Soccer Pictures...

Some day I will stay caught up on here again...in the meantime I will do a quick easy post :)

This season I had the opportunity to take Ashton's team's soccer pictures.
 He had such a fun little team and for the first time all season they ALL showed up for that Saturday morning rainy game...then we gathered them up and got a few good shots before they got really wild!

It was fun and I think they turned out pretty cute :)

Ashton is Six & 9 months...

Yes HE keeps track :)

And it was pretty darn funny the other day when he had finally earned his new bike (he filled up his whole sticker chart) and we took him in to look for one, the guy helping us asked him how old he was and he said "Six & 9 months". Funny boy!

Anyway he was SO excited to put those last 2 stickers on his chart. He has been working really hard to earn a new bigger bike, and I have to say it has been a great motivater for him. I think we need to start a new chart to earn something else :)

It is a gear bike and he has figured it out and is loving it.

 Now he needs a new helmet...his old one still fits, but he has plain worn it out! The whole outer coating came off a few weeks ago.

A few more recent Ashton things I don't want to forget.  A few weeks ago it was a really stormy night, I had put him and Gunnar to bed and Lars was gone playing poker I think. Anyway Ashton is rarely ever scared of anything and never really asks me to come sleep with him. Well that night it was raining so hard and thunder and lightning and SO windy...he came out of his room really scared and wanted me to come lay with him, so I did and we just laid there and talked till it quieted down and he finally fell asleep. I treasured those moments with him because they really are so rare.

Then one night last week I went into his room to get him to bed and I noticed he'd found an old toe ring of mine and had it on his left ring finger and was calling it a "married ring". So I asked him if he ever wanted to get married some day, and he asked me "to who?" I said, I don't know, you'll meet a nice girl someday. To which he replied "No, I'll just marry you." So sweet :) Then he said, "I can, can't I Mom?" And I said, well no...It doesn't really work that way and he just kept saying, "No really, I really just want to marry you." Oh I love you Ashton!

We had your parent/teacher conference last week and I just have to say how proud we are of you. You are doing SO good in 1st grade. Your teacher Mrs. Rawlins had nothing but nice things to say about you and your report card was perfect! It is amazing how well you are reading too. I love that you love school and come home each day with good things to say about everything you did that day. And just like last year it has been so fun to get to know all the cute kids in your class and get to know your teacher.

You only have 1 more soccer game left and have been doing really well with it too. Last week you came home with a flyer about basketball starting soon and I've actually never seen you so excited about starting something new. It seems like in the past we've more talked you into the things you've tried. You can't stop talking about how you really want to play basketball! So I'm excited to get you signed up for it.

Last Monday was crazy hair day at school...You were so excited to have me spike your hair funny and spray paint it purple.

Of course Gunnar wanted to be just like you as always, so he went to school with spiked purple hair too and had his teachers wondering what the heck was going on!

Crazy to think that you will be 7 in 3 short months Ashton!
I found this picture that Daddy actually took of you sitting at one of Gunnar's kickball games (then I edited it) I love it! You are SO handsome!

Gunnar is 3 and a half!!

Yes we keep track :)

On Sept. 28th, Gunnar turned 3 1/2! I told him and he was so excited...he got the biggest smile on his face and asked me if he was bigger now. Cutie!

I just did all that updating about him in my last post so here is a little note just to you my sweet Gunnar boy...

Dear Gunnar,

I can't believe my baby is 3 1/2. Time flies by way too quickly and if I could, I would freeze you just how you are. I love to tell you that and you laugh and tell me no way, that you ARE going to keep getting bigger. I know it's true, but I wish I could even just slow down time. You are adorable, funny, smart, sensitive, stubborn, a good helper, a good brother and all around just fun kid!

Your favorite thing lately is to ride your bike.

You love it and will go up and down the sidewalk over and over and over. You finally talked me into letting you ride it along with Ashton as I walked him to school a couple days ago. (You usually go in the stroller)...

You dressed yourself in of course an oversized green shirt, blue athletic shorts and on that day your batman cape :) You looked so cute riding your bike like that!

 And you kept up pretty well. I had to laugh at one point when you said "When I get bigger I can ride on two wheels hu?" So I said "Yep." And you said "But my name will still be Gunnar hu?" hahahaha!

You always make me laugh!

 It's just crazy to me how fast you are growing up. The phrase that is constantly going through my mind is "You're going to miss this..." And I know I will. So much. I've said it many times before, but every single day that I get to be your and Ashton's Mom is a gift to me that I treasure more than anything. I am so lucky to have you and these are the best days of my life.

Love you little boy...

(You and me on the day you turned 2 1/2 last year :)