More Baby Pix

time to take a snooze

playing with Joseph's stuffed dinosaur

Round Rock

Kathleen earned a spot on the varsity cross country team that went on an overnight trip to Round Rock, TX, (near Austin) for a meet. She had a great time, as you can see. We are very proud of her. She's not sure exactly where she placed, (there were over 400 girls in her race) but she took another 10 seconds off of her previous time.

Tennis Star

Makala had her first tennis match a couple of weeks ago. She played two matches, both doubles. They lost the first one but won the second one. WAY TO GO MAKALA!!!
This is Makala and her friend Heather after her first match.

The Gift of Music

Makala is in Band again this year. They got the opportunity to play at one of the Middle School football games yesterday. They had a lot of fun. Originally, she was playing the french horn, but her director asked her to give the tuba a try, because they needed more of them. She tried it, but decided she wanted to go back to the french horn. But first, her director had to show everyone how much better the tuba section was with her, than without her. He made them play with her, and without her and then with her, and without her again, just to prove how good she was at it. Yeah, she stayed with the tubas. Her director made a point to tell me how impressed she is that Makala made the jump so easily, and how quickly she picked it up. Kathleen and I went to the game. They really did sound awesome. Way to go, Makala!

Run, Kathleen, Run!

Last Saturday was another Cross Country Meet for Kathleen. This time, it was hosted by our school, so guess who got to spend the morning volunteering? It was at UNT in Denton. The kids did a great job. There is an overnight trip to Round Rock for a big meet on October 3, and only the top 14 boys and 14 girls get to go, and this meet at UNT was the deciding meet for that. Kathleen's goal was to make it into the top 14, and she did. In fact, she came in 10th out of 236 girls running the JV race. She ran her best time so far. We are so proud of her!

On your mark. . . get set . . .

GO!!!!!

Resting afterwards, with a little TLC from Josh.

At the end of the meet, they had a one-mile fun run for all the kids. Our CC team ran with them. Joseph and Joshua had a great time.

Kathleen ran with them the whole way.

They each got a medal. Kathleen got one for her 10th place finish, too!

THE FINISH LINE

4 months old

Our sweet little Samantha is 4 months old already! I can't believe it. She is turning over from front to back, and grabbing for things and smiling a lot more, and even laughing a little bit. She is a joy to have around.

This is her first attempt at cereal. More came out than went down, of course, but it was a good first try.

This is Sam in her swing watching Mickey Mouse. She loves it!

Lots of Updates

It's been awhile since I've posted, so I have put quite a few updates on here. Things have been pretty busy with school starting. Seminary, Cross Country, Tennis, High School Choir, Middle School Choir, Middle School Band, Cub Scouts, Young Women, not to mention work for Tony and my new work-from-home job. I am a scopist. Basically, it is proof-reading and editing for court reporters. I enjoy it, and it allows me to stay at home with Samantha. Hope everyone is well. Enjoy!

Mom and Dad

This is my mom and dad on their 35th wedding anniversary, February 1, 2004. We went out to dinner and dancing at a local country restaurant. We had a great time. Dad passed away in February of 2007. We miss him terribly. The boys still talk about him a lot. We love you, Dad!

Trip to Grandma's

One of the things the kids decided to do while we were at Grandma Sherril's house in Marlow was to bury a time capsule. They found an old trunk of Grandpa Bob's and found things that reminded them of him and things that they liked and put them in the trunk. Then they proceeded to dig a hole in the middle of Grandma's backyard. We were a little worried that the neighbors were going to think they were burying a body out there. When they got tired of digging and it still wasn't deep enough for the trunk, we convinced them to find something a little smaller to bury instead. Dad helped them find a plastic box that they could use. I'm glad Grandma didn't mind that they dug up her yard. I'm sure Grandpa Bob would have had something to say about it!

They had Makala take a picture of them with "Ol' Blue" to put in the time capsule.

Mom's washing machine had been leaking just a little, so while we were there, Tony looked at it to see if it could be fixed. While I held it up, he was looking underneath. Sadie was helping. (Actually she was chasing the light from the flashlight he was using!)

Kathleen's First Cross Country Meet

Kathleen at 5:30 am, ready to go to her first meet. She was a little nervous!

Getting ready to run.

Kathleen did a great job at her first meet. She also had a lot of fun. It was in Dallas, near White Rock Lake. I drove over there with the baby to see her run. It was fun. Her second meet was this past Saturday in Plano. She came in 53rd out of over 200 runners. Her coach thinks she will be able to make the varsity team as a freshman. The varsity team is made up of the top 7 runners and time trials are every week. So each week, she has the chance to make the varsity team for that week. Not many freshman have done it. Go Kathleen!