Happy Easter!

A Little Sparkle

Shortly after we moved, Kaitlyn dreamed up the idea of having fabric panels between each piece of trim on the window wall of her bedroom and she wanted it to be bright and blingy, of course. Ovcr Christmas Break, JoAnn's was having a great sale on the fabric Kaitlyn wanted to use and I had a coupon for the batting so Grandma Judy and I took her to get it all picked out and purchased.  Finally in March, I got the itch to actually do something about it so Terry and I went to Adams Lumber to get 4x8 1/4" sheets of mahogany underlayment.   Armed with the knowledge that Aunt Cindy was in town and she and Grandma Judy had "nothing better to do" (ha, ha), I invited them to come over and help me with this project.  Terry measured and cut each panel for us -- none of them were the same size. We cut batting  to fit each panel and glued it down, then wrapped it with the fabric and used the staple gun to attach it.  Thank you, Terry, for continually reloading it for us!  Terry used an air nailer with little brads to attach the panels to the wall.  Grandma Judy is planning to make a curtain out of the remaining fabric.

Kaitlyn's boring window wall before....

    Blingy fabric up close -- we used turquoise, hot pink, lime green, purple and silver.

 The two ladies I have to thank -- They made this project go so much smoother and faster!

.....and after!

This project was also a great way to keep me busy while Kaitlyn was at Bravettes try-outs.

Congratulations, Senior Bravette!

P.S.  The curtain Grandma Judy made with the remaining fabric

The whole wall with curtain addition

 

U.S. History Project

Famous World War II Battles

The students were assigned partners and then picked the battle they wanted to do a project on.  Kaitlyn got first pick and asked for Pearl Harbor.

Drawing out the Pearl Harbor air strike

 Kaitlyn used shaving cream, glue and food coloring for the ocean

and play-doh for the land, buildings and ships. She did this part of the project by herself at home and spent a good part of the weekend doing it.

 Presenting their project in class

Kaitlyn's project partner Katie (Kaitlynn) Scott



Our Lil' Baller



2nd Place in Northern Heights Basketball Tournament

Front Row:  Aubrey, Shyanne, Jaedyn, Hailey

Back Row:  Bree, RaeLyn, Hannah, Lauren, Amy 

Scott Brown League
6th Grade City Rec Tournament

Playing defense against Americus

Shooting free throws....

SWISH! 

You can barely see the ball in this photo, but it went in.  Twice!  Aubrey also made a basket in this game while being knocked down.  She got to shoot a free throw for that, but it didn't fall.   Aubrey had a total of 4 points in this game and we only won by 5.

3rd Place in City Rec Tournament

Front Row:  Amy, Jaedyn, Aubrey

Back Row:  Coach Dustin, RaeLyn, Zoey, Hannah, Coach Terry

2nd place went to our other 6th grade team

The end of an era -- This was our last season in city rec basketball. 

They will all be playing as CGMS Braves next year!

Frigid February....

...or is that "friggin'" February -- the longest shortest month of the year!


Kaitlyn took this photo of "before sledding" with Grandpa Dale out at the farm and I stole it from her Facebook :)

"SNOW DAZE"

Kaitlyn

 

  Big Kid

Neighbors Owen McIver and Naomi Boyd

Up the hill they go -- Kaitlyn, Owen and Gavin

 Kaitlyn and Owen

 Crash!

 Aubrey

Check out Aubrey's "snowball".

The Day After....

Out back

A Whirlwind Winter in Reverse

Kaitlyn's crazy winter schedule is almost over.  She participated in basketball, Bravettes and three Club Volleyball tournaments (one more to go), while carrying a tough class load and finishing with all A's.  I don't know how she does it -- we just kind of hang on for the ride!



Bravettes:  Lauren Morrow and Kaitlyn

FBLA District VII 2013 Conference at ESU

Back Row:  Dan Bachura, Lane Evans, Ryan Adams, Mary Alsobrooks, Erica Hecht, Aaron Bachura, Logan Evans, Tyler Stone, Bryce Cartmill

Front Row:  BriAnna Salas, Megan Goeckel, Emily Whitaker, Shaylee Fetters, Kelsey Bremer, Matyson Leydig, Rebecca Anderson, Emilie Cartmill, Jaycie Collins, Baylee Kraus, Jodi Johnson, Kaitlyn Powell, Layne Shirley, Cale Buchman

  CGHS placed 6th out of 15 teams from District VII -- 193 total points scored 

Kaitlyn placed 4th  in Marketing Written (Team with Jodi Johnson and Matyson Leydig)

8th in both Management Decision Making and Management Decision Making Written 

(Team with Jaycie Collins and and Matyson Leydig)

and 9th in Marketing Performance (Team with Jodi Johnson and Matyson Leydig)

@ Herington

 

Bravettes:  Jodi Johnson and Kaitlyn

Performing at the FHLShootout Championship Game