August Calendar Pages

Wow, can you believe that August is here?  The year is officially half over and the beginning of the school year is just around the corner.  It's been a bit of a long summer here, so I am ready for school to get back in session because hopefully that means the summer (and all of it's not fun things - mostly me being sick) will be OVER! 

So, here are the calendar pages for the past four years for the month of August.  As you can tell, they mostly involve school.  I really should get a head start on the calendar pages for next years calendar!

2007

2008

2009

2010

Honor Roll Reward

For the second quarter in a row, Ryan made the honor roll at school! Congrats to Ryan. He decided for he reward, he wanted Abec 7 bearings for one of his skateboards. He replaced his Abec 3 bearings on his very first skateboard, a Kryptonics board. That is quite an upgrade.

With his certificate and his reward:

The skateboard that is getting the upgrade:
Getting started:
The Abec 7's. I like the packaging - very pretty color:
The first wheel:
Hard at work:
This skateboard has been very well "loved":
Almost finished:
The last wheel:
A greasy nose - the sign of some work accomplished:
Testing out the new bearings. Ryan says they are much faster and will take some getting used to:

Chicks and 'Boardin'

Ryan has been pretty busy skateboarding - in class and practicing outside of class. He really enjoys it and is working on ollies right now. We have a great time watching him in his class. Last class was pretty cold. It was only in the 70's all day long - really that is COLD for us, plus the wind was blowing. I would've gotten more pictures, but I had to sit down & bundle up.



Our baby chicks are getting bigger - almost by the day. They cuddle together during the day & all night long. If you look close at the pic, you can see they are losing their yellow fuzziness on their wings and are getting their "big girl" feathers. They love to tip over their food dish and then peck at the floor of their home. It's fun to sneak out at night and look at them cuddled together sleeping.

The weekend is here!

Wow, I cannot believe it is the weekend already and in October! Where has the time gone? Oh yes, having a great summer. Here is Ryan and R2D2 from legos:


I haven't been very good about taking pictures for fun lately. So, I don't have any updated photos - except of the dogs. Okay, I'll share those too!

Ryan has been having a lot of fun in his skateboarding class. I figure, he's got the hair for it, he should learn how to do it! He's enjoying it. Doug & I have as much fun watching him!
Ryan saved up his allowance and bought a new critter for our house. 'Cause, apparently we didn't have enough. Let's see a Bearded Dragon, 4 common geckos and a Leopard Gecko. Yep, definitely not enough. So, he bought a fire-bellied toad. I have to admit he has been very good about taking care of it. Every morning he cleans out his water dish & gives Inferno fresh water. Here are some pictures of Inferno "moving in".

Great Summer

Well, I know it's almost fall. Although it doesn't feel like it here - yesterday was 99 degrees! Anyway, we had a great summer and I wanted to share some of the pics. After a great trip to California, we had a great time here enjoying swimming, diving, movies and bowling. It was nice to have school start and get into the groove of a schedule again.