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Kayla's sisters latch on to this phrase after a discussion of Kayla's sometimes tumultous love life. :)
Kayla Coleman has turned out to be one heck of a good basketball player! She works very hard at it and here, her hard work pays off as her team, The Warriors, plays against a formidable team.
Nothing makes a parent prouder than when a child follows in his/her footsteps (something I never did, but who's counting?) Here, Kayla poses for a picture with her first real telescope, a 4.5 inch Orion reflector. Her first night out, she got a picture of the moon (see inset). May she have clear skies forever and return, in time, to teach me new things.
Kayla runs and squeals with delight after being pelted with a water balloon by her sister, Marina.
(She's so excited she can't hardly stand it!)
After all the presents were opened, the three girls gave Daddy a haircut. Here, Kayla takes control of the pruning shears and goes to work on Daddy's bare head.
Kayla and a friend play out on the new front yard for the first time!
Though this photo was taken a year ago on a trip to Westport, Washington, the recent emphasis on Kayla in this photoblog encouraged me to go back into the archives and search tens of thousands of digital photos for a great Kayla picture. Here, she's about thrilled to death with her sleepy sister ... and the look on her face is - well, priceless!
At the Hoopsters Basketball team party, Kayla is awarded a trophy for her contributions to a winning season!
For Kayla's basketball team Saturday celebratory barbeque, Dad got Kayla a cake with the name of her basketball team on it. Had to go with a carrot cake as that was the only cake available that had orange on it, but Carrot Cake is a favorite anyway.
The 2005-2006 HOOPSTERS basketball team, featuring Kayla Coleman!
Kayla wanted to sleep on the couch but when I found her crying and asked what was wrong, she told me that she left her teddy bear at her mom's house. "I can't sleep without it, Daddy," she said, tears in her eyes. Not knowing quite what to do, I came up with the perfect solution. "Here, darling. You can sleep with Daddy's canning pot instead." That brought a huge smile to her face and she fell asleep in short order. :)
Kayla waits in anticipation while at Hoooooga's school concert.
Wanna see a slam dunk? It's the love Jim has for his little basketball superstar, Kayla Marie.
Kayla shows promise of a new career ... putting out the fires her Daddy is always building in the back yard ... in fact, there's a fire there now that's burned more than 20 hours...
Kayla sure LOVED this Pocahontas hat with flower.
Kayla throws rocks out into the Puget Sound waters in Seabeck, Washington.
Kayla asked to be flower girl at Jim-n-Linda's wedding on January 1, 2006. Here, John E. Taylor captured the moment with his digital camera.
Photo by Marina Coleman, with her new digital camera!
This is a daughter. This is a daughter on nachos. Kayla plays on the couch on "nacho night at Daddy's house."
Jim's dad, Jim Jr., feeds Kayla in his Phoenix, Ariz. home.
Nana, Jim's mom, with Kayla in Port Orchard, Washington.
Kayla Coleman always wanted to drive ... and still does!
This, a photo of Kayla on the couch at the Longview Ave. (Port Orchard) condo, is the photo that will eventually be on the cover of the upcoming Jim W. Coleman novel, "Wanton Disregard." Coleman searched high and low for this negative over the years and finally found it last week.
Kayla sits on the gym floor at her school during an assembly.
Here, Kayla plays Twister with Nana, Jim's mom, in the Yukon Harbor rental house.
Kayla falls asleep on her bed in the Yukon Harbor cottage.
Kayla sleeps with her new hand-crafted quilt that she got from Aunt Kathryn for Christmas, 2005!
Where do babies come from? Heck if I know. But I can tell you where Kayla came from ... we found her on the side of the road one day, and you know the rest of the story...
Here, Kayla is definitely unhappy after being dragged away from the stairstepper. She loved to play on or near the exercise equipment ...
Jim W. Coleman Jr., a.k.a. "Champion Grandpa," holds little Kayla on his lap during her visit to Arizona.
Kayla always has enjoyed playing in our tents. Here, she peeks out at Belfair State Park.
Kayla grabs the amount of toilet paper she thinks she'll need to wipe her nose. It does grow on trees, you know ...
 We always thought there was something different about Kayla, but we never could put our finger on it ...
Don't ask ... we couldn't figure it out either. But it made for a dandy picture...
When Kayla was a baby, she was always sticking her tongue out at everyone. It's a habit that we're glad she's broken!
This is Kayla being silly and enjoying herself at a Mariners baseball game. Sometimes I wonder where she came from but then realize that she has some of my own DNA. That might explain this photo ... (grin)
Here, Kayla Coleman carries on a family tradition by mastering the keys...
 Daddy gives Kayla a hair cut at the Rocket Lane house. Kayla, as always, found it a good excuse to be a silly-willy.
Here, in 2000, Kayla has a blast in the snow and runs around catching snowflakes the way kids like to do...
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