Brandon's Soccer

Brandon has been playing soccer for the past few months and absolutely loves it! Although he seems to be a bit shy at first as the game goes on he gets better. It is almost like I need to bring him really early so he can get into the right mind set so by the time the game starts he is ready to go! He is really good at throw ins, free kicks & dribbling! His last game was Sat, here are a few pictures of him doing his best!!!!!

Trick or Treat!!!

We went trick or treating right here on base and it turned out to be a lot of fun. We ended up meeting up with a few of the neighbors and the kids had a blast. It took a few houses for Brandon to get into it but by the end of the night he and the little boy in the Dragon costume were racing each other to every house! Brandon was even a great big brother and took his sister up to a few houses, unfortunately she didn't last long. (I brought the stroller along just for that reason!!)

The best part about the whole night was a few houses not only had treats for the kids but they also had special treats for the adults, you know, adult beverages!Yeah Buddy! One of the houses had warm apple cider with rum, it was so nice because it kept you warm while the kids ran around, another had this really good punch with rum! I think this is a really good idea and should be carried out every year. HAHA!

New Pooch!

 

WE GOT A NEW DOG!!!!

A guy that Dave works with was getting rid of his Boxer because he was moving into a small apartment. Dave, of course, jump on the opportunity to get a free Boxer, he has been wanting a one for years. Being the loving wife that I am, I said it would be ok.

Jax is his name and has turned out to be great!! He is very well behaved, sits when you tell him to sit, lays down on command, does ALL his business outside & doesn't get up on the furniture! Oh yeah, most importantly he is absolutely GREAT with the kids. Isa can touch, poke & prod anywhere on him and he just takes it! AWESOME!

I think we really lucked out, the people that had him before took real good care of him. He is all up to date on shots, has been micro-chipped and they even paid for a trainer to come to their house for 2 months!

Pumpkin Carving

 

Every year we carve our pumpkins too! I really like to do it because it makes me feel creative and like I can draw, HAHA! We have a great team effort because I don't really care to clean all the gunk out and Dave doesn't really care to carve, so he usually cleans and I carve, it works out great! We try to get Brandon to dig out the stuff but he REALLY doesn't like to touch the insides, although he did help me carve out the smiley face pumpkin. Surprisingly he did really good!! It is lots of fun for all of us!

Pumpkin Patch 2009

 

This year we went to two different pumpkin patches. The first one was with Dave's work people and earlier in the month so we didn't buy our pumpkins then. The second one was really fun, they had all kinds of stuff to do, almost like a real pumpkin patch, it was at least on a real farm. We, of course, took a hay ride around the farm and then Dada and Brandon picked out the pumpkins together. That is their thing to do every year. Isa absolutely loved it, she kept trying to pick up the pumpkins and grunting while she bent over! Too funny!

SOCCER

 

Here is our future soccer star in the making. He does real well with the technical stuff but needs a little help being a bit more aggressive. Dave & I are working on that with him at home, showing him how to push with out the ref seeing! HAHA

He is loving it but is pretty tired after the game, a whole hour of running around really wears kids out. :)

Tide Pools Again

 

We went to the tide pools again! This place is really fun because the kids get so excited and it is FREE!!!!! Gosh don't I have a great looking family! HAHA