Happy Birthday Dad!

We celebrated Dad's bday last night, a day early, with a grill out of hotdogs and hamburgers over at his place. The kids help me make an apple spice cake for dessert. And, with some convincing, I took the camera for a very mini photoshoot in hopes of getting dad with my kids. It took some doing but I finally got 1 = )

Happy Bday Dad! We are so thankful to have a gracious, loving father like you. You are always there for us and the grandkids. Patient, always giving, and never expecting anything in return.



We finally had a beautiful day for Schuyler's soccer game = ) The girls are improving every practice and game! Schuyler played very well scoring 2 goals. I'm amazed as her foot skills continue to develop. I was very disappointed in the type of play by the other team. Being physical is somewhat expected. However, these girls were blatantly pushing and pulling shirts. For example, Schuyler was dribbling towards the goal and a girl came up and pushed her straight in the back. She made NO attempt for the ball. Schuyler went flying face forward. This was just one of the many incidents. The refs started to take notice and made appropriate calls. We were awarded several penalty kicks. I don't think the girls had a clue what was going on. Schuyler got to take one (she had earned it from all the pushing she took)! She didn't score but sure gave it a good shot for her first penalty kick ever. It's just frustrating that coaches are teaching this at this young age. The shirt pulling will happen at a high school level. But, at this age, the kids need to learn the fundamentals.

After the game, Schuyler and daddy caught a little bit of the spring game = )

I have to mention one cute thing about Eli. Every night, we have to do Itsy Bitsy Spider and Little Bunny Foo Foo. He giggles wich such delight everytime!