School Play 12-11-2008

Marty sang a solo in the school christmas play. He did so good. Sorry I cannot figure out how to get the video on the blog! He looked so grown up on that stage. After the play we ate cookies an drank some juice. It was a good time! I will try to post pics later.

Up On the Roof

So as you can see Marty went up on the roof of the house with his dad to clean out the gutters. He has no fear, that scares the hell out of me sometimes. I have never been on the roof of the house and do not plan on going up there any time soon. He was so happy to go up there, boys!

Enjoy!

Fall leaves around town

I love the fall season

Hope you enjoy the photos.

Halloween 2008

This Halloween was a blast. Marty had Randy "Macho Man" Savage and Hulk Hogan (impersonator's) come by the house and surprise him. He could not believe it. One of these guys work for me and the other is a member of the gym where I work. Thank you to them for making Marty's Halloween a remember able one. As you can see Marty's costume was gross. He had a bleeding chest! Yuck! When we were shopping for a costume I was trying to get Marty to pick a pirate outfit or something along those lines and he looked over at me and said "Mom I am not a baby anymore, I want my costume to be gory." I was sad. So as you can see I let him get what he wanted. I as you can see was a Green M&M! We had a lot of fun. We went trick or treating at Nadene's job, Marty go so much candy. Then we went downtown for the "safe" trick or treating the city of Lawrence puts on for the kids. The weather was so nice this year it made downtown so busy. After that we went to the Lawrence parks and rec event at the East Lawrence center it was not fun at all. So we went to McDonalds and Long John Silvers!

Hope you all enjoy the pics.

KU Game 10-11-2008

We went to the KU Football game October 11, 2008 we had a blast. We all had our KU gear on!!

Rock Chalk Jay Hawk!

5th Grade!

Marty started 5th grade this year. Can you believe it. He has grown up so fast. He is excited about this year. Just think he will be in junior high in two years! OMG! Time sure flys.

Rick on YouTube! 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ugDd1Or7v4
Click on this link above and it should take you to YouTube.
You will see Rick riding up the hill at Troy Kansas.

When we get other items dowloaded on youtube we will post the link.
Enjoy!

Summer fun photo's

Yes, that's mud on his face!

Here's Marty with his friends from his 10th Bday party.

Here he is with his friend Sebrena.


Here are shots from when we went to worlds of fun.

At a fireworks stand he got to ride a camel.

Marty and Chandler love to swim!!!

Here he is goofing off with his dad.

Gotta love the helmet. Safety first!

Here is Marty mowing his grandpa Rick's lawn. He thinks he can drive now!

Hope you all enjoy the photos!! We have had a great summer. School starts August 13th! Marty will be in the 5th grade can you believe it.

Summer fun

This summer Marty has been busy with boys /girls club and swimming with mom and friends. He loves going to the pool. He 's a great swimmer. Here he is with his friends at the gym pool. You should see him he is so tan! He tans well like his father.

Hill Climb July 2008

Another hill climb................Rick went up the hill in 7.749 seconds! Yeah! Congrats to my husband. To me that's fast! He was ranked 5th in his class!

Here's a photo of Marty with his dads shades on at the hill climb.

What a cool dude!

4th of July

We have a great 4th of July. We watched fireworks at Clinton lake on July 4th and at Perry Damn on July 5th! If was so much fun. Here are a few photos from the shows. We grilled out a lot that weekend.

Here are a few pictures of the fireworks show.

No training wheels

On June 14th the training wheels came of Marty's bike!! It only took him a few tries and he was off! Just like a pro. We are so proud of him!

Here are a few pics. Enjoy

Hill Climb June 2008

The hill climb in June was Hot!! We had a lot of fun. Rick went up the hill in 8.5 and 8.2 seconds. We will have a hill climb each month until September. In September we will have 2 day event. We will keep you all posted.

Hill Climb May 2008

Rick is participating in the Hill Climbs in Troy Kansas again this year. We will keep you all updated on this blog, so please check back regularly. The first hill climb this year was on May 18th he ranked 5th in his class. He went up the hill in 8.298 seconds and 8.12seconds . He did great. Of course he wants to go up the hill faster, so that means a big bore kit is in the future.


Here is a video from last year............Enjoy

You can visit the website at http://www.kingofthehill.org/ for all the Hill Climb dates. The hill climbs run from May until September.

Grades!

Here are Marty's final grades from 4th grade:
Reading: A-
Writing: A-
Math: A-
Science: C+
Social Studies: A

Okay we need to work on Science! It shows his grade in science the first trimester was a B, second trimester was a B, and third trimester was a C+. Every item listed in the science section, he went from an M (making progress) to an S (successfully exhibits learner behaviors). So, I am not sure why his grade went down. I would have to assume it was a final test score! We will have to watch this in 5th grade!

Overall I would say Marty did very well! Bravo to Marty!!!

School is out!

Marty is out of school. He will be going in the 5Th grade! Wow! If feels like yesterday I was dropping him of at preschool and crying the whole way to the car. If he only knew how hard it was on his mom for him to go to school.

Marty is looking forward to swimming this summer. Marty can now dive down to the bottom of the pool and get the torpedo. He's a great swimmer. Seeing him swim on his own is priceless!

Enjoy the video.........

Marty and I went out mushroom hunting again tonight and only found three. He's a great hunter! Yesterday he spotted the first mushroom, today I spotted the first one. For all of you who think "yuck mushrooms" you need to try them before you judge they are the bomb!! Better than any mushroom I have ever had at any restaurant!! Of course I am the cook in my kitchen.

We take Triumph with us mushroom hunting, we have not been able to teach him to find the mushrooms, maybe someday. We make him smell everyone we find before we pick them, he just tries to eat the mushroom. Silly dog! Marty and the dog got very mud tonight it had just rain a few hours ago and of course I did not have my camera! Wow that's a first for me! Here's a photo from the other day.

These are pictures from our "morel hunting". Marty found his first morel. Still have not found that "mother load" everyone talks about.

Happy Hunting!!!

Springtime

Spring is here! With spring comes Morel Mushrooms. We have spent hours in the forrest hunting morel mushrooms. Still have not found what many call the "mother load". All together we have found about 40. They were good! I will continue for the next couple of weeks to go "hunitng". Wish me luck!!! These are not pictures I took just thought they were good

Sorry to all......Life gets busy and time flies! I will try to write more to keep everyone up to date on the Carr Family.

The year 2008 is going great so far. We had a wonderful Valentines Day. I hope all of you got what you were wishing for. Marty's class had a party and he had a blast. He still has all of his valentine cards from his friends at school.

Marty had a follow up appointment for growth at Children's Mercy on February 27th. He is now 4 foot 2 inches TALL! He weighs 59.9 lbs! He is growing like a weed.

We have school pictures we will be sending out to all of you. This year the school took fall and spring pictures. I bought both. They came out so good. Wait til' you see them. I will send them off this weekend.

CHRISTMAS.....2007 NEW YEARS.....2008

We made it to Iowa. We had so much fun visiting family and friends. It was great seeing everyone. We were real glad the weather was nice all they way to Perry. Marty got lots of items he asked "Santa" for. He still had that level of excitement when he opened the presents from "Santa".

The New Year has come and gone. I can not believe it's 2008! Marty is in the 4th grade. Wow how time gets away from us all. We have so much to be thankful for, every year is priceless for us. Happy New Year to All!