First Soccer Game of the Season

Soccer season is in full swing around here. Kenneth is playing keeper again this year (he is the one in the bright green shirt). He played the entire second half of the game tonight. He has missed several practices with his team over the last 2 weeks because of drivers ed. 

The blurry white thing on the left side is the ball. Isn't the background view amazing? It was really pretty.

Nice Stop!!!

Do you see the ball way up in the sky? It almost looks like it is sitting on top of the mountain.

The boys seem to be working together as a team really well. We really like his coach too!

Mike had been in Caldwell all week for training. He was able to meet us at the game since they played an hour south of home.

Kenneth Behind the Wheel

The other day I went to pick Kenneth up from Drivers Ed. I was a little bored waiting for them to get back, then I saw him pull the little red driver's ed car into the lot - it was kind of weird to see him actually driving a car. (What happened to my blue eyed, blonde haired toddler??? He is growing up way to fast!!!) He was driving the last car to return to the school and so he had to wait for the other car to back into the compound.......and wait.......and wait.......and wait even more. The poor girl driving the other car could not get it backed in.....and it had been more than 5 minutes at this point.

Since she had the car in the compound, just not parked yet, Kenneth's teacher told him to go ahead and back in - he had "plenty of room".

So what does any good mom do?

Of course, I whipped out my camera and started taking pictures of him backing into the compound while the other driver was still trying to get parked. I thought for sure they were going to crash into each other. Kenneth proved me wrong.....he did very well and got it backed in with very little maneuvering.

As a side note.....when we left the other car was still not totally parked.....poor girl or should I say poor teacher????

First Ride of the Year

We actually had a good weather day......and couldn't wait any longer to get the 4 wheelers out!

Behind our subdivision there is a little track that some neighbors made for their kids to ride bikes on. They don't care if we use it, so we geared up and headed out....

Mike and Kenneth

Mike and Mindy

Mike catching some air....

***safety warning - ALWAYS wear a helmet***

Kenneth looking pretty good coming off a jump.....

Kenneth making Mom a little nervous with a much bigger jump.....

A New Addition to the Family

Mike's brother, Danny, called Saturday morning (March 17th) to tell us that his wife who was 27 weeks pregnant woke up really sick and he had to take her to the hospital. Leslyn was having some major complications and ended up having an emergency c-section that morning. Little Nicholas Patrick was born weighing in at only 2 pounds! He is so teeny....but he is a miracle.

He was transferred to a larger hospital about 30 minutes away that has a NICU with all the equipment, doctors and nurses to take care of him. After he got settled at the new hospital it was amazing that all he was hooked up to was oxygen and a feeding tube. For being so small he is doing amazing! Mike was able to stop with his parents that afternoon and see him for a few minutes. They all said he was doing great.

When you see his tiny hand you realize just how teeny he is. Danny said that Leslyn is doing better. We hope for a quick recovery for her and that baby Nicholas is able to join his two brothers at home soon.

POST Advancement

I am so proud of Mike!!

He received his advanced certificate from the State of Idaho POST Council.

To obtain this certificate, he had to complete a certain number of college credits, work at least 9 years in law enforcement, and acquire a certain number of training hours. This represents a lot of hard work he has completed in the last decade! Way to go, tootz!