Take me out to the ball game

Seattle Trip

This past week-end we took a trip up to Seattle to visit Aaron's brother Michael and his family. We had a great time eating too much, hanging out and going to a Mariners baseball game. The girls had so much fun playing with their ruff and tumble boy cousins (4 of them to be exact) and asked when we could go back again to play. The car ride home was a little long and Anna asked, "Mom next time we go see our cousins, can we go on an airplane." Needless to say we don't travel well in our little car; little girls sitting a little to close in proximity to one another. We had a great time though and wished we could see our families more often.

Disclaimer

FYI: The video posted below was posted by Aaron. We are in no way affiliated with these "radical" tree lovers. We just thought you would like to have a good laugh.

Tree Lov-ers!

We love Cheese... and ice cream!

This past week Aaron took a couple of much needed days off of work. He was able to make it to Anna's soccer game, & Anna's first swim lesson. Yesterday we decided to venture out to the Tillimook cheese factory. They have tours where you can watch them make the cheese through large glass windows and then sample cheese and get fantastic ice cream. I thought that the workers must feel like lab rats with everyonw staring down at them as they work. It was a beautiful day so we decided to drive another 20 minutes to the coastline. We got some advice from a local to go to a place called Cape Meares. It is a beautiful point high on the cliff of the coast where they have a light house you can tour and a neat "octopus tree." (See picture below) Over-all it was a great day together and we were all tuckered out by the time we got home. Enjoy the pictures below!




Say cheese!



Aaron's reflection from the inside of the lighthouse

Little Update

Well we made it.... barely. The 15th is tomorrow and we are officially out of busy season. Aaron has been working 6 days a week about 10-12 hour days for the last month or so. It has been long and hard being a single mom, but I thank my stars everyday I have such a hard working man in my life. I keep telling myself that in the long run all of this is going to pay off. I tend to compare myself to others, (ie: my friends that already own homes and seem more settled than us) and I have to have a huge reality check. We have a wonderful family, the gospel, great friends, we live in the USA, we're all healthy, that Aaron has a good job that provides for us, and countless other blessings. Life is good!

On a lighter note, I thought I would fill everyone in on the random happenings of the last little while. I survived my first week of teaching pre-school. You wouldn't think that teaching 6 pre-schoolers would be so stressful, but when you have one that just wet her pants and another painting all over his hands and 4 others that need your attention, suddenly 2 adults just doesn't seem like enough. Anna loves it though and it will really be nice for the months I don't teach to be able to drop her off two days a week and spend some time with Brookie. Anna is still doing soccer as well. She had another game and I had to laugh because all of the other kids for the most part are running after the ball and Anna, is kind of looking around with a confused look on her face like she doesn't know what to do. Maybe soccer won't be her thing but in the mean time she is having fun.

Brooklyn is doing well. I am a tad frustrated because she is showing NO interest in potty training. Anna was potty trained at 2 years old, and so I am a little lost in trying to get this process going. I know that I probably just need to be patient until she is ready but each time I go to Costco to buy diapers, I vow to start that week. No luck though. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! :) She is a joy though. She is very independent and wants to do things all by herself. Lately she has been really attached to a purple dress that she got while in California. She wants to wear it everyday! At bed she'll come out and have taken off her PJ's and want to put the dress on. I have stopped fighting it so she has it on a lot lately.



Aaron was excited yesterday for the big Ohio State VS. USC game. He had to work most the day but made it home by kick off. Here he is in his Ohio State chair, and shirt. (He also has a hat and red shoes that you can't see) He was decked out trying to show his buckeye spirit but it sure didn't help the bucks, because they got killed 35-3. Sorry honey.


Last night we also had a great game night with some friends in the ward. The kids had a great time playing and we had a great time laughing and playing games. I made a while chocolate fruit tart which turned out pretty good. If you want the recipe you can go to domestic goddess under by browsing link or click HERE

Anna's soccer debut

Our stake is offering a free soccer league so we signed Anna up. She was so upset the first practice and cried quite a bit. This is the first time she has really done a class of some sort where I have had to leave her so it took a little adjusting. She did much better when we got her on a team where she had a friend and she did much better. Since then she has done great! 4 and 5 year old don't really play soccer, they kind of just run around and chase the ball in a giant clump. It is great to give her time to run around with other kids and follow instructions from someone other than me. Below is a video of Anna chasing the ball. It's for you mom!
Sage and Anna


We also started preschool yesterday. Brooklyn is going to be staying with me this year when I teach and co-teach as well. She seemed to do well yesterday and I am looking forward to a good year. Aaron is still super busy with work. I am looking forward to the 15th when things will slow down and we will have our daddy and husband back. I am grateful that he is such a hard worker but we all really miss him when he is gone. Brooklyn always asks if dad is coming home on the airplane because she thinks he is out of town, because there are some weeks where she goes a few days without seeing him. Someday they will understand "busy season(s)!"

First day of preschool 08'

Anna soccer video