First Day of School - Jr. High and 4th Grade

Today was the first day of school!!!! Hooray
Alexis is now in 4th Grade and Joe and Hailey are in Jr. High!!!
I cannot believe we have 2 children in Jr. High already. It is mind blowing.
Here are the pics I took of them this morning before I dropped them all off.
I look forward to hearing how the day was!

Happy Birthday Clint!

Yesterday Clint turned 42! Happy Birthday to a wondeful Husband and Father!

Happy Birthday Dorothy

Today is my Grandmother's birthday. I am cooking dinner for her tomorrow night to celebrate!

Oma's Summer Picnic

Today was Oma's annual summer picnic!
Click on the grid for a closer view

On Saturday, August 21, the Hanes family had it's annual picnic. It is a time when all relatives near and far get together.
For decades, Oma has held the picnic, up to a couple years ago, in her backyard. For the past several
years, it's been at my mother's house. This year it was held at the Botanical Gardens in Lions Park. The time
is always too short but it was great to see a cousin and her daughter from Europe, other cousins, aunts and uncles and the
4th generation of family. The bottom right picture is all of the 4th generation attributed to Oma either by blood or
by marriage. Thanks to Oma (center picture in blue) for all she's done!

HAPPY 12th BIRTHDAY JOE

Joe turned 12 on August 19th 2010
He is getting so big on us ~ It is hard to believe he is already 12!!

HAPPY 9th Birthday Alexis

Alexis turned 9 on August 15th
All she wanted for her birthday was a cell phone.....She was lucky enough to get one.
As you can see by the middle left pic. she was jumping for joy!

Her Birthday party was the day before at the Animal Shelter. She asked for food
donations for the animals from her friends instead of gifts and we did 2 hours
of community service to give back! Is was a wonderful party.

School House Float

Frontier Days Parade ~ School House Float


Hailey and Alexis rode in the Frontier Days Parade on the School House Float again this year.
Joe decided he didn't want to do it anymore so he sat and watched the parade with Clint and I.
The girls looked great as always!

Camping Trip

Camping Trip - July 2010

During our break from baseball games we took a camping trip
to Pelton Creek in the Medicine Bow National Park. We stayed 3 days and
2 nights and enjoyed time away from our normal daily grind. We all came home
with dozens of mosquito bites (except for Joe). Clint and the kids carved boats
and had a race on our last day. We had a blast!

Congratulations Joe!

Joe tried out a few weeks ago for the 12 Year Old Cheyenne Raptors Competitive Baseball Team.
He made it!

We are looking forward to another great baseball season.