All You Need is Love

Christmas starts in Dallas

2011-12-17T13:09:00.001-08:00

Ted and I celebrated 23 years of marriage on December 16th. These have been years of incredible happiness, action packed with memorable family experiences. Countless blessings have flowed and gratitude is deeply a part of our joy.
A stop at one of our favorite Dallas stores "Chocolate Secrets" was enjoyable- Santa, a gingerbread house model of Dallas, crepes, and the best chocolate ever. We are bringing Rebekah, Nate, Celine, David and Dan home with us! We cannot wait to see the little girls at home and enjoy the holiday season together.

Christmas in Louisiana!

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Our new horse... Cookie

2011-11-07T18:19:00.001-08:00

We have been looking for a pony for about one year. We finally found the right one! We found her in Texas and bought her on October 10th. She is the same age as Marianne, even born the same month. We were bringing her to Monroe on Saturday, I was worried about getting her in the trailer- but she hopped in before I could finish telling Marianne how to help me! She loves people and especially Sarah because she has been around children a lot. She is a Quarter Horse, out of the famous line of a world champion sire "Zips Chocolate Chip". She is a trained show horse for Western Pleasure. Anyone who knows our family will wonder if we chose her because of her name or as Rebekah ask "Did Sarah name her?" No, she came with that sweet name and it fits her perfectly! She is beautiful and we love her!

rebekah + nate = 8.12.11

2011-10-16T15:36:00.000-07:00

If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...

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We found Rebekah...

2009-11-11T12:36:00.000-08:00

on a BYUSA poster! She is on byusa.byu.edu! Here she is!
Rebekah said that there are more posters of her around campus! She is really involved in this program at BYU and we are happy that she can participate in it! :)

Spotlight of the Week!

2009-09-13T14:27:00.000-07:00

I have decided to have a spotlight of the week! What I do to determine the spotlight star, is just draw a name out a hat. This week’s spotlight is Lauren! Here are some super questions and answers from Lauren:

What is your..

favorite color? Blue

favorite sport? Soccer!

favorite subject? Math

favorite book? Amelia Bedelia

favorite animal? Kitty

favorite flower? Daisy

favorite food? Pizza

favorite dessert? Ice cream

favorite snack? Ice (she chews it!)

favorite thing to do in the summer? Tan and swim! (She is so tan!)

talent? Running!

Lauren is great! She gets hyper at night, and that can be good and bad! She is a smart, gorgeous girl. I learned a few things that I didn’t know before from interviewing her. This was fun!

Here are a few old pictures of her through the years:

BABY LAUREN

LAUREN AGE 1

LAUREN AGE 2

LAUREN AGE 3

LAUREN AGE 4

LAUREN AGE 5

LAUREN AGE 6

LAUREN AGE 7

LAUREN AGE 8

My Quiz from QuizYourFriends.com

2009-08-15T16:14:00.001-07:00

How well do you know the Coenen Family?
1) How many people are in this family? (including parents and their children)
		3
		10
		6
		8

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Unexpected Victory!!

2009-03-28T16:58:00.000-07:00

Lauren, our little seven year old, went down to her Aunt Anita's house in Baton Rouge. While she was there she ran a mile long race. We found out this morning that she won the race in 7 minutes and 30 seconds! We are so proud of her because not only was she beating kids around her age, but grown ladies. HOORAY!

2009-02-16T11:38:00.000-08:00

Marianne turned 9 on February 6th. We love Marianne so much! Since it was Marianne's birthday here are some things she likes to do:

ride horses
read
play board games
play with her sisters
jump on the trampoline
ride her scooter
get cozy by the fire in the winter
invite her friends over

Hope you all get a great description of Marianne! :)

2009-02-04T14:56:00.000-08:00

Lauren's 7th birthday was January 25. She has grown up so fast! Since it is Lauren's birthday here are some things she like to do:

have friends over
play soccer (her daddy is her coach)
draw
play with her sisters
play and dress-up Kit her American Girl Doll
ride her bike
swim at her Grandma Coenen's house
play house
hold and take care of little kids

We are all going to celebrate in Dallas, Texas for not only her birthday, but for Marianne's and Emily's. They are taking Kit, Elizabeth, and Ruthie to the American Girl Store.We cannot wait!

(The pictures of Dallas will be posted soon!)

What a Wonderful Christmas!

2009-01-02T17:47:00.000-08:00

Our family was so blessed this Christmas. We all enjoyed Kirsten, Steve, Baby Ben, Grandma, Grandpa, and Rebekah staying with us. We played a ton of games, and got to get to know each other better. We had a really warm Christmas this year, and I bet our visitors were not used to it at all!

Sandy

2008-10-06T14:47:00.000-07:00

There has been a new addition to our family!! Her name is Sandy :)

FIRST Graduation

2008-05-16T21:24:00.000-07:00

We had our first graduation in the family last night. It was such a great experience and we were so lucky to have Grandpa Walker here to share it with us. Rebekah will be leaving for BYU Provo in June and we are enjoying these last few weeks with her. She truly does so much to hold our family together. She is such a peacemaker and a good example to everyone. She is so amazing in her focus on things that truly matter. We appreciate her so much.
Grandpa Walker is still with us and we are enjoying our time with him. He is a great example to us all.

The Family Shot

Trevor Antley, Rebekah, Will Morris, and Celine. BFF's!
Dan and Rebekah

2008-05-12T20:43:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day 2008 was great for us! We woke up early and Celine made Mom an elaborate breakfast/feast. She even teared up when all the kids gave their gifts. It was a really special moment for the whole family. We all love her so much and appreciate all she has done for us. There were also some wonderful talks at our sacrament meeting that day and we all are determined to appreciate Mom and all she does more!

Mom having breakfast in bed, reading a card.

Mom enjoying Marianne's gift, and breakfast. Sarah thought this was all very exciting!

Mom tearing up over Emily's gift.

Savoring breakfast. We were all amazed at how beautiful Mom looks, even after just waking up!

(Left to Right) Grand Coenen, Celine, Marianne, Great Grandma Mills, Sarah, Mom, Madeleine, Lauren, Rebekah, and Emily. All the girls!

Sarah and Lauren in their new dresses.

Lauren getting ready for a swim

It also happened to be Sarah's fourth birthday on Mother's Day! Here she is blowing out her candles.

Left to Right: Grand, Sarah, Emily, Celine, Marianne, and LaurenOur cousin, Jason, and his new baby Deborah!Madeleine enjoyed holding baby Deborah.

Sarah loves swimming!

DISNEY WORLD!

2008-05-12T19:39:00.001-07:00

The whole family went to Disney World in Orlando, Florida during Spring Break. Yes, we realize the pictures are a little late, but better late than never! We all had so much fun. Thank you Dad!!

All the kids in front of a Pirate Mickey Mouse bush! (left to right)Rebekah, Emily, Lauren, Celine, Sarah, Marianne, Madeleine, and Dan

Daniel, Rebekah, DAFFY DUCK, Madeleine, and Celine

An amazing German cookie in the Germany section of the Epcot center. It was GREAT!

All the kids waiting together for a show Beauty and the Beast live performance! (left to right) Daniel, Sarah, Marianne, Rebekah, Lauren, Emily, Celine, and Madeleine

Rebekah really enjoyed herself...

We even had fun on the way back!!! Sarah is so cute. We all enjoy her faces!

2008-05-12T19:03:00.000-07:00

This past General Conference Dad took Daniel, Celine, and Madeleine up to Salt Lake City to witness this glorious occasion! It was such an experience. They all had such a lovely time and enjoyed being in a city where the church is so strong. They also had quite a bit of bonding time! It was all together a memorable experience and one that they will treasure for a lifetime. Thanks Dad!!!

Madeleine, JOHN BYTHEWAY, Celine, and Daniel

Celine enjoying some asian food to-go... fatty.

Daniel and his all-time hero!

Celine, JOSEPH SMITH, and Madeleine

Madeleine, ALEX BOYE, Celine, and Daniel

The girls of the family!

2008-02-17T20:33:00.000-08:00