School started here back on August 24th and we are in full swing of the school year now.  So far, everyone's grades are up and all three kids are doing well.

First up, we have Ciarra decked out in her soccer uniform and holding her new kitty named Blue.

Second, we have Terry keeping an eye on Kendra as she works on audio recording on his computer.

Third, we have a picture of Donovan and his friend Ruby.

Our next update will have to do with the start of October, the CHS Homecoming Dance and more on Kendra's training with Winnie for her Senior Project.

~Laura

It's been an interesting Summer this year.  Again, we have run out of room in the photo gallery but I will post some images here.  To get a larger view of each image, just click on it and a new window will open for that photo. 

The following photos were shot at one of the new parks here in Carson City. I have no idea what the name of the park is but it's within walking distance and we've all ended up calling it the "rock wall park" just because it has a mini rock wall that the kids can climb on.

Donovan on top of the red slide

Ciarra on top of the red bridge

Ciarra and Kendra having a laugh and Donovan's expense

 

There are more photos in this collection but they are large files and they would take up way too much room at the moment. If you would like to see more and are a part of the family, shoot me off an e-mail at: laura @ thevalladonfamily.com and I'll be more than happy to share them with you. Other family photo galleries are set up on my facebook page.

So, Terry decides one night to set Donovan and Ciarra up with the infamous “Scary Maze Game”. Having watched other people’s kids have various reactions to it on the internet for a few years we were ready to see what would happen with ours.

Donovan, a mini-gamer in his own right really got into the “game” aspect of it. You can see the intensity in his little face as he worked to get that dot through the levels without touching the sides. He was determined to beat us all at the game.

Well, that was until he was surprised by the face. He totally freaked out and ran from the computer pulling Terry on top of him.

Now, the whole time we had Donovan out in the living room playing the “game” Ciarra was back in her and Kendra’s room playing. So she wasn’t aware of what was going on. Terry called Ciarra out and set her up at the computer, meanwhile the rest of us including Donovan are trying to act all normal so she won’t catch on.

Ciarra get’s board with the game pretty quickly because she can’t seem to get the little dot through the maze without having to restart the level. Terry and Kendra help her a bit to get through the first couple of levels and then pull back.

We’re all waiting for her reaction… and the next thing you know Ciarra pop’s off with “Who did that?” when the face screams onto the screen. Little girl didn’t even flinch.

Here we had Terry, myself and Kendra who had at least jumped a bit at the face and then Donovan who just completely freaked out… and then Ciarra. She wasn’t even phased at all.

~Laura