Noah turns 6!

Friday July 1st

My little boy turned 6 years old!

 Isn't he the cutest?

 Birthday breakfast

  He wanted a Pokemon themed birthday this year, even though we decided to have his party at Out of this World Pizza again.

 We learned from this year that we need to schedule his birthday parties much earlier (maybe end of June) because most people are gone in the beginning of July for the 4th of July holiday.  A lot of kids couldn't make it, but we are grateful for the kids who were able to come!

Noah loves having his party here and it makes it so much easier for me!  Win-Win!

 Grandma and grandpa came and also Uncle Jake, Aunt Meggin and cousins Celeste, Amelia and Hazel.  It's nice to have family close by!

 David and Gabe playing air hockey

 Paige and Mason with Porter looking on

 Kept it simple by buying chocolate cupcakes and adding Pokemon pictures to the cupcakes

Mason, Paige, Porter and Celeste

 Opening presents--Gabe, David and Noah

 Mason, David, Paige, Bella, Celeste, Noah, Amelia, Gabe and Porter

 We came back home and opened family presents.

 He got his Pokemon hat that he wears all the time!

 chima legos

and more Pokemon cards...among other things.

Noah's Annual Questionnaire:

1.  What is your favorite color:  Green

2.  What is your favorite toy:  Legos

3.  What is your favorite fruit:  grapes

4.  What is your favorite TV show:  Pokemon/Ninjago

5.  What is your favorite movie:  Planes 2  (not really...has only seen it once)

6.  What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch:  chicken nuggets or blueberry bagel with strawberry cream cheese

7.  What is your favorite t-shirt:  Ninjago

8.  What is your favorite game:  Spoons

9.  What is your favorite animal:  wolf

10.  What is your favorite snack:  goldfish crackers

11.  What is your favorite song:  Bleeding out (Imagine Dragons)

12.  Who is your best friend:  Ethan Brown and Cooper Jensen

13.  What is your favorite book:  Doesn't have one

14.  What is your favorite cereal:  Krave

15.  What is your favorite thing to do outside:  jump on trampoline

16.  What is your favorite drink:  apple juice

17.  What is your favorite holiday:  Christmas

18.  What do you like to sleep with at night:  stuffed animals and blankie

19.  What is your favorite thing for dinner:  spaghetti (basgetti)

20.  What do you want to be when you grow up:  Police officer

21.  What food do I NOT like:  broccoli

22.  What is something I do well:  being a helper

23.  What is something I need to practice:  riding a bike with pedals

24.  My favorite place to go:  Chuck E. Cheese

25.  My favorite family activities:  camping

26.  My favorite thing about home: watching TV

27.  My favorite chore is:  Vacuuming

28.  My least favorite chore: dusting

29.  A Place I want to visit:  Mexico

30.  My favorite part of the day:  Playing outside

September

September was kind of a boring month with not a lot going on, besides school and soccer.  So, I'm going to throw it all into one blog post and move on to October!

Tuesday Sept. 1st

 Maggie's friend had an end of summer get-together and they painted and hung out.  

Friday Sept. 4th

I took Bella, Noah and Paige to Out of this World Pizza to play for an end of summer activity.  

That night we all went shoe shopping for school and out to eat at Red Robin.

Saturday Sept. 5th

Remember the "dates" we gave to Garrett for Father's Day?  Noah's was to go bowling with dad and out to lunch, so Garrett took Noah out today.  

 snacking on some French Fries in between bowling games.  

 They had a fun time.

 That night Garrett bought some tickets to another Hillsboro Hops baseball game and invited his dad.  We tried to see if the kids wanted to go, but Lydia was the only one that wanted to come.  We only got to see a couple of innings because we thought it started at 7, but it really started at 6.  Oops!

 Sunday Sept. 6th

We went over to grandma and grandpa's house for dinner that night.  She's also been suggesting that we all sleep over in the bunk house for awhile, but it's been too hot.  So, we thought we'd do it before school started, since Noah hasn't had the chance to sleep up there yet.  

 They've been working on the land behind their's and left the tractor there for the weekend, so the kids got some pictures with it.  It's huge!!

 Putting all our sleeping gear up in the bunk house.

 Noah's spot next to the air mattress where Garrett and I were sleeping.  

 Bella on the futon

 and the other 3.  The next day for one of Paige's Faith in God projects, she had to do a service project of some kind.  So, since grandma just had knee surgery, she set it up for all of us to come and help clean grandma's house.  I know grandma really appreciated it!

Thursday Sept. 10th

Maggie started up her ballroom dance classes again.  Although, she would eventually quit in November when basketball season started up because she had games/practices on Thursday night.  I think she's going to start going again here soon now that basketball is over.

 Friday Sept. 11th

 Paige and her friends Brooke, Sarya and Hailey made up some lemonade and had a lemonade stand.  I think they made some money this time instead of giving it away for free.  

 Their cute sign.  

 There's not a whole lot of traffic on our street, so they made their business mobile and walked around the neighborhood trying to sell their lemonade.  

Saturday Sept. 12th

 I bought another 100 lbs. of apples like I did last year and started working on them everyday.  I pretty much just made applesauce and lots of apple desserts.  

Tuesday Sept. 15th

 For mutual the young women played "minute to win it" games.  I love that Brother Jensen (bishopric member) was playing, too.

 Saturday Sept. 19th

I went to the baptism of one of my primary kids and Garrett took the little kids to the park.  

 Monday Sept. 21st

 Bella taught the FHE lesson on what we should be thinking about during the Sacrament.

Saturday Sept. 26th

It was the General Relief Society Women's Meeting, so Maggie, Lydia and Paige and I dressed up and went to watch it at the Stake Center.  

 These girls are sure cute!

 Going in a little late so we could take a selfie...

 Garrett took these 2 out for hamburgers and chicken nuggets and bought them some new church shoes.  

 After the meeting, we went out to eat at "The Old Spaghetti Factory".

 It was a fun night of girl bonding!!

And with September comes soccer...and lots of soccer pictures.  

 Lydia's team...she had the same coach as last year and she was really excited about it because he's a good coach.

 Paige's team

 Garrett coached Noah's team, with Maggie as his assistant coach.  I think he really enjoys coaching the older kids more.  This was pretty much refereeing recess.  

 Bella as aggressive as ever!

 Paige is getting better!

 Lydia and her friend Kali

 Noah

 He played a lot more this year...we'll see how he does next year.

 The other assistant coach made up these pictures for their team.  

I can't seem to find the other team pictures.