Our Soccer Star

Excuse the abundance of soccer photos from today's game.  Julia made us proud.  6 goals (out of 7).  She scored early in the game and then nothing was going to stop her. 

Goal #1

Chilling on the sidelines.

So proud of herself

She is going for it!

Look at those athletic looking legs!

#7 on the other team is thinking, "not again!".

The coach and Julia have a connection.

Go Julia Go!

Wanna giggle?

Julia learns to ride a bike

A quintessential daddy duty is to teach a kid to ride a bike.  Julia was ready.  We have a blue bike just her size but she has been riding this BIG pink one with training wheels this summer and she wasn't gonna go back to the blue bike.  Brett fondly calls her 'kermit' .

Happy Birthday Oli - the 48 hour party!

Oli turned 11 on Friday and we took a different approach to his birthday this year.  Since he has great friends from various aspects of his life: his old school, his neighborhood friends and his current school friends, we decided to do the following which was all back to back to back.  As soon as one friend left, another one arrived.
- Friday Afternoon: Boating with Cody and Jackson
- Friday Night: Jackson spends the night
- Saturday: Boating with Max
- Saturday Night: Power Play Arcade and movie night and sleep over with Steffen
- Sunday: Mariner's Game with Brady

Just like a birthday party but all stretched out across the weekend.  

It was 48 hours of celebrating Oli.  We're all exhausted.

Went out for coffee in the AM to give him his #1 gift, an ipod touch...expect to start receiving emails and texts from Oli now!

Jackson and Cody and Oli...walking down Kirkland doc where we stopped for dinner.

Oli's friends watching him wakeboard

Oli and Max on the inflatable on Saturday

Tyler loves to hang with the big kids.

Julia still treats him like her little brother though.

 

A slow ride with Tyler in the middle.  He is a brave boy!

Oli and Steffen at Power Play

 

Swinging with Steffen..these two are great friends. 

Mariner's Game with Brady.

First Wakeboarding

Oli tried wakeboarding for the first time the very last day of summer...nothing like finishing off the summer wish list just hours before  bedtime the night before school!

We weren't even sure he would get up but sure enough first time he was up and had the hang of it.

We were proud!  And so was he. 

Tyler lays on the floor of the boat underneath Brett driving and takes a nap.  It's his favorite napping spot. 

First Ski Lesson

Julia started indoor ski lessons yesterday...simply adorable.

First day of school

Oli started 5th grade, yes 5th grade on Tuesday!  And Julia started her 3rd year in preschool. 

I started taking pictures of the kids with these signs a few years ago and now have a great collection.  I can already picture the eye rolling when I have them do it throughout high school.

Oli (and this year Brady will join him) jump over our back fence to get to the bus stop.  Neighbor approved.

Tyler was so happy to join in the fun with his backpack on.

Literally hopping because she was so excited.

walking into preschool

Miss Nicole, we're happy to have you again!

Julia didn't even have to be asked to go and wash her hands...she continues to be a rule follower.