Another year goes by as does another Christmas! Kids had a blast this month with all sorts of holiday parties and having a good 'ol time with friends and family, what matters most to us! Just wish we could be at all our families homes at one time, but that's just not possible! Have a great one, we sure did!
Another super cool gift was a can of black olives from his cousins: Ryley and Sean! Great sense of humor!
With all the leaves on the ground this morning, we thought it would be cool to rack them up into one huge pile and get in the pile for a few pictures. The kids worked together to make a biggest pile of leaves.."EVAH!" as Drew says! Enjoy the shots, it only happens in Fall baby!
I got the ladder out and got way up there with hopes of getting better shots! May not be the best shots ever, but the process was fun and the kids sure thought it was fun trying the hit me!
Alrighty, so the kids races are informal as they can be, but I will say this...Drew got a fourth place and was the first girl in her age bracket! That's pretty cool folks! She got her much awaited
There she goes about mid way thru the race! She pedaled super hard in the section to get up to the boys who had more pull in the grass section!
Here she is ready to start the sprint for the first turn! She looked ready to go!
Today Derek and Drew took a long bike ride, by Drew's standards of course, along the American River Bike trail! We put in a total of 10.5 miles, with two pee stops and Powerbar breaks! This girls has the "it" factor! She tried to drop Derek on several occasions..better check yourself g-girl! But I promise in a few years if she continues, that wont be an issue! I love you Drew and you rock my world!
Note the leg warmers...they are actually Derek's arm warmers! What does that mean? Skinny arms or big legs? Dont know, but the idea worked and she was happy and warm!
For the past few years we have had a little tradition of Didi coming over and having a fun dinner, and getting the kids in costumes for Halloween. This year was no different; Brady was Woody from Toy Story and Drew, Aurora, a Disney princess. While we were out, Didi passed out candy. However, we think that Brady and Drew enjoyed passing out the candy more than getting candy. So the second half of the night was pretty fun with friends coming over to get their dose of candy! Thanks for the pizza Didi!
BEARS WIN!
After a week off from soccer practice
Every weekday afternoon, Brady and Drew spend time on the kitchen table doing homework. Brady gets his homework packet and begins on his daily assignments, while Drew works out of a Pre-K book working on counting and tracing letters and numbers. They have both enjoyed doing their work and are learning quite a bit in the process. They have learned to read as well and Brady's reading is also helping Drew move along. By the time Drew gets to kinder, she'll be rocking and Brady will be her tutor eventually!
Sometimes we forget what life is all about! Yet everyday our most precious moments in life are the ones that just happen! This moment was caught by Melissa a few days back! We love them and they love each other!
Due to Drew's chin being busted, she sat out of the game. However, Brady made up the difference on the field! He was everywhere, playing forward, back in the defense and he even played goalkeeper for the first time! As you can see, he was ready and watching the ball!
Last Wednesday morning Drew took a spill on her bike in the court and went down hard. So hard that she opened up her chin and blood was everywhere! A couple of hours later she was getting 5 stiches! She was out of her soccer practice and her game on saturday. Yesterday the stiches were removed and she made Daddy proud by getting back up on her bike and riding just where she crashed; however, this time she didnt cut the curn and was a little slower than normal! I wish I could say shes like Daddy, but I can't, I got my first stiches at 35. Oh boy!
Second week of soccer was much better than the first! The basic concept of direction and purpose(ball in goal!) is coming around. Brady is for sure a defender and Drew a forward. The coach thought it would cool to drop Drew in goal...that proved to be a costly move, she let three go by! Drew didn't get Daddy's keeper skills that's for sure!
Busy times over here! With school routines and drop offs in the morning, work, pick ups, homework, riding/workout schedules and now soccer...updating the blog and getting pictures out has been challenging! Dont get me wrong, we're by no means an over-achieving family always running around, we do get down time and we enjoy it!
Drew tents to be more of a "attacante" and Brady more of a defensive type player, which would be a reflection of their personalities to say the least!
Some really busy Wednesdays around here, last week Brady started Kinder, today Drew started Kinder Kids at Pre-school, so next year its on to Kindergarten for her also! The girl has style folks! Her sparkly shoes matched her sparkly shirt by the way!
Excited to be back with her friends and ready to learn!
My gosh this girl has grown! Daddy's little girl has sure grown up this summer! Just great, now I have two awesome girls in my life!
Speaking of awesome girls, there they are: Melissa and Drew! The girls spent a lot of time together this summer and I think they grew ever closer, can you believe that!?!?
Last weekend was a big race for our team. We had some 10 guys riding in a group of 50. The goal, get a couple of teammates in the lead and let them do the work! I had spend hours on a bike, and 775 miles preping for this race. Believe it or not, the hard work paid off! I raced up the hill and broke the field up and made life easier for the guys on the team, which resulted in a 3rd and 6th. As for my result, not sure, guessing somewhere around 20-30th, my body broke down some 15 miles from the finish, but pure stuborness and the fact that I had spent so much time getting ready for this race, I was gonna finish this SOB. The hardest race ever for me, but I did my job as promised!
Holy cow our lil recycler boy is growing up! Brady had his first day of Kindergarten yesterday and he made it with flying colors! He was a lil tired at the end of the 5 hour day, struggled with opening his lunch and the button on his shorts. Otherwise, he pulled thru and had a great time, no emotional outbursts whatsoever.
