State and National Champs

Anders loves softball! He had the opportunity to play this summer with lots of his buddies. This year they won both the State and National tournaments....Go Hotspot!



Dad's Biggest Fans

Check out more team pics here!

Puyallup Fair

We had a fun-filled four hours at the fair. Our first stop was the animals. In route to our destination the kids were in awe as they looked around at all the noise, lights, and people. As we walked past the game booths both Kiley and Maddie looked up and saw the Extreme Scream ride and their faces looked like this:



We continued on our way to the animals. The girls had fun seeing and petting the animals.


Kiley Milking a "Pretend" Cow. I don't think she would touch a real one.


The girls couldn't wait to get on the rides. The Merry Go Round and the roller coaster are a couple of their favorite rides.




Anders and I have a tradition of playing at least one game while at the fair. It's not because we are dying to win a stuff animal. It's our competitive nature! I must say my track record is a bit better then his! I tried the horse race game and won a small stuff animal. Anders tried the hoop shoot and won a dog, which was the size of a grizzly bear! Luckily our adventures at the fair were coming to a close and Anders didn't have to carry it very far.


Puyallup Fair 2008

Second Day of School

Strike 2!! Kiley didn't come off the bus for the second day in a row. She saw a different bus driver (which was the right one this time) as she entered the bus to come home and started to cry saying "this isn't my bus." The principal took her to the office. Meanwhile, I was at the bus stop awaiting Kiley's arrive with my camera in hand since I didn't get a picture from the first day. I couldn't believe it when she wasn't there a second time. Just then I got a call from the office telling me that Kiley was waiting for me in the office. When I arrived at the school and Kiley saw me she broke down in tears saying "I don't want to ride the bus anymore". What started out as being her most treasured and exciting dream of riding the bus became her worse nightmare. Kiley and I talked that night regarding the school bus. She now knows the importance of bus #10. Her third day of riding the bus was a success!

Kiley's First Day of School

Kiley has been waiting for this day to come for about a year now. She loves the idea of homework, having a backpack over her shoulders, meeting new friends, learning how to read, and most important riding the yellow school bus. The morning of her first day Kiley was giddy with excitement as she put on her new outfit and "super fast sneakers". At 11:20 the crew headed off to the bus stop. The bus came and all the kids lined up to get on board. Kiley turned and with a wave of her hand she was gone. My little girl is growing up!

We headed back to the bus stop to get Kiley after school was out. With my camera in hand, I stood on the corner waiting in anticipation for Kiley to get off the bus. The kids filed out one by one and half way through this process I realized that Kiley wasn't on the bus. I talked to the bus driver and she radioed to the other buses to see if Kiley had gotten on a different bus. She received no answer, told me to walk over a block and see if she was on a different bus, and off she went. With Maddie in one hand and Sophie in the other we trudged on over. We waited for a couple minutes and sure enough Kiley was on that bus. (She had been given the wrong bus route). I called the office and got everything straightened out. Kiley had a great day at school and wasn't even frightened about this bus experience.