Monday, October 22, 2012

Catch Up

Well, we have been busy, as always.  This weekend Kellen's soccer game got cancelled due to "too much mud."  We were in route by the time they called it (game was at 8am).  So we showed up to help tell parents to go back home.  Aaron checked the field and it looked playable... oh well.  Instead we went home and got to watch football.

Kristin had her soccer game and they did well and won their first game of this season!  Kristin almost had a goal and played really well.  It was a fun game to watch.  Her coach entered this team into an end of the season tournament... in November.

We had conferences this last week.  Kristin is doing well in math and reading/writing.  She was tested for reading at 4th grade level and rocked the test.  Her teacher will likely test her at a 5th grade level later in the year.  Kristin is really doing well in 4th grade and we are enjoying watching her grow.  Kellen is doing well in Kindergarten and is well behaved.  Good to hear in Kindergarten!  Kellen is working on his letter sounds and beginning reading.  Two nights ago he read his first whole sentence in a book and pretty much read the whole story to me.  The book was Go Up and Down, a Berenstein Bears reader book.  Great job Kellen!

The leaves are falling and it is raining.  We have picked up leaves twice and have more to go.  But at least the kids got to jump in some leaf piles before it started raining.  :)

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Pumpkin Patch

Today was a great day for a visit to the pumpkin patch.  The kids picked pumpkins.  The farm we go to we get to take a hay ride to the pumpkins and then a hayride back to the main barn.  The kids then played some on the hay bales, hay maze, tractor, etc.  This year we got brave and did the corn maze.  The corn maze was a design of Obama and Romney with the word VOTE.  The corn was really tall for Oregon corn!  The kids had fun and so did Aaron and I.  Nice weather but a bit windy.  We got our walking in since we couldn't be with Aaron's family for hike day.

Found their pumpkins
 


Anyone know which way?!

Jog-A-Thon

Thursday was the Jog-A-Thon at the kids school.  Kristin ran in the morning and ran 11 laps or 2.75 miles.  Kellen ran in the afternoon and ran 4 laps or 1 mile.  Way to go Kristin and Kellen!  The both exceeded their goals by one lap!


Kristin running one of her first laps at the Jog-A-Thon
 
And he's off!
 
Last lap with his friend Camden