Thankful

It's November the month that reminds all of us what we are thankful for.  I like to hope that I express my thanks more than 1 month out of 12 but it's nice to have a reminder to do it again.

I'm thankful for this kid.  He's the one that made me a mommy for the very first time! He's humble and sweet and an amazing baseball and soccer player. He is such a great person and you can't help but love him.

I'm thankful for this girl! She's my princess and my firecracker.  She is honest to the bone and isn't afraid to give everyone a chance most times multiple chances.  She's forever my baby girl and I'm so thankful she's mine.

I'm thankful for my baby! He keeps us on our toes and he brings so much laughter to our lives.  He's my go getter and isn't afraid to join in the fun. He completes our family.

I'm thankful for my man! He keeps me going and believes in me. He loves me and all of my faults. He's the best daddy and hubby and I can't imagine life with out him. I thank my lucky stars that he's mine forever and ever!

I'm Thankful for our families. They support us and love us unconditionally and in today's world that is huge! 

Lastly I'm thankful for the gospel and this life even with all of it's challenges.

Soccer Season

Fall Soccer Season has ended and boy did we have a great season!  Trey has really come into playing and has done an amazing job this season.  Last year at this time he was getting down the positions and really wanted to score. This year he has become a scoring machine. It's been an awesome experience to see him grow and achieve his goals. 

Elle had an okay season.  Her team wasn't the best and that can be hard but she played like a champ and wasn't afraid to put herself out there.  I'm excited to see her continue and can't wait to see what the next season brings.

Brex is back!  Last year at the end of season he was struggling, this year he came back better than ever.  He  had tons of goals and loved playing.  

 Trey's team was undefeated 

 Uncle Brandon came and saw the last games of the season.

Brex dominating the game

                                         

Elle and her team.

Last night we had a little family poker game.  Trey is quite the natural and beat his daddy with a set of Jacks to knock him out. 

My family in our Outlaws baseball shirts! 

Halloween and such

Halloween has come and gone and we had another successful year! This year we went trick or treating with our friends and had a great time! Trey was Mike Trout, Elle was a honey bee(not a bumble bee) and Brex was the Hulk!  Each kid had parties at school and Cale and I were able to catch at least some parts of their day.  Trey and Elle had a parade out on the track and it was fun to see them walking with their friends and teachers.  I have to say their teachers are quite creative!  Trey's 4th grade teachers were "old people" one even carried her toilet around! Elle's 3rd grade teachers were the 3 blind mice!  I love that their school is so fun and creative!  Brex got to go to 2 halloween parties at preschool.(the ups of going to 2 different preschool classes) Ms. Brandy was a green witch and Brex wasn't too sure about her.  His other teacher was a scarecrow and he seemed to like that a little bit better.  Overall fun was had by all. 

The day after Halloween we had volleyball and soccer and a visit from G&G Whitney.  It was fun to spend the day with them. It's amazing how fun life can be when you get to spend it with the people you love! We've been lucky the past couple of weeks, Uncle Dan came down, than G&G and this weekend we get a visit from Uncle Brandon and his girlfriend.  I love it and I know that the kids love it too! 

Anyway the kids are doing great in school, they just finished up red ribbon week and field trips to the symphony, and the Cinderella play.  We have kept all 3 pretty busy but I don't think they would want it any other way. 

 Brex and Ms. Brandy

Brex and his parties

Our trick or treaters 

 Each kid at their Halloween events. I have such cute kiddos!

Elle and her class

 Trick or treatin!

The loot

Miss Elle and her volleyball team! Such a cute team!

This little guy and I have become walking buddies while Elle is at soccer practice.  We walk about 3 miles and than play on the playground every Monday 

 Red Ribbon Week. Trey's class. The bottom picture is crazy sock day. Trey is on the ground with the blue and orange socks up in the air.

Fall Activities

Fall has come upon us and we have not slowed down one bit. Each of the kids have been so busy and the days just seem to fly by so fast! Here is what each of us has been up too.

 Little B learned how to ride his bike with no training wheels!! He also got to visit the Staheli Farms and the children's museum for preschool. He's loving school and playing soccer he's turned back into our scoring machine. He also had his very first sleepover with Trey and his friends.(Our friends are awesome!)  He still melts my heart and will sometimes admit he's still my baby :)

Miss Elle Belle has started choir, student leadership, soccer and this past week volleyball. She's keeping us on our toes and is doing an amazing job at everything.  She's so excited to sing at various business on Dec. 5th. She also scored her very first point in her first game of v-ball. She loves to cook with us in the kitchen and has gotten to be quite good at making scrambled eggs. She our princess and is becoming so grown up that it brings me to tears to think about it.

Trey has continued to play super league baseball and played in a tournament, but no longer plays on the Vipers. We have started a new team named the Outlaws.  It's been quite adventurous to say the least.  Cale is the head coach and I'm helping the team mom. Trey has been killing it on the soccer field this year and scored so many points.  I was told the other day that he's so good that he should do competitive league.  What a difference a year has made.  He has also kept busy with school and scouts.  The poor kid never gets a break but he loves it. Through it all he's still my sweet hearted kid.

In between all of these activities we've still managed to have an epic water balloon fight, sleepover, girls night at tuachan,  and so much more.  The kids even made dinner for us one night and loved it! It's busy but we are having so much fun as a family.

 Epic Water balloon fight

Tuachan with Tawnee and Hailee

Sleep over at Tawnees with the Outlaw team.

He did great at the sleep over.

This kid is a stud on his bike!

School pictures for little b

 Look at my super stars

 Makin' dinner :)

 At the farm with the preschool

 Uncle D came to visit! Yea!!!

Vipers Tourney he had a blast!

Making yummy brownies.

 Volleyball and soccer all in one day she's awesome!!!

Little B playing awesome! 4 goals in this game.

 Trey is a super star! 

Baptism

Our beautiful Elle Belle was baptized this last Saturday Sept. 13, 2014 It was a wonderful baptism and we are so grateful for our family that could make it to share her day with her. We had a long week leading up to the baptism as the time for it kept changing right up until 2 days before the event.  Talk about trying to plan and re plan and re plan again. But it all worked out. After the baptism we went to the splash pad park and played in the water and on the ball field.  We got my mom out hitting the baseball and the kids got their aunts and uncles to play in the water with them.  There were lots of card games, swimming and fun. Thank-you to everyone especially Dan and Grandpa W. We love you all.

My beautiful girl. 

Thank-you to Uncle Dan and Grandpa Whitney for baptizing her and confirming her.

The family

 The splash pad and ball field

Silly kids and auntie!

 As if the splash pad wasn't enough water they kids had a water balloon fight in the back yard and they went swimming at the hotel pool for a few more hours.