Saturday, September 13, 2008

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game...

... at least that's what they always say- but I couldn't resist updating you on the boys' latest scores! Zach has been loving football. He is currently playing on the offensive line as a blocker. I'm so impressed with the level at which these kids are playing! They are amazing! I'm beginning to see why so much practice was needed! Today we travelled to Napa- we had a leave our house at 7am with all the boys! It was exhausting, but the games are so fun!
9/6: Clayton Valley Falcons (Zach) vs. Antioch (won 12 to 6) 9/13: Falcons vs. Napa Saints (won 25 to 6) 9/20: Falcons vs. Solano Mustangs (won 33 to 0) 9/27: Falcons vs. West County (won 33 to 13) 10/3: Falcons vs. San Leandro Crusaders (won 6:0)
Kaleb's having fun in soccer, and may just be our most aggresive player so far! Although, he does love clowning around on the field too!
9/6: Blue Flames (Kaleb's soccer team)- won 3 to 1 9/8: Blue Flames- won 1 to 0 9/17: Blue Flames- won 2 to 1 9/20: Blue Flames- won 6 to 0 9/27: Blue Flames- won 2 to 1 (great job Kaleb!)

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Football!

Zach is playing football this year for the first time for the Clayton Valley Falcons. He's been practicing everyday in August and just found out he officially made the team! It's been so good for him both physically and mentally. He's gotten pretty tough, and is even proud of his bruises :-)! Right now they have him playing as a defensive lineman because he's one of the bigger kids on his team. His first game is this Saturday, and I can't wait to watch him play! He's doing so well and we're so proud of him!

Soccer!

Kaleb is playing soccer this fall for the first time. He's having a great time with the other 6 boys on his team! Their name is the 'blue flames' :-) His first game is this Saturday during Zach's football game. We will have to split up, and unfortunately I will miss it because I'm scheduled to work at Zach's game! Hopefully this won't happen every week. I'm very excited for him because he's having so much fun!

First Day of School!!!!

The boys started school last week. For Zach, it was fun to be back at the same school and reconnect with some great friends from last year. He is totally at home at North Creek and loves it there! He has a great teacher this year and is very excited for 5th grade!

Levi started school for the first time EVER! He is in 2nd grade at North Creek also. He has a great teacher this year, and he already knows a few kids there and has friends in his class. He is such a social kid, he has already made a few new friends just in the first couple days. He is LOVING school and everything about it!

My little Kaleb started Kindergarten this year. He was SO excited to go, and is really enjoying it. He has a very sweet teacher this year. And he was so blessed to get 3 of his best little friends in his class! He is going to have so much fun. Tomorrow is cowboy day and he gets to dress up- he's very excited!

Torin and I are enjoying our quiet mornings together. He's never gotten any alone time with me before, and the house is SO quiet! The first morning the boys were gone he had a really rough time. We stayed around for their flag ceremony they do every morning, and then he laid down in the school courtyard and refused to move for a good 15 minutes. People were asking me if he was on strike! It was pretty funny. Then when we got home he still just cried and had an awful morning, but now he's getting used to it! I have to keep him busy, but we have fun together. I'm figuring out why he was such a late talker though, because when he's alone with me that's all he does! He talked more in 1 morning last week than the whole last year combined :-). He must feel the need to fill the silence! We are so thankful that the boys were all able to go to school this year, I know it will be a great experience for them!

Our trip to Oregon and Seattle

The boys and I just got back (well, it's been a couple weeks but who's counting!) from a trip to visit our family up in Oregon and Seattle. We had a great time visiting with my parents in Springfield for a few days, then up to Seattle with my mom to see my sister Rebecca and her kids, then back to Oregon for another day. It was great to visit with everyone and see my mom's beautiful flowers, and my sister's beautiful children! It was my dad's 70th birthday, so it was fun to be there for that, and we had a good visit with Lynn and Clay and their 2 cutie kids as well! Now we are home and settling into 'crazy life' again. See the next couple posts for more info. Enjoy the pictures...
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