Winter Soccer

Sam started Winter Soccer through the Y yesterday. She played last Spring through the Y and the games and practices were only about 5 minutes away and this season they are 30 minutes away. If I would have known that prior I probably would not have signed her up. It was a little chilly at 8:15 am!

They had a clinic to start the season off. Sam is wearing a red shirt with her hand on top of her head.

They did a lot of drills.

She sure loves playing soccer. She was so into too. When they did a little scrimmage game at the end she was totally trying to get the ball as opposed to last year when she always stayed away from the action! I think this is going to be a fun season even if we have to drive a lot!

Wii

We finally broke down and bought a Wii. It's a video game console that is good for the whole family. Their is one game called Wii Fit that even has you exercising. The machine has an attitude too. The girls arent quite big enough to do it on their own but they sure have fun. Sam even KO'd a dude in the boxing game!

Our Wii Family

Sam bowling

Daddy teaching Courtney how to golf

and teaching Sam too!

Job has been loving it the most and stayed up the first night playing tennins past midnight!

PAPA birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA!!

all smiles!

new haircuts

Took the girls to Fantastic Sams today for haircuts. Their bangs were getting to long and could barley see. Courtney loves getting her haircut and was a trooper through the whole thing. The hairdresser was very patient with her too. She did a great job. Sydney started crying the minute she sat in the chair. I calmed her down and she did really good but the hairdresser was pretty quick. I wanted it shorter and it's shorter all right! Such a cutie!

3 year check up....

this morning the girls went for their 3 year check up....they only had to get one shot and it wouldnt have been any but last year they didnt get one because of a shortage of it. Neither one of them cried at all!

Dr. Amjadi said they are doing exceptional...

The Stats:

Sydney--
38.75 inches tall
31.4 lbs

Courtney--
36.25 inches tall
27.2 lbs

I dont think we will be going to Disneyland for their 4th birthday like Samantha unless Courtney grows 6 inches in the next year...

Sausage

For my birthday Jon bought me all the parts for my kitchenaide mixer to make sausages, the meat grinder and the stuffer. I have been wanting one for a long time. It was alot of fun and I think we will be making a lot of sausages from here on out. It's a little time comsuming but boy were they delish! Here is our first attempt at making some:

getting everything all set up. Jon found a website w Sausage recipes

We went for the Polish sausage...We were amazed at how little spices were needed for the amount of meat that was called for. But since it was our first attempt we didnt deviate from the recipe which was a good thing because they were tasty...next time we'll take away a little of the salt though.

We didnt look at the directions at first and the meat wasnt coming out very good...we were getting really frustrated so we looked at the directions and lo and behold we forgot to put the blade in to cut the sausage up...doi!

The meat all ground up!

putting on the sausage casing. I went to Sprouts to see if they had any. I know they make them there so I figured they would. I was expecting them to give me the gelatin casing but nope they had a big bin of "intestines" and weighed out about a quater of a pound. It was kinda gross looking at it and putting it on the stuffer but it worked! It took awhile to get the stuffing down. it definetly is a two person job.

the final product!

sizzle sizzle sizzle

a bun, a little marinara, mozzarella cheese and yummo!

Cant wait to make more! So many different kinds we could make, next up chicken thai perhaps...