Halloween 2008

We had another great Halloween this year. Nora dressed up as a Scary Fairy, Hanna dressed up as a Witch and Sam dressed up as a Monkey. We had a pot luck dinner with the neighbors and then all the kids went Trick or Treating with the moms while the dads stayed home and handed out candy.

Phil - Phil - Gates Y'all

We had an unexpected but pleasant (for the most part) visit from Sam's Godfather - Phil Gates. Phil blew into town from Seattle and spent the weekend. The girls loved seeing him as well as my neighbors;-) Phil actually raced the neighbor kids in a footrace. The races were close but according to Phil he won.

Camper of the Week

Hanna was on track out for a week. She spent her mornings at the YMCA with about 75 other children. Hanna was awarded Camper of the Week.

Orlando, FL

Kristi and I went down to Orlando for a few days to relax. Grandma Kim flew to Raleigh to stay with the kids. We stayed at Matt & Stacy's. The best part of our trip was spending the day at Epcot.

Academic Progress Report

Nora received her first quarterly report card as a sixth grader. We are very proud of her scholastic accomplishment. Here are her results:

Math: 100%
Healthful Living: 100%
Language Arts: 98.837%
Advance Science: 94.286%
Visual Arts: 93.15%
Advance Social Studies: 92.222%

SparkCon

SparkCon was this weekend in downtown Raleigh. We all drove down to look at the display of chalk art on the street. Nora's art teacher was there and pointed out that four students from her school participated this year and she encouraged Nora to do so in next year's SparkCon. Here is a link to some of the picture we took.

Stone Brewing

Tyler's Taproom in Durham, NC hosted a release party tonight for Stone Brewing Co. My babysitter bailed on me so I took the kids and went with two friends to enjoy some of the best micro beer you can find. Stone is based in Escondido, CA and their beers are only available in limited states at this time. Fortunately this release party marks Stone's availability in North Carolina. Click here to view some pictures I took. I apologize that several of the pictures didn't turn out that well.