Wet and Muddy

Saturday was our first wet and muddy soccer game! If you look close you can see mud on Joshua's face and in his ear. Once he had to run to the sideline because the goalie tossed the ball and mud sprayed in his eyes. There was lots of sliding and tripping in the mud. We had to explain to the kids this was one time it was OK to get dirty. The cooler weather and rain finally feels a little like fall.

Grandpa Reed and Grandma Geri came to watch Joshua play, he was so excited.

Buddies and Babies

Eli and his brother, Dash, come to play once a week. Josh wanted to take a picture with him holding the baby. Joshua and Weston love to have friends over, especially if they bring their baby over too.

Birthday Celebrations

My Birthday was last week and Jordan put a party together for me on friday at my parents house. It was dinner with some friends and family. The best part was that it was a "NO KIDS" just grown-up dinner! Here is a slide show of the nights activties.

I want to thank my mom, dad, Stephanie, Heather, Jason, Matt Ludlow and my husband for giving me a great party!
" Jordan and Doug played some wicked ping-pong games. Here is a sample.

Three Decades

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

10 years old

20 years old

Wow.... 30 years old .... I'm a Fossil!

My guilty pleasure

What movie do you love because it brings back great memories of a different time in your life?

Horseback Trip 2008

Marc, his Dad, Tyler and Jordan packing up to head out on the trail.

It snowed on them at night, very cold this year.


Beautiful country and wildreness.

Soccer Season Begins

Joshua had his first soccer game Saturday. We didn't win, we actually got slaughtered. The other team had one kid who scored eight goals alone. He was stealing the ball from his own players and doing throw-ins to himself. As coach, Jordan just walked the sidelines instructing (yelling) directions to the kids. I don't think the kids could hear anything because all the parents were yelling/ cheering too. Our little Earthquakes had their first experience of playing a soccer game in 100+ degree heat. We had two goals that were exciting. Joshua played keeper for the first quarter and then ran around in "bunch-ball" as a body blocker the next two quarters. The banner my mom and I made looked great and I brought the halftime snack. I truly can say I'm a soccer mom.

Grandma Judy and Heather and Jason came to watch Joshua. Baby Wyatt was super cute watching his first soccer game. Thanks to Heather, Weston sat and ate fruit roll-ups on the quilt the whole time ( or wrestled with Jason).

Weston wouldn't look at the camera.

He almost 12lbs now!! What a biggest boy.

Letting the GUILT go.

I posted this video because I had been feeling guilty that Weston wasn't in preschool this semester. I know many moms that feel the pressure to have tons of structured activities for their young children. I like what this Today Show segment said about letting kids play/learn/explore with out the electronic learning toys or signing them up for violin/art/chorus when they are 18mo. I always tried to make myself feel like my kids would be OK even though my budget couldn't give them those things. I like knowing that they will be just as (if not more) innovative in the work force than those who had violin/art/chorus and a personal computer at 2 years old. My favorite quote is at the end when the MFT said that, " Before the age of 10, their physical brains develops through play." I love when scientific analysis tells everyone to keep it old school.