SMS Wrestling Season for Spencer

December 30, 2015
Spencer did such a good job wrestling this year for middle school, his dad (a former MS and HS wrestler himself) was especially super pleased with his sons efforts and the heart of this kid to never give up! This was his first year wrestling and Spencer placed 2nd overall in his weight division for districts. I wasn't able to attend many of his matches due to juggling of the kids activities although dad was at all of them but I took these pictures early on in the season at one of the quads. Thank goodness for cell phones I was able to see most of his matches on video thanks to Jarom who videoed many of them and uploaded them to YouTube. It was fun to see the progression and improvement and dedication of Spencer over the season of Wrestling! Fun times....

Soccer Season

December 29, 2015
 Josh Soccer 7/8
From the stand point of a byassed parent :) Josh was by far the best player on his team (him and his buddy Tripp from church) they both were goal making machines and on fire on the field this past season. Josh is a thinker and by nature just knows where to go and where to be before, during and after when the ball is in play so it is always fun to watch him in action on the field. The season ended right before Christmas. Josh had a good time playing and was happy to be back on the soccer field this past fall and into winter!
 Josh's Soccer Banquet at The Rock Wood Fired Pizza in Puyallup with his team at the end of the season.
Brooklynne Pee Wee Soccer 5/6
Then there's Miss Brooklynne who after her summer season of soccer decided to have at it another round for the fall. By the color of the kids team jersey's- it may look like they were on the same team but they weren't, ironically out of all the colors of teams, they both ended up with shades of red. The two shades of red were a tad bit different (not so great for remembering which one belonged to which come early Saturday morning games.) Brooklynne had fun and did a good job once again on the soccer field! The indoor soccer is nice for the colder weather and staying warm and dry but the larger outdoor field that she played on during summer was missed- so it was a give and take. Until next season...great job kiddos! 

Saydee's 1st Frozen Birthday

Happy 1st Birthday Saydee Alyssa!
Do you want to build a Snowman?
The Birthday Girl Miss Saydee.
Happy Birthday Frozen Style.
 The Olaf Pinata was filled with candy for the Candy Guessing Game,
Happy, Happy!
Punch Table.
Our little Poof of Sweetness!
Olaf Noses and Sven's Antlers.
Saydee loved Olaf's Nose, it was funny!
 It was an Extra Special Birthday Celebration this year for Saydee's 1st B-day, she was able to celebrate it with every single one of her cousins on the Noble side over Thanksgiving Day Weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Noble's in Coeur d' Alene Idaho. There was even a bit of snow left on the ground in the yard for her Frozen Theme.
The Treat and Goodie Bags.
"Do you wanna build a snowman?" Favors made with small choc chips for the eyes, big marshmallows for the body, small marshmallows for the feet, big choch chips for the buttons, pretzels for arms, and a orange Mike and Ike for the snowman nose.
All set up and ready to PARTY like Saydee is ONE year OLD!
 Daddy with his B-day Girl.
 Time to Eat at the Taco Mexican Bar.
 Dig In Kiddos.
 Filling up the Plates.
Lots of Eating Candids :)
Everyone was good and hungry for the luncheon.
Grandma Noble even sat down to eat for this one. Getting her to take a break is slim to none :)
Mmmmm, mmmm, Good.
 Pass Olaf Game.
 Kinda like "hot potato" played to "Let it Go."
 Saydee on the prowl.
 Then it was down to Two.
 Next it was the TP Olaf game.
 This was a real hoot to watch!
 We had five willing volunteers to be our Olaf's and everyone else assisted in wrapping and dressing them.
 Deep Concentration.
 Wrap those Snowmen.
 So funny.
 The adults played a big part in this game, thanks to all of their help.
 Jaxn...I think?
 Josh.
 Ellie.
 David.
 Brooke.
 Grandma judged and decided it was a five way tie so all of the Olaf models ended up with the prizes, not sure how fair that was since the winning team was supposed to get the prizes for all of their hard work but it was all good in the end.
 Toss the Snowball Game.
 Saydee with Aunt Jeana. I'm certain Grandma will have glitter covering her home from Saydee's skirt for months on end, she shared her glitter where ever she went lol.
 Even the Adults played this one.
 Not sure what was going on in this picture, Saydee was pretty happy the duration of her party. She did really well! Possibly, it's my party and I'll cry if I want to?
 Maybe all's she needed was her bottle! After games it was present time.
 As a typical one year old, she loved the wrapping paper.
 She went back and forth from her bottle to unwrapping presents.
 Fun for Saydee.
 Good Stuff. Lots of great and useful presents for this little gal.
 Saydee had many helpers assisting her with present time,

 Yaah, new clothes! Thank you everyone.
 Saydee and Mommy.
 Saydee was STAR STRUCK and didn't know how to react when all of the attention was on her! It was such a big group singing Happy Birthday.
 Um, what exactly is going on???
 Did they just sing happy birthday to SAYDEE? Why is everyone singing my name?
 What do I do with this? Daddy and I'm sure little helpers below also helped blow out the candle.
 Oh wow, I actually get to eat this cupcake??!?!
 This is Good Stuff.
 Miss Lydia with her bouffant hair made of tissue paper.
 After help with blowing out the candle, Daddy aided Saydee and dipped her face into the whipped frosting cupcake....mmmm, she liked that!
 Saydee was a bit confused at first and didn't realize that she could eat her cupcake with her hands so she just continued to dig in with her face only.
 Didn't take long to get the hang of eating that yummo cupcake!
 Saydee wasn't the only one who enjoyed herself some cupcakes.

 After refilling the punch bowl with Frozen Elsa Punch, it was time for Ice Cream Cups and Cupcakes for Dessert!
 Now she really got the hang of eating the cupcake.
A fun and eventful Birthday for our Saydee Girl!
When Saydee's Birthday outfit arrived in the mail at the end of the summer (I had ordered it way in advance to make sure we had it here for her special day.) We put it right on to try it for fitting and snapped a few pics of her in her Frozen Outfit. She wasn't up for any smiles at the time but they are still cute. 
We sure love our little Saydee Lady!
 On Dec 2nd, on Saydee's real birthday- we had a special family ham dinner for the special occasion just with our family here at home,
 Saydee was one lucky little 1 year old, she loved her candy cane.
 It's Official, Saydee is a whole year old!
After dinner, Saydee crashed on the couch with Daddy while the older kids went to their activities for Wed evening.
 After a power nap and the fam arrived back home, it was time to sing Happy Birthday!
Poor Saydee's head, Her cousin Jorgen got to her over Thanksgiving Break.
 A Big Pink Cookie for this little Cookie Monster,
 And the time the kids all waited for...Saydee's present her Frozen Sit and Push Mobile.
 Saydee LOVES this THING, it's been so great- and thanks to the walker assistance, Saydee is now officially walking all over the house with no assistance, no more crawling for this one. She's a big girl now!
 Happy Birthday Kiddo.
 Getting her off of her new mobile wasn't going to be any time soon!
 Up and Down and Up and Down.
 All SMILES for the FUN!
And that's another wrap.