The Connour Family http://theconnours.com Greg, Sam, & Abilene Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:15:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Still Alive http://theconnours.com/2008/08/still-alive/ http://theconnours.com/2008/08/still-alive/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:15:58 +0000 Greg http://theconnours.com/2008/08/still-alive/

IMG_2597, originally uploaded by theconnours.

This is how we feel after moving to a new apt., chasing after Blinn, unpacking, celebrating Blinn’s birthday with a houseful of toddlers, babysitting friends’ 18 mo. old and trying to keep up with work and ministry and life! (Did we mention chasing after Blinn??)

We’ll be back soon with birthday pictures and a few of the new apartment, but until then we’ll be trying to catch up on sleep, pay the rent and enjoy our hilarious, lively, way-too-smart and extremely fun 2 year old! See you soon!

]]> http://theconnours.com/2008/08/still-alive/feed/ Blinn is an Extrovert http://theconnours.com/2008/07/blinn-is-an-extrovert/ http://theconnours.com/2008/07/blinn-is-an-extrovert/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:02:32 +0000 Samantha http://theconnours.com/?p=37 Blinn likes to have her entourage with her at all times, even for naptime! (This picture is post-nap. She actually slept with all of these- happily, as you can see!)

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Check this out.

http://theresurgence.com/node/1081

(On Mark Driscoll’s blog, he posted a picture of someone that he’s going to be blogging about in the next few days and said to send any guesses to Mike Anderson’s Twitter and Samantha’s guess was Ed Stetzer, with an accompanying picture done by Greg. They liked it so much they posted it to theresurgence.com blog. lol.)

(By the way, if you twitter, you can follow Sam at www.twitter.com/shedabbles and Greg at www.twitter.com/gregconnour. If you don’t know what “twittering” is go here.)

]]> http://theconnours.com/2008/07/were-famous/feed/ Shedabbles.com http://theconnours.com/2008/07/shedabblescom/ http://theconnours.com/2008/07/shedabblescom/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:53:27 +0000 Samantha http://theconnours.com/?p=33 Hi friends and family! Just wanted to let you know that you can now sign up at www.shedabbles.com (Sam’s girly side blog project) and receive my posts via email. Come sign up! I’ll be blogging alot in the next few weeks about our new apartment and decorating, etc. We’re really excited!!

]]> http://theconnours.com/2008/07/shedabblescom/feed/ Sprinkler Fun http://theconnours.com/2008/07/sprinkler-fun/ http://theconnours.com/2008/07/sprinkler-fun/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:46:42 +0000 Samantha http://theconnours.com/?p=32 Blinn and I went to hang out with our friends, Beth and Harrison yesterday for some summer fun- here’s some pics!

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(The first video is only 37 seconds long, and then there’s 3 min. of a black screen on the end for some reason. So don’t sit through that. The second video is the full length.)

]]> http://theconnours.com/2008/07/worship-decisions/feed/ We Are Moving! http://theconnours.com/2008/07/we-are-moving/ http://theconnours.com/2008/07/we-are-moving/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:41:20 +0000 Samantha http://theconnours.com/?p=29 A whopping 276ft according to Google Maps.

New apt. 2br. WASHER/DRYER/DISHWASHER!!!!! YAY!!!!

]]> http://theconnours.com/2008/07/we-are-moving/feed/ Quote of the Day http://theconnours.com/2008/07/quote-of-the-day/ http://theconnours.com/2008/07/quote-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:17:26 +0000 Samantha http://theconnours.com/?p=28 “You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.” - William D. Tammeus

]]> http://theconnours.com/2008/07/quote-of-the-day/feed/ The Other One http://theconnours.com/2008/06/the-other-one/ http://theconnours.com/2008/06/the-other-one/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:44:58 +0000 Samantha http://theconnours.com/?p=27 Just letting friends and family know that I’ve started a fun little blog site at www.shedabbles.com where I post fun little tidbits about things I love, decorating, crafty-things, girly-stuff, etc. It’s still under construction, but we’re just getting started. Come check it out!

]]> http://theconnours.com/2008/06/the-other-one/feed/ A Fab Five http://theconnours.com/2008/06/a-fab-five/ http://theconnours.com/2008/06/a-fab-five/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:19:25 +0000 Samantha http://theconnours.com/?p=26

Today I have been married to Greg for five years, which is amazing because it seems like just yesterday we were driving my parents 1982 Pontiac Bonneville out of Des Moines because Greg’s Jeep Cherokee was in the shop with faulty breaks and a rock through the windshield from the night before the wedding! I really can’t make sense of how long 5 years is because I am more in love with Greg now then I was then and that seems to make life fly by insanely fast. In the first year I learned that Greg is more kind and empathetic than I could ever be, in the second year I learned that he would work harder than anyone for something he was passionate about, in the third year I learned that he has incredible loyalty and that he was so very excited about becoming a dad and waited patiently while I learned to be excited and not just terrified! In the fourth year I watched him fall in love with his beautiful daughter and fall in love with being a father, and I learned that we weren’t only joined by our love and our best-friendship, but now we were a team together in this thing called parenting and that he made that a lot of fun too, and in this last year I have watched him grow in his music, grow his business, and still making sure his family is taken care of financially and emotionally, and that still, after 5 years, he’s the person I want to hang out with the most, miss when he’s not around to share the joke and that he understands me the best of anyone.
Greg, I love and respect you more than anyone and I can’t imagine a life better than the one we’re in right now, together. You’re my favorite.

Your lucky wife,

Sam

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