Nolan's Soccer game

This is my sweet Nolan. . .

He hates playing soccer.
Well, I'm not sure hate totally describes what I mean.
He loathes it. We have to bribe him with McDonald's or candy to go play. Even then he barely gives it an attempt.

This is how a Saturday morning goes. . .
We wake up and say "Who wants to play soccer today?!?!"
Simon, jumping up and down says "Me! Me! Me!"
Nolan, still laying in bed with the blanket over his face mumbles "I don't want to play soccer."
So, we force him to get his uniform on, and make him put on his shin guards. The whole time he is saying. . .or screaming "I don't want to play soccer! I hate soccer."
After everyone is ready, we get them in the car and head for the fields.
Nolan, of course, is in the back making sure that we understand that he does not want to play soccer.
We get to the park, set up the chairs, spread out the blanket, and wait for the game to start.
When it is time for Nolan to go play, he refuses.
"What if Dad buys you McDonald's Nolan? Do you want McDonald's?"
"Yeah, I want McDonald's!"
"Okay, you have to go play soccer"
"I don't want to play soccer"
"Then no McDonald's."
"But I want McDonald's"
"Then go play soccer!"
We finally convince him to go play. The coach (who really is quite good with the kids) lets Nolan kick off.
Nolan kicks the ball, and then another kid kicks it. So sweet Nolan starts crying. . .

That dang kid stole the ball from him!
He thinks that he should just get to kick it around all by himself. He comes back over to the blanket, and through his little tears says "I don't want to play soccer."
Being the sweet aunt that she is, Angela takes Nolan back to the field and stays with him, trying to convince him to go play and try to kick the ball. She was fairly successful too!
While he was running around and trying to kick the ball, he was having fun. There was even a smile on his face at times!

However, this is what we saw the majority of the time. . .

Angela and Nolan just standing in the field, watching the other kids run around. I'm not sure why, but he doesn't like soccer.

I don't see much point in going to the games if all we do is fight him, and watch other kids play. We will try one more game this weekend. Hopefully he will play! If not, we donated money to the Taylorsville Rec Center! How nice of us.

Oh, and here are my cute boys. . .

They are both #8, just like their dad (and aunts) always was.

P.S. This was Nolan's second soccer game. The first one was the weekend that it was pouring rain. It was miserable and cold and, needless to say, I didn't want to ruin either of my cameras!

Fishing with Dad & Grandpa

Ben and I have been feeling like our sweet Nolan has been getting lost in the shuffle. . .so, last Wednesday, Nolan got to have a little one-on-one time with Dad and Grandpa. They went fishing, and he had a great time! Ben took him to the store to pick out some treats and goodies to have on their trip. They slept over at Ben's parents house the night before, since they were waking up so early. They also went "warm" (worm) hunting Tuesday night. . .Nolan thought pulling those nasty worms out of the ground was the coolest thing. . .boys.

If that wasn't exciting enough, Wednesday morning they all woke up at early o'clock in the morning and went to catch fishies! Oh man, did he have a good time! He threw rocks in the lake, which I'm sure was great for the fishing, and Ben said that his favorite thing to do was walk around with the fishing net, and catch the fishies.

Ben also bought some crawdad traps. Nolan called them the little crabs. They cooked them up and had them for lunch. I don't think Nolan ate any, but he sure loves to tell you about those little things!

I'm glad he had a good time with his Daddy and Grandpa. He's been talking about going fishing every day since then! He's such a cute little guy.

On the News

About a month ago, I got an email from my friend Shara, who works for KSL. She said they were looking for a young family, with cute kids, that would be willing to let a news crew come to their house and do a story about saving energy. So she suggested my family, since we fit the requirements so nicely! It aired this morning.
I'm not smart enough to figure out how you get the video on the blog, but you can watch it here if you are interested. :)

Bella + Outside = One Happy Girl!

It doesn't matter if it's sunny or raining cats and dogs. Bella loves to be outside. Last week we were working in the yard, pulling weeds etc. Bella was having the best time, inspite of all the rain. Even at Nolan's soccer game (where it was miserable and pouring rain, so i didn't take my camera . . .I'll take pictures at the next game) she wouldn't sit with me under the umbrella. She had to be out and about, exploring, trying to run onto the soccer field. She sure is a cute little stinker, and she definitely has fun.

Here are some pictures of her a little while ago. She is trying to dress herself. Only, that's a shirt she's trying to put on as pants. . .silly girl.

Sell. . .Party of 3

So, I met a new friend at a Relief Society activity the other day. Her name is Evonne Sell. She is totally funny, and her blog is so fun to read. Anyway, she is doing a few giveaways. You can enter, if you wish, here for a gift certificate to Texas Roadhouse, and/or here for a cute little camera. Even if you don't want to enter for the giveaways you could at least go read her blog here. Enjoy!