FLOURISHING TREE BY THE LAKE: March 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010

Spending St Patricks Day At The Park

Thursday, March 25, 2010

William walking

William actually started taking steps when he was 11months. The day he turned 1, he took the most steps he's ever done which was 6 steps right infront of his dad and i .Three weeks later, Jacob came home and saw his son walking towards him. It was that wonderful milestone that we were always looking forward too. As i called it the ''Grand Finale".Jacob was so excited , surprised and also touched that he's son who was always crawling has now begun to walk. I definetly felt the same way but alittle too emotional as my baby is no longer a baby anymore but a big boy now.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Hahn Air Base

We made a trip to Kirchberg in the Hunsruck region(Germany) where once an American F-16 Air Force base(1953-1991) was located now civil and is used as an annexed airport by Frankfurt. This trip was very special as my father in law was stationed here 40 years ago and we wanted to see for ourselves what the base looked like now.
All we could see was abandoned buildings . Jacob walked into the dorms and noticed iron bars, broken windows and even cracked walls. As we looked around we could see a tennis court and a commisary sign.We drove up to the commisary and once we got there ,we realised that we had just droven past the main gate.That was how bad everything was.You could recognised the structure of the buildings and the paint they use but the condition was not as close to that of today.It was totaly a sad sight.Below is a few pictures from our trip.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

27th February 2010

This was the day William came into the world a year ago.I remember Jacob holding up his son and saying ''HAPPY BIRTHDAY sonny ,now what did God tell you to tell us".This was a very special day for us.William was so tiny but a very long baby.He gave us joy like no one else had given. He was everything perfect and more. So a year as passed and we celebrated with him his special day even though he wasn't feeling well. Jacob and i baked a spongebob cake.Alot of work but we had so much fun.When William finally had a glimpse of his cake, he was so excited. The day ended as we made a visit to the emergency room as William started running a high fever..:( The last time we were both at the emergency room was when we were expecting William,now one year later..we were back there. Anyway, the doctor ran some tests, had x-rays done and we were good to leave. We are planning to give him a traditional birthday party @ my cousins house mid April.

WELCOME AND HOPE THIS PAGE FINDS YOU WELL

We are the Haines Family and are currently stationed in Rheinland Phalz Region - Ramstein Base , Germany under the United States Air Force.

Jacob and Lavenia Haines. Proud Parents of William and Brent and we have a wonderful dog, Sofi.

Jacob is originally from Kentucky, U.S.A and Lavenia is from the Fiji Islands in the Pacific Region.

William and Brent are both born here in Germany.

We have had paperworks to do. There is always a section where it asks for their nationality and we came up with "Gerijicans".( a mixture of the 3)

Ha!Ha! if only there was such word.

The name "Flourishing Tree By The Lake"!!

I had been thinking of making a blog but jst couldn't find a name to define who we were.During our afternoon walks,i would ask Jacob if he had a special name to describe our Family.He came up with an "Adventurous Family" since we are always out doing something as a family..I stood still and said,Honey..that's too general.He replied well that's what i got babe.So that night i stayed up late reading a book called Daily Inspiration by Rick Wareen.What struck me was a picture of a tree on the coverpage.And boom that name just came into my head,"Flourishing Tree By the Lake".I thought of it and it sure was a perfect name.Living lives is just like a tree,when we take good care of it..it blooms out and flourishes but if we don't ,it withers and dies away.Sometimes we fall but that shouldn't be a barrier..stand up, pull yourself together and move forward knowing that you are stronger than that obstacle that you had just faced.Are we perfect,No...because we are just human beings.Do we have the courage and capability to try...Yes.We have come a long way..still striving,still flourishing and will always continue to flourish no matter what the circumstances may be.We remember vivdly when we used to struggle,living paycheck to paycheck..life was hard but it made us appreciate life more which helped improve us to become better people.We had so much faith (still do) in ourselves,in each other and most importantly in God that nothing is impossible.