We're icy again today. The kids were home today and will be home again tomorrow due to ice and snow. These pictures are of my birch tree out front. Before the ice storm it reached the peak of the house. I hope it does not snap like so many trees have in Lexington.
Tonight was the trial run for the Pinewood Derby at the Pack meeting. Yesterday, Pete and Charlie painted Charlie's car. This evening, Pete came home a few mintues early from work, so the wheels could be added and finishing touches complete. Charlie was able to race his car once down the track, and it did come in first. Here's Charlie with his car at the meeting. (The last two pictures of Charlie make him look very pale. I believe it's my camera's flash. I need to work on that or figure out how to fix it in Photoshop Elements.)
I guess I'm late at posting this one since it's already day 20. Day 19 started with Caity getting her expander put in at the orthodontist. Soon after, Caity spent the day at her best friend's Katie's house. Charlie and I went to the grocery store and played games together. He had fun beating me on his new Wii game, Mario vs. Sonic Olympic Games. After the kids were in bed, Pete and I watched our favorite show, 24. I was tired after my weekend away that I never posted to this blog. Now, I'll be caught up.
On the 17th day of 2009, I was at a weekend scrapbooking retreat. I spent approximately 30 hours sitting down and scrappin'. I completed 29 two-page layouts. Soon, I will get pictures of these pages to post on my scrapbooking and cardmaking blog.
These pictures were taken at the retreat just minutes before January 18th. We were some tired
scrappers by that point. The first photo is a picture of my friend from Owensboro, KY, Marni, and I. The next photo is of Jill and Marni. Jill was the wonderful friend that organized the weekend. The last picture is of Kate and Pang, friend and neighbor that also attended the retreat. Not only did I get lots of scrapbooking time, but I got to catch up with Marni. We hadn't seen each other since this time last year. She used to be my neighbor and really helped me adapt to Lexington life.
Charlie played in his first basketball game today. Charlie plays on the Spartans for Upward. He really seems to enjoy it. We thought Charlie was one of the t
allest boys his age, until we saw the boy that Charlie had to mark today.
At the end of each game, the coach gives out different colored stars that have different meanings. Charlie received the star, that his coach says each player should strive for. He received the white star which represents "Most Christlike". Charlie was very proud, as we are proud of him!
Tonight, I post a picture of my husband, Pete. He left on Tuesday and just returned tonight from a business trip. He was missed by all five of us, Caity, Charlie, Kuma, Tiger Lilly, and I. He made it home just in time for Charlie's Cub Scout meeting. I only had to attend the meeting for the first ten minutes. Wow, eight boys at age 6/7...that ten minutes wore me out. I was going to take a picture of my son, Charlie, in his Cub Scout uniform tonight, but that wasn't happening. When he returned from the meeting where they learned to play chess, he was very upset. He was playing his first ever chess game and lost. He was torn up. We do need to work on his sportsmanship. Maybe it's little boys his age, but he cannot stand to lose.
Today, I took a picture of Caity eating some mandirin oranges. Yesterday she had spacers put in for her bottom and top teeth at the orthodontist. She is having trouble eating much of anything. As I look at this photo, I realize how grown up she looks.
This blog is deicated to my attempt to scrapbooking 2009 with a picture a day. This will allow me to improve my picture taking techniques and journal 2009.
