Let It Snow!

I have to say, if it's going to be cold, we'd rather have snow to go with the cold!

The kids have so much fun playing in the snow...especially on the first day!

Lacey and Aunt Missy built this yesterday - he got covered up so quickly with all the falling snow...you can't see his cute buttons & snow hat.

Halloween 2008!

What a wonderful day/night for the kids and trick-or-treating! They all had so much fun & recieved so much candy - what more could you ask for? This is the first year Kyle spent the evening walking around with friends - that was somewhat bittersweet. I am glad to see him socializing, but also miss him with us! We went through a neighborhood close to our house with some friends of ours...so much fun!

Paige was an '80's Diva' & Lacey was a Good Witch - isn't the blue eyeshadow awesome?

Kyle & his friends eating pizza as they were trick-or-treating! Can't get better than that! I keep telling him that he WILL grow! By the way, they went as 'Gothic Kids'...

You can see more of our Halloween pics here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/hadleys5/Halloween2008#

Fall Fun

Now that the outdoor soccer season is over & Lacey's tennis/swimming are over, one would think we would have more time. I'm not really sure where it goes...we always seem to manage to fill our time with something - I suppose we wouldn't know what to do if we weren't busy!
I wanted to share a couple pics...



Of course I had to include a soccer pic of Paige - some may think we are obsessed with soccer as much as I talk about it...maybe we are??

This is funny, Lacey is learning how to put a diaper on her baby. She certainly was focused!

Kyle's Salmon

I had to post a picture of Kyle's Salmon - he got this all on his own & was incredibly proud (as he should have been). He is very determined. He gets it from me...haha.

Lindsay Tarpley

Almost two weeks ago Lindsay Tarpley was in town for the Portage Central Homecoming football game. For those of you who don't know her, she is a member of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team who played in both 2004 & 2008 - both receiving a gold medal.

She is a fantastic person who is such a phenominal mentor for young kids with big dreams. I took the girls to see her when she spoke at Portage Central - she was there to speak to all the young athletes. Anyhow, here are a couple pics from the excitement...it was so much fun!

The anticipation of her appearance is killing us...!

That's her!!!!! It's really her!! There she is!!! Oh my goodness!!

She was at Meijer the next day signing autographs. We love her.

Kyle went on Friday night with some soccer buddies to a dinner and was able to see her then.

Lansing Soccer Tournament

I went to Lansing with Kyle this past weekend for a soccer tournament while Jason stayed home with the girls. It was a lot of fun watching his team win the championships. They have grown into fine young soccer players and it's great competition at their level. It's better than any college game...(ok, maybe that's just coming from a mom).

Here are a few pictures of the action:

After the whistle was blown and they were the official winners of the tournament!

The winning team...they rock!

Happy Birthday Kyle

Kyle turned 11 (where did the last 11 years go?) on September 12th. He went up north with his dad - Salmon fishing. He'd rather do that than have a birthday party...easy enough for me! He's such a cool kid! Here he is blowing out his candles...