Carter video

I guess you could say this post is mostly for the grandma's to enjoy, but you can't help but to smile while you watch and listen!  Samantha and Ryan are the best at getting 

Carter to laugh and most people enjoy hearing babies laugh so, if you do, this is for you.  

The destructive stage!

Carter is at the stage where he crawls around and makes messes wherever he goes. I caught him today pulling down all the books and had to capture it. There are always book or movie piles I am cleaning up throughout the day. :)

He's been caught red handed!

He realizes he's been caught

Then he has to come see mom and convince her that he's too cute to get into trouble!

Fall sports

We are just beginning the fall sports in our family.  Carter's new sport is crawling everywhere and eating whatever he picks up.  Samantha is doing cheerleading for the YMCA flag football teams.  And Ryan is in his first year of soccer.  Our weeks have become a lot busier with practices and then games on saturdays.  Not to mention the fact that Aaron and I are coaching Ryan's soccer team.  And by the way, the game that I coached didn't go as bad as I expected.  The boys play three on three and at one point I only had two players on the field because one left to go to the bathroom and two more were crying because they didn't want to play.  So there I was, begging the crying boys to come out and play with the team.  I finally convinced one of them to play and the game turned out pretty good.   The last game we had, Aaron coached (well I coached one quarter because he was on call and had to be away for a little bit) and I really prefer to sit on the sidelines watching the game and cheering for the boys.

Oh Carter is so darn cute!

Going to watch Samantha cheer is not exactly action packed, but it's fun to see all those cute girls getting into the cheers they've learned.

I love this picture of Ryan because he is smiling while running and it just shows how much he loves being out there playing soccer.

This picture captured the pulling on the shirt move.  We see a lot of that in the under six crew!

Lemonade stand and TAGGED

Samantha and Ryan had been dying to have a lemonade stand for so long so I finally caved. We didn't have lemonade so we made the generic peach crystal lite (you must try if you haven't already). Well, believe it or not, they made just over ten dollars. I was pretty impressed. We got a lot of people who were out looking at garage sales and they stopped by (some paying as much as $1 per glass). The kids were excited and are saving up their money to buy another webkinz.

Wish me luck:

Aaron and I got a phone call saying that Ryan's AYSO soccer team couldn't play because they didn't have a coach. They had asked all the other parents and we were their last hope. So, of course, we are now coaching his team. As many of you know, Aaron played soccer his entire life and I have not played a game in my entire life. So he is the main coach. So guess who will be gone for the first game....yes, Aaron. So guess who has to coach AND ref the game....ME! I'm sure it won't be too bad because the kids are young, but I am a little nervous because I have no idea what I'm doing. So, as I said before, wish me luck!

TAGGED

I normally don't respond to tags, but this one seemed short and sweet

4 things I like about my husband

-there are so many!! I like how well rounded he is (he's really good at everything)

-He is very helpful and involved with the kids

-He makes me laugh

-He is very giving and serving toward others

4 movies I would watch more than once

-Anne of Green Gables

-Napoleon Dynamite

-Fried green tomatoes

-What about Bob

4 TV shows I watch (If I get a chance)

-The office

-Lost

-House hunters

-most TLC shows

4 places I've been

-Outer banks, NC

-New York City

-Hawaii

-Europe

4 places I'd like to go

-New York City with Aaron

-Europe with Aaron

-Italy

-Disney world

4 things I would like to eat

-rice crispy treats

-Ice cream

-cereal

-chocolate

(ok I have a sweet tooth)

4 things I am looking forward to in the coming year

-Aaron finishing residency

-going to Disney world

-Aaron finishing residency

-Aaron finishing residency

4 people I tag

-kelly

-des

-abby

-karina

Dollywood and School

Samantha started school on the eleventh and she is really enjoying first grade. Her good friend that lives by us ended up in her class and she was very excited!

We went to Dollywood before school started and had a great time! If you ever make it to Tennessee you should take a trip to Dollywood (Dolly Parton's amusement park). Samantha is getting tall enough to go on some adult rides and she even went on the Tennessee tornado twice. It's a roller coaster that goes upside down three times. I was a nervous wreck with her on it! Carter did amazingly well. He just sat in the stroller and people watched.

There is a new ride and you just ride on a boat, squirt people and people (who are not on the ride) squirt you. I let Aaron take the kids on that ride and he got soaked! It was pretty funny.

Aaron and the kids right after the ride.

I wanted to put this picture of Carter in because I think his hair is so funny! It's getting longer, but it will not lay down! It is constantly sticking straight up.

Bear Lake

We just recently spent a week in Utah and had a great time seeing all of our family on both sides.
Part of our week in Utah was spent at Bear Lake for the Stevenson reunion. We had a lot of fun swimming and being together as a family.The kids (and adults) had a great time building sand castles on the beach.

Ryan and his cousin Eliza burying themselves in the sand

Samantha is preparing to run her part of the Stevenson olympics relay

Just a cute picture of the kids

We had a great time jet skiing. Ryan and Samantha just couldn't get enough!

Larson visit

Here are some pictures of the our time spent with the Larson side of the family. We had a great time hanging out with family, playing way too much guitar hero, playing tennis, and celebrating my grandpa Larson's 90th birthday.Here are Samantha and Ryan feeling pretty cool on grandma's sports car!

The kids playing pick up sticks with grandpa

This was taken during grandpa Larson's birthday celebration. Don't they look great!

It has been a long time since all of the Larson cousins have been together. Growing up, we always had to line up youngest to oldest for a picture. We couldn't give up that tradition!

Hot rod grandma!
By the way-I rotated this picture twice, but for some reason it keeps coming out this way.