happy 11th birthday isaiah!....

**happy 11th birthday zas** in honor of your 11th i want to write

11 things that we love and cherish about you :)

1) you are an amazing artist, your creativity blows me away

2) you are genuine.

3) you are super smart. especially about history and ww2. you have taught me so much.

4) you have a cute style.

5) you are a leader

6) you have an awesome sense of humor (like your dad)

7) you care about people and their feelings, you have a very big heart

8) your brothers are your best friends.

9) you are fun and outgoing but also like have time to yourself (best of both worlds)

10) you love the Lord your God with all your heart, and it is real and your own

11) you have this "certain special thing" about you. everyone says it, yet we can't put our finger on exactly what 'it' is , it's there and I know God is going to use you in mighty ways.

happy birthday !!

love you :)

csuf soccer game..

smooshie's team was invited to the csuf vs. ucla soccer game ,

they got picked to walk with csuf team on the field.

it was so cute. they had a great time.

the only bummer was csuf lost 3-2. but it was still a great game

seth's 35th...

seth's bday was last week and we celebrated with a little

dinner party at our house. it was super fun eating outside with friends.

happy bday babe!

love you :)

first day of school...

**2010-2011**

school year2nd , 5th , kinder
all the boys are in school now 5 days a week.
i am still having a hard time adjusting to this new time of my life.
i have been mourning that the baby stage is over
and now i am a mom of school age kids.
luckily for me smoosh gets out early
(he onlygoes half day),
but it still has been hard.



my big 2nd grader
he loves his teacher
and is in class with 2 of his best buds.



he was more then ready to start school and to have his OWN homework.
he let me walk him to class on the first day but THAT WAS IT!
every day since then he wants me to drop him off at the gate just like the older boys.
he said to me "mom, i am fine! i have been coming to this school since i was 1years old. i know what i am doing!"
he has a point.
but i wasn't ready for this new independance







the reason there are no pics of the new 5th grader cause i guess it's not cool to have your mom walk you to class and take pics at the door. i understand. sort of :)

smooshie's bday party...

**smooshies' 6th bday** this year smoosh celebrated his bday at bounce -u with some of his buddies.

super simple party (which mom likes )

we had a blast!