Visiting the Cal campus made the kids jump for joy! Fingers crossed that one of them will be chosen to cross that gate one of these days. :)

Emily

Emily is my loudest child. :)

The Ellen Show!

Ok, so that was tough typing from my iPhone. Plus, it only gave me a few photo options - all older than a year for some reason - and I want to post current stuff. I'm now typing from my laptop to see if the process is any quicker. My typing is a whole lot faster; I think my girls can text faster than they can type *sigh* Sign of the times...

This is Lindsey and me in downtown Pasadena (CUTE little shops there!) before he headed out to the Ellen Show. It was the coolest experiene ever! I was so excited that I was losing my mind, tearing up when I found out we were assigned seats in the front row, tearing up when she walked out, and tearing up when she looked at me and nodded her head in acknowledgement ("She LOOKED at me!" I told Lindsey, as I clutched her arm in excitement). No free stuff or anything, but I'm dying to try again next season.

4 years later

Has it really been 4 years since my last post on this blog?! Yikes. I think there's a correlation with Facebook posts - they went up while the blogging went down. I much prefer writing out my thoughts here, but the time it takes for a blog-worthy post is just not a priority.

So this is just a test - to see how easy it is to quickly post something from my phone. I hope nobody sees it!

Group camping trip last summer (July 2014) with our playground family friends. Watsonville,

CA

My Little Goalie

Mitchell is playing soccer for the first time this fall. Just like on his T-ball team, he's the chattiest and silliest one of the bunch. He's still getting the hang of the game, so I'm really happy to have caught this on tape!

Mitchie, M.D.

Mitchell rushed home from school the other day to tell me about what he learned in science. Before I knew it, he had grabbed a bunch of ziplocs from the kitchen drawer, ran around outside to collect some stuff, and then proceeded to give me a lesson about "non-living things" in the "ecosystem". What fun to see such enthusiasm!

Mitchell Reading "Ten Apples Up On Top"

As goofy/silly/kooky as he is, Mitchell (5 1/2 years old) is reading even earlier than his sisters did at his age. Who'dathunk?!