Fall Fun!

This weekend was "homecoming".  (actually Ryan's school does not have homecoming yet - because there are no alumni due to the fact it is a new school!)  We met up at the Riverwalk to take pictures. 

Look at my handsome boy!

Notice his bootineer!

Ryan and Raymond have been friends for over 8 years! He lives directly across the street from us!  Cassidy is Ryan's "new" girlfriend and Gina is Cassidy's best friend - who went with Raymond as a friend.  After pictures were taken, the four went to Giordano's for dinner, then to school for the dance.

Ryan and Cassidy. We didn't do too bad matching his tie! (We only knew that the dress was green and black!)  Ryan purchased the corsage on his own! There were rhinestones inside the flower arrangement.

This was my weekend project.  These cute little ghost cover a Renuzit Air Freshner! They are so adorabale!  It takes about an hour to make ONE - so it was quite an ordeal making so many!  I will be giving them as a fall gift to friends at school.

CLOSE UP!

Last weekend, we celebrated my Dad's birthday! Happy Birthday Dad!

We are in our last week of Football.  I've been taking over 1000 pictures between the Varsity and Jr. Varsity Teams. It's been fun capturing all the excitement! 

Molly Shannon visted Brookdale last month.  She wrote a book and came to do a presentation for the kids.  She's been in a lot of movies and was on Saturday Night Live for many years! 

Tomorrow we have a field trip in Kindergarten! It's going to be a brisk day at the Pumpkin Farm!

Until Next Time

September Update

Hard to believe that September is almost over.  The weeks are flying by.  We spend Friday nights and Saturday mornings on the football field. It's been a lot of fun being on the field taking pictures of the boys.  I average close to 1000 pictures per weekend. (I'm sure about 10% of them are of Ryan!) .  Most of the weekend I spend uploading, editing, and sharing links to the pictures.  It's worth the time, I've received so many emails from parents thanking me.

I've been busy creating things for school.  Posters, signs, book covers, and math munipulatives.  It's been crazy busy, but I enjoy it!  I'll have to be sure to share some photos once I take some! 

Once again, Ryan was recognized by Jewel and was offered a promotion to cashier!

 It was a big decision because it involves a week of intense training that must be completed within a 4 day period.  Unfortunately, he will be ineligible to play football this weekend since he has had to miss all the practices. His teachers were understanding and gave him his homework early, so he'd have time to complete it over the weekend.  After this week, his hours should go back to his normal "school hours"!  He was extremely happy that he will not have to do carts in the winter!

Not too much more going on.  This week I am helping host a baby shower at school - for the teacher I worked with last year.  I'll update again soon!

Employee of the Month and Random Updates

Just stopping by to share some exciting news and a quick update! Ryan was chosen/voted as Employee of the Month at work for the month of August. Technically he only worked two full months prior to August - so it didn't take them very long to recognize his hard work! Here's a picture of him sporting his "reward"! He was able to chose any 50.00 gift card from the gift card mall. We weren't surprised he chose Game Stop!

For my birthday, Ryan and Bill surprised me with a bouquet of flowers.  Attached to the vase were many gift cards to my favorite stores!  How Fun!!!!

My brother, David, received a gift to drive a race car at the Chicagoland Speedway.  He asked if I'd take pictures of the event - Here he is looking like an official race car driver!

 I'm still taking LOTS of football photos of Ryan's team.  Now that he dresses for both Varsity and Jr. Varsity, I'm averaging 1000 photos each week!  It's keeping me very busy editing, uploading, and sharing phots!

Jacob and Dan came to a JV game this week - Jacob ran down to the field and I snapped a quick "cousins" photo!