Caitlin finished her quilt for Grandma Jackson. She did a GREAT job on her first quilt!



Ian shows off his project for the Culture Fair at school about Robert LeRoy Parker, a distant relative also known as Butch Cassidy.

This is our thanksgiving meal. Grandma Sunshine came up from Utah. We call her Grandma Sunshine because it never rains and is always sunny when she comes. You know the reputation of the Great Northwet. It's not true when Grandma Sunshine comes to town.

Poor Abbie! We promised her she could eat with us before the great Thanksgiving Movie work day. Unfortunately, Tom Turkey didn't cooperate and she had to go to work before everything was ready (we didn't feel like eating raw turkey). She wasn't very happy about it and we were sad she wasn't with us. We did think of her for a while, then we got down to business of stuffing ourselves and listing a few things we were grateful for. Abbie had to eat by herself after she got home, but we did share some pie with her afterward.

Chase is holding the Skyview High Cross Country team District 1st place tropy between his two very fine coaches, Chris Erdman and Bob Brands. Chase did well during the CrossCountry season this year. We have high hopes for him next year. He was 1st place runner at the District meet in Kelso, Washington, then he went to Regionals at Seattle and was 9th fastest runner, which qualified him for State with a time of 16:08. He had a great first run at State with a time of 16:11 coming in at #29. He earned the following awards:

Certificate of Participation at State
Distinquished Scholar Award
Varsity Award

Scholar Athlete Award

1st Team All-League

Runner of the Year

Chase was also asked to be the team captain for the 2009 season and was voted most valuable athlete for 2008 by his teammates. GO CHASE!!!!

Fall Family Pictures

Family Pictures

We took family pictures today. It was incredibly sunny so that's why everyone looks so squinty. I think we're going to take more pictures later on today. If we do I'll post them.

Chase's First Place District Race

This week Chase won 1st place in Cross Country Districts. On Halloween he is going to regionals in Seattle. It was really awesome because we got to Kelso High School right as Chase was sprinting the last 100 yards his race! It was really awesome!!! Turns out he was interviewed by a reporter and the next day there was a big article in the paper about him. It was really cool.

Camp Fire!

Grandma Pat came up this week to visit and also to watch Chase race. It's been a lot of fun! On Sunday we decided to build a fire in our backyard and roast hot doggies and make S'mores. I love s'mores. They are so delicious! It was a really nice night except for all of the mosquitoes. The fire was really hot because the wood was so dry, but it was cool because by the end of the night the fire had started glowing blue. It was cool! The sky was clear so when it got dark you could see the stars pretty well too! All in all, it was a fun night! By the way, don't you just love Chase's Sunday outfit?