MY BABY IS ONE!!!

I canNOT believe that Owen is 1 year old today!! I am so happy and sad at the same time! Happy in that the newborn/baby stage is gone and now he has this little personality and you can see him learning new things everyday! He LOVES his books, so much so that we have to actually hide them because otherwise he wants you to read them to him all of the time! He loves to give hugs and kisses and his favorite thing is playing with Justin and Nathan. Owen loves being outside and "playing" with our pets. I am sad because he is our last and the first year went by way too fast...just like I knew it would. It went too fast with our older 2 and is still going too fast. I am trying to enjoy everyday because one day, they will be out of our house and starting families of their own! Enjoy the slide below on Owen's first year!!!

I Love Fall

A Weekend Away

Jon had earned a free hotel room from all of his traveling (in fact, he is gone again) so we spent Sunday and Monday in Springfield. We first went to the zoo and then to the Discovery Zone. Everyone had a great time and it was good to get away from the area!

Nathan was our tour guide.

What kind of dogs are these?

Hair-raising!!

Here the boys are riding a special bike that balances itself on a high wire 100 feet off the ground!

Owen was impressed with them!

Results

The spelling bee was gut-wrenching! Justin went all the way to the 4th round and missed on a word he knows because he was saying the letters so fast (harmonica)! Anyways, he did really well and placed 4th in the fourth through fith grade Bee. The top 3 go on to compete in the district spelling bee and the 4th place winner goes also as the alternate in case one of the top 3 get sick and then he would then replace them.

Here is a picture of Justin getting his certificate: (the teacher in the pink top is his teacher Mrs. Campbell)

Here is a picture of all the winners going to the District Spelling Bee. The top row are the winners from the 6th grade bee ( going from right to left is 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions) and the bottom row is the 4th-5th grade winners ( also going from right to left ). 4th grade had the most winners winning the 1st, 2nd and 4th place slots and 3rd place was a 5th grader.

One more pic of my proud boy and his group:

Spelling Bee

Next up...the spelling bee. This list is like 1000 words and a lot of them, I have no idea what they mean or how to spell them myself! Justin was 1 of 3 students chosen...we will have to see what happens! (you can double-click on it to read it better).