garrett for student body president!

Garrett ran for Student Council President and here is his campaign speech.

Unfortunately, he did not win :( He did make the cut for the school talent show playing his violin, so keep an eye out for that next week!

military math

This year the 1st graders put on a music concert called Military Math. All the songs were related to math and counting. You can see that the kids all got to wear camo. It's a good thing I saved all of Garrett's clothes, I just had to find the right box with the right size :)

1st day of school 2010

Today is the first day of school for Garrett and Grace. They were very excited this morning to wear their new school clothes.

Garrett is going into 4th grade and Grace will be in Kindergarten!

This is Grace with her teacher, Ms. Spearrow. I think she will have a good time in her class this year.

This is the only picture Garrett would let me take at the school. He is too cool for his mom to be hanging around taking pictures :)

After we dropped off the older kids, Jack and I went to the park to play.

He is always looking for treasures to take home in his pockets!

sounds sensational

Tonight we went to the 3rd Grade program at Garrett's school. It was called Sounds Sensational and it was all about different instruments and the sounds that they make. Garrett had a line to speak. He did a great job. His whole class played the ukulele for the song Kookaburra. Then at the end Garrett played the morracca for the finale. It was a great performance and a fun outing for the whole family.

You will have to excuse the horrible pictures, I think the kids dropped my camera one too many times, plus the battery was low.

1st day of school 2009

practice, practice, practice

Grace is doing her "homework." She is tracing the letters for her name. I think it is so cute to watch her concentrating on tracing the letters. She loves doing her homework like Garrett. Hopefully she will love doing it for a long time to come!

big news

So some of you have heard by now, we are going to be moving to Chandler, Arizona towards the end of this year. Richard will be going to school at the Golf Academy of America.

It is a 16 month program and at the end of it he will have a degreen in Golf Course Management. He will also be able to be a golf pro at a golf course.

We are very excited for the opportunities that this will bring for our family. Of course we are also nervous about moving to Arizona. I am probably more nervous than Richard, he can't wait!

The kids are excited, of course they really don't know what is going on other than the fact that we are moving once again. Hopefully once we are done with school we will be able to settle down and even buy a house of our own (Yeah!).

Richard has already moved to Arizona to work, he is living with his cousin Sheila while we are looking for a place to live. The kids and I have moved in with my parents and will be there until Thanksgiving. I will not be able to blog regularly for the next month, my computer is packed up and I don't know how to use my mom's laptop that well.

Once we are moved and get the computer/internet set up I will hopefully be able to post more regularly to keep everyone updated.

Wish us luck!