new house for sale

Here are some pictures of the new house. We are hoping to sell it, but if it doesn't, we'll probably be moving into it sometime soon...?

Soccer

Everyone played soccer this year. The season started mid-August and Hayden just finished his last game yesterday!

Zoe was on the Blue Lightning. She did an awesome job and played all positions including goalie. She had one save as keeper that was so spetacular that spectators passing by even cheered her!

Madeline was on the Blue Angels again. They had a great season. Madeline was a top player and really helped out.

Hayden made a select team this year and was a brick wall of a defensive player! They had the most exciting games! All the boys played their positions well, passed well, and played HARD. They ended up 3rd in their division with some tough competition.

Carson played 3 on 3, and Matt was his coach. Their team name was the Red Skeletons, but I think Coach Matt would just be fine calling them The Zoo. Carson scored lots of goals and had fun (maybe too much) with his teammates. Hopefully some other parent will step up to coach next year, whew!

Madeline on JV Fastpitch

I know this is way late (we're in the middle of basketball season now!) but here are a few pictures of Madeline playing softball this fall. She looks so grown in her school uniform! She did a great job playing mostly at short stop.

Cousins and pumpkins

It was so fun to have Maddox and Berkely come up with Grandma Gwen and stay with us for a few days. They had fun playing outside and going to the pumpkin patch. Then they flew home and came back up with the whole family! So we went to the pumpkin patch again! We sure love having you guys visit!

Who's got short shorts?

Carson is so funny! The other day he comes down the stairs and says, 'Mom, look at my new shorts' . I was laughing so hard because they are Build-a-Bear shorts And I don't even know how he got them on that far! It was too cute.

Sunday shoes

These are the shoes Carson wore to church today. I told everyone to get their shoes and get in the car. Halfway there Carson asks for help with his shoes. Seriously?! I can't believe he picked up two different shoes and didn't realize it. I mean they're not even CLOSE! My first instinct was to stop by Target or somewhere and get him a cheap pair of shoes, and then I thought, No! He doesn't NEED any more shoes! He HAS shoes. And he needs to learn to focus on tasks better obviously! So gosh darn it, I guess he's going to have to wear these ones for a couple of hours and just suffer through it. So yes, I made him wear them (notice also that they are both RIGHT foot shoes). I don't think anyone else we ran into in public noticed, but every time I looked at him I couldn't help but start giggling! I hope he learned his lesson :) PS. In true Carson form, he didn't seem too bothered by it after a couple of minutes.

We Sail!

Just like Bob at Lake Winnepausaukee, we can now say "WE SAIL!" We won a day trip on a 30ft sailboat at an auction, so last Sunday afternoon the owners Lance & Mary Lindsley took us out on their boat the Viking Star. We left from the Tacoma Yacht Club and sailed in Commencement Bay and over to Brown's Point, Maury Island, and Vashon Island. It was perfect weather! Sunny and a bit windy. We saw some guys sailboarding and that was really cool. They would flip up into the air about 20 feet on the boards! Hayden was deathly afraid we would see a shark or a whale, but no such luck. I took a whole bunch of really cool pictures with my new fancy camera, only to find out after we got home that I didn't have the memory card installed!!!! Thank goodness I snapped a couple with my little cheapie camera (because those were the ones I was going to quickly upload and blog with) I feel a little sick when I think of all the cool pictures I could have had. It was just SO beautiful out there and such a fun experience!