Friday, September 17, 2010

Day 1 - Check In

We stayed at the Beach Club Resort and arrived in the late afternoon. The picture of Doug and Audrey has our hotel in the background. They had a pirate ship waterslide at the pool, which the kids couldn't wait to go down. But, for tonight it was dinner and bed so we would be ready for a big day tomorrow.

Our Drive Down to Disney World

We got back from Disney World last week and I planned on blogging about it much sooner than this. I was actually hoping to blog while I was there, but the fee to connect to the internet at the hotel was almost $10 a day and most days I didn't have the energy or time to do it anyway. Our drive down there was fun and it felt like the time flew by. I actually did a little school with kids in the car, which was met with some complaining, but what can you expect since we were on vacation. The only thing Audrey couldn't grasp on the way down was the concept of time. One hour into our 15+ hour drive she asked if we were there yet. I don't remember if she ever completely stopped asking, but it really didn't matter because we were all excited to get there. We spent the night in Georgia before arriving to Disney World on Saturday, September 4th. There was a Cracker Barrel, a midwest/east coast restaurant for you west coast folks. They have a gift shop in the front of the restaurant and the kids picked out something for themselves. They had a blast with the glasses, teeth and frog that Ethan is holding. I think Jacob's pose looks a little Elvisish, but I think he was going for a different effect.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Audrey's 1st Dance Lesson

Audrey had her first combo class on Monday. She is doing ballet and tap and LOVES it! All of us were able to go and watch her on her first day. She was so excited she could hardly contain herself. Surprisingly, the boys were interested in seeing her, which I thought was sweet.
Audrey loved getting dressed up and having me put her hair up. She also wanted me to make sure I took a picture of her heart on the back.


I wasn't sure how well she would follow instructions, but she did very well and it seemed very natural for her.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Ethan and Jacob's First Soccer Game

This was Ethan's very first soccer game and it was very exciting to see him play. Doug is helping to coach his team this year, which wasn't something he was planning on doing, but its worked out pretty well.



The soccer league here is lightyears ahead of the league Jacob played on in Washington. He's also on a really great team with some strong players which is pushing him to do better. I'm really excited to see where he will be at the end of the season.

More Pictures from Sacramento!

Staying at Robyn and Kevin's is always a lot of fun for the kids because Rachel and Caleb are so close in age to our kids. Audrey, Rachel, Ethan and Caleb played dress-up every day we were there!

Sacramento in July

We stayed with my sister Robyn and one of the days we were there we took the kids to Thunderland!

The Five Amigos!


Thunderland!

Friday, August 13, 2010

Family Game Night

Jacob completely annihilated us in Yahtzee tonight!

My Little Helpers

If it wasn't for Ethan, Audrey and Jacob helping me out today I never would have gotten the house clean. We got everything done except for the basement and it feels oh, so good to have a clean house again!!


Friday, August 6, 2010

Do you struggle with fear?

This summer I've been doing Beth Moore's bible study "Esther - It's Tough Being A Women." I was catching up on a DVD session I missed and found it to be a powerful message about fear. If you are struggling with fear I recommend listening to it. Here's a link to download the session for $4.99 http://www.lifewaystores.com/lwstore/product.asp?ISBN=1415867542&crossSell=true. Also, if you haven't had a chance to do her bible study on Esther I highly recommend it. It's been one of the most intriguing bible studies I've done. Esther is more like reading a novel and I've found that I can't wait to find out what happens next.