Desperate to Dress Up

We took a trip to goodwill the other day and they had all of their halloween stuff out, so of course Kenya and Annecy could not reisist using their hard earned money to buy some much desired wigs they saw on sale. When we got home they used their play make up and wigs to transfom themselves into a Tina Turner look alike (even though Annecy has no idea who she is) and a messed up version of snow white. Then as if that was not enough they moved on to giving Mom and Elijah a "make over" as well. We never knew how much Elijah and Kenya looked alike until we dressed up Elijah as a brunette with lots of make up. We had lots of fun, but I am not sure it is something mom wants to repeat anytime soon. I wish we could say the same for Elijah.

Rodeo'in and Racing around

Wow, I never thought I woul be eager for my kids to get driver's licenses, especially at this age. After spending now 2 Tuesday's racing them around to all of their sporting events and clubs, I have to say I am counting down the days till they can do it themselves. Our weekly Tuesday routine goes something like this. Isaiah soccer 3:30-5:00, Girls Gymnastics 5:15, Elijah Football 5:30, Isaiah home for dinner and change into scout uniform 5:45, Pick up girls from Gymnastics 6:15, drop of Isaiah at scouts 6:30, Pick up Elijah from football 7:00, home for dinner, pick up Isaiah from scouts 8:00, fill up with gas now cause were on "E" and head home to calapse before putting kids to bed and cleaning up the mess we made as we trafficed in and out all day. What a crazy evening, but the reward comes after all the kids crash out early and I get to hang with my hubby.

Here are some pictures of the boys at their games on Saturday, they both won by a long shot, which really helped boost their egos for the rest of the season. Elijah is in his practice gear by the tree and his game gear on the field. You'll have to wait for the girls pictures, somehow with my tuesday night schedule I did not find time to take pictures of them.

Grandpa treated us to the legendary Ellensburg Rodeo. It was our very first one and we had so much fun. Tadd thinks he could be a good competitor in the "Wild cow milking" competition next year. Guess we will have to wait and see. We are enjoying the last of the summer nights. One of the kids favorite things to do is sit out on the porch and roast hot dogs for dinner, followed by a desert of smores. We love being able to hang out without getting rained out. The eastside of the mountains has treated us well.

We went to the Special Olympics Fundraiser here in town at the baseball fields, they had old cars, police and rescue support on hand with all of their bells and whistles that you could tour and take pictures with. The kids took pictures with the 0ld cars, police cars and motorcycles. As well as a photo shoot with the animal rescue stuffed animals. It was very hot, but so much fun. Here are some pics the kis so uniquely pose for.