"My dest diend"

Our new president

Apparently our schools are striking out on the education part of the election! Hahaha!

Halloween 2012

Oh the most favorite holiday of them all... In October that is! This year, Little J did NOT get to go trick or treating due to basketball practice (he is trying out for the middle school team).. so - the hubby took our favorite "cat" our for awhile... then we picked up Little J and headed to CWU for some games and candy... gotta love free candy!

Back to SCHOOL!!!

Happy First Day of School!!!! Miss O is starting second grade... WHERE does time go???? Little J is going to be a "big man on campus" - going to 7th grade at MMS!

Lion travel to Lake Chelan

Miss O had to take her favorite, Lion, with us to Lake Chelan!

She loves this cat

Miss O sure loves her Fester!!

Miss O's new projects

Miss O got some baby chicks a couple of weeks ago... she is doing a great job taking care of them! I usually don't post any pics when they are so young, since the horrible black lab of a beast is pretty reliable at taking all the fun out of it!!! Miss O has had a great time and loves being the top "hen"!

One cute cookie !

Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance

Tonight was a special night! It was Miss O and her Papa's very first Daddy-Daughter Dance!!! Miss O got all dolled up for this special day! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture of her and her Papa!

Her rookie season is behind her!

Miss O had a great time learning basketball! While her team struggled (alot) and had alot of challenges - they had fun and played hard! her coach was nice enough to give all the girls trophies!

She was sooooo excited to get her very first basketball trophy!!!

She is getting better!

Well... she is not quite the "natural" athlete, yet!!! Miss O has been having fun playing basketball! She is finally getting some of the basic concepts down... oh yes, we still run down the court (the whole way) galloping with our arms up... but she is finally getting the "basics!".

They sure are cute to watch at this age!!

First time ever being on a team!

Miss O started Basketball this year as well. This is her first time in a team sports type function. Her team, the Golden Bears (in navy) had a fun first game. I think the ending score was like 16 to 2... fortunately, the Golden Bears got their only basket in the last minute! The girls all had fun, most of them have never played before - so it was VERY entertaining!! The coach told Miss O to keep her arms up to block the ball... so she literally kept them up THE WHOLE TIME - even while running!! It was super cute! She is lucky because she also has a little friend named Josie, who was one of her best buddies in preschool, on the team. It was a good first time out - hopefully next weekend the girls will be a little more practiced :)

Her first attempt at Bowling!

A few days ago, we met up with my BIL/SIL and all my nephews to celebrate my nephew Tommy's birthday. They had decided to have everyone go bowling!

I can honestly say, in all the years with our kids, we have only gone bowling maybe 2 or 3 times!!! It has been well over 5 years since we have gone, because Miss O has NEVER gone! While we do have a small bowling alley in town... it's just not something that we do because it seems to cost over $30 for us all to bowl a game or so... and for that much - I'd usually rather take everyone to a movie!! Not to mention that I am not a fan of bowling... Many moons ago, I ruined a beautifully manicured set of (my real) nails on my right hand... haha! Broke every single one and then had to cut the other hand to match.... anyways - back to current times....

Miss O was SUPER excited that they had PINK balls!!! She did really well (we used the bumpers on the sides so the kids had more fun!) with throwing the ball and watching it (ever so slowly) make it's way down the lane! She jumped up and down the whole time while watching it go too... so she got a workout as well!

She had a great time, so did the boys as they got to spend some extra time with their cousins, so it all worked out! And of course, she wants to do it again... soon!!! :)

Happy Gotcha Day #5!

It's hard to believe that it has been five years since we brought home our little Miss O! Today is the day, five years ago, that we sprung her out of the orphanage and never looked back. She has come so far! :) We love you O!

Miss O is SEVEN!!!!

Happy Birthday to my little Angel!!!!

Winter Concert for O

Today was the Winter (or as I like to call it CHRISTMAS !!) Concert for Miss O. As usual, half the songs were not in English (big frowny face) and the other half were done on the horrible instruments that leave you with a massive headache and desire to run screaming from the gym!! While it is fun for the kids - at least I think it is... if the kids were not so darn cute - it would be considered torture!! I still love the heck outta my sweet little girl - but man oh man I need an Advil! :)

Happy Holidays!!

She is too cute!

All dressed up for school pictures today - I still can't believe that she is in First Grade!!! I so so so miss her baby years!

A quickie road trip

The hubby took Little J and Miss O to Sequim to visit the Grandparents... apparantly, Lion went as well and had to get into the photos!

A big First Grader!

Today, Miss O started FIRST GRADE! Wow - it seemed like just yesterday she was learning to talk! :)

She is excited to be going to school all day long! What in the world am I going to do with my days now???? It was a tear jerker leaving her the first day!

Miss O and the Fair

Miss O won the Steer Wrestling event at the Pee-Wee Rodeo... ok, it was knocking over a saw horse while riding a stick horse, but she got a trophy - that is all she cares about!!


Miss O and her blue ribbon winning zuchinni