Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Jake's birthday is coming up he's going to be 9!
He's real excited about this one for some reason. With his birthday so close to Halloween it's like a 2 day celebration for him. Candy, Candy and more Candy. Don't forget to throw in a cake too. He wants a Sports themed party this year. We're thinking about a tailgate party. he wants all his buddys to come on over for some backyard football, basketball, baseball... whatever kind of ball they can find. Sounds like dad better warm up that throwing arm.

The kids have already had one Halloween party and there are still two more to go. here is a preview of what little trickers and treaters will be heading your way.





Thursday, October 23, 2008


Rylie went to a fun " end of year" banquet for the swim team last week.
She was dressed to the nines as were all the swimmers at this event. ( strange to see everybody dry and cleaned up)

We are so proud of the progress she has made as a swimmer these past few years! She is accumulating some awesome times and has really rocked the backstroke! way to go Ry!





Wednesday, October 22, 2008









The School schedule has been hectic but everybody seems to be finding their way.


Well after Rylie's birthday we took a little trip. We drove up to Laguna beach and played in the ocean for a few days. The kids love to play in the sand and find shells. Jake took up boogie boarding this time. Rylie made a few attempts this time as well. She was the experienced one because she had a chance to do it at sea camp in San Deigo last year. Jake quickly found his groove!



That water was a little cold.

After the beach we headed up to the sequoias and saw some big ol' trees! They were amazing!! We tried to all hold hands and see if we could reach around one of those huge things. We couldn't do it.
We trecked our way up to Lake Tahoe. We thought we'd only stay for a day and then head home but we liked it so much we decided to stay 3 days. It was beautiful there.
I think I'd like to go back there again sometime. Anyone want to join me?




When we finished up the summer and school began, Life got crazy again.
Rylie continues to swim, Jake does scouts Brookie is loving half day kindergarten and Shelby hangs around with me until the kids get home!