Sports...and mohawks and ear piercings...

Kat before her 1st soccer game

Wade - before his 1st football game

The Falcons football team

Getting her ears pierced...so brave!

What a pretty girl!

Blake with his hair...

Getting a mohawk at an 8th grade football party (not happy)

The football team...

Blake swam the butterfly for the first time in a swim meet.  He did pretty well & finished first in his heat!

Fall 2009

We had a great time this fall. It has been an adjustment to life back in the States especially while Stan was gone, but in some ways, England feels like a dream. We have amazing memories of our trips and friends we made in the last 3 years. Time went way too fast, and we left a few things undone, places unseen, but overall it was a wonderful experience. I am sure that the exposure to different cultures and history will forever change all of us especially the kids. But back to life in Kansas, Blake successfully finished his first season of football at school, Wade played on a soccer team (as a goal-scoring maniac!), and Kathryn started gymnastics. I can safely say that all three of our children are so much more athletic than I could ever hope to be! Thanks to a great education in England, they are doing very well at school here. It has been a pretty good transition, even though our hearts are still with friends in London. I have enjoyed having good shopping and, more exciting, lots of parking spaces everywhere I go!

New house, Stan's promotion & Blake's football game

Blake is #54 right in the middle blocking a boy much bigger than he is. Yikes!

The football players wear their jerseys to school on game day, so cool!

Waiting for Stan's promotion ceremony to begin with Stan's parents & brother, Joe.
The great room upstairs. I love it!
The empty basement - needs some couches & our "missing" TV!
Our new house!!!
First day of school.


Cousins & Grandparents at the cabin in Arizona.
Back yard

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King's College London Graduation

The atrium of the Defence Academy is stunning with all the flags from the countries which have been represented on their military courses.
Me with friends, Mandi, and Shawna from Canada.
Other friends, Monica from Norway, and Andrea & Tam, from Germany.
Some of the graduands (as they called them) all three from Norway.
The graduating class from King's College London.