Ady // 9 Years Old

Happy Birthday to my little punky bear! You are growing up before our eyes and it's hard to think you're already in 3rd grade! Being sandwiched between 2 boys is challenging as is just being a middle child in general, but being our only girl makes that a bit easier. You are SUCH a social butterfly who loves and hugs all. You LOVE helping with little siblings and babies but are such a good friend to all those your age. You are a carefree spirit that has the best giggle and when we push you to accomplish something you do! Watching you work hard to get your back bend and walkovers was awesome for me this summer and I know you can do anything you set your mind to. You definitely have some of that pre-teen sass already but you're the BEST big sister to your little brother. We love you so much and can't wait to spend another year watching you grow and mature!

And now for your stats and interview!

Height: 53.5 inches (67%)

Weight: 68lbs 4oz (62%)

Shoe size: 1 or 1.5

Clothing size: Mostly medium or size 8-10

Favorite color: Teal

Favorite toy: Squishmallows

Favorite food mommy makes: Bowtie pasta

Where is your favorite place to eat: Rainforest Cafe

What do you want to be when you grow up: A vet

What makes you happy: Seeing my family

Favorite subject in school: Reading

What is your favorite show on TV: High School Musical

Favorite activity: Dance

Favorite sport to play: Basketball

Favorite movie: Greatest Showman

Favorite song: Blinding Lights by the Wknd

July 4th Recap

We had another amazing July 4th in our adorable little town. We started by planting flags like we do each year all along the streets!

Then Drew decided to run the annual 5K with me! Last year he did the 1 mile race and because of his cross country work he stepped it up a notch. He did amazing and I beat my time from last year so #winning. Plus it's just fun to see his love of running coming out!

Our sweet friends and neighbors who also ran!

Then we quickly shower up and head to our friends house for their parade brunch. 

Then it was off to the pool with Gramma and Poppa which we did this year in order to spend time with them instead of at our friends pools. After a couple hours the kids were done...

It was then naps for all, Drew included!

Poppa made us yummy burgers and we enjoyed the evening with them before heading back to our house for s'mores with our 'twin' family until fireworks began! I also snagged a few little fireworks and we shot those off out front even though we're technically not supposed to. 

Summer Golf Tournaments

It's been a hot one and we put Drew in a ton of tournaments this summer but he's been killing it lately with a good handful of 2nd and 3rd place medals as well as a 1st place while we were in Europe! At this point he's currently in a good place to be invited to the Metro Area Championship and we're crossing our fingers that he gets to go! 

Solar Soccer Club Signing Day

Welp! Here we are! We had planned to stay rec with Drew's soccer but after playing him 'up' an age and wasting a season with a terrible team he needed more. We started exploring all of the local clubs and he found one that he was super stuck on. He loved the family atmosphere and the boys and it seemed like the perfect fit. Fast forward until THREE DAYS before signing day and the team imploded. Too many boys were leaving, there was words between the coaches and the club owner, etc, etc. I guess this stuff happens all of the time but we feel truly lucky and blessed by what happened next. I reached out to a mom friend on his second choice club to maybe ask their coach if there was still a keeper spot and she immediately called him. Right away he said yes fully knowing he'd be relieving one of the keepers they had already verbally offered a slot too. It made me sick to my stomach but that's the world of club soccer. This team has two keepers unlike the other one he was going to sign with meaning he'll have to fight for playing time but he's up to the challenge and super excited. A few of the boys from the other team are also on the same time as well as one of his best friends from school. It's also a level up to ECNL - RL and will be some challenging games for him only helping him to develope even more. And lastly his private keeper coach is the club keeper coach so it's almost as if it was meant to be. Either way we are so proud of him for this leap and it's going to be a great year. Send money though as WHEW this club is expensive!! HA! 

Ady's Dance Nationals

Dance Nationals are always so fun to watch as it closes out the year and the girls always do their absolute best performances. 

Summer Fun

All 3 kiddos got to attend our church's VBS this summer together. Drew was a volunteer and this was the first year Will could join. They had a blast!

We spend a lot of time at Hawaiian Falls in the summertime and always bring buddies with us! 

We met our 'twin' family (they have 3 kiddos all about the same age) for bowling and fun one day when the temps were insanely high!

Drew attended his first sleepaway camp with some buddies and had a great time!

I took Will to a Home Depot building workshop for little ones and he loved it!