Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Wordless Wednesday




(This is a little "Make Something Monday" thrown in at the same time. I made this sign to welcome my students to my classroom.)

Friday, July 17, 2009

Mighty Mudd Mania

This was a blast!! The only draw back to the day was the extreme heat--Phoenix is under a heat advisory today. Water was plentiful, both to drink and to play in. Everyone had a great time!



We rode "Polly the Trolley" to get to the park. They were VERY clean and then the fun began!

McKenna enjoyed the mudpit. Trenton was so fast on the obsticle course, that I could only get one picture of him!

Kaity had some issues with mud-filled-clothing and mud in indiscreet places.
The very last obsticle was a mud pool they had to swim through! There was no avoiding muddy hair!!!

Scottsdale firefighters were on hand to hose down the muddy. Oh the tough life of a firefighter...














It was a great day! I'm thinking about renting children to take next year...better yet, I think I'll volunteer and spend the day playing in the mud!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Happy Birthday, Chase (just a little late)!!

Happy Birthday, Little Guy! I am proud of the man that you are working to become. It's hard work and sometimes you feel like you take one step forward and two steps back. But the steps forward get bigger and bigger, and the steps back fewer and fewer. Oliver Goldsmith wrote, "Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and the accomodations." Take my word for it, not matter how bad the roads or accomodations, if you do it right, the destination is eternally blissful. Just don't stop walking. I love you. Six weeks old.
Six months old.
About eighteen months old with an almost three year old Hailey.



Doug and Michelle's wedding. It struck me that Chase and Papa are very close, even today.

Merry Christmas 2009

Teen Camp, the early years for Chase.

Chase and Kaity after her school Christmas concert.
Chase always loved Tony. As a toddler at church, when Chase say Tony he would hollar, "Toooooooony!"
Fall, 2008.

Birthday, 2009. Twenty candles to blow out...he missed two.

Merry Christmas 2008

Hoe Down! October 31, 2008