Wednesday of Spirit Week

Wednesday is cowboy day at the high school and Dillon opted to not dress up. It is Hippie day at the Jr. High.

Tuesday of Spirit Week

Today at the High School is Decades Day--Dillon is going in the 50's. The Jr. High is crazy hair day!

Homecoming Week

Today starts our Spirit Week. At the High School it is Beach Day. At the Jr. High, it is crazy sock and any hat day. This is what the kids came up with.

Pin Board

The girls and I decided to make a pin board to display the pins that we have collected over our many trips to Disneyland. The kids love to get involved with the pin trading on our visits to Disneyland. Her is a before and after picture. I think that it turned out very nice.

The Dreaded Bug Collection!

In 7th grade one of 2 big projects is the bug collection. We have been collecting bugs all summer and we are finally done. It took us 2 week-ends to get all of the bugs pinned and mounted. Jenna took it to school on Monday and she also brought it home the same day. She got and A+ and I am soooooo happy that it is done!

Disneyland!

Since we were in California at Grammies house, we decided to take a detour on the way home and spend a couple of days at the "HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH". The weather was perfect and the crowds were down. We had a great time. As if you didn't already know, we are Disneyland fanatics!!

Dillon's 15th Birthday!!

Wow, I can't believe that Dillon is now 15! He is growing up way too fast. He'll be driving and dating next year!! That freaks me out a little. Anyway, we celebrated his birthday at Grammies house. It was fun to be able to celebrate his birthday with Great Grandma Oettle, Grammie, Papa, Scott, Krista, Allyson & Andrew.

Coloma

We went with Grammie to Coloma State Park. This is the site where gold was first discovered in California. We had an enjoyable but hot day there. Lots of interesting sites to see.

Papa's Pumpkins

Papa was so proud of this pumpkin that he has growing in his garden. I couldn't resist taking a picture with the kids.

Donner State Park

This year for vacation we went to grammie & Papa's. We left the Friday before Labor Day. We stopped at Donner State Park and had a picnic lunch and rested.