I'm Grateful

Dear Kiddos,

I was so filled with gratitude this evening.

I looked over to see you three quietly snuggled up on the couch, 

watching a Christmas movie, eating a yummy dinner (delivered by Munchery).  

It was such a perfect night. 

I am so grateful I get to be your mom and that you have eachother.

xoxo

mom

The end.

Boy.

Taylor, what a year.  You and your amazing team lost in the semifinals after a really tough game.

You played so hard, and we truly loved this team!

LOVED!

You guys are even going to have another practice just to hang out.

I really think we got lucky and got a super special team this year.

 You, my sweet Taylor, blew our doors off.  You grew so much as a player and team member this year.

You worked hard. You watched. You learned.  You were a team member.

We loved watching you.  We had a great time watching you.

We almost had a few heart attacks at some of the games.

 Hudson, gosh, I hope you are more still next year at this time.  

YOu ran onto the field.

You ran towards traffic.

You were feisty and repeated mommy's swear words too easily.

Nicely, mommy said Jesus, you say Jesus. 

I say, "Yes, we will get you cheese its. Cheese Its are delicious"

 This team was like a family.  Siblings and all!

I am not sure who is more sad it is over- me or you Tay.

I do know that we are proud. Very very proud of you.

xoxo

CRUSH

Well Taylor,

This one is for you!  

Your soccer team made the playoffs.  The team is pretty amazing.

They are such a nice group of girls (and parents) too!

You had the 8am game to start with a 7:15 arrival. 

Taylor, you were so excited and so nervous.  Poor Daddy was traveling and so nervous.

 After a great win in the morning, your team went on play again at 2:30. 

Your coach is so hardcore that you had a practice at 1pm to get ready.

One of the sweetest moms brought you all bbq chicken sushi, and then drove all over town looking 

for orange crush soda.

 How cute is this team? 

And soccer powerhouses to boot.

 The second game was TOUGH.  You were down by 1 to start.

Players were getting aggressive.

One girl slapped another. She got a red card.

Anna has been a great support/lover of the game snacks. 

 Long day. 

 Can't wait for another round tomorrow!

xoxo

Pies and Friends.

My sweet children,

There is a dark secret you should know about your dad.  He LOVES these pocket fruit pies. 

Seriously.

Can you believe it?

 The only other thing I want to say is that there is nothing better than 2nd generation friends.

We are so lucky to be close friends with many of daddy's friends from high school and college

and now, is there anything better than saddling up to a bar and enjoying

some fruit loops with great friends?

I think not.

Happy Tuesday

xoxo

mom

Stats

Kids,

I don't want to forgot to jot these things down.  We had this same wall in my house growing up and I absolutely loved it.  This wall includes annual summer measurements from cousins which is extra fun!

Taylor- height 56.5 inches. You are way off the chart in height, but not nearly the tallest girl in your class.  For weight you are hovering around 75%

Anna- height 51.5 inches.  Anna - you are off the charts!  You are SO tall.

Hudson- height 36 inches. BUBBA!  You are tall!  I thought you were switched at birth for a while when you kept coming in under the 50% for height, but no more:)

No wonder you three are inhaling food at such crazy rates.  We have had major growth spurts around here in the past few months.

xoxo

mom

Pumpkin party!

Anna,

You have such fun friends.  We had this adorable group of girls for an afternoon of pumpkin carving, pizza and total chaos.  The moms stayed for wine and appetizers, but at one point the moms were the only ones carving:)

This was such a great way to kick off a week of Halloween.

Loved it!

xoxo

Halloween 2013!

We had such an amazing Halloween this year kiddos. 

Alex made you the most amazing cupcakes.

 Anna, you sported 4 costumes throughout the week for various occasions. 

This was your hip hop costume!

For the actual day, you all had great costumes that we loved.

 Taylor "Cleopatra"

 Anna the witch at the parade.

 Taylor's class party set up.

 Everyone say "ROARRR." Ok, how about just mommy.

 ROOOOAAARRRR

 The grandmas came to have a great dinner with us and then pass out candy.

 Hudson, half way down our block you got tired and took a rest on the sidewalk. 

And asked us to start opening your candy.

 Hudson, you melted my heart holding daddy's hand.

 Trick-or-treat

 Anna, you looked like such a lovely pink witch.

 Alas, no Halloween hangover for this guy.

A hot bubble bath to get Hudson back to 100%:)

California. In November.

Girls,

I say this all the time, but you are so lucky to have daddy. 

 He has such a sense of adventure and loves all things outdoors.

This weekend, as soon as soccer was over you jumped in the card and headed to Costanoa for a weekend of camping with three other families.

It was such a beautiful weekend.  Mostly warm, sunny and the setting was out of this world.

You got to see the sea lions at Ano Nuevo.

 Went for a nice long beach walk.

 Can you believe how beautiful the California coast is?

 Relaxed by the fire.

 Danced.  Did a talent show. Played truth or dare :)

 Taylor, seriously!  How amazing is this place?

Meanwhile.  Hudson was having some QT with Grandma and Papa, and I was lucky enough

to be relaxing at the Rosewood with the moms. 

This picture is so blurry but it was such a perfect setting.

 We had the best afternoon and then headed to the bar for an amazing dinner on the deck.

IN NOVEMBER

Camping. Dining al fresco.

I love California.  I love my family.

xoxo