First Soccer Game

Abby's team the "TIGERS" had their first soccer game yesterday!

We were VERY impressed, and the team did much better than we thought.....contrary to our projection of the kids swarming around like wild chickens.....they really knew what they were doing! SUCCESS!! And it was a big win for the team! Abby is #4

 Sometimes you go down......she even got kicked in the head with the ball, but got right back up with no hesitation!!

 Maddy was the sideline cheerleader, and official crow chaser!

 Oranges for the halftime snack

 This kid really had a great time playing! 

Huge change from a month ago......so we are proud soccer parents!

Grandpa Ron's Visit

Grandpa Ron and Kathy came to visit for the weekend.

They rode down on his motorcycle for a nice getaway!

 We escaped without the kids on Saturday to the Monterey Oktoberfest celebration!

It was a beautiful afternoon filled with beer and bratwurst :)

First School Assembly

We are officially part of a public school!

And we had our first school-wide assembly, celebrating Patriots Day last week.

All the parents were invited to attend while the kids sang us Patriotic songs. Pretty impressive given they've only been in school 5 weeks! It was nice to be able to attend this for Abby together!

Great-Grandparents Visit

We had a wonderful visit with my Grandparents this past weekend.

We started off with a visit to the Aquarium. They took the kids, and Mike and I got some alone time to browse Cannery Row and do our usual wine tasting. Gorgeous and warmest weekend yet.....I say warmest.....mid/high 70's!

 After the aquarium we stopped on Cannery Row for traditional Chowder Bread Bowls! Mmmmm

We sat down near the water in the shade to enjoy them!

 

Then we toured them around Mike's school. The kids posed outside and inside.

 

 The Historic Del Monte Hotel.....now the Navy Lodge

 Sunday morning we headed to a lake just North of us for some fishing....

The kids had fun.....but there were no fish to be had. They did perfect their casting though!

Both girls can now cast all on their own.....so long as they don't get tangled in each others lines :)

 We will have to find a lake with actual fish in it next time!

Back to School Night

Back to school night was two weeks ago.....Abby loves Kindergarten and is doing very well.

 Hard to read.....she wrote about herself:

Favorite Color: PINK

Fav Food: SUSHI
Fav Animal: CAT

Miss Maddy Magoo

This kid keeps us laughing!

Labor Day Bike Ride

We took our new bike trailer out for its maiden voyage yesterday!

We parked down by Mike's school, and rode 9 miles round trip to Pacific Grove passing Cannery Row and the Aquarium and The Wharf! The kids fell asleep when we got to this point to turn around, and never complained. It was a fun ride that we plan to do more of!!

Smith Family Visit

Mike's brother Kyle and his wife Angela and kids came to visit for Labor Day weekend!

We had a great time, and the kids had way too much fun together!!

We took them wine tasting, did the aquarium, went swimming, and to a park!

Fun weekend that went by too fast.

Kids ZUMBA

 Our community center has FREE classes! One of which is a weekly Kids Zumba class!

I didn't know about it, so when a friend invited us last week, we went!

The kids LOVED it, and were sweaty and tired after 40 minutes of moving!!