Blaine Turns 10 and Thanksgiving

Can you believe it?


There is a ten year old living in our house now- WOW!!!!

We celebrated with a little brownie and ice cream in the classroom....

Party to follow after the Thanksgiving Holidays with Laser Tag and

Go Carts....

We also had a great Thanksgiving full of family and great food!!!!

The table was set....

Frisbee with Poppie and homemade pizza that Nani made.

Football with G-Daddie, Bobo and Robin

Wii playing with the cousins.....

Hope everyone had a great and blessed Thanksgiving.....

Long Time No Blog

Well things have been busy and hopping- here's a few updates......

We played some flag football....

Went to Kansas City to the doctor - Had a great visit -

Doctor said we don't need to see him again until next Sept.

We stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge - Oh my - What fun

There was great fun for kids there

- they have a interactive computer game Magiquest -

very festive and the indoor waterslides were amazing...

Baked some Mummy Dogs by Chef Blaine for Halloween

Making good grades on our Spelling (Dad has taken over the Spelling)

Cheering on the Red Raiders when they beat a little team called UT....

Best Game ever - I even watched the whole game - AMAZING

Celebrating Red Ribbon Week with crazy sock day - Great legs huh???

Celebrated with friends on Halloween

Dressed up like a Quarterback Ghost - We currently are aspiring to be like Peyton Manning....

Paticipated in the Mock Election at school (we were the only elementary (out of six) that McCain carried)

Got our first Corps job - Flag Guardian - with the wind - it is a very challenging job..

Everybody Loves a Parade - Cowboy Days

Cowboy Days in Plainview were held 9/13. It is a fun time but as you can see the weather was a little drizzly and unfortunately the Cattle Drive had to be contained in the trailer. Here is a link to give you info about Cowboy Days if you have never been.
http://www.myplainview.com/articles/2008/09/13/breaking_news/09072008_overview_cowboy_days_txt.txt

Blaine decided to run in the Moo A Thon Race. Could be the promise of a free t-shirt to the first fifty kids......

Here they come.....

Not first but still a great race....

Bring on the parade and candy!!!!!

Great time for everybody...

We then moved to the rest of festivities and Blaine made it all the way to the top and blew the siren... Way to go Blaine!!!!

A great day..... Everyone have a good one.

Summer Days Gone and School Days Here

Believe it or not - we are back in school. I can't believe it. Here are a few pictures right before school started....

Gone are the days of hanging out with the neighborhood kids.....

Then the class list went on the doors of school....

Then we met our teacher, Mrs. Halbleib. Blaine is in Fourth Grade - Can you believe it???

Self Portrait - Blaine Carter

Electric, Fantastic, Playful, and Brillant

Looks like it is going to be a colorful and intriguing year!!!

Hope everyone has a good one.....

Fourth of July

Hey we had a great time with the cousins. It was a blast.

Where has the summer gone?

Busy, Busy, Busy - is how I would say this summer has been. Can you believe that it is almost July - Wow before you know it we will be back in school!! (Have I really left yet?) Anyway we started summer off right with a great trip to Costa Rica. Celebrating our 15th Anniversary with the Bishops and the Hamiltons. Great fun and a beautiful place.....

What we looked at everyday from our casa- what a view

The Villa we rented - came with a staff - cook, bartender and maid.

Our house - up on the hill....
Wonderful way to vacation....

Our pool at the casa

Monkey Tour - Holly and Cari loved the monos

Kevin lost enough weight to do the zip

line.

I was brave and tackled rafting - paid my guide well - we stayed in the raft the whole time... Not everyone else could say that....

The birthday girls... the staff decorated and made a cake.

Kevin and his food.... Lobster - the cook didn't even serve him veggies..

Adios Costa Rica....

While we were in Costa Rica - Blaine did Golf Camp here. His game is improving....

Watch out Tiger!!!

Then Blaine did Theater Camp which presented the Jungle Book...

He was the vulture - I helped do costumes and some computer stuff...

Great fun...

Then this week we had bible school. I was in charge of crafts. We had a great group of kids.....

In between, we have gone to the pool, golfed, and just enjoyed the summer.....

Next week Blaine goes to church camp - oh boy....

Hope your summer is going great!!!!