Alexa's 8th Birthday!!!

For Alexa's 8th birthday, we drove up to L.A. to have lunch at the American Girl Store. Here she is with Julie (her second American Girl doll). For her birthday she chose a Rebecca doll-a new sister for Julie!

Alexa with her guest of honor-best friend/cousin Riley.

In addition to a trip to the American Girl Store, Daddy said that Alexa could get her ears pierced!! Here they are :)

Alexa's Violin Recital

Alexa had her second violin recital yesterday. She played Bach's Minuet III. We were very lucky to also have Papa, Emmy & Grampa in the audience!

Here is the performance!

Halloween!

Look who came to visit us Halloween night? Little Red Riding Hood & G.I. Joe! And what cute Jack-O-Laterns they brought!

This is Justin's share-sorting out by variety. Alexa used the dining table...

Kindergarten Hosts Chapel

Here is Justin with his fellow Kindergarteners, hosting their first chapel. Mrs. Smith said that in the 13 years she has taught chapel they have always sung this song for their first chapel. So cute.

From left to right: Luke, Emma, Justin, Hana, Canaan, Zack & Micah.

San Marcos Comets Cheer Weekend

It was a big weekend for the Comet Cheer Squad. Saturday morning they cheered on the boys who unfortunately lost to the Torrey Pines Golden Falcons. The football players were very nice to give the girls blue carnations-Alexa's first flowers from a boy(s)!
Alexa puting her flowers in a vase.

Sunday was an all-day cheer competition at Viejas (formerly Cox) Arena at SDSU. The squad has been practicing all season for this competition-many hours of practices. She did FANTASTIC!! So proud of them~and fun to see all the other teams and what they had put together.

Alexa ready to "Bring It"!

Here are the girls after receiving their medals for competing.


Here is their cheer/dance!

Kindergarten Field Trip to Albertson's

Justin's kindergarten class took their first field trip of the year on Friday to the San Elijo Albertson's. It was a lot of fun for the kids-many samples of healthy treats and learning about the food pyramid. Here they have made their own turkey roll-ups.
Clockwise from Canaan in the red shirt: Sage, Micah, Justin, Zack, Luke & Hanna.

Another Autumn in Salt Lake City

Alexa & I arrived in Salt Lake City last Friday for a nice 4 day weekend with Steph, Jeff & the boys! We had a great time-weather was great. Lots of fun with the cute twins ;)

We went shopping on Saturday, and Auntie Stephanie got Alexa an early birthday present-a Build-A-Bear! Actually, it is a rabbit-but boy does it have some cute outfits-and a cell phone...of course.

Our trip to Thanksgiving Point for some harvest activities.

Snow already on the mountains!

The cookie Alexa decorated at the craft station.

The twinkles & Alexa in front of Steph's house.

Here are the boys at the park-we just loved how much they are talking now. Can't wait to see them again at Christmas!

3rd Grade Chapel for Fall Semester 2009

Alexa performs a poem with her class in chapel.

All the third graders singing about grammar ;)

Picking Pumpkins in Del Mar

Papa, Riley, Aunt Christine & Uncle Steve all came down to the Beach House this weekend to celebrate Papa's 68th birthday! Wowie Kazowie! Papa enjoyed playing golf with Doug, Brad & Steve and then he joined the grandkids at the Del Mar Pumpkin Station for rides, Petting Zoo and pumpkin purchasing.
My cutie & his pumpkin of choice.

Some of our picks...

Justin, Alexa & Riley.

Justin San Elijo AYSO

Justin began playing soccer in the boys under six age group at the beginning of September. His team is called the "Thunder". Fortunately, they don't keep score, and don't have goalies for this age bracket, so it's not real competitive yet.
Justin, ready for kick-off.

Justin is in black-with the ball.

Here's the cutie taking a break.

Here's Justin (#6) kicking off and running the field.

Pop Warner Night at Mission Hills Highschool

Mission Hills highschool hosted Pop Warner night last Friday night-an opportunity for the players to get up close with the varsity team and all the cheer groups to cheer for a quarter with the Varsity Cheer squad. Alexa is in the center here facing the camera.

Here is Alexa cheering with the big girls-she is in the middle towards the left with silver hair bow and white skirt.

Alexa's Cheer Season 2009

Team Picture Day: Zoe, Kylie, Alexa, Jayden & Kara (Eden was out of town).

Practicing at Bradley Field in San Marcos.

Game #2 at San Marcos High School-the comets first win! The team with their two student coaches.

First Day of School for 2009-2010 School Year

The kids headed back to Community Christian School yesterday. They had a nice healthy meal of hot cinnamon rolls and bacon for breakfast. They were excited to see their friends from last year and check out their new rooms.
Alexa on her first day as a Third Grader! (in the outfit she assembled from Justice)

Justin on his first day of Kindergarden!!

Justin at his desk. He shares a desk with Zach (we'll see how long that lasts). He is showing Micah the progress he has made on his puzzle. If front of him are Luke & Emma.

Camping at San Elijo State Beach

Alexa & Justin had their first camping experience this past Labor Day weekend. After a fun overnight stay with Grampa & Emmy at the farm in Fallbrook, we bought a tent at Target and camped at the beach. Here are the kids with Dad at their campfire.

Palm Springs-105?

Yes, we made it out to one of our favorite "hot" spots-Palm Desert, this last week! Doug said that the weather report said it was a high of 105 but only felt like 104. That's what we thought~just not THAT hot.

Our first destination was Soak City-such a hit! It was almost empty because so many schools are back in session-it was like we had the whole place to ourselves and rarely had to wait in any lines! Added plus-the clouds rolled in after lunch so although it was still very hot, there was no direct sun!!

Another one of our favorite stops is fortunately just across the street from where we stay at-it's the Palm Desert Marriott. We love to go over and see the birds and ride on the boats. Above is a view back towards the hotel from the boat.

Me & my bitty.

Kyzer's 9th Birthday

One of Alexa's classmates, Kyzer Schilling, had a pool party for his 9th birthday. Lots of fun!
Here are all the kids and most of the parents.

Justin's 5th Birthday!

Justin's 5th birthday FINALLY arrived! He had been waiting sooo long. He had a great day with friends and family at the Chuck E. Cheese in Vista.
Justin & Chuck E. Cheese.

Lots of fun friends.

Justin's Jeep Safari cake.

Rainbow Birthday Cake

So this psychadelic cake is courtesy of my friend Jen. She shared this recipe with me as we were driving through Europe together. I've been so anxious to make it and thought it would be especially fun for a little home birthday cake for Justin. His actual birthday is tomorrow (big 5!). Stay tuned for Chuck E. Cheese pics!

Siena's Second Birthday

We drove up to Redlands to a indoor jumpy gym for Siena's second birthday on Saturday. What fun! The kids had a lot of fun in all the bounce houses and enjoyed the pizza & cake in the party room afterwards.
Pizza time!

Riley & Siena.

Birthday girl with her cake.

Cheer uniforms are in!

The uniforms for the Jr. Mighty-Mite cheerleaders arrived! Here is our "Lady Comet" before picture day on Saturday. http://www.sanmarcospopwarner.org/2007%20MIGHTYMITECHEER.htm

Last Summer Camp of the season

The kids have had the opportunity to enjoy many fun summer camps this year. They had their last summer camp last week. Justin was at SeaWorld and Alexa was at the Mission Bay Aquatic Center learning sailing. She actually was sailing her own boat with just another 7 year old (the teachers were in boats next to them). On the last day she sailed solo!

Justin with his leader at SeaWorld.

Alexa with first-mate Riley.

Sailing with Grampa on his Birthday

Grampa took us out for a beautiful day on San Diego bay with Emmy, Denise & Bruce. Ahoy!

Bitty onboard.

Captain Justin Michael.

Justin took this one of his sister-his first try at photography-pretty good!

Cheer Camp

Alexa's cheer team had a cheer camp last week. My little bitty got to be the top of the pyramid!

Here she is on her way up!