Is she cute.... or what!?

Officially a Soccer Mom

During the past couple weeks I have become a true Soccer mom (minus the minivan though---hopefully that will be remedied in the future). Reili started playing soccer a little over two weeks ago. At the first practice I was so impressed with the way the coaches could teach 5 year olds some basic skills and still keep them having fun. It is definitely entertaining to watch 5 year olds play a game of soccer. I missed the first game, but am told that Reili made two goals (one in the opposite teams net). In this weeks game she seemed to be much less interested in playing (though she did have her moments) and spent a good amount of time in random play with her team mates. At one point I think the 5 players were all down at one end of the field picking grass and throwing it while the other team prepared to kick off. They all seemed to have a somewhat short attention span when it came to actually playing soccer. I am glad to see Reili involved in a sport though and I definitely think all children need to learn some skill that can build team work and self esteem. Above are some fun pictures from Reili's soccer practice last week.

Chunky Monkey

Our little Wesley has made it to the 4 month mark. "Chunky" is a good word to describe him. I took him to the doctor today and he is still off the charts for weight at 18 lbs. 2 oz. For head and length he is in the 90-95th percentile. What a cute boy and I finally have a blond in the family. We all love him so much. What a good natured boy he is...and he showed how tough he was today when he got his shots. He barely whimpered after he got them.

We took a trip to the St. Louis Temple this last weekend with our ward. Actually, I stayed at the visitors center with Wesley while Tom went to a session with some of our friends. Wesley is still a little young to make it long enough for me to go (well really it is the long drive and trying to work around his feeding schedule). It was nice to go and be there with everyone though. Afterwards we had dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. YUM! I ate way too much and then cheesecake to top it off. If you ever go there, try the Farfalle pasta dish, it was delicious. (Would this be a true VanLeeuwen entry if I didn't talk about food?) And it was nice to be in a bigger city again and get to go to the mall and such. Not much else going on here.