Back To School - WOOHOO!

It is hard to believe that is already time to start back to school. Summer has flown by and it is time for 4th and 8th grade. Both of the kids seem to be indifferent about going back to school this year....I don't think it has really hit them yet :)

I believe that Jonathan has grown at least a foot over the school break. Football practice has been going on since the first of the month and I am praying that they will have good season this year. Our previous seasons have not been anything to brag about. They were actually very difficult seasons to tell the truth. We have a new coach this year, but these coaches are not even comparable to the coaches we had playing with the city league. Our first game will be next week. Wish us luck!

Jessica has continued her guitar lessons thru the summer and has really done a great job. She really enjoys playing and seems to pick up pretty fast. I am anxious to see how 4th grade goes for her. Jonathan was buried his entire 4th grade year in homework. Thankfully, we have not experiened another year like that since. Jessica also enjoys school more than Jonathan, so I think that will make all the difference too.

I am going to try to do much better in keeping our blog updated during the school year. It will help that we will be on a more fixed schedule too. Hugs to all!

A Day on the Set

Both kids got to spend the day on the Hannah Montana film set today. It was a really hot and long day, but they both seemed to have fun. It was something that neither might ever have the chance to do again, so I was glad they both got to go. They got to see the filming of the concert and it was pretty cool that they got to see Miley Cyrus. The movie is not coming out until May 2009 so we have awhile to wait before we know if either of them will be able to be seen in the film. Pretty neat way to get to spend a summer day.

Memorial Day - Proud to be an American

Remembering our troops and all of our Veterans today.

I love my flowers!

Just a few of the flowers we have blooming in our yard right now. There are many others, but these are a few that I have loaded on the computer right now. This last picture is actually the blooms on my chives.

What in the world have we been doing?

In this post, I would like to try to give you an idea of what we have been doing lately. Jessica and all the kids did GREAT at district finals and her team won an automatic bid to Nationals. Here are a couple of pictures with the trophies and CASH they got. I didn't get to go to Regionals with them, but they did well there so now we are getting ready for Nationals. We will travel to Wisconsin in the next couple of weeks!

Sorry about the quality of the picture here, but this was one of the best shots I could get with my camera. This is Jonathan at their Spring concert. He plays drums and has already gotten his invite for next year. He plays drums on EVERYTHING. Tables, walls, with spoons on tables...whatever is handy.

Jessica had a birthday in April and her favorite place to eat is Logan's. Here are a few pictures from her family party....sorry, no pictures of her dad. He wasn't able to be there that night.

Just a few days after Jessica's birthday, my dad got really sick and spent quite awhile in the hospital. He is doing better now and is getting stronger everyday. Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers for our family.

In April, we also got to see Casting Crowns in concert. It was a great concert and we had a blast.

Picture Post of Jonathan

It has been too long since my last post. I wanted to share some recent pictures of the kids. We have had a lot going on within our family and posting has had to take a backseat. Enjoy the pictures.

Picture Post of Jessica