Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The Knight family would like to wish all of our friends and family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We love all of you and are blessed to have you in our lives!

Remember That JESUS Is The Reason For The Season!!!!

Merry Christmas

Tis the Season!

Jenny is a member of the 4th grade K-Kids Club at school. They do service projects through out the year. In October they raked leaves for the Shut-in, November they collected money for a local Soldier that was wounded in Iraq. And today they are bell ringers for the Salvation Army outside our local post office. I love the fact that Jenny gets to do all this community service. Its a great thing for these kids to get involved in. Here are some pictures from the bell ringing this morning.

Merry Christmas!

Our Sailors!

Tuscola had done something special to recognize all the military that live here. They have made these beautiful signs and placed them on poles up and down Main St. I took pictures of the boys so everyone could see them. We are so proud of you Jordan, Russell and Sam!

My Little Sister!

I would like to give a shout out to my little sister! On Saturday Dec 6th she will be graduating with her RN degree. She has a pinning ceremony @ 1pm. She has been going to school for 3 years now. I am sure it has not been easy taking care of 3 kids, a husband, the house and going to school full-time. Kimmy, I am so proud of you and you are going to make an excellent Nurse!

November 29th

Well, Today is the day!!! Jordan is flying to Italy for a 6 month deployment with the Navy. He said he will have a layover in Ireland while they refuel. He is really excited but also a little nervous so please say a little prayer for him. Italy is 7 hours ahead of us so he is going to have to do some adjusting to the time difference. They gave all the guys Ambien so they will be able to sleep on the plane ride. Jordan said it's a 15 hour flight! Here is Jordans address if you want to write to him while he is gone. I am sure he would appreciate any mail he can get as he will probably really be missing home. Jordan is going to get back in the States in June and will be home for 2 weeks in July!


Jordan we love you and we are so very proud of the path you have taken with your life!


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What's up!!!

Hello Family and Friends,
I have neglected my blog and thought i would take a few minutes to catch everyone up on what is going on. Jordan graduated from his schooling in Pensacola,FL in October and came home for 2 weeks. We had a wonderful visit with him. We were sad when it was time for him to leave. Jordan is now stationed in Brunswick, Maine until Nov. 29th. On that day, Jordan is leaving for Sigonella, Italy. He is going to be stationed there for 6 months. He is super excited. This is one country he wanted to visit while he was in the Navy! When Jordan gets back he will be able to come home for a 2 week visit. He said sometime around 4th of July! Jerry and I told him that we are expecting some awesome Italian wine shipped home:) Jordan is now an Aviation Electrician and he works on P3 planes.
For those of you that know my sister Kim, she is graduating from Nursing school in Dec. I am so proud of her and I know she is going to be an awesome nurse. Early Congrats Kim!!!!
Nothing new with the Knight's. We have had a little break from sports. Jenny will be starting basketball soon and Jami is going to try out for the school Dance team. Prayers for Jami please. She really wants to make the team and I think she would be an awesome dancer.
Finally, Prayers are needed for my Aunt Elaine. She came off the steps wrong early one morning and really did a number on her knee. She has a High grade near complete or complete ACL tear, a complex meniscus tear, bone contusions, a Grade 4 displaced cartilage, and a large amount of joint effusion (fluid on the knee). I pray that she will have a speedy recovery. Love ya Aunt Elaine!!!!
Well, that's about all that is going on with the Knight's hope you are having a Happy Fall!!!

Shelley

Congratulations to the Stirrett's

Back in early September I asked friends and family to pray for our friend Megan who was pregnant and having lots of complications. We needed baby Stirrett to stay in mommy's tummy as long as possible. Well......after all the prayers, Baby Stirrett listened and waited until last night to enter the world. He was approx 4 days overdue. Megan gave birth to a healthy baby boy last night about 8:41pm. He was 7 lbs and 15 oz and 20 inches long. Mommy and baby are doing great. Mikie and Megan have not named him yet. But I have seen pictures and he is absolutely adorable. Congratulations to Mikie and Megan and also big brother Maddix. We love you all and we are so happy for you!

Love
Jenny and Shelley

If you would like to see Baby Stirrett, please click here: http://stirrettfamily.blogspot.com/

Jenny and Soccer

Here are pictures of Jenny playing soccer. She has finished another season. This year she scored 3 goals for her team. Her most memorable goal came when they were playing against Arcola. They were losing 6-0 and right before the 4th quarter was over, Jenny scored the only goal for her team. She was so happy. We are done with soccer until the spring!

Homecoming 2009

Well, once again we survived Homecoming week. The girls both looked so pretty in their dresses. It was Jessica's last homecoming. The Homecoming dance was on Saturday September 26th. I can't believe how much these girls have grown up!














Jami had her first date for Homecoming. His name is Nolan. They are total opposites! Nolan is extremely quiet and shy and then there is Jami....Very outgoing and very active.

Jami has some of her friends come over to the house before the dance so that they could all take pictures together. So here are some pictures of all the girls. The last one is my favorite. It is typical of all these girls.

Powder Puff Football

It's that time of year again! Homecoming week in Tuscola. One of the traditions is the Powder-Puff football game. Jami is the only one that chose to play this year. Her Sophomore class took on the Freshman and they won 12-6. Jami's cousin James was one of the coaches for the team. An no powder-puff game would be complete without your cheerleaders. So here are some pictures from the game last night.

Dani, Kayce, Jami and Kati

Jami getting pointers from one of her coaches (aka her cousin James)

Jami and Alyssa

Jami playing powder puff

Our Sophomore Powder Puff Cheerleaders!

Happy 18th Birthday Jessica!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Jessica!!!!! 18 years ago today, Jerry and I welcomed our first daughter into the world. Jessica Alaine Knight was born on Sept 18,1991. What a beautiful young lady she has grown up to be and we are so blessed to have her in our life. So if you get a chance, wish Jessica a Happy Birthday!

Jessica also gets to share her birtday with her cousin Jillian in Colorado. So Happy Birthday also to Jillian Bonds.

C_O_U_P_O_N_S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a new hobby! It is collecting coupons. Yes, Coupons!!! I am obsessed with it. I have even gone so far as to buy coupons on ebay! But I have also learned to save alot of money and that makes Jerry extremely happy. He loves it so much. He has even gone with me to do my shopping so he can see what I save. Yesterday Jerry, Jenny and I went to Meijer. My total bill before I gave the lady my coupons was $154.96 I gave the lady my coupons and when she was all done. I had saved $63.44 and only had to pay out of pocket $91.52. I am a beginner, but as i get the hang of it. I expect my out of pocket amount to continually decrease. You too can become a coupon junkie!!! Just start printing out online coupons form some of these sites and they are good at Walmart, Schnucks (they double them up to .55) County Market, and Meijer. I also collect the coupons out of the Sunday paper. The other day I found coupons online for Honey Bunches of Oats cereal. $2.00 coupons. well, I took those to Meijer who had the cereal on sale for $2.00 a box. I came home with 6 FREE boxes of cereal. So I hope you find this information helpful and that you will start printing off coupons and saving money. Here is the best site to start with. You have to pay to join, but it's not very much and believe me, I have already earned back what I paid out! One more place to get coupons is Walmart. They sell a magazine at the checkout counter. It is called All You. It is loaded with awesome coupons. Check it out next time you are @ Walmart....Happy Clipping!!!!

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Prayers needed please:)

Hello to all my friends and family,
I am once again asking for your prayers for our friend Megan and baby Stirrett! Update from Megan is that baby Stirrett is breach and she is still having small contractions. She needs to hold out until at least Saturday as she will then be 34 weeks. Baby Stirretts size is good and Megan said that after Saturday they will no try and stop her contractions. So I ask that you please pray for Megan to go as long as possible without delivering too early, also that the baby will turn so he will not be breach and also that Megan has an easy delivery. Please also pray that when she does delivery Mommy and baby will be healthy. Please also pray for Mikie and Maddox (Her husband and little boy) as I know this has probably been just as stressful for them as it has been for Megan....We love you Megan and Baby Stirrett you guys are so special to us!

Love,

Shelley and Jenny

Jessica is a Warriorette!

Here are some pics of Jessica. She is a 2009 Tuscola Warriorette. That is our High School Dance Team. They will be performing during halftime of all the home football and basketball games. Then in January, they will start their competition season where they compete against other schools for bragging rights.

School is in Session

Well, School is back into full swing. The girls have their first week under there belt and are ready to take on the rest of the year. Jessica is starting tomorrow @ Parkland College. She will go there Tues-Fri. She is taking 2 classes this semester. They are Medical Terminology and Orientation/Health Careers. She will be done with these Dec 11th. Then will not start back @ Parkland until Fall of 2010. Jami is working @ the IGA when she is not in school and hanging out with her friends. Jenny is getting ready to start Soccer again. She asked Jerry the other day if she could play football next year. He told her no that she needs to do "Girl" sports. She was not too happy with that response. I definitely think she should have been a boy. She loves being out in the garage with him. They have been cutting wood together for the fire pit so the girls can have friends over after the football games. He gave Jenny her own pair of gloves and she has her own hack saw. It is hilarious to watch them and listen to their conversations with each other.

It's Football time and that means it is time for us to watch our 2 favorite teams play! Tuscola Warriors Football kicks off this Friday. We are going to go watch our nephew James play and also watch Jessica perform @ half time for the Dance Team. Hopefully the WARRIORS will make it to STATE!!! It's also time to watch the PITTSBURGH STEELERS kick-off their season and win another SUPER BOWL TITLE!!!!! Life is Good!

I have a request for all my friends and family that read my blog. Please keep a friend of mine in your prayers. Her name is Megan and she is very special to Jenny and I. She is pregnant with her 2nd baby and having some complications. Please pray that baby Stirrett will be healthy and that he will wait a little while longer before he decides to come into this world. He is not due until October! But he is trying to arrive early. Please pray that he will hold on just a few more weeks!

Back to School Time

Hard to believe that the summer is coming to an end for the girls. Monday Aug 10th, I have to go register the girls for school. It is going to be expensive this year! The first day will be August 19th. Where has the summer gone? Jessica is going to be a Senior. She has all of her credits for school so she is going to Parkland College Tue-Thurs morning, and then has classes at the High School in the afternoons. So not only am I paying for her to go to high school, we have fall tuition at Parkland along with the purchase of books for those classes. Jessica's goal in life is to be a dentist so this is going to help her get a head start on her college classes. Jessica is also in Student Council and on the Dance team so she is going to be very busy. Plus she still has her job at Polo. Jami is going to be a sophomore. She is going to be in FCCLA (Future Community and Career Leaders of America), Lifesavers, and she is going to try the Drama Club this year. She also works part time at the Tuscola IGA. Jenny is going into 4th grade. She is getting ready to start fall soccer also. Our Friday night's are going to be booked for football games. Our nephew James is on the Varsity football team so we will be traveling to all the games and watching him play. Before we know it, the school year will be almost over and I will be planning Jessica's graduation :( Hope you are all having a great summer!!!

Florida Vacation

We are finally home from our week in sunny Florida! It was an awesome time. We took the girls to Panama City Beach for 6 days of fun. While there, they went riding on jet ski's, we swam with the dolphins, rode on a banana boat and even para sailed over the ocean. Jessica and Jami also had to get their thrill ride in. Last year while in Colorado, they sky coasted over the Royal Gorge. This year, the rode the Sling Shot. It shot them 360 feet into the air. They loved it. We had the best Jack Daniel's ribs at a place called Pineapple Willy's, and had dinner one night @ Jimmy Buffets Margaritaville. Thursday we
headed to Pensacola so we could spend a little time with Jordan. Pensacola is not near as nice as Panama City, but it was fun. We drove across the 3 mile long bridge that is over Pensacola Bay. I don't know how many of you know it but I have a fear of bridges over water. Jerry thought it would be funny to take me over it not once, but 3 times!!! We went on Jordan's base one day while he was in school and went to the National Naval Aviation Museum. It was awesome. We even got a private tour behind the restricted area by a retired pilot. He took us to where they are restoring the old planes. There is one that they found in Lake Michigan that they are working on. He also showed us all of the old planes that they store there. It was really neat. We took Jordan and 3 of his friends to the Outback for dinner and then went bowling. Let me tell you, you have never really been bowling until you have been with 4 sailors! Let's just say it was a night that we will never forget! They were absolutely hilarious! But now the fun is over and we are home. Oh I almost forgot. Jordan is going to be home in October for about 2 weeks. He is going to be stationed on a new base to finish his schooling. He will either be going to Maine or Washington (the state). Hope everyone is having a safe and fun summer!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today our Little Princess is "9". WOW!! Where have the years gone. Seems like just yesterday she was a little baby and how she is growing up on us. Jenny is going to be in the 4th grade this year. We took Jenny to Los Potros, the mexican restaraunt in town and had the traditional ice cream in the face. Here is the picture from it. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY!!!!!!!

Rare Opportunity

Jay and I had a rare opportunity while Jordan was home and we took advantage of it. For the first time in several years, we had all our kids together at the same time. So we made all of them get together for a photo.

(Back) Buddy, Jordan, Kyle, Jayda, and Jami

(Front) Jenny, Jacob and Jessica

Jordan home for a visit

Jordan came home for 4th of July weekend. We picked him and his friend Alex up at the airport in Indy on Friday night and took them back to the airport on Monday afternoon. We had a wonderful visit with them. Jordan's girlfriend also came down to Tuscola on the Amtrak. She is from Wisconsin. Jordan was able to spend time with his friends all weekend and then on Sunday, we had all the family over for a cookout. It was nice for everyone to get to spend time with him. He has really grown up alot and we are so proud of our Sailor!

Mud Volleyball on the 4th of July

Here is the Mud Volleyball team picture before they got all muddy. Their team name was
"Check Out Our Aces". Team members were Front row: Jessica, Jenny (team Captain) and Jenna (Jordan's girlfriend). Back row: Kati (friend), Jayda, Austen (Jessica's boyfriend) Cori (friend) and Jami.

Well, The girls decided that they wanted to play Mud Volleyball this year on the 4th of July. They formed their team, made their own shirts for it and were anticipating a fun day in the mud. Well, it decided to rain all day! This did not stop them from playing though. They went out there and had a blast. Here are some pictures of the team.