Day Full of Soccer!

There's our girl facing the camera with the long white sleeves!

My mom and Dad watching Camille play soccer, it was FREEZING!


Coach Doug explaining about where the 911 calls come into.


Loading up the ladder truck with 10-11 year old screaming girls!

What a great team the Green Tornados are.

Camille receiving her trophy after kind words from Coach Doug.

Caitlyn (coach's daughter) Camille and Samantha

BFF's

It looks like she is being nice and hugging him but actually she is wiping her wet hands on his sweatshirt....little stinker!

Taken after the party today as her official soccer picture since she was gone the day they took team photos.

My mom and dad had spent the night last night so we all got up today and went down to Tye Lake for Camille's soccer game. It is their second to last game and so after the game we had our end of the season pizza party. Coach Doug is also a local firefighter and so we had our party down at the fire station and also got to go on a tour and he took all the kids on rides around the neighborhood in the ladder truck with the lights and sirens going.

All of the girls were presented their very own trophy and you would have thought they were really made of gold the way those girls were smiling.

I am so happy that Camille got involved in soccer this year. She has never wanted to be involved in sports before and this was a great thing to ease her into team sports. Having Coach Doug as her leader helped too since he has been a family friend since Camille was in 1st grade with his daughter and his ex wife and I are very good friends. Her whole team grew so much from the first game where they were just slaughtered to the last game where they did their best and scored as much as they could.

Go Green Tornados!

Elvis is alive....

....he's alive and living in Monroe! That's right, Elvis was spotted in Monroe on Saturday night and it looks like his Grandpa was visiting. Can't you tell they are related?

Yes, my parents came to visit this weekend and Cole insisted on putting on his Elvis costume for them which in turn drove my dad to put on our other Elvis mask.

I'm not sure which one was funnier, my 62 year old father trying to do the Elvis hip shake or my 6 year old trying to do the famous "lip curl".

Thanks Papa for good memories and good laughs!

They're back and they've made a killing!

Ted and the kids were back after almost 2 hours of trick or treating and their pumpkins were full to the brim. Cole was a sight to see since his Elvis jumpsuit was too long and apparently was under his heels the whole time obviously by the mud puddle color that his pants were on the bottom. How do you get your socks wet when you have big boots on, that's what I would like to know. Cole was pretty much a mess yet Camille looked exactly like how I had sent her out. Cole had his black hair dye stuff all over his nose, eyes, EVERYWHERE and Camille was flawless. Boys, I'll never figure them out.

Anyway, off they ran once I had stripped Cole down to his undies and jacket of all things to look at their loot. Camille is a "sorter" and "catergorizer" while Cole is more of a "dumper" and "picker". Camille will sort thru all of her candy and put them in piles pretty much every year even before she eats any. Cole will dump the whole thing and eat whatever he feels like at the moment which is usually all of it.

As I type this, I have given them the 5 minute warning that means that it will be shower time. They are sooo sugared up right now that I can hear them laughing hysterically even though it sounds like they are having a slap fight. Ughh, this is going to be a long night....but it's been a great one.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Here we go a Trick or Treating....

The kids were revved up and ready to go trick or treating as soon as they got off the school bus this afternoon. I had to break it to them that they wouldn't be going until closer to 6:30pm when it got darker.

Ted picked up Jack in the Box on the way home since sick old me didn't feel like cooking and getting them ready to go at the same time. Cole was a bit of a pill while I was trying to spray paint his hair "Elvis black" because he was so antsy to go look at himself. Camille on the other hand was much more patient and loved her mom pampering her by doing her hair and make up.

Once they were done eating, the doorbell started ringing and the race was on to see who would answer it first. When some of our neighbors showed up at the same time as the kids were ready to walk out, they all left together.

I am still suffering from this cold so I stayed home instead of going out into the cold. I made a sign letting people know to take some candy and Happy Halloween and then I nestled into the couch for an hour and a half of peace and quiet.

Then they came home.............

Ooey gooey pumpkin pride!

This past Saturday we decided to break out the carving utensils and even some power tools to get our pumpkins all carved up and ready to display. Cole chose a cat which Dad needed to help him a lot with while Sisterbell decided to go a little more traditional with a face. I chose polka dots and little crosses all over mine that I did with a little dremel. Not the easiest to use but it got the job done and it turned out pretty cute. Ted went with a huge face like Camille because it was the simplest to do since he was worn out from working on Cole's masterpiece. We lit them up and they all look wonderful. Another successful year of pumpkin carving!

Pumpkin Patch!

We went to Craven Farms in Snohomish the other day in search of our perfect pumpkins. We definitely found more than our share there. We had a great time and it was such a beautiful day to spend in a field of pumpkins and corn. Kids had a great time and so did Ted and I, we will be back there again next year for sure.

Decorations and even an Elvis!

It's that time of year again when we get to get gooey carving our pumpkins and choosing our costumes. Camille has been set on being an Aqua Fairy, whatever that is, so we went to Party City and looked for it. I of course said no right away since it seemed to show a little too much 10 year old skin but with much begging and the promise of a shirt underneath she got it.

Next came Cole's turn to decide. Was he going to be a Power Ranger, some sort of Superhero? Hmmm, none of the above. Cole settled on an Elvis costume of all things! What other 6 year old do you know that wants to be Elvis for Halloween? Who cares, he loves it and we think he looks adorable in it!

I have been bitten by the crafting and decorating bug. I have decided that I am going to make my children's memories of holidays good ones by decorating like crazy. They have really enjoyed all the homemade decorations and the store bought ones. I have gotten some great ideas from different ladies blogs that I read and I am now going to follow their lead and make my house festive and beautiful. Don't forget to click on the pictures to enlarge them to get a better look.

Next post, getting gooey with the House's!