Happy Birthday Spencer!

Spencer's birthday was a week ago, but as I am going to try to blog a little more, I didn't want to miss one of the major milestones. Spencer turned 6 last week. Wow! Six years. I can't believe that it has been that long, and then again, it seems like longer than 6 years ago. He was born in Utah, but was only a few months old when we moved to Hawaii. You could always find him because he was the only one with snow white hair. Although he probably won't remember much about it except from pictures, I will always have fond memories of that time because 1. It was Hawaii, and 2. That was where he learned how to crawl, walk, swim, surf...ok maybe not surf, but he was on his way.

Here are some fun facts about Spencer.

*He loves Star Wars
*He loves Legos
*He especially loves Star wars legos.
*He loves little kids, he always has to say hi to all of the kids we watch when he gets home from school.
*He is in Kindergarten
*He has some amazing Guardian angels, they protected him when; He toddled into the middle of a busy road stopping traffic on both sides, he swallowed a penny and it got stuck in his throat for two weeks, he fell into our fish pond, and now that I think about it all happened in Hawaii, oh the memories =) (I wasn't sure if I should write about all those things, it sounds like I was neglectful, but I really wasn't, they just all happened to happen to him, he was and is my most...challenging child)
*He is our little bottle rocket. He has a lot of energy and never stops going.
*He loves to cuddle more than any of our children.
It has been a wonderful six years, we are so lucky to have him in our family. We love you Spencer!!!

Football, Soccer, and Ballet

I realized that I don't have many football pictures on here, even though that sport is a huge part of our lives right now. Somebody has practice every day. Chase is Mon Wed Fri, and Dylan is Mon Tue Thurs. Then they both have games on Saturday. Its a good thing we like football. If nothing else it is keeping my boys in great shape, and they eat and sleep amazingly. Here are a few random pictures of their games. Chase is number 43, and Dylan is 88.

Dylan excited to be playing football

Our cheering squad. We watched almost 3 whole football games in one sitting. Go Broncos!!

Chase contemplating his upcoming game

We went to Rancho Bernardo Highschool this past Friday night for Pop Warner night where all of the kids playing pop warner, walk in front of the stands and then watch a varsity football game. It is a lot of fun.

Chase was watching the "big kids"

Dylan and Chad

On a side note Brooke started a little dance class that our wonderful next door neighbor is doing.

She is a freshman in highschool and loves dancing and kids.

Brooke loves to go to "Danana's house"

Here she is practicing a ballet move I think. I have never danced ballet, and know absolutely nothing about dancing... after 3 boys it is exciting to try something different.

Back to football... Chase waiting to go in.

Chase is the one second from the left blocking.

This is a shot of Chase right before he made an amazing tackle. Of course I didn't get a shot of that. But they had just kicked off the ball, and Chase ran up and pulled the guy to the ground. It was great.

Dylan running through the tunnel the parents create after the game. His team is so far undefeated. They are doing great.

Here is Dylan 2nd from the left, about to block maybe?

Spencer loves putting on the pads. Maybe next year.


Although right now Spencer is not involved in anything outside of school, he did do soccer this summer. Here he is with his "team". It was actually a soccer class, but he did do something. I don't know how I am going to manage 3 boys in something at once, but I am sure that I will find out soon enough.

So that is our football, soccer, and ballet updates. There is so much more, but all I have time for right now. I just discovered this cool thing that you can do. You can actually have your blog published in a soft or hard cover book. So cool. So I am going to try to update more often to have a great journal for our family to enjoy hopefully each year. What a neat thing to be able to journal, have pictures, and get it all printed out into a book. Technology is so amazing sometimes.

Birthday Treat!

Last Friday was my birthday, and Chad took me to the beach to eat dinner and watch the sunset. We had a great time! It is a whole new experience going to the beach with out kids. We even got to see a family of dolphins swimming by. We are so lucky to live 20 minutes from a view like this...

Amazing...

Wow, look at me. I have just done three posts in less than one week. That's more than I have done in the past 5 months. I finally got a new camera, so now I can put up pictures that are decent. It is really fun to have a camera that can zoom, and change lighting and stuff, instead of the camera on the phone. So prepare to see a lot more pictures. (unless the newness of a new camera wears off, and I get back into the habit of not posting anything for months). I also decided to update my blog. The pictures I have on the side are like 2 years old, and although I love the theme (it matches my family room) it is time for a change. So hopefully soon I can find a background that I like...

First Day of School

We had a great first day of school! The boys all got great teachers, and they are very happy. Chase was very excited about the things that he will get to do as a fifth grader. Dylan had a very organized binder that he came home with, and Spencer was very happy that his teachers name is very piraty...Picture him saying in the most pirate voice Mrs. Scuuuuuuuur. And the kids had to keep reminding her that was her name because she just got married 5 days ago. All in all a very successful first day of school. And on the way home Chase said, "hey tomorrow is Friday". I guess there are some good things about starting on a Thursday.

You can see Brooke walking in behind Spencer. The only picture I got of her today.

More Pictures

So here are some pictures from our summer. They are all pretty random, but fun anyway.

Eating otter pops in the backyard on a warm summer day...

Hanging out with the Wicked Witch...

Brooke's 3rd birthday with a few of her princess friends...

Playing at a local splash park with friends...

Dylan's latest pose with his new football gear on...

Brooke and Spencer in a rare hug...

Brooke just being cute...as usual...

Chase and Dylan in an even rarer hug...notice the lack of actual physical contact...

A car that Chad and I saw on our date downtown...it was just too funny to not take a picture, I mean really, who still drives these kind of cars?

Where does the time go?

Wow, so it has been like 3 months since I last posted. We have had a super busy summer already. I currently don't have a camera, just the one on my phone which actually takes somewhat decent pictures. So I haven't really been taking many pictures.

Since the last post we have finished baseball, finished school, had my dad and wife and kids visit, have my mom and sister and her baby visit, gone to disneyland, planned a baptism, gone camping, been to the beach at least once a week, done swim lessons, had Brooke's birthday, celebrated 4th of July, and in the meantime we have been super busy with watching kids. So needless to say we have had a lot going on. But it has been a fun summer, and it has been super fun visiting with family. I will try to post more often, and hopefully soon I can post more pictures too. Here is one with Brooke and her uncle...