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Memorial Cup

Soccer is now officially over. They girls got into the memorial cup and did really well. They came in 3rd overall for the season. We are very proud of the girls and their hard work. Way to go, Cupcake Chics!

Final Soccer Game and Party

Today was our final Soccer game of the regular season. The girls won their game! They fought hard and kept the other team from scoring at the end!

We had the team party today at John's Incredible Pizza as well. We had a good time. Cat won the team spirit award.

Today was also Sam's last full day in the States. Glad he made it to the game and party. We had a lot of fun getting to know him this fall. He will be missed!

Pray for Paris

Please keep Paris in your prayers. These terror attacks need to stop! My heart goes out to those affected by the attacks today.

Soccer Practice

The girls scrimmaged against a boys team tonight. They did pretty well once they got comfortable. It was fun watching them play tonight.

Veteran's Day 2015

I am so grateful for those who serve in our military who keep our freedoms free. I have known many who have served and never really thanked them. This is a picture of my shelf in my piano room. It is my grandpa Darnold's flag from his memorial service. I was just 12 when he passed and I ended up with his flag, as it was in my grandmother's things. I am grateful to have this symbol of love and freedom in my house and it is something my kids see from day to day. I hope they understand what it means someday. So, thank you to all those who serve!

Dinner & UNO

We had such a fun night with these two guys. We had tacos for dinner with cake for dessert and then we played two rounds of UNO. Danny won the first round with Jack coming in second and Sam last. Jack won the second round with Sam coming on second. Such a fun time with them. We will miss them a lot when they go home. They are so much fun to talk to and hang out with. I'm very happy that we got to know them this fall thru the AYSO UK program. Danielle played in the Jamboree program with Jack and Sam.

Catarina's Photo Shoot

Catarina had fun taking some pics while little sister explored the photo studio. What a beautiful young lady! I love you, baby!

Danielle is 2!

Danielle turned 2 this year! She is growing up so quickly. Time needs to slow down. I love you, baby!

Merry Christmas!

Soccer Game 10/20/12

 Getting ready to play goalie.

Redlands, CA Temple

Took the girls to the Redlands Temple to have their pictures taken by our cousin. While we waited for her to finish another photo shoot, I took a few shots of my own.

Pretzel, little one?

Danielle had her first, second, and so on pretzel stick tonight. She was funny to watch eat them. Glad they get soft enough to gum after a while. :) My baby is getting big!

Yum!!!

My sister-in-law loves me! I love Cinnabon! Thank you, Laura!

Sunday Dinner

As usual, we are having dinner at Grandma's. Aiden was super excited to see his cousins. He danced around in circles making Dani laugh. It was so funny. They had a fun time playing together.

This week we got a new air conditioner. It's amazing the difference in temperature upstairs. It's just a degree warmer than downstairs. The original air conditioner was the original from 1984! Totally NOT the correct size for the house.

I am so grateful for small blessings. Granted we are going to be paying on it for a while, but the difference in the electrical bill will make it worth it. I have been watching the estimated bill since the AC was replaced. It has gone down $10.00 so far. We have 10 more days on the bill, so if we come out under $200.00, I will be SO happy!

Been a Long Time!

Wow! Been so busy I haven't had time to blog. Dani is now 13 months and learning to walk. She Army crawls and pulls herself up to a standing position. It is so cute.

Cat (8) is enjoying her summer. It has been a little too warm to play outside. Her DSI is getting a lot of play time. She was baptized in March. A lot of family came to celebrate with us.

Hopefully I can blog more. :)

Oops

I am such a slacker when it comes to blogging these days. I guess when you're planning a baptism and caring for a baby, it doesn't leave much time for anything else. I got the cupcakes made for Cat's class for tomorrow, which was a chore in itself. Cat got so hyped up on frosting that I'm not sure we should ever let her have any again. lol! We got her baptism invite done. Here is the pic we used.

Dani's First Trip to Disneyland

I love the fall season at Disneyland. I guess it's because I love the fall colors. We took Dani for her first time on October 14th. They had already decorated for Halloween and the Haunted Mansion is all decorated for Christmas...Well the Nightmare Before Christmas. One of our favorite rides during this season.

 I decided I wanted a family picture in front of the pumpkin Mickey. So we all wore Halloween shirts. It turned out really cute.

Dani did a lot of sleeping during the day, which she should since she was only 3 months old. Disneyland has an awesome mother's lounge. The chairs leave a lot to be desired, but they have awesome changing tables and they have little potties for the little kids and high chairs for the older babies.

This sign cracked me up, so I had to get a picture of it.

Dani went on a few rides, but not as many as her daddy. She went on Buzz Light Year and Small World. Near the end of the ride, it broke down or something and we had to listen to the song over and over for about 20 minutes. By the time we got off the ride, the adults were sick of the song and Dani just wanted off the ride. We had a really fun day and we look forward to many more Disneyland trips!