Family Pictures

My good friend took some pictures of our family in Fallbrook last week. 

Here are a few of my favorites.

Bruce 13 years old

 Claire 8 years old

 Jane 10 years old

 Linda 11(almost 12) years old

Halloween 2016

We had a lot of fun this Halloween. We attended the carnival at the elementary school, went to the church trunk or treat, then went trick or treating for about 1hr. 30min. last night. The kids had so much fun walking around together. I love watching them make memories. My mom was down for Halloween and it was fun having her. Here are a few pictures of their costumes and the candy they "earned". :)

 Let the candy trading begin!! :)

 Bruce dressed up as One Direction. 

Linda was an Indian. 

Jane was a Greek goddess.

Claire was Pikachu.

Happy 41st to Robert!

Robert celebrated his 41st birthday on the 13th. He worked long hours that day so he was only home for a couple hours to celebrate before he had to head to bed. We celebrated with a few presents and ColdStone ice cream, his favorite. 

We love Robert. He works tirelessly to take care of all of us and we appreciate it so much. 

Phase 1 Complete

Jane finished phase 1 with her braces. She had braces and an expander on for a year to correct her overbite and crossbite. She was a real trooper with the expander and with the rubber bands she also had to wear. The pictures on the left are Before and the ones on the right are After. You can see in the bottom left picture how bad her overbite was. She could fit her index finger behind them. Her mouth is much wider now and her bite is so much better. Now we get used to wearing a retainer.

Back To School!

Well, school is back in session. The summer was short, but we managed to pack in two camps, a family reunion and a family vacation. The kids all headed back to school in mid-August. 

Bruce and Linda headed out to Lincoln Middle School bright and early. 

Linda started 7th grade. She is taking orchestra as her elective again. So far she is happy with her teachers and ready to get signed up for volleyball and possibly golf through the school.

Bruce started 8th grade, his last year in middle school! He definitely looks like an 8th grader now. He is taking Advanced Computer Programming as his elective. He is also in high school math. He's getting ready to sign up for cross country running for the first time.

Jane and Claire headed to elementary school a little later on that morning. 

Claire started the 3rd grade. She was very excited and we both love her teacher this year, Mr. Phillips. He's a perfect fit for Claire. She will start up with Speech services again very soon.

Jane is in 5th grade, her very last year in elementary school! Hard to believe. It seems like just yesterday that she was starting Kindergarten. Her teacher, Mrs. Carter is new to the school this year. Jane really likes her

When the kids started school, I started working part time. I work at the elementary school and will work occasionally at the middle school. I'm a Noon Duty at the elementary school and a sub for the student store at the middle school. 

Jane's 10th Birthday!

August 16, 2016

Jane celebrated her 10th birthday this month. She hadn't had a birthday party of her own in a long time, so we decided to have a puppy themed party. She had so much fun. We love Jane. This girl is going places in life.

On her actual birthday, the 16th, we had her favorite, peanut butter bars.

Here are some pictures of her party the weekend after. The kids adopted puppies, played fetch, made collars for their dogs, and Linda did face painting. I think it was birthday party success.