Missouri State Gymmastics

Emily competed in the Level 4 Missouri State gymnastics meet in December. She took 9th All-around!

6th on floor and 9th on beam!!!

Liberty Blue Jay Football

Tyler played his first season of TACKLE football with the Liberty Blue Jays!! He enjoyed the season and it was a big learning experience for the entire family.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 2008











EMILY - 3RD GRADE
LEWIS AND CLARK ELEMENTARY












TYLER - 6TH GRADE
LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL

DUNK Tyler

Lori's work sponsored an event this past weekend and Tyler volunteered to be in the dunk tank. He was a real sport - and did get wet!!

Camp Jo-Ota

Emily and Lori went to Camp Jo-Ota this past July for a weekend church camp. There were 10 families there.












It really surprised me how quickly Emily made friends!












Emily had fun in the MUD PIT!!!!













Emily and her new friend Sara from Mexico, Missouri had fun in the pool.













Another highlight was CRAZY KICKBALL - 2nd base was a tarp with spaghetti noodles and syrup on it. Luckily homeplate was a slip and slide.

The Ewing's go BOWLING!

We went bowling with Uncle Mark, Aunt Cheree, Megan, Kate, Ella and Chase. We all had lots of fun!











Chase loves to SMILE for the camera!

Fourth of July 2008

We had fun over the 4th of July weekend in Derby. Uncle Bubba, Karen, Braden, Kristen and Dylan were at Grandmas from Tennessee. We spent a bunch of time at Aunt Becky's riding the 4 wheeler, gokart and motor bike. Tyler did suffer a 2nd degree burn down his leg from a little bike accident - but he didn't let that spoil his fun!!






Emily and Kristen had fun jumping on the trampoline!

D-Backs Fundraiser

Tyler and his Baseball buddies had a fundraiser Garage Sale and Hot Dog stand at our house. The team raised over $700.











Go D-Backs!!

Summer 2008 - Fun in the SUN!

The kids had fun visiting withUncle Mark, Aunt Cheree, Meg, Kate, Ella, Chase, Uncle Brin, Jess and her nephew Austin. We all went swimming at Aunt Cheree's parents house and had fun on the new boat.






Cousins and Best Friends
Meg, Emily and Kate













Tyler loves showing off!

F3 Tornado

Many of you are aware of the tornado that ripped through our neighborhood early Friday May 2nd. It was a very scary time for all of us. We had no warning and were very lucky we were not in the middle of the storm. I don't think we would have made it to the basement.
We have a lot of roof damage - leaks in the bath and closet upstairs, BBQ grill ruined, patio furniture ruined, guttering off, etc. etc.







Our trampoline ended up three house down and around the corner on top of a neighbors fence.
















I think it can be fixed!!!
Emily and Tyler are very sad about this. I keep telling them we will get a new one.












Just two blocks away did not fare as well. There are at least 20 house unliveable. We were very lucky there were no serious injuries or deaths. As the President of the Homeowners Association I spent Friday in the neighborhood trying to help.

Diamondbacks Baseball!

Baseball has started and so has the rain!
All but two games have been rained out so far this season.
Tyler is playing catcher and 1st this year.

Watch me FLIP!

Watch her Flip - she loves her trampoline!

Emily and Hadley

Em loves to play with our little neighbor Hadley. She is 4 1/2 years old and loves Emily. They were dressing up and having a fashion show.

Braces

Tyler got his bottom braces put on. He is showing his KU pride with red and blue bands. The top ones will go on in a couple months.

School play

Tyler had a part in his 5th Grade class play. He is a really good actor -

Emily's last meet of the season

Follow Emily ------
She loves her round-off back handsprings!!

She has now moved up to the team level 4 and has added Saturday practices.

She will start meets again in the Fall.

Christmas with the Ewing's

Christmas Eve was spent at Uncle Brian's house.















Tyler, Grant, Grace and Stella are looking out the front door for Santa!!

We hope that everyone had a good Christmas! We made a very LONG trip to Wichita/Derby on the 22nd. This happened to be the same day as the BLIZZARD! A trip that usually takes us 3 hours ended up taking 8 HOURS - 2 of them were setting on the Kansas Turnpike. We sure were happy to pull in Grandma Marilyn's driveway that night. It was so nice to see Grandpa and Grandma Wahl; Becky, Steve, Riley and Kayla; Grandpa and Grandma Ewing, Mark, Cheree, Cody, Kate, Meg, Ella and Chase; Uncle Brian and Jess; Marcia, Bruce and Brent; Gary and Jodi; Kerrie, Kevin, Gus, Stella and Scarlette; Amy, Justin, Grant, Chloe and Grace.


Emily got so many things - I think her favorite was the American Girl doll that Santa brought her. It is the Emily doll and looks just like Emily.











Tyler also got a bunch. He is learning to ride the ripstick and the Guitar Hero looks really neat.