Tuesday, August 25, 2009

This and That


It has been a busy couple of weeks since school started.

Ed and I spent a weekend in Helen, GA. Dustin watched the kids for us. We left on Friday evening and got to our cabin around 7pm. Our cabin was a one bedroom with a screened in deck. It was in the woods, but thankfully we had airconditioning because it was a warm weekend. We went to into the town of Helen on Saturday. Helen is a German town and we had a great dinner at a German resturant. We left Sunday and went to Anna Ruby Falls in Helen on the way home. The falls is the result of three rivers that come together. We walked the half a mile up to the falls.



I planted a tomato plant on the back deck along with some herbs. The herbs did really well and I cut and froze them all summer. The tomato plant finally produced some tomatoes a few weeks ago. They were not the prettiest tomatoes, but they were tasty. I still have a few green ones on the plant.







Ed and I became a great aunt and uncle again the end of July. Catharine was welcomed into the world by Ed's sister's daughter and son in law, Carrie, Jeff and their daughter, Claire.







Kelli made the volleyball team this year and started practicing before school started. She had her first game a week ago. They did not win, but it was the first game for most of the girls.

Kelli had several good hits, but doesnt like to serve at all, so she needs to practice that.





Dont pay attention the the number on her jersy because they had a mixup with the numbers and her number is now 30!

So now everything is caught up. Kaila has her first football game on Friday and Kelli has another game tomorrow, so I will try to update again soon!

Monday, August 10, 2009

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school for the kids.

Kaila is starting her senior year at one of the county high schools. She is again this year involved in the band as part of the color guard. Yes Kaila is holding her spiderman lunchbox!!










Kelli is starting her freshmen year at a different high school then Kaila. (Our neighborhood was redistricted so that is why Kelli is going to a different school then Kaila). Kelli is playing on the volleyball team.


Eddie is starting this year in 6th grade at one of the countys brand new middle schools. He is still very involved in Boy Scouts. Eddie did put shoes on before he went to school, I just got the picture before he put them on!
The first day of school went well for everyone. I had a ton of papers to sign for each child!
At my school we had a fire alarm that went off because of the new oven in the cafeteria. We evacuated the building in a very timely fashion and everything turned out fine.
It is going to be a great new school year!

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Happy 17th Birthday Kaila!



Happy 17th Birthday Kaila! It is hard to believe that she is 17 already! It feels like just yesterday she was born!

She got a new camera for her birthday.








She picked spaghetti for dinner with a yellow 4 layer cake with chocolate icing for her cake.









She also got some 3-D chalk from Grammy and Pop. Her and her friend Katelynn drew a picture. It really does look 3-D when you wear the glasses!









Her camera was wrapped in a Steelers tote bag!