Soccer Star

Abby started soccer practice this week! She has been very excited to say the least. On Saturday we went to Target and got her a ball, shin guards, socks, and new tennis shoes; she hasn't wanted to take them off since we got them.

At first she was very shy and hid behind me but once she warmed up she had a blast. Emotionally she did a lot better than the boys on her team ~ haven't they told them there's no crying in soccer? :-) She is the only girl and so cute with her little ponytails! I had to tell her that it's a rule in soccer that you have to have your hair in ponytails so you can see when you're running. She's buying it for now!

Here she is getting ready to kick a goal, notice her tongue hanging out! That is coach Nate in the background.

Great form don't you think?

Here she is with her team and two coaches. Coach Nate on the right and Coach Mike on the left.
Her first game is on September 13th at the Thornton Rec Center Multipurpose fields if anyone wants to come out and see her.

Brother & Sisterly Love

Abby & Logan were enjoying a ice cream cone on the back deck together. Although these moments of affection are few and far between they sure are cute! And as they grow older they are becoming more frequent. I think they are beginning to learn that they should view each other more as friends than as a threat, although they still have there moments or maybe I should say their days... or weeks?? I have hope that it will keep getting better as they get older.

Fun in the Dirt!!

Blackhawk Down

Abby's 1st Helicopter Ride

Going to Wal-Mart to get your groceries sometimes has it's advantages... such as getting to sit in a Blackhawk Helicopter. We were on our way to get groceries and when we pulled up there was a Blackhawk and Flight for Life Helicopter in the parking lot. Abby was very excited that she was able to sit in the helicopter and "drive" it.

Summer Fun

What's better on a hot summer day than having a ice cream cone in the backyard? Abby and Logan are enjoying a cone after swimming in the backyard. Weather here has been hot and dry, great for swimming not so good for drought conditions and fires.

Family Fun

The family packed into the Minivan and toook a day trip up to Estes Park. We were thinking we would hike up to Bear Lake but when the little old man at the information booth asked me if we had ski poles I knew we were in trouble! Turns out there was still quite a bit of snow on the trails.




Instead we drove into town and had a picnic lunch by the river. Abby had a blast standing in the water, which is freezing cold due to the fact that it is all runoff. She didn't seem to mind and we finally had to insist that she take a break and get out.

Logan on the other hand didn't want anything to do with the water and was happier cruising up and down the stairs, practicing his new found skill of walking up and down rather than crawling... oh and jumping off of the last one :-)

We ended the day walking up the main street and getting an ice cream cone for the kids. It was a lot of fun to get the kids out and into the Mountains that Abby talks about and loves to look at!!

Down on the Farm

Abby has been into cows and farms lately. She wants to go "squeeze" (milk) the cows. In Longmont they have a farm called "Sunflower Farm" where you can go and walk around a working farm and see all the animals. They have swings, a treehouse, baby animals, a hay stack maze for little ones, and much more. It is a ton of fun for little ones - I wish I had come up with this idea! Buy a farm and have silly suburbanites pay $6.00 per person to walk around it! There had to be a couple hundred people there the day we were there.