Life gets crazy!!!

Our story begins with our moving. For those of you just tuning in, we have moved AGAIN!! Where you might ask? Back to SLC, and who knows if this will be the final destination. One more year of school and then from there, nobody knows. In any case, we moved for work (no more work to be done I guess down in St. George; we go where the work is... so here we are again). As we get settled in another home in NSL for another year, we find ourselves starting a new kind of adventure with our girls. Emma, now kindergarten bound, decided she HAD to play soccer and wanted to try and be on her cousins team. Thus, here are the 2 "BFF's" ready to begin their first soccer game of the season. I have to admit, I went a little crazy on pix, but considering Nana and Papa weren't there to enjoy the scenes, these many photo ops are for them. The rest of you can scroll down to the next set of adventures...BBQ.

Em & her cousin Shelby (GO STINGERS!!)
Just daydreaming before the big game...

Kick her in the shins.. I mean... get the ball!!

Surprising how nobody was there to take the ball from her... normally they're all in a cluster!!

Taking a breather, it's sure hot out there!!

Em's #1 Fan!! She SO wanted to get out there with her sis...

Friday, August 28, 2009... Emma turns 5.

For Em's big 5 year birthday, considering we had just moved back and hadn't had time enough to throw anything with friends, we decided to nab a few family members and throw a small BBQ Birthday for our birthday girl. Emma had a great time playing with her cousins. the first thing she asked for that morning as she woke up was "pancakes that daddy makes" (which means crepes) and chocolate milk. She also woke up asking what to wear to her lunch with the princesses (we are taking her as part of her birthday gift this year to Disneyland later in October). Later that day we had to meet with her kindergarten teacher for testing and then came home to get ready for the festivities. It was a blast. Auntie Gretchie made her a castle cake which Em absolutely loved...

5 castle cones for a bee-autiful 5 year old!!

Aunt Gretchie and Emma; look at that amazing cake!! Love you Gretch!!

Emma and her cousins... she sure has fun being around family.

Thanks to all who helped make Em's special day all that more amazing and loved.