Annual F.C.S. Jog

Last Friday, the kids participated in their schools annual jog-a-thon. The weather could not have been more perfect!

It has been an ongoing tradition for Mr. Hannold to jog the first lap with each class group a grand total of 4 laps. Way to support these kids, Bill!

Keagan was definitely running his little heart out!

The fifth graders (Hailey's class) came out to cheer on the 3rd & 4th graders. Several of these fifth graders were the older siblings of the students who were running. Without fail, each one of the younger siblings would pick up their pace to a dead sprint each time they would pass the group of 5 th graders. It was the cutest thing to see the 3rd & 4th graders want to impress the BIG 5th graders.

Keagan is looking on to see if the 5th graders are watching!

Hailey loves to run! She has been training for this event both at school and with Brian since the end of August. Look at the definition in those legs!

This was going to be the first jog-a-thon for Brian to miss. The kids really enjoy Brian or I running with them. They were really bummed that neither or us would be able to run this year. Brian is always full of surprises! He showed up in uniform while his crew watched on and ran one lap with Hailey and her friends. Talk about making a child's day!

Running partners, Hailey & Ashlie Jakowski, seem to enjoy visiting with the firefighter as they jogged.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH ENGINE 4 for taking the time out of your very busy day for our girl!

Hailey & Keagan both completed 18 laps in 30 minutes (appr. 3 miles). The top jogger in Keagan's class ran 20 laps and the top jogger in Hailey's class finished with an astonishing 24 laps! To some people the jog-a-thon is just a school fundraiser, but to some of these kids it is an event that they look forward to all year!

Hailey tied with 3 other girls in her class for the top female jogger! We could not be prouder of our two kids for giving their BEST!

"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13-14

Wedding dress shopping!

I have been a little behind on blogging. October seems to be our busiest month out of the year.

We are busy with soccer, volleyball, field trips, the firehouse, fall pruning, Christmas shopping, coaching, assembling a shop and preparing for a baby. Somehow in the midst of all of this we are determined to have a name for our little guy here real soon. In the meantime, we are just enjoying life as it comes!

A couple of weekends ago, the girls and I were able to spend the entire day with the Penterman girls to go wedding dress shopping. I can't remember a time when we were all together like this. It was so much fun to spend time with one another for such a special occasion! I look forward to many more of these times as we prepare for Destiny's Wedding Day.

Eating lunch at Red Robin.

This scene was all too weird and quite emotional. Where has the time gone and how did these girls grow up so fast?

This is the one!

Mom is just about in need of the tissue box!

The teenager on her cell phone while the tween plays her Nintendo DSi.

Bethany posed Aunt Destiny for this picture. For only being 4, she sure does have a good eye for photography.

A Girls-Night Out at Bishops Pumpkin Farm!

With the Warta boys are on their annual camping trip us girls decided to enjoy the evening at Bishops Pumpkin Farm. We arrived at 4:30 p.m. and left at 7:15p.m. just as the mosquitoes were coming out and the sun was going down . We didn't get to do everything but the crowd was light, the air was "dust-free" and the air was cool. The evening was so relaxing! Hailey said, "We will definitely have to come back. You can't come to the pumpkin farm without going on a hayride to pick out a pumpkin in the field."
I just love the sunset in the background!

Claire and Bethany were fascinated with all the leaves!

Being silly!

These two girls were the best of buds until...

they had to take turns being the driver.

Of course, every little girl has to have their very own bag to hold their pumpkins.

Of course, you can't leave the pumpkin farm without a carmel apple.

The train ride was a bust!

We missed having Auntie Kate and Grandma Warta with us!

Fall Sports are in full swing!

Hailey & Keagan started fall sports for their school league a few weeks ago. Hailey is playing volleyball on a 5th & 6th grade team and Keagan is playing soccer on a 2nd & 3rd grade team. Brian is 1 of 3 coaches for Keagan's team and enjoying every minute of it.

Hay Bail Fun

One night while Bethany was staying overnight at Grandma Marilyn's house, I took Hailey & Keagan out into the field of hay bails next to our house for some fall photos. Hailey had been asking me for weeks to do this with her. Keagan got into it, too. He designed everyone of his photos. It was too funny!

It is a...

Frogs & Snails & Big Fish Tails...

That's what our #4 is made of.

This is the first image that popped up on the screen. There is no mistaking this anatomy!

Brian and I thought it would be fun to share the news with the kids in a very memorable way. Since Friday is pizza night at our house we asked Papa Murphy's to spell the word "BOY" using the pepperonis.

The "BIG" kids spelling out the letters to Bethany, who said, "I just KNEW it was going to be a boy!".

Before anyone saw the pizza, we gave Keagan his very special baseball and asked him to please put it away in his room. As soon as he saw the "It's A Boy!" sticker he looked at Bethany and said, "Why did you put this on my baseball?" He had not read what it said. Once he figured it out he was so excited!

Ashley Jakowski is over for the night, so she got to be a part of our very exciting news.

Fun times and GREAT memories!