Festival of Trees

The girl's dance studio was invited to dance at the Festival of Trees again this year. It has been a tradition in our family to go to the festival of trees every years so it has been fun to go and watch the girls dance also. Mandy wasn't old enought to dance at the festival this year but she did get to wear the costume and for her that is really what is most important. The had there dance recital a couple of weeks later. I video taped the girls dances and if I can't figure out how to put video on my blog I will add them later....but that is more work than I have time for today.

This is Anna and Kayla in there costume and during their dances.

Kayla

I have been trying to get a good picture of Kayla. She is probably my messiest child. No matter what I do she usually looks like she just got up and has spilled dinner on her shirt. I love this picture. This was just before we got her hair cut because she decided to cut her own hair. I thought by age 7 they had out grown that stage. She also cut Mandy's but it was just the very end of a braid so the only way I knew about it was Mandy told on her.

Reflections

Anna won the reflections contest for her school in Photography. This is the picture that she took. She got a leaf and put it on a mirror then took the picture of the mirror so that you could see the reflection of the trees behind it. She goes on to District next month.

Climbing Higher Award

Zach recieved the Climbing Higher Award at his school. While we were waiting for it to start Amanda and Zach had a little photo shoot.

Pinewood Derby

Once again it is pinewood Derby time. After Zach and Craig's poor performance last year Craig felt that he needed to redeem himself. So Zach's car became Craig's works project. The machine shop help grind down the wheel and axels and the paint shop primed it. Zach did get to help with the sanding and painting. My friend Dede provided the vinyl flame stickers. I am happy to say that this year Zach took 2nd place. He had a great time....for some reason he likes to win.

Spokane

We went to visit Kerry and Mark and family at the end of August. We had a great time as always. We spend one of the days at Silverwood...which is a amusement park. The kids had such a good time and still talk about how much fun it was. This is a picture of Craig and Amanda on the log ride. Amanda loved this time and she got to ride it several.
One of the days Mark was able to borrow the scout canoes. The kids had a great time rowing around the lake until......
The rain storm hit. It was a huge storm. Craig and Mark got soaked trying to get the canoes back on the trailer. In addition to the rain there was a lot of wind.
On the way home a big gust of wind caught the trailer and flipped it on its side. Luckily the hitch released and didn't flip the truck. It scared everyone a bit and we had to leave the trailer there and come back the next day and get it.

Kerry agreed to do a family photo shoot for us while we were there. This is one of my favorite pictures.

Brooke's Wedding

Once again I have had trouble downloading pictures. Things seem to be working again so here is the lasted update. Craig's niece got married the beginning of August. The girls got to be flower girls. They loved their dressed. They all looked to cute. Kayla's Dress didn't even last till the reception had started before she had ripped it.
Anna looked so pretty. She is growing up so fast.
I love this picture. It is totally Amanda. I actually had a 8 x 10 made up of this picture and hung it in her bedroom.