They're finally here...Glenda finally had her kittens last night! The girls discovered the first kitten right before the went to bed, and met the other 3 this morning. It has been very exciting for them to say the least. She had 2 grey and 2 black ones. Being a teenage pregnancy, so I have been a little worried that she might not take good care of them, but so far she's done great! We're not keeping ANY of them though, so if anybody wants a kitten....

XC has started at PMS...
Nice acronym for Portsmouth Middle School, huh? Funny. Emma joined the school Cross Country team this week, and we're taking a break from swim team for a season. I'm very pleased, she's made new friends and it's right after school for only 1 hr! (much easier than swim 4x week for 2 1/2 hrs!! and on the other side of the island) She had her first meet on Tuesday, and came in #7 out of 95 girls from 3 schools ages 6-8th grade. She e came home very pleased w/herself. Sarah has gone back to gymnastics instead of swim for this year as well.
Finally some pics!!

The kids were all very pleased to finally get some pix of their Daddy yesterday. Luke went into repeater mode with: "muh dahee, muh dahee, muh dahee" all morning.

This pic below is Jakes favorite, because Adam's 9 mm is so visable. He was pretty impressed with it. He's our one that is sometimes a little too facinated w/guns. He asked this morning, "Daddy has a gun so he can shoot monsters?"

Weekend away... This weekend was our "fun thing in September" to help the time pass. We drove to Plymouth Fraday after school. Our hotel had this fun pool, which we swam in all night and all morning till check out time.

Then a friend from church, whose husband is out of town, met us w/her two little girls and we hit the Plymouth Plantation.

Some of the "villiagers" were pretty convincing that we really were in the year 1647. I asked one of the first ladies I talked to, "so when was this villiage replica built?" to which her answer was, "I don't know what you're talking about, for we've only been here seven years!" I finally gave up and just played a long. The girls thought it was pretty funny.

Perfect weather, I am LOVING New England right now. If only I could bottle some up to pull out in a few months....

Jake was pretty impressed by all these pelts. Emma was upset by the bullet holes in them.

The best part was that the kids were allowed to wander through these villiage homes and touch whatever they pleased. No ropes, no signs, it was great. Emma is still convinced she was born at the wrong time. Pilgrims, pioneers, it's all the same to her---just must have been a way better life than she leads here in 2008!

Adam's staying busy spending most mornings in court doing hearings and afternoons/evenings preparing for the next day. I sent him a camera that he should be recieving any day, so hopefully we'll start getting pics soon! 5 weeks down! (and I'm still not thinking about how many more to go!) Next fun thing to look forward to: Grandma Jeannie's visit in October for marathon/ Halloween/ and Ike's birthday!

First day of school...

We had been so completely off any schedule this past summer, that I was pretty dang proud of myself when I got the boys to bed by 8:30 and the girls in bed by 9:00. Due to the first day of school butterflies, they both didn't fall asleep until 11:30!! Then When I got up at 5:45, they were both up!! Sarah had been up since 4:30! And Emma 5:30! It was a big day for all of them, Middle School for Emma, a new school for Sarah (she switched schools for me so that her and Isaac would be in the same school--don't even get me started on that one!!), and Kindergarten for Isaac.

After school, Isaac came home still undecided to whether he liked it or not, he said he missed me. He's so sweet, I missed him too! Sarah came home ecstatic w/her teacher, Mr. Smith. I'm thrilled, I really wanted her to have a good teacher, she's seems a little emotionally fragile lately. (or better described as a bomb waiting to go off!) Emma was SO excited to start middle school, but came home realizing that it's way overrated. She was bummed there was no recess, no time to talk w/all her BFF's at lunch, and all her teachers "just talked". I told her, "welcome to the first day of school till you graduate from college honey".

The mystery of the missing shoe: solved.
This church shoe of Jacob's has been missing for the past 4-5 months. Every Sunday morning we search for something to put on his feet: cowboy boots, crocks, cleats, and sometimes even flip flops (looks great w/tie). I refused to buy him more shoes though, because I knew the second I did, the missing shoe would be found. Peter, our Septic contractor, solved the case after removing a huge shrub....

Adam's starting to get settled in Bahgdad. He's working in one of Suddam's Palace's. It's pretty fancy: marble floors, nice pools, colorful tiles. He works in a cubical set up in a huge ballroom. He'll be doing criminal litigation. The JAGS stay pretty busy, in the courtroom almost every morning. I'll be sending him a camera this weekend, so hopefully we'll start getting pics soon!