Maxwell just started playing soccer 3 weeks ago. He's so dang cute. At his first practice he wanted to play so bad that he couldn't wait to be introduced to the other 3 players on his team he just kept saying "Dad, let's play soccer... Dad, can we play soccer now?" He had such a blast. At his first game he started out a little shy and I thought he wasn't going to want to play, but as soon as the game was ready to start he was right there in the middle of everything. He designated himself all time goal keeper (even they don't have keepers, they play 3 on 3) and he took charge like he was team captian. Everytime they had a time out he would put his hand on the other boys shoulders and tell them what the next play would be and when they just stared at him with a blank look he would turn to Casey and say "Dad they're not listening."

It has been so much fun to watch him and to watch Casey coach. Here are a few pics....

Coach Casey, no he's not yelling at the kids.

SO helpful....

So as many of you know we are in the process of potty training. The girls have pretty much mastered the pee pee part but we are still working on the pooping thing...
Well, yesterday afternoon the girls were upstairs playing with their babies and looking at the clock I realized it was time for naps, so, when I got upstairs I realized they were in the bathroom. At first I thought they were getting into the drawers as they sometimes like to do but when I pushed the door open there was Eva sitting on the potty, when she saw me she said "Mommy, I did a BIG poo poo" and then Mia quickly followed with " I wiped Eva Mommy." And sure enough she had gone poop and there was a huge pile of t.p. as well. Casey and I had a good laugh about it.
Those girls just love being independent!

Maxwell's 1st day of Pre-school

Maxwell had his first day of pre-school today. 7:30am came pretty early this morning considering Maxwell's rarely up before 8:30am. It was a slow start but once he was dressed and had his backpack on he was stoked. He said he didn't even have time to eat breakfast because he didn't want to be late, so cute. I was worried that he might be a little less enthusiastic once we got there, but his excitement didn't change.
He is going to be in an integration program at a local elementary school that incorporates autistic children, getting them ready to go to public school. It's a small class. There are 4 autistic children and 3 "neighborhood friends", which includes Maxwell. He was so excited when I came to pick him up he said "Mom, I love school. can I come everyday?" It was so cute seeing him so excited about it. The teachers there were wonderful. They were very encouraging about having Maxwell there to participate and be friends with the other children.
The school also has a really great after school sports program that includes soccer, track and field and t-ball that will be fun to have him involved with also.
I can't believe that Maxwell is getting so big. He is such a big boy now, no more toddler stage. He is my sweet, sweet boy. We love you bubs!

Maxwell and his buddy Kaden after school.

Labor day weekend

Over Labor day weekend we had a really fun family reunion with my brothers, sisters and parents. We rented a beautiful cabin east of Heber up at Timberlakes estates. My parents used to own a cabin up there so it was fun to re live old memories. It's been a long time since we were all together like that and it felt so good. All the grandchildren had a great time running around playing and laughing together and the adults had a great time playing games and catching up on life. Lots of love to all my family... we miss you guys so much and were glad that we could spend time with all of you... it was just too short!

Grammy and Poppa reading stories.

All the grandchildren... we will add grandbaby #10