Liv's 7 year-old pictures

Finally got Liv's pictures done.  Here are a few of my favorites.  Ethan's coming soon (hopefully....)

The Weekend

Friday after school I took Ethan and a few friends to Sky Zone for a few hours.  The boys spent most of their time playing dodgeball.

And a little basketball.

Liv spent her time with me doing this...

Saturday morning was Liv's Spring Expo for gymnastics.  Shawn and the boys came also, but had to leave before Liv even got to perform because Cole had a soccer game.

But, I recorded it so everyone could see it :)

I stayed and took Liv home form the Expo, while Shawn and the boys went to the game.  We all met back at home for lunch and then headed out for Ethan's soccer game.  Both soccer teams lost, but Liv kept entertained making dandelion chains.

Liv made me a bracelet.  It says BFF MOM.  

We ended the weekend with our first broken window thanks to a ball.  Honestly, I am surprised we have gotten by this long without anything broken.  While playing catch in the backyard the boys broke our basement window and now get to spend all their money buying a new window!!

Lately...

Ethan went to the doctor this week for his 11 year old immunizations.  This was how he felt about that....

The boys have been riding their bikes lately to soccer practice.

Liv and I like to go on hikes during the boys practices.

The boys are spending hours outside everyday playing catch.

Love Cole's face in his team soccer pictures this year :)

Liv wrote a note requesting a later bedtime.  She really does have a hard time going to sleep and so this was her attempt to stay up later.

The house is moving along great.  The painters started this week and the masons also are getting the exterior stone started today.  We are about 6 weeks out from being done :)

Back from camp

After Ethan came home from camp Friday night he was exhausted.  Seriously, we tried to sing Happy Birthday and eat his cake and this is what he looked like...

Almost immediately after this picture he walked up to his room and fell asleep for 4 hours.  Ethan hasn't napped since he was two years old, so this was his first nap for a long time.  He said he didn't sleep well because the chaperone's snored :)  Ethan got to go fishing, canoeing, archery, a night hike, treasure hunt and a large bonfire with smores.  They played a lot of games, ate good food and had a lot of fun.  Ethan had a great time and said he would definitely do it again. 

We also did Ethan's traditional birthday piñata this weekend.  

Missing Ethan

Here is a picture of Ethan as he got ready to leave for camp.  He was excited and nervous.  On a side note, can you see Cole's hair in this picture.  He calls it the "ColeHawk".

While I am sitting her missing him, I thought I should post his 11year old Birthday Video.

Also, a fun video and a few pictures that I found while looking through old files.

Eleven

Ethan turned 11 years old today.  He is almost a "tween"  It's crazy how grown up and wonderful he is.  Ethan has a fun sense of style, humor and is crazy smart.  He has a wicked vocabulary, a story for everything, and an amazing imagination.  He is very sensitive and concerned about others.  He is active, crazy, rambunctious and silly most of the time.  He loves hard and dreams big.  We love you Ethan!!

We opened birthday present early this morning before school.  Ethan is heading off with his 5th grade class to spend the rest of the week camping.  We get to pick him back up Friday afternoon.  We have been packing and getting ready for this big camping trip for the past couple of days.  Ethan is really excited.  It's like a big slumber party just for his birthday.  I am a little nervous how much I am going to miss him over the next few days.  We will do his birthday cake and traditional piñata after he gets home Friday night.  For now, here are a few pictures from this morning.  He was dressed nice as part of a presentation he was giving today.
Doesn't he look good :)

Weekly Updates

The weather has been kind of warming up.  We are still wearing jackets, but we can at least get outside and play.  Which is what we have been doing as much as possible.

We had pack meeting on Wednesday night.  Cole got several arrows points and a belt loop.  This was Ethan's last pack meeting as a cub scout.  Ethan got his Webelos Badge, three activity badges and his Arrow of Light.  Next week he is done with Cub Scouts and will join the 11 year old Scouts.  He is excited.

 Liv recently got her first locker and she loves it.  I watch as she hangs out there in the mornings with her friends.  They laugh and tell jokes and act like they are so grown up.

She also got this beautiful new Frozen dress -Thanks Mom!

Cole got hit in the head the other night at soccer practice.  When Cole got home he didn't want to do much and just laid down on the coach.  He had a ball imprint on his face so I could tell he got hit hard.  His coach called later that night and suggested we watch him for concussion.  Fortunately, Cole is tough and has a hard head :) so he is just fine.