some boy stuff

The boys around here have been busy lately. Sports are the number one activity. But they all manage to squeeze in some other activities, too. Like, friends, Kapla block building, and video games.

One of Kacin’s Christmas gifts was to attend an asu game. He chose basketball. E and Kac had a great time together!

Perry has been happy on his Saturday soccer team. He was thrilled when he was awarded the medal for sportsmanship at the end of one of the games.









I am one proud mama that he has done so well on the team. Oh sure, he does more looking to the left when the ball is on the right and more walking than running, but he is happy and he is doing his best and his team has been great for him.

Kacin has had a spectacular wrestling season! His end of the season stats were 8-5. We think that's pretty impressive for absolutely no wrestling experience before starting on the team. But E and I were not surprised to see him do so well this year. He is one strong and competitive kid. He made it to the championship game at the end of the season. He finished in the middle of the pack this year. We are so proud of him! He enjoyed wrestling a lot, but I will say he is pretty excited to have his evenings back (wrestling practice has been every single day after school since the end of January).





















Kyler has been playing hard on both of his soccer teams. School soccer was a fun season. His team made it to the championship game! It was so exciting watching him play that last 8th grade game with so many students cheering them all on. It was a really close game, but we lost 0-1.

These boys work hard and play hard!

enchanted island

We got to attend a big celebration of foster care at enchanted island amusement park. This little amusement park is at encanto park in Phoenix. Encanto park was the park of my early childhood so it was fun for me to be back in that area with happy memories of my favorite park.

The amusement park was new to me though. There were a dozen rides or so, mostly for younger kids. Then out on the grass there was games, food, booths, football, live music, a zip line, and more. There was definitely plenty to do as a family for a few hours of fun. 

Layla had her first experience with Chinese handcuffs. She won them as a prize at one of the games. She was so excited about them. She put them on as soon as we got in the car. A few minutes into it she got a little panicked because she couldn’t get her fingers out. 

I reassured her she could figure it out (while trying to contain my laughter, like any good mom would). Well her fears grew as she struggled to break free and soon there were tears and desperation.

Don’t worry, good big brother Kyler took pity on her and reached forward and helped her get out.

People are so generous and kind and it was an amazing event. I’m so grateful we get to be part of stuff like this.