Isaiah's Birthday #4

Isaiah was excited when I said he could help make his cake

He is very proud of his race car cake


Family picture and although it is hard to tell, this is right before our town's parade and it is raining outside. We waited as long as possible to find our spot outside along the road. And as you can see from Emery's rudeness, we had ice cream while we waited.

Dancing to the music, kind of :)

Bike Riding

Pete and the kids

Sneaking some pictures through the screen door...

On our way to get the mail

"Cheese"

proof...and soccer fun

A Whole Lotta Firsts

So here was our first first this weekend. Didn't mean to studder. QHS football has begun. Now the score was nothing to speak of...let's just say they lost, but they only had 4 injured and 1 spend the night in the hospital (everyone is ok and still playing even by today). I myself do not think I have even been in a more stressful situation. Alan only had 15 eligible to play that day and the other team had 40. I was afraid for the lives and backs and necks of the guys, but apparently they had a wonderful time. They seemed to love it! 9 of them had never played any sport before so they learned a lot.

This picture was taken earlier this morning. Let the record show Isaiah's very first day of preschool. I think of Erica and Christy especially and our times at Montavilla when we used to teach kiddos this age. It is crazy to think about my son being that old. Now this is not the best picture of him, he would not be happy to see it, but even though he was excited, he had trouble waking up and smiling for the camera.


It got progressively better :)

The next first happened earlier this weekend. Isaiah had his first soccer practice and game. Now I realize after going through this that 4 year olds do not quite have the concept of 'team' or score of the game. All they care about is running running running and kicking (or throwing) the ball in the goal. He loved it!

Also, a first for Daddy...caught on film playing soccer, this was a step for him, but kids help even their parents grow :)
The future player...

Happy 5 for US!!!

Saturday we celebrated our 5th anniversary. How nice for it to fall on a Saturday :) We have been looking forward to a day we could spend together alone and finally it came! We actually did not do anything amazing or new, but we had a great time and were blessed with sunshine! Also, a little gift to me, a store in the mall was having a .99 sale on all their summer clothes so I got $80 worth of clothes for $7.50! Something else to smile about.
Anyway, we had a good time just being together and I enjoyed having to only worry about feeding myself and enjoying every bite!
Too bad in the pictures Alan looks like he is about to fall over though. I must have eaten a lot






Olympia, Wa along the waterfront on the boardwalk
(just for the record Alan hates this picture of himself but I got him to let me put it on here anyway)



The flowers he bought me from the Farmers market...if you go at the end of the day I guess you can get them for 1/2 price