Soccer: Jackrabbits VS Sugar Bears

One of our favorite games of the season this year was when we played the Sugar Bears.  We know almost everyone on that team; The Rudes, Clines, Emersons, and the Kurths.  And one of the families we didn't know yet, we ended up meeting and discovering that we were relatively close neighbors of ours!

Leighton loved playing his friends!  He was aggressive on offense as usual.  I was proud of him for staying focused.  Playing against your friends could have been quite distracting for a bunch of little 4 and 5 years olds.

I love this string of shots showing Leighton taking the ball all the way down the field and scoring!

I got some competitive shoving on camera! Poor Isaiah!

McCabe was very good on defense once again, blocking many goals.  McCabe's job was very important this game since blocking goals kept the score down considerably against this tough team.

These games are getting cold for us sitting-still fans.  But we are enjoying every minute of it and are sad to see the season come to an end!

Leighton LOVES Math

My little math whizz has been working so hard at mastering his addition and subtraction problems.  Today was the first day that he did all 50 problems in less than 5 minutes and got them all correct.

I am so proud.  So was he!

Still Unpacking

We are still unpacking but feel amazingly settled!

The house looks lived in!  

The kids like the boxes!

We are enjoying life on Franklin Ave!

Napping at the Stairs

Brooks must have come out of his room during nap time but been smart enough to know that if he came down stairs he would get put back to nap so he stayed at the top of the stairs.  Im guessing he was planning to sit there the whole nap time but accidentally fell asleep.

Leighton on 2 Wheels

Our old house had a steep, narrow and crumbly driveway. To make matters worse we lived on a steep hill.  Needless to say, Leighton rarely got to practice riding his bike unless we smashed all the kids and all the bikes in to the van  and went to the park.  So Leighton was unable to learn to ride on two wheels.  With a couple days of being in our new house with a wide and flat driveway, he asked if we could take the training wheels off.  HE WAS MORE THAN READY.  It took him about 5 or 6 tries to get the hang of it and he was off to the races, riding fast in circles, stopping quickly, steering, etc.

Watching your kids succeed is a wonderful thing to experience!  I am a very proud momma! 

And these two bugs are equally as special to watch.  From golfing while wearing helmets to climbing on roofs, McCabe and Brooks make me a proud mom too! Doesn't this first picture of McCabe remind you of snoopy?

Happy 3rd Birthday Brooks

Happy 3rd Birthday B-Man!

Every single time one of my children has had a birthday I always find myself saying, "I can't BELIEVE that are already such and such age.  Seriously, with my 4 kids, we have celebrated 13 birthdays and accompanying the obvious joy, is the shocking reality that life is going way too fast.  This time was a little bit different.  Brooks is so big, so lively, so loud, so talkative, to daring, and always keeping pace with his older brothers that I always assume he is older.  When he turned 3 I truly felt like he should be turning 4.  He just seems older.  I guess that is what happens when you are the younger brother.  

And for the time as a 3 year old, I introduce to you, Mr. Brooks David Hukee ...

I love being Brooks' Mom.  I look forward to enjoying him as a 3 year old charmer.

Moving Day

Let the records state that we moved October 1st, 2013!

I will truly miss our small home.  I will miss that everyone has to figure out how to get along because there wasn't any room to spread out.  I will miss that I could hear every conversation my kids had even if I was on the other end of it.  (Of course the baby monitor helps with that!)

I will miss our backyard.  (Except for the raking!)

I will truly miss sitting in the spot I nursed my children.  I will miss lounging on the floor that I played with my children for countless hours on.  

But I am also so excited to make many new memories in your new home!