Half way mark and a little soccer

First we will start with a few pictures from the new soccer season.....

This was at his first practice with Coach GonzalesChris attempting to figure out how to do jumping jacksLearning the importance of stretching

Chris was really excited to start his new soccer team. He loves going to the practices and will be in top shape by the end of the season. The coach has a rule that if they are talking when they are not suppose to they have to run a lap around the field. With a team of ten 5/6 year old boys.....they do a lot of running. WE had our first "soccer" experience at picture day this past weekend. It was basically organized chaos with a ton of children, over involved parents and not enough coffee. I really do not know if I am ready to be a soccer mom yet. I was asked to buy the soccer sticker that all the moms have on their car for a second time, I had to deny. I just don;t think I am there yet. Needless to say Chris is having a blast and loves all the boys on his team. His first game is next week so we will see how that goes.

We are half way through Bryan's 6 weeks away at training. All I can say is that I am still alive and so are the kids, at least as of tonight. It has been an interesting 3 weeks and we have been trying to keep busy. The kids really miss their daddy and are looking forward to seeing him this weekend (me too!!!) I am going to drive down to LA this weekend with the kids to see him for the holiday weekend. We are going to spend some time at the pool, the beach and maybe a theme park. The nice thing is that when we get home we will have only 2 more weeks until we get home. I am lucky to have some great friends that keep checking in on me, calling and inviting me and the kids over for play dates. They have made all the difference in making the time go by faster.

Stay tuned for pictures from our roadtrip down south (thank goodness for DVD players and Benadryl.) Until then...