Trip to Virginia

Thursday the kids and I packed up and headed to VA to spend the week with Steve. 

As much as he does not like his job, I am so grateful that he has it because it required him to be in DC for a whole week to report their progress (or lack thereof) and that allowed the kids and I get to spend time with him when we were not supposed to to see him until February. 

Steve's flight was coming in at 6:00 AM Saturday morning, so we drove up to spend Friday with the Perez family... or as the kids would call them; our cousins. We got there late Thursday night and spent all day Friday with them. The kids were so excited to see them, play with them, and send the day together.

We decorated Halloween cookies...

Kamele and Morgan

 Me and the pretty ladies...

 cousins... together at last!!

 Kainoa

So- I couldnt find my camera.... but I couldnt miss out on taking pictures of the kids so the picture quality is not the best but they are worth it.... here are the kids being kids...

Morgan 

 Kamele

 Kamele, Aydin and Kainoa

 Kainoa and Morgan

I was so excited to finally meet the newest addition to their family: Leilani. She is beautiful, so tiny and so much fun. (and of course, it was fun seeing Amy and Kevin...)

Perez's: we LOVE you!!  Thanks for letting us stay.

Carving Pumpkins

Even though we are not going to be here for Halloween, we still found it completely necessary to carve pumpkins!  The kids wanted to carve their own designs this year and it shows.  At least this year, they both put their hands in the pumpkin and cleaned out their own (as best as they could).

Aydins Pumpkin... who knows what it is?! It was supposed to be a sail boat... but it didnt turn out the way he had planned.

Liams...

And Morgans...

Bowl Game

Tonight was one of Aydin's bowl games. Since we had an undefeated season, they played another undefeated team in Orange Park and lost royally. Although the defense played an amazing game; the offense couldn't seem to make anything happen.
To me- I didn't care. Aydin played the beat game he has ever played!! He had 6 tackles, a few sacs and a fumble recovery!! I could not be more proud of the way he finished the season.

DAY 270

Can you believe it has been another 30 days?!  We love the 30 boxes Auntie Heather sends.  They are always so much fun!  This time around, she sent a popcorn maker, all of the toppings that anyone could ever want for popcorn, and two DVD's: Transformers 3 and Lion King.  What made it even better- it was a rainy day and we were able to stay inside and watch new movies!!

Zoo trip

We went to the zoo today with the Evatts since the kids had the day off of school... Having season passes was the best thing ever- we LOVE the zoo!!

Tristen, Morgan, Aydin and Ty

Gators...

Aydin and Taylor

He is such a good big brother!

Taylor, Aydin, Ty, Tristen, and Morgan

Tinsley... she is so stinkin cute!

Yulee vs. Fernandina

Today was the last game of the season... and the boys finished their season with a perfect record... 8-0!!
To say the boys creamed Fernandina would be an understatement!! The final score was 46-6!

The coaches told the team last night that if they were ahead by 14 points, defense would be able to run the ball.... and that is what happened. I think every kid on the team had the chance to run the ball and gain a few yards, if not a touch down. Aydin was able to gain 5 yards... and it was SO fun watching him run with the ball. What an amazing way to finish the season.

I am happy for these boys and grateful for the coaches and their time and effort they put into coaching the team.

For breast cancer awareness, before the game started, the team honored Gran (John Kenny's grandmother) for being cancer free for 6 months.

Captain one last time... With Robby Steel, Will Dwinnell, Trey Davis and TaLeek

Here we go....

 Started out strong... 3 tackles out of three plays.

He is on OFFENSE!!  Getting ready to run the ball...

 He is a handful to say the least!!  This time he was looking for a spoon that someone threw in the trees. 

 After the game...

The boys got silly string and unloaded on the coaches... and whoever else was in their way!!