2009 Highlights

January
Adam turned 14

Jessica went from this..

..to this

February




Jessica and I went on the Girls' Getaway Cruise

Jasmine turned 8

Ty got his first job at the theater where Jessica works

Ty got his orange belt

March
The first weekend of March is always the Florida Christian Writer's Conference.


This year conference was in Lake Wales for the first time.


Eva and I had our name tags on so we could remember who we are.


Jasmine and I did an Easter egg hunt with the twins on a trip to Haiti.


The twins.


Destin


Destin



Destin--Jessica was brave





April


Wild Adventures water park

Jasmine with a kinkajou

Easter

T & J had to work on Easter so the rest of us went to the beach.

We had a flashlight Easter egg hunt

Dance

Soccer

I presented my Bible program to a group of 3rd-5th graders

Tyler's Explorer's awards banquet.

Tyler gets a promotion

Jessica and I went to the ECW conference in Pensacola.

ECW conference in Pensacola with Anne Kingsbury-Karen's mom.

With Karen

May




We took Jeff to Wild Adventures





and celebrated his birthday a week late.



My sister and her husband came down and we went to the zoo.








Got Jasmine ready for her dance recital--which was the same night as Tyler's high school graduation.



Tyler graduated.



Tyler's open house






Rick's parents went to the beach with us on Memorial Day



My sister and her husband went to the beach with us on Memorial Day




Jasmine had a soccer party at the end of spring soccer


They had a picnic for the soccer players and it was beautiful weather.



Jasmine off to church camp



June






Wild Adventure



This was my favorite ride by far!



Jessica went to music camp.


Adam went to mission camp.


Stone Mountain


Stone Mountain


World of Coke


















July






I took Jeff, Tyler, Jessica and Jasmine to Universal Studios/Island of Adventure


Seuss Landing was my favorite.













Finished Adam's room







Jessica redid the bathroom.


Tyler turned 19.



















August




Jessica's senior portraits


Jessica turned 18


Adam attended cranio facial camp with Jasmine
Beach fun

At the bay. This is one of the days we read Purpose Driven at the bay.


First day of Jessica's senior year


New friends for the kids


















September



Horse back riding (at the skating rink)

We got rescued at the springs.






October


Wild Adventures






Springs












November

Family pictures using the timer on the camera.





Disney with Rick


End of soccer





















Teamwork









December

Frosting Christmas cookies with the twins in Haiti.












New friends over


Everyone getting along on Christmas Eve.

Christmas

I got a stocking with a devotion book from Tyndale. I love being a Tyndale author. But I'd better get around and get this book written if I want to stay a Tyndale author!


The kids with a ping pong table from my mom. This is my office but you'd never know it.

Jessica (18)


Adam (14)


Jeff (16)


Tyler (19)

Craft of the Month

My son Tyler designed a website for me. It will have a craft of the month. Right now it still has November's craft but Ty will be posting a new one soon. It will not let me create a link so cut and paste www.katrinacassel.com into your browser. Check back often for news and crafts.

Haiti Trip

We went to Haiti to visit the twins and sign some papers the week after Thanksgiving. Here are some of my favorite pictures.

In the pool

Reading

Kayla

Kayla with friends

Celebrating Christmas early.

Kayla with toys

Jasmine in the hotel restaurant

Frosting cookies

Kaleb

Updates

I got the contract with Tyndale and will be writing a devotion book for girls ages 10-14 based on the lives of Bible women. I'm hoping to find lots of stuff from those women that girls can apply to their lives today. It's been pretty interesting so far. I've written about Eve and being made in God's image with unique talents and personalities as well as how to overcome temptation. I've written about Mrs. Noah and facing changes. I've written about Sarah and learning from waiting as well as dealing with jealousy. And I've written about Hagar and how not to taunt others and how to deal with it when you are the brunt of someone's displeasure.

It is just a month until the Middle School Survival Manual releases from Concordia Press. I didn't receive proof pages so they must do all that in-house.

Happy Thanksgiving

Girl's Devotion Book

Tomorrow (Monday) my proposal for a girl's devotion book based on the life of Bible women goes to committee at Tyndale.