Senior Night

October 16th was "Senior Night" at the Jaguar's stadium. Seniors led their team to a 10-0 victory against St. Joe Central. The game ended about 20 minutes early, after the 10th unanswered goal was scored. Tyler played great!

Seniors and their parents were recognized on the field before the game, and after the game we gathered inside for a small reception, celebrating 4 years of Blue Springs South Jagar Soccer.

The Tooth Fairy Will Smile With Such Delight!

Emery was just so excited! That little tooth raked in $5 last night!

Daisy Scout

I have a little Daisy Scout. Daisies are the Kindergarten & First Grade version of Girl Scouts. After attending several family BoyScout functions with Tyler over the years, Emery is very excited about her own new scouting adventures.

Beginning November 1st, Emery will be selling Girl Scout cookies! She will be learning about setting goals, taking orders, and delivering the goods. Please feel free to drop me a note if you would like to contribute to Em's newest venture by purchasing a few boxes of cookies ($3.50 ea.)

Ben's Home!

Tyler and I made a quick trip up to the airport last night to help my parents welcome Ben home from Air Force boot camp and job-specific training. Ben will be here on leave for 2 weeks, and then he reports to Yokota, Japan, where he will serve for at least the next 2 years doing Military Police duty.

Mom, Benjamin, David: Welcome Home, Ben!

Food Rations: When asked why he brought this home, Ben said, "Well, I didn't want it, and so I thought the BoyScouts might like to eat it!"

Mom, Tyler, Ben: waiting for luggage to arrive

Not Just Your Ordinary Vegetable Visitor

This gal can do the hula!

To celebrate the letter "V" this week, kindergarten students were asked to create "Vegetable Visitors," give them names, and document what types of things they like to do.

Emery and Abbey worked together to create "Analise," a vegetable visitor who likes to go to Chuck E. Cheese and have fun. She is made with an onion body, cabbage skirt and hair, green bean arms, potato head, carrot feet and facial features, and radish accessories.

Now that was one fancy Vegetable Visitor!

This post was brought to you by the letter, "V" and about 15 toothpicks ;-)

Kindergarten Field Trip

Emery's Kindergarten class visited Fulkner's Pumpkin Farm today. We got to hear pumpkin stories, dance with a scarecrow, take a hayride, find hidden letters in a corn maze, eat lunch, play in the corn, feed the animals, and pick out pumpkins to take home.

Husker Fan

Tyler and I drove up to Lincoln, Nebraska for a second visit to UNL yesterday. This trip pretty much sealed the deal...Tyler wants to be a Husker. It rained most of the day, but the sun came out just as we were about ready to go home so I could snap a couple quick photos. I think he sorta looks like he already fits in!

We toured the campus again, checked out the business school and met one of their advisers, spoke with business school students, ate some lunch and of course we went to the book store to purchase some Husker gear. Everything looked so pretty in the fall! And the food in the cafeteria was outstanding. One of the other Dads and I lamented a bit that we wished we could go to school at UNL next fall.

Some big names have come through here. Warren Buffett is a UNL graduate. And they also lay claim to the guy who invented and promoted Kool-Aid....whomever that was ;-) Tyler still wants to be an Actuary...for now, anyway. Everyone keeps saying that most kids change their major several times before graduation day arrives.

So the school is chosen and the degree is chosen. Our whole family is very excited about wearing our Big Red and learning to be Husker's fans...all that remains are the scholarship applications and keeping our fingers crossed that this will be affordable ;-)

First Homecoming

Abbey attended her first Homecoming dance on Saturday evening. We had a lot of fun picking out just the right dress. In fact, I think we may have had more fun dress shopping than she had at the actual dance... but doesn't she look fabulous?!