No words...just pictures!

The Last Two Months...

...have been busy with SOCCER!! We've had practice Mon-Thurs. nights w/3 games almost every Saturday (one Saturday we had 4 games and another two weekends Annie ended up having a Friday night game, so we only two for the next day...). But, we've sure had a lot of fun!!

Annie is trying out next week for a "select" league....a little bit better than just a regular recreation team, but not quite advanced as a competitive or club team....after all, she's only 8 yrs. old!

Abbie's team was new playing together this season...they started off a little rough, but have improved AMAZINGLY!! Her team is playing in the championship game tomorrow afternoon (wish her luck!!)!

She plays defender....

Parker had fun....but, I'm wondering if he's a little soccer-ed out....we're thinking about trying karate for him....

Connor's already talking about playing soccer in the Spring....we'll see what happens!! :)

9 months old...

...and we love her more every day!!

(showing off her 2 bottom, front teeth....those are the only ones she has so far, but she puts them to good use!!)

(a big cheeser for Abbie, who was doing tricks behind me...)

(playing in the laundry basket)

(eating leaves outside)

(standing up in the kitchen....she thinks she is pretty hot stuff w/all her standing...)

(and she thinks she is big enough to start climbing the stairs....I happen to think differently!)

Allie is adored by us all...she is such a sweet, happy, easy-going baby!! We love our little lady!

First Day of School Pictures!

It's that time of year....I have 3 kids in elementary school, plus a preschooler this year! This week has been busy, but SO good, too!! So far, they are all LOVING school!

My 5th grader...

3rd grader....

At our house before leaving for school....
Over at school, now (the weather was really chilly...they were trying to stay warm!)...

My big kindergartner...

Connor ready for preschool, too!....

Here's to another fantastic school year!!! :)

Testing...

....because we got a new camera for our trip to San Diego! If this blog post works, then that means I've done all the uploading right & I can start sharing pictures from our vacation & all the other fun stuff we've been doing this summer!! :)

So...just some random pictures....

Looks like it might be working & apparently Connor has been a little camera-shy...LOL! More blogs to come!!

The "Beach Park"

Not too far from our house, we have a great state park that is perfect for a little bit of summer swimming and, of course, picnics! The kids have such a fun time playing in the water & building sand castles, while Matt & I get a little relaxing in!!

This is how you'll usually find the kids...

We love summer!!

A Saturday Walk

Yesterday Matt & I decided we wanted to take the kids out for a little outdoor activity...the weather was prefect, spending a little family time together was great & we all had a lot of fun! We headed down to the Greenbelt to take a walk by the river! We did a 1.3 mile loop and finished up right before noon...it was perfect! All the kids were troopers...even Connor's little legs kept going!

It was even perfect for a few pictures...

And a cute baby girl that was perfectly happy the entire time! :)

Family Reunion #1

Yep...it's official...I'm a slacker. I am NOT good at remembering to take pictures! We took our camera, though it only made an appearance on 2 occasions....never mind the roasting marshmallows over the campfire, seeing all the baby animals that have been born, craft projects, hanging out, etc....so, here's the few from getting together with Matt's family from a couple of weeks ago.

Matt's parent's bought a Tote Goat (yeah, I didn't know what it was either, until we arrived) a few days before we got there. Matt found a new toy, the kids, Matt & I all had fun riding it (when it wasn't raining) and Connor decided the helmet should be his.... :)

If you were to come to our house....

...you'd find lots of Parker's drawings around! This boy loves to color, cut, paste, tape up, etc any piece of art work that he does. I think it's time I found a cork-board to hang up all his artwork on!

Here's some pictures of what you'd currently find around our house....

(symbols for only Rescue Hero's and NYPD allowed in this room)

(Lego "rock monster"...from the Power Miners set...some of Park's favorite pictures to color, recently...and yes, we print LOADS of pictures off daily!) :)

(more Rescue Hero's and Power Miner pictures)

(still not sure what all this one means...he likes to use the "+" sign when he is combining stuff, currently we have "M+"heart"+P" written on our porch in chalk...that means "mom loves Parker...anyway, there is a heart, rock monster and arrows to the right on this picture...whatever that means!)

P.S. I realize I have a month worth of catching up to do (end of school projects, family reunions, misc. pictures, etc), so I'll do my best to do some regular blogging! :)