Last Day Of Soccer

Soccer season has come to a close. The Comets started off a little shakey but then they came back with a vengence. Madison's coach Dan Messirow was an awesome coach. He was so good with the girls and really helped Maddy improve her game. She made a couple of goals...an improvement from last year. Here is her team.

And here is Maddy accepting her trophy and gift certificate to White Lime (Yummy!!!)


Here is Maddy with Coach Dan.

Maddy's 8th Birthday

Madison turned eight this year. She decided that she wanted to have an Olympic party. All the kids came to the park and participated in a bunch of Olympic games. There was a relay race, a discus throw, and a sack race. At the end they each received a gold metal. One of the boys from Maddy's class told me it was the best party he had ever been too. Success. YEAH!!! Here is Maddy opening her gifts.

And eating her cupcakes. Nice blue lips. Michael from her class is sitting next to her. He was the one who told me it was the best party ever.

Andrew and I collaborated on this cake and this is how it turned out. (I couldn't get it to upload the correct way but you get the picture)

Maddy you are such a joy to have in our lives. You are helpful, sweet, and sensitive. You are so smart and do great in school. You have a love for learning about the gospel and at times I think you know more than I do. Your current loves are teather ball, your American girl doll, and riding bikes. Mom and dad love you.

Halloween 2008

Lions, Pirates, Alice, and A Flapper??? OH MY!!!!

Halloween was a hit this year because we all actually had costumes. Madison loves it when Andrew and I dress up. So Andrew, Maddy and Drew decided to be pirates, Gavin was a lion, Audrey was Alice in Wonderland, and I was a Flapper. Okay so we didn't really have a theme but it was still fun to all get dressed up. Nana came up to join us for the evening. It is the first time she has spent Halloween with the grandkids. All of her grandkids adore her and so it was nice to have her with us this year.

Here she is with Gavin.

So we started off the evening at the Ramirez house for some Chili and our own little truck or treat. There was only five or so cars and so we took to the streets to get us some candy. Drew was really into it this year and would run up to the door and yell YO HO HO instead of Trick or Treat. His little pumpkin was so heavy and full by the end of the night. After we had done our fair share of walking we headed back to Dan and Krystal's for some photo opts. This is the best we got.

Gavin was super cute as a lion. I just loved his little face peering out at us.

We never got a good group shot of our family. Too many moving parts I guess. But this one was the best.

I love this one of the girls because Audrey is showing off her poodle. She is so obsessed with dogs. She has to take it everywhere with her.













After we got Gavin undressed my mom decided she wanted a picture with all the grandkids. Gavin was not going to put that outfit back on. I love Drew's face in this one. He was definitely done taking pictures.

Carnivals

Temecula is a great city to live in. They are very family oriented and always have fun things planned during the different holidays. We have lived here for three years now and this is the first time we have gone to the Temecula Carnival. We went with the Arnolds and their four kids and we had a blast. We will definitley be going again next year. At the Carnival, you paid $5 per kid and then you were given a wrist band to do all the fun activities which included a bounce slide, a bounce house, fun carnival games, face painting
and balloon making. Balloon making always fasinates me. How do they do it? Although Drew didn't look so happy in this picture, he had a great time at the carnival.

Crazy Hair Day

Each year at school, they have a crazy hair day. I usually use this day as an excuse not to brush or do anything with hair. However, the girls wanted their hair done in crazy pigtails all around their heads. Their hair maybe be crazy but so are their expressions. Maybe next year we can plan ahead and put some colors in their hair too.

Halloween At Joy School

The kids had a Halloween party at Joy School. Drew has been totally obessessed with Pirates and so he was so excited to wear this Pirate costume. How cute is this group of kids?!? I have really enjoyed doing Joy School this year. It is fun to see the different things they learn. I was so impressed. Drew knew the words and actually sang the songs for the group.

Then it was onto the important stuff...well for the kids atleast. Cookies and milk.

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I was getting dinner ready and Drew and Audrey were playing around. I didn't look back but I could tell that Audrey was chasing Drew. Then all of a sudden Drew let out this horrific scream. Instantly I could tell he was hurt. I ran around the counter to find him laying on the ground by the table with a blanket over his head. I took the blanket off and this is what I saw. I could not believe how huge the bump was. I am still not sure exactly how it happened but I think he ran directly into the corner of the table. Lesson learned...lets not run with blankets over our heads.