Welcome Home Tigger

Since Connor's no longer allergic to cats, a big part of their birthday was adopting kittens. Welcome home, Tigger!!

Tigger snuggled up with Devin and fell asleep with both boys on the first night.

Best Buds!

Just hangin' with the gang!

Connor's Birthday

Four days after Devin's Birthday, we celebrate Connor's Birthday! Happy 11th Birthday, Connor!!

Devin's Birthday

Wow!! Another year has come and gone...Devin's six this year! Happy Birthday, Devin!

Beta Induction

Connor and his classmates were inducted into the Jr. Beta Club in November.

This year's theme was HARVEST: H-Honesty, A-Achievement, R-Responsibility, V-Vision, E-Enthusiasm, S-Sincerity, and T- Tolerance

The Spirit of Woodall Choir Singing: "There will be Peace"

This was Connor's first day in regular shoes after his broken ankle.

Congratulations Connor!! We're so proud of you!
Connor and Micha
Connor and TJ... they used to be in Boy Scouts together back in first grade!
Connor and his teacher Ms. Shapton

All Star National Championship Tournament and Banquet

The last tournament of the season took place in Cinicinatti. While Connor couldn't compete at the tournament because of a broken ankle, he was able to attend the banquet with his team members and other dojos!

Connor and Devin at the banquet...somehow Devin doesn't look excited to be here!
Devin and Jillian at the banquet. I don't think karate would be the same for either of these guys without the other.



Congratulations Connor!! Connor was a single crown winner for the 10-11 year old division in sparring! He won the silver Pro-Am Championship ring.

This picture of Connor and Dakota was taken at the kid's "After Party".
Team Kenpo!
You can tell that your children don't get out much when they try and eat the hamburger at the Big Boy!!
Cincinnati was a fun trip for all of us!

Boss's Day

Without a doubt, I have the most awesome staff ever!

Devin looses his first tooth!

I can't believe my baby is growing up... here we are working the first of two loose teeth.
Of course it's a family affair with Gigi offering water and Grandad ready to pull!

Here's Devin after we pulled his first tooth!

Next Door Kittens

The neighbors next door have two cats. Each of these cats had a litter of kittens... 11 kittens total!! This is Diamond sharing her babies with us.

To the neighbors dismay, we called this cat Tigger. They called him Hunter.
This is Tigger in Devin's lap... looks like Moma's jealous.

Yep! Diamond's jealous...she's just going to sit on the kitten to make sure she gets her share of the Love!

Here's Connor with three of the kittens... he was so glad that he found out he was no longer allergic to cats.

Light the Night 2009

October 1, 2009 was the annual Light the Night Walk. Below are pictures taken of our walk this year. Thanks to my friend, Gary Haynes, for taking such great pictures! Team Skyline
Devin and me.

Walkers carry lighted balloons in one of three colors during the walk. Red is for those who support or fundraise. White is for survivors of blood cancers. Gold is carried in remembrance of those who have lost their fight. Devin and I each carried a red and white balloon in honor of Grandad.

It's a powerful sight to see so many people gathered to support a common goal. If you would like to make a donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, please feel free to contact me, or log on to www.lightthenight.org.

Back to School

First Day of 5th Grade

First Day of Kindergarten... check out his name tag. He said he was a real "fessional".

Team Kenpo Tournaments

We've traveled quite a bit this summer with Team Kenpo for karate tournaments. We've been to Dayton, Ohio...Louisville, and most recently Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.

Top Row: Daniel Middle Row: Derek and Brent. Bottom Row: Connor, Dakota and Silas Of course, for every serious picture, there's a "not so" serious picture.
Team Kenpo took 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in sparring at Mt. Sterling!!

Here are Dakota and Connor with one of the street horses in Lousiville...can you get arrested for sitting on these?

"It's Playoff time..."

TEAM KENPO!

Last Days of Summer

We've had so much fun in the pool this year!

Our Trip to the Huntsville Space Center

Is this really where they sleep???

Yep...you can even rock climb at the Space Center... Go Devin!

Just one of the MANY rockets outside the facility

And of course, the Space Center wouldn't be complete without something from Star Wars.

This is one of the shuttle engines

This is Devin on his version of the Space Shot... as far as I could tell, the thing just shook the crap out of the kids...but they liked it!!

This was the Saturn V rocket

This is also a Saturn V rocket that went to the moon

Connor under the rocket boosters from the Saturn V