Apple Orchard

We went to Arbor Day Tree Farm again this year, with Grandpa and Grandma Fredericks, on Labor Day. 3 Years in a row makes a tradition right? We had fun as usual. We played most of the day and picked apples at the end.

William Goes to School

William is going to preschool again this year. He loves school. I was told I was allowed to take exactly one picture. God thing it turned out.

William's Birthday

William had his 5th Birthday in August. He was able to have to cakes. First we had fun with some cousins who were in town from West Virginia. We then had a friends birthday party and William had fun with his friends in the back yard. They had fun swimming, jumping on the trampoline, and playing on the slip and slide. We are so glad to have William's giggly happy face in our family. He is full of energy and is always looking for his next adeventure! William learned to ride his bake this summer and was the easiest and youngest of our boys when it came to teaching him to go to two wheels.

William Favorite things at 5
Food: Macaroni
Cartoon: Jake and the Neverland Pirates
Toy: All of Them
Color: Blue, green, and Red, and Brown, and white, and gray, orange, and black, and yellow, and all the boy colors.
Song: Spiderman Song ( I am not sure what this is)
Sport: Soccer
Best Friend: Nolan, Logan, and the other William
Favorite thing to do with brothers: Ride bikes

Soccer Season

William getting ready for a break away.

Kyle loves to pose! He did great in his game!


Brad is number 54, getting ready to make a great pass!

We have recently had a few problems with our camera, and are still working out the issues, so we have had a lack of pictures the past few months. We did however get things figured out long enough to get a few pictures of the boys playing soccer. Brad and William played for Gretna and Kyle played for the Omaha Football Club. They have each had very good seasons.

Brad's team has been very good for him. They are the under 12 team and they include 9, 10, and 11 year olds. Some of the kids on his time have obviously had or are starting to have their growth spurts. Brad is not in this category. It has been great for him to play with older players as it helps him increase his own skills. He learned a lot this year, and it was obvious that he was playing at a new level by the end of the season.

Kyle played OFC this season. He was originally signed up for Gretna as well, but they didn't have room on the team so we went to OFC for him. We were very happy with his coach and team. He learned a lot of skills and most importantly had fun.

William loves playing soccer and it has been really good for him in the past seasons and this season was no exception. It really helps him build his confidence, work together with others, and play fair. On one of his first games he asked, "If I score 10 goals can we go get an ice cream?" We thought there was no way this would happen and agreed. He scored 12 that game, and we got ice cream. Brad was helping the coach one day getting the balls that went out of bounds. When he ran past william he heard him saying, "Karate chop that ball." As he took the ball from the opposing team and took off down the field.

Matt was a trooper going to all the games. He is adimately requesting that HE gets to play soccer next time.