Fall Soccer Has Begun

Soccer season kicked off today!

QUICKSAND

Chloe played 1st at 9:00.  She's on the big fields now and each team has a goalie.  Our friend (Carson's mom) Jill is the coach and she is awesome with the kids!  

 Carson and Chloe

Chloe....are you flirtin'?

In the action!

Chloe, showing us how you play goalie :)

Good job Bug!

WILDFIRE

Cade played after Chloe.

Little man scored 3 goals today!

Pearson #3

Get that ball Cade!

Good job Buddy!

I thought we were over this....

Ok, many of you may remember when we first moved in to our house.....we battled many a scorpion.  Well, guess what???  There baaaack!  AGH!  I can't stand those things.  Talk about something giving you the heebie jeebies.  It makes me even more nervous to think about Phoebe picking one up or stepping on one!  The big kids know to yell very loudly when they see the infamous "ouchy bug" because we've been talking about them for 3 years since we moved in.  However, the multitude of findings decreased this year, until now.  We found one last week in Chloe's room. Luckily, Bryan was here to pick it up for me.  Today.....not so lucky.  I am currently waiting for the kids to wake up from their naps so I can turn on the vacuum and suck it up!

I know, bizarre post but things have been kinda slow around here lately :)

1st Annual OU Kick Off Breakfast

We tried something new today....our 1st Annual OU Kick Off Breakfast. Granted, they don't actually kick off until tomorrow night but the kids will be at Benna and Papa's house tomorrow so we did it this morning before school.

I made "O" shaped pancakes and made the "U" out of strawberries. The kids really seemed to like it.

I think we will have to make it a yearly thing. We may have to do balloons and many more decorations next year...

Phoebe was sitting right by the music....we had "Boomer Sooner" playing in the back ground and it was making her a little nervous. She didn't understand why there was so much red and white at the table, why everyone was holding up there finger and singing...I think she might have been a little irritated at us!

GO BIG RED!!

I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash...you add a longer tail...you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

- Erma Bombeck

Birthday Festivities Continue....

To our surprise today, Mrs. Briscoe honored Cade's birthday. She made a hat and sticker for him and he had them on when I picked him up. He was so excited! We have always struggled with our kids being Summer b-days and never getting to celebrate with their friends during the school year. Chloe did celebrate a 1/2 birthday when she was at Crossings. That was fun..... a little confusing for Chloe because we had a pretend party for her in December!

Big Birthday Boy!

Backyard Grillin'

Bryan wanted to smoke a brisket this weekend so he gathered up his helpers to prepare the meal.

I always thought girls were the ones who got excited about playing dress up......well, not in our house. Cade loves to dress up! He has to change clothes to fit whatever activity he is doing....(as I am blogging he is watching Peter Pan and is dressed from head to toe in green). He grabbed his apron and hat from Big Cedar and started working!

Little Miss Chloe is the organizer...just like her Daddy.

MMMMMM.......it's going to be good!

Chloe's 1st Bible

What a special time for us. Chloe learned to read last year and she wanted a new, big girl bible. One that she could study and read all by herself. We researched them before we went and knew which ones were really good but we left the decision COMPLETELY up to her. She looked at several, actually weighed them in her hands, read a few pages, looked at the pictures, studied the front and back covers and finally made up her mind. We ended up with the Adventure Study Bible. It's actually the best selling children's bible. She is really excited about taking it with her to church Sunday!

Actually weighing the bibles.....

THE ONE!