DARE graduation

Jason and I attended Michael's DARE graduation this afternoon!  He seemed to really enjoy DARE and the kids seemed to relate to the officer really well!!  Although at the end they had to write an essay about what they had learned in DARE.  Michael was having a hard time and then he said "How can I write an essay when I didn't learn anything?"  I asked him how he possibly couldn't have learned anything.  He said "Well I didn't learn anything new, you have been lecturing us about all this stuff FOREVER."  Okay, so maybe I do go a little overboard on the teaching of life lessons!!  

Carter's Christmas Program #2

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A song from Michael's 5th grade performace at the Firehouse!

Carter's Christmas Program #1

Sorry the quality isn't the best but this is my first time uploading anything!!  You can also watch the video on youtube.  Maybe it will look better there!?

Michael's 5th Grade Christmas Performance

Last night we had a great time going to watch the 5th grade band play at a local restaurant.  They played several Christmas songs and sounded great.  This was a great end to a rough day for Michael.  That morning when they were waiting for the bus and neighbor girl took Michael's trumpet when he wasn't looking.  He didn't realize it was missing until he got on the bus, when she proceeded to tell him she had buried it in the snow.  Well after Jason and I dug all over for over an hour, the principal and band director ended up bringing the girl to the bus stop to show us where she had buried it!!  What a day!  Glad it turn out ok.  Did I mention that the girl is a first grader and the susupension she got for this was NOT the first one this year.  Yikes.  Michael did a wonderful job playing, and his band director made a special point of coming up to Jason and I and telling us what a wonderful job Michael is doing and how much he really loves having him in band.  He said he is a great kid!!  Warms a mother's heart to hear things like that!!

Happy Halloween 2010

Here are a few picture from Halloween this year. We had a lot of fun trick or treating at the nursing homes. Then we walked around town for a short time and ended up at the New Providence Roundhouse Carnival. We came home from that event with 3 new goldfish. However we now are down to 2!  The little Batgirl is my neice Shannen!

Walk for Apraxia

We went this last weekend to Des Moines for the 2010 Walk for Apraxia. We had a good time and got to meet a few people. Carter and Mommy even got an award for raising the 3rd most money. I think our team raised around $1075 dollars!! We spent the night before in the Ramada with the waterpark and had a blast!!