season in review

we love soccer.

it is fun to watch and fun to play.  It was a blast having braden and camiron on the same team this

year.  it will be the only year that happens.  as soon as he is seven he bumps up a team.

so this is it.... and they were really cute out there.

unfortunately it was a bit of a rainy season, so we had a lot of games cancelled for rain.

thats always a bummer for the kids.  and we had a bunch of weekday night games.

that is a little rough.

this year b really got the game. he scored at least 2 goals a game. he was usually the first to

score every game.  he loved it.  he is fast, all over the field, and likes to listen to what the 

coach tells the other team to do so he can get there first and stop them. funny kid.

and cam- she loved being out there, got into the game with a lot of running and kicking the

ball.  she did amazing for her first season and being the little 4 year old out there with the big kids.

and she really loved having other girls on the team to play with :)

justin, ryan, crystal (holding ethan and jamie) coach james with timmy

camiron, olivia, ben, braden, julie and ann marie.  (missing rueben) 

little hoover

E is our only real crawler... 

she started crawling back near the beginning of October

here she is getting started.  She is trouble on the move. 

She is our little hoover. if its on the floor- it will be eaten.

mini golf

the end of the vacation pictures... finally.

on our way out of town we had to hit a mini golf range.  Braden had been dying

to go since we pulled into town. they were everywhere you look.  He loved it.

while the big kids (troy included) were busy putting

since just e and i were hanging out- i of course had to take the chance to take some pictures of her

just a few days before our trip she had started getting up on all

fours.  she wasn't crawling yet- but it was soon to follow.  

and the funniest thing she did is she would get on all fours, and then go back to a sit

but would have pivited herself.  She used it as a way to get around- all fours, pivit, sit, all fours, pivit, sit.. hilarious!  totally worked.  

and the hamburger joint we stopped at had these darling chairs.  

the kids insisted on pictures in them.  who am i to deny them the joys of 

getting their picture taken!  so i had to follow orders!

magic

as a kid the beach is magic. ( i couldn't stop adding pictures to the post so feel free to skip

it.)  but i love watching the magic that happens between sand, water and kids.  

it was not a warm day when we were at the beach- i had on a sweatshirt and jeans.  Emory 

was cozily taking a nap in the hotel room with troy.  but braden and camiron ran like wild.

Braden spent a lot of time fighting with the ocean. Camiron spent a lot of time singing to it.

but they both loved running from its power.  

perfect and  magical.  

a weekend at the beach

we finally made it to the beach.  We have talked about going since we moved here.  The kids

were so excited and we had a fabulous time. Unfortunately by the time we went in September

it had cooled down a ton, but we of course still had fun.

We kicked off the trip with a day at the aquarium.   Always a hit.

in case you can't tell there is a diver in the tank.   the kids thought it was fun to give her high fives. 

the hotel we stayed at had a whole indoor waterpark and game room that was a hit 

with the kids.   They froze on the waterslides and then braden loved loved loved playing

chess with the huge chess pieces.  kind of funny.  and really- why is making emory sit on the game

board with the oversize chess pieces cute?  i'm not sure. but it really is cute.