Back to School for the BIG 4!

Summer went WAY too FAST for me!  We had so much fun - I was NOT ready for my kiddos to go back to school.  But, they had to go back.  Here are way too many pictures from their first day - but I don't care.  They only have one first day of school a year!

Ed had to get in a few pictures - he postponed a work trip to Germany just so he could be home for the boys first day of school - he is a GREAT dad!

 Silly boys!

 Sure LOVE them!

 Living so close (3 houses and a street with a crossing guard) to the Elementary School is FABULOUS!

 Of course, I had to follow them on the first day and take some pictures.

 Even one in front of the school - the boys were not too happy about that one!

 First grade makes me nervous - especially for Brecken.  I hate them being gone all day.  So I waiting with Brecken.

 And I even made sure he found his seat and was happy!  Thank goodness he was happy!

Happy to report they all had GREAT first days of school!

Caramel Apples

The night before Halloween, we finally make caramel apples - a family tradition.

This first picture has nothing to do with caramel apples but she is just so cute, I couldn't resist.

 There really isn't much to making caramel apples but the kids like unwrapping the caramels - and it is just fun to spend time together - so sad Dallin was at football practice.

 Here is Brecken patiently waiting his turn to dip his apple.

 Kesley (dressed as Izzy), ate a few of the Oreos before I could crush them - no surprise there.

 Gavin is growing up way too fast - make it stop!

 Boy can Matthew put on the charm!

 Caramel apples are easy - but still a little too hard to let the Little 3 do it by themselves so I had to help.

 Gavin could do it by himself.

 Cameron didn't want to eat his - but he had fun dipping it in M&Ms.

 Happy Happy Brecken!

 Sweet Kesley!

 Silly Gavin!

 Adorable Matthew!

Nothing too exciting but still a fun night with MOST of the kiddos!

Saturday = Sports & Swimming

Our Saturdays in September and October are ALL about SPORTS!  And we LOVE it!

Last Saturday we did "sports" from 7:30 am - 7:00 pm.  We started with Dallin and his football game - he had to leave home by 7:30 get him there by 7:45 am.  His game didn't start until 9:00.  Problem was that Brecken's game also started at 9:00.  Oh wait, the twins game started at 9:00 too - thank heavens my mom was in town to help out!  Ed went to Dallin's game, I went to Brecken's game, and my mom went to the twins game.

When I could get Brecken out on the field, he had fun and played well.  Love that smile!

 Dallin was playing another 7th grade Lehi team - the team he played on his first year - they REALLY wanted to play.  So all during Brecken's game, Ed was texting me the score.  I had planned on going straight to Gavin's (10:30) game after Brecken's but Dallin's team was winning at half-time so I hurried over to see the end.  So glad I did!  They ended up winning 34-8!!!!!!

 Dallin is the little guy in the middle - #99.

 Dallin went head to head with #77 on the other team the whole time - fun to see Dallin being so aggressive.

 I didn't get to see the twins game but I took pictures of them at Gavin's game.  Kesley is AWESOME at soccer - she scored 3 goals!

 Cameron, on the other hand isn't as into soccer as his twin sister.  Let's just say it is a challenge to get him out on the field at all.

 I love watching Gavin - he is such a good boy.  And when he stays in his position, he is a GOOD little defender.

 After Gavin's game, we had a small break (meaning I had time to get home from Gavin's game in time to get Matthew to his game early).  Matthew plays for SURF (East).  When his team is "ON", they are really good.  They WON 9-1 and he SCORED ONE GOAL!

 The second half he played KEEPER.  I hate when he plays keeper but he does when they are up by a lot.

 He did have a few good stops.

 Once we finished our 4 SOCCER games and 1 FOOTBALL game, we had Dallin's football team over for a TEAM PARTY!  It was so nice to have the party after such a GREAT game!  And we were so lucky and had GREAT weather for the party - which we had not had all week.

 The boys all swam and just got to play and have fun OFF the field!  And I must say, they are ALL such nice boys!

 Poor kid under Dallin!

 Of course we had food and LOTS of it!

 Oreo Rice Krispies

 4 Chip Cookies

 Triple Chocolate Cookies

 Chilin' in the hot tub while eating some treats.

 The funniest part of the party was when some of the boys went inside and played DRESS-UP!

 Here are all the boys (that came - I think there were 1-2 that couldn't make it).

 After the party, we let all of our kids swim.

This was one of the most fun Saturdays EVER!!!!  I went to bed EXHAUSTED but just LOVING my kiddos. What a FUN day!