Thanksgiving

Well, all our plans changed this year! We were going to head to the desert, and we were all packed and ready to go. But we heard about how crazy it was, and reports of all the injuries, so at the 11th hour, we bagged our trip. Instead we stayed home, emptied the toy hauler, cleaned the house, started on Christmas gifts, decorated the house and had a nice relaxing weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Halloween and Soccer

Sydney the Vampire

Matthew the Zombie

Kaycee the Flapper

Lauren the cave girl

*All of the costumes were picked out from our costume/dress up box this year! Nice!*

Matthew, Trailblazer of the month for Enthusiasm!

The Blue Eagles!

Our soccer players this year

The Silver Bullets

Jog-a-thon 2010

October 8th was our annual Jog-a-thon at school. It is always a fun day! And for the last 3 years, Kaycee has just happened to get Trailblazer of the month on the same day as the Jog-a-thon!


This year I had the kids take my phone with me on a lap. I have a GPS tracker on there. I found out that each lap is .10 of a mile. These kids run for 45 minutes, and each completed about 30 laps! That's 3 miles these little guys ran today!




By the time the 5th graders ran, it was getting HOT!
Nice job guys!

Doheny

We got to spend a GORGEOUS day at Doheny Beach! The kids' Uncle Josh was competing in the Doheny Beach Battle of the Paddle.

Go Uncle Josh!

A few others decided to compete as well

Ready, set, GO! Josh was in the last category--the surf board paddle boards.

The 1st place winner of the surf board category, Josh Call!

Matthew's Party

For Matthew's 6th birthday we had a Sports party! We all met at the park, picked teams and played a good game of kick ball--

Eric sliding into 1st!

A rousing game of soccer--

Shot some baskets, and then took a break for snacks, presents and cake!
Happy Birthday Buddy!


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What's the Latest?

Guess what? I finally uploaded all the pictures from our camera! I found lots of things! So, we'll remember that Sydney made Honor Roll at the end of 4th grade. . . .


Matthew graduated or was promoted from kindergarten. . . .

Sydney had her end of the year piano recital. . . .
And Kaycee was in the 2nd grade "Just For Grins" performance. . .

Ready or Not

Well, it happened. School started again. We try and hold the calender back, but somehow, this day comes whether we're ready or not! But, after getting schedules, and meeting our teachers we are excited and know we're going to have a GREAT year!

Lauren--8th grade

Sydney--5th grade, Kaycee--3rd grade, Matthew--1st grade

Our teachers' gifts this year was a cup of pens and pencils with a note that says "We're excited to start off this year on the "write" foot!"