BCLUW Cross Country Meet

And they're off...

 Kylee ran the course in 18:53 minutes

 Having fun with Emily afterwards.

Thanks Emily for the photos!

Ballard Invitational

 The South Hardin Varsity Girls Cross Country Team placed 3rd among 10 teams in Huxley.

 They are currently ranked 20th in the state
in Class 2A.

CONGRATS TIGER LADIES!!

 Kylee ran the course this time in 19.15 minutes.

Cross Country

Kylee had her first Cross Country meet today at Saylorville Lake.

She ran 2.5 miles in 19.32 minutes and placed 28 out of 71 runners.
Not bad for her first meet ever!

 Way to go Ky!

The Tigers placed 3rd out of 10 teams.

CONGRATS!!

8th Grade Graduation

Walking in - she was SO HAPPY!

Receiving a Presidential Excellence in Education Award (3.5 or higher GPA and top 10% in the nation on ITBS) from Principal Heinz. She also received Band & Vocal awards and a Student Council award.

Receiving her Certificate of Completion from Superintendent Semprini.

Leading the class out afterwards to their class song

"We Will Rock You."

CONGRATULATIONS South Hardin 8th Grade Class of 2011

Flashback Friday - Where has the time gone?

Our little girl graduates today from 8th Grade!

Congrats Kylee! We love you and are so proud of you!

Way To Go TIGERS!

The shoes and tie-dyed socks waiting to take off...

The sprint to a first place finish...

The high five from Coach Damon...

The 4x400 teammates...

The 8th Grade Girls won the track meet Tuesday night in Conrad.

Kylee ran in the 4X800 which placed second and she anchored the Sprint Medley Relay and the 4X400 which both placed FIRST!

WAY TO GO GIRLS!!

Congrats Tigers!

Woo-hoo! The South Hardin Middle School Girls placed second tonight at the Roland-Story track meet. Kylee set a new personal best - 70 seconds for the 400!

Track Season Has Officially Started

Distance Medley Relay

4X400 Meter Realy

Kylee had her first meet this past Monday at South Hamilton.

She ran the 400 in both the Distance Medley Relay and

the 4x400 Meter Relay.

South Hardin placed 2nd overall out of 7 teams.

(1st place went to Gilbert.)

Kylee was thrilled that she ran a personal best of 71 seconds.

4X400 Relay Team

Class of 2015

I cannot have a high schooler already - can I??

Last night we had Kylee's High School Parent Meeting & Registration.

As I sat down and looked around the auditorium I realized there are still many families I don't know.

-Hopefully...

* I will get to know them during the next four years.

* the next four years will go very S..L..O..W..

* Kylee will have the time of her life.

* her good friends will continue to be there for her and vice versa.

* she won't worry about the little things, especially things that aren't meant to be.

For the record I was doing pretty good until they played a slide show and the song "You're Gonna Miss This."

Kylee's Quote of the Day

Kylee - "Mom, thank you for not home schooling me."

Me - "You're welcome."

Time In The Car

Somedays I HATE driving Kylee to dance because of the distance, an hour one way, and other days I LOVE the time we have together in the car discussing EVERYTHING. This past weekend she informed me of her future career plans. She would like to do more babysitting in the near future and when she is 16 she would like to work at a Movie Theater and Pizza Ranch. Then she would like to attend ISU (YEAH - GO STATE! - no biased opinions here - HA!) and major in Costume Design and Dance and have her own dance studio someday. Of course she would design all of the costumes.

Kaden's 2nd Annual Sledding Party - March 7, 2010

The Friends

The Smiles

The Race

The Climb

Snowboarding!

Early school dismissal means time to snowboard with Dad!

For My Teenager

Ky - I have so many wishes for you.

I want you to be safe, smart, cautious, and wise beyond your years.

You will always be my little girl. Please don't grow up too fast.

Get your feet wet with new experiences, but never get in over your head.

Realize how capable you are! Your possibilities are unlimited.

You are LOVED beyond words, and I will love you beyond all time.

So many treasures await you in your journey through life,

and being blessed with you...

has been mine.

Love, Mom

Miscommunication!

Last night I was FREEZING when I went to bed. I teased Chad that he needed to go get the hair dryer and thaw me out and he replied "your just getting wimpy in your old age." "Excuse me?" So I went to sleep, hoping that I wasn't getting sick. Both Chad and I FROZE the rest of the night and were too cold to get up and check the thermostat. This morning when we got up and checked, it was set on 60! Combine that with being in the basement - FREEZING! So later in the day I asked Kylee if she changed it (she is always cold and never changes it but I thought I would ask). She replied, "yes, you told me to last night." I then remembered that I had asked her to "turn the temperature down on the stove" or something like that referring to the ground beef I was browning while also running around the house doing laundry, ironing, checking email/mail, etc. When I returned to the kitchen a little later, Kylee had told me that she had turned the stove off since the meat was making a crackling sound. Mystery Solved - I now know why the house was freezing and the meat was burnt - she must have only heard "turn the temperature down".

Knitting Compared To Golfing

So Kylee and I went to our knitting class tonight. Kylee loves to sew/craft/make and knitting is on my list of 40 things to try/learn/do before I'm 40. (more on that another day and for those wondering, I have 2 years and 3 months) I think the comment Kylee made on the way home sums up how it went...

Kylee-"I think knitting must be a lot like golfing is for Dad,

but just not as dangerous."

Dena - "What do you mean?"

Kylee-"Throwing knitting needles isn't as vicious

as throwing golf clubs."

Anyway, it was a great experience for me as a student - an excellent reminder to me as a teacher that some learn things quicker/easier than others. So even though I didn't do so well at the knitting it was a evening of learning.

Our Prima Ballerina

Kylee recently auditioned for and was accepted into the Iowa Youth Ballet program.

Congrats Kylee! We love watching you dance.

WSC

The Best Night Of My Life

that's what Kaden had to say about his and Kylee's night of fun.
things haven't quite gone as planned this fall - due to the storm.
anyway, Kylee and Kaden each got to take a friend to Perfect Games in Ames and have a night of fun
Kaydi got to have fun with Grandma Dee and Grandpa Jim, so Chad and I got in on the fun too!

there were good friends
and good foodthere was bowlingand laser tag
and car racingthere was a lot of FUN and SILLINESS!