Christmas Day Plan B

Kenzie is now a photobug!! snapping picture of everything. Dogs seem to be her favorite.

Plan B Christmas Plans

Well now that the presents are opened and we have tried on some of our new presents, played a few games and taken some pics with our new camera, we our getting ready to snuggle in and wait to see what Santa may bring us. After that we are going to try our hand at PaPa Pancakes. The secret recipe is out and we are going to try. Tomorrow will bring more time on the Wii, Uno and a few games of bingo. We are crossing our fingers that the snow will pass us by so Mammie and Papa can come up on Saturday xxxx.

Plan B Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!! Well the weather brought some different Christmas plans...Plan B(no not Bah Humbug!)but we did have to stay in Mason for Christmas Eve. But we did get to open presents, eat and no good day is complete without some hunting and fishing. The kids were playing Wii most of the night with everyone in their jammies and Katie wearing her favorite gift....THE HAT!

Well the results are in..Kenzie took first and Kate took second. Both girls shot a 285, Kenzie had 31 X's and Kate had 16. Dad was even in on the shoot and shot a 300 with 46X's. All shooters are pretty happy with this weekends shoot. Sorry, no pics, dad isn't as cool as mom and forgot the camera. We'll get some soon with bows and arrows!

Doing some shooting tonight

Well tonight is our first bow shoot for the season. Practive has been going pretty good. Both girls have beat their state scores from last year and Katie has hit 2 robin hoods in the last week during practice! We will update everyone as soon as the meet is over!

PAPA came to practice

It was our turn to drive to practice so we called dad to see if he wanted to meet for Subway and then go see the gym. After dinner we headed to the gym. Papa got a chance to see Katie practice and win a few of Coach Vickie's challenges on floor, tramp and DM. When Katie came to bring me her winnings she didn't notice Papa. Then she came back with another and I asked her if she knew who was standing next to me....it took a few seconds and then it was PAPA!!! You came to see me. Yes, Papa was here and now our smile and show was on!
As practice wrapping up for Katie, Kenzie came in and walked past PAPA and he tapped her on the shoulder...She glanced at him and took a double take, PAPA what are you doing here she asks... Of course she got the big hug from him and said he just stopped by with us.
Papa was a hit and they both asked him if he was coming next week. maybe Papa can drop in again sometime soon...

First Meet brings home the hardware.

Well, our first meet is under our belt. The girls had a great weekend. It was full of smiles,challenges, and even advice from Coach Vickie.
The score sheet is as follows
Kenzie 2 first place (double mini and floor)
1 fourth place(trampoline...but ohh so close!)
Coach Vickie said now that Kenzie secured her 1st place on floor she can move up to the next level,,,now we are on to WHIPS!!!!
Katie Grace 1: 4th place (trampoline)
1: 5th place (double mini)
1: 6th place (floor... and our handsprings Coach Vickis said are looking much better).
It was great to get back with friends, see some old ones, and cheer on our team. Our next meet is in Iowa Falls in late January. We will continue to work hard in the gym setting goals and breaking those challenges down. Kenzie was challenged to kick some butt in intermediate and she now has the confidence that she can do it. Coach Vickie told Katie she improved so much in 2 weeks we can only imagine what 6 weeks will do!! Until our next tumbling update...But don't fret, we have bow coming up and a performance at the ISU gymnastics so you'll hear from us shortly!!

Tumbling day 2

Marshalltown 09

Well the season is in full flip. Today was our first meet and the girls did great. I have downloaded a few of the videos and will download more tomorrow. Kenzie started off the morning pulling in a first place trophy for double mini. She is now competing at intermediate for tramp and double mini. Katie has advanced as well and is competing at novice. Both levels have offered the girls some challenges and I'm sure will they will iron out the kinks as the season prgresses. Katie took tied for 5th on double mini and we were pretty proud of her as she was more than a little nervous. Both girls took 4th place for their trampoline passes. It was a great day and we are getting ready to tumble tomorrow....update you then!!

First meet on the season!

Martian Christmas

IT'S A mArTIan CHRISTMAS!! Katie had her school program today. It was a festive treat with lots of kids, song and crazy mask!! Mammie was able to see her and Dad stopped by on lunch..mom was a little green too as I have the flu.

Well, again this year, Kenzie sights her in,shoots and she takes off. Yes, Kenzie shot her second doe(chubby one mama!!) and it takes off and they are unable to find her. Brent said she shot it in the liver and tonight they found her arrow, but no doe. I asked Kenzie if she was sad..."not really, I would like to find it, but if I don't then I can still use my tag to get a big buck"!!! Boy this warms a daddy's heart:)

New Specks +Girls= Smiles

Well this year has brought some new changes for the little girls. Both needed glasses. Katie started saying that she couldn't see the overhead and moved seats a few times. Once she got tested and found out she was RIGHT, Kenzie started in that she needed them too. Figuring it was just that Katie got something new we figured that was all that it was, but when we gave in to her hounding...yes she needed them too. Both wanted something trendy, so they are sporting ones with some color. Katie has blue and Kenzie has pink. We tried swapping them to see what the other one looked like in each others we decided they made the right choices.

Well both girls headed to the eye doctor to put the "I can't see" comment to rest. Well, neither can see. Kate can't see far away and Kenzie has trouble upclose!. Of course Dad is excited that Kate may improve her shot with with archery since she will have a "clearer" view when shooting! We will post a few pics of the specs when we get them!

Chapter 2. The Eye! Over the weekend Katie was having allergy issues with running nose and itchy eyes. On Sunday the nose and eyes were winning the match, so I told Katie to go take a shower and the steam would help. While in there it sounded like she had company..she was arguing and crying about what ever was going on in the shower. I poked my head in the bathroom and asked her what all the bawling was about. She said her eyes were hurting and her nose wouldn't stop running. I reminded her that I told her to take a shower not sit infront of a running faucet. About 5 minutes later she came out screaming that she couldn't see. When I came out of the kitchen it looked as if the company in the shower was Mike Tyson and he had clobbered her with a left hook. From our best guess Katie must of rubbed her eye until her arm got tired. Not sure if it was from allergies or if she had an allergic reaction to something.
We gaveher 2 doses of benedryl but it didn't seem to help, so off to the ER we go. When we get checked in the ER nurses finds a mesquito in her eye!!! Not sure how it could stay in there after all that rubbing, but she found it. SO after some steriods, we are headed home. ON the way home Katie again was crying because she didn't want to go to school because of the way she looks. The 5th graders would make fun of her...the same ones who we beat playing 4 square and in the process broke our finger 4 weeks ago.
After a goodnght sleep with some meds, Katie is on the mend and is looking more like Katie Grace. I look forward to sharing Chapter 3 at some point in the near future!!

Katie was caught helping the neighbour lady in her garden. Of course no gardener would be caught without her straw hat.

Joe's Crab Shack Fun!!

More fun in Texas

some of the UTT girls at Nationals

tumblers with attitude on the open range

While in Texas we went to the Canyon and took some attitude pictures and found a buddy along the way.

Well the bug project is underway....
Bugs..got em.
Box for bugs...got it.Even the cricket in the basement.
Pins for bugs..got em.
What kind of bugs...well thank goodness for google, a bug is a bug to me!! We will post our project soon.

Hunting for bugs with Papa

Kenzie has a bug project for school, so Papa and her went looking for bugs. Papa + Bugs = Memories...Priceless

Center Point shoot.

Soooo Katie kept herself busy by snapping a few pictures and collecting nuts. Someone told her they were great deer food, so she plans on putting them in our neighbours garden.

Kenzie is pretty excited over her "apple shot", from 15 yards she had to hit the deer and then aim for the apple. And she nails it and nails the BIG SMILE! Nice job Kenzie Jean.

Reinhart shoot in Center Point

We headed south this weekend for another bow shoot. Katie due to a serious injury during "4 Square", had to sit this one out. It was a great day for a shoot and the thw shooting was good!

More Sparta fun

Sparta bow shoot in August.

brent took the girls to the Reinhart bow shoot in Sparta Wisconsin in early August. Lots of fun was had by all.