One & One for the night

Section 4A wrestling started last night and both Tanner & Dalton went 1-1. Dalton had one of the nights fasted pin of 27 seconds. Today they boarded the bus at 6:45am and headed back to St.James.(worst gym for photography ever) The entire NPS wrestling team is still in metal contention. We should be home around 6 tonight and then its to the lake for some ice fishing!

Field trips of Feb 2010

My best friend decided to put together pictures of all of the field trips by months. I thought it was a wonderful idea and so shamelessly stole it.

Was there ever such a thing as "homeschooling via field trips"? Cuz we would be those people. ;)

There were at least two trips I didn't take pictures... The Audubon Society and the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. And it's Feb. LOL!

ill tempered sea bass

We have been on lots of field trips these last two weeks. The latest being a trip to the Seattle Aquarium... Before we went, I had an interesting conversation with my toddler:

Me: "Hey hon, you ready?"
Toddler: "Where we going?"
Me: "To a fish place to see fishes!" with enthusiasm.
Toddler: "Oh! With guns on them?"

Oh yes, I have birthed Dr Evil.



A slide show of our awesome trip! (Make sure you turn on the captions. It is much better that way. :) )

Busy Busy

Over the last couple of weeks the boyz have been super busy with a new semester starting at school and we are in the tail end of wrestling season. Nicollet hosted the Valley Conference Tournament and the gym was packed with over 90 wrestlers. And the Raiders had their first "BIG" win over Mlps. Edison 56 -6. Tabor is still out for 3 more weeks and is hoping not to miss the start of baseball season with the rip in his tendon. But he's all excited he brought home Grandpa's Ice house and plans to get in some time on the lake this weekend. Besides who can think of baseball when we have all this snow?

The Little Prince

The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery is an amazing book. . I hadn't read this book in about 15 years. All I remembered was that it was sad. As a 'grown up' I was able to see so much more. The ideas that were common place to me as a child are now extraordinary and deep. Which is the exact phenomenon that he speaks of in the book. About 'grown ups'.

A friend of mine has a tattoo of the Boa Constrictor from the inside and outside. One on each of her forearms. I found this out only last week as I had never seen her in short sleeves before. The next day, I was enjoying a morning of happy thrifting and saw this book on the second hand book shelf. I sat on the floor and read it until I was finished right there in the thrift store. Then I bought it, brought it home, and read it again. It has been in my head for the last two days... I don't feel that I can explain the story very well... it is just a book that everyone should read. Especially if you have not read it in a very long while.

It looks like a children's book. Don't be fooled. This book is not really for children, but for the grown ups that children have grown into.

Happy Birthday Bubba!

Holy Smokes! Tabor is 17 years old today.....where did the time go? Bubba has had a very busy year. He learned to love a new sport of wrestling but is still out for another 4 weeks will that ripped tendon. He also had a championship year for football (which is his first love).

Tabor is a avid sportsman and loves the outdoors like he loves engines. This winter I think he has put on over 500 miles on the sled. Over the past month he has been really looking at colleges. At school some of his favorite classes are web design, pro engineering & math.

Tabor babysits and loves to be around little kids. This semester he does not have Chinese so he has a open hour and during that time he can be found in the gym helping with kindergarten PE or he likes to be in the 4Th grade with Mr.Amsden.

Bubba also is our Chef, some how he has picked up a food pallet like no other. At 10 o'clock at night he could be found in the kitchen whipping up some cream sauce that he will pour over his chop along with the garden salad that is covered in blue cheese dressing.

Happy Birthday Tabor!

Daddy Daughter Dance

Daddy Daughter Dance history.

It has been an annual event for the past four years. I missed taking pictures of the one from 2008, but these pictures are amazing to me! Not just because my daughter is turning to a beautiful young woman before my very eyes, but because my photography and camera skills have gotten SO much better! lol!

2007:

2009:

2010:

It is a tradition that will not be broken any time soon. Cyan asks when it is for months beforehand. She has had this dress picked out since Summer. She had her hairdo picked out for the last month. She looks forward to it and I have to admit, these putting this post together got me a bit teary, seeing my love with our beautiful girl, as she turns to a little woman.

Off for an evening with the boys. Let the shooting and rowdy movies begin!