A week of Good and Bad!

Well I thought I would give a little overview of our week.

Wednesday I stubbed my toe on a shoe in the kitchen and thought it was nothing except when I looked down it was completely crooked. I went to the doctor and they told me it was broken so I just have to stay off it for a while. How can something so small be so painful!! (aren't you glad I don't have any pictures)

It also made me realize how little my children do around here and how capable they really are. They wiped counters, washed dishes, swept floors, got themselves ready for bed, cleaned their rooms, and just about anything else that I asked. Sometimes I figure it is just easier and faster for me to do things, and I forget how important it is for them to take more responsibility around the house.

Saturday was another full day of Soccer. Payge's team won. She didn't make any goals but she stopped the other team from making any.

Baylee lost on her select team 1-4. She was the only player again to score for her team.
Her recreation team won 6-0. Baylee got 2 goals even though she was defender for the whole game.

We had a couple birthday parties. Even though Saturdays are long Gabe and I can't wait til the next. We have so much fun watching the kids play and grow, and oh ya, knock the socks off other teams!

Happy Birthday Reyse!!

My sweet baby turns 1. I have to admit a little more than a year ago I thought this day would never come. We had a very bumpy road in the beginning, but we made it. She is such a happy baby. Reyse is very easy to please, some food( okay alot of food) clean diaper, and a good nap, and she is as happy as can be. She is a very opinionated girl, and lets people know when she isn't in the mood for something, like cuddling.

She had a very simple birthday, with cards from grandparents, and a single toy from mom and dad. A chocolate frosted cupcake with a one candle and the love of a big family. She was very very happy!!

The cupcake didn't seem to be enough for our little grubber, she loves her Popsicles. She grunts very loudly and screams if you ignore the grunts, until her sweet sisters give in and share their loot!

Lots of sugar, makes for very happy kids.
Since Baylee was a baby I have made the girls a pancake shaped in the number 1. Covered with butter and powdered sugar. Everyone loves this tradition!
The reason we only got Reyse one toy is because toys is not something this baby needs. I purposefully hide toys away after a child is done with it, just to bring it out later for another. Example: I just brought out this little floor piano out of the closet and she hasn't left it alone.

Taytum trying to teach Reyse to sing!
I had to put this one in here. Later that night the girls went out onto the tramp to play. Reyse has to stay in. She hollers at one of us to put her on the couch so she can watch them play.
If I haven't mentioned it before, then let me do it now. I am truly blessed to have 4 of the most beautiful, healthy, smart, and kindhearted girls to call my own. (I can't wait for more)!!!

A Great Weekend of Soccer!

I have not been very good at taking pictures of the kids playing soccer. It is impossible to get them of Baylee, the field is to big and my camera is to slow. She played great though. In her recreation team she scored 4 goals, but only played about 7 to 8 min. The team we played wasn't very good and Baylee was making it worse. Gabe put her in as goalie the whole second half of the game, they won 13-0. Baylee's Select team played later on that day. They actually played their sister team, but it was still a great game. They lost 1-2, Baylee scored the only goal for her team. We are really proud of her.

Payge also had a game this weekend. Her field is very small and the spectators are very close. I have to admit I have been worried that soccer was not for Payge. Several times She has wanted to quit and cried to come off the field, saying "It's to hard." We kept encouraging her and she is really starting to understand the game, and is really getting into it. Here are some pics of her latest game where she scored 4 goals!

On Your Mark!!

Get Set!
And,
GOOOOOOAAAALLLL!!
She played awesome and was very proud of herself, Yeah, Payge!!

Double Date Night!

So Thursday night our good friends, Nathan and Rebecca got us some free tickets to go to the FC Dallas Game with them. It is a professional soccer team, and the stadium is only about 20 min. from our house. It was so much fun, we got tho leave the kids at home and actually have fun just the two of us. I know a lot of our friends have weekly or monthly date nights but Gabe and I don't hardly ever get them. Reyse has kept me tied to the house with all the nursing, and babysitters for 4 kids are expensive. We definitely enjoyed ourselves!!!!

Thanks Nathan and Rebecca, let us know anytime you want some company, it was awesome!!!
The team mascot, we got seats in the front row at the mid-field line, we could practically reach out and touch the players.