School Choice ~ 31/365

It was National School Choice Week. The kids' school celebrated by writing thank you letters to their parents about why they were glad they chose this school and what they liked most about it. They got these fun yellow scarves and we took pictures. Can you find my two?

Up Close ~ 30/365

Try as I might, I can't seem to get a good picture of Koda lately. This goofy one is at least cute!

Earning It, Take Two ~ 29/365

Working to earn his Read to Succeed Ticket as well.

Out ~ 28/365

The night got away from me. There was basketball practice, and homework, and lack of planning, and someone needing an errand done, and a little bit of disciplining mixed in to all that, and then BAM! It's 8:00 (I know seriously late for a school night) and no one has eaten dinner yet. So off to Burger King just down the street we go for food and giggling and guessing movie quotes. And guess what? Late night on a school night or not, we redeemed our night out well.

Can you tell we had ice cream cones for dessert?  ;0)

Earning It ~ 27/365

My children participate in a program called Read to Succeed sponsored by Six Flags each year. They must read 360 minutes by the end of the allotted time and they can earn a ticket to a Six Flags theme park during the summer. Since we will only take them once a year and only if they earn their ticket, they are usually pretty motivated to get it done. The bonus is that I'm the school's coordinator so I get a free ticket too!

Wrap Me In Your Arms ~ 26/365

The kids performed "Wrap Me in Your Arms" in church today. Bethany is in blue, third from the left, and Elisha is behind the girl in pink. Unfortunately I couldn't get a better angle to get him in the picture too.

To see more from their performance, including the video, click here.

Bonus Picture:

Elisha had a great game today, it was intense, and he played hard. They still lost, by a lot unfortunately. They just couldn't get their shots to go in. :(

Beware! ~ 25/365

After discovering this on the desk today, he turned around and gave a little warning of his own:

Whew! Now we can all rest easier now that we know what to look out for!

Night Owl ~ 24/365

My intention was to take a photo of her after she had fallen asleep. I had planned it since the moment I said yes to my son spending the night at a friend's house. I knew she would be up late, with him not home she had full control of the tv and video games. But man! This kid! At midnight I decided just to snap this pic of her watching a movie and cuddling with the cat and went to bed myself.

Technically this picture was taken on the 25th since it was midnight, but I'm still posting it for the 24th since I planned it all out and she just happened not to cooperate! ;0)

Pie? Yes, Please ~ 23/365

Celebrating National Pie Day... yummy!

That's Just How She Feels ~ 22/365

Her feelings on homework probably reflect those of children everywhere!

Frienemies ~ 21/365

These are our three cats ~ from the left: Star, Lynx, & Sky. 

Star and Sky are brothers who are now seven years old. Lynx was found out by our church office as a baby 2 1/2 half years ago. Star and Lynx do not like each other, never have. But tonight he hopped up on the couch in between Star and Sky, and started licking Star's face. Star, with his eyes closed, enjoyed it until he opened his eyes and saw Lynx there. Surprisingly he didn't growl or jump down, he just sat there instead with his ears pinned back the entire time!

Enjoying the Sunshine ~ 20/365

We enjoyed a nice scenic sunny day at the Marina today!

More photos from today's fun can be found here...

Today's Crowd ~ 19/365

T had some special people in town today so they stopped in to watch the boys play. 

Yay! They won again too! The boys are finally on a roll. Too bad there's only two more games left. Sniff... sniff...

BTW.... Yohn and Elisha were half right about the Superbowl predictions...  ;0)

Gettin' Crabby ~ 18/365

Attending our church's youth crab feed fundraiser together tonight!

Super Bowl Predictions ~ 17/365

A quiet evening at home. The boys played the NFC contenders (Yohn - 49ers vs. Elisha - Seahawks) and then the AFC contenders (Yohn - Patriots vs. Elisha - Broncos). Their predictions for the Super Bowl? 

49ers vs the Broncos!

Let's see just how accurate they are!