Emily's in Preschool Now!

Emily started Preschool on Tuesday. She would only let me take 3 pictures but offered to pose for an additional 3 pictures on the second day.

I was the parent helper for her class on Thursday and she's doing just fine.

Zack's First Day of Kindergarten! 9-1-09

Zack started kindergarten today!Greg made him crepes for breakfast (his favorite you know!)

After I snapped this picture, he turned around and introduced himself to the girl behind him and shook her hand!

At his desk

Looks like he already "rules the school" doesn't it!

He did very well going in, Mrs. Huston reported he had a great day when we picked him up and he was sporting a "hard worker" sticker! I'm especially proud of him today!

Not-So Tiny Bubbles!

A couple weeks ago, we went to a bubble demonstration at the library. We really enjoyed the show and since there was a small crowd Professor Zap put each kid there in a giant bubble. I was very disappointed to not have my camera with me so we caught up with him at a different library. The second demonstration was packed and 1/2 of the moms there stood in the hall so I had low expectations of getting a picture this time. However, after the show, if you were willing to wait your turn, Professor Zap would put you in a bubble, his handle even broke and he kept going! Needless to say, we're big Professor Zap fans now.

June 12, 1999

10 years ago today!

Here Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty!

We brought home a couple of kittens from the cabin. Zack picked out an orange one because it looks like Cooper (his grandparents golden retriever). Cooper's now 6 months old!

Since I'm not positive of the gender of the kittens, I wanted to come up with some neutral namesHere is Salfy (for Salt Fork) and Zack snoozingand here's Mosby where Emily has decided he(or she) needs to be at the moment.

A Pirate Looks at Thirty!

Happy Birthday Kirk! We celebrated Kirk's 30th Birthday Saturday afternoon.

Meghan did a super cute job decking the place out!

Max needed to dig a hole for whatever reason and he meant business!

Malia found some snails. Check out her new 'do!

And the guys did a bit of fishing.

Hope you had a good day Kirk! We love you!

Just Zack!

Zack has been busy the past couple weeks.
-He was the Star Student for his preschool class recently.

The poster tells about his favorite color, food, etc.

and that he wants to be a UPS man when he grows up!

-He made some new friends at the cabin!

There are 5 kittens in this liter and all of them were so tolerant of Zack & Emily's manhandling which was impressive since they haven't had much human contact.

-He turned 5 and a HALF!

He's been on a kick lately that he doesn't want his birthday to be at the end of the year, he wants it to be first, etc. etc. so on May 18th, we celebrated him turning 5 1/2. We brought some cupcakes to the park to share with our friends.

-And he graduated from Preschool!
The ceremony was nice, the whole graduating class sang songs in the church, then went to the social halls to receive their diplomas from their teachers.

Zack & Daddy's First Soccer Team

Our soccer season is underway!

Greg is coaching Zack's team and their first game was Saturday.

He's #7.

He was quite a hoot, I wish I could have videotaped more of the game but Emily was a handful.

Here's Emily "coaching".

Every time we asked her what a coach does, she spins & twirls around.

Kite Festival!

We went to a Kite Festival Cancer Benefit this weekend.

The weather was absolutely perfect for this event so we had a really wonderful time.This scuba diver is chasing a Nemo fish as he's being chased by a shark.

We thought it was super cool!

Happy Easter!

Zack's First Easter! Emily's First Easter!

Dentist Visit

The kids went to a new dentist last week. I'm very relieved that Emily approves of this one!

I loved how she let Emily assist her and outfitted them in gloves and masks.

St. Patty's Day!

Remember these?

Zack at about 3 months


Emily at about 4 months