Pirate Pride

We received the following letter from Noah's school last week:

To the Parent/Guardian of Noah Miller,

It is with great pleasure that I announce that your child is receiving a medallion as an Outstanding Student at Pioneer Middle School. He/she will be recognized at our Pirate Pride Assembly. Each student was selected by his/her teachers on the basis of Academic Excellence, Improvement, Leadership and/or Citizenship.

Today was the day of the assembly, and we were SO proud to see Noah receive his award. He was selected by his Language Arts/Social Studies teacher, Ms. Nixon. She is probably Noah's favorite teacher, so it was nice to see that the feeling is mutual :-) The awards were given with the entire 6th grade in attendance, so it was great for the kids to be recognized in front of their peers.

While Noah has always done very well academically in school, we have always stressed that more important than a grade on a piece of paper, is the character that is being developed. So we were thrilled for Noah to be recognized today for his positive attitude and leadership skills - two great character traits that he definitely possesses!

We love you, Noah, and are so very proud of you!

Blessed

More Conversations with Cole

Cole: "Mom, whose picture is on the nickel?"

Me: "Thomas Jefferson."

Cole: "Were you alive when he was president?"

Conversations

Today at lunch...

Abby: "Let's go around the table and say what's the one gift we want for Christmas this year."

Noah: "Lego Rock Band!"

Ethan: "Spore Hero!"

Abby: "Zhu Zhu Pet!"

Cole: "A trip to Texas!"

Noah, Ethan, Abby, and me: "What??!?!?!"

(Side note: We know no one in Texas, have never taken the kids to Texas, or ever talked about going to Texas.)

Let the Decorating Begin

Happy 6th Birthday Cole Henry!

Happy Happy Birthday Cole!

We are so thankful that God has blessed our family with you.
You are amazing little boy, and our prayer for you is that
you grow to love Jesus more and more every year of your life.

Happy Birthday Daddy! (And Happy Early Birthday Cole!)

Happy Birthday to the best Daddy and husband ever!
We love you tons and are so thankful for you!

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast

Each year all of the kindergartners get together to celebrate a Thanksgiving feast. Hard to believe it's our last one!


Cole and his buddy Caleb
(And, yes, I made the hat. And, yes, Noah informed me
that it looked like Abe Lincoln's hat with a buckle.)


Cole's feast


Boots and Boots

All I want for Christmas is...

my two front teeth...and the two missing teeth beside those...and the two missing bottom teeth...and the other one that is loose now and will most likely be gone by Christmas...

Happy Halloween!

After the boys' football game on Saturday, Mark and Wes took Ethan, Abby, Cole, Biz and Matt to the DuPont businesses to go trick-or-treating.

After dinner the whole gang went trick-or-treating around DuPont. A first for our kids, and they had a blast!




Our nerds!


Cowboy Cole, Spooky Nerds Ethan, Nerdy Noah and Cheerleader Abby