Fall Family Slideshow

Kids had a great evening at the Dry Creek Elementary School Fall Festival; played games, ate cotton candy, won prizes, had faces painted.

Kindergarten's Monkey Crow (with our Daddy's old shoes on). The monkey is their class mascot, FYI.

Had a blast with the kids at the school Fall Festival. Kids fell asleep with glow bracelets around their wrists.

Madeline, Jacob, and classmate Avery in picture.

Now it's off to bed for me!

Madeline Struts Her Stuff at Dance Camp

On Saturday, I took Madeline to her first ever Oakmont High Drillers Dance Camp for little girls. She and her friends Autumn and Faith had a BLAST! They practiced a routine to a Hannah Montana song for THREE HOURS. It was a riot to watch. First, she didin't really know what to do, but by the end, she was a pro! The "big girls" were great at helping all the kids learn the moves. Here's a video near the end of the camp after Madeline felt very confident about her moves :-) She's the cutie in pink and purple. Sorry the video quality is bad, I took it with my phone (digital camera bit the dust). But never fear, I bought a new camera over the weekend!

Betsy is Engaged!!!

My good friend, Betsy Brandenburg, just got engaged to her sweetie, Brian on Sunday on Saddle Mountain in Oregon (they live in Portland). We are so happy for you both! Betsy has been one of my best friends since we were about 19 years old and in college. She was my maid of honor at my wedding and is dear to me in so many ways.

Besty, we love you and are so excited for you and Brian to begin this new chapter in both of your lives!

Jacob's First Soccer Game

Jacob played his first Roseville Youth Soccer League game this past Saturday for his team, "The Sonics." We were so proud of him! He really chased the ball quite well, listened to his coached, helped his teammates, and even had lots of fun. He's playing on the 6/7 year old team in order to be with his buddy, Alec, so the kids are just a little older than him (he'll be 6 in November). He has practices Thursday and Friday evenings and games on Saturday mornings. It's been a lot of activity to get used to on top of starting kindergarten, but he seems to have boundless energy.

In the video, Jacob wears jersey #17. You might have to watch it a couple of times to see him clearly. I do have better footage, but by the time I retrieve it from the big video camera, he might be playing high school soccer :-) I'll post more as the season goes on.

Just as an aside, the mom screaming at the top of her lungs for "Jacob" in the video is not, in fact, me. There is another Jacob on his team and his mom cheers loud enough for the both of us.