Every Minute

Emily and Vincent: Andrew do you want to hear what we learned today in Science? Studies show that the larger your hand is compared to your face, the more likely you are to have cancer.........
Andrew: (thinking about this)


Andrew: (still thinking about this)

Andrew testing the theory.

There's one born every minute!

We Don't Want to Grow Up!

Walk-a-Thon

Abby's Elementary School had a walk a thon on Friday to raise money for a new sound system. Our friend, Brooke made the frog shorts for Abby. She absolutely LOVED them.

Ice Skates, Ice Hockey, Ice Rink

Notice the word ICE? Shay finally got the ice skates that he wanted for his birthday, so he spends every moment that he can at the rink. On Friday night he had the opportunity to have the ice to HIMSELF before the FireAntz showed up for practice.

Pack Meeting

Jacob had his September Pack Meeting on Friday night. He took the Fort Bragg Primary broke with all of his awards..........he received: Belt Loops for: Communicating, Geology, Computer,Heritages, Baseball, Bicycling, Bowling, Fishing, Physical Fitness, Roller Skating and Soccer. He recieved Pins for : Roller Skating and Communicating. His awards were a joint effort by the Culotta/Vashaw Families. Both dad's were deployed so we entertained each other!

Soccer Friend

Jake was playing Soccer in the yard with his friend Kiley.........until he saw me taking pictures and was NOT too happy!

Court of Honor

Last night was the Court of Honor for Boy Scouts.......Andrew advanced to First Class Rank and Alexander advanced to Tenderfoot. Andrew earned the Coin Collecting and Rock Climbing Merit Badges. Alexander earned the First Aid and Rock Climbing Merit Badges. Shay just has his Eagle Project left.........I think he's waiting for dad to come home........They all look so dang cute in their uniforms!

Maggie-almost 4 months.........

Jacob

Remembering 9/11

We got this picture from a friend from church (Jessica), her husband took this picture in Afghanistan.

Happy Birthday Shay!

Can you believe he's 17! He is having his party on the 29th. Last night he and his friend Doris went out to eat and then went ice skating. He wants hockey skates this year.

Spiders, Worms, Ducks and The Cape Fear River

Skits and Such

Oh No! He's not breathing...Quick, we're gonna have to do CPR!
One Two Three, Blow....
One Two Three, Blow....
One Two Three, Blow....
Are you getting tired yet?
Let's Switch.



SWITCH!

One two three, Blow!

SWITCH!

Operation Soccer Chopper

This is too cool. One of the families from our church that we have known for a few years has started Operation Soccer Chopper. The Soh Family has been arranging for soccer balls to be sent to Afghanistan. Princeton Soh, the dad, flies a Black Hawk, he and his crew, throw out the balls to the Afghan children..........how cool is that?

An article that was written about it can be found at:

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_6721208

and Princeton's blog can be found at:

http://osc2007.wordpress.com/

If you are interested in sending a soccer ball to Afghanistan, email me and I will give you the address. What a wonderful way to make a difference!

Who's the Guy in the Monkey Suit?

Same guy as last year. Once again Shay braved the 90 degree temperatures to dress like the gorilla and hand out bananas. He really loves this part of the Luau. Some of the little ones cry at him, and some are sooo excited to see him. He posed for lots of pictures last night and probably spent almost an hour in the suit.

Luau 2007

Friday night was the 2007 Living Large Luau. This was our third year. It was ALOT of work, but ALOT of fun. We started setting up in the morning, and was finished just in time. We had a total of about 750 residents who attended the Luau.

We had face painting, a bouncer and a slide, our landscaping service provided snow cones and they had a dunk booth with proceeds to profit the Fort Bragg Fischer House. The food was yummy, we had it catered by Front Porch: Hawaiian chicken, fried chicken, corndogs, coleslaw and the BEST hushpuppies. WE also had Hula dancers and belly dancers along with the Fayetteville RollrZ.

Jacob and Cub Scout Pack 730 passed out leis. Andrew was in charge of making sure the little ones didn't take too many sodas. Melissa hung out in the sound booth AGAIN this year, with the Fayetteville Police Band's sound guy Tim. Alexander just enjoyed the free food and snow cones. Abby just bounced around from place to place.

After it was over, we crashed in the Neighborhood Center for a few minutes to enjoy the Cold Air Conditioning!

We still have things to put away, but I'll think about that tomorrow.