Dylan Turns 1

On October 12th our Dylan boy turned 1 years old!! It is crazy to think that an entire year has already passed in this little boys life. Even though craziness is constant in a home of 4 boys, Dylan has been a calm and easy going boy. I am sure Heavenly Father knew that I could not handle anything more :) Dylan currently loves throwing the ball, reading books, and playing with his brothers. He loves to laugh and play hide and seek. His method for getting around the house is up on all 4's like a monkey.

The other thing that Dylan is obsessed with right now is FOOD!! I think boys in general are pretty good eaters but Dylan has a deep appreciation for anything edible. Well, anything he thinks is edible :) Sometimes that consists of grass, dirt, erasers, paper, etc. This is our first child where literally anything he can shove in his mouth he will do it. Whenever he catches even the slightest glimpse of food he will start sqwacking in a bird like chirp until the food has found it's way into his mouth. We have to stop him when we feel he is done eating because he will never stop himself. All in all, we feel so blessed to have this sweet boy and are grateful he came into our family a little over a year ago. WE LOVE YOU DYLAN!!

Miramar Air Show

Every year about 15 minutes from our house there is an awesome event called the Miramar Air Show. The only other time we have gone was when we were visiting from AZ a few years ago. Since we have lived here we have never experienced it. So we decided to go this time and we were glad we did. Our kids had a blast watching all of the different planes in the sky doing tricks, the planes / helicopters on the ground and the activities they had for them to do.

Here are some more pictures from the experience.

RB High Football Game

A few weekends ago we had a family date night. We went out to dinner at a Thai place close by our house and then to the Rancho Bernardo Bronco football game. It was a lot of fun to hang out as a family. The Broncos played really well and scored 3 touchdowns in the time that we were there. Brayden especially was into it since he is playing football right now. He enjoyed watching the plays they were running and how good they were.

Ward Campout

We had a Ward Campout in mid-September at Dos Picos campground that was a lot of fun. It was fun to be with all of our Ward friends. We got to roast marshmellows, had a night program with funny skits, went on a hike and got to go fishing. My boys right now are OBSESSED with fishing. So just that one activity helped make the whole experience well worth it. For some reason the fishing experience was the only picture I took from the whole trip as well. It was a lot of fun!!

Pretty funny picture!! From left to right: Brayden, who is holding an actual fishing pole, Logan, who is holding one that he personally made, and Caden Fisher, also with a pole that he constructed.

Surfing with Bowdge

My good friend Bryan White aka Bowdge was over a few months back visiting a Dental conference for the weekend in San Diego so we hung out. He lives in Washington D.C. so I rarely get to see him and it was fun to hang out. What better activity to catch up and bond than some good surfing. We had a lot of fun!

Brayden Starts Flag Football

The time came for us to decide what sport Brayden was going to play next and so we asked him. Without hesitation he said football. We had recently attended a Rancho Bernardo High School football game and he really enjoyed it so I think that sparked the interest. So we signed him up. In his age range the only football they have here is flag football. So for the past several weeks Brayden has been practicing and playing games and has loved every minute of it. We signed up not knowing anyone on his team and it has turned out to be an awesome experience for Brayden. He has an awesome coach that I can tell has coached many times before. I decided to help coach to support Brayden so I am an assistant coach with him. I have loved being there with him during each practice and watching him develop in this sport. It is fun to see this little guy toughen up a bit :)

If you know Brayden you will know that he is quite the thinker. So during baseball season when throwing the ball to first was the most critical thinking he participated in it was obvious why it became mundane to him. But with football you have to know your position and think about what you will do, you have to think about what the play is and what direction you will run, block, and go. So it has been perfect for him. In fact after the first practice when the coach showed the team some plays that they would be running Brayden came home and drew up some plays of his own :). And at the next practice he presented them to the coach fully anticipating that they would use them for the game. Not only did he give a copy to the coach but then he got our whole family out in the backyard and wanted us to run these plays. He set each of us up in position and told us what to do and then we ran these plays to the best of our ability. They have played 4 games now and they have shut out every team they have played. He has a lot of talented kids on his team and it has been fun to watch then actually play football. I think the scores have been 30-0, 28-0, 30-0, and 22-0. I think the highlight for me was a few games ago when Brayden got to be the quarterback for the game. He did so well handing off to the running backs and throwing some passes. He even threw his first touchdown pass!! It was one of the proudest moments for me as a father!! So glad we are doing this right now.

Play Date's

Brayden, Logan and Connor have had a lot of play date's lately with their friends from school and the Ward. It is so fun to have their friends come over and to see what creative things they come up with to do. Both Brayden and Logan get so excited when they are going to have a play date with a friend. So the other day Gene Fuhriman came over and we caught him and Brayden rocking out. These two both love music so it was inevitable that they would start creating their own. Check out the pictures of them jamming out. I love the ukulele and the congo drum. That's my kind of music! I have a feeling they are going to create some sort of hawaiian band :)