Boone, IA

Kate Shelley Bridge - Boone, IA (google it!)

Sal, Kobe and Stan

Zoo. Woo hoo!

Oakview

Camp Kitaki

I was kinda sad to leave them at camp...but it definitely helped that they were so excited to go.

Disney World

Actual movie props...from Narnia! 

Kobe surrenders to the Imperial Walker.   

 Celia recently learned about the Terracotta Army.  She was extremely excited to visit China at Epcot!

So 5 days of Disney World is more than enough...we had to drive to the beach to play in the ocean.

Disney World exceeded my expectations.  There was so much to see and do.  I'm so blessed to have such amazing kids who I can grow young with.  Having never visited Disney World before, I couldn't have had a more wonderful time...sharing our first visit together with my kids.

Kobe's class trip to Fontenelle Forest

Nebraska Wildlife Safari

What's the best way to store fresh cut tulips?

Well now you know!



Defy Gravity

The bottom picture is Kobe in a room full of "lasers" (quotes = Austin Powers reference...I can't ever think of that word without imagining Dr. Evil saying it) where you have to maneuver through the room and hit check points then reach a goal without breaking any lasers....like in Mission Impossible.  (the laser beams don't show up in the picture)

Just the boys

Snow...finally!

Othello

It's funny how so many of the games played most by the kids are the same games I played when I was their ages.  I remember loving Othello....and Stratego.

Reading before bedtime

Lunch in hand.

The kids are such troopers...having to wake up a little earlier to get to school.  Kobe loves the home lunches I make for him.  I always include a note...usually with a riddle or a question.  Celia still likes the notes...but isn't so quick to admit it.  She's 11.

What a brain!

Kobe organizes the blocks so they appear to be a flat square in a picture.  He's so creative.

Zoo in December (the inside exhibits are nice and warm)

UP Holiday Party

Lance's birthday party

Celia's 6th Grade Halloween Party

I volunteered to help organize the Birchcrest 6th grade Halloween party.  It was so much fun!

Celia's poster wins 3rd place!

Happy, active kids.