And the winner is. . .

At the Good Citizen assembly, the put all the kids names is a plastic bag and draw out a winner for a free t-shirt. Jared was the lucky winner. What a great surprise! He was so happy.

Good Citizen

Today Jared got the Good Citizen Award. He got a certificate, a ribbon, a pencil, a dog tag and a coupon for a free hamburger at In-and-Out. He has been so excited to receive this award. I think he showed his paper to every one that came over to let them know the exciting news. Now he is looking forward to tomorrow for the pizza lunch. We are so proud of him. Keep up the great work Jared!

Team pictures

Jared's soccer team had their team pictures on Saturday. He sure is loving soccer. He has a bye this weekend and then just three more games. The season sure is going by fast this time.

Soccer time

Jared is loving soccer this season. He is #6 on the "Frogs". I love playing at this age group because they only have 4 players from each team on the field at a time along with their coach. There isn't a goalie to keep the ball out of the net and they don't really keep score. But you can tell all of the kids are having a good time and they are learning the skills they will need if they continue on in the sport. I glad he loves it and he does a great job. It is definately great exercise for him. Keep up the great job, Jared!

Ashley's New Glasses

Ashley was so excited last Monday because she had an eye appointment. Ever since Travis was "lucky" enough to get glasses, the rest of them REALLY want them too. Ashley seemed to have a little difficulty reading but we weren't sure if it was because she was hoping to get glasses. The doctor said she was actually in between right now. She says it might appear now that she is far sighted, but within the year she will be near sighted. Whatever that means. Her left eye was consistently weaker so they said we could choose whether to get glasses now to help her balance, or we could wait until they were worse. As you can see, we opted to see if balancing her eyes would help her with her reading and school work. Any way, she is soo happy to have glasses now she can hardly contain herself.

Jared's favorites

Our neighbor is a motorcycle cop and Jared's favorite friend. The other day when I went to go pick up Courtney, Jared had this "uniform" on so he too could be a motorcycle cop. As I drove away with him following me I just had to laugh. He is so proud of himself. I sometimes wonder what the neighbors must think.

On Friday, our neighbor took Jared's training wheels off, and helped him for a little while and soon Jared was off and going. He is soo happy to be able to ride a two wheeler. Whenever there is free time Jared is asking if he can go out and ride his bike. What a great accomplishment! Great job, Jared!!