1st grade program & Cinco Fiesta

Sweet Rea had her first grade class program this week. She loves getting up there and belting those songs out and we love being able to hear them!




At school the Dual Language classes always have a fiesta for Cinco de Mayo and this year they had it at a park on a Saturday. Rea was able to borrow a dress she loved. The teachers were saying that she looks "just like a little Ray of sunshine". We had a great time!

Catch-up 2010 - Soccer

Hello!

I am sorry that I am so bad about sending pictures! I am really bad at remembering to take them. I am going through some of the photos that I DID take this last year that I have not remembered to send. I am starting out with the soccer season...

This was Reagan's first year and she did awesome! She just seems to pick things up so quickly! The age group she was in included kids as young as 4 all the way up to kids that turned 6 (like her) during the season. I know that it gave her an advantage, but she dominated! Her very first game she scored 3 goals and she never looked back. She was aggressive and totally always hustled, which is hard to do in 110 degree heat!Corban played too. He remains the "go to" player. He likes playing offense but he will play wherever his coach asks him to, even as goalie! Yikes, that is really not his area! He seems to be finding a niche in defense. His big feet have translated into some big kicks. Ha. He really enjoys it as always but is a little more bothered by practicing in the heat.

Bennett is still not into soccer. He did have fun with all of the friends he made on the sidelines though. There was plenty for him to do on the huge soccer fields and if it was too hot, he was perfectly happy to read in the shade.

Corbz for Prez?

Our little go-getter decided he wanted to make a run for student council president this year. We won't find out the result until Monday. We were both able to see him give his speech at school and we are so proud of him! It takes a lot of guts to put yourself out there at that age. He walked in playing "Hail to the Chief" on kazoo but I didn't get it recorded.

We know it is a long shot and that is what makes us even more proud of him. He was the only student who talked about what he would do if elected and promised to be a volunteer even if he doesn't make it.

Pie Wan Doobie 2010

Bennett's turn to race. We took the lazy route and bought a pre-shaped car this year. The funny thing is that meant Bennett actually got to do more of the work on it! Corb help release the cars on the track and I helped judge. It ended up being pretty painless and fun!

Corban's Arrow of Light

Corban has been working on Cub Scouts for a while now. Every year they have another badge to earn (which is different than Boy Scouts where they can earn them at any time) He has earned every one of them. When they do all 4 and some extra achievements they can get the Arrow of Light badge which is the highest the Cub Scouts or boys under the age of 12 can earn. The Cub Master can invite the Order of the Arrow group to give the award. Our awesome Cub Master got it all arranged where they came and did a campfire ceremony for Corban. It was very fun for the boys. Thanks Maya for the photos!
We are proud of Corban and all the work he did. Aaron is in his uniform because he is now Corban's Scout leader. (And Adam will be helping!) What a great excuse for them to go play together!

Thank you...

Thank you to all those who have served or who are serving our country. I am thankful that I have been able to enjoy the freedoms we have.

My dad

Grandpa Francis


Grandad Joel



We love you Grandpa G.I. Joe!!

Welcome sweet Nelia Shawn Lopez!

Maya had her baby girl last week. I haven't been able to take many pics of her yet but here are those that I was able to take at the hospital. Maya didn't have to push very long so her head is nice and round and she has a sweet little face. She was 5lbs 8oz, 19.5 inches long.

This first pic is 5 seconds after she was born, strong and crying!
She looks like Maya when she is mad!
This is after she is all cleaned up, and happy.
She looks like Shawn when she is happy!We love her SO much and are looking forward to loving that sweet baby
more and more often!!

Rea lost a tooth!

When her tooth started to wiggle we thought it was a fluke since she is only 4 1/2 and told her to stop touching it. Then a couple days later we saw a "grown-up" tooth coming in behind the wiggly one!She wiggled and wiggled that tooth for weeks and finally, on her own, pulled that tooth out! We are very proud of her. Aaron had to pull both of the boys' first loose tooth for them so all she can talk about is that she "is tougher than the brothers". And she is too!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!


Reagan realizing there was candy in the egg!

This was the best shot I could get. Bennett had candy in his mouth and the other were starting to get really impatient!

Rocker Rea

"I can do, anything, that I wanna dooooo
I can do, anyyything, that I wanna dooooo
My mom loves meeeee
Everydaaaay!"
(Repeat)

Hands stay on hips, unless fist is being pumped in the air. Hips shake in time to the beat.


That is what you should do if you wanna rock it,
in case you were wondering.

Tigerfest

I just found these photos that I saved to post weeks ago! Yikes. These are from the school carnival. The kids had the time of their lives. Our PTSO presidency (and friends) did a ton of work to make it happen, and it turned out great! There were 7 bouncers and a rock wall and snow-cones and burritos. We were sunburned and exhausted when it was over. Our class booth was the snow-cone and pie-in-the-face, we raised a ton of money for the classes.

Pinewood Derby '09

This was our 3rd Pinewood Derby as a family, my 2nd as a Wolves Den Leader and my 1st time actually participating!
(Not as in racing, as in being there and helping the race happen)


Corban putting his car on the track
Some of our sweet and distracted Cubs.
They just want to race, they don't want to talk about racing!

Aside from not being able to keep a lid on Bennett and Reagan, and being a horrible photographer, we had a great time.
Racing, cupcakes, and cub families, how could we not have a great time?!

Swimming in March

Yeah, it's true.
We have already done some swimming this year.
Jealous?

(If you are jealous, come visit us!!)

It was actually too cold for grown-ups, but the kids enjoyed it!

Corb's Play

Corban had his 4th grade musical program at school. He did great! As the kids get older they actually remember their lines and speak clearly! It makes it a lot more entertaining for us parents. We are very proud of him. Corban had a few speaking lines and sang a few solo parts (it was mostly group singing). He seems to be pretty comfortable up on stage.
Maybe he will be an actor before he is a rock star/dentist. Ha.

Planting Flowers

On Saturday we bought Reagan a flowerpot to match the pots the boys have on the windowsill. She asked me several times yesterday and today when there would be dirt in her pot. Apparently she figured she should just go ahead and do it herself.She yanked some of the flowers from the front yard and put them in her pot. She thinks it looks very nice, thank you.

We miss you already...

Thanks for coming to visit mom, we are already missing you again. Poor dad we never got to stop missing you!We always seem to forget group photos. The boys were at school and we were at Maya's on our way to take my mom to the airport so we snuck one in!

Rea is too big!

Sweet girl got a haircut today. She looks way too BIG!
(She hates having her hair combed and it will just be easier with bangs and a shorter length)

(If you can see the kitchen behind her...yes, it has been painted red)

Corban's skills

(This is a post that should have been written a long time ago! Last month our computer and our camera broke!! Not fun! We didn't have access to old pictures and no way to take new ones. This is a pic that I saved on blogger when I started writing the post but I didn't know it was there still. Lucky for me I can still write this post.) This year Corban had mad skills on the soccer field. He is now old enough to make watching the games really fun. He was the "go to guy" for the team, he loved scoring a ton of goals but was willing to play wherever the coach needed him. We are so proud of him and we love to watch him play, we can't wait for the Spring season!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We hope you all have a wonderful day. With love from the Fowlers.
(This was taken on Thanksgiving, our camera is now broken. Nice timing, huh?)

That kid Bennett.

So, that last post was Bennett. EVERYONE thought it was Corban because Bennett has NEVER had short hair. He was born with hair. In this picture he is a couple of weeks old and he has a lot of dark hair.

It isn't the best picture but you get the idea. Since then his hair grew in very blond and we kept it long, with sweet little curls. While it is true that sometimes it bordered on a mullet, we loved it. I am sad it is all gone. But not having to wrestle him down to comb it makes it all worth it.