Happy Anniversary

Here we are nine years and three kids later. It is hard to believe that is has been nine years. I look back and there have been some great times, some rocky times, some average times, some wonderful times, and everything in-between. This life really is a journey and I am glad that I have Jason to share it with. Happy Anniversary I love you more each year!!!

Happy Halloween 2009

Here are the kids carving pumpkins with Grandma and Grandpa

Captain Hook

Tinker Bell

Peter Pan

I am not really sure that the Rocker fits into our theme


Hanging out at the cousin party

Meteor

Blogging day number 3, okay so I have been trying to catch up on my posts and I really need to post about Halloween but I am going to post about the huge Meteor that came shooting through the sky last night at 12:07. We were driving home and all of the sudden the sky lit up, as bright as if it were day time. I looked over and saw a ball of fire shooting through the sky it was like a shooting star but so much bigger. I thought that it was going to hit the ground but it dissipated before it got that close. It was only a few seconds but it was pretty amazing to be able to see something like that. I guessed that it was a meteor but I wasn't sure until this morning when I saw it on the news. They said that the meteor was about the size of an oven traveling 80,00 miles an hour, 100 miles up in the air. Pretty crazy and definitely blog worthy.

Addy's Preschool Field Trip

Day number two of blogging, Addy got to go on a really fun October field trip. The first stop was at the pumpkin patch. Who knew we lived so close to a pumpkin patch. We learned all about how to grow pumpkins and why some are orange and some are white. Then they let us loose in the corn maze. Addy and I cheated a little, when the whistle blew for us to meet back we were still stuck in the maze so we worked our way back to the entrance and that is how we exited. Maybe we can go back next year to find the right way out. After the pumpkin patch it was on to the park. This is Addy's favorite park and conveniently located across the street from the fire department. Which of coarse was the last stop on the fun filled trip. Addy got to walk through the fire truck and they even gave her a fire hat. It was a perfect trip for a four year old.

Addy

Soccer Pro

I am super behind on blogging so I think I might add a post everyday this week until I am caught up. We are leaping back to September I have to post about my little soccer player. Ethan has really turned a new leaf this year. He asked me to sign him up for soccer and I was a little bit unsure because last year was a little bit interesting. Ethan scored plenty of goals last year but they were always for the other team. Any time the ball was near the goal he was defending he would just turn around and kick the ball in. I guess he figured no one was defending him and this was his opportunity. After each game we would try to instruct him that he was supposed to kick the ball in the other net. If he was not scoring a goal for the other team he was mostly running up and down the field with the players never wanting to actually get the ball. He also made sure that we were watching him if we didn't we would definitely hear about it. I am not really sure what we were watching since obviously soccer was not his thing. The last few games were painful because he didn't want to go so then I was dragging him there saying "you are going and you are going to like it, you made a commitment and you are going to follow through" When did I turn in to such a mom? So needless to say I was leery about signing him up for this season, he convinced me that he really wanted to play so I signed him up. During the second game something clicked with him and all of the sudden he was going after the ball and actually turning the ball around and heading toward the right goal. He actually scored several goals for our team. Each week he got better and better by the end of the season he was the best player on our team. It was really fun to see him mature this year. He had a great coach and was surprising us all the time. It was a really fun season and I am actually looking forward to next year.

Here Comes Trouble

Brody had his 1st birthday party on Saturday, he will not be one until Thursday but I wanted to do a swimming party while the weather was still nice. It was a beautiful day it was about 85 degrees so perfect weather for swimming. We had pizza Brody's favorite food and chocolate cup cakes also one of Brody's favorites. Ya Jason has been feeding him all sorts of foods that he is not supposed to eat so this was not his first attempt at eating cake. I can hardly believe that he is a year old. Each child grows up faster and faster. I wasn't sure I would make it through the sleepless nights but here I am a year later and we made it through. Brody is a character he started walking on the 13th and hasn't stopped. He is so little so it is funny to see him walking around and getting into everything. Now that he is walking the attitude has begun, for some reason my kids think that is a right of passage once you start walking you can do whatever you want whenever you want. He is still sweet but very persistent which is good because he is the third child so he has to fight for the attention. He is not talking English yet but he love to jabber away, I wish I knew what he was saying because it always sounds so interesting. He loves Ethan and is always excited to see him. Addy on the other hand sometimes drives him crazy. She likes to be in his face and constantly touching him and most of the time he wants to be left alone. It is pretty funny watching them. We are so glad to have Brody around he keeps us so busy but we wouldn't have it any other way.