Gavin turns 10!

It's so hard to believe we have a son who's age is now measured in double digits.  The years flown by so fast!  The years are not always easy, but they are always worth it and we love Gavin so much!

It's been hard to break away from the "tradition" off going to Boondocks for video games and mediocre pizza each and every year but here we are once again.  Gavin wore his crown all day and evening long as he celebrated.

Perhaps this is why he loves coming.  This is the picture of pure joy as he drags some enormous pile of tickets he just won across the floor to our table.

He even decided to bring a few of his closest friends (Felix and Jansen) to the celebration.  They all hit the water boats to blast each other in between go cart rides and endless video games.

At the end of the night, we were able to celebrate him with just our family.  It's getting hard to get that many candles on a piece of cake or brownie!

Fall Soccer with Gage

Gage also started soccer in the fall, playing on a U8 Boys team under Coach Baird.  Gage continues to love soccer and being a great teammate but isn't as aggressive as some of the other kids on his team.  He probably is the team assist leader, though.

This is an action shot of him getting into the mix in a sea of players from the other team in the black jerseys.

I must have caught him in a funny running picture here, or he could be dancing in celebration...sometimes it's hard to tell.

Mystery Lake Hike

As always, our kids love to get out to the outdoors.  Here they are at the beginning of a long hike in good spirits.  The sad part is that I am having a tough time remember exactly where this was, but I believe this was above the Moffet tunnel above Nederland.

No hike is complete without finding a nice lounging rock to lay (and wrestle) on.  Here these guys are taking a nice break in the shade together.

Here is a picture of Gavin and mom at our destination lake. 

This is a picture of the other side of the lake.  Our boys kept on wanting to get into the freezing water to look for fish and crawdads, but we tried to keep it to a minimum as we were fairly high up without warmer clothes if they happened to fall in.  However you can't tame these guys!