Sports and family activity update

Here are some more karate pics.Belly tried out for the Nutcracker. She will be a mouse and a bon bon.
I took Austin roller skating for a kid date. It was actually really fun to skate pushing Talia in the stroller.
For our family activities, we had a fancy General Conference breakfast.
We went to Bizi Farms pumpkin patch yesterday. It has like 1,000 people there. It was crazy. But, we did have a good time.

Robert actually pet a rabbit!
Corn Maze, that took forever!I also made these curtains for our kitchen.

School update-field trips and homeschool mania

I guess I haven't posted for a long time, because a lot of things have happened since I wrote last. Austin has gone on two field trips, the first to the fire dept.
The firetruck had to leave in the middle of the field trip, but I think they still had fun.
The pumpkin patch.For homeschool we have done some fun activities/experiments.
We made scrolls for history.We did the jello experiment with food coloring (can you tell the flavor when the color is different?)We also tested to see of black or white would get hotter.

Ballerina and boyfriend?

Our top story tonight...
Isabelle had her first kiss tonight with this boy, named Dane. He is in Kindergarten too. They begged to have a playdate together soon. She said they both like art and he is so cute. She also said, "We don't know if we are going to get married, we have to pray about it first." So cute!
Obituary;

Our poor Lizzy has died this week. She was much loved. She has inspired her owner to new heights of animal friendliness. She will be missed.Baby makes great leaps and bounds!

Talia is moving and so motivated! She can get to almost anywhere she wants to go, and she has crawled at least two knees! Way to go Talia!
Many attend Grand Ball in French Palace

There was a grand and fancy ball in the French Palace this week. We were honored by a handsome prince and two lovely princesses.

New talent emerging in Vancouver

Isabelle has been loving her new ballet class. Here are a few pics to capture what she has been up to.

Austin's 1st day of school, farm field trip

I think that it must be hard to be the kid in the middle. I think Austin has been waiting his whole life to do anything that his older siblings have been doing. Now he finally gets to go to school! I thought he looked so cute his first day.
On Friday I (yes me, not the school!) took the kids on a field trip to the Sauvie Island Center. It is an old time farm that has plants the way they looked when the pioneers first came to this area.We got to try a bunch of veggies like tomatoes,flowers, and white carrots. Robert was the only kid who could pull this ginormous carrot out of the ground. He was very proud.The kids learned about compost and got to dig around in the compost pile.
Here Austin found a worm...
Talia liked to play with the weeds.I started a new reward system with the kids to help them to be more responsible. They earned their reward Friday, so we took them to Chuck e Cheese.Talia has been so funny lately. She has been making lots of noises. Some of them actually sound like words! It sounded so much like "Hi Dada" last night, it was so fun! She is SO close to crawling that we get so excited! She also breathes really fast when she gets excited. She is so fun to have around!