Flag Football 2010

It's Landon's FAVORITE time of year. Flag-Football!
He LOVES football and loves to play even more. He was lucky enough to get on a team with some of his good friends this year and is loving it.
He plays a lot of quarterback, but his favorite position is receiver. He has games every week and so far the weather has been amazing!

Brady, for as long as I can keep him there, stays in the stroller.
I give him everything I can to keep him entertained.

I eventually have to let him out of his cage and he's off from there...

He does do a little cheering for his older brother from time to time just to show his support. :)

We Sure Pick em' Good Around Here!

Visit From McClennan's

I LOVE getting visits from good friends!
This family is definitely no exception! We were great friends in Medical school and unfortunately have not kept in very good touch since we both moved.
We got a message form them one week saying they needed a vaca and was wondering if we were available for the weekend. I was SO glad that we were and that they were willing to come and stay with us. You know when you see someone after a few years and you just pick up right where you left off? Well, that's exactly what it was like with the McClennan's!
We couldn't have asked for a better weekend and were so glad to re-connect.

COME AGAIN!

Backyard Football 2010

3rd annual opening day at the Haslem backyard football field.
The neighbor kids flock to it the second they lay their eyes upon it.
It's become a tradition since we bought this home that Bryce paints the back yard into a football field. Every year he spends a little more time on it and makes it a little better than the year before. The boys, including those who don't share the last name Haslem, start asking about the minute football season starts. Our yard definitely takes a beating during these months, but it is SO worth it! They kids just LOVE it!

Notice the Goal posts set up on the fence...
We are official around here!

The boys even convinced the missionaries to stay the other day and play for a while while they were waiting for some cookies to bake. :)

Picture Attempts...

We tried...

We got a couple cute ones...

But this is what the day mostly consisted of...

and a little more...
and than they were done...
... But when no one was looking or paying attention Robs captured a gem like this...
I guess it was a pretty successful day after all...

First Day of School

Is it just a boy thing or do all kids this age decide that it's "not cool" to have their picture taken on the first day of school...
Neither of my boys would cooperate when it came to get the traditional picture for their first day.

This was the best I could get out of Chase...

Landon sat there for about a minute with the camera in his face and never even cracked a smile...

Chase was finally getting tired of the whole experience...

I caught this one of Landon standing in line with his class getting ready to enter his room.
(He's outside in the trailers this year)
He was so embarrassed by his mother that day he wouldn't even acknowledge me to his friends.
(At least the boy standing next to him gave me a smile!)

Great first day!

LOVE THEM!

Brady's First BIrthday!

This first picture explains this year with this little guy perfectly!
He is the cutest kid and ALWAYS happy! We can't get enough of him around here and this year flew by, but we very much enjoyed it!

Chase's 6th Birthday

What can I say about my little Chaser...

I just love this kid! He has such a big sensitive heart!
He LOVES his little brother, sometimes too much, but is always playing with him.
He loves Dinosaurs, always have.
Loves reading books that have to do with any kind of living thing, he loves learning facts about them!
I told him a few weeks ago that he has "the mind of a fox" because the boy remembers EVERYTHING! He now uses the phrase regularly to let us know that he knows things better than you!
He is such a tender heart has always been a "momma's boy". I loved our time together, just the two of us for those 5 years before little brother came along.
Happy Birthday Chase!

Marshmallow Guns...

My dad made these guns that shoot mini marshmallows one afternoon for my kids. They LOVED them and what an awesome idea!
They yard was covered with marshmallows by the end of the battle!

We took some up to Bryce's family reunion and what a hit they were there too!

Playn' at the Park...

Nothing like a dogs tail wagging you in the face to brighten your day!

Have I mentioned that Brady LOVES dogs? Well, he does!

This little cutie is taken! I'm officially speaking for her for Landon!
She lives next to my little sister and she is darling!

What would an afternoon at the park be without a snow cone stop to follow?


She may kill me, but I couldn't resist! She was the cutest pego ever and I just love this belly shot of my little sis about 3 weeks before she had her little princess Vivi.

Landon's 9th Birthday!

We went here for lunch...

Despite the look on Chase's face... they all loved it!

"The Karate Kid"... The new favorite movie!

Birthday cake #1 up at the mountain

Birthday cake #2 at Papa's

Landon LOVES sports! His fav right now is football. The kid can talk sports with the best of them... all his uncles! He knows all the players and teams and anything you need to know. Every year he does fantasy football with Bryce and all his co-workers. The Dr's there expect him now to join in every year.
He has more energy than any of us know what to do with!
Landon can talk trash with the best of them... again, his uncles! It's so funny to listen to all of them together!
He is the sweetest kid when he want to be and in those moment it's the BEST!
Happy Birthday Buddy!