And the activities are getting more complicated

The third child....you avoid scheduling activities for them as you are so busy driving to all the activities for the older two. That said, we decided we had to let Maggie have at least one activity outside of school.....and she picked ballet.....lord help me. Thankfully, she is so stinkin cute about the whole thing I could not stop smiling.....but then we had to run to two soccer games.

Labor Day 2015

We managed to get down to Manzanita for Labor Day after soccer games on Saturday. Maggie rode a trailer bike for the first time, and pretty much thinks she is ready for Tour de France.

Maggie's First Day of School

Miss Maggie also had her first day of preschool. She is a new class that has some old friends and new kids. She also got the teachers she had last year - which made me smile from ear to ear.  It is going to be a great year. They made a new poster in the hallway, that had one of my favorite Maggie's sayings...."As fast as an elephant".

First Day of School 2015- Last Time Together Until High School

Henry and Frances had their first day of school for 2015. When went to take our annual picture, out front of the school, I all of a sudden got very emotional as this was the last time they will be in school together.....until high school. YOWZERS. Time is fricken flying. Henry was very excited to be part of the first crew to have the honor of Safety Duty. Nothing like the responsibility of directing traffic.....apparently he also added in a lot of waves to parents and a "five" signs to fellow fifth graders.....kid is getting spunky.

Meeting the Thorns

The kids are part of the Little Timbers/Thorns Fan Club. Every year they have an annual event that you get to meet a couple of players. This year, they had the event around a Thorns practice. You got to get ANYTHING from the concession stand and watch the practice, which of course my soccer crazed kids. Henry and Frances were studying the drills and Henry was comparing it to his club team drills. Pretty funny. But then.......at the end....they had all the fans line up around the field and they were able to get signatures....FROM THE WHOLE TEAM!!!!!! This is a pretty big deal as there are a number of players who played in the World Cup on the team -- and we were slightly obsessed with the World Cup games. To say we were all extremely excited is an understatement. 

Last Beach Trip Before School Starts

School started BEFORE Labor Day this year...boo....so we made ONE more trip down there to close out the summer. Thankfully the weather was stunning and it bliss....until we had to come home.

Hillsboro Hops

Mark's summer party was the Hillsboro Hops game. I am not a big baseball fan, but it was really really fun. It was a perfect summer night and they had a bunch of fun things for kids. Christian caught a ball, they got to be HOPS - the mascot, and the girls got to run around the bases at the end of the game. 

Adventures with Christian 2015

I love having Christian stay with us over the summer. He is such a sweet kid and I love getting to know my nephew more. This year was double awesome in that Olivia stayed too! They are amazing kids.

Timbers Game with Christian

Henry and Christian are both die hard soccer fans, so their dream is going to an MLS together. We decided to make it happen - we gave them our tickets and Henry and I bought tickets five sections from them. They were pretty jazzed about being "alone"....and then a bit interested in the fact that I told them that the entire crew that sits around us had our cell phone and could text us if they felt that we should know something.