Soccer and getting ready for Winter

Another season of soccer has come to an end. Its definitely becoming one of our favorite activities.

Kooper kicking the ball down the field.


Kollin on defense...he's grown a lot these past few months and has become way more aggressive at this sport!


Kollin taking the ball down the field.


With winter approaching we went up the Mountain to gather wood for some cozy fires.


The kids really enjoyed finding the trees that were already on the ground for Kevin to cut.


They were all huge helpers too. Here's Koop rolling the log to the truck.


Me and the girls.


Kevin hard at work...


Crazy Man...he even let me have a go at it. It was fun but used more muscles than I think I have:)


While driving around looking for more logs we found some spots that were very picture worthy!


Me and Kevin.


We're looking for wood and this is what Kevin's looking for the whole time. Lucky for him we saw a few...


Wow!! Check out those colors...




This was at Sunset so its a little dark but it was a beautiful view of the changing leaves!


After the truck was full we stopped to have some smores and fire with the kids.


Yummy!! Khloe hated the stickiness so this is how she ate hers.


The temperature dropped soooo quick once the sun went down. Here's me and Khloe warming up by the fire.


Kevin and the Kids.


Mr. Koop with the moon in the background.


On the way home we grabbed some pizza for a late dinner. It was such a nice day as a family, which is something I'm grateful for how often we're able to be together.
And to sum up how exhausted we all were by the time we got home...


I didn't realize how much Kollin's neck was about to break off, but I thought it was sweet how they were laying on each other. I love my kiddos (even more so when their getting along like this!) :)

Ice skating and Kollin's Volleyball

Since Kevin and I are completely obsessed with volleyball, usually playing 3-4 times a week, we had an opportunity for Kollin to be on a youth league and decided to coach his team. We were called the Passers and had the funnest time! At the end of the season we ended up only loosing 4 of 13 games. They did awesome!!


It was fun watching Kollin progress. At the beginning he could barely serve over the net but a few weeks later it was one of his strong points. Here he is serving...


We were so proud of him trying a new sport.

There's lots of reasons why we love Vernal and one of them is the Ice skating Rink that opens in the winter. They had an opening night that was free admission, and if you know me you'll know that I wont pass that up for ANYTHING!
This is how most of the kids started...(Khloe stuck to the wall)


...but you can tell by Kollins determined face that eventually they became brave enough to go faster and faster.


Even Khloe ventured off the wall...


Kaylee.


Kooper did soooo good, he went around that rink probably 100 times.


Hanging out while they resurfaced the ice.


Kevin and Khloe.


Me and the girls. Its not so bad when you have one kid holding your hand but its a real challenge when you've got one on each side! If one goes down you better believe we all did:)


Even though Ice Skating reminds me of ice and snow, I love that we've been able to enjoy Fall this year. Last year it went from Summer to Winter. We've loved seeing the Foliage and enjoying drives up the Mountains to see the seasons change.

Bumblebee and Back to School

I feel like I just blogged about the kids last day at school and already I'm blogging about their first day back. This summer flew by and we had a blast at every fun trip we took but I think we all needed school to start again so we'd stay home more.

On a little side note we have some friends who live by us that have a car that gets our kids all rowled up every time they see it. We first saw it at the car show here in town...It looks like Bumblebee, it sounds like Bumblebee so my kids are determined that it is the actual Bumblebee!


They were beyond excited when our friends Bill and Suzanne came over to take them for the ride of their life in it.


They had so much fun that they were smiling the rest of the night.


Now onto school...
Its funny how I get so excited for them to get back into some sort of routine, and meet more friends, and actually do something constructive each day that I forget how emotional I get every time the day actually comes for them to start school again.

We switched the kids this year to attend the school that the rest of the kids in the neighborhood attend. And I'm so glad we did! It was the brightest morning; a perfect start to a very exciting day.
Kollin started 3rd grade this year.


Kaylee started 1st grade this year and was ecstatic that she got to stay the whole day.


Oh I'm gonna treasure this picture! Kol and Kay have been best buds since they started and I hope it will bring them closer as they go each year together in school.


We only have one bus stop in our neighborhood and the other day I counted 42 kids getting on.


Kollin is beyond me following him around with a camera so Kaylee got it bad! Here's my sweetie starting her first day of 1st Grade.


Kooper started Kindergarten this year but had to wait an extra week from the other kids. It was the longest week of his life but we had a lot of fun it just being him, me and Khloe at home together. But the day finally came and Kooper was the first one to be ready to go that morning. I know its not going to be like this very long so I captured every second...




Kooper sits at the same table with two of his friends from the neighborhood so he was excited and ready for me to go. Reading books all day, play-do, drawing, recess, snacks, riding the bus...I'm starting to wish they had a Kindergarten for moms:)


I'm so proud of who my kids are becoming. Yes we have our rough days but I know I've done my best to teach them right and wrong, how to act and how to treat other people. They'll have days where they make mistakes and wrong choices, but that's all about growing up isn't it?! I am loving and treasuring every moment of them being young...it'll be gone too fast!

Back to School Fashion Show

All summer long I would collect school clothes a little at a time. But with every sale or garage sale the kids became more and more anxious to wear their "school clothes". So the Monday before school started we had the kids put on a Back to School Fashion Show for Family Night. Kevin and I sat on the couch controlling the music and cheered them on and announced each of them as they walked in the room. So without further adieu...

Kollin with one outfit...(he's hit this DC phase bad. Not the cheapest clothes either, so he was pretty lucky getting when we found some at Ross!)




Our Diva of all Divas - Kaylee...


She didn't want to take the time to tie them and either did I! But every time I look at this picture I remember how she tried these skinny jeans on at the DI and seriously squealed out loud. She said "I love em, I love em, I love em". I love that my girls love to shop!!


She posed like this all on her own. Hello Hollywood!!


And Mr. Cool - Kooper...


Such a stud!


And adorable little Khloe. She had just gotten out of the shower and she's got crazy frizzie hair, but i love her sweet smile still.


Khloe starts preschool in November and is more than excited!


The kids' audience, music directors, mc's, and biggest fans...


They are such sweet kids! We had a blast showcasing their outfits that they put together.