Connor's Summer Destination

Connor will be traveling with People to People

as a Student Ambassador to

the Land Down Under

EEK...15 days away from mom, dad and American apple pie!

It's every teenager's dream!

Maybe he will bring dad home another jar of Veg-a-mite? What did he actually do with the last jar that he was so determined to get his hands on? That should make for an interesting story to tell his host family. More posts to follow as he prepares for his 14 hour flight/15 day stay

abroad. Can a mother's heart really take this?

Jodi's Season

Happy Belated Birthday Jodi! This is one of the reasons I believe in "Seasons" - it's so the goodness can last more than one day. We had a great time last Friday night hanging out eating soup, yummy cake (baked by Nae) and watching a funny comedy show. Good friends, good eats, good times...life doesn't get much better than this!

Hangin' with Hannah

Life was GOOD on Saturday! Not only did I get to watch Coach Snyder and his boys put the hurt on those dirty birds, I got to hang out with Hannah for the first half of the football game. We had a great time cheering our CATS on despite the fact that we had to yell louder than ever because we were sitting right behind the KU band! Thanks Hannah, I had an awesome time. I'll trade seats with your dad any time!

Learners Permit.....Check

Breckyn passed her drivers test yesterday. She is so excited to hit the road and get those 50+ hours logged. Congratulations Breckyn!

Tis Bryan's Season

Happy Birthday Honey! Tonight we celebrated Bryan's birthday at his parents. As customary, we had yummy Baskin Robbins ice cream cake and pizza with the Dunlap crew minus Aly. Too bad you had to work Alyssa, dinner wasn't the same without you.

Happy Boo Day!!

The Kindergarten Teachers all dressed up as Junie B. Jones from her various books...

I was Junie B. Jones is a Dumb Bunny.

Breckyn helps Madison put on the finishing touches to her costume

before the middle school party.

Breckyn and her peeps...Chelsea & Mikiah - Chelsea and Breck both wore their

dad's old high school football jerseys to the party.

Quick don't look...here she comes with the camera! (Marcus, Kiah & Chelsea)

It's good to have a 16 year old in the house! I do believe the car is at maximum capacity.

Make room for Madison but remember don't make eye contact with the camera!

We had our annual Halloween soup supper last night. In addition, we watched a couple of great football games - Go Cats!!! - Quack, quack Ducks!!! and saw many FANTASTIC trick or treaters come to the front door. My friend Renae came to the realization as we sat and watched the younger kids trade Halloween candy and the older kids prepare to leave for a Halloween party that our lives have taken on a drastic change over the last few years. It was almost 8:00 pm and the "little" kids and adults were winding down for the evening and our "big" kids were just getting their evening started. Where have the years gone? We decided there was one perk to the passing of years when it came to trying to decide who was going to taxi the 5 middle schoolers to the party...Chances are next year Connor will make Halloween plans of his own!