Just a thought...

David´s father is only 59 years old and living in a residency because of his illness. David can´t have a conversation with him o get advise o even a hug most of the time.

A friend of mine here has a brother that´s only 31 that has terminal cancer and won´t be around much longer. My friend lives here and his brother in Madrid.

Jus thought we should be soooo very thankful that we are all healthy (for the most part) and are able to have a good time (even though we´re all spread out) talking about "easy buttons" and fun things like that. I love you all very much and miss being together. Thanks for the blogs and especially for the pictures so we can all keep in touch.

Hugs and kisses for everyone.

Jeff easy is as easy does.
Just go to Staples they sell them there

THAT WAS NOT EASY!

Jeff
that was easy buttons are 7.00 each plus 2.00 each to ship.
I get the money - i ship - that was easy
love mom
ps asap!

pps nice posts bob and andy

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY!
MARGOT DUFFORT
LOVE, GRANDMA CASS
(My error, yesterday the 29th was Margot's birthday
but I experienced a truly, senior moment and forgot
to get a Happy Birthday to her up on the blog)
HOPE ALL THE DUFFORTS ARE ENJOYING A WONDERFUL
VACATION AND THAT MARGOT GOT TO CELEBRATE HER 5TH BIRTHDAY IN SOME SPECIAL, SPECTACULAR FOREIGN LOCATION!!!

MOM!!!!!!!!!!! I have like 5 people that want the Staples buttons that say "That was easy!" Can you please send me some of those asap? :)

nice pictures everyone!!
Our apologies to Nathan and Brandi
for not posting congratulations on Sunday
the 27 th of August their tenth wedding anniversary.
So late tho it be we express our love. Ed and Marie

STACIA & SHAWNNA RULE!!!!

First of all, Shawnna is so cute and looks so old! Drew is such a little Andy!

As for the Bobby Ginn Family....For FHE we went boating on Utah Lake today!!!!!!!! 90 degrees and no wind!!!!!!!! Gina and I wakeboarded the kids went in the TUBE and then I skied. Oh how I love boating, especially with the family.

Ok people, today was Shawnna Amber Normand's first day in her new school. It's only Kindergarden, but she's finally out of the house. She did a great job and we already have the specialist ready to do an evaluation on her. They won't put her in first grade, but will put her in an advanced reading class.

Seeing as how Shawnna will be away from home, Ninha will have some more free time to dedicate to Drew and his needs. He is already learning the alphabet and working on his cutting and pasting skills. Hopefully he won't miss Shawnna too much. His first picture was of a VW bug and he did a great job. Of course! It's in his blood.

The Normand family is going to spend the Labor Day weekend in the backhills of Pennsylvania again. It's nice to live so close to Andy's dad's family. At least someone is here close enough for us to visit. Hopefully the rain stops and the travelling is safer. Sorry for taking so long with our posts, just too much going on to sit down and do anything.

We still don't know what we're going to do in a month when Andy's facility is shut down. We're leaning towards Pennsylvania, but there are so many options to choose from. We'll figure it out somehow. Wish us luck!

A day on the sidelines with my U17's. The girls played poorly, but pulled off a 1-1 draw. It is a very raw group, but today, i felt like the Goalie deserved some recognition, as she had a cery busy day in the frame....ther is actualy some brief footage of me in the beginning.

4.5 Minutes, with Music (make sure you have your volume on) and everything :) Enjoy!!!!!!!

P.S. I miss my long hair! Angels & Airwaves is the band Song Title: The Adventure

Hi Jocy
are you sure you dont mean Perpignan not Lespignan?
Tarbor and Pau would be way far away but perpignan on the coast
would only be about a 3 hour drive I think. I think they are 2 hours from the boarder
Hopefully Cindi will give you the real possibilities when she sees this at work.
You never know about her tho. I hope they can make the effort to meet you
even if it is only for a few hours.
Love Champ

Cindi
we can be there the sat
we will be in Tarbe Sunday and Pau monday
could we meet sat somewhere in between?
is your cell ending in 4006 still good?
officially we are staying in Lespignan near Beziers so we could meet you somewhere near the border
arent you about an hour from the border?
let us know we will call too
itll be too fun to see you and finally meet David!
jocelyn

third post

second post

Last weekend we went to big bear to check out the workmanship that brother Robles did on nthe cabin. He took off 13 pieces of siding and painted the whole thing a slightly different shade of green with brown trim. He did A GREAT JOB! SHAN and RON went with us. first we checked the cabin next we ate and shopped at the Teddy Bear resturant got caught shopping for grand kids and ended up at the Renesanse fair. It was a nice long day. I will try to get the pictures in order! If not u will have to figure them out. Good luck. it will probably take 2 postings of pictures.

JEFF. We would have liked to have seen the Ass. coach too!

joc - home number is: 34 937314581

your schedule is just backwards!!! it would be perfect if you were in perpignan on sat and sunday. toulouse is about two hours farther and it would be a long drive for a one day thing. i´m bummed, it would have been great the other way around!!!! we would have LOVED to come up and see all you guys!

Here is a 9 minute video clip of the first road trip of the '06 season to Minnesota. Hope you don't get bored of soccer players rambling. We went to the Mall of America right before the clip was made. I can't tell you how much I hate Cell phones! Anyway, here are 9 minutes of your life wasted....enjoy :)

cindi
i sent you an email but dont know if youre still at that adress
we will be in lespignan from aug 27 to about sep 1
we will be in toulouse on sunday and po on monday sept 3 and 4
we would love to get together if you are available
patrices cell number is 00 49 1736915786 call anytime
i just tried to call your number ending in 006 but dont know if its still yours!
i can check email and will
love jocelyn
sorry typing on french keyboard and im being lazy and dont want to make an effort to find all the keys!

CONGRATULATIONS
AND A BIG HIP, HIP, HOORAY ARE GOING OUT
FOR MY BOSS, DALE HADFIELD AND HIS WIFE, PAM
THEY BECAME GRANDPARENTS TODAY!!
THEIR DAUGHTER, DESIRAE (WHO IS MARRIED TO
ANTHONY BINGHAM) GAVE BIRTH TO A HEALTHY BOY!!
6 lbs, 2 ozs (not sure how long). Born in Provo, Utah
His name is Hayden Anthony Bingham
(not 100% sure of the middle name)
Anyway, Dale and Pam have waited a long time
to become grandparents and I am truly happy for them.
It's fun - now I get to call him 'Grandpa Dale"
and he can feel 'really old' now!

Not much else going on around my place, just wanted to say HI!
LOVE, Aunt Cassy, Grandma Cass and Grandma TaTa!

A belated happy anniversary to Andy and Ninha. I hope you had a great day.

Just thought I would post a few photos from earlier this afternoon when the kids went out to play. They came hurrying to the back door with this preying mantis. Ok, so the last picture of John is something totally random, but oh so John.
Love to all of you, Marion.

HAPPY 7th ANNIVERSARY

ANDY AND NINHA

Love, Mom
(oops, I made a mistake before, I must be getting old!)

Bobby makes me jealous...however, I have had an absolutley wonderful weekend of soccer myself. The IWCC womens team knocked 7 balls in the net and held back from scoring as they worked on possesion for nearly 40 minutes against a 4 year school. Mind you it was a Division 3 school, we humiliated them, as they did not earn a single shot on goal. The IWCC Men...wow...the most talented group of players I have ever had the priveldege to train. They beat the same schools (Buena Vista University) men's team 3-1 and out shot their opponents 22-4. Bobby gets a brownie point for this one as he introduced a system of play to me last week, I studied it and sold it to Coach Bennett and the boys and the boys confirmed that it was a good sale as they played nearly perfect in a 2-3-3-2 formation. It was fun and fast. If you go to this link you will see some pictures. There are 70 of them. I can be seen in Gray Cargo Shorts folding my arms on the sideline in Picture #38.

THE IWCC matches were also part of the "Meet the Reivers" night. We had nearly 500 people in the crowd, the players threw autographed shirts and soccer balls to the crowd and after the match they made themselves available to sign autographs. The kids ate it up...You can see pictures by clicking here. The girls in the pink shirts are my U14's. The girls in Green jerseys are my U17's. All of the other girls getting autographs in the summer camp shirts are some of the younger teams in the club. It was a very rewarding day for me as I got to witness the development of soccer in this community. I am very proud and grateful to be part of the development of soccer in this community.

So Saturday, the total goals for teams coached was 10, total allowed 1.

Sunday, I made it to early morning sacrament and headed to Lincoln befor the closing song. My cherrished U14's moved up a division, as they were division 2 champions last spring. They were playing their first Division 1 match. I was nervous, as was not sure what to expect. The girls came out looking sharp offensively and unorganized defensively. They got scroed on in the 5th minute...after that it was all us as we won 4-1. It was a great way to start thier season. 3 hours after the 14's kicked off I had to be back in Omaha 50 Miles away) for my U17 Girls first Game of the fall. I had my assistant warm them up and start them in a standard 4-4-2. I showed up with 5 minutes left in the first half, I watched 5 minutes, realized we were the dominant team, changed the formation to 3-4-3 and the final result was 4-0 in our favor. It was a fun weekend.

Total goals for teams coached over the weekend was 18, total allowed 2.

The IWCC men play Monday night against Bobbys old rival when he was at William Penn. Grandview College is an NAIA school with a ton of tradition and experience. The two coaches are people that both Bobby and I have a ton of respect for. It is a scrimmage match, so it should be a good time! Bobby I will tell Blair and Ventsi hello for you!

I hope all is well. I am very busy with club and college soccer. It is a great feeling to be developing and maturing as a soccer coach and as a person.

Love you all & miss you all tons!!!!!!!!!

I got to go to The Real Salt Lake vs Real Madrid soccer game last week.
It was a good game Madrid won 2-0.
Robinho scored the one goal while the other was a PK by Van Nistelrooy.
It was said that Real Salt Lake would be a much easier rival than D.C. United, but the Utah-based team's desire to please their fans, to put on a good show, and to embarrass Real Madrid, gave the Whites a tougher time than anyone expected. Raúl, along with Cassano, created the play that led to a penalty in the first half, and Robinho, who found the back of the net in the second half, can share Man of the Match honours for Capello's side. Van Nistelrooy made his Madrid scoring debut by netting the penalty kick. The North American team played most of the second half with ten men on the pitch after Harris was sent off due to a hard tackle on Sergio Ramos.

Soooooo many of the worlds BEST players all on one pitch. Beckham was cool to see in person but I enjoyed seing Roberto Carlos---One of my Favorite defenders from Brazil.

Dear Abby
Thank you so much for the report. It was very kind of you
to take the time and make the effort, It will also be a neat
record of your feelings preserved in this family record. I
print it out every month and save it in a binder that you will be
able to look back to and remember this event! We are all proud of your
mom and dad. It takes two to be a bishop!
Love Uncle ED

Sorry Uncle Ed
It completely slipped my mind. So here is the report. Spencer: "It's really fun to see him there up on the stands. It's weird since he is usually sitting by us." John: Every question I asked John he said yeah. So I guess that he likes it. Me: I think it is so weird seeing my dad up on the stand but I think that it's good that he's able to be the bishop. Maybe he can help people come back to our ward. I have faith in him.
Love you all,
Abby

Hey Abby,
Need your report before school starts!
Love Uncle ED

Good to hear how everyone is doing. I thought I would let everyone know what is going on here in New Jersey.
The phone has started ringing a lot. On Sunday, the calls started about three and didn't end until after nine. The other night Bryan and I were going to start watching a movie at nine and the phone rang. He didn't get off the call until after ten. I think this may be a trend. It is all good though and doesn't really bother us that much.
The kids have been on pins and needles waiting for their teacher letters to arrive. Abby was on the phone with four different girlfriends last night and there was a lot of high pitched squealing going on. When Spencer turned to me and asked why his friends hadn't called I told him, "Boys don't do that Spence." He looked at Abby dancing all over the place and said, "Yea, I guess your right." There is a lot of girl stuff going on around here lately. I guess we are moving into that era. I overheard a one sided conversation yesterday about he benefits of lip gloss. Ugh, I am so glad boys don't do that. I guess with them it is something different, like when John asks if I want to hear a funny joke and after I say yes he burps and laughs hysterically. I just don't know what could be funnier than that.
Poor John is convinced that he is going to school just like Abby and Spencer. I am not looking forward to the trauma that is likely to occur when the bus rolls away without him. Oh well.
So that is like in a nutshell here. We are busy like everyone else. Our best to all of you.

Cassy needed new string for her gas weed eater and i needed new string for my electric weed eater. So we spent a bit of time getting Cassies apart and wound up and mine wound up and then after the fact we decided this was such exciting stuff that we needed to share it on the blogg so we got Marie to take pictures of us having a weed eater duel and then poseing so everyone can see what wonderful homosapien examles of industry we are not to mention how suave and debonair. That last sentence really makes one wanna gagge so feel free to hurel at ant time and we will join you!
love Champ and Cassy

THIS IS A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MARION AND JOCELYN FOR THEIR GREAT HELP ON WHERE TO FIND ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW ON THE LDS.ORG WEBSITE. NOW I'M ALL SET FOR THOSE PRIMARY CHILDREN ON SUNDAY!
BRING ' EM ON!
THANKS AGAIN AND LOVE YOU
NINHA

Good Job Marion! Spoken just like a good Bishops wife!
Love Ya

Ninha Have a great time with those kids. Don't worry about the aduls
and you will have a great time. Ed

Ninha,
if you go to the church webside lds.org and go to the pdf section of church publications you can get access to this month's Friend. There will be an index on the left side of the screen and you can go to the sharing time section. There are always about six different ideas for sharing time in each month's issue. They always include songs to sing and great all around ideas. I think these ideas are usually the best source since they follow the current primary theme and are approved by the church.
Good luck, Marion.

HI TO ALL YOU SISTERS IN THE PRIMARY!!

ON BEHALF OF NINHA - THIS IS AN URGENT CALL GOING OUT FOR IDEAS FOR PRIMARY SHARING TIME. SHE HAS TO CONDUCT SHARING TIME THIS SUNDAY, AND IS AT A LOSS FOR WHAT TO DO - HELP!!

IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, PLEASE POST ON THE BLOG, OR EMAIL HER AT mrs3rdiii@hotmail.com.

LOVE YOU ALL AND THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Grandma Cass, Grandma TaTa and Aunt Cassy

We took a walk a few weeks ago and were able to 'listen' to the wheat fields in the breeze. Last week we took the same walk with Bernadette (MIL). It's haying season now and the fields are all full of rows of cut wheat or bales of hay. Luckily we got Alienor and Guillaume off the 'hay ball' (as the kids call them) because not 5 minutes later along came a tractor and truck to load them up and carry them away.
The kids got a kick out of Granny on Alienor's bike. They didn't know Granny could ride a bike because she's so old! Considering she's not much bigger than Alienor, the bike fit just fine. Of course the tires weren't pumped up quite enough to take the additional weight!

Well, Sunday was a big day for our family. Being made a Bishop is really an interesting process, but one that our family will always be grateful to have been a part of. All three members of the new Bishopric had to be set apart as High Priests so there was a lot to do after church. The blessings were amazing and I have to say that I feel an extra sense of protection for our family after all that was said. Unlce Ed asked Abby to let everyone know what she and Spencer and John thought of their dad being made the Bishop which she is working on. Thought you might like to see a picture of the happy new Bishopric of the Medford, New Jersey Ward.
Love to all of you, Marion.

hi Marion,
Sent u the ginn addies via email. Here is the ones I have for Nathan
currently.
home 303.926.7292
cell 303. 829.5997
work 970.352.1848
laer champ

Nathan,
I need to ask you a question and don't have your phone number. Would you mind putting it up here so that I can give you a call?
Thanks, Marion.

Hope you had a great Anniv. By the pics of the island, it looks like you did Keep smiling sister!!!! Thought i would post pics of that happy day 3 years ago. You are beautiful.

Happy Anniversary Cindi and David. Much happiness to both of you.

We have had an interesting last few weeks. Lots of things have been going on and we have really wondered what direction life was going to take us in. Last night we had a very clear answer to that question. Bryan was called to be the new Bishop of our ward. He will be a young Bishop, only 35, but we both believe he is ready for the responsibility and feel a deep sense of gratitude that the Lord would entrust him to preside over our ward. (Ed I will call you)

Our love to each and every one of you. Marion.

Congratulations to Cindi and David on their Third Anniversary.
Mom wanted me to do this last night but last night it wasn't the
second of August yet! Now as I write this at 7pm pdt it is the morning
of the Third in Spain! I can't win. Three years ago at this time we were in
the recepition line and my feet were killing me but I digress. It was a beauiful
evening and we were happy for both of them. We are even happier now that
they have survived three years and still enjoy each others company. May they
remain happy in the years to come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love Mom and Dad

Wow Andy and Ninha, what a lot of stuff going on. I can't believe Exton, PA is one of your choices. That is only 15 minutes from where we lived in PA and now its about an hour and 15. You may not be ready for PA, but what a great option. Exton has become one of the hotter further out Philly suburbs because of the land to build on. Whatever your decision I know you will land solidly on your feet, specially with a guaranteed job.
Our love to all of you, Marion.