Kinion's Blog Spot

Halloween At Mamaw's House

2009-11-01T17:23:00.003-06:00

Ok, so Johnny's not weird. This is just proof he would do anything for his grandson!!

Isaac in his Thomas The Train Halloween suit.

Isaac enjoyed giving out candy. Every time the doorbell rang he would say "Kids Here". Then he had to say bye to each one as they left.

A close up of the front of Isaac's costume.

Isaac in his Halloween Costume!

Johnny and Jean's 20th Anniversary in Nashville, TN

2009-07-27T22:34:00.002-05:00

Jean enjoying the nightly street party in the hotel

The hotel upgraded our room to a Jr Suite because it was our anniversary

Just a couple of horses hanging around inside the hotel

This is actually a real person, but looks like a statue (inside the hotel at the street party)

At the Wildhorse Saloon (don't worry, no alcohol was involved)

Opryland Resort - 20th Anniversary

2009-07-27T22:22:00.000-05:00

Grand Ole Opry - July 2009

2009-07-27T22:06:00.002-05:00

Roy Clark

Little Jimmy Dickens

Dirks Bently
Charlie Daniels

Shrimp Fest July 09 at the Kinion's

2009-07-27T21:58:00.001-05:00

Shrimp Fest July 09 at the Kinion's

2009-07-27T21:43:00.001-05:00

Isaac and Friends

2009-07-27T21:30:00.002-05:00

This is just Isaac being Isaac!!

Isaac, Jen, Kobe, Taylor and Paige at my house right before Ryan and Taylor moved.

Isaac being cute!!

Uh Oh, I got caught opening the wrong cabinet:( This isn't my cabinet!!

2009-03-08T22:28:00.000-05:00

This was a piece of my roof after the storm went through on Sunday March 8, 2009. Thankfully we only lost a few shingles.

This was my mailbox when I came home from church, after the storm went through.

Disney 2009

2009-03-08T22:20:00.000-05:00

Can you believe I ran into a girl that my daughter Melissa went to grade school and girl scouts with? I was amazed. She works at Disney and recognized me.

This was the view from our balcony at the hotel. We stayed at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and saw animals roaming free outside our room each day.

Disney Feb 2009

2009-03-08T22:01:00.000-05:00

This is what welcomes you at the hotel at Disney!

Everyone needs to see the castle at Magic Kingdom.

This is from a Small Small World ride at Magic Kingdom. Once you hear this song it stays in your head all day!!

From the Pirates of the Carribean ride at Magic Kingdom. These are animotronics but look real.

One of the many parades at all the Walt Disney World parks.

2009-03-08T21:45:00.000-05:00

On a Safari ride at Animal Kingdom

This is a carving that was done on a tree at Animal Kingdom. This tree is VERY large they have a 3D show inside this tree that is pretty cool. The tree is called the Tree of Life and the show is called A Bugs Life.

This is a Lion King live performance and acrobat act at Animal Kingdom

This is also from the live Lion King show.

More from the live show.

Disney World Vacation 2009

2009-03-08T21:32:00.001-05:00

This is on a ride at Epcot called FastTrack! You are in this car and you go through a series of tests (like test dummies) and at the end you go about 60 miles an hour around a race track. What a rush!!

In the queue line at Test Track

This was 3 guys that just stopped in the middle of Epcot and started playing on trash cans with drumsticks. Very talented.

Disney likes to come up with new ways to grow things and this is a backstage tour of a facility that they have where they can grow things without dirt. This is an example of pumpkins growing on a vine out of the ground.

Who wouldn't enjoy a live show of Beauty and the Beast.

Walt Disney World Vacation Feb 2009

2009-03-08T21:14:00.001-05:00

In the queue line at the Star Tours Ride at Hollywood Studios.

Awesome car show at Hollywood Studios. A motorcycle goes through this fire and the rider falls off and catches on fire for about a minute, then they spray him down to put out the fire. I couldn't actually catch the motorcycle rider on tape because it was too fast.

More action pictures from the car chase scene.

Hollywood Studios has a live American Idol audition that the audience votes on. The winner of the day gets to try out for the real American Idol. It was pretty fun!

This is while we were standing in the queue line at one of our favorite rides. This ride is actually a 4D ride that you get to shoot targets with 4D glasses on. It is the most fun!!!

Johnny and Jean's Birthday Party

2009-02-15T12:08:00.001-06:00

My VERY TALENTED Daughter-In-Law made this cake for my birthday party. I guess you figured out that I turned 50 this year, so the family decided to celebrate both Johnny and my birthday (he is 53) last night and it was a GREAT time!! They even got the sandwich made into a 50, how unique. One of the presents I got was a walking cane and Johnny got a HUGE diaper (no pictures), so everyone had a great time reminding us of our ages.

More Pictures from Johnny and Jean's Birthday Party

2009-02-15T11:59:00.000-06:00

Here are some more pictures of the birthday party. We had a great time!!

Time With The Owen's in Tolono, Illinois

2009-02-07T22:23:00.000-06:00

I went an spent a few days in Tolono, Illinois with my son, his wife and Isaac (the best grandson ever!!). Here are some of the pictures I took. He is such a ham!!!

Here he is trying to be sneaky. He will look ahead and then look at you through the side of his eyes to play peek-a-boo with you. Everytime he does this he sticks out his tongue.

Here is Isaac and I playing with his puzzle. We played it about 50 times in just 2 days. He loves playing with this puzzle.

Here is Jen holding Isaac as they wave goodbye to Isaac's dad when he leaves for work in the morning.
Here is Isaac holding his dad's work ID. He likes to wear it around his neck and look at the picture and say daddy.

Isaac has a candy WII remote (that don't have any candy in it) and he will point it at the TV because he thinks his remote is doing something. Can you tell his mommy and daddy play the WII?

Cutting Isaac's Hair

2009-01-02T14:15:00.001-06:00

Isaac getting his haircut. He was a good boy, so Mamaw gave him kisses (not that she wouldn't give him kisses anyway!!)

Christmas 2008 at the Kinion's

2009-01-02T14:02:00.003-06:00

As you can see, Papaw went a little overboard with Isaac's present. Papaw always has to outdue Mamaw. Papaw got him the big one and of course Mamaw got him the more efficient one.

Christmas 2008 at the Kinipn

2009-01-02T14:02:00.001-06:00

New Orleans Food

2009-01-02T13:57:00.000-06:00

Can you believe this is just a half order of a seafood platter at Deanie's Restaurant!!! Boy was it good. Johnny and I had enough left over to make another meal.

My Mom's 70th Birthday Party in New Orleans

2009-01-02T13:44:00.000-06:00

Here are a bunch of pictures of my mom's 70th birthday party. We had the party in New Orleans, La. There were over 50 people at the party. My mom had the party at her house with a live band and all the dancing you could do. The boots are just our way of saying this is the beginning of a fun night of dancing and partying!!! IT WAS GREAT!!!

My cousin Lena (right), my mom, and my cousin's friends.

This is a group picture of my cousin Lena (bottom right), my cousin Sam (top right and their friends.

This is a picture of all my mom's friends from St. Louis that came down to New Orleans to go to the party.

This is a picture of all my mom's friends in New Orleans that came to the party. My mom has known them for many, many years.

My Mom's 70th Birthday Party in New Orleans

2009-01-02T13:34:00.001-06:00

Friends at My Mom's 70th Birthday Party In New Orleans

2009-01-02T13:24:00.001-06:00

Isaac

2008-09-14T16:39:00.000-05:00

Here are some more pictures of Isaac. As you can see from his pictures, he is growing up really fast. I love all of them, but the last one is my favorite!!!

Labor Day 2008

2008-09-14T16:28:00.001-05:00

Just some fun times with the family on Labor Day 2008. We really had a great time relaxing and visiting.

2008-09-13T21:08:00.001-05:00

Just thought I would show you how the house that I grew up in looks after Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Z, one of the instructors at Elaine Steven Beauty College, is standing in front of the house I grew up in (you can see part of the roof in the background). Much of the neighborhood still looks like this even this many years later.

2008-08-29T20:47:00.000-05:00

Elaine Steven Beauty College had a wonderful conference in New Orleans with a group of WONDERFUL people from the Nuts and Bolts Training Company. The first picture is of Mr. Z keeping up with the information on his laptop. The next picture is of my manager, Ms. Dorothy. The following picture is of Johnny (yea, he does dress up occasionally), and the last picture is of me enjoying myself at the seminar.

2008-08-29T20:36:00.000-05:00

Enjoying ourselves in Vero Beach, Florida. As you can see, we are doing the typical tourist stuff!!!

2008-08-29T20:22:00.000-05:00

More pictures of our Family vacation in Destin Florida. As you can see we just had a great time dancing and relaxing.

2008-08-08T14:38:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures that were taken from our balcony in Destin, Florida. There were 3 dolphin playing right near the beach by our resort. I took a picture of a lady in the water near the dolphin so you could see how close to the shore the dolphin were playing.

2008-08-07T22:44:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures of the July 2008 flood in Winfield, Missouri. The waters did not go down for about a month.

July 4 2008 Shrimp Fest

2008-08-07T21:24:00.000-05:00

On July 4, 2008 we had a shrimp fest. My mom was in New Orleans and she brought back 40 pounds of fresh shrimp. We boiled it and poured it out onto a piece of 6 foot plywood. This is an annual thing at our house. Hope you like it.

July 2, 2008 Storm

2008-07-02T19:45:00.001-05:00

Here are some pictures of a rainbow that we saw from our front yard on July 2, 2008. This was actually a full rainbow but I couldn't get the whole thing on the camera. It was a double rainbow before this, but I couldn't get my camera out fast enough.

Storms in Wentzville June 26, 2008

2008-06-26T22:25:00.000-05:00

These are pictures of a storm that was heading our way. We only got rain from this, but is sure looked scarey for a while.

Isaac Having Fun at Mamaw's on Father's Day

2008-06-25T21:28:00.001-05:00

It was too cold to swim, so we played with the rings inside.

Aunt Melissa teaching Isaac bad habits.

Isaac doing his favorite thing!!

Fun with Warrenton Wesleyan Choir

2008-06-25T20:54:00.001-05:00

The kids having fun in the pool. June 7, 2008

The Warrenton Wesleyan Choir chillin out and having a good time. June 7, 2008

Memorial Day 2008

2008-06-01T21:10:00.001-05:00

As you can see kids don't care how cold it is on Memorial Day. My niece Stephanie (the older one) and my niece Madeline, and my nephew Ryan all decided that they wanted to get in the pool no matter how cold the water was. They stayed in the water for about 45 minutes before they decided to get out for the day.

Double Rainbow

2008-06-01T21:02:00.000-05:00

On May 31, 2008 we had quite a storm in Wentzville (one of many), and after the storm we had a double rainbow. It was pretty awesome and shows just how awsome God is!!!

The Real "People" In Charge At The Kinion's House

2008-05-25T17:00:00.000-05:00

Here is Lillie and Wolfie just chillin out!! They are definitely in charge at our house.

Isaac Getting Bigger

2008-05-25T16:20:00.000-05:00

Isaac decided that he wanted to try riding the exercise bike, but he's not quite sure what to do now that he is on it.

2008-04-10T20:01:00.000-05:00

Here is Isaac sitting up. He just loves to sit up and play. You can't see it here, but if you move your head from side to side he will mock you like he is dancing.

2008-04-10T19:46:00.000-05:00

Here is Papaw and Isaac loving on each other. Papaw is sooo attached to his buddy, he already wants to buy him a motorized John Deere toy to ride around in our Cul-de-Sac with. I think we should wait until he gets a little bigger, don't you?

Mamaw's Big Boy

2008-04-10T19:41:00.000-05:00

Here is Isaac just hanging out. He was with Mamaw, so as you can see he is very happy!!!

He loves to play and smiles all the time!!!

About The Kinion's

2008-03-02T14:58:00.000-06:00

John and Jean (aka Gina) are the parents of 5 children and 1 grandson (which is the most special grandson in the world, although we are biased!!). We are proud owners of 3 Cosmetology Colleges in Missouri, one in St. Louis, one in Warrenton and one in Hannibal. We have great employees working for us, so we feel very blessed with our life. We attend Warrenton Wesleyan Church in Warrenton, Missouri, which we love to attend.

Thanks for getting to know us!!

John and Jean Kinion