Dobson JV Soccer

Braden finished up his first year of high school soccer. It was a fun and busy season :) The JV team's record was 7 wins 3 losses.

October 2013

Just finished this page the other night of my sweet little girl. I did a page like this a few years ago. Most of these pics are her school pictures over the years. She is my little buddy and helper...I don't know what I would do without her!

 It's Fall so that means I basically live either at the school, my mini van or on a field. It's been such a fun season. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else! I enjoy watching my kids do their thing and supporting them. Heston is playing machine pitch baseball on the Yankees (his favorite team! That worked out great!) with CYBB this year. He has been loving it! He's played different positions but he plays 1st base the most.

My manchild a.k.a. Braden is playing AYSO right now. He'll be trying out for the high school team in December. He learned so much from the BYU Soccer camp he attended this summer. The picture below was taken at his last game. He usually plays defender but he's been playing more offense lately. 

Fall Break was last week and it was so nice! The weather has been awesome! My parents came down for a few days and we had fun with them. I'm already looking forward to Thanksgiving. 

Soccer!!

 

Braden is now playing U-16 this year and loving it. He has improved so much over the year, I love watching him play :)

 

May 2013 part 1

It's been a while! We had quite a few things in April and May that have kept us busy. SUMMER is here and we are sooooo excited! We decided to try planting a little garden this year. It produced a few little tomatoes and onions and then it just didn't like us anymore. It didn't like me...I'm horrible with plants and gardens! I killed a ficus tree that a teacher gave me as well :( We'll try again next year!

Soccer season at school just ended. Braden recruited his best friend Tyler to play this year. They had an inexperienced team so it lead to some frustrating moments for him. I think he learned (I hope) some things through the experience...
and he's getting really good at ignoring me :)

 Heston has never had a big birthday party. His birthday is in August and right when school begins and I have been a slacker about following through with a big friend party. So we decided to have an early birthday party for him. He invited all the boys in his class and then some. I rented a room at the McQueen rec center and it has to be hands down one of the smartest decisions I've made in a while :)

It was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Party theme that Paige and I planned, Heston loves the Ninja turtles. I have no pictures of the cute games we made, the fun popcorn mix we made for each boy or of the gifts Heston received. A Pinterest worthy party? Far from it.

It was insanity at its finest and the boys had a blast :)

Just as I was telling the moms about how the boys couldn't possible destroy the place, a ball was kicked up to the ceiling and one of the tiles got jacked up :)
I really have to give Paige some serious credit for this party, I couldn't have done it without her. She's creative and she knew just what those boys would love. She should start a party planning business! Thank you Paigey! :)

Aaron and Braden swept in with the pizza (after all, that's what ninja turtles eat) and took a turn with the kids too. It was a family effort for sure. We all slept well that night :)

My only request for Mothers Day was some pictures with my kids

It was a good day :)

my boys playing soccer

Braden was showing Heston some soccer tricks yesterday :)

I need to take more videos of the kids, they're growing up too fast

Soccer!

School is officially out! Wow. May is a crazy month. To celebrate school being out, I fired up Photoshop and did a few pages. I haven't scrapped in a few weeks, I've missed it! These are pages of Braden's soccer season:

I honestly don't know what happened this year. B has grown up so much! He loves playing soccer :)

{Supplies}
templates- Crystal Wilkerson
Soccer Cutups- DD
elements- Anna Aspnes

Our soccer star



AYSO Soccer 2010

We are halfway done with our soccer season. The kids have enjoy playing and I've spent many hours at their practices and games (Aaron has been able to help out with Braden's practices and it has been a lifesaver!!)

Next fall, we'll have 3 kids in soccer...I can't think about that right now, it stresses me out! ;)

It's November and Thanksgiving is just around the corner! I'm so excited, I just love Thanksgiving!

Tuesday

So how’s everyone doing? It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. December gets a little crazy every year. Aaron has been in China on business and got home Sunday, I’m so happy to have him home. He brought us all back some goodies...the DVDs and knock-off designer purses are always a favorite!
The kids finished their soccer season and team parties up last week. I’m always happy when soccer season starts and I’m equally happy when the season ends. I found this gingerbread kit at Costco last week. The kids had a lot of fun decorating it (even though in the picture it looks like they're being tortured)We're looking forward to spending some time together as a family.

Halloween recap

My parents came down this weekend, we had so much fun! They got here Friday night so they were able to go trick-or-treating with us. Braden is dressed up as his idol Obi Wan Kenobi (Grandma Martha made the cape but I worked some magic with some fake leather and clearance fabric from Walmart) Paige is Snow White of course (remember I said I was going to make this costume? I ran out of time! And it was cheaper to buy it. I wussed out.) Heston is a cute little M&M. I was going to be the yellow peanut M&M but I think I'll save that for next year. (there's red-eye in these pictures, I hate that and I apologize...I'll fix it later)

On Saturday, we went to B&P's soccer games. I'm glad they play their games in the morning because it got up to 93 on Saturday. I didn't make P's Halloween costume but I did do my soccer mom duties and made B's team banner.

Tomorrow is the last day of my Week in the Life project. I need to go through all my pictures and notes and get the book put together.

Have a good Monday!

goodbye binky

On Sunday, Heston said goodbye to his binky. We gathered them all up and he tossed them in the trash. (I kept this one though because I'm a sentimental sap that way.) He hasn't been sleeping well all week but I'm hoping it'll get better soon.

On Tuesday, we had a break from our after-school activities and we took the kids to the pumpkin patch. It was really nice to be able to hang out as a family on a weeknight without rushing somewhere.
Instead of carving the pumpkins, I bought these Mr. Potato Head kits at Target a couple of years ago. You just poke the little pieces in and that's it, fast and no mess.
We're in the middle of our soccer season. The weather has finally cooled down, it's so nice. Braden's team are the Vampires and Paige's team are the Inferno. She has little flames on her uniform, so cute! Soccer is so much fun, the kids love it.

Tuesday

I was just watching Dancing with the Stars that I recorded last night (Monday Night Football and Family Home Evening are a part of our Monday routine.) and Marie was the first one to dance last night. The judges were giving their feedback and poor Marie fainted on live TV! I felt so embarrassed for her but I really think people like her and will keep voting for her.

I haven't posted pictures of the kids for a while so I thought I would do that today. Life is pretty crazy with all the stuff the kids have going on. Braden is playing soccer, doing his Taekwondo and Scouts. Paige is playing soccer as well and she's doing cheerleading. The kids play soccer with AYSO. I'm the team mom for Braden's team. Each team has a banner that they display at each game. I volunteered to do it and it stressed me out! I didn't want it to cost a lot and I wanted it to look half-way decent. So for $10, this is the banner that I made for the team. I'm so glad that it's done!

The kids are growing like crazy! They are looking forward to our trip to Disneyland and they are making their Christmas lists up right now.