Abby turns 13

These are really bad pictures. I was busy and did not stop to take good pics, so this is it! Abby turned 13 on Novemeber 19th and she wanted an outside soup party. So I made a bunch of crockpots of soup and had some friends bring soup and it was a beautiful day to eat outside and play. The kids had fun on the playground and Abby had a great birthday. I am so proud of the sweet young lady she has become. So far so good on the "terrible teens".

Volleyball

Abigail is playing volleyball this year for the Forsyth Home Educators middle school team. She is loving it. The team is made up of some of the sweetest girls and they have an amazing coach, Ms. Carla. Abby is a setter and also co captain.
Time out!Esther and Nathan have made friends with the other player's little brothers and sisters too!

Peptalk after a hard practice!Go Hawks!!

Abby's Ipad contest

Abby's Orthodontist sponsored a week long patient appreciation contest last week. For 7 days you could try to get as many people as possible to go to the orthodontist website and vote for a patient's picture.

Well, Abby got it in her mind she reallly wanted to win this thing and so we sent out email and face book messages the first day and she jumped ahead by about 50 votes!

Then another little girl started coming on strong, so Abby began making "Vote for Abby" signs for peoples cars, stickers to wear..it was crazy! She streamed the Internet to the wii and we watched the votes climb each day on the tv in the living room!

By the last day, her and second place were neck and neck. She had her grandparents calling and emailing all their friends. Greg and I were even inboxing high school friends on facebook we hadn't talked to in 20 years! By Thursday at noon when the contest was over, Abby won by 68 votes and she had votes from 8 different countries! Her grand total of votes was 635!

On Friday night, she was given her Ipad! Talk about one happy little girl!!

Thanks so much for voting for her and putting up with us and all our campaigning for one crazy week. Oh and by the way, the Ipad is cooler than I ever imagined it would be!

The winning screen shot!Finally getting her Ipad!

A Favor...PLEASE

Hey! My daughter Abby is in a contest that her orthodontist is sponsoring to win an Ipad. Right now she is number one!! She still has a few more days until its over and we would reallllllly appreciate your vote for her...pretty please!!!!

Thanks!

Click here to vote!

Look what happen this week

Before

After!

Abby's birthday

Ok...so I am only about three weeks behind blogging about my eldest turning 12. Here are some pictures from Abby's birthday. We went to Virginia and mom and dad took us to Kabuki's Japanese food. YUM! We also got her midnight tickets to go see New Moon and she got a cell phone. I cannot believe my little redheaded baby is now a beautiful 12 year old! I love how she color coordinated with her cake! AND she said that it wasn't even planned!

abby and volleyball

Abby is playing volleyball for the Oak Level Crusaders jv team this year. She is new to the sport , but is learning pretty quick how to play.

Poetry

Abigail wrote a poem for our plant unit study and we sent it to the local paper and also to various contests. We got a letter yesterday that she was selected to be in a book of young poets. If she is in the top 10 she will also win $50! We are so proud of her. I hope she will continue to have an interest in writing. She is really quite good.

Spring
Spring is a wonderful time of year
It is so wonderful I want to cheer
The flowers feel good under my feet
And the showers always help me sleep
Beautiful butterflies are in the sky
And the bees are always dropping by
I like Spring, as you can see
What might your favorite season be?