tonight while she sleeps.. .she's 6

The thought of having my little girl turn 7 is almost unreal. I remember vividly the day she was born, the birth I remember the best. Was it because she was my 1st born? Was it because she was the little baby girl I always dreamed of having??? I am not sure why but I am so happy that she came to me and has allowed me to be her mother. So as I went to her room tonight to sneak a peak of her while she was still... still 6, I was taken back at how amazing it is to be a mom and how quickly time flies. Enjoy your moments as a mom... because tonight while she sleeps she's 6 but tomorrow she'll be 7. Before I know it she'll be too cool to kiss me all the time, too old to hold me hand, too big to want to sleep with me when Scott's out of town, and too big and cool to love that I am her mom. Before I know it.. she'll be a mom and I can only hope she loves being a mom as much as I do.
I love you Kali.

summer part 2

after our fun time in Seattle we came home re-grouped, cleaned clothes, melted in the Arizona heat and then headed up to 2 weeks of fun in McCall Idaho... This is therapy to anyone... this picture explains it all!


I will have to post the lake pictures later. For now these are the pictures from the 'Garden'.. it's a magical place where we go to take beautiful family pictures...



enjoy for now... until next time!

Summer is gone where did the time fly???

Let us take a little walk down memory lane... this summer was loaded with lots of fun!
In June we went camping
July we went to Seattle.. ok a few times!! I was so happy to get out of the heat and we had a blast...
The weather was perfect 85/90
here are a lot of highlights from the trip..



The world's LARGEST AND LONGEST slip n' slide

Some family friends have a beautiful house and gorgeous property, they made this cool slip n' slide and the kids were hooked... who am I kidding we were all hooked.. I even went on it a time or too (pregnant) something Dr Beck needs to know nothing about & sorry baby if you have anything wrong with you. The key to speed was lots & lots & LOTS of baby shampoo! Essentially you would put about a bottle of soap on your self a little water and off you go!

it was so so fun but Brig thought NOT SO MUCH... he was happy to sit in the grass



or on gramma's lap



or his favorite thing in the world...


pick his belly button.


Jetty Island










Dumbo and his magic feather.. I love you Drew and I love your ears











Downtown Seattle










Since I lived in Washington for 9 years I get really excited to show the kids culture, beautiful sights and GREEN!!! Scott grew up there so between the 2 of us its like 2 little kids in a candy store as we drive into Downtown. It is so beautiful there... all year round but I prefer to visit in the summer. The Arizona heat has made us both too whimpy although we miss Scott's family terribly we'll stick to our long visits in the summer.

The next post will be more vacationing but for now I must go snuggle with my babies!

Funny memories

Brig is seriously my weirdest baby! I just looked through my pictures and almost forgot about his crazy fall asleep anywhere spell...





You might think I was neglecting him... I am not sure what he was up to or trying to get but he fell asleep right there and when he woke up he acted like he was in the worst pain ever! It was hard not to laugh but I just couldn't help it. His forehead was even a little red from having it rest on the WALL.. funny funny boy!







This was another afternoon I believe in the same week! While he was eating his lunch I was cleaning the kitchen and turned around to this.. he even moved his plate aside so he could lay his cute little head down.... can you guess what he had for lunch?

He is actually sleeping right now.. but he's in his BED taking his nap this time

My Sweet little's that are NOT tired!

The kids got an early start this morning and we have been working on school for Kali, playing math games, reading and doing some spelling. Drew and Brig join right in and Drew does him "homework" too. Brig usually just draws on paper.. it's pretty cute that he thinks he doing his part.

After lunch I was feeling a bit tired and told Kali and Drew that they needed to take some quiet time while Brig napped and I worked on more school projects.. They were both VERY adamant that they were not tired and did not need to have any quiet time. So we agreed that I would come and get them in 10 minutes and they could play quietly downstairs or do a craft.... This is what I found in 10 minutes...


*Kali made herself some type of cozy bed*

Not tired eh?

Now I think I will go and take a nap!

GLENN BECK

Last Night we had the honor and privilege of going to see Glenn Beck LIVE. It was honestly inspiring, amazing and made me proud to be an American! He has passion about life. Full of sincerity and emotion. Seriously funny. He could be a comedian. I left there last night wanting to stand out a little stronger for what I believe. Whether it be spiritually, politically or other. I am an ever bigger fan.



Thanks Mom & Kim for the great tickets & Joelle & Mike for sitting with us.. too bad Carma & Greg we a few rows behind us, we didn't get any pictures.



We got to meet Sheriff Joe. He's a pretty nice guy. almost my friend




The night almost got better. We went to Oregano's for some delicious dinner & pazookie! It doesn't get much better than that!



When we got home Scott was immediately online and bought this book.

I am officially a SOCCER MOM!

Soccer started a few weeks ago and the practices have been fun & entertaining to watch, to say the least. Drews coach is the funniest, what can you expect from a bunch of 4 & 5 year olds? He just keeps calling their names with no response, giving a million water breaks.. because they're so tired & HOT and last week practice ended a little early because the attention span was just...well...GONE! Drew is just excited to tell everyone he plays soccer... It's kinda like he is telling everyone he won the lottery! It's fun to see him & Kali practicing and working towards something they are both doing but on different levels and Kali really loves that she can teach Drew something. He is just happy that she's giving him some attention and being really nice!!!


Kali's coach is awesome! Their age group is a little more mature and the kids are able to stay a little more focused on the practice and actually understand "why" they are there. At the first practice they had the kids weren't actually assigned to their teams so it was just a big bunch of kids from ages 6-9ish... and Kali being soooo tall got put with all the older kids they are totally into soccer. She HATED soccer... to say the least. She wanted to quit right then and there and get the money back. After I told her it wasn't an option and that she would some day (hopefully) like it she went back to play the 2nd half of practice/scrimmage and she was the goalie. She came running back with the biggest smile saying how much she loved it because she was sick and tired of rumming and following the older kids around.... Lesson learned.... Tell the coach this is her 1st year and she's only 6!!!
** Kali, Morgan & Belle** Soccer Stars!

That was 2 weeks ago and the kids 1st game was today! Drews team did so good. They played the whole game and Drew got to be the goalie for a little bit. He sure got into it. He dove and caught the ball and was really good. "Eye on the ball" he told me when I told him what an amazing job he did. Now there is something that is just so funny about Drew, he has given himself a soccer name..... T.R., where that came from I have NO IDEA but it is sooooo funny to me! After Kali's game today I told both of them how awesome they were and he said, "yeah way to be T.R." Seriously???



Kali was soo cute! She wanted her hair to be perfectly done. "Not too girly mom, but soccer cool". So we did her hair and she was really good. She got the ball about half field and ran it all the way to the goal, almost making a goal, but then the boy stole the ball before she tried to kick! Dirty Rascal! Kick em in the knee's Kali!

Just kidding. At the end of the game she went to kick the ball and her face landed right on the ball. I thought for sure she was done and really going to cry. Not even a tear! She got right back up and started running. I guess you have to be tough in soccer. When I talked to her tonight about it, how tough that was, she said,"Mom, it didn't really hurt that bad and besides I was scared because I remembered NO HANDS ON THE BALL & and I touched it. But then a kid kicked it and kept running so I didn't get in trouble." Oh Kali, you're so cute and sweet. Good thing you didn't get into trouble OR hurt your face.


The cutest part is that Kali and Drew randomly got the same number 11... 11-11 make a WISH!

Kali & Drew's # 1 fan! Sitting on the sidelines wasn't too bad. It was only 107 today.