Happy 2013

Happy New Year!!

Soccer

We had a soccer tournament this weekend. Wish it would have gone a bit better but still - I love watching Myla play! I know I am being kind of partial but I think Myla is talented. I just wish she could see it in herself. And this is the first time for Daddy to coach which makes me even more proud.

Watermelon Popsicles

We finally made the watermelon popsicles last night that Myla has been wanting to make for months now.

Watermelon Popsicles

2 cups chopped up watermelon

1/4 cup Greek yogurt

2 tbsp honey

the juice from 2 limes

Put all ingredients in a blender. Blend it up and pour in the popsicle molds and freeze overnight.

Yummy!!!!!

Warm Fall Day

What a beautiful morning it was this morning. Myla and I took advantage of the warmth and spent some time outside after we got home from taking Titus and Bianca to the groomers. There will not be too many more days like this in 2011 so I am happy that we enjoyed it and each other while we could. We started out with sidewalk chalk on the driveway and then I taught Myla the "Cinderella Dressed In Yella" jump rope song from when I was a little girl. I tried to teach her some other stuff but I didn't remember much.

Lady didn't go to the groomers so she got to come out and enjoy the day with us.

David is hunting in Kansas City this weekend with his cousins so Lady is a little lonely with out him.

He did get his first deer though. So I guess that means my freezer will now be full of deer meat.

He is a handsome country boy though. That can not be denied. I am happy for him. I am glad that he got the chance to get away and really is enjoying himself.

Myla got the rack out and started to rack up some leaves but that became too much work so she moved on to climbing the tree in the front yard. Which was not easy. I ended up putting her up there and snapping a few pictures. She seemed to enjoy it until she noticed a few little small bugs crawling on the branches and then it was over.

It's hard to believe that this tree used to be just a twig when David and I moved in almost 10 years ago. Now here it is holding my daughter in it's branches.

Halloween 2011

What a fun Halloween we had this year. Myla was a witch and she really looked great. My parents were in town and I think they enjoyed themselves too. They couldn't get over how many people were out.

Myla ended up not wearing the witch's hat because it kept blowing off. So Papa got into the spirit and wore the witch hat. I wish I had a picture of that because it really was something watching my dad walk around with a witch hat on top of his baseball cap all night.

Halloween at Hawthorne is so much fun. There are so many people everywhere. Everyone is out in their driveways passing out candy dressed up in their costumes and sitting around a fire pit.

Some people can dress up kinda scary. Like the guy below. Yes there is a man in that costume and he scared Mama and Myla pretty good when they came up for candy.

What wonderful memories are being made. What wonderful traditions. Like the hot dog guy, the soda fountain guy and the older people wanting to hear a joke before they will give you any candy. And don't forget carving the pumpkin, eating chili before we hit the streets and watching the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.

She covered about 3 and half streets and her feet were killing her but I think she got a good haul.

I am afraid she just couldn't wait any longer.

A Fall Family Day

I love being with my family. I love it when we laugh and play and forget about everything else for a while and just concentrate on each other. Today was one of those days. We worked. We played. We appreciated.

Today Myla helped us unload the wood for our fires this winter. She worked so hard. She is such a good helper. Myla passed the wood to me and I would pass the wood to David.

David worked so hard to get the wood to stack just so and then. . .

It all fell. I couldn't resist getting a picture of the damage.

After the wood was stacked or should I say re-stacked, David moved to the front yard and started to rake the leaves. I say started because he never quite got the job finished.

Myla came out - saw the leaves and took off. There went the leaf raking for the day. Soon I joined in and the leaves were all over the yard again.

Sorry Daddy.

I am trying very hard to learn to slow down and not get so worked up about things. I still have a very long way to go. But soon my daughter will be grown and these moments will be no more. So who cares if I get leaves in my hair or down my pants - which I did. This was a moment that I am very thankful for.

At the end of our wonderful day together we went to the look-out over Pacific and took in the view.

Moments are all we have. My goal is to try to make them wonderful.