Soccer Mom Part 2

I wanted to take a little trip down memory lane so I could see how much Evan has grown during his soccer career. The one thing that hasn't changed is the grin on Evan's face when he plays.

2007

Evan's first year. I forgot how chubby his cheeks were!




2008

This was Evan's silly year. He had the basics down and learned that pushing people in order to get the ball was against the rules. He only slipped up occasionally.

Soccer Mom

I am a soccer mom and proud of it! Here are some pictures from the kids first games on Saturday. Lorelai had so much fun running after the ball and playing with all the kids. Somehow she ended up with a jersey the same size as Evan's, but we still think she looks cute!

The throw in.

I just thought this one was funny. You can see that Lore threw it straight at the little boy who is not paying attention. I love three-year-old soccer!

Check out the guy in the background. I came home from UT to meet my new mustache man.


After Lorelai's game I had to run to the Primary Activity, but Eric took lots of pictures and said Evan did great. I guess the ball just kept on coming to Evan.

Phew! It was hot!

Evan is an expert thrower although he hasn't learned that front flip throw-in the pro soccer players can do. Maybe next year. ;-)

Good job buddy!

My Future Newscasters

Our Top Story: "Things Decay"

Ode to Eric

Does anyone have a better husband than mine? He let me leave him alone for two weeks and he bought me a new, awesome phone after I washed mine in the laundry. Eric is a great provider and somehow manages to hang on while I'm a crazy pregnant lady. Here are a few pics from the camera on my new Palm Treo. Thanks Honey!

This is Lori with my cute nephew Xander on the Frontrunner.

Reid draws up the plans...

and Lorelai builds it. Aren't they a good team?

Having Fun!

Hey all! I had big plans to update the blog, but the memory card on my camera had other plans. All my pictures were deleted when there was a glitch in the memory card. :-( Luckily, my awesome sister has been taking tons of pics and is making a CD. I will update soon!

The plane ride was awesome due to the fact that Pres. Bennett (our Stake President) and his son ended up being on both flights with us. The kids love them both and it made the trip so much better especially when our flight was delayed in Chicago and when Pres. Bennett carried Evan off the plane for me after he had fallen asleep. The Lord really blessed us on this trip. I definitely owe those guys a Cheesecake.

Lorelai

Lorelai has been extremely photogenic lately. I just wanted to share some of her cuteness!

Lorelai's stubborn face. I didn't think she would ever get off that little chair!

I was practicing my inside out french braid and I'm very proud of the results. Lorelai thought she was adorable too.

It's not perfect yet, but I'm going to keep practicing!

The day after.

Daddy's little princess.

We miss the mountains.

We have missed the mountains in Utah so much we decided we'll just have to go back for a visit! Truthfully, we miss the people more than the scenery so if you happen to live near those beautiful mountains we want to see you! The kids and I will be in town for the first two weeks in April (through the 18th). So let us know if you're available for a party, a play date, or just some good old fashioned hang time. See you soon!

St. Patrick's Day!

This year the kids had so much fun with St. Patrick's Day. I think it might be one of Evan's favorite holiday's since everyone wears his favorite color. We made the BEST shamrock suckers (thanks for the mold Grandma)! Evan learned about leprechauns at school so we decided to try and make a trap and catch one of our own. It was not very sophisticated and so Limric the Leprechaun got away, but he did leave the kids lots of gold coins! That leprechaun caused mischief all over! For example, he took all Evan's clothes out of his drawer and threw them all over the room. Then Limric put a loaf of bread in Evan's drawer and some oranges in Lorelai's jewelry box. He put jewelery in the fridge and dyed our water green! He tied knots in our socks and tied Lorelai's clothes together. Then Limric the Leprechaun turned all our pictures sideways. What a silly guy. Since he left us a four leaf clover and chocolate coins everywhere he caused mischief it was easy to tell who had caused all the trouble. I guess we'll try to catch him again next year!

The bait.

Our trap and the "leprechaun" footprints the kids put out to lead the leprechaun to the trap. Evan actually traced his own feet and then cut them out.

Reid didn't look around to see all the mischief. He was a little preoccupied by the chocolate.

Evan showing off his green pride and his climbing skills.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Snowman!

I love snow! Especially the kind we get here. It snowed all morning so we only had sacrament meeting. I love sacrament meeting on snow days. It was so peaceful and the spirit was so strong. There is just something wonderful about sitting with a small group of latter-day saints and really knowing that we have a purpose in life on this earth.

After church, the kids (and yes I include Eric in this) had so much fun playing in the snow and I had fun scrounging up enough mittens and warm clothes for them so they didn't freeze. All in all it was awesome. Eric rolled the body and Evan rolled the head. I think we had the biggest snowman in Gardendale!

Lorelai gathered extra snow for the snowman.

Reid just walked around with a snotty nose. He is not really a hat guy and I think it bothered him that I covered his head with a hat and a hood. It was probably overkill, but I was cold!

The finished product...

After we finished Evan realized that the snowman still needed arms. I think he was happy with how it all turned out.

Sunday Morning Fun

Sunday morning is always a hectic time for us. No matter how much we prepare the night before someone is always missing a shoe or tights or a tie, etc. Yesterday we were actually doing really well which was good because we had to be at church early so the kids could be reverence children in sacrament meeting. Everything was on schedule until Eric went out to clear the snow off the van. Lorelai was watching from inside behind our screen door and Eric thought it would be so funny if he threw a snowball at her. It would have been really funny if he hadn't accidentally broken the glass in the door in the process! The pictures aren't great because of the glare, but it was too funny not to document.

Reid added a little time to the clean up process by trying to help.


I love my Husband. He got it cleaned up in record time and we still made it to church in time for the opening song!