COOKIES!!!

Sunday afternoon... the only time to make cookies in our crazy schedule. Thanks Kristina for the cutest aprons ever!!!


Yummm, my favorite is the dough, so how can I refuse them the joy of a spoonful ; )

First Day of School! (a month late!)

Sweet Ellie Tye 4 1/2

Chloe Lynn 6. She is so TALL!

Me ; ) All New Mexico 6th -8th grades received MacBooks this year! So cool!

In front of our new house!

A BUSY New School Year!!!

I have to download my pictures, but a quick update... School started, Ellie goes to preschool every morning, Chloe is in 1st Grade, and I'm teaching 8th Grade English with one ESL class, and volleyball again -yikes- The girls start ballet today, they are so excited! AND We moved out of my mom's and Ron's into the cutest little house! : ) I got extremely SICK from the stress of it all - nothing new there, : ( but am feeling much better! Pictures of all these firsts to follow!

The Fair 2008

The girls love the Finch tradition of going to the FAIR. They were so lucky because they went twice, they had to show me those first place ribbons! (thanks Amber; )


Paul and Katie showed up, which was so much fun! Chloe loved all the SCARY rides and was big enough to go on them by herself!!! She is a blur, but I couldn't believe how brave she was!!!!

Slumber Party!

We had a slumber party with their favorite cousin Allison. Swimming, Dunkin Doughnuts, Crafts, Movies, etc...


Aunt Amber is amazing and always finds time each summer to enter her children's art and collections in the local fair. So this year I decided to let the girls all Puff Paint a shirt and enter it also in the fair, thanks to Amber for doing my leg-work too! We bought the shirts and iron-on decal (princess of course) and then the girls went to town.

Chloe's First Basketball Camp ; )

This last week, Chloe has been having a blast at basketball camp! She was thrilled to receive her first basketball, t-shirt, and water bottle. lol

Before camp, practicing keeping her guard up.

She is a such a good dribbler. She does it with such ease. It was a little scary to see such resemblance to her dad... I was taking second looks at all the photos, her body, form, and expressions are identical!!!



Here she is beating a 2nd grader to the basket. I know she doesn't have much of a choice when it comes to this sport, but she truly shines on the court. She had such a great time, and I look forward to many games cheering her on.

Cho and Jackie Chan

I love this picture!



I'm so sad because I had a ton of great photos and the ones that actually made it on the disk were the Connie Mack Parade pictures! They are cute, but only a glimpse of the FUN Rach and I had while she was in Farminton for a couple of weeks!

Colton Avery stayed with Grams and Peeps this summer so he could play in the World Series!



Chloe with her missing teeth, she has lost 3 ; )