Christmas 2010

Just a few pictures from Christmas 2010

Launching Rockets

Eddie has gotten into building and launching rockets. We have launched several around our house, but there are too many trees and we have lost several because of how high they go.

Last weekend, we took him to his school parking lot, a lot less trees, and let him launch there. He launche two different rockets 5 times. We were able to recover all of them.

Here Eddie was trying to catch the rocket as it came down. The look on his face is so funny!

This rocket is called the Eggs Calibar. It has a place at the top to hold a raw egg. Eddie is loading it to get it ready for launching.

















This is the smaller rocket that he launched. Ed estimated it went about 300 feet in the air.












The Eggs Calibar on the launch pad
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Blast off!!














Eddie is the launcher and the recovery team!!







The egg did not survive...both times.

Kailas Graduation

Kaila graduated from high school on May 29, 2010. We had lots of company in town for the graduation and party!

Of course, my pictures are out of order!

We roasted marshmallows from the coals left over after Ed smoked some ribs.

Peg, not to be out done by everyone riding the four wheeler, got on the tractor and took it for a ride!

Pat took Mom for a ride on the four wheeler and I think everyone else got a ride too!

Nathan, Kaila, Peg, and Jay made the trip for the party weekend.

Pat, Erynn, Sean and Hadley were here for the weekend too.

Grammy and Pop with Kaila.

As Kailas graduation present, I made her a t-shirt quilt with t-shirts that I had saved of hers since she was in preschool. The middle two squares have her name and the date embroidered on them.

And finally, the graduate!! Congratulations Kaila!!

Kaila getting her diploma from the principal.

Kaila's Winter Guard Competition

Kaila had a winter guard competition hosted by her school today. They did a great job and did something no other winter guard has ever done be for. They put lights on their flags!!! There had always been a rule that you could not have anything battery operated on the floor, until recently when they lifted this rule. Kaila didnt tell me they were doing this, so it was a complete surprise to me and the rest of the audience! It was so cool!


This picture is kind of blurry, but the one above it show her with the rifle in the air.










This is a picture of the guard with the lights on their flags. Kind of hard to see since it was bright in the gym, but still looked neat.








Kaila catching her rifle.









At the beginning of the program.

Happy 15th Birthday, Kelli!

Happy 15th Birthday to Kelli Ann! I can't believe that she is 15 already!



She ordered chicken parmagean for dinner and a yellow cake with chocolate icing.








Opening presents.























When I went to the store to pick up the candles, I accidentally picked up a "1" and a "3". Good thing I noticed it before I completed the check out!

2010 Winter Snow Storm

It started to snow here around 2:00 this afternoon. Originally we were in the "dusting to 1 inch" accumulation. That has since changed. After 3 hours we had one inch and it is still coming down pretty hard.

We didnt have school today as it was a planned teacher work day, kids off, but most of the schools south of us canceled yesterday!!




Eddie was outside almost as soon as it started. Kelli went out for a little while when she found out her gymnastic class was canceled for the day.

Kaila went out for a little bit too. It is a wet snow so she kept getting it on her glasses!

Eddie managed to build a snowman, but it was a little lopsided and didnt last long.

He started making the snowball on the deck but it got too heavy and he had to take it off the deck before he couldnt lift it any more!!

Happy 13th Birthday, Eddie!

Eddie turned 13 on January 6th. He was so excited about this birthday that he started to count down for it in November!! The reason for the excitement...he got a cell phone!!

This is the first time in several years that he had to go to school on his birthday! Usually we are still on break. So he had to wait until that evening to open presents!

Another Lego to put together!!!

For his birthday dinner he ordered T bone steaks, baked potatoes and cherry chip cake with vanilla frosting. Hard to believe he is 13!