Owen is playing soccer this year. It's a fun little league called eSoccer that my sister-in-law, Jamie found. Half of the team is made up of children with exceptional needs. I think the ones on our team are autistic. Today we played a team that had two of the children in big wheelchairs. They had a gigantic soccer ball that they got to push around while the rest of the kids raced back and forth playing the game. It was awesome to see those children in wheelchairs having so much fun and being so involved. The best was after the game when the parents and coaches made a arch/tunnel with our arms and both teams ran though, over and over. Their smiles were so big, and the cheers were so loud. I so wish I took a picture of those smiles. It made my day.

Owen is really loving soccer, and looks forward to it every week. I wasn't so sure how he'd feel about it, but he shares his love for playing the game with his father. I am not surprised. I think he's so cute out there chasing the ball. Today they had each kid take a turn being the goalie. Owen blocked two goals. Here is a picture of one below. He also scored two goals, so he had a pretty good day!

Today was his third game, so they are starting to get the hang of it. A big improvement from the first day, when they got so caught up in chasing and kicking the ball, they had made it through almost 3 other games that were going on next to us before we could get them called back. It was hilarious.

Teslyn was hanging out on the side lines and booked it out of the way just in time. This is a really fun park they play at, with a great playground. I have a hard time keeping an eye on Teslyn and watching Owen play at the same time.

It feels like summer should be winding down now, but its really not. Thursday night we got together with some friends to play at a fun splash pad/park and had a great bbq/picnic dinner. Since school has started, the pools and splash pads are shutting off which is unfortunate. We are still in the 90's here for a while. Don't tell Owen, but Teslyn and I go swimming at the M Resort while he is at school. Locals (women and children) swim free, and they are still open! Here's to fall in Vegas!

Owen is FIVE!

It is hard to believe that we have a five year old in the house. But it is also fun and exciting.

It's hard to believe he is growing up right in front off our eyes. He is getting so big so fast, which is fun to watch, until I realize that I am aging right long with him!

He asked for a Batman birthday party, so that's what he got! He invited 11 of his preschool, kindergarten, and church friends, including 2 cousins. And Teslyn. It was chaotic, but worth it for the fun they all had and the memories Owen made.

Owen, blowing out his 5 candles.

Of course there had to be a Batman cake, so I did my best to make that happen. The easiest way I could! My friend turned me on to this great stuff called sugar sheets, which I cut the bat shape out of. Placed it on a yellow frosted cake, and voila! Bat signal cake.

But not just any cake. It had to be special so I made it a 4 layer ice cream cake. Chocolate cake with cookies and cream ice cream. I guess it doesn't look very pretty though.

We served pizza for dinner, and I thought it would be fun to have a little fruit and veggie buffet for the kids to help themselves to. It was a hit, and they grazed on it throughout the night. By the end, almost all that remained was the broccoli. It looked like it hadn't been touched!

Batman pinata! There they are, anxiously awaiting their turn to hit him. After the fact, I wish I would have given them bad guy masks, since they had so much fun beating on Batman!

But they got Batman masks. Here they are giving me their best Batman poses!

Such a wild and crazy group of kids! They wore us out, but it will be a party to remember.