Through Our Lens

June & July wedding pics....

2006-07-13T01:17:00.000-04:00

Some of my fav. wedding pics I've taken this summer. Lemme know what'cha think!!!

Summer Pics...

2006-07-13T00:55:00.000-04:00

Uncle Aaron & The girl; The Jules & her diva glasses.

All the kiddos, top: Sam, Isaac, Julia, & Ethan.

Left, top left to bottom:
Sam, Ethan, Isaac & Julia.

CUTEST KIDS EVER!

Summer Blues...

2006-07-12T23:30:00.000-04:00

The girl can finally walk!!!! (left)

Ethan caught a fish!!!

Looking for spiders!!!!

Ethan & The Jules!

Uncle Aaron, catering to the "spin me uncle awin!" request!

Wow, I've been too busy to mention. I know it's cliche to blame business on not blogging, but it's true. Softball like 5 nights a week, family, me working 2 full-time jobs.... ya know the norm. I have 2 sister-in-laws who are preggo.

I am TOTALLY getting let in the dust, but that's OK. I'm cool with it. I just wish everyone else was!!!! I have 2.5 nieces & nephews from one bro & sis (in-law), and 2.5 nephews from another bro & si (in-law, of course), and they keep us quite entertained, to say the least.

Pics included for your viewing pleasure..... :) (4th of July & other stuff)

Pistons lost, Ben left, Wings lost, Shanny & Stevie Y. left..... what is Detroit coming to? Enough complaining, enjoy the pics!!!

Hard Work Pays Off

2006-06-01T00:23:00.000-04:00

Memorail Day 'n stuff

2006-06-01T00:01:00.000-04:00

These are pictures from Memorial Day, in Mom's back yard in her LAVISH pool!!!
Yes, I was literally kicked in the teeth, but he's my lil' guy... so it's coo.
Doesn't my Bear (Aaron) look cute?!?!?!
I am so lucky to be surrounded by such adorable boys!!! :)

So, that's all for now............ enjoy!!!

PS. PISTONS WON!!!! Game 6 Friday @ 8!!!!!

American "commercial-fest" Idol

2006-05-24T00:59:00.000-04:00

I am OFFICIALLY rooting for Taylor.

Jealous... maybe I am, and maybe I AM.

too long!!!

2006-05-24T00:46:00.000-04:00

Ok, so... need I lay it on thick with excuses.... truth be told, I'm SUPER busy this time of year, and that's my only excuse. Sorry. Here are some pics of my family @ the NMC BBQ.

Yonka family

2006-04-12T22:27:00.000-04:00

This is the Yonka clan.... the best lookin' bunch in Birch Run!!!

xoxo ~H~

Above left, Tom & Melissa.

Above right, David, his son Nate, Melissa and her daughters Lilian & Abby.

Below: Aaron & David

Below: David, Aaron & Matthew Yonka

H& Aubs

Lilian as a chicken.....

sigh

2006-04-12T21:22:00.000-04:00

These are pics from the driving range last year with Aaron & Grandpa. Pic 1= Calm, cool, collected. Pic 2= I'm gonna lose it shortly if this club doesn't start doing what I want it to!!!

Sorry it's been so long. A lot, but nothing has happened, ya know?...
Baseball season opened officially, and I am officially excited. The weather is getting awesome here, yesterday it was over 70 degrees. Yesterday I also came down with this God-awful sinus infection. Timing has never been my forte. I was able to catch up on some movies I had previously purchased but never watched, as well as a Dr. Phil fix (enough to last a year or so). From about 5:30-10:00 last night and tonight, I feel like a million buck, but then it hits me, HARD!!! We'll see. But I GOTTA get back to work, 2 days feels like 2 months!!!

Anyway, softball season is almost here. Aaron will be playing in the first tournament of the year, the Trout Festival, in Kalkaska, April 29th & 30th. Hopefully the weather stays nice or gets nicer! ;) Wedding season is also heating up, the first one of the season is April 22nd. They seem like a fun couple.
So, sorry for the lame-o blog entry. I really have nothing cool to write about.
Peace out for now!!!!
This picture is when Nick came up for the weekend. He was kind enough to let me pretend to kick his can. What a guy!!!

This might be depressing...but it's only 1/2 true... in my professional opinion

2006-03-20T21:19:00.000-05:00

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion:
You have medium extroversion. You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party. Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences.But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time."

Conscientiousness:
You have high conscientiousness.
Intelligent and reliable, you tend to succeed in life.
Most things in your life are organized and planned well.
But you borderline on being a total perfectionist.

Agreeableness:
You have low agreeableness.Your self interest comes first, and others come later, if at all.In general, you feel that people are not to be trusted.And you're skeptical that anyone else really feels differently.

Neuroticism:
You have low neuroticism. You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.
Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.
Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.

Openness to experience:
Your openness to new experiences is low.
You're a pretty conservative person, and you favor what's socially acceptable.
You think that change for novelty's sake is a very bad idea.While some may see this as boring, many see you as dependable and wise.

The Five Factor Personality Test

Caribbean Vacation!!!

2006-03-01T19:51:00.000-05:00

We just got back from our cruise, and here are the pictures you've all been waiting for!!.....
We went to (in order), Grand Caymen, Roatan-Honduras, Belize City-Belize, and Costa Maya-Mexico.
Our first day was at sea, we mainly layed out. Aaron got FRIED!!!

Caymen was shoppers central, which we enjoyed, but VERY quickly got sick of, you can only buy so many key chains & coffee mugs, ya know??.

The next port was Honduras, where we did the dolphin encounter... HOW AMAZING!!! I can not begin to describe the beauty of Honduras. It was better than a post card. The water is 9 shades of blue. We had an awesome time there, the dolphins helped!!! Her name was Maury, we kissed!!! ;) After that, we went to a place called Tabayana Beach where the beach vendors offered us cornrows for $2, a massage for $15 for 30 minutes, hats made from tree bark while you wait... insane stuff. The beach was great! (Aaron got more sunburned)

The next day we stopped in Belize City where we had a biking excursion planned. Little did we know it was biking through the rainforest through incredible terrain!! It was really hard work, but AWESOME! 4 1/2 miles later, we went to the Mayan ruins & then had a wonderful Caribbean lunch. Our tour guide knew everything about Belize, he was excellent. (Aaron is still fried!)

The final port was Costa Maya, Mexico. We did some shopping & went snorkeling. Snorkeling was a first for both of us & we loved it! It was 45 minutes long, felt like only 5. Aaron was still quite toasty from all the sun, only took his shirt off for 45 minutes to snorkel & got baked!!!! (See pic)
Anyway, we had a great time in Mexico too.

Before & after our cruise we were lucky enough to see Hope, Kyle, Faith, Lily & Pixie. That may have been the best part of the trip. The girls are getting so big, and even more beautiful. (I'll post pics of them soon!) Enjoy the pics!!!

Aaron's final burn.

Probably my favorite pic!

Me

I hope everyone looks this cute in snorkel gear!!!! ;)

Aaron at the Mayan Ruins.

Us in Mexico, look at the water!!!!!!!!!!!

On the way to snorkel. (Don't think we're ego-maniacs, but from our honeymoon, we only have ONE picture, so we made up for it on this trip!)

Cruise sunset.

Caribbean Vacation Part 2

2006-03-01T19:32:00.000-05:00

Aaron with Maury the dolphin, she wouldn't stop kissing him!

Finally she let me in... ;)

More of us!!!

Maury & Heather, my first girl kiss!!! ;)

Above we are in Honduras, waiting for the dolphins!

A&H on our ship

Heather in Paris Hot bar, nice view huh???

Bear in the piano bar

Us in Honduras! (Aka paradise!)

Julia

2006-02-13T00:12:00.000-05:00

I took these pictures over @ Sean & Grace's house last week. Isn't she the cutest lil' nugget??? Well, nugg jr. (Ethan is nugget).

Less than a week til our cruise, I can't stinking wait. I'm super excited to see Hope & Kyle too! We haven't seen them since June '05.

I Have a problem!

2006-02-08T00:29:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I'm addicted to American Idol.
I'm mainly addicted to HOW moronic those people are. Seriously, standing in line for 12 hours, just to get laughed out of the arena.
How HORRIBLE are these people's families that don't tell them somewhere along the line how bad they are???
Anyone reading this (most likely) knows me well enough, so please, if I ever get the urge to go on American Idol, do us all a favor, and tell me it'd be a really big waste of time.
I would never. Those people amaze me, week in & week out. Sometimes I miss what they are singing because I am laughing so hard. I especially love the ones that get laughed at on the first note & won't stop singing, even when the judges tell them to stop!!!! They need to be punched in the neck.

New Pictures...

2006-02-03T00:46:00.000-05:00

I am learning more details of PhotoShop, and am trying to master this hand-coloring thing. The wedding one took me almost 2 full hours. So, anyway, these are my first 4 attempts. Let me know what you think!!! The one of Aaron & I was my VERY first attempt, so the color may be blinding, but I was trying it out!
PS. You can click on the pictures to make them larger, so you can actually see what I did.
(Hint, Aaron does not have blue eyes!)

Ho-hum

2006-01-31T19:12:00.000-05:00

I have decided I am a cronic bad-news poster. I only have the urge to post when something poopy has happened (or when I have cute pictures... which is more often the case).
The house crap is gonna give me a flipping break down.
It's NOT good timing, we're going on a cruise in 18 days, the house stuff is just flat-out draining.I spend my entire lunch hour everyday, either running to the POBOX to see if a document we've been waiting for came, or on the phone w/relator, or mortgage people. I just want a bloody house, my gosh! Fighting over interest rates, down payments, blah, blah, friggen blah.

Ohhhhhhh, and as far as my resolution, yeah well, I lost a WHOLE 2 lbs. in the ENTIRE month of Jan. Ya know, lose 6, smell some pasta, gain 8. I love my metabolism!!!!!

Ok, now for the good news..... ummmmm..... none now, or that I have energy to think about. SCRATCH THAT!!! PISTONS ARE what, 37-5?!?!? Holy smokers! They are going for 12 wins in a row tonight!
Speaking of Basketball, ck out Aaron.....

"That's 3!!!!! missed calls", Aaron politetly reminded the ref...

Ethan's sledding adventure!

2006-01-22T23:35:00.000-05:00

Uncle Aaron took Ethan sledding while I was at work. Be sure to check out Ethan's face while he's going over the jump! What a cutie!!!

Meeting Rhys

2006-01-17T01:52:00.000-05:00

This is our nephew Rhys... such a doll! We got to meet him in early January, (he lives in New Zealand) and what a doll! Rough & tumble boy!!! CUTIE!!!

Pics to follow longest post ever

2006-01-17T01:36:00.000-05:00

One of the ports on our cruise

The house we are looking into.........

Aaron, his cousin Matthew, his other cousin David, and David's son Nate

House hunting, not so glamourous

2006-01-17T01:12:00.000-05:00

So, Aaron & I may have FINALLY found a house we like. It's egg-normous! 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 2000 sq. ft., 2 car attached garage, an outrageously large hot tub, But it needa ALL new carpet, new paint, new appliances, new everything inside, so needless to say, it's a heck of a project. But, we are up for it... it's just, ya know MORE WORK!! (And it did come down $5,000 in price since the first time we looked at it!!! Thank God!)It'll be fun to paint & fix things & make them "us".
We are leaving for a cruise in 33 days, so of course the photo orders are pouring in, and then trying to do all this house stuff..... Sometimes I can drive myself STINKIN CRAZY, not enough time in a day, ya know.
Plus I've been obsessing about my weight, I know, I know, but c'mon I'm going on a cruise! Besides, this is the time of year everyone obsesses about their weight.
We were able to go to Willis Michigan this last weekend & visit the Yonka side of the family! Patti & Charles are always such great hosts. We had awonderful meal & a white elephant exchange... WOW-ZERS! There were some stinkin' uggggly "gifts" exchanged! And a couple good ones, I got a mini Yankee candle. Anyway, enough boring you with words for now...

New Years Eve 2005

2006-01-05T00:17:00.000-05:00

Aaron & I went to Mom's for New Years Eve... we MUST be getting lame! Sally (mom's BFF) and John were also there & Sally, being her "conservative" self started an EGG-NORMOUS silly string fight. It was fun. Poor Dick Clark, all those who watched ABC know what I'm talking about. Anyway, oy new years resolution is to lose weight, and KEEP it off, instead of going from113lbs. to 133lbs. every year! I'm REALLY good at the yo-yo diet thing! Our cruise is in 42 (I think) days!!!

Check out Sally's face as she tries to destroy Aaron. Also notice Mom's helmet of Silly String!!!

More Christmas...

2005-12-29T00:02:00.000-05:00

HOLY CRAP!!!! My nephew (and I'm NOT just saying this cuz he's my nephew!!!) has REALLY good dance moves! HE IS 2 1/2, and he really goes to the beat. The still pics doesn't do Sam justice, but he's awesome! (Sam is blonde, Ethan is brunette, Julia & Issac are also pictured)

This is the first Christmas in 8 years that we have been able to spend with my mom, and I LOVED IT!!! (Aaron & I have ALL the rest of our family near the Rochester area) I didn't change outta my PJ's for 2 days (scary, I know), and we ALL ate way too much. I am still recovering from my food hangover!!! More pics coming... enter at your own risk... they are fun, or funny, however you wanna look at it! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

2005-12-28T23:48:00.000-05:00

So, this is our Christmas!!!! Enjoy ;)
Mom & Dad (Santa) had the best gift ever, a karoke machine where you can see yourself on TV... we ALL loved it, but especially the boys (samba 2 1/2, Ethan 3 1/2).
Enjoy the pics!

Idiot!

2005-12-21T16:50:00.000-05:00

This is Gabby receiving the news that Johnny Damon has signed a 4 year deal with the Hated Yankees! Trader!!!!

Red Sox @ Tigers 8.16 & 17.05

2005-12-01T23:22:00.000-05:00

We went to Comerica park back in August to watch the Red Sox... and the Tigers. Tigers won 2 of 3 =(

BUT... we went to Tuesdays night game & Wednesdays day game, so we got to see each team win once. At Tuesdays game we were in center field, and Johnny Damon winked at me!!! I think he blew me kisses too! Ok, it didn't happen "exactly" like that, but we made eye contact (I think). ANYWAY, Aaron & I had a blast!

2005-12-01T01:16:00.000-05:00

Bear 24 & H 23... as you can see. This was taken on July 4th, 2004. He was 24 yrs. old (for one more day) and I was 23. It was cute at the time... ;)

4th of July 2004

2005-12-01T01:10:00.000-05:00

4th of July 2004 in ER @ the DAM beach!

Our First Post... bear with me!

2005-11-30T23:54:00.000-05:00

So, here goes.

Everyone always says how they are "SO GONNA KEEP UP WITH THIS!", and I'm sure I'm one of them. But, I'll try.
I'm gonna throw some sample pics on here & see how it goes.

Allow me to introduce Aaron (coach)& Heather Yonka (uncoachable), and A & H with Ethan the Spider, and Julia the lamb, Halloween 2005!

Coming soon...more A& H photos! (I know you're all secretly excited!)