Third Grade Orientation

Ready for third grade orientation. They can wear whatever they want to orientation, then it's school uniforms for all the schools in our country.

Reading corner.

Class T-shirt

teacher's aide

teacher

she has taught five years

Jasmine is in a portable this year

I was not excited to find out that there is no recess in the schedule. I hate how everything is about curriculum and testing and all the fun stuff is cut. There is a short break in the morning but the teacher says its a snack break not a recess. Bah humbug!

First Day of College

My firstborn is off to college today!



Starting out with breakfast. He really only ate a couple of bites.








Yep, the computer book is a little thick!








Ready to go.

Trip part 2

After we dropped Adam and Jasmine at camp, we holed up in a hotel for a day and worked on our writing. We had two different versions of our manuscripts and were comparing them.








Adam plays ping pong. He was drafted as a junior counselor for the 9-10 year olds.












Jasmine plays soccer.















Camp dance lessons. Jessica with a 25-year-old who had a repaired cleft lip (it's cranio facial camp after all)


















Jessica watches someone on the ropes course. I arrived after she and Adam had already done it.











Jasmine with her counselor and friends. The girl in the yellow shirt with her back to the camera had her lip repaired the same day Jasmine had her palate repaired in dec 01. Wondered if we'd ever run into that family again.












At the lake. It was the favorite activity.














Jessica mid jump.












Me writing out Jeremiah 29:11 for a little boy.


















Cookie decorating.







































At the dance the last night.



















Jasmine at the dance. She made lots of friends during camp.












Jessica back at the cabin taking a break from the dance.













Last time at the lake.













Adam with the other junior counselors.

Trip part 1

P.S. I forgot I'd already posted about the two new Build-a-Bears so that is a repeat. The webkinz is now named "Miracle."

We stopped at the mall and got Jessica her senior bear. Build-a-bear has a really good special this month--$29.99 for only animal (they run up to $22), plus any one outfit and any pair of shoes so you can get up to $42 of stuff for the $29.99.

I bought Jessica hers for her senior year (getting a graduation bear was going to be the tradition but since they had the sale now.... We'll get the grad gown in the spring).

Jasmine used her own money to buy the Hannah Montana bear (named Crystal) and she also used my $10 reward coupon.









Adam bought Jessica a black webkinz cat for her birthday.








Jessica and Cinnamon ready for bed.

Jasmine sets up for camp. This is the annual camp for cranio facial kids. The kids aged 8 and up arrive Thurs at 10 and siblings can stay too but Jessica was too old so Adam stayed as Jasmine's sibling.

Adam gets his bunk ready.

Sibs.

Jasmine joins the games with her counselor.




Williams lodge where the kids stayed until the families joined them Fri afternoon.

The lake.

Happy 18th birthday

We are out of town and if all goes well, this will post automatically.


Dedication day



















In Okinawa


















2003



















2006

















Early celebration for 18th birthday.

On Our Way

to cranio facial camp. We are at a hotel tonight. Tomorrow Jasmine and Adam check in--Jasmine as the cranio facial patient and Adam as the sibling. Then Friday at 5 p.m. Jessica and I join them for family camp.


Adam and Jasmine in the hotel pool.

This is the "senior bear" I got for Jessica. You remember that I got Ty a build-a- bear dog and grad gown last spring break and we decided to make choosing a bear or other animal with the grad gown a tradition. Well, build-a-bear has a deal right now for $29.99 you get any of the animals $22 and under, any outfit ($8-13) and any shoes ($5-8). So if you get the most expensive of each it's $42 for $29.99. Jessica got an $18 bunny, $12.50 outfit and $7.50. Anyway, the special deal is why we got it now not closer to grad. They didn't have any grad gowns right now so we'll have to get that later.

Jessica is taking her picture with her bunny with the web cam on her notebook. Mine is older and doesn't have that.

Since they had the sale, Jasmine used the money

she'd saved to get the Hannah Montana Bear. I gave her my $10 reward coupon and Jessica gave her $5 to get the music box in the paw that plays "Best of Both Worlds."

Jasmine's bear is
"Crystal."

Jessica named her bunny
"Cinnamon."

Adam bought Jessica a webkinz cat that is still unnamed.