The Fall Soccer Season

It was a great soccer season for my three oldest boys. They had great teams and great coaches. Here are a few highlights from the fall season:

We signed McKay up in the city league this year. He had a fun coach and team. McKay would play goalie the first half of the game and then he would play all over the field the second half. I SWEAR I had a picture of him being goalie, but I can't find it in any of my files. Bummer, because he was a GREAT goalie. You should see his drop kick. Above McKay is the team in red. (His team name was the "Bombers".) He was lining the ball up for a goal here (the one in red furthest right).

Don't you wish you had a high kick like Jaxon's? My word that boy can kick. Jaxon loves to play soccer and was very beneficial to his team this year. (His team name is the "Blue Flames".) He played all positions on the field, but his favorites are goalie and sweeper.

Here is Jaxon playing goalie. He stopped many goals from going in the net.

Josh was the biggest shocker of the season. When it came time for soccer sign ups, he did not want to play. But I signed him up anyway. I wasn't sure what he was going to do. He surprised us all when he was the team MVP scoring several goals each game (they don't have goalies in his league level). His team is the team in yellow. (His team name is the "Yellow Buzzers".) Can you tell which one Josh is? He is the one that is a head taller than everyone else on the field.

Here is Josh (number 9) dribbling the ball down the field to score a goal.

We can hardly wait for the spring season! All the snow will gone then, right?

A New Addition To The Family

Our boys have been begging us for a dog. We have wanted to get one, but the timing has not been right. Well, the time has arrived. Jeremy and I went on a date yesterday afternoon and came home with a dog. Our boys were so excited! Jaxon was so excited he even started crying! It was fun to surprise them with a puppy. So let me introduce you to her:

This is when we first brought her home and surprised the boys. Kayden was the first to see me with her and he pointed and said, "Dog!" The boys kept saying, "Is this our dog? Really? It is our dog?" It was just pure joy!

Kayden gave the puppy a hug.

Jaxon making sure that the dog is really ours.

The kids taking turns petting her. (The taking turns thing didn't last very long!)

Letting the puppy explore the backyard for the first time.

Her first bath. She didn't like it very much.

The boys with the puppy just before bed. All of them were clean and tired from a fun day. Up until this afternoon, we just kept calling her "Puppy". But we finally all agreed upon a name. Her name is Suki. We got her name from one of the boy's favorite TV shows, "Avatar: The Last Air Bender" that is shown on Nickelodeon. She is definitely a welcome addition to our home. Now if only we can get her to go potty outside ALL of the time....

There Goes My Streak--

It took ten years of parenting. I thought I was going to make it. Then last week it happened when I ran across the street to borrow something from a neighbor. While I was gone, Josh got out the scissors and decided he and his friend, Kaden, had to cut the parts of their hair that was "sticking up". I didn't notice right away, in fact it took me until the next day to discover it. I just thought Joshua's hair was extra messy the next morning and wouldn't comb right. But when I went running in the morning with my friend Camie, Kaden's mom, she asked me about Josh's hair. I didn't know what she meant. She then told me that Kaden came home from my house with a chunk of hair missing!! I was horrified! I can't believe that I didn't notice either one of their hair. After much searching, I found the evidence:

Josh thought I wouldn't know. He even told Kaden's mom, "I didn't get in trouble because my mom doesn't know." With which she responded, "She does now!" Josh had three bald spots on his head. His longer hair was just covering them.

Needless to say, he had to get a buzz--an EXTREMELY short buzz. His friend had to get a buzz too, but not as short as Josh's (thank goodness). Hopefully Josh's friends' moms will still let their kids come over to play.