Deja Vu all over again

Auntie Veronica pointed out a really interesting observation from the Graham Cracker Suite. In both pictures of Sophia's first day of Kindergarten and Mia's first day 1 year later, they both appear to be wearing the same thing, wearing the same hairdo and coloring the same sheet of paper. Coincidence? I think not

2 Weekends, 2 Goals

So I had to work this last weekend because we had our Annual Packard car show and I missed Sophia's goal. When Isella sent me the text I was excited for her goal but then upset because I missed it. I think we should invest in a camcorder. We celebrated when I got home but I was sad that Sophie didn't get to hear daddy's loud whistle after her goal. I always love to whistle really loud when I am in a crowd so that my girls know it's me. Keep up the good work girls, love you.

Sporty Spice

The US Women's soccer team may have Mia Hahm but the mighty Fullerton Blue Dragons have Mia Graham. My baby Mia scored her first goal this weekend in front of a capacity crowd at Chapman Park in Fullerton. I'm not sure what the score was because we don't keep score but what an exciting game. While Mia was scoring goals Michelle and Sophia were stopping them. Just like Daddy was an All-County defensive tackle my 2 defenders were ANIMALS stopping everything that came thier way. I am so proud of all of your hard work. Love you

Back to School

I just got this picture from Isella on Mia's 1st day of Kindergarten. Notice the tattoo on her left arm to establish some street cred on her first day :). I am so proud of my girls and I know they will do great this year. See you when you get home, love you.

Back to school time is always bitter sweet for me. I am glad that the girls are back to learning but I love all the fun summer stuff we do together. Back to school time is also a reminder that the girls are another year older. This seems worse than birthdays to me because they all go back at the same time instead of staggered throughout the year. This back to school time will be tough for Isella as well still recovering from surgery, at least all the girls are at one school now. Thanks to everyone that helped out during the last few weeks while my beautiful bride was "out of order". Grandma helped with back to school shopping, a task I refuse to do. Sarah helped a lot with the girls. You could definitely tell the days that Sarah got the girls ready and the days that I did. I am ashamed of the fact that I graduated from Cosmetology school but I still can't make a decent pony tail. Auntie Veronica and Uncle Chris took the girls to all kinds of fun places and gave me a break. A group of ladies from Church also helped out by bringing dinner for us every other day which helped out tremendously because I only have a few signature dishes and the girls won't eat most of them. Thanks to everyone who helped and prayed for our Family and thank God for watching over us through it all.

Knott's Berry Farm

After a few years we finally decided to return to the scene of the crime. For those of you that don't know, when Sophie was around 2 years old she got lost at Knott's for almost 2 hours. It didn't seem to bother her much but it was really the worst experience of our lives and the rising cost of Disney passes forced us to take the great deal Knott's was giving. As you can see from the second picture the girls now have a very large bodyguard that will not leave their sides even if he is having a very hard time squeezing into the rides in Camp Snoopy.

Beauty Sleep

At first we thought Mia was just playing but when we checked she was fast asleep so we had to take a picture.

Brave Big Sister

The girls had a dentist appointment the other day and from what I hear from Mommy these can be pretty difficult so Michelle was trying to make her sisters feel better by being silly in the chair. Great job Shell.