Rodman Family 2009

Aren't we a patriotic bunch??!! Happy 4th of July!

Family Reunion 2009

Craft afternoon with all the girls.
Leann and Anna

Family Reunion 2009

Chelsea is enjoying being attacked by a bear!!

Enjoying the parade!

Great Grandma Pyrah and Kynlee
Chelsea with Kynlee

Family Reunion 2009

All the kids together. Jens is so unlucky to have 6 sisters!

Grandpa shooting off fireworks with the kids.

Go Elise! Marching in the Willard 4th of July Parade.

Anna enjoying the 4th of July parade.

Family Reunion 2009

Kendyl batting. The pitcher beamed her in the leg!

This is Kynlee trying to shoot a bow and arrow.

Family Reunion 2009

Kynlee, Kyler and Doug

Getting ready for the 4th of July Parade in Willard.

Dale and Leann

Family Reunion 2009

Games. . .like Rummy Royal. . .Chelsea won that night!
Everyone took turns riding in Elise's new Volkswagen Bug.

All the siblings together.

Chelsea and Kendyl enjoying s'mores. We had a campfire one night.

Family Reunion 2009

Everyone ate out at El Charros.
What did Doug order? It's in the big black pig.

The kids had a trip to the miniature horse farm.

Grandma Pyrah came over to help can 25 quarts of green beans in one morning!

Family Reunion 2009

Anna likes the water!
Kendyl and Kynlee on the swing set.

The whole family: Back row, Jens, Chelsea, Elise, Tanille, Cheme, Kyler, and Doug.

Front row, Kendyl, Leann, Anna, Dale, and Kynlee.

Doug, Cheme', Kynlee and Kyler at the new Willard Aquatic Center.

The week Jens got home was the 4th of July week. There were activities planned and all 7 of the siblings were there and the 2 grandchildren. We had a lot of fun.

Welcome Home Elder Rodman!

Leann and Dale came home on the same flight with him. Do they look like tourists or what??

Jens greeting Kyler and Doug.

Jens giving Aunt Lori a hug.

Anna meeting a stranger. She didn't know what to think.

Welcome Home Elder Rodman!

Finally Home!
The new Springfield Airport. Grandma Pyrah

Justin was even there!

Costa Rica. . .

On Sunday they went to church in Santa Cruz where Jens spent 8 months of his mission--4 months being the Branch President.
A beautiful waterfall but boy was it COLD.

Resting after a very long hike up a mountain in the rain forest.

A very typical house in San Jose'. All the outside is barred and all the doors and windows have bars.

Costa Rica. . .

Jens buying souveniers.
A Nicaraguan boy selling pottery on the beach. They bought 2 vases.

Dale and Leann after 27 years . . .

In front of the San Jose', Costa Rica Temple.

Costa Rica. . .

Is this paradise or what???
Jens and Dale walking on the beach!

Dale and Leann feeding the monkeys Nutter Butter Cookies.

Costa Rica!!!!

At our cabin in "Happy Land" (that was the name of the place.)
Lots of banana fields.

The night mom and dad met Jens.

Jens' last night with all the Elders.

Dale and Leann left on June 22nd to go to Costa Rica. Jens finished his mission and they went to pick him up at the mission home. They went on vacation for a week. They visited both the Carribean Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. They went to see a lot of people that Elder Rodman taught during his 2 year mission. It was a great experience for them!