Around The Farm

Just helping around the farm. Dad was teaching Reed how to shuck corn and of course it's firewood time.

You can never have enough.  Some of this wood has been in here for 20+ years.

Down the chute, into the cellar.

Football

Reed's team went undefeated all season but they couldn't hold it together during the championship game.  They played hard though and Reed improved tons from last year.  They played the championship game at my dad's Alma Mater so he even came to watch.

Pink socks for the month of October

Hold the banner tighter, girls!

Mom and Dad

Orchestra

Millie is really enjoying orchestra class this year.  Their first concert was back in September and it was a huge performance combining grades 5-12.  The 5th graders only had a very minor part.  The theme was Orchestra Rocks and they were encouraged to dress up like KISS or The Village People because they were playing songs from those bands as well as Kansas, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.

She was enjoying it so much (and complained that it was too easy) that she asked to try out for the Floyd County Youth Symphony. I really didn't want to because we are so busy but considering I am a music teacher, I didn't feel quite right about that so off we went. She made it and there is only 1 other 5th grader in the group. She is really working hard and improving lots, I can't wait for their first concert in December.

Cross Country

Reed had his first cross country meet this past week. He has been training very hard and out of 179 racers in second grade across the county, Reed finished in 10th place with a time of 7'33.81. They run the boys and girls at the same time so out of the boys, he finished 8th place. I was very proud of him!! He got a nice medal to hang on his rack and beat his goal which was to finish in the top 20. Hopefully he can do it again this week.

He just avoided this crash, he said he jumped over it.  The boy on our team in the crash actually ended up coming in first place.  A little crash didn't stop him.

Reindeer Games and Moe

Millie's Fusion team has had a few tourneys and earned a few more trophies. At the Reindeer Games in Santa Claus, they got more than a trophy, we came home with Moe, our new kitten.

Millie had a teammate stay with us at Rick's parent's house and they went to visit his Uncle Paul's farm one morning. Well, Brooklyn, Millie's friend, found kittens and brought one back. So now we have Moe, a combo of Millie and Brooklyn's last names.



He adorable and likes to do homework.

Football

Reed is playing football again this year, number 62. Rick is coaching and they are still in the same league but are playing for a different team. He is playing for Southern Indiana Catholic this year. It's the first year they have had a team in the league for this age group and so far are the only undefeated team so they are doing pretty good I'd say.

Reed is still kind of timid when it comes to tackling but he has improved a lot since last year. He is tuned in to the game and actually knows what's going on and can talk about the plays afterward. He is really enjoying it and Millie likes being the water girl.

Indiana State Fair

Millie won the Floyd County 4H talent show over the summer and qualified to compete in Indianapolis in the State Fair. She played Piano Man and did great!! We were all proud of her and we enjoyed the day of skipping school and work to go watch her perform.

Millie's 10th Birthday

Yep, I am behind again but Millie did have her birthday last month. She had some friends over as well as family. She decided she wanted her room redecorated this year for her birthday so she got a lot of gift cards and money. We have purchased some of the big items and now we just have to paint and get a few small things. We are hoping to put it all together over fall break. She wants us to wait until we have it all before we use any of it so it's all still in bags waiting for the room to be painted.

She is loving middle school. Her favorite class is orchestra and she is enjoying learning to play the viola. There is a lot of school work so between her softball and basketball teams and school work, she is always busy. We have enjoyed our long Labor Day weekend this weekend to just let the kids chill out and us get some work done. It's been great.

2015-2016 School Year Has Begun

Ready or not, that time has come. We have made it through 2 full days now and both kids are saying this is their favorite year so far. They have always loved school so I am glad it is continuing.

Our first student day back was July 29th but teachers had to start on the 27th. Lots of meetings and such but I'm glad to be back. With all the rain this summer I can't say we really got to do much of anything fun, we were all ready to go back and get a break from each other, the kids mostly.

Reed has Mrs. Kimmel this year for second grade. I requested the same 2nd grade teacher Millie had because she was fantastic and I knew she would be a good fit for Reed.

Millie started Middle School this year so she is not with me any longer which is sad. She loves it though and is doing great. She is excited for sports, mainly basketball. She loves her teachers as well, Mrs. Paul and Mr. Ferriel, but her favorite class is Orchestra with Mr. Elmore. She is still in the Excel Program at Highland Hills so even though it's the largest middle school in the state of Indiana I have been told, she has all the same kids in her classes as she had the past 2 years because of this accelerated program she is in.

And if you haven't noticed by now, all of my first day of school photos mainly consisted of me saying, "Stop looking at the cat and look at the camera".

Dobby just wanted to go to school too. He would actually love it I bet. He's very social. He'd probably get in trouble actually, he'd never pay attention.