Kindergarten....ready or not here I come!!!

OK....i didn't shed a tear...not a one! Maybe that will come next year when he is in school all day. Kindergarten to me is just "glorified preschool". Poor thing should have been placed in morning Kindergarten.....no wait POOR ME!!

All I heard this morning was "is it time to go yet", "when do I get to go mom", "can I put my school clothes on now", "when is the bus coming", "look at the clock mom, it's time to go right"? AAAHHHHhhhh!!

Well the cute little thing made it....and he was all smiles. But I will admit....I'm getting a little choked up typing this. It's awfully quiet in my house....:( Have fun you little cutey. Mommy already misses you :)

Taking the plunge....

So I have decided to plunge myself into the "photography abyss"....not sure where it will lead me, that remains to be seen. I did however have a awesome week meeting new friends and learning how to take a better pic. All I can say is...."my poor boys"! This is the first class of (probably) many I'll take from Jon Williams. He is a crack-up....and can be easily offended LOL!!! (not really)

School Days Begin Again....

We are the Champions....

Congrats to AC OGDEN and my oldest boy!! They won this years Boys U14 Striker's Cup Championship....good times :)

Fresh La Roca Salsa....

Ok....so I'm not known for much in my family, especially when it comes to anything that involves the kitchen. Now that's not to say I don't know how to cook, it's just I don't enjoy it. The clean-up especially. However....there are 2 things that I make that my family thinks ROCK! The pic above of my FRESH SALSA is one of them. I have been told that I should package the stuff up and sell it.

I would share my recipe....but to be truthful there really isn't one. I always use the same ingredients. It's just I don't really measure anything. It's all on taste. I just know when it tastes right. I keep adding stuff until I'm satisfied. I love the fact that I have a salsa garden. I honestly think that having fresh organic tomatoes, peppers etc. is the secret to it's yumminess.

My oldest said to me while I was making the salsa today..."Mom you make the best fresh salsa and pizza".....aaahhh geee thanks. I guess I'll be making some HOMEMADE PIZZA this week :)

P.S. My boys have officially named my salsa "La Roca Salsa"

Severely Outnumbered....

Lagoon....that is where my 10 year old wanted to go for his friend B-Day Party.  Of course I couldn't just take him and his friends, I had to take the rest of my Boy Band.  So in conclusion....I was SEVERELY OUTNUMBERED by boys....oh well....what's new?

8/8/09....

What a fun BiRtHDAy!  My newly minted 10 year old couldn't have planned it better.  

Sushi for lunch, Ice Cream for dessert, and a Movie to top it all off.  

Now all that's left is the friend party....sigh :)

HaPPy BiRtHDaY to my SuMmER BAbY!!!

He's finally reached the DOUBLE DIGITS!!!  And in true fashion (my #2) is celebrating his 10th BiRtHdAY on the soccer field.  Why change tradition?  GOOD LUCK today buddy and I hope you have an AWESOME birthday.  Good thing we had your party last night....your old 

mom is exhausted :)

AC Ogden....

I think I tend to not post alot of pics of my oldest....hmmmmmm I wonder why?  Maybe because he is such a BRAT when I ask to take a picture of him!!  I honestly don't hardly ask him anymore.  The header of  him and his BROS in the pool took me a good long 10 minute conversation (or should I say pleading) on my part.  The picture took 10 seconds to take, his whining was well over 10 minutes....the little SHIZ!!!

Whatever....he knows I eventually win in the end.  Here is a pic of his OLD but NEW boys U14 soccer team.  I took it up at the Park City tournament.  OFC is now the new and improved AC Ogden....so there you have it.  

P.S.  Notice that my other boys love it when mommy takes their pic....hopefully they don't catch whatever it is my oldest has :) ooooohhhhh wait it's called StInKY MeAN PUBerTY!!!!!

Finally....

Ok.....one would think that if you grew up with a pool in your backyard then you would be an avid swimmer. NOPE!!!!  Not one of my boys has been very adaptive to water....at least in the beginning.  They get that from their dad....definitely not from me.  I love to swim and have always loved the water.  I was even a lifeguard back in the day.  I'm pretty sure their dad didn't even take swimming lessons.....but he can do a mean doggie paddle LOL!! 

Anyway....it's taken just over 5 years for my youngest to decide to attempt the DEEP END along with the SLIDE and DIVING BOARD.  It's funny what a little peer pressure will do.  We had my friend Tiffiny and her kids over to swim the other day.  Her little 5 year old was jumping, sliding, dunking etc.  Well that's all it took....the pics above tell the rest. 

NOW my youngest wants to swim daily....which is fine by me.  BUT he also insists that I go down the slide and off the diving board as well.  Uuuuummmmm I'm more of a lay by the pool with a cold drink and a good book kind of mom.....but I guess I'll have to give in occasionally :)

So to complete my story....my 3 older boys have turned into awesome little swimmers....and my baby is well on his way.