Scott's Birthday

The birthday Boy with his lighter

Claire's birthday card

Nile, Brent, Scott, and Claire

Scott had a birthday this weekend. We went out to dinner with some friends and then to a corn maze and bonfire. It was freezing!! The kids wanted to make Scott a chocolate cake with vanilla icing. They did a pretty good job. Claire wrote him the funniest card. It says, "To dad, Love Claire, you are the best dad ever. I would never want a step dad." She wrote it all by herself we have no clue where the step dad part came from.

A busy week

Scott with his parents and B
Nile at football warming up

B with all of his 6th grade friends

Brent at the pretend birthday party at school

Last Thursday, Brent had a bike ride at his preschool. They were studying distance so they all brought up their bikes to school and rode around the school. Some 6th graders helped them. Brent is loving preschool. They had one area of the room set up for a pretend birthday party.

We had a great weekend. Scott's parents came in town last weekend to watch Nile play football. He played great!! He played every play of the whole game because there were a few kids out sick. He did a great job and his team has two wins two losses.

Claire's Boots

We took Claire to the store this weekend to find some boots. I tried to talk her into getting some suede boots to match her cousin Sophia but she liked this boots the best. She knows what she likes. I think sometimes she is 6 going on 16. This the outfit she wore to school today. Hopefully, her feet aren't hurting too bad when she comes home from school.

Football Games

Nile has won his first two football games. The first one, 12-0 and the second 30-0. He is doing a great job on defense. He says he likes defense better because he can tackle the other kids. We started hockey practice last week. This is going to be interesting doing to overlapping sports, it's just for the month of October and this last little bit of September. Hopefully we survive the month with all the practices.

Jason and Brianna's Wedding

Drew and B

Claire

The girls me, my mom, and sister

Brianna and Jason

Scott and Nile under the All Star Arch

The centerpiece my mom made for the stadium, we also made baseball sugar cookies

Nile in the Cardinals dugout

NIle on the field

my dad, Jason, Flat Jonathan, Steve, Scott, Nile, and Christian golfing

My brother was married last Saturday. We all went to St. Louis for the wedding and had an exciting weekend. Friday, Scott and Nile went golfing with Jason. Then Friday night, we went to Busch Stadium for a rehearsal/welcome Brianna to the family dinner. There was a program and we all had a great night. Saturday was the wedding and reception. We are excited Brianna is part of the family.

School Starts

Brent on his first day of preschool

Nile is on the left with the navy jersey

Nile on his first day

Claire on her first day

Nile and Claire started school last Thursday. Brent started preschool this morning. We are all excited to be back in the routine of things. Nile started playing tackle football a couple of weeks ago. It is keeping us busy. He loves it. He is a defensive tackle and loves trying to get to the quarterback. His first game will be next month. Claire loves school and being back with all of her friends. The kids are starting to learn Spanish this year as one of their electives. Claire came home the first day of Spanish counting to 10. I don't know if Dora had anything to do with that also. Brent was so excited to start school today. He was the first one there.

Hilton Head 2009

The family on the beach
Scott and Nile golfing

B on the beach

Claire boogie boarding

The hissing alligator

The alligator on the lower left, we call this the gator bait pose

Grandma at Harbor Town playground

Nile

We made our annual trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina last week. We had lots fun. The weather was perfect this year, no rain and not too hot. We spent lots of time at the beach, the pool, and bike riding. The kids love going bike riding and looking for alligators, turtles, lizards, and frogs. We got the closest we have ever been to an alligator in the Nature Preserve, we could almost reach out and touch him. The kids were nervous he was going to jump up, he even hissed at us. We went back later in the week and they had added another wooden post to the bridge. Scott's mom went with us this year. We hope we did not wear her out too much. The kids loved building sand castles and jumping waves in the ocean, and picking up sea shells. We went to see fireworks one night. We climbed up the light house and looked out to Harbor Town. Scott and Nile went golfing and kayaking this year. They saw a bald eagle on their kayake tour and a big alligator on the golf course. Scott blamed the gator for his poor score.