Our Soccer Boy

We signed C up for soccer this year after taking two years off! He said he was ready to try again since he plays soccer at recess and that means he's "legit." (his words)

So we gave it a go! The first game went well....until the last half. The waterworks came out when Crew realized the game was nearly over and he hadn't scored a goal yet. (the coach joked with him that if he scored a goal, then his parents would pay him $20!) *he doesn't know that this boy takes bets like that very seriously.* So he stomped off the field in tears since he wouldn't get $20! HA The rollercoaster of motherhood was very much present that day. It was hard consoling him...but also telling him to toughen up and maybe next week he can try again.

His next game he scored his first GOAL and I missed it. *cue my tears* I had a shoot that day so Alex stepped in for me. So I am so glad one of us was there but I hate missing that. He was over the moon and couldn't wait to tell me. So proud of that boy.

Newport 2019 Day 4

The last day is always a sad day! While I was anxious to stop having sand everywhere 24/7, I was super sad to get back home and start our routines back up!
My friend and I headed to the Mcgee & Co. tent sale! This store is just so dreamy and I was dying to go. It was fun to see it in person.
Then we headed to the beach for another day of fun! Around dinner time we said bye to one family who had to head home that night. The rest of us went to dinner and then to Balboa Island! It was a perfect weather night for all of the kids (no complainers) and the ferris wheel was a hit for everyone but Crew. haha He was set on NO PICTURES this entire trip too. Which is why he is pouting in most of them. Makes for a good laugh. The kids made sure we remembered to let them pick out a souvenir! They each chose a keychain for their backpacks. We just had so much fun with everyone and feel so thankful we were able to take this trip!

Newport 2019 Day 3

Friday and Saturday were our all-day-beach days! First we walked to breakfast and had quite the experience there with 9 kids. Oh so fun. We then packed snacks and headed to the beach. Some other friends from Arizona were there too for break so they hung out with this these 2 days! The kids loved having more friends to play with. I couldn't keep Laney out of the shaded baby tent! She loves babies and would not stop holding them. Peter broke free this day! He loved the *ice* cold water and played in it for hours. Crew kept his winter coat on nice and snug. Love that boy.

Us moms had a handstand contest...I guess you could call it that? but the husbands all doubted us so naturally we had to prove them wrong! 

Newport 2019 Day 2

Day 2 was so fun for all of us! We headed out after lunch on a boat excursion to try and see some whales and hopefully dolphins in the ocean. It took some convincing from the older kids (how are they already complaining about doing activities with the family...we had a good laugh and still went anyways) We were all impressed with the boat and all had plenty of room to enjoy our day! 3 hours on a boat for kids isn't easy but they all did so well.

We were so lucky to see hundreds of dolphins, 1 gray whale and 3 humpback whales so close to the boat! The kids were in awe the whole time and I loved experiencing that with them. The ocean is just incredible to me every time I am near it. So much life that we don't even know about exists there.

After we got back we went to the beach only to find that it was way too cold past 4pm at the beach. We went back and grabbed dinner again (my most favorite part haha I love trying new places)
Every night we had kids in bed by 8pm and loved the adult time we had together!

 We had Crew snap a picture of us--love the angle ha! Moving to Arizona nearly !!!!!FIVE!!!!!!! years ago has brought awesome friends. We feel so lucky!

 Hanky-Hanky is the favorite around here so naturally he made the blog post. We adore this boy.

 Laney is just our quiet observer. She loved this whole experience.

 Cautious Crew had a million questions to ask and I love that about him.

 I just want more photos with my boys but they both don't like them too much!

 The humpback whale's tale! This photo is hilarious to me since you can't really see what's going on here, but it was hard to snap photos on a moving boat with a bunch of people!

 Poor Crew was acting so mellow that day and super whiny. Later that night he had a high fever and randomly threw up once. We felt bad for dragging him on the boat all day!

 These 3 girls had zero fear out there! Which scared all of us....but they really took in the whole experience.

Some of the dolphins! (too lazy to arrange these in order)