Monday, March 15, 2010

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Topper Family

Jody, Michelle, and Gadge Topper

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Topper Family

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Topper Family

Welcome into our family

Our Family

Page 2

Jody and Michelle Topper were married June 12, 1999.

Jody enjoys hunting and fishing. Jody has one brother, Dusty. They enjoy spending time together and talk often.

Michelle likes to read and craft. Michelle has one brother, Shan. They enjoy working on the family farm and playing with their kids.

Jody and Michelle enjoy watching movies together and playing games.

Our Home

Page 3
Jody likes to grill on the porch and Michelle loves to decorate it.


We love our big yard were we play baseball with friends and run through the sprinkler.

We have dogs, cats, and rabbits that also like to play in the yard with Gadge.

Gadge's Got'ya Day

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Gadge Hunter Got'ya Day is May 11, 2005.
Jody, Michelle, Gadge, and Judge Kincannon
We celebrate Gadge's adoption day just like a birthday each year.

Shain, Shawn, Jarah, Caden, and Gadge at the 3-D movie UP. They all had a great time eating Chinese food and watching a movie.

Gadge Our Sports Boy

Page 5Gadge has taken gymnastics and had fun learning all the jumps and activities.
Gadge has played soccer for several years. He enjoys kicking the ball and making goals.
Gadge also plays T-ball. He has learned how to hit the ball and the correct way to run around the bases.

Gadge's Grandparents

Page 6Hanes Side
Jody, Michelle, Shan, Michelle, Bette, Darus, Clement, Christina, Gadge, Shayden, Shaylynn, and Shaybree.
Topper Side
Jennifer, Dusty, Glen, Jody, Sue, Michelle, and Gadge. We all went to Red River, NM and enjoyed fishing, shopping, and playing games.

Gadge's Great-Grandparents

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Mary and Cap Williams. Jody's Mother's Parents. They have a ranch with horses and cattle.

Huston and Vivian Hanes. Michelle's Dad's parents.

We are fortunate to live very close to Gadge's Great-Grandparents. Gadge enjoys spending time with both sets.

Michelle's Brother's Family

Page 8

Shan, Michelle, Shayden, Shaylynn, and Shaybree

Jody's Brother's Family

Page 9

Dusty and Jennifer Topper

JiMin Heo

Pages 10 and 11JiMin Heo joined our family for a school year. She is from South Korea and we have enjoyed getting to know her.
JiMin with the Pirate sword Papa made her.

Fair 2009

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Gadge received several blue ribbons for his cookies, pictures, crafts, and garden items.
Gadge and paisley even won a trophy.
This was JiMin's first fair. She enjoyed entering garden items and baking cookies. She was surprised at all the ribbons she won.

School Activities

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Gadge was a Korean Elf in the Christmas program "Christmas Around the World." The play was written by Michelle in honer of the exchange students.
This was JiMin's first time to play basketball. She was #10 and did a great job of helping the Lady Pirates win games.

Jody and Michelle's Nieces

Pages 14 and 15
Shayden, Shaylynn, and Shaybree. The girls are active in dance, swimming, and just being girls.
The grand kids are having fun at Grandma and Papa's house.

Gadge's First Day of First Grade

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Gadge is excited and ready for his first day of school. Gadge enjoys math, spelling, and P.E. where Michelle is his coach.
Gadge coming home after his first day. He was glad to see all of his friends but it wore him out.

Jody and Gadge

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Jody teaching Gadge to ride his bike without training wheels.

Hanging With Friends

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JiMin and her friends cheering the Keyes Pirates to a victory.


Gadge and his friends playing at a sleepover.






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JiMin and Gadge with their Bible Bowl trophies.














JiMin reading in the library. This is the library at school where Michelle is the librarian.












Gadge blowing out the candles at his 7th birthday party and 3rd cake of the day.

Kids having Fun

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JiMin & Gadge getting ready for the turtle race with Slow & Poke.
JiMin's first time on a horse.

Christmas 2009

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JiMin, Jody, Gadge, & Michelle
Christmas 2009

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