Camden and Gabi feeding a deer. Hand sanitizer anyone?

Kai loved the zoo and the train ride.

A bird landed on Gabi's head and she handled it like a little bird whisperer. The bird sat on her head, sipping nectar from a little cup that Gabi was holding. This went on for over two minutes. This is a short video...and I warn you...my voice gets annoying, you may want to mute!

Camp Daniel Boone

2008-07-20T00:32:00.001-04:00

Jeff, Clay and Troop 179 headed to Camp Daniel Boone in North Carolina. They were able to experience a 5-state, white water rafting excursion. Each day, they set up camp in a different state and rafted down a new river. They rafted through a 1,400-foot canyon that was formed 300 million years ago!

This is one of their many campsites in the mountains.

Boy Scouts motto "Be Prepared" (to fall out of raft)

Obviously they haven't seen the Class IV waves ahead...

Has anyone seen Clay?

Oh...

Just kidding! He didn't fall out....he was just swimming!

Summer '08

2008-07-19T21:43:00.000-04:00

I thought that maybe, just maybe, our summer wouldn't be as much fun because we were not going on "vacation". Well, I couldn't have been more mistaken! We have been vacationing all summer, from our own resort. Just because this resort doesn't have room service, housekeeping, free HBO or a vending machine down the hall, does not mean that we can't have a great time! Fresh towels and someone turning your bed down at night, is all over-rated anyway! Who needs it?

4th of July
We spent the afternoon and evening with friends. We went swimming and had a BBQ before walking to downtown Avalon for an awesome display of fireworks!

The Roe and Lopez families with a front row seat to the show!

Clay, Keriann, Kennedy and Kinsey

Camden and Carver