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MY SON IS COMING HOME FOR 2 WEEKS! HE WILL BE HEADED THIS WAY COME MONDAY (JUNE 29TH)! I CAN'T WAIT! THIS WILL BE HIS FINAL TRIP BEFORE HE HEADS TO AFGHANISTAN. HE'S TO BE LEAVING SEPT. 11TH....I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT AM SO GOING TO ABSORB EVERY MOMENT WHILE HE'S HERE!

Kali Cheer Camp

The WHS Cheerleaders put on a two week camp (June 8-19, 2009), with a performance during Fiddle Week. Here's the first round of pictures, more to come, just need to do the editing. Be on the look-out for the performance pictures as it's this Tuesday evening!

Kali's Golf Lessons

Miss Kali had golf lessons the week of June 8-12. This was a busy week for her! They had approximately 72 kids show up for lessons!

New Photography Site

Just wanted to let you know that I have launched a new website. Please delete the old one or replace it with this new one: http://www.kelleybranstetterphotography.com/

Kindergarten Play Day

Play day was on the last day of school, which was May 27, 2009. The classes rotated stations and ended the day with a popsicle. Here are some of the snaps I took:

"Wet Sponge Throw"

Here they are waiting for the "Soccer Course". I look over and one of her classmates is rubbing her shoulders. This went on after almost every station. The rest of the story on this will continue below:)
Someone must've had a great kick!
Kali sped around the cones before I could get my camera set up. Got the kick however and NO, she's NOT allowed to play soccer!
"Tug of War"... you can't tell in this picture but Kali is toward the end of the rope with all of the boys. They won! The next one was boys vs girls and the girls won!
"Sidewalk Chalk Art"

"Bubble Blowing"....and let me tell you, the bubbles SUCKED!

So this little guy has the biggest crush on Kali. At this point he wasn't having anymore of the other boy hanging around her. He went up to her and put his arms around her and kept saying, "You're my girl.......You're my girl!" Now, I haven't seen anyone at this age have such a huge crush...........since Kenneth was in kindergarten. He liked this one girl clear up until we had to move the summer of his 5th grade year!

When she had been having a rough day at school (missing her Bubba), Luke would hold her hand and walk her out to me.

Mrs. Zimmerman, Kali's teacher. We are gonna miss her!

Kindergarten Graduation

It's official.............. my baby girl is growing up! She is now officially a first grader. Graduation was held on May 22, 2009. It was a very nice ceremony with all four classes receiving diplomas, very nice diplomas that included a cap and gown picture! Kali's however, was empty. They had taken the pictures while we were in Texas, but the teachers were gracious enough to ask the photo company to leave the cap and gown and I took my own picture.

T-Ball

Here are some pictures from two different games Kali had. The first pictures her Bubba was here to watch. She is very aggressive this year and as a lefty, hits much better right handed. She hits it out to the outfield every time and they won't let her run any extra bases. She has tried to hit it left handed, but can't slam it quite as far. You can see by the pictures, she gets down and ready. Hmmm, wonder if she'll be a softball player or golfer?

Kenneth

I drove with Kenneth to Camp Pendleton on May 16th. We didn't leave until around 9:30 PM and drove all night. Kenneth had to be checked in by 11:50 Sunday evening. I stayed near the airport that evening and took a 6:00 AM flight out Monday morning. You know, I've wrote about this before....all the people who keep telling me it gets easier to say good-bye. All I have to say is they are full of shit! Anyway, Kenneth has been assigned to the MWSS-372, which in non-Marine terms is the Marine Wing Support #372. I do believe I have that main page on my blog if you want to check it out.

Kali and her Bubba at the park

Before Kenneth left for CP he and Kali went to the park to play. I met them there and took some pictures. It was filled with smiles, laughter and tears. You can tell towards the end....just look at Kali's face, it says it all!

Visiting Grandma

Before Kenneth left we decided to drive up to McCall and see grandma, she hasn't seen Kenneth the last two times he's been home. For those of you who live up there and wonder why we were up there but didn't come see you, it was during the week, people were at work/school. It was a quick trip and here's a few pictures.

ANNOUNCEMENT...........

This is the big announcement........Kenneth proposed to Cori while he was home, actually on Mothers Day. The date was going to be June 2010, but I believe it's been changed to July 2010.

All of my kids........

Here's all my kids while we were in Oklahoma City on May 2, 2009

Pictures that Kenneth has taken

Here are some pictures that Kenneth had taken during his MOS training. I edited these for him. Keep your eye out, i'll post more.