Live and Counting Crows...

Live was great, Counting Crows, well...I think I will stick to listening to the album on my itunes and spotify. Adam Duritz, the lead singer of Counting Crows, is really poetic and loves to talk...a lot! Regardless, its always a treat to hear bands live and in person and the company made for a fun night.

ODP Friendship Cup...

For the past few years you have made the ODP team for your age group. With this year being tossed into the DA league we weren't sure of your player card would be released to make you eligible to play. But as soon as your DA season was over we emailed a few coaches and they allowed your fall try out to re instate your place on the team to be able to play in the friendship cup.  This is one of the best tournament to watch. The level of competition is amazing. This year you played some pretty darn amazing teams and even had some of the Timbers Academy players on your team and the teammate who scored both of your teams goals all weekend was YOU! Amazing!

Ryan's Pre-School Graduation...

Teacher Victoria and Teacher Stephanie orchestrated a darling pre-school graduation. You aren't one who loves to be in the spotlight, but you sure were cute when being recognized for all your accomplishments. You have made such wonderful friends this year and this class full of boys will always be a special memory.

 The Crew: Owen, Leo, JoJo, Zach and Ryan

Ryan's Loose Tooth...

Oh this tooth has been loose for days and finally, finally! you lost it in a bouncy house at a birthday party at Pump it Up. Many thanks goes out to my wonderful friend Ashley(JoJo's mom) for capturing this exciting event of Ryan losing his very first tooth! And of course the tooth fairy came!

Exhausted...

These two boys are the best of friends. Preston is Ryan's shadow and they both seem to find trouble wherever they go lately. This time they found trouble at THPRD during Zach's soccer game. They both ate the pavement while riding their scooter. Poor guys...these texts I get from Dad showing me your injuries are so sad! And then there are moments when I just want to freeze time like when I caught them sitting quietly side by side at Ryan's art show for pre-school taking a water break. As short lived as this moment was it made me grateful that they have each other to play with, even if it means trouble.

Dance Competition Season 2018

Kate and her team got a little taste of what a dance competition is like, and they loved it! This year she performed a tap duet with Shea called, A little of Your Love, and a Lyrical duet with Claire called Lost and Found. Here team routine was called Black Betty. A little secret Kate doesn't know is that I talked her into doing duets in styles she is most uncomfortable with. Seems weird to want to push her in that direction, but I guess as a teacher I would rather see growth than doing something that is comfortable. She rose to occasion and for that I am proud of her!

Ryan and T-ball...

Ryan's best friend JoJo, from preschool, talked Ryan into playing T-ball. His team was the Boston Red Socks and He loved it! And for us it was pure entertainment to watch. He learned all about his Gorilla stance to field the ball, to eventually hitting the ball with his bat without the tee, when the coach pitched it to him. We lucked out with the weather too, with the first week being the only week getting rained out of our scheduled games.  

PC 4s Trip to Disneyland...

Another year, another Disney trip, only this time I am NOT pregnant, and I am pretty happy about that! It was a quick three days but we managed to squeeze in tons of rides with our fast passes around Kate's dance and parade schedule, and fed our food babies until we were rolling out of the park. This year marks our last year on PC and our last trip coming to Disney to dance in the parade. I think I am going to miss this trip. Kate and I had so much fun with her team bouncing from ride to ride and shutting the park down every night. It's not very often that she and I get to spend time with just us without a brother tagging along. I love watching her get all giddy with her friends. She is naturally enthusiastic and definitely has an agenda when she knows she has me all to herself. Can you blame her?