Kaylee's Jr. High Musical

 This year West Point Jr. High did High School Musical for their school musical.  Kaylee was all gung-ho about trying out for it until the day came for tryouts.  She wanted to back out but I wouldn't let her.  She is so painfully shy in front of people when she has to talk or speak by herself for a serious reason.  If she's just there or with friends she's as goofy as can be even if there are other people around.  But she followed through with it as hard as it was for her and I was so proud of her.  She got in the chorus and had a great time performing...the rehearsals were another story.  But she did it and that's what's important!  Great job Kaylee!!!

Carson's Arrow of Light

This year Curt has been Carson's Webelos leader.  He has done a great job.  He got all the boys their Webelos awards within their first three months then they all worked on their Arrows of Light.  Carson, we're so proud of you and all that you do.  Congratulations!

Say Hello to the Car...Now Say Goodbye...Now Say Hello...Now Say Goodbye!

So Shelby had her license for a whole three weeks before this happened.  To be fair, it wasn't her fault.  She was in rush hour traffic and traffic was stopping and the lady behind her hit her which pushed her into the truck in front of her.  The truck had a big trailer hitch which did all the damage to the front of her car.  The back was fine and the other people's cars were fine but her's ended up being totaled!

So we started looking for another car.  This is what we found.  It wasn't as good as the last one but it gets her around.  She's happy to have a car again since it took us about a month to find one worth the money they were asking.  We still wish we had the other car.

Then later in the year we had to say goodbye to our trusted friend, the Tracker.  It has been with us for 13 years and has finally given up the ghost and we don't want to put the money into it to revive it.  Some family members were very distraught to have to say goodbye to this loyal automobile but it had to be done.  Sometimes we just have to say goodbye!