Fall Birthdays

Nicholas turned 11 on October 3rd and Brett turned 8 on November 1st. Because their birthdays are so close, we often celebrate them together.

We had the family over for dinner, cake and ice cream and had a great time with all the cousins!!

Nicholas had some of his friends over for a party Minute to Win It Style....

And Brett had two friends over for pizza, movies and a slumber party and mommy forgot to take pictures!!

FIrst Day of School 2010

This is our annual First Day of School picture that we take in front of the Nelson Elementary sign. It is hard to believe that this is already the sixth picture I have in this spot.

This year Nicholas is in 5th grade, Cody in 4th and Brett in 2nd and we absolutely love Nelson Elementary!!

Fall Sports Recap

Well....we survived a pretty wild and crazy fall. Every other year the boys are just far apart in age that they all have to be on three seperate soccer teams. That happened to us this year. On top of soccer, this year Nicholas, as a fifth grader, was able to experience his first taste of football- with pads and all. Seeing him on the football field for the first time, outfitted in his pads and helmet was another slap in the face and reminder of how fast he is growing up. He looked way too big to be my son!! Although the team did not have a very successful year, Nicholas is warning us that football has become his favorite sport because, "It is fun to hit people."
Cody, as a 4th grader, got to experience his first taste of upper-grade sports: cross country. He did great and although he did not wear Nicholas's lucky yellow hat from the previous year, he did just as good as his brother did. He placed first or second in every head to head competition with the other schools and placed 10th out of 120 runners at the district finals!! He truly loves to compete!!

Cody also decided that he wanted to start playing tennis. So, we decided to enter him into his first tennis tournament out at Fig Garden Racquet Club to see how he would handle it. Of course, he loved it and asks us every week when he can play again. I think it really helped that he took third and got to come home with a trophy in his first tournament!!

Brett played Under 8 soccer again this year and was a star on the field scoring at least one goal in every game. His favorite position to play is forward and he had a great time on a team filled with all his favorite buddies.