WIP Wednesday - 9/30/15

I've been working on this cross stitch for a while now.  Slow but steady progress.  It's a Thomas Kinkade scene.  It's probably one of the biggest cross stitch patterns I've ever tackled.  I would love to think I'd be able to finish it by Christmas, but I'm pretty sure that won't happen, especially since I ordered some things today to try to make for teacher gifts.

August and September ... Another school year has begun!!

First Day of School

I'd really like to get back at this ... I know there are a lot of things I post on Facebook, but I don't post everything there, and there are some people who aren't on Facebook.  I was looking back through the old posts a week or so ago and I remembered how fun it was to share different things the boys were doing with everyone ... I need to MAKE time!  So, here's September ... well, end of August and September.  The boys started school on August 31 -- 7th grade and 10th grade.  All three (David, Jonathan and Dad) are now in the same building!  

Both boys are running Cross Country this fall.  This is David's second year as a varsity cross country runner.  So far his season is going very well.  He PR'd (personal record) at the race on 9/23 with an 18:25.  He did very well again at the race on 9/25, with an 18:52.  

Fowler Invitational held at Uncle John's Cider Mill in St. Johns
David is along the right in about the middle.

 The 7th and 8th grade students are only a "club" so they only run about 4 races.  Jonathan ran his first race last Wednesday (9/23) and did very well.  He was the third person in for our team.  He ran his 2 mile race in 15:04 -- that's roughly an 8 minute mile.  Not bad for a 7th grader ... not bad at all!!  Sorry, I don't have any pictures of Jonathan running yet.  I can't make the Wednesday night meets because of work.

David at the Fowler Invitational

If you're interested in "following" how the boys are doing in each race, you can visit www.athletic.net.  You can type their name in the search box at the top and it will show you all their race results, even from past years! (You can find results from any runners in the state ...)

Other than getting back into the swing of the school year schedule and going to cross country meets and football games (to watch the band of course) we haven't been doing a whole lot.  Closed the pool 2 weekends ago :-(  Went camping last weekend :-) and of course the normal work/school, etc.

We hope everyone is enjoying the cooler weather that has finally arrived.  I'm not really ready for cold and snow, but I do like that the humidity has backed off.

Signing off for now ... more in the near future!

~Kati

It's Time to get back in the swing of things!!

I think I need to get back at this!
In 2015 I'm only doing two reading challenges.
1.  The Goodreads 2015 Reading Challenge.  My goal for that one is to read 60 books.  I'm pretty pleased with my progress on this one.  As of today's date, I've read 50 books.
2.  I'm doing my own 2015 Christian Fiction Reading Challenge.  I really miss Margaret doing her's over on www.creativemadnessmama.com / www.christianhistoricalfiction.com.
So far to date, I've read the following books that count towards this challenge:

1.  With Every Letter (Sundin)
2.  A Gift of Grace (Clipston)
3.  Love in Disguise (Cox)
4.  On Distant Shores (Sundin)
5.  In Perfect Time (Sundin)
6.  A Thread So Thin (Bostwick)
7.  Caught in the Middle (Jennings)
8.  Goodbye to Yesterday (Brunstetter)
9.  The Silence of Winter (Brunstetter)
10.  The Hope of Spring (Brunstetter)
11.  The Pieces of Summer (Brunstetter)
12.  A Revelation in Autumn (Brunstetter)
13.  An Amish Christmas Quilt (Hubbard)
14.  Huckleberry Christmas (Beckstrand)
15.  Josiah for President (Bolton)
16.  A Vow for Always (Brunstetter)
17.  Captured by Love (Hedulund)
18.  Christy (Marshall)
19.  Threading the Needle (Bostwick)
20. Five Days in Skye (Laureano)
21. Ties the Bind (Bostwick)
22. Between Heaven and Texas (Bostwick)
23. Leaving (Kingsbury)
24. Learning (Kingsbury)
25. Longing (Kingsbury)
26. Loving (Kingsbury) 

I've been doing more reading lately ... trying desperately to get through the pile of books my mom has loaned me so I can give a good chunk of them back, plus I just know I'm spending too much time staring at my computer screen not really doing anything productive!

Another School Year on the Books

Hard to believe another school year has been completed ... We are now the parents of an 8th grader and a 5th grader ...  David was not happy that I made them stop to have their picture taken, and I was using my phone, so it's not the greatest, but I do find it funny that David is wearing the same outfit on the 1st and last days of school (totally unplanned ...)

2013 MS Talent Show

The school year is winding down ... today David participated in the Middle School talent show.  He was one of 5 or 6 acts.  They all did a nice job.  I was super proud of David and how he performed.

Pictures of our new Camper

Here are pictures of our new camper.  We can't wait to go camping in a couple of weeks.  We slept in it last night in the yard (yes, we're geeky that way).  We think we're really going to like the little bit of extra space and the nicer layout.
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~Kati

Daddy's new license plate!

Daddy's new license plate came today!!