Anamarie!!!

So, Ana wins the silly award for this past week!! After her game on Saturday, we went to the new Jamba Juice place in Vons on Scripps Poway Parkway. We went over to the water fountain (outside Baskin Robbins) to sit in the sun and drink our drinks. The kids were throwing pennies into the fountain and climbing on the rocks-- just playing. Everything was fine, and as Dave and I were gathering everyone up to go home, Ana and Hayden decided to walk around the concrete ledge surrounding the area at the bottom of the waterfall where everyone throws their pennies. Of course you know what happened next... Ana fell in. And it wasn't just that her foot slipped in-- she completely went UNDER the water (the 2 feet or however deep it is) and looked like she had just been thrown in a pool! Dave and I were DYING-- laughing hysterically and, unfortunately, weren't able to really soothe Ana because we were laughing so hard! I just started saying, "Quick! Take a picture! Take a picture!" So, we did. :)- You wouldn't believe how much water poured out of her soccer cleats!!

Go Padres!

Our little Padres fan, all decked out with her face tat, stayed awake for the entire game last weekend!! She loved the lights and all of the new noises...

Soccer season!

Soccer season is in full swing. So don't ask us to do anything on Saturdays because we're slammed. :) Dave's dad took some pics of Hayden's game last week, of 2 of her 3 goals. I hope her team starts playing some better teams pretty soon because this little athlete is getting a bit cocky... pics of Ana and Coach Dave next week...

Catching up

Wow, the past 3 weeks have been insanely busy and fun! I've posted a few of my favorite pics from our adventures. The last week of summer, we stayed in a beach house in Solana Beach. We all loved surfing/boogie boarding/building sand castles/sleeping in the tent (Carmen) all week long. The next day, Dave and the kids went boating with Scott- here's a picture of Hayden kneeboarding before she went out of the wake. I guess she also got up for a second on the wakeboard too! Ana and Alex went tubing and everyone had another fun day in the sun before school started the next week...

There are pics from the first day of school with Hayden in 2nd grade, Anamarie in kindergarten, and Alex in preschool. Alex had the hardest time going to school (no surprise) and is still tearing up when I drop him off. Ana loves kindergarten, but says she misses me and our house everyday :).

Yesterday was Hayden's 8th birthday and her baptism. It was an awesome day--funniest part, as I was drying Hayden off I asked what it felt like in the water and she said, "I almost had to pee in the water." HA HA!! Good thing we drained the water afterward- I guess there are benefits to individual baptisms rather than stake baptisms where kids go in one after another!