Things That Keep Me From My Knitting

WHS Marching Band made it to Semi-State.

First time ever!

See they move so quickly I can't even get a good picture.

So we have been watching them March the last few weekends.

Then the youngest made it through to the championship game

of the fall soccer season for the U14 league.
Maroon looked great! Yes it is coed.

And WOOHOO they won! Here is M(with glasses) and the gang.

So all these things keep me away from my knitting and I am feeling
the Christmas crunch - so much to make so little time.
But here is a lovely gift coming along nicely.

Two Down One To Go.....

So the 2nd 16 year old in the house got her drivers license too!

Here she is getting ready to drive herself to band practice.

Sadly the van for the 2 of them to share died.

So now we have 4 drivers and just 2 cars.

The boys are looking for something but that is going slowly.

Here is my latest knitting on a reluctant model...

Yes a Harry Potter scarf ~ and I think my first finished Christmas gift!

Oh and luckily we have just about 3 years rest til this one starts driving!

Busy Time of Year

We are just finishing Cross country season, still in the middle of Marching Band season and Soccer season. I dream of the Saturday that we no one in the family has to be somewhere.

But our big news of the week is that Joe was interviewed by a friend for a magazine article and it came out yesterday.

Here is an online like to the magazine - scroll down to the bottom of the home page. There is my son's smiling face - the article is about service oriented kids. We are quite proud -- of course we were even before the article.
Check it out here.

Girls Getaway Weekend

National Book Festival

On the Mall in DC

Went for a long weekend with 2 friends

We had a blast. Saw lots of authors

Here is Judy Bloom - she had a big line for her signing!

Here we are Lisa, Me and Laurie
enjoying dinner.

And there was even a bit of time for knitting.

Weekends away with friends are a must.

We will begin planning for next year soon!

Milestones

It seems that when the kids are really little they

reach milestones all the time. First smile, first word, first steps - you get the idea.

Then as they get older the milestones are fewer and farther between.

Well yesterday a BIG Milestone was reached at our house.

Joe drove away - Alone!

Oh and remember driving a minivan is Cool.

He got his license the day before and took off for cross country practice today.

Do you see the smile on that boys face?!

He couldn't wait - although he did have to listen to a

"mandatory mom lecture" before he could go.

I told him they would kick me out of the club if I didn't give him the talk.

I am proud - and I am gonna secretly (okay maybe not so secretly) worry.

Also last night Brooke had a Milestone of her own - she (okay the whole WHS Marching Band)

was on TV. They were the band of the week.

Click here to see them.

They looked great and sounded wonderful.

She is there in the middle (her hair is pinned up) with the big smile.


Here you can see her blowing her cool Mellophone!

I'm quite the proud Mom.

Where has the time gone?

Finally I am blogging again -- I have missed it and I

can't really say why I haven't been around.

Here is a left over vacation photo from

Sausalito, CA visiting Mike and Mickey!

See the little girl with curly hair (3rd from left).

She is covered by the blanket I made for my

brother and his wife.

So that is one knitted project, and here is another....

can you guess what it is going to be??

Come on just guess.

It is for my niece for Christmas - she will be thrilled.

I will post another photo of a major family milestone tomorrow!!

More Vacation Fun

We went to Arches National Monument in Moab, Utah.

It was our 2nd time there. I really love this place.

We also saw the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

The are very different and therefore kind of cool.

This is the place that the cars and rocket cars race fast.

Spent some time on a Saturday morning at the Market in San Francisco.

Here are Mike and Mara and Tucker relaxing while the shoppers shop.


There was so much yummy produce here.