First Soccer Games

Brittnie and RJ both wanted to try out soccer this season. Here's some pics of their first games this last Saturday.

RJ and his team the "Tigers"

RJ scored the only goal for his team. Way to go RJ!!!!

Brittnie huddling with her team "Blue Lightning" before the game begins.

Brittnie warming up as goalie before the game begins. She played goalie during one period, full back during one period and half back during one and sat out for one. They keep the teams so that all the girls get to play 3 out of the 4 periods so no one feels left out. She is having fun.

Finally Kassy's turn to have to sit and watch her siblings. She brought her DS along for some entertainment.

First Day of School

I know I am a little behind but life is crazy with 3 school aged kids and all there activities. I filled up with gas right after I dropped the kids at school the first day and by the time I pulled in the garage for the last time that night I had 90 miles on the car!!!! Poor Lexi in her car seat for all of that. Thank goodness for DVD's in the car. She's a trooper.

Our wonderful friend Kristie came to do first day of school hair. The girls look foward to this part of the first day. For at least a month before they talk about what they want her to do. Kassy with her new hair style this summer didn't have much choice but Brittnie decided to go wavy and RJ even got in on the action and was all excited to have Kristie do his as well (took about 30 seconds but he thought it was special that she did it and not mom).


RJ was a little nervous but still really excited for his first day of kindergarten.

Brittnie on the first day of third grade.

Kassy on the first day of sixth grade. Come January she will be half way to graduating high school!! Time sure flies once they start kindergarten.

Kassy on the first day of kindergarten, of course in front of our tree. Some people measure their kids on a wall...we just take pictures in front of the tree to see how much they have grown.

The Bike Wreck

I thought I would post the before and after picture for those who haven't seen RJ since the wreck. He healed really quickly. He was very blessed that all he lost was one baby tooth.

Before

After with the missing tooth. We had to wait about a week for the swelling in his mouth to go down before the dentist could pull the rest of the tooth that hadn't come out. It came out in pieces.

Labor Day Weekend

We had a fun weekend down in San Diego with my brother Chris and his wife Shaunee in San Diego. We went to Sea World,toured the USS Midway, ate LOTS of food, swam at the pool and just had a nice relaxing weekend before school started.

And then Tuesday we spent one last day at the beach. It was a beautiful day. We didn't want to leave

Playing Catch Up

We pulled Kassy and Brittnie out of school for Kassy's birthday and headed to Disneyland.

Waiting for the carousel in Fantasyland - Lexi's Favorite ride

Grandma came and met us for lunch

At our buddy Sean's baptism in Arizona

Kassy and Sydney ready to hit the waves. We were at the beach at least 5 hours and the two of them were out of the water long enough to eat a sandwich and were back in.

Brittnie and Mazie

RJ and Ellie trying to out run a wave

And Alexis...she was as happy as can be just playing in the sand all day.

Everyone was a little tired after a long day at the beach and then having to be out the door by 7:30 for the swim meet....they were troopers.

Brittnie doing the breaststroke

Kassy waiting for her first swim of the season. She has had a hurt knee and didn't get to swim the first 4 meets of the season. She has Osgood Schlotter's Disease in one knee and will just have to deal with the pain and take it easy when her knee is really hurting for the next couple of years until she is finished growing and then it should go away.

RJ getting ready for his backstroke. He has been doing really well his first swim season. We are proud of him.

The whole gang getting ready for bed.

Uncle Chris

My brother just emailed me this picture. I thought it was cute. He was a brave man. His wife has been in the Phillipines visiting her family this month. He was headed to his house in Oak Hills for the weekend to do some "honey do's" and decided that he wanted company. He took Kassy, Brittnie and RJ with him, without his wife and for overnight. He even got up and made them a great breakfast. This is a guy that gets waited on hand and foot by his wonderful wife.
They love it up there. They ride the quads all day. It is the perfect place for that. There are only dirt roads that lead to the homes so so in areas where there are not homes there are pathways and jumps. The fun of quads and then a beautiful house to go get the dust off in. They had a great time.

Downtown Disney

Brittnie got picked to go help Mattel do some research. About 10 Mattel employees took 8 girls to Downtown Disney to Rainforest Cafe for dinner. They had two girls each paired off with two of the employees. Brittnie and her friend Hannah got paired with the two Barbie Doll designers. How cool is that!! They said that the Barbie image is beauty and they just talked to the girls to see what clothes they liked to wear and how they liked to do their hair and stuff. Then the got to go to Club Libby Lui for a makeover. Libby Lu's is a girl's dream place. They did their hair in an updo, did their makeup, painted their nails and depending on which updo the girls picked they got some accessories to go with it. Brittnie picked the celebrity DJ and got a new toy dog with it's one carring purse and pink collar and pink head set. Her friend's mom that went with her bought them the rock star hair to put in. The girls just had a good time. They didn't even realize that they were "working" and helping with market research. Kassy and Katelyn (the two older sisters) took there annual passes and headed into California Adventure (first time Kassy has gone off with a friend on her own to do that. That was a big step for me!!!) Katelyn also took Kassy into Build-a-Bear and bought her a bear for an early birthday present. They had a great time.
Here are the girls showing off their new dogs and bears.

RJ's 5

I can't believe it. He is such a good boy. He loves to help, loves his sister's and is such a sweet boy. Don't get me wrong he is ALL boy but he does have his sensitive side. He can't help it having three sisters. He had a great birthday. He loved his new bike. We thought he finally deserved a boy one instead of a pink one spray painted red still with all the white trim.
He went from this.....

To this!!!!

He had his favorite breakfast. Cinnamon swirl french toast.

He had a bunch of friends come over. They played some relay games, had a pinata and pizza. What more could a 5 year old ask for?



We love you RJ!!!

I Can't Keep Up!!!

I haven't posted in a little over a week and it already seems like so much has happened...what pictures do I post?

Alexis loves to help unload the dishwasher. She does a great job stacking the plastic cups!!! She is so proud of herself.


Summer is just around the corner. Swim practice has begun again. RJ is old enough for swim team this year. He is so excited. After all this time driving his sister's to their practices it is finally his turn. As he was jumping out of the car to run into practice the other day he turned and said, "I LOVE SWIMMING". I am glad he is enjoying himself.

RJ getting a little help on his kick from Coach Vladi.

Brittnie trying to get a little homework done while RJ swims. Then she swims. Then we run home to finish up homework before we have to go take Kassy to her swim practice. Poor Lexi. I think she is getting sick of her car seat. Thank goodness for DVD's in the car. I don't know what I would do without it these days. Alexis spends an average of one and a half hours in the car every afternoon running her siblings somewhere. I figure she deserves a movie.

Brittnie waiting for the next set of instructions.

Kassy had to dress in costume and went to Riley's farm in Oak Glen for her 5th grade field trip. There they re-enacted the Revolutionary War. They ground flour, observed a period blacksmith at a waterwheel driven hammer mill and were taught the manual of arms by Revolutionary War soldiers. They were given beef jerky, cheese and bread for lunch. She had a really good time.



Donut Anyone?

We brought the kitchen home from Grandma's house. Lexi got some play food and a new tea set for her birthday. That is where you will find her every morning. Out making tea, eating a donut and doing the dishes. She was so excited to have her own "freezer" and "microwave". I love this age where their little imaginations are coming to life.



We had Good Friday off of school. Kassy and Brittnie have friends from swimming who are sisters. Kassy went and spent the night at there house and Hannah came over to spend the night at our's. We went for a bike ride up to Mile Square Park. It was a beautiful day.



They had to climb and jump off every rock around the little lake.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXIS

Alexis had such a great time yesterday for her birthday. She woke up and saw her presents on top of the TV. As each of us came down the stairs at different times she took each one of us by the hand and said, "Come with me. Look all my presents. Look stinkerbell present(there was one wrapped in tinkerbell)." Her eyes were all lit up. She got to put her "pretty dress" on and go to church. She loves to get her church dresses on and look in the mirror to see how pretty she is. She took treats in to share in nursery. Then her grandma and papa, aunts, uncles, cousins and some family friends came for dinner to help her celebrate. She was so excited about the Elmo cake. She really enjoyed the frosting. Never ate the cake. Thanks to all for the birthday wishes and for all who were close enough to help us celebrate.