W's new teeth

W has finally been able to work his first tooth through, and the second is close behind!  He has been a pretty unhappy baby for the last few weeks. :(  And yet he is cruising around the furniture like crazy, and trying to let go and stand there UNassisted thank you very much! 

We are so proud of the big girls- the awards ceremony for AWANA was wednesday- and they all did awsome this year!
L finished three books this year! Her Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade books all in ONE year!
M finished hers with plenty of time left to go.  She is on track.
K did her 7th grade book plus half of her 5th grade book. 
A didn't finish his book, but he only went about six times this year.  When he did go he would always say three or four verses instead of just one.  He was always asleep for the first half of the year, he couldn't stay awake on the drive to church!  The rest of the time he would rather stay with Lance and I.  This is not unusual for him; he goes with Lance to sunday school more than he goes to his class- he does just fine for that hour, he just sits and colors or looks at a book.
E is still too little to go, even next year she will miss out.
Our church gave out 13 Citation Awards this year.  That represents ten years of books and four years of service for each award.  Only three percent of clubbers get this award.   Colleges give out scholarships for this!  Thirteen from one church is outstanding!
We are very proud of them!
Karate testing is tomorrow-- everyone is excited about that.
Seems like our year is wrapping up- then it is on to summer school and activities (got to make up for holding Will for four solid months).  Next thing you know it will be fall again.
Gotta go- I need to do lesson plans!

Kansas City was a blast

K really did well competing in KC this last weekend-- we had a lot of fun! We are also exhausted!  It was a fast and furious trip up and back, but it was very enjoyable. We stayed at a nice hotel in Overland Park, and the school where the volleyball tournament was held was not very far (in Olathe).  We were also close to the church where Bible Quiz and Trek Games were held.  It was an awesome site to behold to see all of those 7th & 8th graders reciting verses (the easy part of quiz).  Not to mention the high schoolers!  We also got to listen to one of the missionaries that was detained in Haiti for 20 some-odd days.  (that was a little long)
What really struck Lance and I about KC was how NEW everything was!  There seemed to hardly be any building that was over five years old!  I am guessing that Overland Park and Olathe are growing areas.

K and I are looking into taking a sewing class together.  It is something I have always wanted to know how to do, and she would love to know how also! Some of the competitors from our church really take Bible Quiz seriously and wanted to match each other, so they would sew (or have their mom) skirts or dresses to match.  Even the boy teams would color coordinate!  And not just our church kids matched;  there were churches from all over (this was regionals) whose kids teams matched! SO we thought a sewing class might be just the ticket for us! And very fun.  OK, with daylight savings in effect and 606 miles traveled in two days, we are all pooped!