Soccer Picture Samples

For samples of past soccer pictures, click on the following links:

http://losalkire.blogspot.com/2008/04/soccer-pictures.html

http://losalkire.blogspot.com/2008/05/soccer-pictures.html

http://losalkire.blogspot.com/2007/04/ohs-soccer-pictures.html

First Day of School

Today was Braiden's first day of Kindergarten. I think he was a little nervous, but also excited. He has gone to preschool the last two years so it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. I think the strangest thing will be having him go everyday instead of two days a week.

I had to document his breakfast, just to prove to Travis that I actually made the kids breakfast this morning. My kids love cold cereal (Kix and Cheerios) and that's pretty much all they eat for breakfast every morning. I asked Braiden what he wanted for breakfast this morning and he told me cereal, but I told him that I wanted to make him something like pancakes or waffles or eggs and toast. Thank goodness he choose the easiest, so eggs and toast it was.


Pictures before leaving for school.




If you didn't notice, we went and got his hair cut this morning. I realized late Saturday night that we hadn't done it that day. Good thing he goes in the afternoon so we could go and do it this morning. Here's another of Brooklynn, she had to get in on the action too...


At the school...




He had a great day at school and was pretty good with the details. When we asked him what his favorite thing was he said all of it, so it must have been good. Mondays are early days, so we waited to eat lunch until after we picked him up. The power was out at our house due to a new power pole being put in so I decided to take the kids to Jason's Deli. Here they are enjoying the yummy ice cream!

SLC Temple

I actually took this picture back in May when my sister and her family were sealed. I didn't post them with her pictures because we were surprising her with a canvas. Well I ordered the canvas, but it came back with a lot of green in it. It didn't look quite as green on my computer, but I could tell why it ended up that way. I ended up returning it and now I finally got around to trying again. Sorry it took me so long. Let me know which one you like!

More Harrison

I really haven't taken many pictures lately. These are from a few weeks ago and I finally got to them. I should be taking more pictures soon. (Hint, hint for all of you that want family pictures taken for Christmas cards.)









same picture as above in B/W...


same as picture above with some texture and sepia...

Last Weekend

After my dad was so bummed about not running the Ogden Half Marathon in May with us, we decided to register him for the Provo Half for Father's Day. Of course we couldn't make him do it alone, so we registered also. It was really hard for me to train because I don't like to get up early and was still hot in the evenings. I didn't train as well as I should have, but it went ok. Travis ended up sick that morning and decided at the last minute to take the bus back down. I ran with my dad and brother in law and they did great. My dad really did a great job training and he really pushed me to my limits. Way to go Dad, you did it!!



Sunday we took the kids up and over the Alpine Loop with a stop at Cascade Springs and Tibble Fork. It was nice to get out and go for a drive, but I'm not so sure about the walking part. I was pretty sore.

Meet the Team Night

Ok, so I admit it, I've been reading. I'm not really much of a reader, because when I do get into a book that's all I do. Plus I'm not that fast so it takes me longer than some. I started with Twilight back in March and then made myself stop about 10 pages into the next book. Since our trip to Sun Valley in July, I have read the other three books. When I finished up with Breaking Dawn earlier this week, I wasn't sure what to do with myself. I guess I'll take a little break from reading and get back to work on pictures.
Here are some pictures from last week. We went up to Snowbird for the RSL Meet the Team night. The kids got to jump on the trampoline. Thanks Kathleen. They both really enjoyed it! (Don't mind the bad pictures, I had the wrong lens on my camera.)









Braiden really liked Kyle Beckerman. I was trying to ask him why he liked him so much thinking that maybe it was because he had the same first name as my brother, but turns out he just thinks his hair is cool.


I can always get one of these out of my kids...

On the Water Tonight

I don't know where this came from...

Maybe it's not really my child. We have been fighting Braiden to ski almost the whole year. He started skiing at the end of last year. He did pretty well the first few times we went this year, but he kept getting worse about going every time. He would get up and then would go a very small distance and then crash or yell cut it like crazy. I even had to throw him in the water tonight to get him to go. He got up tonight and showed us stuff he has never even done before. He was amazing. Sorry the video is not all that great. It's just the point and shoot camera, plus I was driving.

Wild Flowers

These are from our trip to Sun Valley...

Harrison 9 Months

Sun Valley

Last weekend we went to Sun Valley for the annual bar conference. We got there Wednesday around 8pm, unloaded, made the kids a sandwich and then went for a walk with Grandpa and Grandma.

Thursday the kids were supposed to sleep in from going to bed late Wed, but they were up before 8am. After some cartoons and relaxation, we were finally ready for our day around noon. We had some lunch with Travis and then he headed to the golf course while I took the kids to the pool. After the pool, I took the kids back to the room for some quiet time. I actually got Braiden to take a nap by telling him if he would lay still with his eyes closed for 30 minutes I would turn on the TV for him. There were about 5 minutes left when I was sure that he had fallen asleep. I can't even remember the last time he actually took a nap(besides the car and that doesn't happen often either). I got in some great reading time and must say that it was a little strange knowing both of my kids were asleep and quiet. Travis and I went for a little run when he got back from golfing. Grandpa and Braiden got in some chess and Brooklynn stayed while we were gone. We only went two miles, but it wasn't fun at all. That night we had a picnic dinner with a carnival and movie for the kids. We were a little late getting there due to our run, so the kids didn't get to enjoy much of the carnival. They did get their faces painted and got to play in the bounce house.

Friday the kids did sleep in a little later so that was nice. We had lunch with Travis in between his classes and the golf tournament and then the kids and I took the long way back to the room. Braiden rode his bike while I pushed Brooklynn in the stroller. We walked down to the lake (they call it a lake, but it's very small) to see the paddle boats and then went past the ice rink on the way back. Brooklynn napped while Braiden played and I read and worked on pictures. We went and had some dinner with Grandma and then when Travis and Grandpa got back we went to the ice cream social. Afterwards, we took the kids back and let them watch a movie before bed.

Saturday morning Travis and I got up early and did a 3 mile fun run. It was pretty cold and there were only about 12 of us that ran. Travis went to more classes and then we all headed to the pool. We had dinner and hung out with Grandpa and Grandma and then put the kids to bed.

Sunday we got up and got things ready to go. Travis passed up another round of golf to go to the pool with us. After the pool we went back and loaded up the car. We grabbed some sandwiches, rented a bike trailer and a tag along and took the kids for a bike ride. After getting back, we headed home. The kids were pretty good in the car except for Brooklynn puked about 45 minutes before we got to Sun Valley and then had a melt down about 30 minutes before we got home. It was a pretty good vacation with lots of relaxation.
I put the pictures in a slide show because their were so many, although I probably should have taken a few more scenic pictures.