Kellen Soccer Season Ends

Kellen's first soccer season came to an end last weekend.  The team had fun and all the kids learned some skills.  Aaron coached along with another dad and they did a great job.  Yesterday we had a team party at Godfather's Pizza.  The coaches gave the players each a medal, which the boys all loved.  Kellen wore his medal all day.  We found out today that a couple of the other boys wore their medals all day too.  ;) 

Later in the day we went oven shopping... looking.  Yep, the oven decided to die.  The part that is bad (electronic board) is not made anymore as the oven is 15 years old.  Time for a new one.

Halloween

Halloween was fun for the kids this year.  Kellen was Spiderman again this year.  Kristin dressed up as Laura Ingalls Wilder.  I will have to post a picture of them soon.  Kellen got to go trick-or-treating in the morning at Canfield Place (an assisted living community in the neighborhood).  The daycare that he has private kindergarten at was invited to visit in the morning to trick-or-treat.  Both kids had fun at their school Harvet Parties.  Trick-or-treat time actually stayed dry for us, which was nice after a rainy day.  The kids went around the neighborhood with a group of friends and neighbors.  I think we had 13 kids.  They had a lot of fun and of course got way too much candy.

Frog in My Boot

Three weekends ago we were getting ready to go to Kristin's soccer game and Kellen yells "there is a frog in my boot!"  Sure enough in one of his rain boots there was a little tree frog.  The frog hopped out into the garage and Aaron had to keep an eye on the frog while I backed the car out...so not to squish the frog.  Success!  The frog survived and Kellen talked about the frog in the boot incident for days.

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.  :)

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

Beautiful Fall

We have been having a beautiful, sunny fall this year.  Kellen has soccer games on Saturday mornings and Kristin on Sunday afternoons and we've had beautiful weather for all of them so far.  Looks like the weather will hold up that way for at least another week.

Danelle has a friend that lives out in the country on a farm.  Yesterday she went to visit and came home with over 100 apples.   Also 8 ears of sweet corn and some lemon peppers.  Kellen has already been enjoying the apples. 

Next weekend we'll try to get out to a pumpkin patch.  The kids are probably both old enough for a corn maze too this year.  That should be fun.

Happy 62nd Anniversary today to Grandma and Grandpa Jungblut!  And Happy Birthday tomorrow to Grandpa Jungblut!  We're looking forward to seeing more photos of the Honor Flight.