fall fun

We had a fun fall with school and soccer and times to dress up. Colton played outdoor and indoor soccer this year. It has been great to keep him busy and run some energy out. Clay played just outdoor and enjoyed watching his brother. Isabel has really been dressing up a ton with the boys. She cracks us up playing with guns and being Annie Oaklie. She is so girly that we all get the giggles when she takes a pistol and shoots it with the boys. The kids planted pumpkins with Grandpa and Grandma this summer and they were so excited to put out there own home-grown pumpkins for display. We got some harvest from the garden for quite a while this fall. Everything came on so late this year! Ok thats the recap of fall for my records....

School

The kids and I joined a homeschool co-op this fall and did some school with other families. I was fun to meet new peolpe doing what we do everyday and gave Colton an opportunity to learn some things I have not taught him about. He took and knighthood class, Cowboy art and Around the world where he studied a different part of the world each week. here are the kids on the first day of school-

soccer pics

Cousins

Brothers



go score Clay!



ok time to catch up!!

The fall was very busy and I did not have any time for this blog. Being and effective mother and wife has prooved to be all I chose to put myself into. I would still like to post a journal of what we have been up to! so lets start where we left off.....

at the end of summer we headed for camp morrow! it is one of the best places to be for our family. we all love it and get to enjoy it each year!  then we come home and go right into the soccer season. David coached Clay's team this year. The boys both had a great season.

I will have to post a soccer pic in the next post.... my blogger wont load it

First trip to the STATE FAIR!

a mini we got to pet! the kids loved it...

draft horses!

a nsty snake that the boys loved....

 I took the kids to the state fair for the first time! we had a ton of fun looking at all the fun exhibits! here are the our favorite sights!

the first race!

the boys got to enter in there first four wheeler race on August 21 st in Albany Oregon. David and his dad also raced and won 2nd place for the sport class. these are just one hundred yard drag races so the boys have to learn how to race with lights. They both did well but Clay needs some time to figure out the light tree and when to take off.  here they are showing off the bikes and trophies! Behind them is the track were it all took place. poor Isabel had the flu and threw up while we were there.... so mom took all the kids home and got them cleaned up while daddy got to stay and race. It was a fun time for David and his dad and of course the boys as well!

Birthday at the Beach

Well we had a great time at the beach with my sister and her family and my parents also. We were there to remember our short time with Kherington, who would have been 2 August 13th. It's hard to imagine what she would be like at two....but we had fun thinking of it! we enjoyed telling some fun memories about her and showing the kids some pictures. We laughed and cried and spent the time together as a family. Here are some new memories we made on Kheringtons birthday...