Saturday morning SOCCER

We love our Saturday mornings. They are filled with cool weather, wet shoes, hot chocolate, soccer balls, a lot of positive cheering, friends and most of all time with the kids. This Saturday is the last for our soccer season. Taylor's team has not lost a game and Ellie's team (Grant coaching of course) has won all but one game and that was a tie. We love this time of year!





Taylor made the goal, nice set up.

Pumpkins and Sugar Cookies

Thanks mom for providing us with the memories and cleaning up the mess!

Matthew loved playing with the Flour, I think he used about 3 cups of it with out even rolling out dough. His cookie making equaled flour and lots of sprinkles.

Pumpkin seeds, carmel and apples are a must!

Grant=official carver

Matthew had know idea what was going on but was so excited about it!

Two out of the three done. Taylor was at Soccer practice and was only able to clean out his pumpkin, he will finish up tomorrow.

Yes, Matthew is wearing the same shirt in every picture I have taken lately! His usuall look is Swim shorts (always) and a swim shirt or he will wear T-shirts (thank goodness). If we do not have a clean pair of swim trunks he will dig though the dirty clothes. I remind myself this is just a phase.

Jog "A" Thon

I love watching my children run. I don't know what it is...nostalgic might be the word, I'm not sure but it always brings tears. I guess it's because they are trying their hardest to do the best they can. I just love running. The jog-a-thon is Manzanita's annual fundraiser for many school activities. The kids go and get sponsors and then get paid per lap they run or just a flat fee. We have learned to pay just a flat fee because otherwise we would be broke. Taylor ran 41 laps and Ellie ran 26 laps. Matthew was yelling, go T.J. go the whole time. It was fun to watch.

Oroville Fish Hatchery

We visit the Fish Hatchery every year since we have moved here, I guess you would call it a tradition. The life cycle of Salmon is very interesting and sad but it's a learning experience for the kids. Matthew did not want to go home yesterday, he loved watching the salmon swim (not too many this year). He even slept with his little pamplet we received.

Matthew standing by the glass window watching a male salmon swimming by!

Classic picture, we take one here every year with the kids. This year we went with out the older two because if we wait till school gets out they close down shop and we are not able to watch them spawning.

Legally Blond

Some of my friends and I went to see the Musical "Legally Blond" in celebration of my 33rd birthday. We laughed, we cried, (because we were laughing so hard), we ate at a gourmet restaurant "Subway", we enjoyed cheese cake, dressing up and the much anticipated boa's. The best part of the play was the UPS man, he was hilarious. We were young again and enjoyed every minute of it.

Michelle Cota, Tiff Akers, me and Shawna Menth

We took pictures in front of McConnell Chevrolet. Tiff works there so we got special privilege's (Ha, Ha, Ha)

Our wonderful dinner at Subway

Theatre picture, we were on the top row almost touching the ceiling. It took about 10 minutes to adjust our eyes to be able to see the cast and to catch our breath (a lot of stairs)!

Bend and Snap

I don't think any of us wanted to go home, we just kept taking pictures!!!!

First Day of School

Two hours and 35 minutes till I can pick up the kids from school!! Pretty sad Uh????





T.J. is in 6th grade (middle school AHHHH) and Ellianna is in 4th grade. The kids had a wide range of emotions this year. Ellianna moved up to the big kids playground and she didn't quite know what to do, although she said she would go and bug T.J. and his friends. I am quite confident T.J. won't let that happen to often. Ellie said in quote "I am not quite sure what to feel", but she was excited to wear her new clothes. T.J. is a little afraid of the homework situation. He believes there is going to be a lot more homework and that it will be a lot harder. They both are excited for school and have always had a wonderful attitude for learning. I have to admit I may have had more butterflies in my stomach then the kids.