Jones Christmas

Saturday we got together with the Jones (my mom's) side of the family. We headed down to Dublin and met up with the family at Mike and Mary's house. They had tons of food!! And Mexican to boot.....Bret was a happy boy!!!
We ate, opened presents, and then left for the train ride. We rode the Christmas Train through Niles Canyon, and it was fantastic. We had the caboose to ourselves, which was really cool. We even had a cupola which we could go up into and see the sights. The whole train was decorated, inside and out.
We brought snacks and drinks which we were able to set up on the wood burning stove that was not being used.
Here are Cindy and the kids up in the cupola. You had a great view of things from there!!!

Santa and Mrs. Claus came through the train before we started out. We reminded them that we would be in Portland on Christmas and to leave the presents at our house anyways!






We had a very nice time, and when it was all over we got on the road for Oregon!! : )

Posted in: on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at at 7:31 PM 1 comments  

Aerial shots

My friend Jeni went out flying a week or so ago with somebody she knows and got a couple of really great shots that I thought I would share. They went up early in the morning and saw a fantastic sunrise.


They flew over our house and got some pictures from all sides. Here's one that shows a wide angle.


And a little closer.....

They also flew over Northside. Here's my school (that wonderful place where I spend most of my waking day)!



And, finally, here's Jeni in front of the plane. I guess it's some experimental plane and small enough that he just uses the runway at his house (must be nice!!!).

Posted in: on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at at 7:19 PM 0 comments  

Adam's Christmas Party 2007

Adam's school had their annual Christmas party again. We all went, but Bret and I had to promptly leave in order to go to my staff holiday party at the Hindquarter House. Grandma and Uncle Brian took over with the kids. They ate dinner, did their little story (Adam was a mouse and Briana was a snowflake), sang songs, and visited with Santa and Mrs. Claus. I only saw part of the eating (Adam of course cut right to the front of the line!!). Here are a few pictures from the rest of the evening. Adam got a set of Hot Wheels from Santa and Briana got a miniature Operation game pen. They were both quite happy with what they got!! : )



Posted in: on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at at 7:12 PM 0 comments  

Early Christmas present





Last Saturday we bought an early Christmas present for the family -- a puppy!!! We weren't quite ready to give her to the kids yet though, so she lived up in our bathroom for a few days. We got our tree Monday night and started decorating Tuesday. As soon as we got lights and a couple of ornaments on, we told the kids we had an early present for them. They went up to get pajamas on, and we put her under the tree. Here it is....


Needless to say, Briana was quite excited. We've named her Kiah, and she's quite a cutie!! Here are a few other pictures.





Posted in: on Saturday, December 08, 2007 at at 11:51 AM 5 comments  

Thanksgiving



We ended up spending Thanksgiving at Cindy's this year. That is.....me and the kids did. Bret stayed home to fix the hot water heater which hadn't been working since Tuesday. Not only did we not have hot water, but we also didn't have heat. Of course that was the week when temperatures were down in the 30s with highs in the 50s. Burrr!! Long story short -- Bret tore the thing apart ($4000 for the replacement wasn't looking too good), missed Thanksgiving, and it ended up we were out of propane. Whoops! Anyways, Thanksgiving dinner was excellent. Kevin cooked the meal, and it put every meal I've ever cooked to shame. I asked him what kind of dressing was on the salad thinking I could go buy a bottle of it, and when he started talking about taking orange juice and adding this and that and flambeing it, I knew it was way out of my league!!! It was nice getting together with the Joneses.

Posted in: on at at 8:38 AM 0 comments  

Adam's pictures

Thought I'd finally put Adam's school pics on the blog. My new class has been keeping me busy. I am definitely busier now than I was in my old position. It's been great, but I have less time now for things I'd like to do (like update my blog!!). And things will only be getting crazier, because in a week I will go from being a K/1 class to being a 1/2. Ahhhhhh! I'm losing my mind! : ) Anyway, here they finally are. Hope you enjoy them. We thought they were pretty cute.
































Posted in: on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at at 2:45 PM 1 comments  

Trick-or-treating

I don't have many pictures from trick-or-treating, but Briana had a great time. We had pizza first, thinking we'd get there early and get a good parking spot. Well, everyone else had the same idea -- it was pretty packed!! Then we hit downtown Georgetown for trick-or-treating fun! Here they are getting ready to head out. I gave them all glow sticks, so they are practicing holding them up so we could see them.
Here is Briana, Emma, and Skylar sitting on an enormous pumpkin in front of one of the houses. Unfortunately, when I was taking the picture everything looked black until the flash went off. I was shooting blind!!! So you can't see the pumpkin or much of anything else, but it's cute of the girls.

We spent so much time trying to keep track of where everyone was that picture taking kind of got overlooked. Maybe next year!! And it wasn't quite the same without little Adam boy!! He went to Dennis' to trick-or-treat and then had dinner with Bret's parents. I guess he slept most of the time though! : ) Poor little guy. That bug he had really wiped him out.

Posted in: on Monday, November 12, 2007 at at 7:55 AM 0 comments  

Happy Halloween

Thought since I had a few minutes today I would try and get a post done. I'm unfortunately home today with Adam who this morning had a 103.6 degree fever. I don't know what's going on with the little guy, but he's been sleeping all morning. You know he's not feeling well when he does that!! Don't know if this is a new bug or remnants from when he was sick a week or so ago. Hopefully this isn't a preview of the winter to come!





Briana is officially ready for Halloween now that she has lost her third tooth!!! She was a little excited about it!!! When she could twist the tooth around and smile at you with the back of the tooth showing, we knew it was time for it to be pulled!!



Adam being sick will put a little damper on trick-or-treating tonight. : ( Bret's planning to stay home with Adam and I will take Briana up to Georgetown. We are meeting some of her friends up there and will go with them. Should be fun. Too bad our little Spiderman will miss the festivities.



Hopefully my class is doing okay today. I hated to be gone today on Halloween of all days, but you've got to do what you've got to do!! Poor sub! I've really been enjoying my new class, but it's a huge amount of work. Good thing my energy's back up or I never would have made it past the first week!!!



Here's a little sneak preview of the kids' costumes. I'll try and post some trick-or-treating shots later. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!


Posted in: on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at at 10:35 AM 1 comments  

Pumpkin Patch

The kids and I went down to Wilton yesterday and went to the pumpkin patch with Barb. The first place we stopped at had lots of animals, things to play on, and of course, a tractor/hay ride. They loved the baby goats (6 week old twins) and climbing the trees. We even got to have our very own private hay ride - lucky us!! All the other trailers were full of people, but we chose a time when nobody else showed up!! It was actually not nearly as crowded as I would have expected either. Maybe most people actually went before the last weekend before Halloween! : )


We then went to another place that had a corn field maze. I had never actually been in one before, so it was a lot of fun. They kids had fun going every which way trying to find our way to the end. They said it was about "8 miles" long!!
Which way should we go??
They can't wait for Halloween. We will go up to Georgetown again, which was a lot of fun last year. We went to a Halloween party last night, so they broke in their costumes. More pics to come soon!! Hope everyone has a spooktacular Halloween too!




Posted in: on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at at 3:25 PM 3 comments  

New position

Tomorrow I start my new position as a kindergarten/first grade teacher. I said good-bye to my 200+ students and will meet my 20 students in the morning! I can't wait!! Of course, this weekend has been work overload. I spent from 8 o'clock yesterday morning until 6 o'clock last night moving stuff out of my old room and working in my new room. I was back there again for 4 or 5 more hours this morning, plus doing planning and curriculum here at home. Yikes! I'm beat and the work week hasn't even started yet!! : ) I talked with one of the subs I had while I was gone for my treatment who will be taking over for a while in my old spot. He said he's dubbed that position the "Iron Man Position". He completely understands why I've taken the opportunity to move to another teaching position! I hope it's a great move for me. I'll keep you all posted about how it goes.

Posted in: on Sunday, October 07, 2007 at at 4:01 PM 2 comments  

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