Best Mommy!

Amber is such a great Mommy! I love that she really loves to play and be silly and have fun with Jake and Ella.

Best Auntie!

Seriously, Sage is the best Auntie!

Love this Girl!

This is our little Ella doll. She is almost 10 months and nearly walking, taking after her Aunt Sagey who walked at 9 1/2 months. Is she cute or what?

Tattoos! Yikes!

So this Uncle Jer being a Tattoo artist and Jake is loving it!

How many 5 year olds do you know with full on back tattoos? Crazy Fun!

So Cute

Jake and Ella read together!

Ella's favorite place to walk back and forth is under the dining room table. Oh yes, she's walking!

Family Fun

Jake in the SWAT car
Family and friends

Best Buds!

The girls

Jake practices kicking

The soccer player

So, last week I decided to take a long week end to visit my darling grandchildren. I drove to Amber's on thursday and stayed until sunday. The question is "Why does my time off fly by so quickly, and some of my days at work drag on endless?" I really get the saying "Time flies when you're having fun." I had so much fun with the kiddies and my time with them went by way too fast. Sage and Jer also came up, arriving friday afternoon. We really filled our saturday, we started with Jake's soccer game in the morning. It is the cutest thing to see these little 5 and 6 year olds running like crazy all over the soccer field. I loved it! Jake is really getting the hang of it, however sometimes he runs like a T-Rex, it is hilarious. After the game Ben's department had an Open House at their station for the community. That was fun for all of us to see where Ben works. Amber and Ben's friends the McMillins came also. The boys had the best time checking out the helicopter, swat car and boxing ring.

1st Day of Kindergarten!

Is that a look of anticipation or a look of dread--one day down how many more to go?

Jake's school is a short walk from home!

Tuesday was Jake's 1st day of Kindergarten. I am so glad that I went up to walk to school with him on his first day. I remember the girls first days of school so clearly, they were much more nervous, excited and sort of frightened than Jake. He took the whole morning in stride and I am so proud of him! I think Am's and I both had lumps in our throats but kept the tears totally under control. When we met him after school he proudly announced that he already had a "best friend". And so Jakes school years begin!

Charger Fan!

PaPa wasn't able to see Jake off to his first day of Kindergarten so as a consulation he sent Jake a Chargers jersey and pennant!