dancing

this is another thing I loaded a couple weeks ago and never finished - I am not an expert blogger so I am not sure why the posts dates are the dates I started them and not the dates that I actually posted them, but oh well. . .

this was just cute and I posted it cause I wanted to.

he's gonna be a soccer player

Garrett's first soccer Game!

ok I started working on these posts two weeks ago! I loaded the pictures and figured I would get on the next day and finish and needless to say I've been very busy.
This is the only game he has had because last week's was cancelled due to weather. It was pretty funny, they'd had only one practice and of course still have not much of an idea of what they are doing. The other team was a head taller and seemed to have played last year so it was particularly funny!

Garrett gets to kick the ball inbounds. (one of the few times he kicked the ball)

Garrett is wearing #5 a fact that is very exciting to him since daddy wore #5 in little league.

These are pretty funny videos. Notice the awesome soccer abilities!

1. Running around - warm up

2. practicing his victory dancing - incase he makes a goal

3. Team work- grabbing his friend by the hand before he chases after the ball- no man should be left behind.

And I am learning that it is always exciting for a kid when they get to bring the treat. And ya, I brought squeez-its and cookies, you wanna say something about it? I was initially going to get something more nutritional, but somehow ended up leaving the store with these. hmmm guess I won't be getting the votes for "soccer mom of the year".

There are a few of Garrett's little friends on the team and he couldn't be happier about that!

Maybe by the end of the season I will be able to post some video with him actually kicking the ball.

Funny how we teach our kids constantly about not taking toys away from other kids and they only choose to listen on that one instance where they are actually supposed to go kick the ball away from the other kids!

Ain't She a Beautiful Baby

Embrie's 1 year old pictures are here! (I'm a couple months late, but really, no surprise there)

She's pretty darn cute If I do say so myself!

Swimsuit models eat your heart out!

Love this little chunkster!

Speed racer's medal

Got some pictures from my friend, Nickie who'd taken some for me while my camera had run off. Just had to add these. He wouldn't smile for the camera, this is his tough face, I think it is just funny and cute.

My little speed racer!

Back on the 10th of April I ran the Kiwanis 5k with a few friends. It was 2 weeks after the half marathon and I only got a few runs in before this race, so I wasn't too sure how I would do, but I thought it would be a fun one to do because they were including a Tough kids race. Garrett has been watching me train and was excited to watch me at the 1/2 so I thought he would like to have a race of his own to participate in.

As for my race I can't complain I ran it a 1 1/2 minutes faster than my last 5k. My time was 27:07. I was hoping to make it back in good time because the kids races would start 30min. after my race and I wanted to be there to run with him. So Garrett was my motivation.

Explaining to Garrett how the race would work.

And here he is giving me a kiss on the cheek before the race. What? yes he did give me I kiss on the cheek! I love these kisses from him. I don't get them a lot because lets face it, boys don't go around kissing their moms all the time.

He was pretty excited to have a kids race that he could do. I think he was smiling the whole time.

All of the kids got a medal and he is very proud of his! I was pretty proud of him too!

A couple weekends ago we went down to Price to visit our family there. We had a good time and as always the kids loved being around the cousins and Grandpa and Grandma. (Embrie was unfortunately such a shy little mama's girl the whole weekend!)

We were able to take the kids swimming and that was a lot of fun. We haven't done that in awhile.

Embrie loved the water.

Garrett loves having a cousin his age. They had a great time riding the waves on the tubes.

Everything Easter

First I should really say that I am so grateful for the REAL reason that we celebrate Easter. We've been so blessed to know that our Savior, Jesus Christ, suffered for us, died on the cross, and yet He lives again! I am so thankful for the gift that it is!




Just a warning! This will be a lot of pictures of my kids doing Easter



Drama Queen


I have to wait to go get the eggs? you're kidding me! This is torture!




And now there's a wrapper on the candy? what kind of Joke is this?!?!




All's well on Easter morning!

The Easter Bunny brought Easter books that will help us remember Jesus and the true reason for Easter!

We went to our beloved Papa & G.G. 's house for an Easter Egg hunt and family BBQ in the afternoon.

Embrie & Jerzee are sharing eggs and becoming little buddies

There were Easter prizes hanging in the trees and each time the boys (Jaxon & Garrett) grabbed for them they seemed to jump out of reach. hhmmmm something fishy going on there!

Grandpa Blaine helps Garrett spot a few more tricky eggs

The grandma's help divy up the Spoils!

This was just really cute seeing them all at the kids table. This was Embrie's first time sitting at a table by herself and I have to say she did pretty well. She really just loves little chairs of any kind.

We had a lot of fun! It was a great Easter.