A Better Band Video ...

This is a much better video clip of the band that what I posted from my own camera, check out "Thriller" by Michael Jackson ..

http://turkbands.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-about-little-thriller.html

Friday Night Lights!

Next to last home game for Drew to be part of the band ... beautiful evening tonight for the game and the win! Here's the band in the pre-game/school song!

Cooking School in Morton

I took off work this morning to go along on a field trip with Abby's pre-k class to a cooking school ... we had fun making pumpkin cookies and decorating them with cream cheese frosting! YUM!

Senior Pics!

Drew had some senior pics taken on Saturday with Jenny of Simply Charming Photography ... she had a few spots in downtown Peoria where she wanted to take him and do some fun, artsy shots ... and also help boost the guys pics she has to show on her web site. We had a good day, and here are a few of the early proofs she sent over. He has to have a standard (boring) head and shoulders shot in a shirt and tie for the yearbook ... so these were the ones to be more creative and expressive.

We're going to do one more round of shots with his car and out on an old bridge near Tremont once the leaves turn ... and also a few of all 3 kids so we can have one more family pic of the kids while they are all still living at home!

Band Pics

I swiped a few pics from the THS Band site with Drew in them that other parents had loaded ... better pics than mine since they were taken on the field and with a better camera, apparently! :-)

Happy Birthday Mitch!

It was late in the day, but still his bday ... just had a little cake to celebrate Mitch's special day!

New Jewels for the Princess

Miss Abby got some pretty new jewels in her ears on Saturday ... she has been asking and asking to have her ears pierced and mommy told her we'd do it for her 5th bday in January. Then she was such a good girl in putting up with all the dental work that I thought a special treat was due.

We headed to Claire's at the mall on Sat, where it was recommended to me that they could have 2 people do her ears and do both at the same time, which might be easier for her to take. Made sense to me, so on the count of 3, both ears were done at the same time. The pics show her in the chair ... she requested to sit on the lap of her favorite body guard, Drew ... and she squeezed a fuzzy Claire's teddy bear as it happened. After getting a dot on each ear for mom to approve the location of the earring, it was a done deal. She said she chose the "prettiest earrings in the world" which are pink and white flowers. Very cute, and she has done really well letting me do the 3x a day antiseptic treatment and turning so they will stay clean and heal well.

THS Football!

A nice evening for a home football game tonight ... it was also the dedication ceremonies for our new stadium. I can't believe I'm watching Drew in his last few games with marching band. Rain threatened for awhile, but held off and we enjoyed the game and the chance to explore the new stadium. A few pics of band are above ... Drew is in the pre-game line up on the left. He's on the right in the half time shots at night that are fuzzy! Darn point and shoot cameras don't like the intensity of the lights!

The Circus Came to Tremont!

We took the kids to a fun little circus that came through Tremont ... Abby wanted *nothing* to do with the man on stilts, even when TJ held her hand and promised her he would stay with her while they talked to him. They really enjoyed the acts, especially the tigers ... and had lots of fun watching tightrope, trapeze, clown, tumbling and high wire acts. Big fun under the big top in the small town!

Back to School Time Here!

It's hard to believe summer is over and it's back to school time in Tremont! The boys headed back to school on Wed for a half day ... TJ starting 4th grade and Drew starting his (eek) senior year! TJ was not all that excited about going back to school ... but he has really enjoyed his new teacher and has done a complete turnaround about being in school ... that helps! Drew is looking forward to a fun senior year and has his first band performance for a home football game on Friday. Our new stadium is not quite complete so our "home" game has been moved to the stadium at ISU, about 35 miles away. Should be a fun game for all!

Abby moved from a preschool class to a Pre-K class, and was very excited about doing that. She was thrilled to find a new Dora backpack for school ... and she told me that now that she is going to the "big kids" class she will be learning how to read. Somehow with her spirit and determination, it would not surprise me!