Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Brielle is One-Year Old!







Brielle turned 1-year old on Monday, September 22! We had a party for her on Sunday night...It took her a while to get into the cake, and once she did; she didn't want to stop. Her favorite birthday gift was a new baby doll! She is now 30 1/2 inches tall (still off the chart) and weighs 24 pounds (75 percentile). She still doesn't have much hair to do anything with yet, and is starting to be busier than ever. She is starting to walk and will initiate walking on her own. About the most steps she's ever taken at once is about 10 little baby steps!! She is the master of climbing though...she can climb up on my 5-gallon buckets (used for food storage)in the kitchen and stand up next to the kitchen counter. As well, she can climb upon the couches...we'll need to move the large couch away from the stairwell soon!

Friday, September 19, 2008

Eagle Project Open House/Dedication

We attended the Open House and Dedication of the Drak home on Saturday, September 6th. There was local media there from channels 3 and 6. It was cool to be a part of something so wonderful!

A Second Published Poet in the Family...

I submitted one of Brandon's poems for publication because I thought it was great; obviously, so did the judges. His poem, like Kayla's will be published in "A Celebration of Poets", (West, 7-12, Summer 2008 edition). Here is his poem:

Two Year Old Brothers
Two year old brothers are a pest
Two year old brothers jump on my chest

Two year old brothers mess up my room
Two year old brothers hit me with a broom

Two year old brothers like to scream
Two year old brothers can be rather mean

Two year old brothers throw a fit
Two year old brothers sometimes spit

Two year old brothers are a pest
Two year old brothers are the best!

The Homecoming Dance!



Kayla went to the Homecoming Dance this year with another fellow-senior, Derek Sharp! She had a wonderful time; thanks Derek!!

Eagle Project - Final Day!!

We finished our final day of landscaping with the largest group ever, 17!! We were able to finish earlier than normal and left by 2:30. The days after we finished laying the sod, it poured rain here! It was a wonderful blessing to the family since they did not have any water hooked up to the home yet. The project was finished for a total of 131 1/2 hours of work!! We will follow up next month with the Court of Honor!! Excellent job, Brandon!

Eagle Project - 2nd Day

Sorry to take so long posting the pictures....