Fall Fun

Here are some photos of Olivia playing soccer.
She is a great little player and loves every minute of it!!
The infamous colors of her uniform...well, she wasn't too happy
that it is orange and black. Blake thought it was funny to tease
her the evening she got her uniform and kept calling her "Beaver lover",
needless to say that didn't go over very well after some tears fell.
So, he stopped after a stern talking to and she proceeded to
let me know that she really likes to play soccer, just doesn't
like her uniform colors!
She definately didn't get her speed from me, that's for sure. She
is really fast and can continue smiling after she's just sprinted from
one side of the field to the other. I'll be honest, I don't know the
first thing about soccer, other than the idea is to get the ball in the
goal and you aren't supposed to touch it with your hands. So, I guess
I'll never really be a true "soccer mom", I just cheer and yell for them
to score a goal!!








The kids and I had a great time one afternoon taking photos in the
beautiful backdrop of Tumalo State Park. My favorite one is where
Blake kissed Olivia and then cracked up about it! We are so lucky to
live in such a beautiful place!!

These guys are my very favorite two people to hang out with! they are
loving and so so funny. I can't imagine my days without them and the joy
thier laughter gives me is indescribable!!!

Cancun Baby!!

The kids and I just got back from Cancun with some friends. We were there for a week. It was really nice, we scheduled it while there were parent-teacher conferences, so they only had to take 3 days off of school. The weather was beautiful and the people were really nice also. We met a lot of people from around the world and made friends very quickly with a lot of them and the locals also. We took the kids to a pirate show and a dolphin show also. The pirate show was theatrical. We went out in the large ships and "battled" the green ship and won. We had a dance party after the battle. After the ship thing we took the wrong bus home and that was truley and ordeal, but we eventually got home and got up to do the same thing all over again.....beach, pool, lay out, eat and drink! The hotel also had shows each night, all of which were really good also. There was a monkey in which the kids could take a photo with, we just let them pet it and then wash their hands like crazy!!! The place we stayed at was very kid friendly. The kids had as many virgin margs and daquari's as they wanted!! =) There was a wonderful kid's water area in which there were water slides and pirate ships and castles to explore. There was also a game room with pool and ping pong and air hockey. The boys enjoyed this option for an afternoon. The best place for them was the ocean! It was so warm, like a bath. There was a significant undertoe, but I felt pretty safe in the water with them. We went to a dolphin show and the aquarium later in the week. That was pretty cool to see them perform and the kids really enjoyed it also. The sunset is from the lagoon side, which was really amazingly beautiful also. All in all we had a wonderful time together and it was nice to come home, just not to the cold weather!! Although, when we came into the front door Olivia said, "It sure is nice to be home. Let's go to bed!". I felt the same way.....nice to be home!


This is the view from our balcony. It was so nice waking up to this each morning. It was the "off" season so it was really quite. It felt like we had the place to ourselves.


This is one of my favorite photos.
This is a sunset at the lagoon before the dolphin show.
Olivia having fun in the infinity pool.


The cute little monkey (infested with germs, I'm sure).


The kids and I from the balcony of our room.



This is the kid's area where the water slides and fun continued.