Stone Moves Comp - #2 of 2010 Season

Bethany had her 2nd comp of 2010 this past weekend! She did great, placing 3rd. Here are some of the routes she climbed:

Our new pets......

Our current pets:

This is sweet Zach

And this is Hannah, isn't she cute

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And our new pets :-) we woke up to this morning...

Community in Lucas

A great time with friends.....fishing, playing, cooking over a fire

Ohhh Gabbrielle...... :-)

So....Gabbrielle had an eye Dr. appointment yesterday. At her 6 year well check, her left eye tested 20/50 and her right eye 20/30. This led to an appointment with an optometrist. They tested her left eye at 20/40 and her right eye at 20/25 with a very slight astigmitism. All's good, said the eye Dr., no need for glasses at this point. And off we go..... On the way home, Gabbrielle asks me "is kidding just like lying?" I didn't think anything of it, so we delved into the differences behind the heart of kidding and the heart of lying. So ended the discussion and I dropped her back off at school. At the end of the school day, I get a text from Gabbrielle's best friend's Mom. "Is G ok? Emma came home and told me she is color blind?!? I hope everything is ok" I couldn't help it....I laughed and laughed and laughed. I couldn't stop laughing. I texted back, thanks for your concern and yes, everything is fine, but I can't wait to hear this story. Come to find out, after talking with Gabbrielle, she pretended that she couldn't tell what color everyone's skin was :-) Emma's skin was blue.....Irene's skin was rainbow.....and so on. Hence the diagnosis.....color blind. In our world, this is somewhat heartwarming. We talked with her teacher later that day at Open House and her teacher said, ahhh...it's all coming together now. Apparently, Emma was helping Gabbrielle around school that day making sure she got where she needed to go. Very sweet. Gabbrielle definitely milked the "eye Dr. appointment". Now, I look back to our conversation in the car and it all becomes very clear :-) Sweet Gabbrielle, you make mama laugh.

Dr. Seuss Day :-)

It was Dr. Seuss Day at Gabbrielle's school. She and her friend Emma decided to be Thing 1 and Thing 2! What a pair, they were a big hit at school!

The Big 40!

We celebrated my wonderful husband's 40th birthday this weekend! We were fortunate to celebrate with many family and friends and it was definitely an occasion to remember! Thank you God for blessing us with such an amazing husband and father!

Gabbrielle's 6th Birthday week(end)!

We celebrated the 6th birthday of our little girl this past week/weekend! What a wonderful blessing she is to all of us and it was a joy to watch her celebrate! Here are some pictures from several of her parties!

Here she is celebrating a joint birthday party with Daddy Jim, Aunt Judy, Mimi and herself! Check out the extra "candle blower" they had. She just couldn't resist. :-)

Smile beautiful birthday girl!

A little party at home....

A gift for the growing artist :-)

And an ice skating celebration with school and family friends!