Jake's Soccer

Jake had his first day of soccer today. He was so excited all day yesterday, that he even slept with his shin guards on. Really! Then when he got up this morning, he got dressed right away. I told him to go and brush his teeth, and when I went into the bathroom to check on him, he was putting "goop" in his hair. (bed head stuff) Of course, he was putting way too much in, but it was so cute that he was getting all ready for the day. (we don't use the goop unless we are getting pics, or special things-apparently this was one of those special things)

Then when we got there this am, he was being shy and afraid and didn't even want to stay. Well, I introduced him to Brooke, one of the coach helpers, and all was well. (he knows cute girls when he sees them)

He just loved it.

It is so nice to have him do something. He always does so well when Amaya gets to do stuff, he never gets really jealous or anything, you can tell that he just wants to do it too. Here is his chance to do something by himself.

When I got home from work tonight, he was sleeping in his bed with his shin guards on again :) Yeah!! He has even made the comment "I love soccer, I want to live there, I want to be the coach so I can stay there all the time", which is what he says when he really likes it.

Jake's certificate and team picture for completion of the camp. He loved every minute of it!!
He had an awesome coach and even made a few friends.

Baby Love

Sometimes, while lying with my kids at the end of the day, I get such an intense feeling of love for them, that I could actually cry. I know, I am weird, but seriously. I will be lying next to one of them after reading a book, or just talking and I think about them, where they came from, who they are becoming and I just get an intense feeling. Like I am so proud of my accomplishment....that being my child. They are such neat little people. I love to see who they have become. They are all so different in their personalities, mannerisms, likes or dislikes. They are healthy, fine young little people. They are the greatest thing in the world!



"Group Hug", exclaims Amaya!























Sometimes Ryan will just crawl up on either Amaya, or Jake and just lay on them. It is so cute, and they just eat it up. They just love him.

Hangin' with my bro.

Ryan on Daddy, waves to Mommy taking the picture.

Fountain, MI July 5th

Saturday we went up to Aunt Wendy's and Uncle Kim's house in Fountain. We have been doing this for a few years now, and have a great time every time we go. They live in a lake (William's lake), and have a huge yard, so all the kids run around, fish, swim, play volleyball, play tether ball, do the slip and slide, do water balloons, and just have a ball. This is the Fisher side of the family.

Amaya gets in the water as soon as possible. She just hangs out there, and doesn't even mind all the slime or whatever else comes with the swampy plants. This year when she got out, she was covered with a ton or red bumps which itched. She is a total drama queen, so she cried, then was on the verge of tears for an hour afterwards. Reguardless, she did not return to the lake water after that. She did jump in the inflatable pool with Jake and Kiley however.

After swimming, Jake and Austin went fishing (for a short while), but didn't catch anything, so they just left the poles out (I know, not so safe), so, when the older girls were going to out and swim, they found Amaya's pole in the water, just enough to have caught a fish. Dumb fish, there wasn't even a worm on the hook.

Squirting Uncle Butch.

Ryan had fun running around with the squirt guns and throwing the water balloons. Grandpa would fill one, hand it to Ryan, and he would throw it and break it immediately, over and over again.

Bubbles, bubbles, all little kids love bubbles.

Grandpa filling water balloons.

Ryan, Austin, and Jake squirting Grandpa off the deck.

Volleyball fun.

Out came the slip and slide. Ryan, Jake, Amaya and Kiley had some more fun.

We really enjoy going up here each year. It is quite relaxing and fun to get together with the family. While up there, I was thinking of how Jim collapsed, and how fast things happen. That whole cardiac arrest thing is still quite surreal to me, but I did think of how we easily could have been without Jim this year while we were up there. We are so thankful for everything that we have. We really are blessed.

Tired little bugs after the day. Jake and Amaya stayed at Aunt Lisa's Friday night, the night before, so they were really worn out. Ryan, I think was over tired and stayed awake for the entire car ride home.......

Crazy tent city from the music festival at the JJ Resort this weekend. I heard that these tent spots cost $450 per night. Can you say sardines????

Happy 4th of July 2008

Happy Birthday America!!










This morning we went to the Ferrysburg parade. It is a small, short parade which is perfect if you ask me. Just long enough for the kids to love it, yet short enough so they don't get bored.





Waiting for the parade to start.







As we were waiting, Amaya started singing.."Your a grand ol' flag and the Star Spangled Banner", then proceeded to scratch the words into her legs. Funny!







Amaya took this picture of Scott and me. She is so excited when she gets to use the camera.

Here comes the parade, and why not start with a loud fire truck siren?









Funny dog!
Almost done.....

This afternoon, Scott is bringing the kids to Aunt Lisa and Uncle Patrick's for some fun at the lake while I go to work for some much needed $$$$.