End of the Soccer Season

Katelyn played soccer this spring for the first time and now the season is over. When asked, she will tell you that she loved it and wants to play again. I am so glad that her first experience with team sports was a positive one. And she did get better with each game. After the last game, each of the kids got a trophy and she is so proud of hers!! So, I guess we have more practices and games to look forward to in the fall.

This is Katelyn getting ready for a kick off.

Here is her team slapping hands and saying "good game" with the team they played.

Here she is getting her trophy, after the game. She is shaking her coaches hand.

And here she is with her trophy and her soccer ball.

I have video of her playing during some of the games that I will post on the next post. So, make sure to come back and check it out.

First Camping Trip

David took Jacob on his first camping trip this past weekend. They went on the ward's Father & Son campout. It was held in the Metroparks about 15 minutes from our house. Jacob was super excited and Katelyn was sad that she didn't get to go. She wanted to know when the girls were going to get to go camping!!

They had a good time and Jacob loved roasting marshmellows. Although he wouldn't eat them roasted, he just wanted to stick them in the fire!! Such a boy :) They slept in a tent and Jacob actually did sleep, once he fell asleep. The next morning they went for a short hike in the woods and then had breakfast and headed home. Jacob was filthy and they both smelled like a campfire, but Jacob had a great time and that is what is most important!!

9 Months Old!!

Maya was 9 months old on May 1- time has gone by so fast. I am already feeling sad thinking about her turning one. At her Dr. check-up we found out that she weighs 19 lbs 8 oz. and she is 28 1/2 inches long. She can sit up, feed herself small foods, laugh, smile, cry, scream and melt my heart :) No teeth have appeared yet, but it seems like she may get her top teeth in first. She has yet to master rolling over and the doctor said she thinks it is more an indication of her personality, than a develpmental delay!! Mmmm, should I take that as a compliment or be worried!!! She really just has no interest in rolling over or crawling or really moving at all. She likes to just sit and watch, or be held. And she is a mama's girl, which I really love on the one hand and also really hate sometimes. I am sure it is because she is our third, but I have really enjoyed her as a baby. I am in no hurry for her to grow up or roll over or crawl or walk for that matter. It's funny, now that I wish she could stay a baby forever is when I am the busiest and seems like I have the least amount of time to enjoy her as a baby. So I am trying to savor every moment and really enjoy this time, because all too soon, it will be over.

Of course I think she is the cutest baby ever! She is not smiling in the second one, but she makes that serious face a lot and it always makes me laugh!! My neighbor keeps telling me that she looks just like David, but I don't see it. What do you think?