Saying Goodbye

This morning at Student Worship, our good friend Christina Shaffer announced that she is leaving St. Stephens and going to work for the PYN full-time. She will start in January doing all of the "event coordinating" but continue to volunteer at the church and stay with her small group. We are thrilled for her, because as many of you know, this is a perfect job for her. She will love it and really be able to use all the gifts God has given her while doing it. Selfishly, it will be really hard to see her go and not be a part of our day-to-day lives anymore but we wish her good luck.
And what would a post be without a picture of Negley Anne (she wants to grow up to be like Christina in this picture...)

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone, sorry for the big gap between posts... the fall caught up with both Jayson and I. Things have been going okay here in Pittsburgh - but to be honest we're both already a little tired of the grey weather. We do have some fun news to share. The Samuels' house has a new addition. Charles Linwood III has come to stay here part of the time, and at Courtney's part of the time. He found Mark about a month ago and we have been blessed with his presence ever since. As far as we know he's a brown dog that makes strange noises and likes to bite on Tillie's neck. We love him... and glad that he found his way to our home.
Here are some fun pictures from November. Jayson's brother Jared and his girlfriend Vicky came to the east coast to vist for a long weekend and they were able to see Negley for the first time. We had thanksgiving up in Northeast PA this winter and it was a blast. We were pretty close to being snowed in on the lake, and there was no where else we wanted to be.
For the first time in some 14 years, the Rosemeyer clan will be together in Washington state and we are all looking forward to that. Negley's a little more independant now than she was in July, so the long plane ride should be interesting. At least there will be two other adults there to share in the joy of holding her for a four hour flight.
In case we don't get to post again before the holiday - Merry Christmas!

Can't Wait for Thanksgiving!

Negley's sad in this picture because she's not going to get to meet Spencer Elliott for quite a while...
Sorry it's been a while since I've written. Not a whole lot new going on in the Samuels family. We did get a new car, and are mourning the loss of the Explorer. It was a sad day to get a minivan, but it's really nice and much easier to get Negley Anne in and out of. I know you will all be lined up to see it... and to borrow it whenever you want. Especially if you have a convertable to trade us with. Anyway, hope you all have nice Thanksgivings and get to see some family. Congrats to Matt and Sayward on their little girl... go see their blog for pictures!

Video Link

Thnaks to our friend Sayward I think we now have the capacity to upload some video images. Here is Negley playing in her "Excersaucer"

October 23, 2005

Sorry for the long delay in a new post. Between school and the Youth Workers Convention things have been pretty hectic around here. All in all things are good, but way to busy. We've enjoyed seeing lots of old friends in the past two weeks though and seeing our favorite group in concert (last night we saw U2 at Mellon Arena) so it's been worth it. Things won't slow down for a while, but I'll try to be better about posting some pictures so everyone can see how big Negley is getting. She's a blast to be around, and her new thing is spitting. It's really cute and funny, but by the end of the night she's totally wet all over her chest from drool. Awesome. If I can figure out how to post video on this thing - I'll put some cool slober on for everyone to enjoy. And yes, that is a picture of Jason Pauli feeding his 8 month old son a toquito.

No Longer a Puppy

October 8th, 2004 came the birth of seven little puppies in Penn Hills. Jayson and I were the lucky ones who were able to bring home Tillie, the smallest of the litter. She is the greatest dog ever, and today we were able to celebrate her birthday with her mom, Alta and her brother, Copper. The dogs enjoyed running around the farm, eating birthday cake (at first Tillie wasn't so sure about this whole cake eating thing...) and being with family. A good time was had by all. Negley wasn't too thrilled that we had to leave the farm and made sure that everyone knew that and Tillie had so much fun that when we came home she spent most of the evening taking a nap under the couch.

Eating Cereal for the First Time!

Today was a huge day in our house... another first for Negley - Cereal. Not sure if any actually made it to her stomach, but she did look really cute with it all over her. For the rest of the day Jayson was finding it behind her ears, on her forhead, and just about anywhere you can imagine. She seemed to like it, at least she opened her mouth everytime... Tillie seemed to enjoy it as well.

Friday Night

After working with middle school kids all last night, Jayson and Jono came back to watch a movie and hang out - something we haven't done in way too long. Jono, Midnight, and Cool Ranch Doritos... it doesn't get much better than that!

Happy Birthday Lib!

Today is Lib's real birthday, even though we celebrated it on Sunday night with a great surprise party at the Rugby Field. Matt throws a great party... everyone had such a great time. I did forget our camera, so you'll have to settle for a picture of Negley and one of Tillie just for kicks. Not a whole lot has changed this week - this evening we have Geneva for me (can't wait to be done...) and a high school soccer game for Jayson and Negley Anne. Fun for everyone! Enjoy the great Pittsburgh weather today, it won't last much longer.

Welcome October

Sorry for the delay in a new update. If you know the two of us, you know that September is a very busy month both for school and ministry. It was a good month though, and we seem to be getting into a good routine. Negley and I are looking forward to Sayward's baby shower, and Jayson is looking forward to next week's Steeler game. This weekend seems pretty boring not having a game to watch. Hope all is going well to everyone who reads this!

Negley's First Game

Negley's first Steelers game.

Fall Has Arrived

Well fall has finally arrived here in western PA and with it all the familiar things: changing leaves, shorter days, steeler games and the daily routine of work, sleep, work, sleep. It may sound boring, but in a strange way Katy and I are happy to be getting back into more of a schedueled life. Katy is enjoying her new job at Langely High School and I am excited about thing this fall at St. Stephen's. We have also been enjoying the Steeler season so far. We are forutante enough to get ticket to the opener (Thanks Uncle Jimmy) and we took Negley to her first game. We don't have any pictures of the game yet. They are in Katy's phone and we have not figured out how to get them off yet.

Happy Baby 

Smile 

Big Eyes 

Cousin James  

We're Back

We just got home from 3+ weeks in Michigan at Surf City. God blessed us with and incredible time there. I've posted some pictures below.

Negley at the Beach 

Katy, Kimo (Yes that Kimo) and Negley at Kimo's Resturant in Washington State 

Surf City Camp Picture 

Katy's Negely and Mom on Lake Michigan 

Brad and His Kite 

Jerry -- Nice Hat! 

Master of Ceremonies and Room mate 

Mom & Dad Visit Surf City For The First Time ans Enjoy A Boat Ride 

Family Reunion at America's Finest Traditional Amusement Park

I've tried many times to get these pictures to face the right way... with no luck. Last night the Rosemeyers met at Kennywood to see Aunt Sally who is in town from sunny Florida. It was nice to see her, but a much too short of time to visit. Jayson and I leave this weekend for Surf City, and we are both looking forward to it, but pretty stressed at the same time. Hopefully once camp gets under way, things will calm down. Sadly, Tillie will not be able to join us for the month. She will be vacationing with both one of her brothers and her mom. I'm sure she will have a lovely time. There are computers at camp, but who knows if I will be able to post anything. There will be great pictures to come though... promise!

Fun in the Tri-Citites

Here are some pictures of Negley and Katy's trip to Kennewick last week. Everyone had a blast, especially because the "Heat is dry". Can't wait to get out there at Christmas time!