Rock Wall Victory!

Last night we had a Trunk or Treat at church. We decorated the back of my van with spider webs, spiders, pumpkins and a flying bat. We even had scary music cd we played. All the kids love the flying bat. I will have to look for another one this weekend when everything is on clearance. They had a rock wall there for the bigger kids to enjoy. Well my kids have never been able to get very far up the wall. Both boys tried and (their words) only got about 1/8 of the way up. At the very end of the night Stephen wanted to try again with me watching. So he got up and ended up getting all the way to the top!! I was so exstatic and proud of him. Now of course, I had left my camera at home so all I have are pictures taken with my cell phone. They are not great but they show him at the top! By the way, it was freezing out there!

Nathan's Glasses

Nathan was so glad to finally get his glasses! He got them the afternoon of the 1st day of school. On the way home from the eye dr he was talking about how he could now see the shape of the leaves on the trees! It made me feel sad that he had been missing that all this time. So now they both have them and I am so confused! For the past year I have been able to tell them apart right away, even from behind. That 1st night I was getting to mixed up and it was freaking me out completely. I am back to just calling a name and seeing who turns around. They are very understanding of their poor mama. I am thankful that the boys don't mind wearing glasses. They both want to get sport goggles to wear for football and basketball. More on that later.

School 2008

Stephen

Nathan (he got glasses the very next day)

Courtney

I can't believe I have an 8th grader, and 2 5th graders!! Where did all the time go? They were all excited to start back this year. They have great teachers and we are very thankful for that blessing!