Saturday, August 30, 2008

Farewell Summer!

As I write this, I am sad to say that I am looking at my farewell marker to summer - sunflowers... I am glad that we get one last colorful hurrah to summer before the cold, grey winter sets in. In short, I am not ready for summer to end. We went to Swiss Days yesterday (another farewell marker to Summer) & had a great time looking at the crafts. We go each year hoping to see our pottery friend Terry - who always has great pots, but no luck again this year. Ethan was happy to get a rubber band gun, which he hasn't let go of, except to sleep. We are still amazed at the kinds of stuff people walk out of Swiss days carrying. I swear next year we are going to go in the woods, get some branches & make brooms out of them & make a killing - they apparently were the hit thing again this year. We are seriously thinking about selling my play food next year. We'll see. So I guess its time for me to embrace the all-too-soon seasonal change & enjoy the autumn leaves, the Fall harvest, fishing at Strawberry Reservoir, shooshing feet through fallen leaves, picking pumpkins & my change of wardrobe.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Austin's Big News...


Congrats to Austin! We just found out this week that Austin will be graduating with his Bachelor's degree of Behavioral Science in December - hurray for us!! For the longest time we have felt stagnant in his schooling - though he has been learning tons, it just felt like there was no end in sight. Now after all this time, Austin is getting two degrees in one year! He got his associates last April, & now another graduation in December. Another neat thing - Austin has the last Associates degree from UVSC, & will have the first from the new UVU (same school, just new accreditation!) So its on to bigger & better things for the Haacke family - at last! We enter the world of GED exams, Masters Applications, & MOVING!!!! We are hoping to get into either BYU, University Of Utah or Utah State University & may go out of state to Gonzaga in Washington state if we have the opportunity. So wish us luck, as we have some HUGE decisions on the way...

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

BugBites Blog Site - Ha! That rhymes!

For all interested, I've created a blog with photos of my play food. There are prices & other info listed as well. Go to: bugbitesplayfood.blogspot.com You can also click on the link to the right on the sidebar. Please leave comments, I love feedback!