Friday, October 26, 2007

Braylon

Braylon is growing and changing so fast! I cannot remember if the other two grew so fast. It seems like they stayed smaller longer. I guess life life is speeding up, or maybe it is us! Nonetheless, he is growing way too fast! He is beginning the teething process all over again. We thought we might have a break after he got is top two, but it looks like it is going to be a never ending process! He is grumpy and snotty again! Poor little dear. But, he is also so much fun and so cute!! Just wanted to send a couple of pictures that we took this week and give you all a little update on him.

Here are a few of the things he loves at the moment:

  • Shaking his head no


  • Laughing at his brother and sister


  • Clicking his tongue on the roof of his mouth


  • Licking his lips

  • Playing with the circular caps that cover the screw on the toilets and putting them into his mouth! Ooh I greatly dislike that one!


  • Pulling himself up on things.


  • Giving his mom a heartattach by trying to get to the stairs when the gate isn't up.


  • His bottle


  • Table food


  • Avocados (Thanks Loni! I never thought to feed my babies avocados!)


  • Paper (Him and Landon both love to eat it!)


  • Baths


  • The video camera


  • Mommy (He is quite the mama's boy!)
















Pancake Breakfasts

It is tradition in our house, every weekend, that Stephen prepares pancakes and bacon either Saturday or Sunday. This is something that we all look forward to all week long because we know that Dad will make lots of extras for us to eat throughout the week.

Coralee and Landon love to pull chairs over to the island and help their Daddy make the pancakes. They are very good "dumpers" as we like to call them. They are also pretty mean wiskers! They love to help stir the batter and make it smooth. Sometimes, they like to be a little too helpful if you know what we mean! Braylon, loves to watch. We've tried to get him more involved but he just knocks things over and spills. But, we are sure that his observation will someday benefit our family as he is sure to be a pretty mean pancake maker!


Here are each of the kids last Sunday during our pancake breakfast! Their favorite part, besides helping, of pancake making is their dad's embelishments. Crowd pleasers in our house include chocolate chips and sprinkles. Steve is quite the pancake maker! The best part of this tradition is that we get to spend time together as a family cooking in the kitchen. It is the best way to start our day and it is one of the best parts of each weekend!

We love soccer!




Coralee had her final soccer game last Saturday. It was a great game to end on. The team we played was pretty equal to us in talent. Most of their kids were playing for their first time just like mine, so it was an equal playing field. We scored quite a few goals and so did they so it made for a fun game. The best part was that two of my kids scored for the first time and every kid on the team scored at least one goal throughout the season. It was a great high note to the season.

Although Coralee did not score a goal in the last game, she had scored two goals throughout the season. She was really aggressive and it surprised us. She really got in there and battled to get the ball, it was so fun to watch. She came so close to scoring on Saturday. She had dribble down the field, but just couldn't get the ball in. It was very exciting. I am such a proud coach/mother. The only discouraging part to being coach/mother is when Coralee really didn't want to be in the game or she complained non-stop about how tired she was when she hadn't done anything yet. She always said her legs were tired and that she needed a rest. I guess that is part of being four! She was so fun to watch and I was happy that she was always excited for her games and that she even played for that matter. That is more than I can say I did when I was her age. She is a little stud!







Here are Coralee's favorites about the season:



  1. "I like playing soccer."


  2. " I like when I score goals."


  3. "I like the end cause I get snack."


  4. "I like my Daddy cheering for me when I play soccer."


  5. "I like playing with my teammates so I am not playing alone."

  6. "I like when I kick the ball away from the other team, so I can score a goal."


  7. "Soccer is my favorite sport."


Here are my favorites about the season:

  1. I love that the kids are too young to know who won or lost.

  2. I love that the kids play just to have fun.

  3. I love that it is non-competitive.

  4. I had great players and great parents.

  5. Every kid scored a goal.

  6. Parents commented on how much fun their kids were having.

  7. I got to run around and play like I was four.

  8. Coralee told me that I was her best coach.

  9. My daughter had a smile on her face each game and had a good time.

  10. We got to be together as a family. Steve, Landon, and Braylon were the best cheerleaders!
Well, that sums up soccer. We had a great experience, a great season, great players, great parents, great fans, and a great time!

GO BULLS!

Friday, October 19, 2007

I finally did it!

Hello All,

Today is a major milestone in my life! I have finally set up a blog and I am hoping that it will motivate me to take pictures of my kids and keep you all posted on what is happening in our lives. I apologize (mom, dad, Bob, and Renae, bros, and sis's) for my slackerness! I know you are all dying to see pictures of the kids and I have just not kept up very well. I think this is a major turning point for me! Hee, hee.

Well, we are all doing much better. Steve and Landon are recovering from strep and Coralee, Braylon, and I are keeping our fingers crossed that we do not get it. The stomach flu has already passed through all of us and we do not need any more sicknesses! We are all feeling well thus far.

Steve is busy teaching seminary in the mornings, working, taking care of our yard (he does such a nice job), trying not to think about his parents being gone on a mission to Africa, cheering on the Rockies, and trying to keep up with me and the kids and all of the stuff that I keep getting us into! Steve loves teaching the youth every morning and we have seen so many blessings come into our lives due to his service. We have all been so excited about our Rockies. I am finally beginning to understand why people are so passionate about professional sports. It is so exciting to have a home town team go to the playoffs and even more exciting to make it to the championship. You all better be cheering the Rockies on during the World Series!

I am busy teaching preschool Monday thru Thursday mornings, coaching Coralee's soccer team, working as the Young Women's laurel advisor, helping with the young women volleyball team, doing Body Shop At Home shows, and trying to keep up with three kids! Now you see why I said that Steve is busy trting to keep up with me!! Yikes!

Coralee has her last soccer game on Saturday. She did not want to play soccer at first, but is really enjoying it. She is much more aggressive than Steve and I thought she would be. She has even scored two goals. She was so proud! She is going to preschool, here at our house, four days a week, taking dance lessons from her Aunt Karla, and singing in the Sounds of Joy Choir which she absolutely loves. She has her Nana's and great grandma Sorensen's love of music. We couldn't be more grateful! She is lovin life and is a busy little bee.

Landon is waiting to be old enough to be able to participate in sports like his sister. He has a love and passion for baseball (Go Rockies!! Hopefully we will be World Series champs!), football (Go Broncos!! Even though they STINK this year!), basketball (Go Nuggets!! This is their year!), and now soccer thanks to his sister. He always has his Rockies hat on, his glove on his hand with a ball in it, and a bat in his other hand. He loves baseball. He is his daddy's best bud. He walked into our room the other night and said, "Dad, I wanna lay down and watch football!" That had to have been heaven on earth for Steve! He is going to preschool four days a week as well, which is a little hard on him, but he is getting used to it. He is actually learning so much and we are so proud of him.

Braylon is mobile and all over the place! He has been the best baby, but I can tell already that he is going to be a little terror! He loves getting into everything and the word no is the green light for him to go as fast and ferociously as he can! He gives me a little smile when I tell him no and then gives it his best effort to do whatever I am asking him not to do. He is going to be so much fun. I am not going to be able to take my eyes off of him! He is crawlin all over the place and pulling himself up on everything. He may be our earliest walker. He is getting his top teeth and Steve always teases that he is going to have a huge gap! They are so cute! He is staying busy trying to keep up with his big sis and bro. He wants so desperately to do what they are doing. It is pretty funny to watch!

Coralee and Landon got glasses about a month ago and are doing really well adjusting to them. I am finally sending some pictures (Again sorry mom, dad, bros, and sis's! I am a slacker.) of them after one of Cora's soccer games. We have to patch Landon's left eye to strengthen his right. He and Cora are both farsighted and he has amblyopia in his right eye and it is almost blind. Pretty scary when we first found out, but we caught it soon enough that he should be ale to regain full vision. They look so cute in their glasses and are doing so good wearing them.

Well, that about does it over here for us. Hope you are all safe and happy. We are glad to report that we all are over here. We love and miss everyone!