Some of my girlfriends convinced me to give soccer a go a while back.  Talk about a fabulous workout!  We play together some mornings and do a little league at night.  League is coed so it is a fun change of pace.  Will and the kids were sweet enough to come to our last game.  There is nothing as sweet as Hudson and his friends yelling, “Go Mommy!”    Most of the yells are for other mommies on the team, but it is still fun hearing it cheered from little voices.

And yes, that is me in the bottom corner just standing there.  In my defense, the game hadn’t started yet.  I don’t always stand around picking daisies.

My not so little Annie is officially 3 today.  I can hardly remember life without her.  She has been so much fun these last 3 years.

Annie has brought so much joy and love into our lives, not to mention an extra dose of adventure.

We love you, Annie!!  Happy Birthday!

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This week found us at Disneyland once again.  The boys have officially become rollercoaster aficionados(Annie was less than a half inch too short).  There was just no holding them back.  They couldn’t seem to get enough of Space Mountain.  I’m sure everyone is tired of hearing about Disneyland, but at some point I want to publish my blog for my kids.  I need documented proof so that in five years when my kids tell me how unfair I am and how I NEVER take them to Disneyland or anywhere else fun, I can show them this page and say, “Yes sweety, I do love you.  Yes dear, we did take you to Disneyland.”

I must say Hudson had so much fun with his friend.  Note the crazy faces from the kids in all the pictures.  They informed me that they were practicing angry/monster faces.

Will’s partner, Jessica, did a practice shoot on our family.  It was a bit windy, but we had so much fun.  I figured I would post just a few of the photos.

Belmont park had some fun places to see.

Would you believe that a car caught fire while we were there?

What kid doesn’t love balloons?!

Little Annie lost her balloon.

I’m pretty sure the beach was the kids’ favorite part.

Alas, Hudson has lost yet another tooth.  Hopefully, this will be it for awhile.  I can’t imagine him losing too many more teeth.  This bring the total count to 4 for the time being.

#1 Hudson saw this picture of himself and commented, “Man Dad, my legs look like chicken wings.”

#2 Annie and Hudson enjoy the show, Phineas and Ferb.  Ferb is the green-haired one just for reference-nice pants.  Annie comes into the room yesterday and pulls her pants up to her arm pits.  She then breaks into song, “Pheneas and Ferbots…” Yes, she was doing the robot while singing.  I busted up laughing.

#3 Hudson had some friends over today.  Glancing outside I notice Hudson sitting on the arms of two chairs pushed together.  Annie and the two girls were sitting behind him.  With his cape flapping away he yells out, “I have some good news and some bad news.  The good news is we are landing.  The bad news is we are going to crash!!  AAGGHHH!”

The weather has been fabulous here lately.  That was reason enough to pack up the kids and head to the beach.  Really, any excuse would have sufficed.  It was so nice and relaxing having those waves lapping onto the shore.  We did have a bit of a scare when the waves were getting a little too close.  Poor Will got a worried call from me asking him to google the tide times.  He was good enough to humor me in my quest.  I guess that is what we get for showing up a few minutes before high tide.  Sorry to say, we don’t have any exciting stories of children or random items being swept out to sea.  It was just a good day.

Surprise, surprise…we are moving again.  We’re excited for the extra room and all the character our new house will have to offer.  We are only making the journey up the hill.

This is the first time I have moved(I think this makes 28 or 29…I’ve lost count) and just started crying.  I was so overwhelmed with everything.  To be quite honest, this should be one of my easiest moves.  This wasn’t planned, I wasn’t given the opportunity to be methodical about it all, it just fell in my lap.  I have seen so clearly my Heavenly Father’s hand in all of this in retrospect.  Had I still been expecting, I would be puking my guts out right now and probably close to my last nerve.  I get a house upgrade that is very affordable, relatively speaking.  We will still be in the same ward and the same school boundaries.  Yay!  We LOVE our friends!! We will finally be able to stay in one location for longer than a year.  Coming soon… April 1st.

Roses are red; daisies are white;
Valentine, you make every day a delight.
Violets are blue; daffodils are yellow;
Valentine, you make my heart jiggle like Jello!

By Joanna Fuchs

I love you Will!!…Forever!