~Rest In Peace Aunt Norma~

A BIG Day

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - A BIG day in the life of little Miss Katie Sue!

Kaitlyn finished 13th in the cross country meet today with a personal best time of less than 24 minutes. She's not real good with the whole stop-watch thing yet, so exact time to be determined by the "official" clock for the meet, but we do know it was 23-something.

Big News -
Kaitlyn was asked to Homecoming today.....by a boy!

I am SO not ready for this phase of parenting yet! All I know is that his name is Charlie, well its really Gregory, but he goes by Charlie. It's really hard to follow 15 year old girl giberish.

Anyway, we are now in the whole....dress.....shoes.....hair.....make-up panic. And the best part is....Homecoming is next Friday - I have a whole 8 days!

Happy Anniversary

Can you believe its been 6 years since Tim and I got married on the beach in Maui?
Honestly, it seems like a lot longer than 6 years. Is that a good sign?

When Tim and I got married we commtted to 50 years together. Well Honey, we've got 6 down and only 44 more to go!

Happy Anniversary Sir Timothy. I love you!

Puyallup Fair

We took 5 teenagers to the fair...and survived! We had our 3 kids, Rose's boyfriend Jordan, and Kaitlyn's best friend Mackenna. We even picked up another one at the fair, Kaitlyn's friend Rochelle.
Saturday we spent 5+ hours at the fair in the morning and afternoon, came home for a few hours to get a break and then headed back about 7:30 to "do the Puyallup" even more. Tim and I pretty much ate our way through the fair with Krusty Pups, Corn on the Cob, Scones, Onion Burgers....yes, it was that sickening. Our favorite surprise of the fair was the Beer & Wine Garden. Yes - its a purely adult attraction. Saturday night when we went back to the fair so the kids could go on the rides in the dark (apparently that's more fun!) Tim and I hung out with a very expensive beer ($9) and a decent glass of wine.

She made VARSITY!

Kaitlyn has run track the last few years, but this is the first year she has gone out for the cross-country team. She's typically a sprinter, but has been preparing all summer by running 2 or 3 miles every other day with Tim.
Yesterday at cross-country practice, the girls had a time-trial to find out who would run on the Varsity team and who would be running on the JV team. When I picked Kaitlyn up her cheeks were red and I could tell she'd been running hard. When I asked her how it went, her first comment was "Mom, only 5 girls were able to finish the run". Trying to be supportive but not too pushy, I asked if she was one of those 5. A big smile swept across her beautiful face and she joyfully told me she finished 3rd, completing the 5k run with a time just over 24 minutes.

Congratulations Kaitlyn on making the Varsity Cross Country team!

Good luck at your first meet on Thursday in Orting. Run like the wind - but have fun too!