Life keeps moving on!

Our life consists now of school until 2:30, 3 and 3:45. We then have soccer four evenings of the week depending on the child, piano lessons, homework, and together time. We are dumb and throwing in some basketball for T&A two nights a week...just so they can play with their friends and it's great for them mentally and physically. The girls have a few hours of homework a night, Ethan does as well, we have dinner and try to read scriptures each night. On weekends, we have soccer games and swim team will be starting up for Kedzie next week. Our days are busy, but I love busy and the kids do better when they are doing something with friends or physical. The girls love sitting around and watching TV, so we give them some time for that as well.  The boys don't mind it either. Anyway, we are busy, we are healthy, we are blessed. We aren't happy all the time, there are disagreements and arguments, people hate homework and sometimes think they're stupid. But, we keep on keeping on. I'm grateful for the power of prayer and the knowledge that my Heavenly Father lives and he hears me pray for my children and my husband and friends. I'm grateful when he answers my prayers. I'm grateful for any help he sends my way. I couldn't do it without him. Here's to another school year!

Ward swim party. 

Lunch during the Rapids Classic Soccer tournament with Wyatt, Cristian, Alex, Luke and Ethan. The only time I felt like we might get kicked out of Chic-fil-a. Haha. We only dropped three ice cream cones on the ground. We quickly left after telling them about the mess. lol  

I'm the manager for Alex's soccer team and he and Ethan were playing games at the same fields. Travis had Triston at a different field all weekend. The boys played hard. Ethan's team gets better every time they play together. Triston's team lost going to the final game by one point and Alex's team took second to Real DA...boys who have been together for three years and are about a foot taller! 

Ravi, Zeke and Noah

Best soccer parents I know. 

me, Jina, Jen, Tami and Nick

One tired kid after two big tournament weekends in a row. 

I spoke to these youth about living in the world but not being of the world. It was twenty minutes and we were all done and ready to have dessert. Love these youth. 

Coseth and her first trip to McDonald's. She said it was fine!

Shirts vs. skins haha