Phoenix College ACCAC Champions!

2009 Record

8/29 W 7-2 South Mtn.
9/2 W 2-1 Scottsdale
9/9 T 1-1 Chan./Gilb.
9/12 W 1-0 Yavapi !!!
9/14 W 1-0 Mesa
9/16 W 2-0 Paradise Vall.
9/19 T 0-0 AZ Western
9/21 W 5-0 Gateway
9/23 W 3-2 Glendale
9/26 T 2-2 Pima
9/28 W 2-1 South Mtn.
9/30 W 3-0 Scottsdale
10/3 W 1-0 Gateway
10/7 W 3-2 Chan./Gilb.
10/10 L 3-2 Yavapi
10/12 W 2-1 Mesa
10/14 W 4-1 P.V.
10/17 L 1-0 AZ Western
10/21 W 5-1 Glendale
10/23 W 4-0 Pima

Clowns

Dakota had the opportunity twice to go to Fear Farm with her friend Willow (whose parents own the attraction) and "haunt" as super scary little clowns. She begged us for so long to do this and we finally gave in. I was a little nervous about it until I heard that 2 weeks ago when Dave picked Dakota up, police officers mistook him for a kidnapper. They saw a strange man walking away with what they thought was Willow, who they all know and watch like a hawk. Dave was completely clueless to the fact that they even noticed him, and had their guns drawn at his back, until they saw him again tonight and told him the story. Apparently Willow's dad saw them and rushed in to explain the misunderstanding. Ironic that the idea of guns pointed at the back of my husband's head actually made me feel better about the letting her go!

Happy Halloween!

Auntie Bree

Happy Birthday to my sweet sister, and a very awesome aunt!

We love you, Bree!!!

Funny...

Today my kids made me laugh. All three of them, each in their own unique way.

Dakota...
Somehow managed to get herself in quite a predicament in music class. Its a long story, one I won't bore you with. I will tell you that I told her she needed to try and deal with it herself by talking to her teacher personally. She was too timid to do that, so instead she opted to write her teacher a note. Here is how it goes...

"In your email it said that some people were having the same trouble as I, well I guess they all got in a group together. I wasn't there that day so I'm stuck alone. I've managed to skip or make myself excused from MUSIC. By today I was hoping you could let me talk to Mrs. Reyes about it. If you can't help me I understand, but then you won't find me at school Wednesday! Dakota"

I'm not allowed to tell you who this came from, but I trust you can figure it out!
Got a note from a boy in her class today. Here is how it goes...
Boy: "Will you kiss me? NO or YES"
Her response: "Mabey when I grow up!"
To which he responds: "On the playground when no body can see."
She asked him: "Why do you like as love me?"
I guess that question baffled him because that was the end of the exchange!

Jack...
I've posted before of my struggles to get him to nap. He plays for sometimes up to 3 hours in his room before either eventually falling asleep or me giving up on naptime when the girls get home and he hears them. Today I went to check on him, as I often do, to make sure he hasn't fallen asleep hanging from the blinds. He wasn't in his bed or anywhere on the floor, so I ran to my room hoping to find him asleep in my bed. Nope. I ran back to his room, a little panicky, and looked again. In the corner of my eye I saw red hair sticking out from behind the rocking chair. He had fallen asleep curled in a ball on the floor with his "Webkinz".

I should also mention that today Jack had his first outing in big boy underwear! He did well, no accidents, but I still don't completely trust him. He only didn't have one on in the first place because I didn't want to fight him on changing before we left the house :)

Outings

~Bailey~

~Taylor~
~Emma~
~Payson & Jack~
~Rian~
~Dakota~
While Jacy recovered from the birth of baby Kendall, Megan and I had a full and fun week with the rest of the kiddos! Dakota and Rian are out of school on Fall Break this week, which proved to be a blessing. They were very helpful on all of our little outings and loved to each be put in charge of one of the little ones.

Monday was a beautiful day outside so we decided to head to the pond and feed the ducks. The kids had a blast and I considered it a complete success, mostly because no one fell in the water!

Tuesday Megan and I took on a bigger, and much scarier, task of taking all 7 kids to the mall. A quick side note for effect...kids are ages 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9! After some time in the play area we went to the food court for lunch. On our way out we took a detour to the pet store to play with the puppies. We almost made it out the mall doors with no incidents until Jack swung his arm through the air and knocked over a kiosk jewelery display. One of the glass necklaces broke and I had my first "YOUR KID BREAKS IT, YOU BUY IT" experience! Luckily for me, it cost only $5.99, and is the perfect addition to Dakota's box of collected treasures.

Today we let the kids play while Jacy was at Kendall's first check-up and then decided to take a trip to Cabela's. Mine and Jacy's kids love that place, and Megan's girls have never been. It was really alot of fun, and the kids were all on their best behavior. Jack even managed to make it through the store without breaking anything! Afterwards we had to say goodbye to Megan, Emma and Taylor which is always hard. We wish they lived near us also!

Its been a busy few days, and although I am exhausted, I am looking forward to doing more fun things with my kids before they head back to school next week.

Dad

"The only thing better than having you for my dad,

is my children having you for a grandpa."

We love you dad/papa ~ have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!