Holiday Baking

Today and yesterday the family has been busy BAKING!!! We made fudge, sugar cookies, chocolate chip cookies, lemon bars, key lime bars, cranberry bliss bars, No bake chocolate cookies, brownies,, and Carmelita's We learned to clean as you go

cranberry bliss bars

Chocolate no bake cookies

Key Lime Bars

YUMMM

The Holidays

Once again it's "That" time of the year! This year has been especially stressful. Christopher has managed to have his first car wreck. Luckily, it was somebody we knew. He backed into their van with our truck. All after a wonderful Music Concert at GK that he conducted in.. and was Marvelous is.. It cost us $1800.00 That was Christopher's gift...hehe...

Timothy's back is healing however, he is reconsidering his choice in careers. He still has time to decide. He may take this whole season off, even though he may be able to play in March.

Tanner is dealing with Life in Junior High.. His Love for Old Women has yet to change, and has now joined the Betty White fan club on Facebook.. He looks forward to Golden Girls.. Such an old soul..

I'm just trying to keep up with the boys and the new dog. Tanner has nicnknamed her Pepecheecks! She in turned pooped on his bed. They like each other

Abby our cat has turned into an instigator, she throws stuff on the floor so the dog gets them, and enjoys watching Ellie getting in trouble..They have yet to bond!

Macy and Christian

Family Forever

Tanner has now been making a bunch of videos now ever since he downloaded movie maker.

He took the lapotop over to eastern washington and made musci videos with anna macy christian and himself. He now has something to do in his spare time until he starts fencing

Timmothy Myles Sousley and Alexis Anna Ross

Timothy And his girlfriend alexis have been dating for ever now we have become really close to her family, and they are like whole entire other family to us.

HOME!!!

We just got back home from mossyrock...thank dan and lorel is was great having a family get together.....we had a blast...TANNER IS OFFFICIALLY HOME.

Hapy Birthday Mom

TODAY IS MOMS BIRTHDAY SHE IS TURNING 39 WOW!! THATS YOUNG

Hotel Sousley

We have another person living with us. Rachel Lewis. She has lived with us for 3 weeks now and just got a little kitten named Jeffery. Rachel moved up from Albakirky, New Mexico and has been learning sign language. Rachel wotks at starbucks WOOHOO!!

Summer

It is officially summer!! Our last day was the 16 of June. We might be heading over to Montana with Mike and Julina so we could actually get to go to Flathead Lake this year YES!! But Mom, Dad, and Tim will be staying for a baseball tournament. We also might be going to drive up and down the coast and stop into the red wood forest. WOOHOO!! We may be doing more but I dont know

Mom's birthday is Friday the 19Th then Chris' is the 29Th.

Washington Ambassador Of Music

Christopher has been nominated as a Washington Ambassador for Music. We received the nomination in the mail on Friday. He will get to travel to 7 European Countries for 16 days in July of 2010, that's right after he graduates from High School. Through the program he is eligable to earn college credits, so he would start off his summer already in school. CONGRATS!

Ummmmmmm

We havent posted in a while but here is what we have done
1. Tanner got a new cell phone thats slides open and has a touch screen
2. Chris went out with some friends
3. Chris baby-sat
4. Tim joined our school baseball team
5. Thats it :)

A great sad Night

Last night we went down to visit Mike, Julina, Lincoln, Leslie, Macy, and Caden. We had a great night eating pizza, playing guitar hero, scrabble slam, and Julina's game link a dink. But when it turned about eight o'clock we put in Marley and Me.......it was a good movie until the end. It had a great message everyone(i think) got teary as well as me(notice i didn't write who this is)
(: anonymous...... Thanks Mike and Julina.

Choir festival 2009

All of the boyz have been busy this month with music. They performed last week there first concert and they had 2 days to practice other peices of music for the 2009 choir festival wich was held yesterday. Everything turned our great(:

1st Concert of the year

Tanner and Tim had there first 2009 concert last night wich was a Tanner's first concert in Junior high. It was a great success and everyone enjoyed it.

SUCCESS!

March 14th, Christopher competed along with his peers and other High Schools from around the Tacoma area. In his category of Bass, he placed second Alternate for State, which means he is eligable to compete for the best bass in the State! his groups also competed and placed second Alternate. Just to let everyone know ahead of time, State Competition is in Ellensburg, at CWU on the last weekend of April! Hope everyone is doing well!

=] Christopher

Alex

I logged and i realized that picture that Wendy had posted of Alex so here is another one you might like Wendy

Tanner

Concert

Timothy And Tanner have a concert on thursday the 19th so Please someone come. We will get more info and post it on here.

Painting DONE !!!!

Painting

Hey guys so we have been busy the last couple of days painting our purple, white, and gray walls a bright Tan color. It is very nice color and it makes our house looks bigger and brighter. Our Dad has yet to put up the curtains but i think he is gettnig new ones, but other wise he has put in white bottom panels along the bottom of the walls. Later when we are all finished we will get you guys some pictures,thanks Dad
Tanner ;) its winking

Sucessful!

Friday was one of the Biggest Local concerts I ever did, and my group went out with a bang! a 4 bow encore, and everthing. For Vivace, the concert of Friday was one of our premiere performances with Tacoma Concert Band(TCB), and what a concert. Next up on the line up of concerts comes to

Solo/Ens. Competition where I am hoping my groups and/or solo will go to the State Finals. That will be held at Pioneer MS in Stelicoom.

Then in Late March it will be Bethel School District Choral Festival, and the Graham Kapowsin High School Choir/Orchestra Concert..

Hope everyone is doing well,

Christopher =]

Chandelier

The other day my mom was sitting at our kitchen reading her bible and drinking coffee. She got up to get another cup and she heard a noise and looked over. The chandelier was swinging and fell right where she was sitting. Had she not gone and got her cup of coffee the chandelier would have hit her and hurt her if not killed her. And people say coffee is bad for you, in my Moms case it saved her...

Porter

So Tanner's 6th period teacher Mrs. Porter just got back from school after her mom died and she is very rude and angry. So She had asked the class a question but Tanner did not know what it was cause he has an ear infection so everyone rose there hands and so Tanner did to. Tanner was asked a question that he could'nt here so he said "What" she had repeated it but still Tanner said"What" and then She screamed "Tanner get out in the hall" so Tanner went into the hall with his vocab sheet that was finished. Soon the teacher came out and said, so close that tanner could here, "you are a fibber and a questioner you need to listen to me you didnt do your vocab i was asking who had there vocab done and asked for you to come up and show me" Tanner showed her the vocab sheet and it was done she said"you worked on it out here didnt you" tanner said "No i did it in class and i didnt here you when you asked cause i have an ear infection" She glared at him and said " what ever get in class". Porter has been taking things out on Tanner and he tired of it. Comment on who you think is right p.s. This is Tanner.

75 things about us

Tanner
1. Tanner loves to sing
2. Tanner loves his cat Abby
3. Tanner has blue eyes
4. Tanner misses his long hair
5. Tanner misses grandma and grandpa Rau
6. Tanner like to ride bikes
7. Tanner is 12 years old
8. Tanner's fav. Band is "Hillsong United"
9. Tanner is Christian
10. Tanner's Fav. number is 25
11. Tanner loves Caden
12. Tanner loves macy
13. Tanner Loves cheese
14. Tanner ate a cheese bar when he was 5 in less then 30 min and was not constipated
15. Tanner fends for himself
16. Tanner needs his room clean
17. Tanner rearranges is room 5 times a month
18. Tanner weighs 92 pounds
19. Tanner is listening to "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heep.
20. Tanner hates to hunt.
21. Tanner Hates football and baseball
22. Tanner loves bowling and golfing
23. Tanner has only been golfing 7 times in his life
24. Tanner is going to Montana and Wisconsin this summer
25.This is tanners fav. number
Tim
26. Tim loves baseball
27. Tim hates soccer
28. Tim hates that i am doing this right now
29. Tim loves Alexis
30. Tim loves his friends Sam
31. Tim loves to kill anything that moves
32. Tim loves Country music
33. Tim hates our Cat
34. Tim used to have a dog molly
35. Tim is christian
36. Tim loves goign to Sam house
37. Tim likes for Forza more then Starbucks
38. Tim only goes to coffee stands to get strawberry and cream smothie
39. Tim and dad are the only ones who dont drink Coffee
40. Tim gets his liscenes this year
41. Tim is 14
44. Tim's b-day is may 4th
45. Tim as his room down stairs
46. Tim sleeps naked
47. Tim loves video games
48. Tim hates little kids
49. Tim likes scary movies
50. tim is at Sam 's right now
Chris
51. Chris loves to sing
52. Chris loves coffee (so does tanner)
53. Chris loves to chill with friends.
54. Chris hates to clean
55. Chris hates our cat
56. Chris loves mrs.Klouse
57. Chris loves chocolate
58. Chris is doing solo ensomble (so are Tim and Tanner)
59. Chris hates that i am doing this
60. Chris misses Christine
61. Chris loves Hannahand Hailey
62. Chris has blue eyes
63. Chris has long hair
64. Chris is getting his liscenes
65. Chris is 16
66. Chris's birthday is june 29th
67. Chris loves milk
68. Chris is in spokane today
69. Chris wants his own car
70. Chris hates his brothers
71. Chris hates country (so does Tanner)
72. Chris loves to go over to kennewick
73. Chris room his messy
74. Chris is preppy
75. Chris lovess Hollister

Funeral Updates

So Today I found out that grandpa Rau's funeral was on Tuesday, 1:00 the same place that grandma Rau's Was(in Shelton) please come for more Info contact us at......................................................you really think i would post our number on the internet
at J and Jenns home phone or cell

Update on clyde

We all know that Jenn's Dad clyde had cancer and was very sick. And monday night he went to sleep and never woke up. He is in a better place now and his with his wife sonja rejoicing in the kingdom of heaven.
Thank you grandpa for all you have done in our live
Tanner you mini me

2008 memories

Tanner's 1st day of junior high We actually took a family pic

Chris staid in choir

Tim shot is 1st doe

We went to a national bison range in Montana

National bison range

We went to montana for a family reunion

The bridge in Montana

Mom took grandpa to Wisconsin for the last time

The Sick singer

Tanner has finally got up to concert choir. Tanner has only been moved up since his choir teacher Mrs. Huss knows that he has had experience in singing through vivace. This is the first time Tanner and Timmy have ever had a class together and they say it is kind of weird. But might as well get used to it 1 more semester. Tanner has also been sick for the last couple of days and hasn't missed much school(1 day). Through his first day Tanner started playing the Don't stop believing and I'm yours and the whole choir came around and started singing so Tanner has made friends with the whole choir.....sort of.(not Emily known her since 4th grade don't like her but that's OK)

The boys have had to fend for themselves the last few weeks. I have been going to my Dads and staying with him for a few days a week. For the last 4 days now he has had chronic hiccups and is sleeping a lot more. He is loosing weight at a rapid pace but as of late his appetite has gone. His tumor on his L5 is portruding out his back and his pain meds aren't working enough to keep him comfortable.
Sundays Timothy has baseball practice and they are planning their fundraisers for the season. He has a new love interest... Alexis
Tanner gets his braces on Tuesday.. He is excited!!!
Christopher is working hard on school work. Still can't believe he graduates next summer.
J has been busy with work and Search and Rescue stuff, we're planning family vacations and some just US get-a-ways for the year also..

xmas time!!!

During our christmas break we took a trip to kennewick to see the family. Tanner and chris were begging to stay another week and they came back the fourth. Tanners dream came true as he had opened up his present from grandma. he opened up......grandmas dentchers. Timothy had gotten a new baseball bat that has his name on it. but tht night the light fell on him and pieces of glass flew into the bat .. so sad :).... christopher had got a keyboard(so did Tanner) wich he really wanted. MoM had got a wii fitt that everyone plays. Dad got........ he didnt gat anything but a new cd that he belly danced to in a high school fundraser/concert. so we had a really great xmas.

hint: next year is chris's last xmas with us until he moves out :)