Super Soccer Season!

Jackson had an awesome first year of soccer. He loved it, and thanks to being competitive with his big brother, he's actually pretty good. He also finally got a trophy. He loves Ethan's trophies and is excited to start his own collection. We're excited for soccer to resume again in the spring!

8 GREAT Years

Ethan turned 8 on October 13th. What a great (and way too fast) eight years it has been.

We celebrated with soccer games, pizza, cake, presents, and laser tag (sorry, forgot to take pictures of laser tag-I was having too much fun).

Ethan is so wonderful; just ask anyone who knows him, including his teacher. We recently had parent-teacher conferences, and the following words described Ethan: "super smart," "responsible," "leader," "cool kid."

I already knew all these things, but its nice when others notice too. Love you Ethan!

Birthday Season

 Andy, Ethan, and I all have birthdays within two weeks of each other so the end of September and the beginning of October are always fun times at our house (and filled with cake!).  Andy SUPER surprised me this year and bought me a Harley Davidson for my birthday.  I'm not joking!  Whenever we'd drive by motorcycles, I'd daydream out loud about wanting one someday.  I guess he was listening.  He was so sweet, and told me that I never buy anything for myself, and he didn't see the point in waiting for "someday."  So...I have a motorcycle now!  I got the initiation crash out of the way too.  Now I'm just making laps in the parking lot at our HOA park until I get the nerves to take the motorcycle safety course.
Andy's birthday was fun, although I couldn't top his gift giving.  We ate pizza and cupcakes and opened presents.  Thank you to all of our friends and family who gave us gifts and called or texted birthday greetings! 
Ethan's birthday is Saturday, and we're having a laser tag party.  I'll post about it soon!