Westside Complex (aka...Dave's baby!)

Driving along the Loop 101 between Thomas and McDowell brings a whole new kind of excitement to our family these days. Looking West off the freeway, we feel so much pride as we find it nearly impossible to not stare at this amazing site...

The Westside Complex opened in February 2009, with one field of beautiful green grass that we were so excited about. Today, after countless hours of care and hard work, it hosts an amazing 20 full size soccer fields!

Unfortunately, I'm far too nervous to stop on the side of the freeway to get a picture of it in full swing on any given Saturday. So for now, here are a couple of pictures I took last weekend from the field.

Lifesavers...

Summer is definitely here. We've been up near 110 degrees everyday, which even makes going to the pool dreadful! I came downstairs yesterday to find this...

All I can say is, thank goodness for ds's!

96 degrees & rising!

Bring on the summer heat...

...well, if you have great friends, with fun kids, and a sweet pool!

"Jackers"

It took some time and quite a few comments from family, friends, and strangers, but I did finally manage to chop off a good amount of his curly locks. He looks so grown up and handsome with his shorter, more tamed, do!

Jack seems to deal with the summer heat by sleeping. Almost daily I catch him slipping into dreamland right around dinnertime. This creates quite a dilemma for me...Jack isn't the type of kid you want to wake from a nap, but you also don't want him wide awake at 11:30 at night!