Opening Day

Raeg waited so long for this movie to come out.. She was in Harry Potter heaven! ha

taken in the Imax theater while waiting for the movie to begin

dinner afterwards at Michael's Grill.. yummm

Great memories.. Great day!

School Community Project

Ashlynn's language class broke into small groups and had to create a display representing their middle school. Brad brought the projector home and here is the collage of symbols she created:

Didn't she do a fantastic job! Their teacher, Mr Troop, was so impressed he asked to keep the project to be placed on display in the glass case in the front hallway of the school. Here is the email I received:

Mrs. Turner,


Yesterday Ashlynn and her group presented their community UPA, and I was absolutely amazed by Ashlynn's incredible artistic talent and the beautiful way she captured Nolan in her artwork. She has kindly agreed to allow us to keep the work, and I will be presenting it to Mrs. High so we may put it in a place of honor where visitors to our campus may view it.

I also took a picture of it and added it to the home page of my website. :>)

Thank you for sharing your daughter and her talents with us.


She does you proud!


Best regards,


Mr. Troop

Ashlynn Coconut and Halloween

Vampire, Supergirl (Maddie), and Strawberry Shortcake

How cute are they? (except Raeg.. she wanted to look scary this year, not cute. ha)

evaluating the goods. (there was a quiz and review of my favorite candies before trick or treating so they would know what to bring home.. hehe)

Ashlynn found an unexpected surprise in her trick or treat bag of goodies! She dumped her candy to find a sucker with her name printed on it.. and spelled correctly with 2 n's! She was a little creeped out until we did some research online to find a North Carolina girl won a 'be a popstar' contest and got her name added as a dumdum flavor; Ashlynn Coconut. ha. Although Ash doesn't care for coconut, it was pretty cool for her to find she has her own sucker flavor. :o)