Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?

We signed Matt up for flag football and it turned out to be a nightmare. He had 2 hour long practices and one 1 1/2 hour games a week. I think a lot of the frustration we felt came from the fact that his coach was very serious about winning and hardly let Matt play in the games and then got frustrated with him for goofing off on the sideline. It was for 5-7 year olds and it wasn't suppose to be about winning. Also, this particular league is a tackle league and so the flag team has a lot of contact and nobody stops it. Matt was one of the smallest on the team (being one of the youngest) and he was thrown around quite a bit. We were happy when the season ended and we don't plan on doing it ever again (well I don't, but Brandon loves football and says when he's older he's doing it....We'll see....) Watch this video of Matt, he was so cute running around even though he didn't understand the point of the game...




At Least He found something worthwhile to do with his padded pants.

Annie-9 months

Annie is 9 months. She has 4 teeth and is crawling and pulling to stand on everything. She plays peek-a-boo, and patty cake and waves bye bye. She says Dada for everything. Isn't she so cute?

Introducing my new craft room...

For my birthday I got my craft room decorated. I haven't finished accessorising it yet, that is why the shelves are still empty, but I plan on bring in more pink and a bulletin board in front of my sewing machine. Doesn't it look great?

I'm 30!

I just turned 30. I heard they are the best years. I feel like it is about time since Brandon has been here for a while now and I do have 3 kids. I just got called to the young women's as the 2nd councilor. I have been on the Enrichment board for the past 5 years so it will be a nice change, but I will miss Relief Society. I haven't been doing any quilting since I had the baby and I was thinking it about time to get started on a new project. Lately, I have been very busy with my new calling and the kids fall sports just started up. Plus they have been off track all month, I was thinking the other day how I feel like I am cleaning up all day and I realized it is because the kids are home all day making messes. They will go back to school next week. I love being home with my kids and even among all the mess I enjoy having them around. They are constantly saying funny things that make me laugh.

Disneyland

We just took the kids to Disneyland for the morning (that is what is great about season passes, you can go for a few hours and when it gets busy you leave). Brandon took the kids on Star Tours for their first time (they are both in love with everything Star Wars right now, they spend hours together playing "Star Wars" with their action figures. Matt always wants to be Princess Leia. Good or bad?) We also met up with some friends and went of a few rides with them. They loved it and want to go again soon.

Ten Years!

Brandon and I just celebrated our anniversary. We went to Catalina Island for 2 days while Brandon's parents stayed with the kids (even the baby). We had a great time kayaking, snorkeling (at least Brandon did) and getting spa treatments.

All about Kate

Kate has had quite a summer so far. She had her dance recital in July and had so much fun and did a great job. She just started a new dance school in just ballet. She loves to dance and is doing great at it. Just before her 7th birthday she got her first loose tooth. I tried to get it out before she turned 7, but she didn't like me wiggling it. So she lost her first tooth just after her 7th birthday with me holding her down wiggling her tooth back and forth till it came out.


For her birthday she invited two friends, Brianna and Isabella, to go to the American Girl Store in downtown LA. Grandma gave her money for her birthday to buy an American Girl that looks just like her. We had lunch at the Cafe and then shopped. She was so silly during lunch she kept saying "We're fashion models and we don't drink out of straws" or other things that fashion models do and don't do. The girls had a lot of fun and Kate keeps asking to go back.