Soccer comes to an end!

This season G played for The Snakes once again.  We have a lot of fun with this team because not only is G friends with the other boys, but I am friends with the other moms.  :)  This year I also happened to volunteer to be the "Team Mom".

At the end of this fun season we had a great team party over at our home.  Earlier in the morning we met on the field for our last game.  To celebrate, the boys got all painted up!

Nice!

 

After a tough game we headed over to our house for the pizza party!  We started out with Coach Scott talking with all the boys and family members.  He has been a great coach and we so appreciate all the time he has put into this team!

Then trophies were handed out to each boy.

The the team "posed" for a team picture.  ;)

I'm sure I wasn't alone when I thought "What a relief " when it was all over...until next year.  :)

Halloween Fun--Part 2 Grammy's Halloween Party!

Every year Grammy HB has a halloween party for the grandkids.  We missed Ellie, Anna and Jonny this year as they have recently moved to Arizona, but we still had fun with Amanda, Ethan and Ivy!!

To begin, the kids made quesadillas.  They used tortillas that had been cut into the shape of a pumpkin and placed triangle shaped pieces of cheese on them to make a jack 'o lantern before they were melted.  Wise and cute.  Always good to start with some healthy food in their tummies when you know that candy will be the main source of food for the next few hours!

Grammy then brought out the bubbling Witch's brew!  What child isn't impressed with all those bubbles and smoke?!  (Aunt Jaymee played too!!)

Then it was time to bob for apples!

Everyone retrieved their apples!

Even if they didn't bob for them!!

Then there were the games.  Have I mentioned how creative my mom is?  I am always so impressed with the things she does.  It makes me so happy thinking of all the memories the kids will have.  I love you mom!!

The pumpkin push:  Grammy demonstrates:

Our oldest and Ethan go next.

Followed up with our middle son's creative pushing methods!

Then we headed inside to decorate pumpkins,

and make ghosts!

More games like halloween bingo using halloween marshmellows, listening and following directions from a stories and other fun things!

Matching socks for cousins!!

Retrieving parachuting skeletons from the halloween tree...

with permission to drop them from the balcony!

Many other games were played too, but the pinata brought Grandpa into the picture!

Take a look at his expression as our oldest really hit that pinata!!

We then decorated cupcakes with spooky things and ended the fun by trick or treating to the upstairs bedrooms!

Does it sound like a fun party?  It was!  The kids loved it and I love watching the kids have fun with cousins and Grammy and Grandpa!  The only thing that could have made it better would have been our youngest being there.  Unfortunately our house has been dealing with the flu.  Our poor little guy missed the party because he was just too sick to make it.  Next year sweetie!  You can join the fun next year!

Thank you Grammy and Grandpa!!  Happy Halloween!!  We love you!

End-of-the-year Kindergarten Luau

It's hard to believe that our oldest son's first year of school is coming to an end. What a wonderful year it has been. He has had a truly wonderful teacher (Thank you Mrs. Anderson!!) and made many good friends. I have especially loved the recent months as he has started reading--what an exciting time for all of us! We read the scriptures every night as a family and our oldest is able to read on his own without too much help! We're so happy for him and he is pretty happy about it all too.

To celebrate the end of the year, all of the kindergarten classes joined together and had a luau. Lots of fun food and games. It was a great party.
It is hilarious watching boys be friends. Here our oldest is sitting next to one of his "best" friends Sam S., and Logan E. linking his arms over each of them.

This elementary school's mascot is the beaver. When our oldest was "Beaver of the week" he was described as being helpful, energetic, and a good friend.

Who wouldn't love playing with a parachute and multi-colored rubber chickens tossing around?

We're looking forward to having a big First Grader next year, but for now we will just enjoy the time we have before us through the warm summer months. I love this boy so much and feel so grateful that I get to be his mommy.