Soccer Class

Dean had his very first soccer class this week. It's a 7 week course put on by Puyallup Parks and Rec. I was a little apprehensive about how Dean would do because he's never been in a sports class before, but it went pretty much as I expected. He participated in the first half and sat out the second half. He's in the class with two of his cousins, Britton and Evy.

Waiting for class to start. It's kind of fun watching Dean participate in something by himself without me helping him.

At first they just kicked their ball over to the coach to give him a high five, then turned around and kicked it back to the assistant coach.

Dean started to get a little tired of doing this, and once they took their first water break he told me he was done and didn't want to do soccer anymore. So he sat with me and watched most of the rest of practice.

At the end of practice each of the kids got to score a goal so Dean wanted to run back out to the field for that. He had fun doing that so now he likes soccer again. We'll see how next week goes!

Oregon Coast Family Reunion

Last weekend we took a family trip down to Gearhart, Oregon. We did this last year and had a blast so we thought we'd try it again. We went with my parents, 3 of my sisters and their families. To make a long story short, the first day was so hot that it brought out flying ants that covered the beach, then it dropped 30 degrees and was so foggy we couldn't see much, but all in all the kids had a great time!

One morning while my mom and I went to run errands, Shelby and Jonathan took some of the kids for a walk. The cousins in this pic are Roman and Britton.

Dean is kind of in a "mommy" stage right now, so it's fun to see him have bonding moments with his daddy.

We didn't have a ton of wind for kites, but the kids liked it anyway.

Here's Dawson playing with his little cousin Duke. Dawson absolutely loved playing in the water and especially playing with wet sand.

Me and my babe.

 

Dean and Dawsons's favorite thing to do in the pool was to jump off the side into our arms. Last year Dean was too scared to do this, so it was great to see him become more brave.

My beautiful sister Shelby

Progress?...Oh Yeah!

Our backyard is so close to being finished, but we wanted to post some pictures of the current progress.  This place was seriously a jungle 6 months ago!

The new grass we planted is almost ready to be mowed for the first time.

We used the existing bricks to make a border for the play area.  We will be putting down some pea gravel or play bark where the climbing toy or swing set will go.

I think it's almost time for some BBQs!

At Outing at Lewis-McCord Base

It's Jonathan here.  Dean and I took advantage of some much needed one-on-one time and tagged along with the young men's activity to the Air Force base.  I used to joke that Dean loved me more than Caprice because he ALWAYS wanted me for everything.  He's become quite the opposite lately. 

We toured a Chinook helicoptor.  They trasport troops and supplies in and out of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Dean had a blast!

You can tell in this picture how big these helicoptors are!  I tried to get them to give us just a short ride in the air...it was a no go!

Thanks Dean for the fun outing!  Maybe you will let me read you stories tonight instead of Mom?...that will probably be a no go as well!

Fun in the Sun

So far our summer has consisted of 2 very warm days that occured about a week ago. Since then, it's been cloudy and rainy. Really nice. Anywho, I had my sister's kids over and they had a blast playing in our sprinkler.

Dean and Britton: best buddies

Dawson wouldn't even play in the sprinkler. He just played with the water that squirted out of where the hose meets the house. Awesome orange ear plugs, huh?

These two cute girls are Sydney and Mya.