A trip back to Cusick

Aaron #5Quinn grew up in Cusick and we still have lots of friends there; but we don't visit as much as we'd like. Usually only one or two trips a year. But we couldn't miss Homecoming at Cusick High School. Our nephew Aaron is a freshman on the varsity football team. The team is undeafeated and doing REALLY well this year. Quinn's friend Sonny (the younger brother of his best friend Roy) is the head coach. We're really, really hoping they'll make it to the State Championship this year. It would be the first time in Cusick history. Our beatiful nieces Lydia and Nadine were princesses in the Homecoming royalty court too. Aren't they beautiful!!
Nadine and Lydia in the royalty court!
Nadine riding in the car to the field
Garrett and a few of the MANY cousins we got to visit - Jacob, Lydia, Emily & Libby!The timing was perfect for this trip too because we got to visit Tonya and her family, see their super cool new property on the river AND be there for our neice Sevyn's 10th birthday. I can't believe how much "visiting" we stuffed into a 3 day trip. The boys were great travelers and we had a blast.

Crazy week!

I always forget how crazy back-to-school is. You have to get back into the after-school routine. No more coming home from summer camp and playing Wii! This is our first jam-packed week of the new school year. Soccer for Nathan on Mon and Wed, Soccer for Garrett on Wed, Band Night for Nathan on Wed, Running Club for Nater on Thursday and the Mt Si Wildcats Football Game on Fri! AND, if we can squeeze it in...guitar lessons for Garrett on Tuesday. It's crazy. But, I wouldn't have it any other way.
{The picture above is of the boys on Garrett's first day at CVES Kindergarten - they start 1 week later than the rest of the school. How do you like the shirt he picked out! Love it!}


We did find some time last week though to head up to the park after school for some basketball and soccer. The weather was awesome and we were all having a great time until Nater kicked the ball as hard as he could right at Garrett's head. Still no clue why. You should have seen the look on Nathan's face. He really didn't mean to. The ball barely brushed Garrett's ear when it passed by but it scared the bejeebers out of him. Which lead to tons of tears and us leaving the park!

Orange Crush!

The Orange Crush won their first game of the season on Saturday. And, Nater scored a goal!!!! :) All the kids played awesome! Last week, we lost our first game in a tough fight against another Ridge team. It was ok though because most of the kids on the other team were Naters friends.

Garrett is pretty excited because he starts soccer on Wednesday. I'm sure I'll have LOTS of pictures to post. I love soccer at this age.

Back to School

Ok...seriously, how cute are these two!!! Nathan started 5th grade at Cascade View Elementary. His teacher is Ms. Guinn. In 5th grade they co-teach so he'll also be in Ms. Anderson's class in the afternoon. Being in 5th grade also means he can sign-up for crossing guard. He's really excited about that (can't wait to get pictures of it!).

Garrett is going to do morning Kindergarten at Snoqualmie Ridge Early Learning Center, and afternoon Kindergarten at Cascade View. He is so excited about walking home from school with his big brother. Kindergarten at Cascade View doesn't start until the 8th, so he'll actually have 2 first days of school (which means 2 first day pictures!).

Great Wolf Lodge

One last mini-vacation before back-to-school. We took to the boys to Great Wolf Lodge for sliding and "MagiQuest". I had no idea how crazy it was going to be. EVERY kid in the hotel was playing this game. The first five floors were full of kids and parents (very frustrated parents) holding MagiQuest wands and searching for Quest clues. It was nuts. But the kids LOVED it. It was actually kinda nice to have something to do other than just sliding. It was a great weekend. The perfect break before back to school.