S.O.M.E Student of the Month!

Kaitlyn was awarded the Student Of Marked Excellence for the month of September. She won it for...KINDNESS! How proud are we.... pretty darn proud. She gets to have lunch on Friday with the principal. Way to go Kaitlyn!

**DISCLAIMER: Now if only she could show that kindness to her brother (wasn't so kind when she shoved him off her bed this morning!) or to me (wasn't so kind when I walked into daycare last night only to have her show me her grass stained capris and tell me I needed to get her to the store now to buy her some new pants for dance....because it wasn't her fault I MADE her wear white capris). My favorite though was when she weeded through the pictures I gave her to turn in to post on the bullentin board and she KINDLY removed the picture of her, my mom and my grandma because "she didn't look very cute in it". (she was 9 months old and in head to toe gymboree, what could possibily not be cute about that!) I keep telling myself she is saving up all that kindness for those outside her family!

Race Pics

Here's a few pics of the kids racing on Sunday. I thought I would make sure Becky saw what number Trace INSISTED on being... thanks a lot for that Becky!

G...O...go team GO!

Kaitlyn has been doing a cheer clinic at her school and last Friday night they got to cheer at the high school football game. It was sooooo cold. The football team...well it wasn't a real good game so that made it even more cold. But the kids were super cute in their uniforms and they did a great job. This clinic has been fantastic and the cheerleaders and their coach did a great job with it. They will have 3 more clinics this winter and get to cheer at a basketball game. I think we will enjoy that game a lot more :-)

Freezing!

That pretty much sums up Friday, Saturday and a good portion of Sunday. It decided to get cold and wouldn't it figure we had an entire weekend of outdoor activities.

I'll post some pics tomorrow of Kaitlyn cheerleading at Liberty's football game on Friday night. The kids kart raced and after a scary accident on Saturday Trace rebounded with a good run on Sat. and on Sunday managed to go the entire race without spinning out 1 time. Kaitlyn did fantastic in her new 'big' kart. She finished 3rd today in both the heat and the main event. There were 8 kids in her class today so we were very pleased. She managed to gain a lot of speed today and did a very good job listening to her crew chief ;-)

We have a busy week ahead of us. I'm hoping this will be my last full time week of work... we still have a lot of customers that have not closed their pools yet BUT it is getting close to the point where it will really spread out seeing people so we should be able to handle it with only me there in the morning and Scott in the afternoon. I'm ready....so ready.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I'll posts pics tomorrow.

One Year Ago....

One year ago today, we were standing on the beach at Megan's Bay in St. Thomas watching these 2 get married.

They don't have a blog but I see them pop in and out of here so hopefully today is one of those days! Happy 1st Anniversary Jason and Angie. Here's to many more years filled with the happiness of this day and of the last year.

Rick and I had such a great time on the cruise. As much as I LOVE family vacations and as much as I missed my kids (like crazy)... it was the best thing we have ever done. It was so hard to get so close with Sam and Heather and then have to say good-bye (they had JUST moved to N. Carolina from Yakima). But at the same time we were so excited about their adventures ahead (and can't wait to go visit them!). I don't think any of us can believe it has been a year already, and I can not wait for the time we can set sail again for a week of tropical paradise!

Rick and Sam

The group...

Candles for Connie...

This is copied from Heather and Sam's blog:
Our dear, dear friend Connie, who was an angel on earth, has left this life and is now flying freely. Her cancer riddled body could no longer hold her spirit. I light these cyber candles in remembrance. They will remain that way for her on my page and in my heart forever. I invite my friends and family to copy them and do the same.

May God be with her family and friends during this difficult time. Connie touched many lives and I know she is in heaven, free of the pain she has been in the last several months. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Wishful Wednesday...

Whats on my wish list today????

One of these gorgeous throws...

With my toes all snuggled up in these:

While sipping on one of these....

If only I had the time to enjoy these delights while laying on the couch doing NOTHING...

I guess thats why its called a 'wish'.