Graduating from Gene Juarez

I'm so proud of Emma.  She graduated from Gene Juarez Academy!   Here she is on her last day,

She got to get her hair colored and styled  for the day.

We celebrated at Red Robin

Emma had her first client today.

She did a foil and it looked great and she got paid.

Yeah!!!!!

Emma we are proud of you!

Best fast food burger

Consumer reports rated fast food hamburgers.
 Number 1 went to in and out burger.
 The second spot went to Five Guys.
 In the top ten was this burger---

Culvers

Susan is this where you eat?

What's your favorite fast food burger?

Question

What do you want from the school year?

This is the question we asked everyone before the school year started.  Here are some of our responses.

Good communication                                    Purpose
Fun                                                                 Experience
Success in school work                                  Education
Good year                                                      Drivers education
Discover something new                               Build something
Clarity about life plan                                    New friends
Dependable                                                   Faith
Honest                                                           

We did it!!

"I feel like an achiever"...Emma says.  We hiked up to poo poo point.  It is a difficult trail.  The start is around 200ft and the summit is about 1800ft.  The distant from the bottom to the top is about 2 miles.  This makes the hike very steep.  It was our goal to reach the top this summer.

Monday we started off. It was a clear crisp day with a hint of autumn in the air.  We had lots of energy and pulled out our camera to take pictures.   Soon my heart started to beat faster.  This was a challenge.

"Think how strong we are and how strong our bodies are becoming.  Our bodies are saying thank you, thank you for stretching me and helping me to grow.  Our body loves this.  We are strong enough, we are smart enough, we have achieved many goals in our life and we can achieve this one too."

These affirmations helped Emma and I get to the top.  Joey could have done the trail 3 times in the time we did it once.

We had another wild life sighting.  An owl.  He would blink his eyes at us.  We were able to stand right under him.

The view from the top was breath taking. 

When we got there a man was ready to jump.  He ran, let the wind fill his sail, turn and off the mountain he fell until the wind lifted him up so he could fly.  It was exhilarating to see.

The trip back down was just as hard.  We had to step carefully to keep from sliding. 

We felt so great when we got down.

We did it!!!

First day of school

Yesterday the boys started back to school.

Thomas is a sophomore this year.  I think this will be a good year for him.  His goals are to get a drivers license, get his eagle scout award, and get good grades.

Here he goes off to a successful year!

Here is Joey on his first day of 5th grade.  I can't believe it rained on the first day.  This is the first time I can remember a cold rainy day to start school.

We got to meet his teacher and put his school supplies away the day before.

There he goes to school.  His goals this year are to discover something new, build something and make new friends.

We made apples this year to take to Joey's teacher.

And a school bus for us after dinner.

We are looking forward to having a great school year!