Fall Fun!
We are off to a good start in 5th Grade. Kai and Sierra are both doing well and enjoying their last year of elementary (except for the home work). We scheduled a camping trip once a month throughout the Fall which was fun. We finally got into some cooler weather and actually were able to make a camp fire (All our trips since getting the RV were in the hot, summer months).
Unfortunately, we had some not-so fun excitemet as well. Sierra fell out of our bed right on her front, permanent tooth and shattered it (on a Sunday morning at 5am). Fortunately, the dentist got us in within a couple of hours on a Sunday! It took him 3 hours to put her back together (the root was exposed) but he did a great job. That was on September 14th and so far, she has been good about eating on the side and its still good and strong.
We had a nice treat for Thanksgiving.. MeMaw and PawPaw came for a visit. It was a nice, relaxing time (except for the bright idea of going out for early "black Friday shopping" - on Thanksgiving night). We quickly realized the error of our ways, and went back home.
Here are a few of pictures of our fun adventures!
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Kai and Sierra 5th Grade School Pictures
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The birthday celebration turned into a week. Jim had a race out of state on "the day" so we celebrated the weekend before (and then Kai/Sierra/Carla had a nice dinner out on "the day).
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Birthday Martini!
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The boys.
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The girls.
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Crazy face.
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Melting Pot on the actual day.. Kai making a fake spot for Dad.
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Nice rabbit ears.
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Hurry.. switch sides and get a picture with Kai.
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Ah... dessert!
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Soccer Season (back to top)
Undefeated soccer season again this year! We have a pretty talented team. Next season we're going up an age bracket so it may be a little more humbling for the kids.
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Goofy team shot..
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Wekiva Camping/Jim's Space Coast Triathlon (back to top)
Kai and Sierra had an extra day off of school in October so we took the camper for a couple of nights in Wekiva. We then travelled over to the East Coast of Florida to spend the night for Jim's Space Coast Triathlon.
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Thanks MeMaw/Pawpaw - we love our new camping grill.
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We ate outside like the old days (until the mosquitos ran us off).
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Our campsite.
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Pretty good home for a few days. |
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Cool looking beetle bug on our hike
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Watch out for the ants!
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More pretty flowers
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Kai ready to hike some more.
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Check out my new tooth.
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Cluster of mushrooms
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Sierra spotted this cool looking lizard
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Love these guys!
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Cooling off in the spring.
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Beautiful day!
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Cross eyes and bunny ears - it was a great day!
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Husband and kids doing RV dinner dishes... love it!
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It cooled off enough to have a short camp fire.
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We lasted about 45 minutes and then everyone got too hot.
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Kai creamed us all at checkers.
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We didn't get to see Jim on the swim this time, but caught him on the bike.
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...and we got a few pictures of him on his run (the last leg of the Tri).
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A well deserved medal (it was hot/humid and not much tree coverage... made for a long race).
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"I survived"
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One last shot by the finish line!
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The bike portion went by the NASA vehicle assembly building. Spectators couldn't get back here, but we got a couple of pics from a pro.
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The pictures were too good to pass up.
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Halloween/Fall Activities) (back to top)
We started off the season with a visit to the Petrified Forrest with our friends Sam/Alivia. It was a very spooky haunted house. We also went on our annual trip to the Zoo Boo event, and of course trick-or-treating. This year we teamed up with our neighbors to create a haunted house for Halloween night. The kids were the actors and had a blast. They didn't even want to trick or treat that long; they were anxious to get into role. |
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Alivia, Sierra, Sam, and Kai
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Morgan, Mendy, Alivia, Sam, Sierra and Kai with the creepy guy at the Petrified Forrest.
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This character said they were ebola.
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This one was just gross!
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Pumpkin patch pics - handsome dude!
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Pretty girl!
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Love this picture... they do love each other :)
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Annual Halloween trip to Zoo Boo Bash.
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5th Grade bike riders!
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It's finally Halloween!
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Kai was a creepy mask dude.
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One spooky, one not.
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Sierra looking fancy...
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Inside the kids' haunted house.
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Another house down.. where's the next one?
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Run... the faster we go, the more candy we'll get. |
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Disney Camping Trip (back to top)
We scheduled a trip to camp at Disney in November (its been a couple of years since we camped there). We have Disney Quest passes so it was nice to be close enough to catch a bus and do that for an evening. We had to head back to our soccer game on the first morning which made for a chaotic weekend but fun too!
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Lots of "residents" had their spots decorated with festive blow-ups.
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This was our first site with cable hookup.
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We went to the campfire and roasted marshmallows.
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"Yum... these are good"
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The outdoor movie was Monsters University.
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We had to leave on Saturday to go back home for our soccer game.. got the Disney sign shot on the way back in.
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Pretty landscaping in front of the Fort Wilderness campground sign.
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Too chilly for Mom/Dad, but Kai thought it felt good.
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Sierra did too.
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Smile for Mom! |
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Time for some football!
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1 -2 - 3 Hike!
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"I got it!"
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"Ok - here is the plan."
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"I'm ready to run"
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"I got it!"
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"Let's get Dad!"
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Our last night we had some video game time at Disney Quest. |
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"Hurry Mom, I'll lose the game" |
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Thanksgiving & Memaw/PawPaw visit (back to top)
We decided to stay home this year for Thanksgiving. We were excited that MeMaw/PawPaw were able to come for a visit. Unfortunately, PawPaw had "the crud" so he wasn't feeling 100%. We had a pretty laid back/relaxed time around the house (and worked in a little shopping too). |
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Last day... Pawpaw was finally feeling better.. we were sad to see them go back home.
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Two raccoon siblings visited us on Thanksgiving!
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They were so cute and cool enough to pose.
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They cruised around looking for acorns.
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"Do I look good in this lighting?"
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See ya!
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Sierra got one turkey drumstick
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Kai got the other one. |
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Slingshotting acorns! |
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Sierra out in front of our turkey.
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We visited the tree farm the day after Thanksgiving.
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After searching, we found the one!
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Kai helped to cut it down.
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Sierra did too.
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Got it!
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Our laborers.
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Quick family shot.
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After we cut down our tree, we visited their petting zoo. |
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Time to sort out the lights.
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What tree decorating time is complete without ELF! |
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Its almost perfect.
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We just need a few more ornaments.
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Here is our Hawaii ornament.
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Time to eat the first candy cane!
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"Got mine"
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"Its done!"
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Miscellaneous (back to top)
In addition to all the fun described above, we had lots of other miscellaneous adventures (see below).
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Anniversary dinner away!
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Our first couple selfie!
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The new tortoise at the zoo.
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Cool cat!
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If it wasn't for the darn fence, would be a cool leopard shot.
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The otter is taking a nap.
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The butterflies came out for a picture.
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Beautiful owl.
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"I'm sticking my tongue out at you."
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Glad we were on the other side of the glass.
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"Smile."
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"So close to my face."
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"I'll bet he wishes the glass wasn't there."
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The iguana stopped for a pose.
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Happy Birthday Dick!
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Happy 7th Birthday Kyle.
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Laser tag birthday fun.
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Kai's semi annual All-A Honor Roll Breakfast. He hasn't missed one yet.
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The 5th grade All-A Honor Roll team
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The End!
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