Field Trip to the Fire Station

Today, I went with the girls to the fire station for their class field trip. All the kids were good and asked lots of questions. Here are a few photos of the trip. We missed having Jayden with us. We hope he is better soon. For all of the southern viewers, we are getting ready for a big winter storm here. I've filled our coolers with water and filled a couple of bath tubs up just in case. We are supposed to have 6-8 inches of snow plus up to an inch of ice. I am ready for a snow day! I'll take some pictures tomorrow to share.

Sorry

Sorry for the delay in the blog. Not only have I been neglecting the blog, but also the treadmill. Running inside is just not for me! The past week has been busy with a lot of running around. Katherine is now officially out of pull-ups during both day and night. That means after 8.5 years, we finally don't have to put them on our grocery list. Here is a picture of Katherine on the first night she decided she was going to stay dry all night.

Wrestling Fun

Tonight was the boys' third wrestling tourny of the season. It was a fun time for all. Marcus had 2 matches. He won one and lost the other 11-10. He is our smiling wrestler. No matter how tough a match, he never stops smiling. Ethan wrestled once tonight and had a tough one. He lost, but did his best.

Next Thursday is the last tourny of the season. It starts at 6. If anyone would like to come out to watch, we would love to have you. We will probably go out for pizza afterwards.

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A Shocking Small Group

Small group tonight started off with a "new" old lamp and a shock. Lissa ( on left) warned Desi (right) to not touch the less than fashionable lamp. Desi's last words were, "I hope I don't get shocked". Desi plugged it in and then it happened -a loud pop and then sparks. Desi was left with a black hand and two holes between her fingers. As you can tell she's going to make it.

I am enjoying the girls I teach. They are juniors and seniors and just all around a good bunch of girls. The youth minister at our church left this summer, so they are anxious to get a replacement soon. As of now, we are in between studies so if anyone has a good suggestion for older teenage girls let me know.

Other events of the day....Eric was right and I was wrong. Marcus has had a tooth ache for a few days. I didn't want to call the dentist because I figured it was just a molar coming through. Come to find out, Marcus has an abcess and has to have his tooth taken out. Luckily it is a baby tooth. So for now, antibiotics and advil.

The picture of Lily on top was supposed to be here. I'm not sure what happened, looks like I need more practice. Lily was looking especially cute playing with her new friend Nikki, so I thought I'd share.

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Starting out

I'm not sure why I'm doing this. Maybe because I get bored running inside and need something to think about. First, I think I should be applauded for actually finding a URL that wasn't already taken. I went through all my great ideas to find that other people share them as well. I guess I'll need to visit their blogs to see what they're about. Bigmama here I come.

With this blog I intend to let all of my friends be more apart of my life through photos and various thoughts. Maybe if I keep this up, I can have a good reason to ask for a little camera next year for Christmas. The camera we have now is wonderful, just a little bulky for my pocket.

For now, I better get to the dishes....

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