Sunday, September 26, 2010

the boy can move


pictures from maiko's soccer game saturday...



i think that's the cutest toothless grin i've ever seen...


now check out this move...




gramma patti and uncle cj were able to make it to this game...


maiko is so fast... we are all so impressed with how much his skills have improved in just three weeks...


and no game would be complete without pregame practice with the guys...



and post game apple picking with grampy...



i'm so glad we commited to soccer this year... layla wants to play next year also... i've never been much of a sports person but when it comes to watching my own children it's so entertaining!

Saturday, September 18, 2010

a princess photo shoot








costume and pictures all thanks to auntie rebecca :)

we've been a little under the weather lately... well... me and matt that is... luckily the kids stayed perfectly healthy. it's amazing how much easier it is to contain an illness when just the adults get it. we are so much better at "keeping our germs to ourselves" :) we did manage to go to maiko's soccer game today, in the rain of course. what a great game, it is so exciting watching maiko get to do something he's so good at. i am so impressed with how much he's already improved and i promise to get pictures at next weeks game. it was hard enough just taking all three to the game in the rain for us, we're still recovering :)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

gold beach getaway-part 2





























well... i finally posted the second group of pictures from our little getaway and it's unbelievable how many great pictures i left out! rebecca took so many amazing pictures. thanks again for sharing them with me. the beautiful sunny colored pics at the top are rebecca's with her camera and the bluer ones below are with my camera and i took a few and rebecca took some of those as well! it's strange actually getting in a few pictures myself :) well, i'm going to try and post more often because i have a lot to share with back to school and the first soccer game!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

gold beach getaway-part 1


















yes, we had a getaway and to tell you the truth it was about two weeks ago... i'm a little behind on the posting these days... but you don't mind, right? i also have to thank rebecca (matt's sister) for all of the beautiful photos, my goodness she is talented! she is so great at using the lighting just right, all of her pictures have this amazing glow. i am forever grateful rebecca, especially for that one of them holding hands watching the sunset on the ocean... oh... i will cherish that forever.
it seems to me that life has suddenly jumped in speed and i keep waiting for it to slow down but i'm pretty sure at this point that it won't and i'm just going to have to catch up... sigh... i guess i'm ready. for me it feels like summer just began and now it's already ending... i'm having a hard time with all of this... here it is almost fall, school is about to start, and i am not ready... not even close to ready... i'm not really sure where i'm going with this but i guess it's something along the lines of whining to you poor people about my lost summer days. i suppose the good thing is i really, really love fall, my favorite vegetables are in season in fall and there is something about that chilly weather, cozy fires, apples bubbling on the stove, and of course holidays with my children... aah... alright... i'm ready.