Soccer

Halle received an early birthday present this week from my her Nama & Pop-Pop... she will be playing soccer! She is so excited! As of 8:30 this morning she had all of her gear on and was ready to go... she just needed to wait another 9 hours till practice! =) To help the time go she and Faith went out back and played for a little while. I snapped some pictures to share. This is an exciting moment for me also. I grew up playing soccer and have been waiting to coach and be a "soccer mom". I will be co-coaching with another parent. Although there is not a whole lot of coaching done at this age it still should be alot of fun! Our first game will be Sept. 13th.

"I'm ready to go Mom!!!!"

Aparently she won, she was doing a victory lap!

She is teaching Faith how to play. Faith was quite the natural dribbling around!

fun with friends

this is my third post of the day... but the girls are resting and we have some great pictures & have had lots of fun with friends. so i wanted to share!

Faith & her little friend Jack saw Jake (our dog) drinking water from the sprays of their pool. So they decided that they were going to be dogs and drink like him... woof-woof!

summer fun

we have spent many an afternoons outside playing in the pool & playyard. we have also got to spend the day at some friends lake place. here are some pictures. the girls have turned into quite the water babies!

tea party

Halle, Faith & I had a "Breakfast Tea Party" the other morning. I cut up little pieces of fruit and pieces of bagel & breakfast bar then for our tea we had milk. We had little plates and little cups. The girls had an absolute blast. It was great! This was a little party for my birthday was the next day so they thought it was alot of fun. For them, the most exciting part was that they got to have milk in a cup without a lid! The littlest things are the most exciting for them. You forget as an adult what is "exciting & fun". It is a great reminder to let yourself get excited about the smallest things. I love it!

extraordinarilly verbal

Halle has been talking since she was 6 months old. By her first birthday she would say 2-3 word sentences & when Faith was born she was talking full sentences (@ 16months old). Well, recently she has been using large words. And not just using them, but using them at the appropriate time! For example; I was changing a VERY messy diaper of Faith's the other day and Halle kept asking me to help her unbutton her babies clothes. I told she needed to wait and she kept pestering. I then told her that if she could not wait until I was done that she was going to have to go into another room. She left for a moment and soon slunk back into the room with her head lowered and shoulders thrown forward (the classic pouting position). With a great sigh and completely solemn she looked up at me with truly sad eyes and said, "I just don't feel appreciated." It took everything within me to not completely break-out into laughter! She was so serious and so somber. Moments like this happen almost everyday with Halle. She is so extraordinarily verbal and can comprehend it all. She keeps us on our toes that is for sure!

This is Jesse & Lucy! Most of you know who Jesse is, in case you don't he is my younger brother. He & Lucy got engaged last year and are going to be getting married February 7th in Sun Valley, ID where they live. I am so proud of him. He has grown up so much and done so well for himself. Lucy is a sweet & wonderful girl. I am happy that he has found someone that will love him and take care of him. God really has brought the two of them together!

Jumped on the Band Wagon

Well... we did it! It seems like such an easy thing to do. Blogging! Easy to keep in touch with everyone that is for sure! This summer has been crazy busy so let's hope I can keep posting somewhat consistent. We have been busy traveling back and forth to Gig Harbor for The Fourth of July, a cousins wedding reception & another cousins wedding. Then add in a wedding that a coordinated and another wedding that I helped my mom with. Plus park days and play dates and that keeps us all really busy!

Halle is going to start a Montessori preschool in September. She is so excited! She will be attending two morning sessions & one afternoon session which will be an art class. She will also get to eat lunch there. She continually reminds us that she is big enough now to go to school by herself! She went and visited last month and said the most exciting part was "the teeter-totter in the play ground"!

Faith will be attending Co-op Preschool again with Mom. This will be her third year there! Time has flown by so fast. She will be going two mornings a week. She is an active little one always getting bumps & bruises. She seems to have no fears or falling or bonking. Her only fear seems to be a rather large and "loud screaming" fear of bugs!

Brooke has taken quite a bit onto her plate this year. She is not only the wedding coordinator for the church, but she is also helping coordinate wedding receptions and has followed in her Mother's footsteps and has done the flowers for a wedding this summer. She decided she wasn't busy enough (she didn't know what she was thinking) and took on the position of chairperson for the Co-op. This Christmas she got golf clubs as a gift and has enjoyed doing that.

Jeff is still with Northwest Farm Credit. He is enjoying his position and keeping busy. When he is not at work he can usually find him in the back yard playing with the girls and doing yard work at the same time. He has enjoyed playing some golf with Brooke, although an injury has really limited his activity.

Jake is still his neurotic self, chasing shadows and light reflections. He seems to think that he has been around long enough and should have free reign of the living room and sleep on the couches. He loves to play ball with the girls and "herd" them around the yard.