spring soccer 2012

both boys played on the "monsters" soccer team again this year and had a great season.  the team consisted of several new players this season so it gave noodle and burrito the opportunity to step up and lead their team.  both boys had several goals this season and had a great time playing soccer.  they are ready to try something new so next season we will be a baseball family and see how that goes.  here are a few of my favorite soccer shots from this year.

burrito #10 scoring a gooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaalllllll !

noodle geared up to play goalie

noodle in the goal ready to defend

our team, the monsters! we love coach jason!

our cutest soccer fan!

noodle about to score a goal

noodle

burrito as goalie

burrito

noodle

 we had a great soccer season and it was SO fun to watch our guys play their hearts out!

school memories from this year

here are a bunch of fun shots from various school activities this year.  i can't believe i will have a 1st grader and 3rd grader next year!

reformation day.  noodle's class could dress like an animal from God's creation.  he was a parrot!

burrito dressed as a roman soldier.  his class could choose a bible character.

burrito on egyptian feast day

me and burrito at his thanksgiving party

noodle as an indian chief

noodle singing with his class at his christmas party

noodle decorating a christmas cookie

burrito being silly at his christmas party

western day plus the school jackets because it was cold outside :)

noodle's valentine's day party

burrito's 2nd grade program "through the old testament."  he was nathan.

noodle's trip to sea life aquarium...the view through the tank!

noodle and some of his kindergarten buddies

i would say we had a most successful and fun year!

easter 2012

we celebrated easter at church and then at mimi and poppy's house.  it ended up raining out our traditional outdoors easter egg hunt so we hunted inside instead this year.  these are a few of my favorite shots from the day.

their very own bibles for easter

already reading their bibles

Better late than never! Burrito's 8th birthday continued...

so this year for burrito's birthday we did something a little different.  rather than have a friend party, we opted to have a family fun day.  we let burrito decide what to eat and what to do for the entire day.

breakfast was donuts, of course!  after opening presents on skype with our family in missouri, we headed to rain forest cafe for lunch.  it's a really fun place decorated like a rainforest, complete with animals that move and make noise every 15 minutes.

burrito was horrified when our waiter and waitress announced to the restaurant that it was his birthday.  he refused to stand in the chair but they sang happy birthday to him anyways.  we finished the lunch with the lava mud dessert, complete with gummy worms!

after a trip to the lego store, we headed to chuck e. cheese for an afternoon of games and fun.  we bought 150 tokens and spent a couple of hours playing games.

then we headed to our friends' house in dallas for some more birthday fun.  we ate pizza and cake outside and let our two boys and their three girls play in the backyard.  it was so sweet to share burrito's birthday with such good friends!

i had the wrong setting on my camera here so this picture isn't that great...besides, trying to take a pic of 4 kids is nearly impossible!

we had such a great time and burrito is already planning next year's birthday family fun day!

happy easter!

Christ the Lord is risen today, alleluia!

burrito's 8th birthday

yesterday, april 6, was a very good day.  it was good friday, which as a believer, is a very significant day, though in this case, it was a very good day for another reason.

it was burrito's 8th birthday!

the day started with this:

and ended with this:

with a whole lot of fun packed in between.  more details and pictures to come!

happy birthday burrito!
happy easter!

we're still here...

well i'm just embarrassed that this is my first (and likely only) post for february.  i was just recounting to a friend at church how thankful i was that we've seemed to have moved out of the sickness zone now that the boys are a little older.

mistake #1.

the very next day i was sick with a stomach bug.  that afternoon burrito came home from school not feeling well and running a fever.  that was a monday.  on wednesday, he woke up with a 104 degree temperature so off to the doctor we went.  a chest xray revealed the start of pnuemonia.  by thursday evening, we added a stronger antibiotic to the already prescribed one and the antibiotic shot he received at the doctor's office when his body just could not kick the fever.  by friday, he was feeling like a new man.  on sunday, noodle came home from church with sudden, acute ear pain so off to the doctor i went with him.  he had an ear infection.  then the following friday, noodle was doubled over with abdominal pain.  it was pretty scary.  neither of my boys complain much when they are sick so when one of them is crying in pain, i get a little nervous.  everything checked out okay so we are just assuming that whatever it was, the Lord answered our prayers and took it away.

so hopefully this week will be normal.  please Lord?

and just for fun, here's a pic of the boys while watching the super bowl.

don't they look tough???

 happy tuesday!