Duane's New Job

Duane finally graduated in May from Nursing school. It was a long road trying to work full time and go to school, but he did it with honors. I'm so proud of him.

I took this picture while he was doing clinicals. He just looks tired. I know he missed out on a lot of sleep.

The kids and I attacked him the other day with silly string when we threw him a party celebrating his new job. He is going to be working at Summit in ShowLow. He got the position he wanted working in the OR. He just started working there Tuesday, and seems to like it so far. He just has to get used to being on his feet all day instead of sitting behind a desk :)

Grandma's Doo-Rag

The other day Latisha posted a picture of Grandma Nielsen in a doo-rag. She mentioned that she wasn't sure how anyone convinced her to wear one. Well I have the answer in the next picture. (Isn't she cute?)

The old we'll wear one if you will trick {c: It was a little windy and she didn't want her hair to blow so we talked her into it. And if you know Breanne you know she has an endless supply of these things. I don't know why she wasn't in the picture with us so below is a picture of her with Kinzie the same day.

Indiana Turkey

Wiley had to Dress Up this turkey for School. When he brought it home it was just a cut out on brown papaer. I should have taken a before picture. He wanted to make it look like Indiana Jones so we went to Wal-Mart and bought a pack of the sticky back foam. It worked really well.

Here is the finished Turkey. I think it turned out looking pretty good. Wiley was excited to take it back to school and show his friends. All of the 3rd graders made one and they will be on display in the cafateria for the month of November.

Undefeated

Soccer is finally over. Wiley's coach this year was Leslie Papa. She did a good job with this team.

The town is in charge of Soccer, it's not AYSO. They don't take professional pictures so Wiley and I had our own photo shoot {c:

His team was undefeated. Usually the score wasn't even close. They usually won by quite a bit. Too bad they don't have a tournament. They would have won easily. Next year he moves up to the older bracket. I guess we will find out how serious he is about playing then.

Wiley's 9th Birthday

Happy Birthday Wiley. We ordered his cake from Bashas and he saw the Scooby Doo candle and wanted to make sure it was on his cake.

We told Wiley that he could invite one friend over for his Birthday, so he invited Zack Wilson. They have been friends for a couple of years. They are a lot alike and get along well. We took them to the Dog House to play arcade games and they had a blast. They were both in heaven and went through the quarters quick. Wiley kept saying this was his best Birthday ever, and Zack was saying it was the best party ever. They both had a great time.

After we got back from the Dog House, Debra & Brian came over for Cake and presents. They brought this Transformers set. Wiley was excited because one of them was Optimus Prime.

Duane and I got him this skateboard. He was excited and wanted to know how we knew he wanted a skateboard. I'm glad we got it right. When they get this age you never know.

Wiley was most excited about getting this lego set from Grandpa & Grandma Rogers. He had been wanting this exact set. When he called to thank them he wanted to know how they read his mind. He is still amaized that they got the exact one he wanted. I didn't tell them which one to buy. They just happened to get the one he wanted. Zack brought a gift card from Dairy Queen worth ten dollars. I'm sure he will be asking to use that real soon. He was also excited that his teacher did not assign any homework either. I'm glad he had a good Birthday.