Sports: Swim, Soccer and Soccer

Fall 2011 has been full of attending sporting events....

 Katie has had a fantastic swim season and dramatically improved her times in every event.   She made it to the League meet in the 500 freestyle ( 20 laps!)    We are so excited for the new Curtis swim pool to be completed for spring water polo and her Senior year swim season...(ugh I hate to even think she will be a senior next year.)

 Katie and Alissa have had a great time together on the swim team.  

 Hannahs soccer team has turned hard core this year...even changing their name from the Ladybugs to VENOM!   Sounds fierce doesn't it?!  haha  She does a great job playing defender and works hard to keep the ball from getting near the goal.  

 Preston and Hannah getting ready for their games...

our Saturdays have been soccer...and more soccer.  

 This is Preston's first year playing outdoor soccer and it has been a learning year.  He and Braden are on the same team along with best buddy Jacob.   Each game the boys seem to get a little better.  

 So glad to have healthy active kids!

Good times in November

Katie's team for a Laurel/Priest cooking contest!   

 Katie and Sarah Van having fun at mutual activity night.

 We have Jacob for a Friday night while his parents are away.  He and Preston 

enjoy a sleep over in the tent set up in the music room.  

 Hannah gets to play the electric cello in the Star Spangled Banner string quartet at the Veteran's Day assembly at her school.   Great job Hannah!

 Bethany and Sean visit for a quick weekend while Sean interviews for Optometry school in Portland.   It was great fun to spend the weekend with them.   

Bethany cooked several things for us, including this yummy, Apple Crepe Cake by Julia Childs.  

  Hannah performed in 7 performances of our Multi stake production of
 "Savior of the World".  

We loved attending this!    It was a beautiful production with wonderful music

 and touching scenes depicting the Savior's life.   Here she is with our friend 

Lucie who's parents played the parts of Mary and Joseph.   

A cappella choir

 Katie is doing choir this year!   Yeah!   We have missed going to the choir concerts since Christian graduated.   It has been fun for her to do this together with best buddy Madison.    She had a choir retreat on Vashon Island a few weeks ago and then her first concert last week.   Fun times.. oh, and getting a dozen red roses at her first concert was pretty sweet :)

New Buddy

Preston has a new buddy.   Jaylen Edgley and his wonderful family moved into the neighborhood a few months ago.  These two really like to play together...I think Preston enjoys telling Jaylen what to do and little Jaylen, age 3,  likes having someone older to hang out with.    It works out pretty good.

Camping in

Fun times camping in the living room 

Beautiful

Love this picture of Katie with her girlfriends at church:  

Kelsey, Sara, MacKenzie, Maddie, Katie, Catie and Sarah.   

Beautiful inside and out.  

Curtis Homecoming 2011

Homecoming was so great!! Curtis High School had the Homecoming assembly on Wednesday night, the football game on Friday, and then the dance Saturday night.  It was quite the week!! On Saturday, I had such a great time... to sum it up-

pictures: my house. 

dinner: outback steakhouse. 

dance and posed pictures: school. 

laser tag: odyssey one. 

after party: alissa's house. 

Ashley Marsh was such a sweetheart and helped me do my hair.  It was beautiful!! 

Love these guys! 

with these guys, there was never a dull moment. 

after a day of clouds and rain, pictures ended up being beautiful with this great sunset!!