The Coenens http://thecoenens.com Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:53:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 107831294 Florida Vacation 2010 http://thecoenens.com/florida-vacation-2010 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:23:21 +0000 http://thecoenens.com/?p=169 See image gallery at thecoenens.com] ]]> 169 Coenen Halloween 2009 http://thecoenens.com/coenen-halloween-2009 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:59:24 +0000 http://thecoenens.com/?p=156 Although very cold, the kids had a great time! Jack went as a dragon (again), Brooklyn donned a bunny outfit, and Raegan was a clown…

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Coenen Family

[See image gallery at thecoenens.com] ]]> 156 The Coenen’s 2009 Garden http://thecoenens.com/the-coenens-2009-garden Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:38:33 +0000 http://thecoenens.com/?p=132 Continue reading "The Coenen’s 2009 Garden"

]]> Below are some pictures of our 2009 garden – the highlight this year was our attempt at growing sunflowers for the first time. In fact Jack, Dad, and Papa had a sunflower growing contest to see who could grow the biggest sunflower. Dad and Papa are still disputing the preliminary results, but there is an early favorite 🙂

Jack’s sunflower
Total Height: 8ft 11 inches
Stem Base Circumference: 7.5 inches
Head Diameter: 16 inches (petals not included)
Head Circumference: 48.5 inches
Longest Leaf: 16 inches

Dad’s sunflower
Total Height: 8ft 5 inches
Stem Base Circumference: 8 inches
Head Diameter: 13.5 inches (petals not included)
Head Circumference: 43 inches
Longest Leaf: 22 inches

Papa’s Sunflower
Total Height: TBD
Stem Base Circumference: TBD
Head Diameter: TBD
Head Circumference: TBD
Longest Leaf: TBD
*disclaimer – Papa had an issue with squirrel who ate his original sunflower when it was a few days old. His second sunflower was not from the same seed stock.

Also when measuring the head diameter Guinness says you should measure from flower tip to flower tip, but to me that seems a little cheap. If we had done this it would have added another 6-8 inches to our measurements as most of the petals are 3-4 inches long.

FYI – the world record for sunflower largest sunflower head is 32 1/4 inches grown by Emily Martin in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada in 1983.

The record for the tallest sunflower is 25ft 5 1/2 inches grown by M Heijms in Oirschot, Netherlands in 1986.

[See image gallery at thecoenens.com] ]]> 132 Raegan Elizabeth Coenen http://thecoenens.com/raegan-elizabeth-coenen Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:20:05 +0000 http://thecoenens.com/?p=123 Continue reading "Raegan Elizabeth Coenen"

]]> IT’S A GIRL!!

Raegan (Rae) Elizabeth Coenen
07-15-09 15:15:00
7lbs 1 oz
21 inches

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Mom and baby are home and doing great! Got home just in time to throw a party for Brooklyn’s 2nd birthday.

Just a note on one of the pictures below that has the name “Etola Rochelle Coenen” in the name tag for the baby. Betsy and I actually took three days to agree on a name so that was our “fill-in” name until we came up with something we could agree on. Etola is actually my grandmother’s name and with it being such a “unique” name it has always been a family joke about who was going to bite the bullet and carry on the Etola name. Also Rae was born on my big sister Shell’s birthday so we decided to give her props with the middle “fill-in” name. Unfortunately for Grandma and Shell the name did not stick, but I guess that means it’s still free for someone else in the family to use 🙂

In other bad news Betsy decided to break the trend of having really easy birth dates for me to remember. Jack was born on 5-25-05, Brooklyn 7-17-07, and despite me trying to encourage Betsy to wait until 9-9-09 before she had the baby she went ahead and had the baby on 7-15-09. If there is any consolation though Rae was born at 15:15 military time on the 15th.

Anyway it’s been a fun and exciting week, in the span of 5 days we’ve had our 6th wedding anniversary, birth of Rae, and our daughter Brooklyn’s 2nd birthday. We truly are blessed.

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Brooklyn Kate Coenen
07-17-2007 12:51 AM
7 lbs 11 oz
20 inches
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]]> 17 Walking already? http://thecoenens.com/walking-already Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:12:57 +0000 http://thecoenens.com/?p=15 Continue reading "Walking already?"

]]> We thought we should update all of you on how our family is doing! Jack is our life, of course, so all the news is really about him. Jack is now 8 ½ months old and is starting to walk! To our surprise he took his first steps last week. I guess that’s our sign… lets start baby proofing.

]]> 15 Random Pics http://thecoenens.com/random-pics Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:16:16 +0000 http://thecoenens.com/?p=54 See image gallery at thecoenens.com] ]]> 54 Eating Rice Cereal http://thecoenens.com/eating-rice-cereal Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:13:09 +0000 http://thecoenens.com/?p=50 Jack Loves His Cereal

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]]> 50 Deer Hunt 2005 – 3 Generations of Buckslayers http://thecoenens.com/deer-hunt-2005-3-generations-of-buckslayers Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:00:54 +0000 http://thecoenens.com/?p=5 Roger Coenen (Jack’s Grandpa) – 8 Point Buck 17 in spread 8:15 AM Opening Day
Jeremy Coenen (Jack’s Dad) – 10 Point Buck 13 in spread 8:15 AM Opening Day
Blair Koeppl (Jack’s Cousin) – 8 Point Buck 6:30 AM Opening Day

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