Dog Days

This was just a fun day watching the kids try to get something away from Cinnamon. Gracie, Austin and a few of their neighborhood friends.

First Day of School "09 -10"

The first 2 pics are from the first day of school. I got to go to school with Austin the first day. They asked all parents to come so it didnt seem so scary. Austin did great and was more excited for day 2 because he got to ride the bus with Gracie. The third pic is of them at the bus stop, the 4th getting on the bus. It is not a big change from last year when he was in pre-school. I pick him up at 10:50am. Next year will be the big YEAR, when I am all alone.

Fish

Just a funny fish story I wanted to share.
I asked Joe to take a picture of the fish I caught up close so it would look big. This is the picture he took. I laughed and said "Thanks for taking it next to my bobber, now everyone will know really how big it was." He said he didnt even notice the bobber in the picture. Funny!!

Vacation at the Lake

Once again we decided to take a few days vacation up at the lake. We tubed, and fished, and swam, and fished, and cooked out and fished. One would think we would have caught alot of fish, but no. We only caught 3 fish, 2 small bluegill and 1 small mouth bass. We did have a lot of fun trying.

Zoo 2009

Kylie, Gracie, Myka, Leah, Austin, Zac
Joe's sister Jenna was able to come up for a visit with her 3 beautiful kiddos. We had such a good time together. These are just a couple of photos because my camera broke.

Gracie's 10th Birthday Slumber Parties

Gracie's 10th Birthday! WOW

I decided to seperate Gracie's friends this year so we had 2 slumber parties. We had one for school friends and one for friends from her previous school and neighborhood friends. It worked out quite well. I let Gracie and her friends take my camera for the evenings so they took pics like crazy. Between both nights they took over 140 pictures. I have posted just a few from both evenings. The first party was for school friends, I dont know these girls as well so this party was a little stressful. They decorated bags as their craft, had blind make overs, played on the water slide, ate pizza and had cheesecake for dessert. The second party was for girls I know pretty well so we all had a very relaxed, fun, giggling time. They colored their hair with hair glitter, danced outside, played freeze dance (which they all LOVED to do), made hot pads on weaving looms, polished nails, made bracelets, watched a movie, had pizza, and birthday cake. We had lots of fun, and I overheard Gracie telling her Aunt Shell that, that was the best party she has ever had in her life.

Ankle Update

No pics, just an update. I have officially been released from physical therapy. YEAH!!! That does not mean my stretching routine is over it just means I can do it at home now, and I wont charge myself. : ) The ankle is still painful when I walk, I am trying to walk normal, without a limp. I still can not go up and down stairs normal, I think some of that is mental since that is how I sprained and fractured it in the first place. I will never look at stairs the same way again. I am very thankful to be back on my feet again. I want to once again say a BIG, HUGE, Thank You to all my family and friends who helped out during this time.