Lookin' Good...

Easter Sunday and the kids are all dressed up! Photo Op! Too bad Emma wouldn't give up her milk and oh, by the way... IT'S FREEZING!

Soccer 101

So I'm calling this post Soccer 101... an introduction to soccer... This is my first time being a soccer mom and Ethan's first time playing any type of sport. From all the moms I've talked too they tell me soccer for preschool age kids is comical... they sit and pick grass... or cry and want mommy ... or they lay down and look at the clouds... So I had to wonder which one would Ethan fall into??? We walked into his first game with hope that he would have fun and learn to play some soccer. I will have to admit, Scott and I think Ethan has some athletic abilities, and he always seemed to love balls of all kinds... I decided to start him with soccer because he can run and kick pretty good, especially for a little guy... So here we go!

The first game... a little practice before the game starts!

Emma and Mommy ready to watch Ethan kick some trash!

It just so happens his jersey number is also his favorite number 4...

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So now the game is to ready begin! Ethan gets to kick off first and off he runs kicking the ball and "GOAL" scores the first goal of the game!

Then the fun begins... The kids stopped standing around and started playing and "took the ball away" from Ethan and this is what happened.....

Yep, you guessed it... tears! He cried for pretty much the rest of the game.

I wasn't prepared for this at all. I never expected him to have a problem with the competition part of the game. We told him the basic rules of soccer and expected him to do great. From a lot of moms I've talked to, their kids had the same problem... Ethan is doing better, but still cries for part of the game. It is frustrating, but we keep doing it and hope that Ethan will calm down enough to enjoy himself. We have 3 weeks left and I hope by the last game there won't be any tears.

Texas 2011

Every year we try to make a trip to the Dallas, Texas area to visit Scott's mom and brother. We timed our visit with Jacob's blessing! We were only able to spend a long weekend and we weren't able to make it to Eastern Texas to visit Linda's house, but we at least were able to spend time with the Texas clan at Danny's house during our trip in Early April!

Below are a LOT of pictures... I just couldn't choose so I decided to include all of my favorites!

Danny, Amanda, Hannah, Rachel and Jacob...

Emma watching Hannah's soccer game!

Rachel was a little mother to Emma!

Hannah playing soccer!

Emma LOVES animals and there were a couple of dogs at the game and she couldn't resist and became quick friends with them!

Emma calls sunglasses "eye" she couldn't leave Ethan's sunglasses alone!

My little man! Gotta love him!

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Later that day we went to the Fort Worth Zoo! It was a VERY HOT day... 90 degrees... We left 40 degree, snowy weather in Utah and came to Texas... HOT! But we loved it....

I think we did a good job wearing the kids out!

Hannah riding the Merry go round...

"Weeeeeee!"

RACHEL!

Emma!

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Scott did a mini photo shoot of the kidlets... They turned out so cute!

One of my favorites!

Another favorite!

So sweet!

Personally, I don't like me in this shot... but everyone else looks great!

The reason we came.... Jacob Daniel Newman...

Grandma and Grandpa Caldwell holding Jacob...

Grandma and Grandpa Newman also made the trip down!

My kidlets with their Grandma Caldwell

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It was a good trip and I'm glad we were able to make it. Ethan LOVED playing with his cousins and getting to know them better! I just wish we can visit more!