Happy Halloween! 2011

We had a great evening for Trick or Treating. This year Nathan decided to be Ash Ketchum from Pokemon and Shayla wanted to be a Pirate. They both were very cute. Nathan went with friends to go around the neighborhood. He came back with more candy this year than ever. Shayla hung back with me. She made it to more house's than ever. You can see from the picture of her running down the drive way that she had a great time. Both said it was the best year ever. Hope everyone had a great Halloween!!!

First Day of School

Ready for the first day of school.

I've really have to get the Blog updated and try to get back into some pattern of posting pictures and events. It seems I always go to face book and check other blogs and forget about my own.

Our first day of school started well. The kids got up and were great in the morning. We got out the door at the planned time. Then everything fell apart. Shayla's bus was late and with the way their start times are this year I have no time to wait or Nathan will be late to school. So I decided to take him and then drive her. Both of them ended up being a little late but for the first day it seemed. fine. We'll try something different tomorrow.

Prayers Answered!!!!

God has answered the prayers of this sweet family. They now have permission to go and get - Gregory Kirill!!!

You can follow their story - http://oureyesopened.blogspot.com/

Sorry for being gone for so long. I lost my cable to load pictures to my computer. We've been crazy busy with all the end of the year activities. We're doing great!!! Survived our first year of EOG's. Nathan was worried about EOG's but after the week was over decided extra recess and no homework was a great trade for having to take test all day. Shayla moved up a level this coming season in cheerleading and will be on a Youth Level 3 team. She is very excited. I'm ready for summer to be here.

HELP BRING KIRILL HOME!!!

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Please follow this link and pray for this family. Their adoption of Kirill was rejected due to Kirill  having Downs Syndrome. This was the only reason given. The judge feels it would be better for Kirill to live in an institution than with a family. Please read their story and share it with anyone who will pray and or can help them bring Kirill home.


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Happy New Year! It is the year of the Rabbit!

Xīn Nián Kuài Lè



Gung Hay Fat Choy!







Happy Chinese New Year! From our Family to Yours!

Basketball and Snow Day!!!

Nathan had his first basketball game on Saturday and had a great time. He was not sure which way to go part of the time but figured it out before long and did really well for his first game. His team is the Lakers and they won. 
Sunday night into Monday we had our first snow of 2011. Snow is not very common in the south so it was a big deal. The kids had a great time making snow angels, sledding and having snowball fights.
It looks like they are going to miss two days of school since it has snowed most of the day today.

A little Christmas and New Years!

 Nathan was very excited about coming down stairs and seeing what Santa brought him!

I love his express seeing that Santa decided to give him one more chance with a DSi.

He had fun putting all the bows on his shirt and declared himself "BOW GUY"

Shayla was a little calmer coming down stairs but still very excited.

Shayla loved her pillow pet "Uni" and her cape from Nana. Uni also has on a cape.

Nathan has been into Ghost Busters and these are a few of his favorite presents. He wanted to  be sure this picture made the blog.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!!!

The kids have been having a sword gun battle for a while. Longer than normal since usually someone gets hurt and the game has to be called.

I know we are WAY behind posting. Tonight we still have an Uno game to play and celebrating to finish. Both the kids plan on making it to midnight. I wanted to Wish my family and friends a Happy New Year!

HAPPY Halloween!!!

This was the best Halloween EVER!!!! Was the response from both my kids tonight. I was very glad to hear that. Since we moved to our new house the kids compare everything to the old house. I was really worried that Halloween might be a let down but I was wrong.

We've had at least two parties for both kids before we reached the holiday this year. It's been a fun season and tonight was the best part.



This year we had a Ghost Buster and Pink Super Women



We sprayed her hair pink! (Her favorite color!!!)

He wanted to be a Ghost Buster to get rid of all the scary ghosts and goblins.

Having fun before trick or treat time!

The haul!! They had fun trading and getting just what they wanted.

I hope everyone had a safe, happy Halloween. Enjoy the pictures.

Aw Shucks Pumpkin Patch



We spent Saturday night at a local pumpkin patch. It was such a beautiful night and the kids had a great time. Nathan picked his pumpkin, had fun feeding the goats, was so excited that his best buddy came at the same time but his favorite was the tree house and the corn maze. This year the corn maze was in a shape to honor Scouting. He ended up getting to do the maze twice once while it was still light and then when it was dark.





Shayla also picked a cute pumpkin, enjoyed her hayride, the corn maze and feeding the animals. I think she said that was her favorite part. She and I had fun getting through the maze together.

 



These are some of the animals. Nathan loves turkeys and will not eat turkey because of it. So he was very excited to see a number of them. He calls them "Agent T" from his favorite show on TV. He loved feeding the goats.

 



After a couple of tries I finally caught Shayla working on her toe touch in the hay. The kids loved jumping and climbing on the bails.



 It was a great time! I love FALL!!!

Summer Recap - Shayla

Over the summer I didn't take much time to post pictures. We had a quite laid back summer with a few fun camps here and there. The kids had fun with their friends and we stayed up late and enjoyed time as a family. I thought it would be nice for my family to see a couple of things that we didn't get to from the summer time.

Shayla loved LOVED drama camp. The theme for their camp was the "Wizard of Oz." I was so impressed with how much they learned in a half day one week camp. Her part in the play was one of the munchkins. She learned her line the first day and loved singing the songs.

Another high light for Shayla's summer was losing her first tooth. She use to cry and cry when Nathan would lose a tooth. In her mind her teeth could not fall out fast enough. Finally she feels like a big kid.

Labor Day Weekend 2010

We had a wonderful weekend pack with all kinds of activities. On Friday we started off the weekend with Nathan's first flag football game. I was very impressed with how he played. More than anything I enjoyed seeing him have success at something he doesn't think he's very good at. Each time he had a great play his coaches were right there to give him a high five and the look on his face was priceless. He had two games this weekend and they didn't win either one but you would not have known from the reaction of the coaches or the kids on the team. That's what I want most of all winning would just be icing on the cake.

Saturday Shayla's Daisy troop was invited to ride on a float for the Labor Day parade. Only three of the girls could make it but it didn't really matter the one's that came had a great time. Thankfully it was beautiful here on Saturday.

Nathan took pictures during the parade and did a great job. He took over 800 pictures. From what I could tell he really enjoyed the cars and getting a picture of what was on the side of each one. Flags were a big hit. He enjoyed telling me about all the different things he saw and I think he found something else he really enjoys.

We ended the weekend with some time with friends at our local town festival and swimming at a local park.

We only have two days of school this week so we have another fun weekend ahead. Can't wait!!!