Random Photos

Zach sharing a photo with me.
I love this picture of Noah.

Riley's most loved toy, her bike.

Shaggy, but he has since had a haircut, he is really pretty cute like this.

My goofball, not sure he knows how to smile normal.

Always a great picture from Zachy.

Back towards the end of April, we had some nice days there that we all got outside and enjoyed the weather. I believe it was the first time I had taken my camera outside since the winter and so I was due some great outdoor pictures. You can tell it had to be pretty decent out since the boys are in sleeveless shirts and Riley in a tank top. I was also able to get some pictures of Noah. And he is just like my kids, loves the outside.

Just wanted to post a few pictures here for you, and I have some more events coming up to post about like spring concerts, Riley's dance recital, Riley trying to ride a two wheeler and some more random pictures.

Soccer Season. Wow, It's Almost Over!

Zach playing goalie and catching the kick. Awesome.
Zach trying to kick the ball out of there as hard as he can.

Zach toe to toe with his opponent.

Corner goal kick for Zach, best on the team at it, at least I think so. :)

Jordan doing a sliding kick, best way to get ball from opponent and change it's direction.

Jordan playing defender and keeping ball away from the goal.

Jordan doing a corner goal kick. He and Zach love this kick.

Another corner goal kick for Jordan.

Wow. Where has the time gone? I can't believe that Jordan and Zach play their last game this Saturday. I think sometimes when you run the program it just zooms by because there is a lot of work to do and you don't realize how much of your time is taken up until it is all gone. I won't miss it when it is over, but I know Curt will. He loves being active and being involved. I just get too stressed out sometimes because it can never be simple, someone is always wanting to change game times or days and don't even get me started on the HS team. That is a mess and such a bummer for the kids when other teams just aren't coordinated well enough to get some game time for our players. But, on the happy side, we are told quite often how well the program is run and we are very pleased to hear people say that. In the end it makes it all worth it if the kids and parents enjoy it.

Both the boys are doing great this year; they are continuously improving their game every week. They are both just smart players and use their head when they play. They both love playing defender the best (the famous corner goal kick they love so much is on the defensive side of the ball) and they are also starting to like midfielder more. That position requires a lot of running because you cover the whole field. But I will tell you, winter swim has helped them take a liking to that position more because it kept them in shape.

It has been a fun season but I guess it will be time soon enough to move on to baseball and swimming. The fun never stops!!!

Last of the Easter Pictures, I Promise :)

OK. This is the last installment of Easter pictures, I just took so many that I wanted to share a lot of them with you. I may have to start posting more than once a week because I have tons of new pictures to share with you now. Since it has been so nice out, I tend to take my camera out more and capture all the little things that make life fun. I have soccer pictures, riding bikes pictures, concert pictures, Riley trying to ride with out training wheels pictures, even some cute Noah pictures. I promise I will get to all of these soon. Until then, I hope you enjoy the last of the Easter pictures and that you all have a great week.

Back to Easter Weekend

Hi all. I know I have kind of been skipping around with my posts and all and not going in order of when the events happen, but hey, I try. So, with that said, I am going to go back a couple of weekends and post some more Easter pictures. I will have another batch to post later this week, and that will be all for the Easter pictures and then I will move on to Soccer. This first batch of pictures are all from Easter morning after the kids got into their Easter baskets. I am hoping they thought the Easter Bunny was good to them, at least I got that impression from them.

Besides all the candy that they received, Gavin's favorite present was some more cars from the Cars movie. That kid is a nut for those cars, and the "Easter Bunny" has gotten pretty obsessed with wanting to get all of them for him. It is the thrill of the hunt he tells me. :) Riley's favorite thing was her Hannah Montana dress. She actually told me that she wanted the Easter Bunny to bring her a Hannah Montana dress up outfit and so he delivered. What an awesome Easter Bunny, he is a terrific mind reader. As for the older two, they just flat out tell ME what they want from ME, not the Easter Bunny. They are just lucky the Easter Bunny was nice enough to bring them something considering they were nonbelievers. Shame. To think I had something to do with their baskets. Anyway, they were very happy to get their Star Wars Legos. I was thinking they had them all, but then again, that Easter Bunny knows his stuff and didn't disappoint. Sometimes I wish I could be the Easter Bunny just to know I could bring such joy to my kids. Oh well, at least he makes my life easier by not having to shop. Awesome!!

Videos from Regional Swimming

100 Individual Medley (you can see 5 lanes on the screen, he is in middle one)

50 Butterfly (lane 7)

100 Freestyle (lane 3)

Here are the videos of Jordan's regional swim meet. I don't know why we didn't video his 50 freestyle, but the rest of them are here. It is still fun for me to watch these videos. He did such a great job.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, Everyone!! I just wanted to stop in real quick and tell you all that. We have gotten the Easter baskets all done and devoured through and we have also done our Easter egg hunt. There is no stopping these kids when it comes to fun, patience isn't their strong point. But, it is a lot of fun watching them hunt for the eggs. I will have more pictures to post for you of their egg hunt, I just didn't feel like going through the tons of pictures we took just yet. These pictures are just a glimpse of the hunt. And the first picture you viewed, Jordan, Zach, and Riley made that on Friday and I love it. I'm just glad I got it on camera to keep the memory forever. Have a wonderful day!

Minnesota Weekend

Sorry it has taken me so long to post again. I loose interest sometimes when I think of having to wait for my pictures to upload and the whole writing bit. Sometimes I love to do it, sometimes not so much. And those times I don't so much want to do it, I do it anyway so I can keep my blog updated and keep in touch with all of you.

All of these pictures are from our weekend in Minneapolis. The pool of course was a big hit. Riley and Gavin couldn't get enough of it. It will be one busy summer if they are that excited about swimming. I guarantee you they will want to go to the pool everyday, and towards mid summer, I will be hoping for rain or something to be able to stay home. :) Jordan and Zach liked it as well. I think it was nice for them to be able to swim without someone telling them what to swim. Free and on their own. You would almost think they would be tired and bored of swimming by now, but thankfully they aren't. I'm happy they always want to swim and I hope it stays that way. It is fun and great exercise for them.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures. I will try to post three of Jordan's videos of swimming, but again, impatient person here and those take forever and a day to upload. Here's hoping it doesn't take me a million days to post it.