Soccer's End

The end of October brings in the end of the soccer season. Though I love watching my boys play soccer, the cold, yucky weather makes us all ready for it to be over when it is! This is Drew's last game and the quick awards ceremony/party we did afterward.

Drew and his buddy, James

Not sure what he is doing, but he sure is cute!

Coaches Tony and Matt talkin the boys up!

Love this little soccer dude!

Drew with Daddy and Matt!

Tony and Matt did a great job coaching these wild 5 year old boys! Can't wait for next year!

Lakeview Farms

Lakeview Farms is our favorite pumpkin patch to visit every Fall. The weekend before Halloween, some friends of ours who live in Washington were down and asked if wanted to join them at Lakeview Farms. We had a great time reconnecting and enjoying Fall together!

Sadie, Madi and Ashley

My boys on the boat across the lake

Oooh, scary pirates!

Cole, Katelyn, Sadie, Madi and Ashley

Alyssa, Drew and Audrey (Drew and the twins are a month apart, too cute!)

Us :)

My boys!

My three sweeties!

Yay for Fall and yay for friends!!

OMSI

The kids had several days off for conferences, so we headed to OMSI to redeem the membership I had purchased on groupon.com!! OMSI isn't huge, but there is so much to explore, we ended up spending 4 hours there!

Jump Rope Challenge

There was a place where you could try out your balance and see how long you could balance on a board. It was super hard, but Zack smoked it, balancing for almost 2 minutes!!

Some space capsule, ready for liftoff!!

Behind the Library Photo Shoot!!

Newport, Oregon

Many months ago, I bought tickets for the Oregon Coast Aquarium, intending on going this summer. Well, we got super busy and found ourselves two days before the coupon was to expire! So we played hooky from church and headed off to Newport for a fun family adventure.

Our first stop was the Chowder Bowl for some lunch. Oh my, it was good!!!

The boys

The girls

The CHOWDER

A quick jaunt on the beach

Then off to the aquarium!

Drew loves sea turtles. He took this picture to show his stuffed turtle, Lido, who is from Lincoln City. (His dad, Kalea, lives in the ocean, in case you were wondering...)

Gooshy

My little fishies

Drew made a new friend. I can't remember what he named him, though.

Auks aren't penguins, but they are very much like penguins. My penguin-loving Zack loved them, too :)

Da duh... da duh...

Glub glub

After the aquarium we walked around Newport, checked out some stores and saw some sea lions

We had such a fun day together exploring the beautiful Oregon Coast and can't wait to do it again!