Dog chasing laser

Bryce loves to tease the dog with the laser light!

Veterans Day Solo by Mikayla

SO proud of my baby today! The 5th graders presented a Veterans Day program today, and Mikayla was chosen to be one of the soloists. She did such a great job!




Here are a few more band pictures...

Pinecones

Rick and Bryce went to Oregon over the weekend...and brought back these gigantic pinecones!
Me and the girls had fun decorating them today.

The pictures don't really do them justice. They have glitter, sparkles, and cute beads all over them.
Erica's is the first one, then my 2, then Mikayla's 2.

Bryce's Eagle Ceremony



Bryce as a new Cub Scout - 8 years old



Bryce as an Eagle Scout - 15 1/2 years old



Bryce's Eagle Medal



Mark Virak (former Scout leader) putting on Bryce's new Eagle neckerchief



Me putting on Bryce's Eagle medal



Bryce pinning on the Eagle Dad pin





Bryce pinning on the Eagle Mom pin

 



Bryce chose his Dad as his Mentor. He's pinning on the Mentor Pin.



  


Bryce's Eagle Scout certificate





Bryce's Eagle Trophy that I made for him





Bryce is an Eagle Scout now! Lots of hard work over the years I tell ya! His Eagle Court of Honor ceremony will be this Sunday.





Erica playing her piccolo at band camp in August.





Bryce at marching band camp in August.



  

Erica playing her piccolo in a marching band performance at a football game.



 

Erica marching on the field!





Bryce all decked out in a "Transylvania" costume for a marching band performance.



1st Day of School 2013

Erica is a freshman and Bryce is a sophomore! Am I really old enough to have TWO high schoolers? Don't answer that!

Mikayla is in 5th grade now!

Rick's Alaska Trip

Rick got to go to fishing in Alaska with some friends in August for 9 days. He had the time of his life! He didn't finish doing all the captions on these, but I thought I'd post them anyway!

Neal, Mark and I on a little pull out spot on the Cook Inlet about 20-ish miles outside of Anchorage.  This inlet has like the second highest tide swing in the world.  I think it is around 15 - 20 feet tide swings. 

Cook Inlet - The water was super muddy with all the sand in it as the tide would do its thing.