Our time has been filled with soccer!! We've had a few rain outs but not many! Blake and Emerson are really enjoying playing soccer this Spring, we are glad we registered them. BUT ... Cal coaching both teams and soccer 4 nights a weeks is a bit much for these parents!!!! We've had our, "OMG, is the season over yet?!" moments, that is for sure! But all in all, it has been great, certainly a learning experience, but tons of fun and some really great moments for all!! We've loved bike riding to games, spending the nice-weather evenings outside with friends and the best part of all is seeing how much the kids are enjoying it! Emerson absolutely loves soccer and I think if she had to choose between dance and soccer, soccer would win hands down :) We are wondering if we should register her in indoor soccer. She smiles the entire time she is on the field, it is so awesome to watch!! Running with a huge grin, it's just the best :) Emerson and Reese can play on the same team next year, which would be really fun! We'll see if Reese wants to play! Blake's loving it as well and has improved so much during the short season!
Since we're in the middle of June already and I don't feel like typing out a novel, here's a quick point-by-point rundown of our May:
-Linds, my Mom and I had a big cook at Lindsay's house! Super successful, we will be planning more of these in the future :)
- I attended a Mother's Day tea at Emerson's preschool. I was brought to tears when she ran out of the classroom to bring me into the tea - she was so unbelievably excited, handing me a flower and leading me by my hand to a table. She served me iced tea and a cookie, we potted a sunflower seed, played games, etc. It was a wonderful morning :)
- I accompanied Blake and his class on a field trip to the Winnspear. It was a beautiful production, I really really enjoyed the music and so did Blake!
- Emerson participated in her first ever dance competition! It was a crazy busy morning doing her hair and makeup and trying to find a parking spot at McEwan!! And the boys were rushing over to the competition from ball hockey!! But we made it (thanks Mom for parking my van!!!) and it was all worth it to see her huge grin on stage :)
- Mother's Day was great! After Church we had my parents over for brunch and then spent the day playing board games and hanging out. I chose to have taco's for supper ;)
- My Mom treated Lindsay and I to the Luke Bryan concert for Mother's Day!!! It was AMAZING! The best concert I have ever been too. SOOOOOO good, that man can perform (and shake it ;)) Thank you so much Mom, best Mother's Day present ever!
- We had our first camping trip of 2014 on May long weekend! The annual Cross Lake event!! Tons of fun, great weather, great friends and family, couldn't ask for more :) Still in love with our trailer, can't wait for the next trip on July long weekend!
- I went to Fort Edmonton Park with Emerson's preschool. We had fun and learned a lot about Edmonton's history! Unfortunately it rained the majority of the field trip, but it sure didn't bother the kids ;)
- We celebrated Emerson's preschool graduation with a fun party and ceremony! The kids loved the bouncy houses and face painting! Emerson will certainly miss Lago Lindo Preschool and Mrs. York and Mrs. Chong, who are absolutely fabulous. She is jealous that Reese will be in Preschool next year! She's had an awesome 2 years at Lago Lindo and I am glad we aren't saying goodbye quite yet ;) 1 more year for Reese!
- Cal and I attended Emerson's kindergarten orientation with her. It was nice to see her classroom and meet the new Kindergarten teacher. Emerson was excited and enjoyed every minute! She is going to do so well in Kindergarten and is very ready for a new challenge!!
- Cal and Blake put a team together and participated in the CBC Play On street hockey tournament at WEM. They played 4 games and had a lot of fun. It was a fantastic event, tons of games going on at once, music, fun and sun!! Thank goodness for the good weather! Being the first year we've entered this tournament, it was a learning experience! But everyone looks forward to putting another team together next year (we'll just make sure we have an actual goalie!!)!
- And last but not least, we celebrated my sister's 30th birthday at the end of May (which also happened to be my parents 34th wedding anniversary!)!! Jeremy, my Mom and I planned a catered party at Jeremy and Lindsay's. We had a lot of fun and most importantly, so did the birthday girl :) I can't believe my baby sister is 30!! I clearly remember visiting her in the hospital in St. Paul. Admittedly, my memory is kind of poor, but I do have so many great memories of Lindsay as a baby and little girl! I look back on photo's and can't believe how adorable she was, with her pinchable cheeks and always with a cute hair cut/style!! I'm sure there were days, months and even years where we did not get along or weren't the best of friends, but now as adults, she is one of my best friends and I don't know what I would do with out her!! Thanks Mom and Dad, for giving me a sister :) One of God's greatest gifts! Love ya' Linds!
And so that wrap's up May! Now June is almost 1/2 over and it's already been a very eventful month!! Looking forward to many more exciting times in June and then ... SUMMER BREAK!! I can.not.wait. Seriously, bring on July :) But we'll update you on June first ... in a few days!
Talk to you soon!
~Tracy
