I finally sat down and pulled pictures off my big fancy camera. Lately, I have not been taking as many pictures with that camera since the I-phone takes such great pictures and I can throw that in my back pocket.
Lauren spent all fall playing soccer. She has practice twice a week and games on the weekend. She played in a few tournaments as well. So, I am officially a soccer Mom driving a minivan...sigh...
Lauren loves her new team and she has made lots of new friends. Her soccer skills have improved tremendously as well. We are so excited for her.
We even had a few games under the lights at a few of the local soccer fields (well not exactly local to Lee's Summit, but in the KC Metro area.) We definitely traveled a lot more this past soccer season, but we wouldn't change it for anything. We have had some great family time...Addison has tolerated being drug to soccer game after soccer game very well!
We went to the pumpkin patch sometime in the fall when it was apparently warm enough to be in shorts! Lauren is such a beautiful little girl.
With a lot of energy!
Lauren is also an amazing sister. We started a new tradition of going down to the Plaza lights the night of Thanksgiving. The weather was prefect this year and the Plaza was packed. We were right in the middle of it all and seemed to love it.
Lauren started playing the violin this fall and we had our own special concert at home one night. Too bad Lauren was sick and missed the school concert. She has learned so much about music and the violin. We are so proud of her!
Oh, and one more soccer picture where Lauren took the girl out...but didn't get caught! Lauren definitely developed some more confidence and fight out on the soccer field this past season. I can't wait to see what Winter and Spring soccer bring!
Lauren also joined the choir this year. A big thank you to my Mom who picks her up every Tuesday after choir practice to Lauren can have this opportunity to participate in choir.
We also enjoyed the 5th grade musical this week. Lauren was a swan (from the 12 days of Christmas.)
She loved it! I mean, look at that smile in that picture. She had one line in the musical, a dance that the 7 swans performed, and several songs that the entire 5 grade and choir sang. We really enjoyed watching her class perform.
She had a blast as well.
This is Lauren's new soccer buddy, Paityn. They are on the same competitive soccer team since they were both born in 2006. However, Lauren is in 5th grade and Paityn is in 4th grade. And as an added bonus...Paityn and her awesome family live right down the street from us. We are very excited to have met them and that we have new family friends. Paityn has a brother in 5th grade and a brother in 2nd grade. These 2 adore each other! Can't wait for Spring soccer when we get to see them more often!
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