PUMPKIN CARVING 2008

Family Pumpkin Patch Trip

HAILEY'S FIELD TRIP TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH

That's fall

Thank you to my neighbor and friend Kim for snapping this really cute shot of Hailey playing in the fall leaves in the state of Washington. Beautiful!

Dress Rehersal

Hailey an I decided to try out our costumes for Halloween. I think we look pretty cute. What do you think?

JUST SOME MONDAY PICTURES

THE COMMONS FALL HARVEST PARTY

On Saturday we went to our friends the Marshman's house for a Fall Harvest Party. All of our friends from the Commons (our church) were there and some new friends from TX. When it got dark we had a family pumpkin hunt. It was so fun!

Hunting for pumpkins

Hailey being silly with some fake hair

Owen picking up our prize. It was a cold stone gift card!

MORE HOUSE PICS

OUR NEW HOUSE

This is what the final product will look like

This will be our new house in Fort Worth TX January 09'. click the link to view the floor plans.
http://www.centexhomes.com/Dallas/377985_Plan.html plan D

HAILEY'S NEW SONG

Haiely learned a new song at school today and I thought I would share it with all of you.

OF CATERPILLAR AND MEN

"I'm going to love it and keep it and care for it" If you have ever read the book Of Mice And Men, Hailey was a real life Lenny when it came to her caterpillar! Her friend found this caterpillar on a tree outside and Hailey adopted it for a few hours. All she talked about was how cute her caterpillar was. "Dad, don't you think she is adorable" or "Mom I love this caterpillar". It didn't stop. Finally at around seven PM I felt really sorry for the caterpillar because Hailey was holding it and playing with it that I told Hailey she had to put him back outside so it could turn into a butterfly. She woke up the next morning and immediately wanted to go look for another caterpillar. she wanted to love it and keep it and care for it all over again. WOW!

A LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR

In the state of Washington, grades three through ten take a test called the Washington Assessment of Student Learning or WASL for short. Owen took the math and reading in his fourth grade class this year. I received a letter in the mail with the results of the test. The results are as followed.

READING

passing=400

Owen's score=461 exceeds standards

Math

passing=400

Owen's score=449 exceeds standards.

Because of these awesome scores Owen received a letter signed by the Governor of Washington and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction congratulating him. The letter stated that they are very proud of him and he should be proud of himself. It said that his test scores show his parents and teachers that he is working really hard in school and learning important skills to help him become successful in the future.

I am extremely proud of Owen! He is such a smart kid!

OWEN AND HAILEY'S CHILD DEDICATION

MIA/POW REMEMBRANCE 5K

Today Naval Station Everett hosted a 5k MIA/POW Remembrance run/walk. Matt's command MSRON-9 all ran and I walked in honor of my Grandpa Graf who was a POW in WWII. Thank you Grandpa for your service! I LOVE YOU.

HAILEY'S SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL

Blowing kisses

Hailey's friend Rachael

HAILEY'S FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN

HAILEY'S FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN

HAILEY'S KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION

Today was Hailey's kindergarten orientation. She met her teacher Mrs. Getty, got a tour of the school, and did some testing.

Hailey getting a tour from Mrs. Getty

Mrs Getty showing Hailey where the bus will drop her off

Mrs. Getty giving Hailey a test on letters and numbers.

More testing

Hailey being told that she is done. Sorry it's a little blurry

OWEN'S FIRST DAY OF FOURTH GRADE

Today was Owen's first day of school. He will be in grade 4/5 it's an enrichment program at his school that mixes fourth and fifth graders in a smaller class size. Hailey starts kindergarten on September 8th.

My shutter got stuck half open. Ops

LOOK WHAT I MADE GRANDMA JUDY

Grandma Judy, I went to Michael's to use my gift card to buy a bird house, paint, flowers and decorations. My mom helped me and we made this really pretty bird house. I had fun using my gift card. It was hard for me to decide what I wanted and we were in the store for about an hour. THANK YOU GRANDMA JUDY! I LOVE YOU! Do you like what I made?