Organized Chaos

Halloween 2009

My postings have been delayed by the flu.  Bummer.  Here are some pictures from Halloween.  I will post a proper album later.  In a few days I will put up some pictures of Greg's promotion.

The Kids~

The grown ups ~

and Harry Potter!

Army Ten Miler

 I forgot to post some pictures of the Army Ten Miler that Greg ran on October 4th.  He had a blast running the race.  He are some great pictures of the day.

 

  I am so proud of you! ILYMA. Deb
 
 
 

Blast from the past--2004

Greg and I were recently cleaning out some boxes in the garage and we found two rolls of film.  Of course, we rushed them over to WalMart to get them developed.  Here in the digital age one hour film developing is gone.  We had to wait 10 days for the film to be shipped out and then come back to the store. 

So, here is what we think happened with these rolls of film... We are guessing that these were two small cameras that we gave to the kids because most of the pictures seem to be at "kid" height.  In 2004 Thea was 5, Georgie was 3 and Sam was under 1.  He is not waking yet and still has a great head of curly baby hair!  I like this glimpse into what the girls wanted to remember with pictures.  The pictures are not high in quality, but high in interest!  Enjoy!

These pictures were taken at the park near our house on base at Peterson AFB in Colorado.

 

 

 
 

These pictures are all inside our house on base.

 

 

  

 
 
 
Too cute!
 
 

Sam the Gold Belt

After one year of being a white belt in the Little Ninja's program Sam has finally graduated to the junior classes.  He is both excited and nervous about moving up to the harder classes.   Sam's graduation ceremony was on Saturday and he is now an "official" gold belt.  He starts new classes next week!

Hurrah Sam!!!

Today was a big day for Sam.  He has been practicing for weeks to get ready for his Tae Kwon Do test to move out of the Little Ninjas classes and into the junior level classes.  His sisters have been wonderful and have helped him practice everynight for the last week!  Sam did great, passed his test and in one week he gets to go to his first graduation to be awarded his new gold belt.

I am proud of you, Sam!

 

Space Training the Karahalis way

Look at everyone's faces.

On Saturday afternoon I walked outside to check on the kids.  I ran back into my house quickly to grab my camera before this game ended.  Here is what the kids said was happening.  Thea is an astronaut in a spaceship.  The umbrella is to protect her from comets.  Georgie is the rocket propelling Thea into outer space.  Sam said he is an alien with a flying saucer.

If you saw this picture what would you think was happening?

The first day of school!

Well, it is official.  I am now a stay at home mom with no kids staying at home!  All three little ones spend their days at Rose Hill Elementary. 

When asked what will I do at home all day my kids gave the following answers: 

Thea said, "Grade papers!" 

Georgie said, "Take a nap!" 

Sam said, "Practice Mario Cart on the Wii because you are really bad!"

 

Sam cannot wait to start kindergarten!

 

Georgie got just the teacher she wanted for 3rd grade!

 

Thea's teacher is brand new.  He just graduated from college. 

Let's hope those 5th graders do not eat him alive!

 

Happy, happy first day!  September 8th, 2009.

Hidden Treasures

Where

 

is

 

my

 

train?

Professional Tae Kwon Do Pictures.

Recently Capitol Martial Arts Academy had Clix Photography Studio from Arlington come to the school to take pictures of the students.  Here are a few of my favorites of the kids.

Sam

 

 

Georgie

 

Thea

 

 

We tried to get a good picture of the 3 kids together, but they just look like hitmen for the Greek Mafia.

 

I just love the smiles in this picture.

The NC Mountains!

We drove down to the NC mountains a few weeks ago to visit my sister in law and my niece.  It was so nice to get away from the city for a while and remember that life can slow down a bit.

The kids loved playing in Maria's little house.

 

We took a great hike along the French Broad River.

 

 

Maria is fearless.  She picked up two milipedes while her mom and her aunt (me) screamed!

 

Lauren has a great hen house full of chickens.  The kids had a blast chasing the chickens.  They even caught a few. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren and Maria, thanks for a great weekend!