i love soccer season

this year camiron and braden get to play on the same team.

it is probably the only time that will happen because it is 4-6 yo coed team.  so Braden

moves up next year.  It cracks me up to watch them out there together.  Cam

loves to wear her skirts to practice and is dressed in all pink and purple.  and Braden

well, he is just die hard full out on the field.

Camiron: practice was so fun.  the girls played this game if someone said pickle we 

all had to fall on the ground.

Braden's response:  while you were busy playing that, I was listening to the coach

and doing what she said so i can be a better soccer player

I laughed the whole way home! 

cams first day

on september 8th Camiron finally had her first day of school.

she was like an old pro.  walked in, sat down, got to work.  gave me a kiss goodbye,

and looked at the kid across the table from her who was sobbing and 

told him it would be ok, they would have fun. 

i love her!! 

sweet....

cam and i cooking... but really this one if you look close enough

can catch a nice view of her waxed eyebrow.  and yet still adorable.

troy had to head out of town for a week for work and sent me this

lovelies while he was gone.  how sweet is that.  mmm i love tulips.  

just because she is cute

these were taken sept 1st.  yes i am still 2 months behind.  i had to put them because she is

so dang cute and i have to remember her little no neckedness.   

*definition of no neckedness- she is like a turtle with no neck

"besties"

i love that my kids are old enough to have friends that

they get so excited to play with.  One of Cams nearest and dearest

is olivia.  they spent most of their playdate dancing the time away in

their dance gettup..  the die hard dancing pics have me giggling every time i look at them

brings a smile to my face

i love this little girl.  she comes up with her own things to do and play

all the time.  i had to catch a picture of this- she picked this outfit

and needed to jump a little rope.  because why not.  

i love seeing her own personality while braden is at school.

when he is around she kind of gets lost in what he wants to do-  but

when he is gone.... the real camiron comes out to play.

b's first day of first grade

Bradens first day was august 25th and he was excited to get started.  

(so was i- after a long hot summer)

there are 4 other kids from the neighborhood in his class, which makes it

a million times easier that first day when you already have friends.

we love his teacher ms eichhorn- she has them working hard with weekly spelling

tests, practice reading and math.  he is excited to go everyday... love that!

c didn't start preschool for a few more weeks- but of course needed to be a part of the fun

the latest injury

after a minor door slamming incident involving an unnamed brother-

camiron ended up with a large gash in her eyebrow. 

and as all good dr. do- they fix it at home so they don't have to wait in the

er.   so here is the temporary fix- followed up by a durmabonded eyebrow.

the scar healed nicely- it is a nice pink strip through her eyebrow.  the worst part

getting the glue out of her eyebrow.  it ended up being a wax job- but only to half

the eyebrow.  hilarious!  too bad it hurt like crazy! 

extra pool fun

the day we got back from utah we jumped right back into swim lessons.

but that wasn't enough swimming for the kids- they made us set up our getto pool for some extra fun

(it was gross out.  100 plus and humid as can be.  yuck yuck yuck.)

not forgotten

* there were many fun friends/ event that missed out on the camera*

thanks to mar and abby to playing with us in eden while our husbands were camping together

lots of fun swim parties- cos ladies, brooke romney and kids

fun times with the cousins  and grandma pam and grandpa steve

movies with papa, and shannon and kids

i know there are things i am forgetting...but know we love you and had a great time.  

utah hope to see you soon!!!

I can't believe i have finally finished blogging it.  it only took me 3 months! phew. 

now to get up to date.

troys trip

while i was hanging with the kids for the month-

troy flew in for the last week of our utah trip.  

but he gave us the quick slip and headed out with this crazy crew for a week of backpacking.

he has been missing this trip every year since we got married and i am

so glad he finally was able to make it happen and have a great time.

(i must really love him, but he left for this trip on our 10 year anniversary.  

happy anniversary t-roy!)

bart, brad, bryce

evan, troy, shooter, parker (brian was taking this shot)

troy, bart, shooter, brian, bryce, parker, brad

packing up

my parents were great sports and while i was busy packing our month worth of clothes 

and odds and ends, they took the kids for one last hurrah to doughnut falls.  it turned out to be the

place to be that day and was crawling with people.  so an extra big thanks to them!  

gosh the second our plane took off we were already missing those mountains like crazy!

high school crew

it is funny seeing all these kids together.  (and i even forgot my camera

when we were with susie and jill for a swim party with their kids- dang it!)

who would have ever thought back in high school that this crew would be ours.  

love them all

jake, andrew, kate, braden, emory, bo, ivy, camiron, sam, eliza, ashley and spencer

katers and E

e spent her time on this cute blanket.... 

while the other kids instead of playing on the park played in this great tree!

me, megs, brooke and ems  (sus and jill i wish you were in this!)

e's fav

Emory turned 6 months while we were in utah and it is amazing

watching her figure out her coordination.  She learned to start putting things into her mouth, 

how to play with toys, to stand up in the saucer and play with all the toys,

hold her head up much better (although she still doesn't have a neck :) )

and she has even started sitting on her own.  happy 6 months e.

and she is just smiley and happy as can be!

the trouble trio

utah is perfect for running through the sprinklers.  

I remember as a kid we had this clown sprinkler head and it shot his hat in the air

we played with that weird clown for hours.  

funny how things never change.  running through the sprinklers is still a little slice of heaven.

this sprinkler adventure turned into the little trouble duo against papa.....

i'm still not sure who the winner was.

this is the kids "taunting" papa.  I laughed so hard at the things they were yelling to

make him chance them.  they sure are big thugs. 

and then it turned into a wet t-shirt contest.  I think papa might have been the winner

that time.  then again since it is his shirt that ended up sopping.... maybe not.