Summer's B-Day

Summer turned 9 years old today! I can't believe how big she is, she is growing up way too fast!
We just had a little family party at home since I just came home from the hospital. But she had a friend "High School Musical 2 premier"party on the 17th and an extended family party on the 19th.
She got the new Dance Dance Revolution game for PS2 with two dance pads and they love to play it. She also got clothes, which she

already loves! Aaaah! Isn't she too young to be into clothes already?

Summer is a fabulous big sister and a wonderful help to me. I don't know what I would do without her. She is so dedicated to practicing the violin now. She is really progressing and I appreciate not having to remind her everyday to practice. She is also playing soccer again this year and she loves it. Her best friend is on her team with her and they have a lot of fun at games and practicing together. It's been really fun going to all her games and watching her progress.

We absolutely love Summer! Happy Birthday sweetie!

Jaxon's Soccer debut

Jaxon started playing Soccer this fall for his first time! He absolutely looves it. He definately has more fun seeing us clap and cheer for him than he does scoring a goal or kicking the ball. He cannot run without a big smile on his face and his tongue sticking out. He is one of the smallest on the team, so he has a hard time actually getting a chance to kick the ball, but he'll sometimes get in there with his elbows going trying to get his turn to kick. It's freaking hilarious. And lets not forget the time he punched his own teammate in the back, because the other team scored! It is actually really fun to watch. It will be fun to see him comtinue to play

Our Infamous Day at the Lake

It all started as what looked like would be a wonderful day at the lake. Caro and the kids were here, the lake was glass, and NO ONE was on it(because it was really low and you had to launch at your own risk - not to mention it was a little bit overcast). But we were excited non the less, to tap some of that glass! Well, it didn't all go as planned. First Alan jumped in the water with cell phone in pocket (again!), second the boat was dead and . . . we didn't have jumper cables! When we finally got the boat launched the water was unreal. Alan and Ben had a great time skiing and wake boarding, and Summer and Mackenzie knee boarded. Then as we were enjoying the lake and about to let the kids on the tubes we heard a loud noise (can't remember what it sounded like, but it was ugly) and we started to smell oil. Well, it turns out that there was a huge whole blown in the top of our outdrive(no idea what that is, but I actually saw the whole)! So there we are on the lake, down by the damn, and remember I said there was NO ONE on the lake? Yeah, well there was still no one on the lake and every single one of the four adults on the boat had left their cell phones in the car, except for Alan's which I mentioned was wet! So Alan and Ben started to row us back to shore. We got about ten yards and realized we would never make it. Just when it seemed like I might give birth right there (I was due in 6 days), we heard the sound of a boat in the distance and we were saved!! The kids still talk about the day at the lake when we were saved.