Happy 11th Birthday, Baby Girl!

Aubrey Faith Powell

October 11, 2000 at 2:13 a.m.
18 1/2" long -- 6 lb. 6 3/4 oz.

We love you all the way to the moon and back!

 

 

 

Walter's Pumpkin Patch 2011

Last Saturday, Aubrey and I met Jen and Madelyn at Walter's Pumpkin Patch near Burns, Kansas.  We don't make it every year, but we love this place!  They are always adding something new and there is something for everyone to enjoy.  We couldn't have asked for a nicer day and had a wonderful afternoon.

See how I've grown....

 Look familiar? 

Minus Kaitlyn due to a volleyball tournament :(

 Madelyn pulled a "Jack Tripper" getting out of the hammock!

 Tunnel Slide = Whee!

 The zip line was new to Aubrey and I.  She loved it!

 Buried Alive!

Oh, and I think this is where the song "Jimmy Crack Corn" came

from because they had corn you-know-where after playing in this.

 BOUNCE!

Aubrey performing a "back drop".

Chicken!

 You had to be there...

Yee-haw!

This is the one.

 The prettiest punkin' in the patch!

 9.2 Pounds....

THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY

Where did the time go?????

Walter's Pumpkin Patch 2007

 Madelyn, Kaitlyn and Aubrey





Kaitlyn #21

September 13th home game against Herington --  I forgot to put my camera on the sports setting so the photos aren't very good.

Bump

Set

 Spike

 Block

 WIN!

September 9, 2011

I guess you could call this Kaitlyn's first "official" Bravette performance.  They danced at the first home football game of the season.  Thanks to Terri Lewis for the first photo and Sharlotte Hughes for the second one.

Lauren, Maty, Jodi, Alexis, Shaylee and Kaitlyn 

NINE ELEVEN

When I think back to that horrible day in 2001, I realize that it was exactly one month before Aubrey's first birthday and Kaitlyn was in Kindergarten.  Neither of them actually remember that day and yet they will never forget.  They don't remember a time when American soldiers weren't fighting a war far from home and "terrorist" wasn't an everyday word. 

The memorial on the building next to Ground Zero

"Football Season"

Yep, it's that time of year again and I have my little sign hung up in our new house (I think it's the only decor actually on a wall right now).  Terry has been officiating off and on since we were in college.  I'll let you do the math.  He works with a crew out of Emporia.  Unfortunately, most of their games aren't nearly that close.  Tonight, he opens his "season" at Caney Valley... for those of you who don't know where that is, he says you can see Oklahoma from the football field.  It should be a nice HOT night for it....

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

Photo courtesy of Christy Buchman