Since the Carp paper won’t always be available online, below is the article that appeared in the May 13, 2010 edition of the Coastal View News .  Click on the picture for full size

Love our small town! If you send in some cool news and a semi-decent picture of your kids, you can get them in the local paper pretty easily. Here’s the link about Max and Lucy – "Siblings Whip Up Award Winning Fair Entries" on page 14 of the link below:
– http://www.viewda.com/webpaper/coastalview/webpapers/current/multi/index.html

I just love my big girl – so proud of the funny and sweet thing she is.  God is good.  🙂

Here’s some pics from her co-party with her (3 days older) cousin Nate.  We had a great time.

(will I make it another 10 weeks? – I’m thinking no way)

Today was the ‘school day’ (free entrance/no rides) and we had a great time.  I hauled my bulky self around okay (though I could have used one of those old people scooters, I think). :)  The things the kids entered did very well!

Max won a 1st Place ribbon for his Peanut Butter Pie –

Lucy won a 1st Place ribbon for her Chocolate Chip/Strawberry Trifle –

Max won a variety of 1st and 2nd Place Ribbons for his drawings, like this ‘Ode to Graffiti’ –

And Lucy won a Best of Show purple ribbon for her yarn potholders!  Big thanks to Gran for the great Christmas gift of the loom and for Yaya’s help as well. 

And we were ever grateful for our sweet Carpinteria home-school buddies to share the day with –

Just finished a PHENOMENAL book – "Same Kind of Different as Me." Totally true story – you’ll laugh, you’ll cry and won’t be able to put it down.   And you’ll be spiritually blessed! Amazon link – http://www.amazon.com/Same-Kind-Different-Modern-Day-International/dp/084991910X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271906679&sr=8-1/mattandtobytheul