Keeners

And every day is SunDay

After 10 years at WaferTech, Pat has accepted a position as a Senior Facilities Technician with SolarWorld in Hillsboro, OR. The new position will be Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights 12 hour shifts but have the opportunity to move to a M-F 8 hour day or graveyard shift later. He will be commuting while we get our house ready to sell or rent. We will be looking to move to Hillsboro in the summer after the kids finish school.

SolarWorld is bringing an old plant back online and then expanding the facility and with the emphasis on renewable energy in the coming years will no doubt be a healthy part of the economy. We are looking forward to choosing a house and neighborhood as a family.

In June when we went to see Kung Fu Panda, a martial arts school was there doing a drawing so we entered the kids. Turns out Noah one a free introductory package. It took us until September to connect with the right at the school with all of their summer plans.

He got a free uniform, two free private lessons and a free month of membership. At his second lesson, he had to earn his white belt by breaking a wooden board (among other things like saying the school pledge). He was able to break the board on his second attempt. I think he had been somewhat skeptical that he would be able to do it at all.

Noah chose Star Wars as the theme for his 7th birthday. After trying 5 stores and failing to find a Star Wars cake, Mom and Dad resorted to making a lightsaber cake. It actually turned out pretty good.

After going to church, we went to Burger King for lunch, came home and opened presents and then ate cake and ice cream. We ended the day at Big Al’s with time at the arcade and bowling.

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Noah started first grade the Tuesday after Labor Day. He will now go to school basically all day. Kaara goes to school from 9 to noon except Wednesday.

We went fishing the Saturday after school started and kept our record clean…no fish were caught.

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