Luke's First Soccer Game of the Season

Luke has been so excited to play soccer and so when Luke's best friend, Hayden, invited us to play on his team, of course we had to join! Hayden wasn't able to make the first game but there are lots of other fun kids on his team.

As we were getting ready for the game, Luke told me, "Mom, I'm going to make 3 goals." I, of course, said. "That's great! I can't wait to see you score!"
The top picture is Luke kicking the ball. Last year he was a little scared to get in the group and kick the ball but he is doing great this year!

 Here is a picture of Luke kicking the ball into the goal. He actually did make 2 goals. Way to go Luke!

The star of the game!

What's Up Doc?

 We planted our garden again this year - okay when I say we, I mean Dustin. He does all the work. Anyway, he planted carrots again this year and of course the dogs dug up part of the carrots again this year. But the ones that did grow, are great.

Last year Luke decided that carrots were his favorite food after eating carrots from the garden. This year he has informed us that he only likes carrots that come from the garden and he will no longer eat store bought carrots. I admit, they don't taste the same but they come from gardens too!

So when Dustin pulled these carrots from the garden, Luke asked, "Can you pull some for me that don't have any dirt on it?"

Sure.

After I washed all the dirt off it, he ate it.

Play time

The boys LOVE playing outside. They would play outside every day, all day if they could. With Grant only being 15 months old, he's not quite old enough to go out on his own and so Dustin will usually end up stayig outside with them for hours. Well he had to run inside for something, he was only gone a couple a minutes and when he came back, this is what he found. Guess who climbed up into the playset all by himself?

He loves it up there but it makes us nervous with how daring he is.

Afternoon Tea

 Leana Christison invited me to afternoon tea with Melanie Griffiths and Jami Allen. I love the atmosphere at the Beehive Tea Room, I just wish it didn't cost so much money. I had a great time chatting with friends and Jami let us in on her secret - she's pregnant and due in February. We are very excited for her.
We only have the herbal tea and Leana was the one who introduced me to Lavender Flowers, which is my favorite tea. I decided to try something new today and I had  Bella Coola. It was a tropical blend of flavor and I really enjoyed it but Lavender Flowers is still my favorite.

After having tea at the Beehvive Tea Room, I am inspired to serve tea at my house next time. I have lots of ideas and think it would be a lot of fun. I can't wait to try it.

Dustin's Big Day

 Dustin doesn't get very excited about birthdays anymore, he says that you get to a certain point and it's no big deal anymore. But we try to make a big deal for him.

We had to celebrate the night before because Dustin had to work on his birthday. :( Oh well.

Dustin wanted a Boston Cream Pie and to go out to dinner with his family. We went to dinner at Red Lobster with Grandma B. and the Whites. Afterwards we met at our house for cake (or pie) so we could see Seth, Jess, and Sawyer too.

Grant had a really good time playing with Sawyer and of course Luke had fun with Tyson and Andrew.

Makin' Sumthin'

 After we had dinner tonight, I suggested  a walk or a bike ride but Luke had a different idea. He told me he just wanted to make sumthin with me. He insisted that we needed to make chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

So we began and in the middle of everything, discovered we were out of cocoa. Luckily we have really nice neighbors and the Millers gave us some of their cocoa. Luke loves to help in the kitchen and now Grant thinks he needs to help too. It took a lot longer and it was a lot messier than it needs to be but the boys had fun.

Of course the best part was eating the treats!
After thinking about why Luke was so adamant that we needed to make chocolate cupcakes, I realized that he had recently watched a show called "Bedtime for Frances" and they had chocolate cupcakes in that show. So of course Luke had to have some too.

One last play-date

Luke had another play date with Lucas Barrett, Eva and Connor. Grant also loves it when kids come over to play with Luke.

The kids played with a lot of the different toys that we have: cars, our fireman costume and basically enjoyed running around after each other. Luke has such a fun time with his friends!