Saturday, November 29, 2008
Finally...
Just want to let you know that we finally have more updated pictures on our Family Photos link. Go check it out...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Student of the Week
Jadyn was honored by her teacher last week when she was chosen as "Student of the Week." Teacher's pick one student for showing a positive attitude, good behavior, and good work. The winner receives an award certificate as well as having their name announced over the intercom by the principal during the daily announcements. She was very surprised and excited!
Way to go, Jadyn! We're very proud of you!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Grand Prix Time!
This weekend was Grand Prix weekend at our church. For any who don't know what that is, kids use a pine block of wood to create a car of their own design, put wheels on it, and race it with other kids on a long track.
Jadyn and Karina were both very exacted to make their cars. We wanted to make sure they were the ones picking out their designs, so we allowed them to choose what they wanted and then tried our best to help them make it happen.
Jadyn has been very excited about the "Pledge of Allegiance" at school, so she wanted to make a flag car, and she wanted it to be a truck like our friend Steve has. Karina wanted a "Lightning McQueen" race car, but - like any girl would - she wanted it to be pink and have rainbows on it.
We worked hard. I (Mark) worked with the kids to come up with the shape of the cars, we cut them together, sanded them down, chiseled Karina's car to make it rounded like Lightning, and primed them to be ready to paint. Julie then stepped in and spent time painting with each girl - both of whom were very particular about their paint jobs. The final product turned out great and the girls were very proud.
On race day, when their numbers were called, they girls got to go up and set them in place on the racetrack and then go wait by the finish line. Karina even told me at one point, "Daddy. Don't come with me. I can do it by myself." I felt so rejected and yet so proud at the same time (kidding).
Both did great - Karina even won one of her races! Jadyn came in second once, and third lots of times. But her proudest moment came at the end when they handed out trophies. The fastest racers won trophies, the best designs, and then there was a special trophy for the "Director's Choice" of cars - the organizer of the race chooses one car as best design of his choice - and he picked Jadyn's car. She was so excited - she ran up and received her trophy in front of the whole crowd! At the end, the girls even got to pose by a real race car!
Jadyn and Karina were both very exacted to make their cars. We wanted to make sure they were the ones picking out their designs, so we allowed them to choose what they wanted and then tried our best to help them make it happen.
Jadyn has been very excited about the "Pledge of Allegiance" at school, so she wanted to make a flag car, and she wanted it to be a truck like our friend Steve has. Karina wanted a "Lightning McQueen" race car, but - like any girl would - she wanted it to be pink and have rainbows on it.
We worked hard. I (Mark) worked with the kids to come up with the shape of the cars, we cut them together, sanded them down, chiseled Karina's car to make it rounded like Lightning, and primed them to be ready to paint. Julie then stepped in and spent time painting with each girl - both of whom were very particular about their paint jobs. The final product turned out great and the girls were very proud.
On race day, when their numbers were called, they girls got to go up and set them in place on the racetrack and then go wait by the finish line. Karina even told me at one point, "Daddy. Don't come with me. I can do it by myself." I felt so rejected and yet so proud at the same time (kidding).
Both did great - Karina even won one of her races! Jadyn came in second once, and third lots of times. But her proudest moment came at the end when they handed out trophies. The fastest racers won trophies, the best designs, and then there was a special trophy for the "Director's Choice" of cars - the organizer of the race chooses one car as best design of his choice - and he picked Jadyn's car. She was so excited - she ran up and received her trophy in front of the whole crowd! At the end, the girls even got to pose by a real race car!
But the best part of all was having fun working on the cars and seeing them race. We're already talking about next year...!
Our Liberty Bell!
We have officially completed another season of Liberty Bells Cheer Squad. It has been fun to see Jadyn grow and change so much over the last 3 seasons of doing it. This one was the best so far for her. 
They ended the season with a special parent performance (which was really a dress rehearsal), the main competition against all of the other 6 cities in our area, and then one final performance as the entertainment for a fancy dinner party in Maple Valley. At the performance they earned the "excellent award" once again, which is 3rd place. They did a great job and had a very fun season! (You can see more pictures and highlights on our Family Photos link.)
They ended the season with a special parent performance (which was really a dress rehearsal), the main competition against all of the other 6 cities in our area, and then one final performance as the entertainment for a fancy dinner party in Maple Valley. At the performance they earned the "excellent award" once again, which is 3rd place. They did a great job and had a very fun season! (You can see more pictures and highlights on our Family Photos link.)Sunday, November 09, 2008
100% Girls!
"You just have to see how cute and cool we are!"
Our girls never cease to surprise me with the things they do and say. They were practicing their cheer routine around the house today. Jadyn has a cheer competition coming up next weekend that we are all very excited for. Look for the pictures and details to come soon!
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