Visitors

Randy and Katie came out one weekend to watch a soccer game and cheer Peyton on. Thankfully Katie had her camera and took some good shots. Later that night we went out to the casino to dance, gamble and let loose. Kind of strange but the camera seemed to really like us the later into the evening it got. Weird.

Right after he scored a goal. Woo Hoo.

Drew cheering on her brother.

Randy and Katie.

Soccer

Soccer Season has begun. Peyton is on the Coastguards and I'm once again team mom. I took the easy route this year and ordered a banner rather than making it. I didn't have enough time. So far we've won 1 game and lost all the rest. I guess the team can only get better :)

He's having fun and of course, that's all that matters.

Dance Class

Drew's finally old enough to start dance class. I've been so excited to start her up. She's going to a place in Palm Springs along with Tasha's daughter Zoe. She's the youngest in the class, has the least amount of coordination but she absolutely loves it. Thank goodness. She's so incredibly moody lately that I thought she'd freak out. It's completely the opposite though. She runs into class each week, claps after each song stops and yells "Hi Mom" about every 5 minutes. I love her little round stomach and her afro hair. The other little girls get a kick out of her curls. They like to pull them out and let them bounce back. I've since learned not to let her Dora underwear hang out.......

Birthday Pics

Drew's birthday completely snuck up on us and we weren't prepared. We celebrated her actual birthday with the Douheret family, cupcakes and presents. She was so excited and loved every bit of the attention. She got some Dora toys, because it's all about Dora, and we got her a scooter that came with all the gear and a cell phone. It then became all about the cell phone.

Drew's 3!!

Today's Drew's 3rd birthday and sadly I can't post any pictures. But, we'll be celebrating with a party later in the month and presents and cupcakes tonight. She's an adorable, stubborn, independent little girl who we love so much. She's starts dance class tomorrow and I can't wait to see her out there. Hopefully my computer will be fixed by next week and we can get back to posting.

Addiction

It's happened. My computer has crashed and I'm having major withdrawals. No internet, no Perez Hilton, no online shopping but worst of all...no blogging. I couldn't even sleep last night thinking of the worst case scenarios. What if the geek squad can't come to my rescue? What about the pictures I haven't saved? What if I get an email? How can I read ahead of time who gets kicked off of dancing with the stars? I don't want to watch wondering. I have to watch alreading knowing the outcome. I had to shamefully admit to Mark that yes, I'm addicted to the computer and I need it badly. I feel restless. It's a sad, sad day. :(

Market Watch

I've gotten many phone calls from friends and family so I thought I'd write a note to update.

Merrill Lynch was bought out today by Bank of America. The merger should be finished the end of the first quarter in 2009 and although there are so many unanswered questions I'm actually quite excited by this news. I get to say I work with Courtney again, woo hoo, and the Bank of America investment side is supposed to come under the wing of Merrill Lynch. Change in such a big company is always scary and the stock market has been extremely volitile, especially with todays news but I feel confident we'll make it out in the end. For the time being, all is to remain the same. I'm sure we'll see some changes of the merger in early 2009.

Art work

Everyone knows I'm a horrible decorator. I'm extremely indecisive and will look at something that I like then quickly put it back thinking to myself I'll get it another time. Only for it to then be sold and won't be re-stocked. After 3 years in this house it's still a pretty empty so I've been trying hard at getting little things here and there. I stumbled across a website where you can order custom letters, pictures and sayings. Perfect for a weekend family project. The kids got to beat up a piece of wood, sand it and take turns painting. I'm pretty happy with the way it came out and the kids had so much fun doing it. And yes, those are doorknobs but I thought they would be cute for guests to hang a coat or a purse. That is, until a friend so nicely reminded me that we don't really wear coats out here. Right. I forgot........ So, um, maybe it can be for hats and purses?? Dang it. This is why I hate decorating.

First day of School

We made it through our first week as parents of a first grader. We are happy with the school we chose and are so excited that 3 of his classmates from Kiddie Kollege are in his class. It made the first day a little more comforting. Even so, it's still been a rude awakening for all of us. We were used to being able to pick Peyton up anytime before 4:30; never had to worry about minimum days and are now figuring out what to do during Christmas break and a week at Thanksgiving. I sound so old but I remember we only had 2 days at Thanksgiving, now a week?!?

Peyton has had a few bumps himself.

The positives: He loves the basketball courts, buying lunch, playing handball and his uniform. Even homework wasn't a problem.

The negatives: He has learned very quickly that you can't yell across the classroom, you have to raise your hand if you want to talk and if you've been given enough warnings you'll have to turn your card and that means sitting out for 10 minutes at recess. He got to do that on Friday. Yikes.

Hopefully this coming week he'll be able to remember the new rules and have a better week :)

Labor Day Weekend

Carly and Sonny made a suprise visit last weekend and although I didn't get very many pictures I did happen to get one of adorable Reese who's getting so big. I love her all of her rolls and her crooked smile.