Tunes for Troops!!!

Here is the article about Michelle published in the local paper! This sounds like an awesome idea. Great work Michelle!!

Tunes 4 Troops collecting CDs, DVDs
Published: Sunday, August 16, 2009 12:59 AM CDT
A national effort in support of American troops serving overseas has come to Boerne.Michelle Shaffer is the Boerne sponsor for Tunes 4 the Troops, a nation-wide effort to collect CDs and DVDs to send to American military personnel serving in foreign countries.Shaffer is spearheading collection efforts here with help from Sherri Fisher, owner of Treasure House at 905 N. Main, where local residents may drop off donations.The program was started by a teenager in Cleveland, Tenn. While attending the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet camp in Florida, Kaylee Radzyminski met troops returning from overseas military service. She asked what they missed most from home, other than family. She learned many service personnel have limited access to Internet and satellite service and often, many soldiers have to share a small collection of CDs.
Radzyminski organized community and school drives for CDs and DVDs to send to troops overseas and the effort spread throughout the country. Since 2005, more than 200,000 CDs and DVDs have been collected and sent to deployed service members all over the world.“I have been a volunteer with the program for about two years,” Shaffer said. “I collected CDs from family and friends to send. Now, I have more time and with a Main Street location for a drop spot, it seemed like the perfect time to expand.”Everyone in the community is invited to participate by taking donations of CDs and DVDs to the drop box at Treasure house, 905 N. Main.Local residents who have family members serving in the military overseas are also invited to drop off names and addresses where CDs and DVDs may be sent.“It would be so special if we could send some entertainment to service people from here,” Shaffer said.

Argondizzo Visit!!!

Auntie Dre and Uncle Vinnie came up to Salt Lake this week to visit us! We had a great time with them. It was nice to be able to sit back and relax and visit and enjoy some good food! Boy did we eat good! Tank has been telling about this BBQ place in SLC that has great food so we went there for lunch on Monday. After that we headed over to see the Great Salt Lake. Funny thing is after living here for 4 years we had never actually been to the Great Salt Lake. So we went there and the boys waded in the water and we took some pictures.

Later that night we had Cafe Rio Salads which is one of my favorite meals. Vinnie even though he is supposed to be on vacation and off of his knee, decided to treat us all to his delicious Lasagna and Meatballs. Tuesday we headed to the Splash pad for the kids to get wet and have some fun. Then we went to the Lofthouse Cookie outlet in search of Lemon Cookies for Auntie Dre! No such luck but we found some other good ones! That night we feasted on Vinnie's meatballs and lasagna.

Overall it was nice to just kick back for a few days!

This is what the boys sent the majority of the time doing, introducing Uncle Vinnie to Tiger Woods, Star Wars Legos, and MLB Baseball on the Wii. Thanks for coming guys! We had a lot of fun!!

Rock On!!!!

Zach got a new Guitar!

Watch out Van Halen!!!

Baseball Boys

Caleb and Cole both completed their baseball seasons. They really enjoyed playing and they both improved a lot. It was fun to watch them and I got a glimpse at what the future holds with 4 boys and sports. It is gonna be crazy!!!

Gabriel and Cali

I took these pictures of the kids yesterday and had to show them off. I thought they turned out pretty good. We are very excited about the reunion next year. I love the east coast and can't wait to share it with everyone else.

Lots of love,

Corinna

Siera's Locks of Love

Siera got her hair cut for Locks of Love over spring break. She really likes it... no tangles! but at the same time is ready to grow it and cut it again

Here are Siera's 'before' and 'after' pictures.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Locks of Love, it is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.

What a wonderful thing to learn at such a young age! Love you Siera!

Faster than the Speed of Light!!

Michelle sent me some pictures of Siera at her first Track meet. The results weren't quite in when they left at 10:00 pm but as soon as I get them I will post them. Michelle said that Siera is

super fast and that they are thinking about buying her some spikes. WATCH OUT!!!

From the looks of these pictures Michelle had better watch out Siera is about to pass her up on the Height Department. We are all so proud of you Siera and all the fun new things you have been doing! Keep up the Awesome Work!!! We Love You!!!!