Solo visitando

My SIL Amanda started a *new blog for when she goes to Spain in January (and yes, it’s definitely happening - her acceptance letter officially arrived).  I can’t wait to hear all her stories and see her pictures.
*I fixed the link

Just a little late

We had a package sitting on our doorstep today.  It was a book and toy for Kenny (that he already has) but the paperwork didn’t say who it was from.  We were racking our brains trying to figure it out when I took a closer look at the paperwork. 
Look at the ordered and shipped dates: 
 
This was [...]

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving 2009 – lots (and lots and lots) of food, lots of family.
Meal #1 at my MIL’s

Meal #2 at my parents’

Lunch with Eric’s side of the family at Buca di Beppo (the day after Thanksgiving)

Homeowner

Billy, welcome to the world of home ownership.  May your fence never fall over and your roof never leak.  Enjoy!

Little Leah Tutus

If you have a little girl, go here to see what Eric’s cousin, April, is making.  Aren’t they adorable? 
Annie, at some point in the future you will more than likely be receiving one.

It’s that time of the year again…

The Sprint Thanksgiving Day 5K is coming up.  Who’s in?  If we can get teams of 5 together, it’s only $18 per person if we enroll before the 12th.  Go here for more info on the race.
You can leave me a note on here or on my FB page. 
Runners so far -
Team #1 (team Saxton)
Me [...]

Our Halloween

This Halloween was a lot of fun because #1, I didn’t have to carve our pumpkin and #2 Luke really got it.  Luke had so much fun going up to the different houses and saying yelling “trick or treat”.  He and I went with Eric and Kenny almost all the way around the block and then [...]

Jack-o-lantern

My dad took on the *fun* job of carving our pumpkin this year. 
Here are the guys deciding on their course of action.  Kenny wanted the pumpkin to have a nose, a toothy smile, 2 eyebrows and 3 eyes. 

Luke wanted his hands washed as soon as he touched the pumpkin guts.  

The three guys and the finished product. 

Thanks Dad!  [...]

Pumpkins

My mom and I took the boys out to the Weston Red Barn Farm today to pick out some pumpkins.  We loved this pumpkin patch.  It didn’t have as many extras (trains, etc) as some of the other ones we’ve been to but the people who ran it were really nice and there was still a lot [...]

I hiding

I walked into Luke’s room yesterday morning and heard him saying, “I hiding,” and then found him like this

HAPPY BDAY TO MY BROTHER MIKE!

First soccer game of the season

Here were some highlights from Kenny’s soccer game today.  The kids still completely played bunch ball but at least this year no one was playing in the dirt. 
Kenny is #17 on the blue team with white socks.

And here’s Luke pretending to be a pillow for Amanda.  She would pretend to lay on him and as [...]

Soccer practice

Last night was Kenny’s second soccer practice.  This is the first time he’s played since he was three.  When he played back then, the entire team spent the majority of the time walking on this dirt path that was on the soccer field.  I can already tell that this year is going to be much different.   

Also, today is [...]

Kenny’s soccer schedule

Here’s Kenny’s soccer schedule for this fall.  We’re team A.  E-mail/call/text me if you need to know where they play at.

 
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00

Sat Sept 19
 
 
E v F
 
A v B
 
C vD
H vG

Sun Sept 20
 
 
 
 
 
H v F
D v A
G v C

Sat Sept 26
 
 
F v G
B v E
 
 
 
 

Sun Sept 27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sat Oct 3
 
C v A
 
D v E
 
B v H
 
 

Sun Oct 4
 
 
 
 
 
G [...]

Assessment

Kenny had his first assessment at school today.  I think he’ll have 3 total throughout the year.  Mrs. B said he did really well.  His letter sounds are great and he’s already reading.  We have to work on the part of the assessment that includes quickly matching the letter sound to the letter.  I guess there [...]

Ivan

A few months ago, we decided to sponsor Ivan through CFCA.  We just received our second letter from him yesterday.  An adult wrote the letter (he’s only 5), Ivan drew the pictures and then another person translated it for us.  How cute is this?
Letter 1

Letter 2

Kenny drew this picture for Ivan, which we mailed right back to him (along [...]

Happy 30th Eric!

Happy 30th birthday Eric and welcome to the club! 
I was going to throw a surprise party for Eric but I just couldn’t decide on what group of friends to invite (and there was no way I was going to be able to invite them all).  I finally broke down and just asked Eric what he [...]

Crown Center and the Pooch Plunge

We went down to Crown Center for the Free Friday Night Flicks.  We ate dinner at Fritz’s and then let the kids play in the fountains before The Wizard of Oz started. 

If you look hard, you can see both Will and Kylie.

Then yesterday, we took Mac up to the Pooch Plunge.  He didn’t really like swimming in [...]

WOF with cousins

Yesterday, after the pool and some down time, we all took the kids to Worlds of Fun.  We all had a great time!  And just for the record, Will and Kenny both agreed that The Fury of the Nile was their favorite ride of the day.
The kids driving the adults in the taxis

All of the [...]

Before I broke my camera

My niece and nephew are in town.  We all went up to the pool yesterday and I was able to get these shots before I dropped my camera.
Will and Kenny spent the majority of the time on the slides.  Kenny even went down the big, straight slide.

Will on the diving boards

Kenny going off the diving [...]

What’s going on

- Steve and Suzie came over on Monday night.  We got to meet Ali (our future goddaughter) for the very first time.  The baptism is going to be some time in October/November.  I cannot wait!
- On Tuesday night I met up with my MIL, SIL and Eric’s aunt Carol and cousin Rachel for Carol’s birthday [...]