Girls on the Run 5K

Kiera signed up for Girls on the Run. Their mission is to "Inspire girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experienced base curriculum with creatively integrates running." Every Monday and Wednesday from mid-September to mid-November the girls had practice after school to train for the 5K "race." Each girl needed a running partner and Papa was Kiera's partner. 

The day of the race was chilly and windy, yet sunny. Kiera and Papa did a great job! 

 Colorful hair...

...and face paint help get the girls excited!

 The Team

 Starting the 5K

 Kiera and Papa about to cross the finish line

 Proudly showing off her medal 

 The Kiera and  Papa fan club!

 Kiera and the coaches

Block Party 2016

Our block party had a Halloween theme this year. It was a beautiful

day to hang out with the neighbors outside; it was 70 degrees!

Painting pumpkins

Scarecrow Kate

A as a Mermaid 

D as a Special Force Agent

M as a Rubik's Cube 

M and her boys

Family Costume!

The Beekeeper and his Queen Bee 

and two cute worker bees

Our BEE-utiful girls

We set up the projector in our front yard so we could

watch Game 5 of the World Series outside with the neighbors.

The Tribe won!

Representing the Tribe!

The M Family

The girls enjoying the night together

The "Mystery Boxes" filled with monster eyeballs, monster 

guts, brains were a hit! 

Happy Halloween

Wait, I thought it was Halloween, not Christmas!

Our girl was an "Elf on the Shelf" this year for Halloween.

She and a friend from school decided to be "twin elves."

That fake elf hair is hilarious, isn't it?

Trick or Treating with friends

Here's a pic of the twin elves from the Halloween Parade

at school. The kids went to a local nursing home to spread

some Halloween cheer. Then they came back to the class

for a fun afternoon of pumpkin decorating. Love that the 

kids not only had fun for themselves, but also participated in

a day of "giving" to others. 

Pumpkin Carving

Our pumpkin turned into a jack o'lantern! Kiera's design was "dead pumpkin."

She scooped out all the pumpkin guts on her own this year.

Can you read what the skeleton's bones say?

K-I-E-R-A!

Bonfire

We had a bonfire at the farm this weekend.

Not only did we burn up the junk wood from the

barn renovations, we enjoyed the beautiful evening!

The pile before the fire

The kids playing "Jackpot" a new favorite game of Kiera

Posing by the fire...

Kiera was extra excited to have her friend sleepover after

the bonfire!

The aftermath...

Kiera is 8 1/2

Happy HALF Birthday to you,

Happy HALF Birthday to you,

Happy HALF Birthday dear Kiera,

Happy HALF Birthday to you! 

September 16, 2016