Spring Break Camping Trip

Somebody went CAMPING for the first time!  Little (or maybe we should stop calling her that...) Lucy Bear was wonderful on her first camping trip. I guess I am a bit of a worrier, but I wasn't sure how it would go down.  We decided to go camping for Spring Break and our good neighbors the Huber family joined along.  So we had 7 kids under 9.  The kids were wonderful.  All except Callie...who was great most of the first day...but had a few meltdowns due to NO napping day two.  Having the Hubers there totally made it more awesome because our kids had great friends to hang out with the whole time.  Plus, the parents had someone to talk to the whole time!!

Weston was in his element the whole time.

I sure love this guy.  He did all the planning and most of the packing and food.  He makes my life so easy...I think it is making me LAZY! haha I honestly LOVE how much he helps with these kinds of things.  If it were left up to me...we would be winging it most of the time.

I just had to put this pic in our blog cause Ron and Shelly look so cute!  They are a great couple to hang out with.  It is so nice having friends who get along and are such good parents (not to say our other friends aren't...haha) It just makes it even easier to be with them! It is nice to have examples of a happy family around.

 

We had a few family hikes where the kids led the way.

 

Huber's brought a paint ball gun. 

 

The kids got along so well.  It made me smile.

 

 

 

It rained so much last week there was almost a creek to play in.  The kids had a blast and Shelly and I kept commenting on how wonderful it is to just listen and watch our kids be kids.  No electronics...no agenda...just enjoying nature and life.  I loved it!

 

 

 

Next time we will bring swim suits!

 

 

Here we are enjoying the view.

Next we have the Geckos!  This was a huge part of the trip...come second day!

These lizards were very loved...at one point I think they had about 6 of them.  Weston was sure he was the best lizard catcher around!

I love this picture of my two beautiful girls!!

Poor lizards!

Aubrey got AMAZING at the be-be gun.  Grandpa Peterson is gonna love her come when she is twelve years old!  We kept having contests (best out of 10) and Aubrey kept winning with eight or nine.  She even beat me and I am GOOD!

 All in all it was a wonderful trip.  We decided to come home one night early and I am grateful.  Lucy did great right up till about 5 pm on the second day. Then she wouldn't sleep and got cranky.  Jake and I were tired from our night of no sleep.  We were grateful to come home late last night and sleep in our own beds.   I am so glad we went camping...even though I have spent the day cleaning up and doing laundry...it is ALWAYS worth it.  Thanks Huber's for joining in and making it even more fun.  Let's hope this is our annual Spring Break tradition!!!

 

We love her laugh!

lucy laugh.mp4 - Google Drive

Soccer season

Here are a few pics of Weston and his team at practice. They only lost one game this season. I was proud of all the boys... I think they had an awesome coach too!!

Soccer!!!

Or as Aubrey likes to point out...3 days a week our lives revolve around the BOYS!  haha... I guess with two practices and games on Sat. she is right.  Especially when Dad is the coach of both teams...but ended up not quite having the time (or maybe patience)  for Spencer's team.    
Here is the Coach Jake with Weston's team. 
Weston really rocked it this year.  He is so great at soccer. His natural athleticism and competitive nature...not to mention just his energy are GREAT for sports!!! I am being lazy and have more pics of him, but they are on my phone so I will add those in a separate blog post rather than this one.

So on to little Spencer.

This was Spencer's first soccer season.  He is much more passive than Weston, but still very into the game.  Spencer is a "nice" player and not aggressive what so ever.  He scored a few times and really understood defence this year.  I was so proud of him and can't wait to see him develop and play more in in years to come.

 

 

 

Cutie patootie Shelly ended up coaching the boys with Jeanne.  She was great with them and always had a wonderful attitude.  Even when they threw fits or didn't pay attention.  I am grateful for coaches that volunteer their time to make it fun for the boys.
The best part of soccer this year was that everyone on Spencer's team was in our Ward.  So we had potlucks and get-togethers at every practice.  Look at all those future MISSIONARIES!!! I can't wait to see this pic someday down the road when these great kids are all grown up.

 

Favorite practice moment...skins vs shirts! Spencer always loves any opportunity to ditch his shirt!

 

 

 

 Even though it takes a lot of our time...I am grateful we aren't too busy to be at all the games as a family.  We are living the dream.

5 months have past...

And our lives have been forever changed.

Lucy...or BEAR as we like to call her.  Lucy has grown so much again this month... she is past 17lbs now.  Lucy loves to SMILE...she will smile at pretty much anyone who talks to her.  In just the last few days she is sitting for 10 seconds or so on her own.  She wiggles and throws her body so much when she gets excited...it isn't safe to leave her sitting though. Lucy has started to go to bed earlier now, but wakes usually 2x's a night.  I would love her to be a better sleeper (not gonna lie...) but other than sleep she is a wonderful, happy, sweet little angel.  We love you Lucy and are so glad to have you in our lives.  Lucy is still very short and has the tiniest hands a feet.  Weston said when he saw these pictures that I did a bad job cause I made Lucy have such a big head....I told him "Well...pictures tell the truth Weston." Lucy has the chubbiest little face.  It can't hide how beautiful she is though.  My Mom used to talk about how when I was 6 months old she took me on a week long camping trip or hike with my Dad.  She says I loved being around people and just talked and smiled at everybody.  I think Lucy is like that.  Everyone loves to have her around.  We are sooooo blessed!! 

 

 

 

 

 

These pics were taken right before bed so the lighting is bad.  But I wanted you to see her lovely eyes.  They are gorgeous!
 

Preschool has begun.

Well this is a late post...but I wanted to document little Spencer has started "joyschool" or preschool.  It is a little group of his friends and four of us mothers who take turns teaching for a week.  He is loving it and I have only taught once, but the kids seem to get along well and are very well behaved.  I can't believe he is getting so big.  Spencer asks for playdates almost daily now.  He is growing up and loves his friends and school.