The Green Gators

Garrett's 2nd time playing soccer. It had been a few years, but I am glad we did it again. His team was the green gators and he had a team full of our neighbors and a good coach that we knew too.

This time around Garrett really got into the game.

He gave 100%. He was a lot of fun to watch.

There isn't as much to say about Garrett's season because they didn't have any practices or special banquets, but he (unlike his sister) fully participated. He was so excited to play and to have friends on his team. We are actually signing him up for fall and the coming spring with the same team and coach. (A few on the kids on his team we just found out will be in his 1st grade class next year which is great!)

Good job Garrett!



The Little Nemos

Embrie's first season of soccer was  fun and uh. . . interesting. Their team name was the Little Nemos. She had a team full of friends she knew well and the coach was her best friend's dad. They even held practices each Wednesday night. Who could ask for more, right?!

First of all I should state that not all of these pictures were taken by me (he he he). I've had a lot of people compliment me on the photos I somtimes share, but it is actually my friend Nickie who takes the good ones, you'll be able to tell which ones are mine by the quality of the photo. Nickie's daughter happens to be Embrie's best bud Bailey in the picture below.

 So Embrie actually loved soccer. You wouldn't be able to tell on game day. She spent most of the game doing this. (see below)

and this...

 And a little bit of this.

Every once in awhile she did this!

She did get in  few good corner kicks and she had one good dribble down the field in one game, but for the most part she simply walked around. It was pretty funny. She would just get so shy at the games. Practice found her running around and kicking and all of it, but not on game day ha ha! But she was a cute little ball of bight orange out there anyway.

There was a team banquet and awards afterwards. Coach Oami handed out the trophies along with an action photo of each kid (in an orange frame) and an award where the coach told a cute story about them and why they were given that award. Embrie was given the "Oh... Alright" award because each time he tried to talk to her or encourage her to come and do something she would turn her back to him and look at the ground but once he turned away from her and did something else then she would follow him. Kind of like "well ok I guess I'll do it". This is petty funny cause she knows Oami and doesn't usually act that way around him, just at soccer!

This is by far the cheesiest grin I have ever seen her make, ha ha!


Good Job Embrie!

Maren 9 months old

Precious little Maren turned 9 months already!

Still a super happy baby. She is so cuddley. She is so giggley. One of her favortie things is when she chases the other kids around the house (via mom). She gigles and gets to excited and so do they. Both Embrie and Garrett fight over who gets to sit by Maren at every meal.

Yep we had our mean moment of making her eat something she wouldn't like and laugh at her making faces. This was a lemon but before the lemon she was tasting Mint chocolate chip icecream and you would have thought that was just as bad! She finally refused to eat the icecream and since we didn't get a picture before we decided to try the lemon which helped us capture the same face. I mean really who doesn't like any kind of icecream?!

Ever the bump on a log. Maren is not moving around and not even close. She hates being on her stomach and simply rolls over so that she doesn't have to put up with it.  She also hasn't put weight on her legs hardly at all (meaning that when I hold her in a standing position she makes me do all the work and doesn't put her feet down and stand.) We'd discussed this with the Dr. at her 6 mo appt. and then waited another 3 months to re-evaluate. There was little progress so the Dr. gave us the order to get x-rays taken of her hips to make sure everything was ok. With the normal exam he couldn't detect anything wrong but this was a just -in -case sort of thing.  And it turns out the x-rays look fine, imagine that! Ha ha. So my little girl is probably just the product of 3rd child syndrome where her mommy just doesn't have as much time to practice with her. And since the squeaky wheel gets all the attention and she is so easy going  . . . . well there ya go. And about 2 days after the x-ray she started putting weight on her feet a LOT better. Imagine that? That is my luck people!

But you can't get enough of that face right? She is another sweet and chunky girl for us! The rolls are adorable!

Her STATS:

Weighing in at: 19lbs.

Reaching up to:  27"

She is also a pretty healthy baby. She doen't get sick much and doesn't complain too bad when she is sick. Thank you!

I like to do a little comparison with my kids to see who looks alike. We've had a lot of people say she looks like Embrie and some say she looks like Garrett or that she is a good mix. We've thought that she looks most like Garrett but lets see shall we?

Oh my goodness! As I put these together I am looking at them for the first time in awhile!

Maren

Now Embrie weighed more and was taller at this age, but Maren's cheeks take the cake.

Garrett

My much less chunky boy I don't see the rolls or the cheeks on him like the girls have had.

Embrie
Look how much more hair she had.


Well they are siblings but with a look of their own aren't they!

Strike or Spare

We took the kids bowling! They loved it!

We found an option that helped them get a little more power behind that ball



1st ever Dance Recital

Keep in mind that Embrie just turned 3 a few months ago :)

She has loved dance class (we're sad that it is over due to her teacher and little buddy moving away.)

Pre- recital warm up. Embrie in Orange.

They are ready for their debut! Let us in!

blow a kiss to your fans!



Each of the kids did a special dance move before receiving a prize and a hug from their teacher. But Embrie is pretty timid in front of a crowd and so she just stood and glared at everyone.



so fun, good job Embrie!

Home on the range

We went to Cokeville to spend some time with our family there. Plus some other cousins were headed that way too. We decided to make a party out of it! We spent some fun time at the ranch playing (which is not what we did there when I was a kid ... wink wink ;)

 Nothing like getting good and dirty right?!

There are 4-wheelers to ride, and sticks to burn. Garrett and Jaxon helped grandpa Blaine and Papa while they were at the other end of the ranch on the backhoe and tractor. We went on a scavenger hunt, and swung on the tire swing. Yeah I took a lot of pictures of them on the swing, ha ha it was cute.

Also did some ditch burning that day, that is to say the adults not the kids. Who are these 3 old ladies on a 4-wheeler? he he wink wink



you know ...

So I have noticed that when your kids get sick each of them has their own "thing" that is worse for them, ya know? Like Garrett is my fever kid. If he gets a fever its going to be high and it will probably make him throw up at some point.

Embrie on the other hand is my rash kid . She tends to get a rash with most of the viruses that she catches. Maren so far is my healthy kid. I won't count on it forever but so far she hasn't been sick too often and when she is she doesn't complain too much. Weird how that works.

About a week ago the kids (even Maren but hers didn't last as long and didn't seem to bother her too much, go figure!)  had several days with high fevers and it just about knocked all of us out.

I knew they were on the mend when they started to bug each other again. But While Garrett was sick he was so sweet and loving! Not that he isn't a sweet kid but he generally doesn't stop to tell you he loves you or want to cuddle. That was the only cute part of being sick, I got a little down time during the day when we all look like this but at night no one could sleep for very long, poor babies. But on the bright side Maren slept through all of our night time activities.